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00:00:00Is this not the most wonderful little vignette?

00:00:03I've got my sweet peas to the right of me.

00:00:06I've got wonderful little bits and pieces for my kitchen.

00:00:09It's just the artwork.

00:00:11I love this little vignette so much.

00:00:12Sorry, it's Friday.

00:00:14And today is spring install day.

00:00:16And I really don't think that there is any day

00:00:18more optimistic, more hope-filled, more wonderful,

00:00:22more exciting than this day.

00:00:24And it is extra special this year

00:00:27because I can't quite believe I'm saying this,

00:00:30but Mr. Millen-Gordon is going to be joining us

00:00:33for the spring install.

00:00:35I think I might have converted him

00:00:37and his little heart to an evergreen heart.

00:00:41I think he had so much fun with all of the stuff

00:00:43that we did when we were foraging

00:00:45at the beginning of the year.

00:00:46I think he's kind of wanting to get himself involved

00:00:49a little bit more with these things.

00:00:51And I'm not someone that's ever going to like

00:00:53force someone to do something like that.

00:00:55I always hope, and I think it's the same with my videos,

00:00:58I want to show people.

00:01:00Rather than tell people, I want to show people

00:01:02how to live a lovely life

00:01:04or change their thoughts or whatever.

00:01:07And I think that Ali has sat front row

00:01:10at all of the things that I've learned over the years

00:01:12and the things that I've started to practice,

00:01:14the things that I started doing unconsciously

00:01:16because these spring installs

00:01:18were such an unconscious thing that I started.

00:01:20I just wanted my home to look lovely

00:01:22on a superficial level to begin with.

00:01:24I just wanted to make it look

00:01:27very, very beautiful all the time.

00:01:29And now I actually do this more.

00:01:31It's almost like a self-care thing.

00:01:33Dressing my home in this way gives me a sense of renewal,

00:01:36a sense of hope, a sense of joy.

00:01:39I enjoy the potting up process.

00:01:41I enjoy the time that I get to spend with Gemma.

00:01:43And now I'm going to enjoy the time

00:01:46that I get to spend with my husband as well.

00:01:48I enjoy being able to help a business like Hello Petal

00:01:50because I think what Gemma does is fantastic.

00:01:52And I think Gemma is fantastic.

00:01:55And so it's one of those things that I'm like,

00:01:56even though today doesn't feel particularly spring-like,

00:02:00I have to be honest, the sun is trying to come through.

00:02:03At the moment in England, it's like,

00:02:05it's just been a very, very thick layer of cloud.

00:02:08This is, you can see the breaks in the cloud a little bit.

00:02:11And so you might look right now,

00:02:13the sun is trying its most to come through

00:02:16and let us feel its presence.

00:02:20But unfortunately, it's just one of those days.

00:02:22It's quite windy out there, but it's the perfect spring day.

00:02:26It doesn't quite know what it's doing

00:02:28and I'm totally okay with that.

00:02:29So Gemma will be arriving soon.

00:02:31If you watched my last video,

00:02:32you would have seen that I had just put the sourdough

00:02:35into the oven.

00:02:36It is in the oven now.

00:02:38And I will have to update you on how that goes.

00:02:42But today we're doing the big install.

00:02:46It is basically going to be packing down

00:02:48everything for winter.

00:02:49So the pieces that we foraged

00:02:51are going to be sadly popped away

00:02:54or even burnt for mulch in the garden.

00:02:57We're going to be taking the garland over the cooker.

00:02:59We're going to be doing new pots,

00:03:02really having a wonderful extravaganza in the home.

00:03:06And what fills my heart with so much joy

00:03:10is seeing how many other people now do this

00:03:12because it's a strange thing to live your life

00:03:17and not know you're doing things when you're doing them.

00:03:20And then seeing other people going,

00:03:21oh, I like the look of that.

00:03:22And then them starting doing it as well.

00:03:24It's a little bit of joy that you get to spread

00:03:27and you don't really,

00:03:28you can often wonder if you're ever sort of

00:03:30doing anything good in this career.

00:03:32And whilst I try my best to be a good person,

00:03:36but also support as many charities as I possibly can.

00:03:40Sometimes you want to see like the tangible impact

00:03:44and just seeing how many people now get their pots,

00:03:47dress their home, even if it's just one pot.

00:03:49I think that's the thing that I don't think you realise.

00:03:52If you've never purchased anything from Gemma before,

00:03:55I just want you to know that if you just purchase one kit

00:03:59and just one pot for your kitchen or something like that,

00:04:02or for your downstairs loo or for your bedroom

00:04:04or whatever it is, your living room,

00:04:05one place that you just want to add a little bit of joy,

00:04:08I think try it.

00:04:10You don't even have to do it with Gemma if you don't want to.

00:04:13You might have a pot lying around.

