Growing your own herbs in the winter is easy and rewarding. We have found in our hardiness zone 5, the best performing herbs in the winter to be oregano, sage, thyme, parsley and rosemary. The key to keeping your herb plants going during the cold, dark winter months is to ensure that they have adequate drainage, good fresh air circulation and day light. All herbs will perform better if they receive 8-10 hours of daylight. In the winter when days are short, place your potted herb plants by the window where they can receive fresh air and supplement light with grow lights if needed.

You can pot up mature herb plants or grown herbs from seeds. If growing from seed, always try to find organic herb seeds. When potting up herbs that will be grown indoors add additional perlite or pea gravel to ensure good drainage. This year at the farm we started growing our winter herbs in our warm greenhouse in raised beds. We planted Rosemary, which is one our favorite herbs, in a grid pattern and then seeded radishes around them to make use of the open soil areas.