how to sow parsley seeds Watch as Sarah demonstrates how to sow one of her favourite herbs, parsley, and shares top tips for successful germination. Parsley is one of my absolute favourit
growing brassicas from seed Growing brassicas from seed in June can seem a strange think to do when you're surrounded by the smell of roses but by sowing a few choice brassicas in early summer means you can have delicious and in
how to grow an apple tree I know how to grow vegetables and enough about growing flowers, but I have to admit I know next to nothing about how to grow an apple tree. To grow an apple tree you need to have the patience to get i
growing magnolias Our bedroom window in Sissinghurst looks east, so during the unbelievable sequence of perfect spring mornings that we have enjoyed day after day and week after week this year, we have looked out first
trendy herbs how to: sorrel & lovage Do you remember The River Cafe getting us all to start growing rocket about 20 years ago? Salad rocket was joined by the thin-fingered, peppery, wild variety. Then Jamie Oliver made Summer Savou
how to plant a bulb lasagne Bulb planting tips >watch how >start shopping bulbs > To get dense and flowery spring pot displays, you have to try layering bulbs in what the Dutch call a bulb lasagne,
sowing seeds into gutterpipes I sow loads of things, particularly amongst the herbs and salads, into lengths of guttering. They germinate quickly and consistently, all cosy in the warm in my polytunnel and transplant outside
creating beautiful summer flower containers Sarah discusses her favourite varieties to grow together for colourful containers throughout the summer months. By viewing the video, you agree to a data transmission to Youtube
how to use bulb planting trays Sarah shows you how to plant tulip bulbs using a bulb planting tray - a quick and easy way of getting autumn planting bulbs into the ground. I have quite rec
pruning roses – the sissinghurst method Pruning roses the Sissinghurst way helps create those wonderful fountains of roses you see in summer gardens – delicious-smelling, out-of-control geysers of flowers that effuse all over the gar
history of the dahlia Very little is known about the dahlia before the time of the Aztecs. It is believed that the Aztecs used parts of the dahlia for food and medicine. The mountain regions of Mexico and Guatemala are th
growing salad for winter In the spring and summer, there are few things I like more than growing salad so I can take my big colander out into the garden to pick a good selection of salad. But come the rain and cold of autumn
direct sowing seeds Direct sowing seeds, sowing straight into the soil in your garden is not a mystery that only the 'green-fingered' can master. There is a science behind direct sowing seeds and if you know the facts, i
prepare your spring garden in autumn Without autumn-sown plants, the abundance and beauty of most gardens plummets for three or four weeks towards the end of spring. The British countryside is at its best in May, with lanes, woodland ed
how to grow grapes in britain There were only three entries for the glasshouse grapes at this year's RHS autumn show; the competitors were two dukes and a Ms M. Walshaw. The Duke of Marlborough went home empty-handed, Ms Walshaw b
planting and naturalising bulbs in grass This is more easily done if the grass is short, so cut in the late autumn, before planting. This has the added advantage that you’ll see the flowers much more clearly with the grass cut short.
