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Making a potted herb garden has many advantages over regular outdoor gardening. For example, you can bring the potted herbs indoors during the colder months where you have better control over conditions such as soil contamination and light. It’s easy to ensure that nothing gets into the pot to contaminate the soil if it is indoors, likewise, you can move the pot into or out of the sun to control the amount of light.

It can be tricky to grow herbs in pots. When starting out with a good soil, moisture and nutrients can be controlled successfully when left up to Mother Nature. It takes care to adjust these things artificially. Selecting the right plants is a start. Fortunately there are numerous herbs that are able to thrive in pots. Lavender, basil, sage, mint and dill are among them.

Choose your seeds carefully as they can actually go bad. So, the first step is to start with seeds that are of good quality. There are many organic compounds that react to oxygen, and air contains many spores that are both able to invade and are airborne. It’s easy to get them fresh and to keep them that way, as long as the dates are observed and any wet seed packets are thrown away.

When making a potted herb garden you do not have to keep them indoors. It is possible to grow your herbs inside or outside. Either way you choose, you need to know the amount of sun that each plant should have. There are herbs that like full sun, while others grow well when placed in partially shaded areas.

Soil quality is very important for maintaining a healthy environment for potted herbs. Moisture content must be balanced. For example, lavender thrives in a sunny area that has dry, alkaline soil. A way to have dry soil in pots is to add clay chips to the soil. Clay absorbs water and keeps the roots of your lavender dry. Also, mix sandy and clay soil for best results.

Root rot is the most common problem for plants in containers. This is the result of excessive moisture. While it’s fine for most plants to be continually wet, most herbs prefer drier soil. When we say moist, that doesn’t necessarily mean always wet. Try this: Push your thumb on the surface of the soil. Is it a little springy? That means it’s moist. Is it hard? That means it’s dry. Next, take a toothpick (or even better, a moisture gauge). Stick it in the soil to see its moisture content. While the toothpick is good in a pinch, the gauge will provide a more accurate and useful reading.

There are many great reasons for making a potted herb garden. On thing you can use your herb garden in pots for is keeping culinary herbs on hand all year long. Keep the pots outside near the kitchen door in summer and bring them in and sit them on the windowsill in winter.