Summer Herbs to Bring Indoors

As summer ends most of us say goodbye to our summer gardens, finish up the last of our fresh vegetables and allow our herbs to die back. But there are several summer herbs to bring indoors at the start of fall in order to enjoy fresh herbs in your cooking all winter long. With very little effort, you can repot, position, and nurture your favorites and the herbs that you frequently cook with right in the kitchen or other sunny spot.

Once you find out that you can bring your herbs indoors it’s time to focus on the best summer herbs to bring indoors.

Take Stock of Your Summer Garden

Before you decide on the herbs that you want to overwinter you need to take stock of the current garden. From late summer to early fall some herbs start to die back, making them bad choices to bring indoors. Other herbs might be showing signs of disease, struggled to thrive or just didn’t get used. Focus on the herbs that are healthy, sprouted new, young plants, and any herbs that you really used often.

Choose Easy Transplants

Not every plant is easily transplanted into pots. Some do not like their roots being disturbed, others are large and don’t rebound from divisions. Choose herbs that have reseeded themselves and are subsequently younger, can be easily divided.

Basil

Basil is one of the easiest herbs to grow indoors and outdoors, and does well when re-potted. Choose the newest plants that have reseeded themselves around the parent plant and keep them in a super sunny spot all winter long.

Sage

Sage is a popular fall and winter herb that does well indoors and can be transplanted with ease. This herb loves growing indoors as long as there is plenty of sun and great circulation away from fluctuating drafts in temperature.

Chives

Chives are an easy herb to grow all year long and can be divided into any size that your pot can home. As you use this herb in your cooking it will continue to grow back and produce new, fresh greens for you to use all winter long.

Rosemary

Rosemary grows in tight bushy form, that is harder to divide without killing a portion of the plant. Find a pot that will fit the smallest full portion of the herb and make sure to keep it in very loose, well drained potting soil.

Peppermint

Peppermint transplants are the best and fastest growing choice among all the herbs you can choose to bring indoors. You want to make sure that you give peppermint, and any herb in the mint family, plenty of space. Keep the pot in full sun, but isolated from other potted herbs because it has the ability to hop into other growing areas.

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