00:04:14You could go and grab something from the garden, whatever.

00:04:18I think once you do it and you experience it

00:04:21and you really pay attention to how you feel when you do it,

00:04:25when it's there, every time you see it,

00:04:27the fruits of your labour, that's when you start joining.

00:04:31All right, Porter, yes, yes, yes.

00:04:34That's when you start joining the dots

00:04:36of how things in life make you feel.

00:04:39I'm going to stop the video there.

00:04:40I'm going to greet Gemma and I'm going to help her

00:04:42bring all of the bits and pieces in

00:04:43so that we can start the spring install.

00:04:46It was, in actual fact, not Gemma.

00:04:48It was the post lady, so a few little bits of post writing,

00:04:50but the sun, you can see the sun.

00:04:52Look, you can see it on my face there.

00:04:56The moment that it comes through, you're just like,

00:04:58that is what optimism is all about.

00:05:02But yes, I will link all of Gemma's bits and pieces

00:05:05in the description box down below.

00:05:06She does lots of different things.

00:05:08She does wedding flowers.

00:05:10She does the pot kit.

00:05:12She does wreath kits.

00:05:13We're going to be doing a wreath today as well.

00:05:15And we're doing the whole shebang dressing,

00:05:17the living room, the kitchen, the hallway.

00:05:21I think we might even be doing the terrace

00:05:23a little bit as well,

00:05:23although it may not be the day for that,

00:05:25but we'll get them potted up in situ anyway.

00:05:28I basically decided after I went to Burford that day

00:05:31that I wanted to add magnolia branches.

00:05:34I'm going to ask Gemma if I'm going to be able

00:05:35to reorder them because I think it's going to be something

00:05:37that I keep wanting to have in the house.

00:05:40But this is so exciting.

00:05:42This is such an exciting day

00:05:45and I can't believe it's finally here.

00:05:47I feel like I've been putting this off for such a long time

00:05:50because it's so easy to really want to race forward

00:05:54to spring, but I've tried my best to embrace midwinter

00:05:57and enjoy it.

00:05:58And I think I've done a really good job this year.

00:06:00Right, Gemma's here.

00:06:02The sun is out and we are about to start the pack down.

00:06:06So this garland is going to go.

00:06:08These foraged flowers that we did where we live

00:06:12and the foraged flowers in here.

00:06:14And we're going to do a big pot up in the greenhouse,

00:06:17which is going to be lovely to spend some time out there.

00:06:18I'm going to light the fire and it's going to be wonderful.

00:06:21Gemma is bringing in the foliage.

00:06:26Oh, it looks so pretty.

00:06:28Say some Greek stuff.

00:06:29Oh wow, yes.

00:06:31Oh gosh, yeah.

00:06:32How exciting.

00:06:33I'm making a wreath as well.

00:06:34Good.

00:06:36Porty, it's not for sausage dogs.

00:06:39Porty, oh, you've had your time in the spotlight

00:06:43of foraging in things that are not for you.

00:06:45Oh wow.

00:06:47And that looks really nice.

00:06:48So I showed you my inspiration images for the wreath

00:06:54and Gemma is not convinced.

00:06:56I think you're going to love it.

00:06:58And I've got just the little pots.

00:07:00I think it's cute.

00:07:02Cute is spring.

00:07:04Look of horror.

00:07:05Look.

00:07:07I think Gemma's next to the Aston Martin.

00:07:11She's like, I've got to carry all of this stuff past here.

00:07:14No, I think that will be lovely.

00:07:16I love that.

00:07:16Yeah.

00:07:17But also.

00:07:18It's not cheap though, is it?

00:07:19Well, it's rustic.

00:07:20It's rustic.

00:07:21But I think for a little pop of color in the spring wreath.

00:07:24Yeah, but we don't need the pots.

00:07:27I think we should just give it a go.

00:07:29We'll give it a go.

00:07:31Gemma has just told me that I'm going to love this.

00:07:33So I think she's coming in with the Magnolia

00:07:35that I requested.

00:07:37Oh yeah.

00:07:38Yeah?

00:07:39Yeah, absolutely.

00:07:40That looks fantastic.

00:07:42And they probably will open.

00:07:43Yeah.

00:07:44But I mean, I think closed.

00:07:46I love them.

00:07:48Can you sell these?

00:07:49Yeah, I did a couple of years ago, actually.

00:07:51Yeah, I think-

00:07:52Because I would buy repeat ones.

00:07:54It's just finding,

00:07:57it's just the packaging more than anything.

00:07:59Because those are very, those are a meter.

00:08:01Yeah.

00:08:02I've got some 60 centimeters coming as well.

00:08:04Hello, Lummi.

00:08:06Coming to join the girls.

00:08:08Right through the center.

00:08:10Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be.

