5 medicinal plants you can grow at home
Aloe, mint, lavender, chamomile and lemon balm: pretty on a sill and useful in the kitchen.
A few pots on a sunny windowsill can keep you in soothing tea and cooling gel all year.
Keep them within reach
Herbs you use get picked, and picking keeps them bushy. Grow them where you cook.
- Bright, indirect light suits most of them.
- Water when the top few centimetres of soil are dry.
- Feed once a month from spring to late summer.
