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12 Herbs You Can Keep Growing Indoors All Winter

Just because the garden is going to sleep doesn't mean your harvest has to. A sunny windowsill — or one inexpensive grow light — can keep fresh herbs coming all winter long, while snow piles up outside. On Pinterest, windowsill kitchen gardens are perennial save-bait: that little row of green pots on the sill is equal parts practical and pretty. The trick is choosing herbs that actually thrive indoors and giving each one what it wants. Here are twelve that will. 1. Basil The kitchen king, and fussier indoors than most — but worth it. Give basil your sunniest south-facing window (at least 6 hours of light) or a grow light, keep soil evenly moist, and pinch the top regularly to keep it bushy. Choose compact varieties like 'Genovese Compact' or Greek basil, which stay tidy in pots. 2. Chives Chives are the easiest win on this list. Dig up a clump from the garden before the first hard frost, pot it up, and set it on the sill — it will keep pushing up mild onion-flavored ...