00:08:12Yeah, so that would be really lovely for like here.

00:08:17Yeah, and some little pots and things like that around it.

00:08:20And then the other one, yeah.

00:08:21Because I mean, obviously you could do

00:08:22the 60 centimeter one, but if I can,

00:08:24can I buy more throughout the spring

00:08:27so that I can have, so that when it's no longer like

00:08:30doing whatever.

00:08:31They actually stay like that.

00:08:34Oh.

00:08:34Unless it's the water.

00:08:35Those are just buds that then will dry.

00:08:37Ah.

00:08:38And just stay.

00:08:39Well, I might try and see if I can get some of them

00:08:40to bloom this time.

00:08:41And then I'll just buy some,

00:08:43if I can buy more from you, that's amazing.

00:08:46So we just stood here and we're setting up

00:08:48to do a wreath making little extravaganza in the kitchen.

00:08:52And we're getting the quail's eggs into a bowl.

00:08:56And Ali picks up one of the quail's-

00:08:57How do they get the quail out of that?

00:09:00That's exactly what he said.

00:09:01Okay, how did they get-

00:09:02That was a tiny little hole for a quail to fit through.

00:09:04Are you joking?

00:09:06He's-

00:09:06Still in place, lost a bit of respect for you.

00:09:08I hadn't thought.

00:09:10I'm like, honestly, it's a good job you're beautiful.

00:09:13You're brilliant, Jelly.

00:09:16And also, can we show the outfit?

00:09:18I was just about to say,

00:09:19it's a good job you know how to dress like your wife.

00:09:20Yeah, exactly.

00:09:21Come on, my love, show them the outfit.

00:09:24So I just want to say, I got dressed first this morning.

00:09:26No, you didn't, Jelly.

00:09:28That's lies, that's lies.

00:09:30So he took the roll neck off.

00:09:33Yeah, because when she put hers on, I was like, come on.

00:09:37He walked downstairs, he's like,

00:09:38is that a thirtiesy belt you're wearing?

00:09:40And I was like, no, it's brown.

00:09:41He's like, I've got one of them.

00:09:45But we are setting up to,

00:09:47oh, are you showing the outfit?

00:09:48Yes, wonderful, wonderful outfit,

00:09:50backlit that you can't see.

00:09:52Also, what's going on with your belt buckle?

00:09:55There we go.

00:09:56It doesn't work, I think it moved.

00:09:58Yes, so Ali is wearing the men's equivalent of my outfit.

00:10:01Those trousers are very nice.

00:10:02Where are they from?

00:10:03Asimovity.

00:10:04I thought they were going to be there.

00:10:05Anyway, we are setting up for wreath making

00:10:08and this is the wreath that we're going to make.

00:10:10Now I have been suggesting putting little pots in

00:10:12just to make a feature out of it.

00:10:13I do think this is very lovely though.

00:10:16It is very, very lovely.

00:10:19It looks very, very spring-like and look at that sunshine.

00:10:24Oh.

00:10:26What's this?

00:10:27That's flaspy and it's probably not your tone.

00:10:33Flaspy?

00:10:34You're correct there.

00:10:35Very flaspy.

00:10:36Fandabidozze.

00:10:38Let's just make it look better.

00:10:40Let's just make it look better, yeah?

00:10:41All I want to do is do it.

00:10:43Pick up, pick up, all I want to do is do it.

00:10:46It's so unlike you.

00:10:47Stop checking in there.

00:10:50Have you seen that David Walliams

00:10:52and Matt Lucas have started a podcast?

00:10:53Yes.

00:10:54And it's so funny,

00:10:56the only thing is like,

00:10:57I thought you were cancelled.

00:10:58Oh yeah, I've seen that.

00:10:59Yeah, it's like,

00:11:01oh, I thought you were cancelled.

00:11:02He's like, no, no, no, when you're cancelled twice,

00:11:04it doesn't mean you're cancelled anymore.

00:11:06I was like, hard relate.

00:11:12Contenders, are you ready?

00:11:15Gladiators, are you ready?

00:11:22Right, okay.

00:11:24So, and I'm just going to take you through it, yeah?

00:11:26Yes.

00:11:27Okay, so first of all,

00:11:29we get our binding wire,

00:11:32and we bind it onto the wreath ring.

00:11:36So you're starting off by wrapping it round a few times,

00:11:41to sort of cast on,

00:11:43and then you're going over and under.

00:11:46All the way around.

00:11:47All the way around, and I can zigzag, kind of.

00:11:51Is it all coming back to you?

00:11:53It's all coming back, it's all coming back to me now.

00:11:59And then we're going in with the mask.

00:12:01I'm really impressed with your speed and agility.

00:12:03Yeah, thank you, I've got a lot to tell you.

00:12:06That is, that's the speed we needed.

