Fresh herbs in winter? Yes, please! While the garden hibernates, your kitchen can become a mini indoor oasis bursting with greenery and flavour. This easy herb garden is perfect for windowsills and gives a second life to bits you’d normally toss in the recycling.
🛠️ What You’ll Need:
- 3–5 clean food tins (e.g. chopped tomatoes, beans) with labels removed
- A shallow cardboard fruit tray, wooden box, or biscuit tin to group them together
- Potting soil
- Herb seedlings or seeds (rosemary, thyme, parsley, mint, chives are great for winter)
- Labels (wooden lolly sticks, old cutlery, wine corks on cocktail sticks)
- Optional: wrapping paper, washi tape, string or chalk paint to decorate
🪴 How To Do It:
- Prepare your tins – Gently press the top edge with pliers if sharp. No need for drainage holes—just pop a few pebbles or bits of broken crockery at the bottom to prevent soggy roots.
- Fill with soil and plant your herbs.
- Group your tins in the tray or box for stability and style. Line it with foil if you’re worried about leaks.
- Add labels so you don’t mix up the parsley and coriander!
- Water sparingly and place near a sunny window.
Fresh herbs at your fingertips, a splash of green in your kitchen, and a creative way to reuse your recycling—what’s not to love?
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