(within two to six weeks) you can pot the seed in a small planter with rich, peat free compost.With careful pruning and repotting for growth, your avocado plant can grow as tall as 20m high.It may not bear fruit within the first ten years – or ever – so

Plant a sunflowerIf you want a row or two of towering sunflowers in your garden come the end of summer, you have to plan in advance. Fill a flowerpot with compost soil and sow two or three seeds about 1cm deep. Keep the pots in a sunny spot on a

-In-The-Belfry, introducing your child to the world of wild flowers also nurtures a love and respect for the world around us. As they observe plants throughout the year – from the first buds of spring to the barren earth of winter – children learn about the seasons

anything, so I knew that I could eat a devilled egg, so I got like eight devilled eggs and sat down with my plate. I bit into one and it didn’t taste anything like my grandmother’s and I didn’t know what to do so I dumped the eggs in this plant pot

Michael Caines has many, many pots on the boil.Having won numerous accolades for his achievements in the hospitality industry, Michael will be hosting his first London eatery this year, a pop-up family restaurant in the OXO Tower in which competition

on one-pot recipes and played cards every night.That all still sounds like fun, but camping is now also more exotic. Last year, 65,000 new members joined the Camping and Caravanning Club (www.thefriendlyclub.co.uk) and 32,000 of these were families – a 27

to demonstrate his art. Crouching on the ground, he used a big wooden stick to spin a giant wheel before throwing down a lump of clay and magically transforming it into a vase. Then it was our turn. Grace managed it quite well, making a nice little pot, while Joe