00:12:07I'm sorry, I'm going,

00:12:09well, I'm mostly being filmed,

00:12:10so I was trying to look good.

00:12:12Yeah, this looks good.

00:12:13People like speed and agility,

00:12:14they don't want to sit around

00:12:15and watch you slowly wrap a proper ring.

00:12:17I don't think we should invite him again.

00:12:18Well, it's very tight.

00:12:20I know, that's why I asked!

00:12:22I said, reasonably spaced out.

00:12:24What did that mean?

00:12:26The zigzag is spaced out, but it's tight.

00:12:28Well, too late now.

00:12:29Well, you should remember for Christmas.

00:12:31I can't remember.

00:12:33It's because you're drunk again.

00:12:34Drunk on life.

00:12:38Okay, so now you're going to take your sphagnum moss

00:12:41in clumps,

00:12:43lay it on top of your binding wire zigzags,

00:12:47and then carry on binding round.

00:12:53Don't even think about moaning at me.

00:12:56Me?

00:12:57Yeah.

00:12:58Oh, no, I wasn't.

00:12:59I just wanted to say I was feeling.

00:13:00Yeah.

00:13:03I'm making it chunky.

00:13:04I like them big.

00:13:05I like them big.

00:13:06I like them round.

00:13:08I like them chunky.

00:13:09Right, so what do I do now?

00:13:10Okay, now we're going to start

00:13:12to cut up all the foliages.

00:13:13Okay, so let's cut down the pistachio.

00:13:16We're going to cut down all the individual foliages

00:13:19and put them in piles.

00:13:20Okay.

00:13:21And then that will make it really easy

00:13:23when we start to put our posies in.

00:13:25It creates quite a nice body.

00:13:27It's quite full.

00:13:29So you're thinking-

00:13:30So you're kind of looking at-

00:13:31Like that?

00:13:32Yeah.

00:13:33And then pop it in a pile.

00:13:35Further speed.

00:13:36I'm kicking with gas.

00:13:38Now we've got the big guns in.

00:13:40Oh, yeah.

00:13:41Now we'll move on to the school room.

00:13:45So for that one, you take it there, there.

00:13:49Oh, right, okay.

00:13:50I've got more than one piece.

00:13:51The amount of wreath classes that Lidia's done

00:13:53are main.

00:13:55In the last four years?

00:13:56Yeah.

00:13:57I've done many wreath classes,

00:14:00but I did lots of them before lockdown.

00:14:03And before lockdown, I really wasn't that interested.

00:14:06You hadn't met me before lockdown.

00:14:07No.

00:14:08And I wasn't doing house stuff.

00:14:12Wow.

00:14:13Enter Gemma.

00:14:15Enter Gemma.

00:14:16Right, let's go.

00:14:16Enter the dragon.

00:14:17Dun, dun, dun, dun, dun.

00:14:19Okay, try not to get upset, but this is eucalyptus.

00:14:23Yeah, but I like that.

00:14:24Yeah, you're okay with that.

00:14:25I'm okay with that eucalyptus.

00:14:26Because it's not like Mediterranean-y.

00:14:29No.

00:14:30No.

00:14:31So this is eucalyptus parthenonium.

00:14:40Okay, right.

00:14:42Let's go to the round B.

00:14:43Right, okay, let's go to the last B now.

00:14:46The last B.

00:14:47The last B.

00:14:48So, we now need to take little sections of all of our pearls

00:14:53and then create a little posey to then bind to the wreath.

00:14:57And then, if you remember from Christmas,

00:14:58we're going in the same direction.

00:15:00Yeah.

00:15:01Do you remember?

00:15:02Just make sure when you're binding,

00:15:03you're holding really tight.

00:15:05Yeah.

00:15:05And like, nothing's gonna break.

00:15:07Yeah.

00:15:08Just because otherwise it's gonna all fall off.

00:15:09So we're doing the same thing.

00:15:10Yeah.

00:15:11Nothing's gonna break.

00:15:11Yeah.

00:15:12Just because otherwise it's gonna all fall off.

00:15:13So we're doing little poseys

00:15:14and all the different poses.

00:15:15Yeah.

00:15:16So, as you'll see though,

00:15:18there's less of those,

00:15:19because that's just a little touch of white.

00:15:21There's probably enough for one or two of those

00:15:24in each posey.

00:15:25That there's plenty of.

00:15:27This there's plenty of.

00:15:28Plenty little touches.

00:15:30Okay, so what we're going to want to do

00:15:32is get a posey and like, add one touch of white.

00:15:35Then leave it out from a posey, maybe.

00:15:37Yeah.

00:15:38And then put another.

00:15:39Yeah.

00:15:40So we've got loads of bulbs going in at the end.

00:15:43Yeah.

00:15:43So if you feel like, oh, there's a gap,

00:15:46there won't be.

