Hot Home & Garden How-Tos — Page 81 of 158 « Home & Garden

How To: Choose an indoor plant

Learn how to choose an indoor plant. You don’t need a green thumb to have houseplants that flourish; you just need to know which ones will thrive in your home.

How To: Make a traditional floral centerpiece arrangement

The art of floral arrangement is a fun and valuable skill. Dana Plazyk of Flowers by Design lends useful tips and tricks on making simple flower arrangements.

How To: Build a lightweight pergola

Follow Joe Swift's step-by-step video guide to creating a lightweight pergola using yachting cable, with tips on choosing the best climbers.

How To: Care for cannas

Learn how to care for canna plants with Carol Klein's comprehensive video guide covering planting, overwintering, and dealing with viruses such as canna yellow mottle, and bean yellow mosaic.

How To: Care for orchids & ensure they last for years

Ensure your orchids last for years with Sarah Raven's video advice on caring for cymbidium and phalaenopsis varieties as houseplants.

How To: Choose secateurs

Monty Don talks through the process of choosing a good pair of secateurs for pruning, looking at a variety of styles, to help you select a pair to suit your needs.

How To: Prevent aphids in your garden

Learn environmentally friendly methods for controlling aphids, and other garden pests with Monty's guide to organic insecticides and how they work. Monty also talks you through how to make your own, organic pesticide.

How To: Divide asters

Sarah Raven demonstrates how to divide asters to ensure the flower quality doesn't diminish over time.

How To: Create a raised alpine bed

Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to create a raised alpine bed. Create a raised alpine bed.

How To: Cross pollinate daffodils

Follow Carol Klein's video guide to cross-pollinating two daffodil varieties using a pen. Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to cross pollinate daffodils. Cross pollinate daffodils.

How To: Plant a lavender garden

Watch Monty Don as he creates a scented garden using a variety of lavender plants, with suggestions for encouraging bushy growth.

How To: Divide day lilies

Learn how to divide and pot on congested day lilies by following Chris Beardshaw's video advice. Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to divide day lilies. Divide day lilies.

How To: Divide hostas

Generate new plants from your hostas by following Monty Don's video guide to lifting, dividing and planting.

How To: Grow a kiwi plant

Watch Monty's video guide to planting a kiwi plant, ideal for fast-growing extensive coverage of a tree or arbour, and follow his practical tips on positioning for best effect.

How To: Sow bluebell seeds

Chris Beardshaw sows bluebells under the shade of the deciduous trees at Berryfields, and discusses the benefits of growing bluebells from seed over planting bulbs.

How To: Grow blueberries and cranberries

Discover how to create and maintain acid soil conditions for growing blueberries and cranberries, with Chris Beardshaw's step-by-step video advice.

How To: Grow chillies from seeds

Chilli plants will thrive on a sunny window sill or in a greenhouse. They have a long cropping season, so you could still be harvesting fresh chillies in December. You will need just two small pots to sow your chilli seeds; use a good quality seed compost and keep them in a bright place to ensure they germinate.

How To: Plant climbing beans

Learn how to grow runner and haricot beans up a wigwam with Chris Beardshaw's video advice. Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to plant climbing beans. Plant climbing beans.

How To: Plant courgettes

Follow Monty Don's video guide to planting courgette plants, with advice on planting depths and watering frequency.

How To: Grow early beetroot in a pot

Learn how to grow an early crop of beetroot in or out of the greenhouse, with video advice from Sarah Raven.

How To: Plant early potatoes

Monty Don takes you through the process of planting early potatoes with suggestions for soil conditioning and spacing.

How To: Grow raspberries for summer

Watch Monty Don as he experiments with a new method of growing summer-fruiting raspberries, which claims to yield fruit in the first year.

How To: Grow onions

Follow Monty Don's guide to planting onions, shallots and garlic, with tips on soil preparation, drainage and compost.

How To: Grow herbs peppermint & thyme in a container

Monty Don shows how to plant the herbs, peppermint and thyme in pots, with advice on watering, drainage and when to prune.

How To: Grow potatoes easily in a bag

Gardeners' World is brought to you by the BBC. Search Gardeners' World on WonderHowTo for more videos that give practical gardening advice from experts. In this video, learn how to grow easy potatoes. Grow potatoes easily in a bag.

How To: Grow potatoes in a bin

Monty Don shows how to get around the problem of limited space in the garden, by growing your own potatoes in a dustbin.

How To: Grow salad lettuce from seeds

Salad leaves can be grown on a cut-and-come-again basis; harvesting the larger leaves by cutting them, allowing the smaller leaves to grow for a second crop. If you make successional sowings of seeds every three weeks, you will have a constant supply of salad throughout the year. You can sow seeds indoors from March, but from late-May you should be able to sow seeds directly into pots outside.