Monks Wisdom

Let your favourite autumn dinner choose your growing project. Your future seedlings can take their time while you get to know the flavours.

Eight herbs or seed sets? The larger number is persuasive, but your cupboard and windowsill would like to join the decision.

A limp basil plant may be thirsty, too wet or chilled by a window. Let the compost and room conditions tell you what to do next.

Grow fresh herbs from your kitchen windowsill throughout the year. This beginner-friendly guide explains how to plant, water, care for and harvest eight popular culinary herbs using an indoor herb garden kit.