Yes you can grow herbs indoors and some pots on a sunny windowsill in the kitchen is an ideal place, especially those winter months. It could be as simple as bringing a few pots of herbs from outdoors inside once the cold end of fall starts to set in. Or better still try to find some seedlings or plugs late in the season and plant them in pots.
Herbs will require around 6 - 7 hours of sun a day, if you don't have a spot that can provide this try some grow lights to supplement the natural light. If the plants seems to be growing tall and lanky, then they are searchong for light and need some more.
Remember that it's winter and you have the heating going 24/7, this will dry pots out fairly quickly and also reduce humidity, so water at least twice a week and try some saucers of water with small stones or pebbles to sit the pots on to raise the humidity a little. Use a liquid fertiliser every two weeks.
What herbs will grow inside, well just about any given the right conditions, try time, parsley and mint or maybe basil. Plant what you will use...
And yes lots of systems for growing herbs indoors are on the market including hydroponic systems and special pots, even complete systems with grow light and heaters. With all of these possibilities yes you can grow herbs indoors through winter.
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