00:15:47Okay.

00:15:47Because we'll fill it with the bulbs.

00:15:49It's a living wreath.

00:15:50It is a living wreath.

00:15:51And then you can plant them in the garden.

00:15:53Meow.

00:15:56Say hello.

00:15:57Meow.

00:15:58What's the matter?

00:15:59I'm gonna put one of those on.

00:16:00Meow.

00:16:02Say hello.

00:16:03And these ones go at the front, on the top.

00:16:05Honey.

00:16:06Which ones?

00:16:07Why are you not being involved with the girls?

00:16:09You don't want to be there, do you?

00:16:10This.

00:16:12This.

00:16:14So, twist it like that so it goes to 12 o'clock.

00:16:17No.

00:16:18No?

00:16:19That needs to be your new nine o'clock.

00:16:21Okay.

00:16:22And I can cut these down, can't I?

00:16:24Yeah, you can cut those off, yeah.

00:16:26Put that down, and then we're twisting again.

00:16:28So our binding wire is always at nine o'clock.

00:16:31Okay, perfect.

00:16:32Right, let's go.

00:16:33Let's go.

00:16:35Woo!

00:16:38What did you think it was?

00:16:39An ant.

00:16:41So you're okay with spiders now, but it's the ant.

00:16:44It's just not on me, it can never be on me.

00:16:48Professional.

00:16:49I think I ruined this a bit.

00:16:50What?

00:16:51I think I missed a bit there.

00:16:53But we can just put a full set or more.

00:16:55Okay.

00:17:04So, if you break up your bulbs,

00:17:07like, literally, you can be brutal.

00:17:10You're about to.

00:17:11Break them up, break them up,

00:17:13and then you literally stick the wire up the top.

00:17:15That's a good idea.

00:17:16I'm sorry, I think I've done a really good job.

00:17:18That's amazing, really good.

00:17:19Can you do that?

00:17:20Yeah.

00:17:21You're kind of going around in the same direction.

00:17:25Yeah, like, like that, and see if you can feel it.

00:17:27I can't feel it behind, so it won't scratch the door.

00:17:29Okay.

00:17:30Okay.

00:17:31So, this is the wreath that Gemma has made for me,

00:17:35because I like things a little bit twiggy and woody,

00:17:37because there is still so much of that outside.

00:17:40It's got bulbs in it as well,

00:17:41which means that it's going to be really reflective

00:17:43of what's happening outside.

00:17:44However, the kit that we have just made

00:17:47is a lot more luscious and gritty,

00:17:49and it's got a lot of little details

00:17:51that you can't really see.

00:17:52So, I'm going to show you a little bit of that.

00:17:54So, this is the wreath that Gemma has made for me.

00:17:58The wreath that we have just made

00:17:59is a lot more luscious and green,

00:18:01which is definitely, now that it's warming up,

00:18:03going to be seen much more outside.

00:18:06And what I would say is when you get your kit,

00:18:09it comes with the bulbs like this,

00:18:11which for me, I want it like this.

00:18:13I don't want it to look further ahead

00:18:15than the rest of the garden.

00:18:17I want this to bloom as the garden blooms.

00:18:19And I just love the way that bulbs look.

00:18:21They just look so rustic,

00:18:23and they add that really lovely countryside feel

00:18:26that I think myself and a lot of my audience

00:18:29really, really enjoys.

00:18:30So, I'll link to the kits down below

00:18:33because they're so much fun.

00:18:34Like, think about it this way.

00:18:36If you're thinking about doing something

00:18:38with your team at work or something,

00:18:40you want to do a bit of bonding or whatever,

00:18:42if you were to buy five of these kits

00:18:44and do it when you've got an opportunity

00:18:46or wherever you've got an opportunity,

00:18:47it's such a fun and productive way,

00:18:49and your team leave with something tangible

00:18:52that makes them kind of feel

00:18:53like they've done something really good.

00:18:56And gets them excited for the next season.

00:18:58So, it's a massive win, win, win.

00:19:00So, we're just going to finish up in here,

00:19:02and then we're going to move on to packing down the house

00:19:05and potting up.

00:19:07Now, we are ready to start actually dressing the house,

00:19:10and I've got my beautiful mossy green apron on,

00:19:15ready to go.

00:19:16And Ali has his on as well.

00:19:17He's got the half apron.

00:19:19These are both pure linen.

00:19:21I think that's really good.

00:19:22You look like you work at the bowl at Charlebury.

00:19:28Oh, really?

00:19:29Yeah, because they all have like that colour.

00:19:30And they quite have brown trousers, don't they?

00:19:32Yeah, and yeah, that's a really nice look.

00:19:35I like that.

00:19:36It's a good look.

00:19:37Very good, and also helpful to have,

00:19:39but also such beautiful material.

