Hello Angie and all interested Others,
Funnily enough I am doing a series of articles on herbs and two that are nearly done include Holding on to Herbs (preserving and freezing etc.) and Weathery Herbs (about seasonal growing etc.) I was going to intersperse these with other subjects but if you want me to I will just move up the 'weathery' one for next Monday, no fuss. Let me know. It will come up sometime before the northern winter anyway.
In short though to answer your query above please let me know what sort of winter you have, what zone do you live in?
Then next you indicate that you want to start a winter herb garden. If I understand you correctly then I am not sure that this will be and easy thing to do. Even cold hardy herbs need to be established before they will withstand very cold temperatures.
However, if you have herbs already growing then you will need to bring them 'inside' for a warmer environment (there are caveats here too). Bay trees and Rosemary (if established) can be harvested over the winter months but not too much as most plants are dormant during these cold and frosty days.
There may be others but winter hardy herbs include Chives, Mint, Catnip, Tarragon, Parsley, Lavender, Winter Savory, Oreganum, Sage and Lovage. Many of these die back and stop growing though spring back quickly in spring ha ha.
If you have established herb pots then keep them well mulched, watch watering (they need less), make a newspaper hat (it works for me!) and let them get any sunshine that is available. As mentioned above, remember they will be dormant so harvest with care.
I hope this bit of chatter has helped, but I would visit the closest and friendliest garden centre, see what they have in stock, ask, ask, ask ... and then choose accordingly.
Here in Johannesburg we don't get snow and our winter temperatures are like summer in many other parts of the world. I hope some snowy people reading this will join in this conversation and pass on some tips and advice.
Cheers for now
Last edited by Lestie4containergardens; 09/11/17 11:46 PM.