how to store or force tender winter veg As the cold weather sets in, it can be a struggle to devise storing systems to keep vegetables through the winter. Having gone to all the trouble of growing them on my productive patch, I want to enj
christmas decorations from the garden It's easy to make Christmas decorations and with just a little work they can look more beautiful than anything you can buy. My favourite way to make easy Christmas decorations is to go out into the ga
how to freeze flowers I like freezing the small edible flowers – anchusas, borage, pansies and violas – in ice or olive oil cubes. Make up different shapes, with some stars as well as rectangles. I know it's go
top tips for picking and arranging roses Roses make beautiful cut flowers but it helps to know some basics on how to pick them and advice on arranging roses for the best effect. Picking roses The trick with roses is to pick them early in t
a simple table centrepiece If you have plenty of rosemary in the garden you can use it to cover drinking tumblers for the table centres in the marquee. Covering a tumbler or medium-sized jam jar (Bonne Maman French jam jars are
a unique christmas flower table arrangement upper level display I'm starting off with some thin-necked, silvered glass bottles, but any tall, narrow bottle or vase would do. These, filled with white wax flower and the odd branch of silver birch
cosmos summer flower arrangement In this video, Sarah shows you how to put together a lovely roadside-inspired Cosmos 'Purity' flower arrangement. By viewing the video, you agree to a data transmission to Youtube.Th
spring flower arrangements In early spring our yearning for those intense green, newly emergent leaves on the trees – and the carpets of primroses, wood anemones and celandines covering the ground below them – grows
gardening at home with sarah | may colour Join Sarah at Perch Hill as she shares her favourite May flowering varieties for the vase. I had a lovely weekend this weekend picking tonnes and tonnes of flowers because the
how to make a sweet pea table centrepiece Sarah shows us how to make a really quick and easy, colourful table centrepiece with sweet peas, something that is perfect for a summer party or wedding. I was out in t
new favourite dahlia arrangement Sarah shows us how to arrange her favourite collection of new dahlias, along with Nicotiana 'Lime Green'. I'm going to talk you through my new favourite dahlia collecti
gardening at home with sarah | tulips at perch hill Watch as Sarah takes us through her favourite tulip varieties currently growing in the garden at Perch Hill.By viewing the video, you agree to a data transmission to Youtube.The data processing by You
a beginner's guide to healing plants I’m about to add a whole new strand to my productive garden – healing plants. There are many plants which you can grow which are perfect for healing common ailments. I have travelled arou
gardening at home with sarah | favourite biennials for june In this video Sarah shares her reasons for growing biennials and her favourite varieties for June colour. I’m a huge fan of biennials, and some people say ‘I can&r
gardening with children – sowing the seeds If you are interested in gardening with children this series will show you how to start a children's veg patch. In this second part we will talk about sowing the seeds (read part 1 and part 3). My dau
planting container combinations at perch hill Watch as Sarah plants up a combination of edible container plants and shares her top tips for success. you might like View Peat Free