00:19:41So, I'll link these down below.

00:19:42But now it's time.

00:19:43Barclay, do you think you're leaving home?

00:19:47Do you think you're leaving home, my love?

00:19:48I think you should probably get back in the house.

00:19:50Hello, my boy.

00:19:55I don't know who it is.

00:19:57Are you okay, my boy?

00:19:58Ali is now removing the garland.

00:20:01First and foremost,

00:20:02you always remove things that are very valuable.

00:20:10Oh, this feels like it's gonna be a cleansing.

00:20:12Oh, this needs to come out as well.

00:20:21Oh, you're so empty.

00:20:26Winter has left the kitchen,

00:20:30which is incredibly exciting.

00:20:32And we have said goodbye to our favourite arrangement ever,

00:20:37I think, in that corner.

00:20:38I absolutely loved it.

00:20:39We're having a big leaf clean of everything

00:20:42and just a sort out.

00:20:44Let's head into the greenhouse and start potting.

00:20:46We have our audience here doing all of the hard work.

00:20:50Oh, long shoes.

00:20:52Yes, Monsieur Sausage.

00:20:55Madame is supervising.

00:20:57You happy cat?

00:20:59You may strike me.

00:21:01The chickens are very kindly modelling our woodland for us.

00:21:05As you can see, the carpet of snowdrops

00:21:08are out in full force.

00:21:10Snowdrop is loving it herself.

00:21:11So what we have opted for is majority snowdrops.

00:21:15And the wonderful thing is,

00:21:16is that as the snowdrops fade in the landscape

00:21:20around wherever it is you may live,

00:21:22if you are lucky enough to have them,

00:21:24you can then swap out those bulbs

00:21:26for the next flowering bulb.

00:21:27You can pop some tulips or muscari or hyacinth or narcissi.

00:21:33And you have all of the different options with these pots.

00:21:36And you can buy refill pots from Hello Petal.

00:21:39You can obviously pick things up yourself,

00:21:40but I'm always going to support Gemma's business

00:21:43because I think what she does is so wonderful.

00:21:45And it's really great if you don't have the time

00:21:47to pop to the garden centre,

00:21:48buy everything you need.

00:21:50And it means that everything is delivered to your door

00:21:52ready to go.

00:21:53And I think that's, for me, as someone who is time poor,

00:21:56the real sort of joy about this

00:21:58is that it all comes ready to go.

00:21:59And it's such a fun thing to do with kids, with partners.

00:22:02It's just wonderful.

00:22:03Gemma has a plan of action for the potting,

00:22:06which I'm very happy about

00:22:07because it's made this so much easier to do.

00:22:10And what we're going to do is pot up everything

00:22:12and then put it in situ.

00:22:14So what are we looking at right now?

00:22:16So, tablescape, living room.

00:22:19Yeah.

00:22:20Dressing room.

00:22:21Which ones?

00:22:22So I'm thinking tablescape, sort of the little dizzy one.

00:22:24Yeah.

00:22:25With a few different pots.

00:22:26Yeah.

00:22:27And then with like moss and all that kind of thing.

00:22:29Yeah.

00:22:30And some bud vases.

00:22:31And then kitchen island.

00:22:32Yeah, love that.

00:22:33Love that.

00:22:34It's like-

00:22:35Yeah.

00:22:36A little bit of flutedness.

00:22:37And then-

00:22:37I love that you called it fluting.

00:22:38I would have gone for ribbed.

00:22:39Well, I just didn't, you want to use that word.

00:22:41Yeah.

00:22:42But yes.

00:22:45Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:22:46Very ribbed.

00:22:48For your added pleasure.

00:22:51Dressing room, one of those.

00:22:53And then I thought we'd do an extra one just in case.

00:22:55Wonderful.

00:22:56Yes.

00:22:56Okay.

00:22:57Well, and when we put these in situ,

00:22:58it then gives us a really good idea

00:23:00of what we may need to do on top.

00:23:03Yeah.

00:23:04Perfect.

00:23:05Let's do this.

00:23:06We're putting this into here, yeah?

00:23:07Yes.

00:23:08What is going in this one?

00:23:10Either.

00:23:11Let's put snowflakes in

00:23:11because they're a bit more,

00:23:12because they're out, so a bit more impactful.

00:23:14Yeah.

00:23:15I'm just going to put two sort of,

00:23:16would I separate the bulbs or just put them in?

00:23:19I would probably actually just put them in.

00:23:21So basically, you'd be making like,

00:23:24you'd literally take them out of the pot

00:23:25and then fill the soil around.

00:23:27Yeah, yeah, yeah.

00:23:35No.

00:23:40It doesn't, it doesn't.

00:23:42Oh, wow.

00:23:43So not all of them together,

00:23:45so when you get the bulb like this,

00:23:47what you want to do is go almost like that.

