It's common knowledge that we can grow or raise herbs indoors in bowls or containers.
It's much easy now to grow your herbs in bowls than having your them in your outdoor garden.
Your indoor herbs have the same needs as with your outdoor herbs in order for them to grow healthy.
There are three important factors that we need for our herb plants' successful growth (as with all other plants too): good and suitable soil, direct sunlight, and enough supply of water.
One very important factor for the good growth of any kind of plant and also the herb plant grown indoors or in an outdoor garden is the sunlight.
So that your herbs can get the best sunlight needed, place them in a south or west facing window.
All herbs, usually, need a sunny place, but there are some herbs that can do well in a shaded area.
There are herb growers that supplement their light source for their indoor herb plant with fluorescent lamps or with what they call the "grow lamps".
A well-drained soil is needed for your indoor herb plant.
The soil must not be too rich for your herbs to grow in.
Other things needed for your indoor herbs in bowls are the following: two parts sterilized potting soil; one part coarse sand or perlite - this is for herbs raised in bowls or containers; one inch of gravel - to be used at the bottom of each bowl or pot, in order for us to be sure that the drainage of our herb plant is working.
If you want that the soil for your herbs is sweet enough for them, you can supplement it with one teaspoon of lime per five-inch bowl or pot.
Indoor herbs raised in bowls or pots also need water as other plants do.
See to it to keep the herbs always within humid condition.
And because your indoor herbs are usually grown in bowls, pots or any containers they need more water compared to your outdoor herbs grown in your garden.
But be careful not to get the roots of your indoor herbs soaked with water.
It's so convenient to grow your herbs in bowls or containers because you can just move or transfer it anytime when you want it or when the need arise that you have to transfer it.
Annual herbs are just fine indoors all the time, but the perennial herbs should be moved outside in your garden especially during the summer season.
But just before the start of winter, it is necessary that all herbs must be moved indoors so that loss of foliage can be avoided.
Other types of herbs, like the chives, mint, tarragon - goes into a period of resting then after a fresh growth it is exposed to a 'light frost'.
We are now aware about the fact that all herbs can be raised in bowls or containers.
After all, we are now discovering that it is not that 'hard' to maintain an indoor herb garden.
Make use of the advantages and the benefits of having an indoor herb garden.
Enjoy the usefulness of your indoor herbs: use them for cooking, preserve them and share them with your neighbors.