I grow mint in pots and ONLY in pots!! It took over a bed I had going a while
ago.

It didn't seem to require any special care, other than keeping it on the north
side of my house, where it would get about 2 hours of direct sunlight a day.

I used a mix of some (albeit rather poor) garden soil, with a product we have
here called Pro-mix, which is basically just a potting mix of peat and
perilite, and it worked well.

I don't see why similar techniques would work for other herb. A neighbor of
mine grows dill in an old wiskey barrel too.