00:23:50A bit in like the palm of your hand.

00:23:51Almost like spaghetti.

00:23:53And then it sits just, it's just quite, yeah.

00:24:09This is fascinating.

00:24:12The way his brain works with things is just so interesting.

00:24:15Yeah, like how men pot up.

00:24:21Yeah.

00:24:24Squidward.

00:24:27Thank you, my love.

00:24:31I love that you always do this in white.

00:24:33Always.

00:24:35Gardening in white is actually

00:24:36what gardening is about for me.

00:24:38I've got to feel lovely when I'm gardening.

00:24:40It's the white way to do it.

00:24:44So.

00:24:47So you grab some moss,

00:24:50and you put it all like, so imagine it's all over, okay?

00:24:54And then what you do.

00:24:57Just sort of pop it up, don't you?

00:24:58Yeah, so you, Ali,

00:24:59you put two fins either side of the bulb.

00:25:01Yeah.

00:25:02Hold the moss in place,

00:25:03you lift the bulb up,

00:25:04and then you sit it back on top.

00:25:07Okay.

00:25:08So then it basically-

00:25:09So the price of the good one.

00:25:10Creates-

00:25:11It creates like a bit of,

00:25:12so then it's sat,

00:25:13the roots is touching the compost.

00:25:15The bulb is like elevated.

00:25:17Elevated.

00:25:18It just elevates the look, you know?

00:25:20It looks like they're coming out as well.

00:25:21So either side.

00:25:22Yeah.

00:25:24Yeah?

00:25:25Yeah.

00:25:32It's just so pretty.

00:25:39Oh, the snowdrops of gorge.

00:25:42Yeah.

00:25:43They all look lovely.

00:25:44Wonderful.

00:25:45So now we go with the twigs.

00:25:48Twiggy, twiggy, twiggies.

00:25:49Twigs or-

00:25:51Twigs, then dry time.

00:25:52So these twigs.

00:25:53Yeah.

00:25:54So cut them down.

00:25:57Where are these going?

00:25:58Just in amongst, yeah.

00:26:01And then you kind of want them like criss-crossing.

00:26:05So we're just trying to give a little bit of body here,

00:26:07just some support as the hellebores come up.

00:26:11They're not hellebores.

00:26:12The-

00:26:12Skari.

00:26:13Skari comes up.

00:26:14Skari.

00:26:15Which is going to create-

00:26:16Skari.

00:26:17Mascara definitely needs some sort of propping.

00:26:19So we just stick that in there.

00:26:21That'll work as a scaffolding

00:26:25for the new growth that we're going to see.

00:26:28This is the kind of gardener's world

00:26:29I want to see for him.

00:26:30And if you're just really gentle,

00:26:34you will feel the bugs being crushed

00:26:37as you stick in the twig.

00:26:41So the dry time you put in smaller.

00:26:44Yes.

00:26:44It's shorter.

00:26:45So that's more,

00:26:48you know, sitting more amongst the base of it all.

00:26:52That's the thing though with someone like him

00:26:53is that he's the type of person

00:26:55that people would want to see on like a gardening programme

00:26:59because he's just so lovely with it.

00:27:01These little pots here

00:27:03are what Ali and I have just been working on.

00:27:05Some little Mascari.

00:27:06And I did these snowdrops.

00:27:08I don't think you'll be able to buy these snowdrops now,

00:27:10but they will have been linked on my story.

00:27:13So it is a reason for you to head over to my Instagram

00:27:17and follow me on there

00:27:19because sometimes you will get told things on there first.

00:27:26Lining them up.

00:27:33Just on the table, it's just so lovely.

00:27:34Yeah, I know.

00:27:35It's literally so pretty.

00:27:43This one is done now.

00:27:44That feel all right to you?

00:27:45That's lovely.

00:27:46Yeah?

00:27:47Yeah, love that.

00:27:48Right, what's this one?

00:27:50That one is a mix of just Mascari.

00:27:52What do you think?

00:27:53Maybe just Mascari in that one.

00:27:54I was thinking that one for the dressing table.

00:28:04All done.

00:28:04Thank you very much.

00:28:17For a very big hole.

00:28:18Do you want to just grab that?

00:28:20Some...

00:28:22You need a thingy, don't you?

00:28:23Yeah.

00:28:24I do have dishes down there.

00:28:26Yeah, let's walk.

00:28:27That one underneath that one there in front of you.

00:28:31Match made in heaven.

00:28:33Hey, what?

00:28:35A lovely army.

00:28:39Right, time.

00:28:43Your pubes are like this.

00:28:45Yeah.

00:28:47It's a very sexual innuendo day.

00:28:49It has to be a sexy innuendo day.

00:28:50It's because there are boys around.

