Easy Easter Decorations with plants

Easy Easter Decorating with Flowers

Hi Everyone,

This week's video is a celebration of Easter and Spring.

I've used a 2nd hand tea set, some adorable little viola and poached egg colour primula, teamed with neutral linen napkins folded into bunny rabbit shapes, and my Gisella Graham Chicken doorstop.

Time for a cute Easter Tea Party

These easy decoration ideas are inexpensive and so easy to do. Use all of them for a fun Easter Tea Party, or pick elements for a cute shabby chic table setting. Check out my YouTube video below for how I put it all together.

Viola in a china sugar bowl with pretty tea time treats

Napkins folded into bunnies with viola and primula plants

Enjoy!

Love

Rebecca xx

Back to Basics - Sowing Seeds for Square Foot Gardening - Leeks

Sowing Seeds for the Square Foot Garden - Leeks

Hi everyone,

We'd be crazy to think that Winter is over and Spring is on the way, this week in the UK we're expecting sleet, snow and temperatures barely above freezing. However it is possible to get some seeds sown right now, lets get going with some leeks for the Square Foot Garden.

In this video we're sowing Sutton Seeds Leek Lyon Prizetaker. One packet contains on average 300 seeds for just £1.55 (that's less than 1 penny per leek!), as opposed to approximately £2.50 for 1 kilo of loose leeks from the supermarket, and money can't buy the fun involved in growing your own fruit and vegetables.

So here we go, the first in a back-to basics guide to grow your own.

Enjoy!
Love
Rebecca xx

My Moth Orchid (Phalaenopsis) collection 2019 update

My Orchids are looking beautiful - come and see

Hi everyone,
This week's video is an update of my lovely Phalaenopsis orchid collection. 9 out of 11 are flowering right now, but one of them is not doing so well, so I give it an emergency repotting after discovering mould on the root system!

Come and see how I get on,
Love
Rebecca xx

Meet the Hamsters Part 2 - Taming a hamster

Taming a Syrian Hamster - my technique

Hi everyone!

Well this week's video is a leap of faith for me, trying to tame my new Syrian hamster Charlie - I haven't tried to hold a hamster since I was a teenager - the fear of pain is real 😅

Be prepared for super-cute footage of both Charlie, and Bertie my Winter White Russian Dwarf hamster 😊🐹🐹

Enjoy,
Love
Rebecca xx

Hellebores - An important Winter job to do today

Hi there!
Despite the expression on my face, I was really pleased with this week's video. It was 2 degrees C and I was lying on the ground, but I was getting a really important garden job done - winter pruning my Hellebores.

Flick back through the blog posts and you'll see how much I love and treasure these wonderful winter/spring flowering perennials. They are usually the very first splash of colour for the year, they hold their heads shyly and have to be tilted skywards to be appreciated, they provide some of the first forage for early pollinators and they are very undemanding.

This is a really quick video, so strap in and enjoy 😊

Love
Rebecca xx

Making my Christmas Wreath 2018

Planting up the Hay Racks for Winter Interest

Hi everyone,
I'm well behind with posting my YouTube videos here on the blog. If you follow me on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram then you know that my father has been very unwell, so we've been making a lot of hospital visits to see him.

In this video I'm planting up the hay rack baskets that sit under my craftroom window. I wanted to refresh them with some Autumn/Winter colour, and I must say, I'm very pleased with the results.

Enjoy!
Lots of love
Rebecca xx

Create a quick table decoration with succulent cuttings

Hi there,

My vision for this week's project was a centrepiece for an alfresco dinner party. I had so much fun creating this lovely table decoration, and it was so quick, inexpensive and easy to do!

I bought the reclaimed cedar planter from Pembury Recycle for a princely sum of £8.00
The compost is my trusty E-Coco Products Cactus and Succulent one, and the small amount probably cost £1.50-2.00
The candle and votive were leftovers from Christmas, you could use something you have already.
The plants are all free cuttings taken from my existing plants.

Create a Quick Table Decoration with Succulent Cuttings

I'd love you to try something similar and let me know how you get on in the comments ☺

Lots of love
Rebecca xx

Holly's Succulent Fairy Garden

In this week's Youtube video, we're using copper, succulents and fairies to create a super-cute miniature garden...does it get better than that?

Hope you enjoy,

PB xx

Valentine's Inspired Sempervivum Heart Decoration Tutorial

This weeks video is live, and features beautiful Sempervivum, on a Valentine's Day inspired heart decoration.
Enjoy!
Love
Rebecca xx