Enjoy herbs over winter

Just because the nights are drawing in and the garden is heading towards its annual hibernation doesn’t mean you have to go without fresh herbs

Some common fleshy herbs such as mint can be forced on indoors to provide fresh shoots, even in the depths of winter. Carefully ease up a mint plant from the garden and pot up a few sections taken from the thick, rubbery roots – it’s easy!

Another great herb to start off indoors on a warm kitchen windowsill is parsley. Sow the seeds thinly into a 10cm-wide pot of multipurpose compost. Once the seedlings are up, thin them out to leave a few centimetres between each plant. Keep the compost moist and you should be able to enjoy your leaves soon after. You could also try sowing coriander, basil and chives.