Grow five culinary herbs and cook with each
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Herbs are among the most rewarding things to grow, because a windowsill pot can change a dish in seconds. Raising them yourself teaches you how different each one is in habit and flavour.
GentleUnder £100 / $130MonthsIndoors or outOn your ownSpring to summer
How to start
- Read the RHS guide and choose five herbs you cook with.
- Sow or plant them in pots somewhere sunny, close to the kitchen.
- Cook one dish built around each herb as it becomes ready.
Where to go
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Plan this
Pick a day, or a month, and we will set out how to get ready, step by step, with a date and a reason for each. Projects run over months and stall without a rhythm, so the plan sets milestones you can see.
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