Advice & Inspiration For Your Garden

bring pollinators into your garden

The honeybee is in peril, but every gardener can help by planting pollinator friendly plants in their gardens and allotments. Gardening, for me, has turned a completely new corner. I used to lov

top 10 plants for pollinators

If you're just starting to make a pollinator friendly garden or if you're new to gardening and want to add a few pollinator friendly plants but are not sure where to start then this is Sarah's to

classic onion tart

This is the most delicious tart. It has more onions than usual – and lots and lots of nutmeg.serves 6-8 For the pastry: 180g flour Pinch of salt 50g lard 50g butter 1 tablespoon grated Parme

Teresa’s fresh cottage pie

There are a million recipes for cottage pie, but of all I’ve tried, this is the best – a recipe from Teresa Wallace, who has given me huge help, reading and commenting on every recipe in this book.

sweet peas | why sarah loves them and how to cut them

If you’re going to grow one plant for picking, or one family, it probably has to be the sweet pea, they are just the most luscious, lovely, scented, pretty, easy, just sort of quintessentially British

chitting potatoes

In this video Sarah shows us how to chit potatoes and talks about one of her favourite varieties, ‘Belle de Fontenay’.By viewing the video, you agree to a data transmission to Youtube.The data process

chicken and leek pie

The pastry for this is wonderfully flaky and light, almost like a digestive biscuit. You can put it over the top of anything, but it’s particularly good with chicken, tarragon and leeks. In cold

andrew’s fish pie with rosti topping

An old friend Andrew Wallace’s gentle fish pie, with a light breadcrumb topping. Serve with buttered broccoli. serves 6 800ml milk 3 bay leaves 600g fresh haddock fillets 300g u

wild garlic pesto recipe

I make lots of this in the spring, using it as a pasta sauce and to stuff baked potatoes. It freezes well for use right through the year, but if freezing leave out the cultivated bulb garlic

kalette, squash and parmesan salad recipe

You can make this salad with Brussels sprouts or kalettes (also called flower sprouts), which have been bred from crossing kale and Brussels sprouts. Kalettes have a slightly sweeter taste than

spicy cauliflower recipe

Lovely spring cauliflower is used in this tasty one-pot dish. It's great with roast lamb or pork, and leftovers can be pureed to make the basis of a delicious soup - just add stock to thin it

rosemary, olive and lemon chicken recipe

A delicious take on the classic Sunday roast. Try this for your next family meal – it's so simple!Serves 5-6 8 chicken thighsjuice of 3 lemonsleaves of 4 sprigs of rosemary (or 1 heaped tablespoon),

smoked chicken, mango and spring herb salad recipe

The perfect salad to eat as we, and the garden, emerge from hibernation in spring.serves 4 1 whole smoked chicken 2 mangoes 'cheeks' chopped and trimmings pureed, or 4 tbsp tinned mango p

large hollow easter egg recipe

I used a metal mould (about 10 × 6cm) to make this egg. It's best made when you have a few hours to spare, as you build up the thickness of the chocolate gradually, but this Easter recipe is dea

Iranian herb and feta salad recipe

Here's a starter that's as simple as it gets – bunches of all the first spring herbs, a heap of feta and piles of warm pitta. It's a brilliant way to start a huge feast at Easter.serves 10-12 as

hot cross buns recipe

These buns are best eaten fresh out of the oven with butter; if not, they are better toasted. The mixture of flours (half wholemeal, half strong plain flour) gives good flavour and texture.