(Help) Need advice on windowsill herbs

I haven't tried making the soda bottle self watering pots but here is a list of what grew best for me on the windowsill. Basils (especially lemon basil and spicy globe basil), oregano (but not the greek oregano- it seemed to prefer to be planted outdoors), thyme (every kind of thyme seems to be easygoing and adaptable), dill and marjoram. Rosemary and lavender did not grow well for me in small pots indoors. Generally, any small leaf annuals seemed to do well indoors for me- no matter where I lived as long as they had a sunny window. One thing I learned the hard way- the potted herbs you can buy in grocery stores in the produce section do not do well anywhere. When I first moved to Kuwait, they were all I could find. Then I did some reading and found that they are bred to adapt to sitting on shelves in produce sections and have short lived lives. They are really only for using a bit longer than cut herbs sold there. That said, I have coaxed rosemary plants purchased in the produce section to live but it was touch and go for awhile. (I cannot resist a challenge!) I would start with herbs that you use often that are easy. For me it would be the basils and thymes.

whoops- forgot to add this. Good air circulation and keeping the soil moist but not soaked made all the difference as well. Too wet and they died.
Good luck!

PublicDesign, my mother-in-law used to use liter cartons to plant all winter long in. That would be the quart size milk cartons over there. She would put a few seeds in each carton and the strongest one would be the one she would leave in it. She planted beets, carrots, parsnips (these she would set outside for a few days for the sweetness to set in) just about any kind of root veggie would be planted. They were everywhere all over the home. Since indoors is a controlled enviroment and not like outdoors, you can plant anything your heart desires, as long as you have the room. I grow peppers all winter, and this yr i am going to try tomatoes. Since i have to grow them indoors to begin with and not outside they should do quite well. The only thing you have to remember is they can not draw nutrients from the earth so you have to do that for them, and fertalise a bit more than if they were planted outside. So anything is possiable. I grow herbs all winter long also.

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