00:28:53I'm not going to put tints in this one.

00:28:55Oh.

00:28:56No, it's just in mine,

00:28:56just because I feel like then it adds...

00:28:58To the dress.

00:28:59Yeah, to the differences.

00:29:00Contrast a bit.

00:29:02With the primroses as well.

00:29:04Oh, I just look forward.

00:29:05That literally looks like happiness.

00:29:06Yeah, happiness.

00:29:09Ali Titchmarsh.

00:29:16It's not time to shine.

00:29:18Ali Titchmarsh.

00:29:22What are you doing?

00:29:24It's kind of like you can't really mess it up.

00:29:27But it's supposed to not look perfect.

00:29:29It looks like perfectly imperfect,

00:29:31which is kind of, I think, why I love this so much,

00:29:33because that's what I like about interiors,

00:29:35that things that just sort of happen and are beautiful,

00:29:38even though, obviously, you put in lots of effort here.

00:29:42Gemma is just getting an over-the-table shot

00:29:44of everything that we've done.

00:29:45It's looking so good.

00:29:48Oh my goodness.

00:29:49So it's the Muscari and the Narcissi

00:29:51that's going to be for sale on the website as kits.

00:29:54Amazing.

00:29:55I will link them down below.

00:29:56Then this is part of the tablescape,

00:29:58and I'm just about to load everything

00:30:00into my little wheelbarrow.

00:30:08That is the cutest shot on it.

00:30:12Yeah, we'll make it fit.

00:30:14That's very cute.

00:30:17Look at this handsome man.

00:30:20Tea and toast with the ladies.

00:30:22Unbelievable service going on here, isn't it?

00:30:26Homemade sourdough, honey from the bees.

00:30:29So pardon all of the mess,

00:30:31but this is how Barclay gets when his brother,

00:30:34when he's on his own.

00:30:35I've never known anything like it.

00:30:38He shakes.

00:30:39You can't go with him, my love.

00:30:41You can't go with him.

00:30:43I know.

00:30:44He'll be back soon.

00:30:47Oh, pop it.

00:30:49I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know.

00:30:54I know.

00:30:56It's okay.

00:30:57It's okay.

00:30:58In your bed.

00:30:59I know.

00:31:01Oh my God.

00:31:03Oh my, I know.

00:31:09Barky.

00:31:11So this is the tablecloth that we have gone for.

00:31:13This is an old H&M one.

00:31:15I've got two, one that's in more of like a taupey color,

00:31:17and one that is this like lighter sage green.

00:31:21We're gonna add some moss, add some bud vases,

00:31:23just still keep that twiggy element

00:31:25that is still very much present outside.

00:31:27And this color, the yellows, the blues,

00:31:31there's gonna be whites, the primrose.

00:31:33Oh, it's just gorgeous.

00:31:43Oh my goodness me.

00:31:45I think this is my most favorite spring table

00:31:48that we have ever done.

00:31:49I've used the candles that were sent from Velvet Victoria

00:31:52and Gemma has described them so perfectly.

00:31:55These are like the perfect Bertioli shade of green.

00:31:59And I love this table so, so much.

00:32:03It's a spring extravaganza.

00:32:05We've got little quail's eggs in here as well,

00:32:09just to add that little touch, but it's looking amazing.

00:32:12So we've gone for some white Muscari on the ottoman.

00:32:16And over here, Gemma has allowed me to create

00:32:18a little bit of a like potting table for my sweet peas.

00:32:22But also we've popped on the snowdrops here,

00:32:26which I think is so lovely

00:32:27because this particular window looks out

00:32:29right onto the snowdrops, which is so nice.

00:32:32So Gemma's allowed me to have my little table like this.

00:32:35And then she is working away in the corner

00:32:37with the magnolia and I love it.

00:32:40It is absolutely gorgeous.

00:32:42I love how it creates those shadows.

00:32:43Yeah.

00:32:46Really lovely.

00:32:47My love, come here.

00:32:50You're being very good.

00:32:52You are being so good.

00:32:55Yeah, you get in your bed.

00:32:56Oh, you smell your brother.

00:32:59He's coming back.

00:33:00He's coming back.

00:33:02He's coming back.

00:33:06I know.

00:33:08I know you're a bit worried about what's going on, aren't you?

00:33:14It's okay.

00:33:15You'll be back soon and you'll forget this even happened.

00:33:21Give me pigtails.

00:33:23Give me pigtails.

00:33:27Oh.

00:33:29Barkie, your brother is home.

00:33:33He's home.

00:33:35You haven't even realised yet.

00:33:39We're going to film, don't worry, you're all right.

00:33:41We're going to film the reunion.

00:33:44Barkie.

00:33:45Bark, bark, bark, bark, bark.

00:33:48Everyone's straight past him.

00:33:53Barkie.

00:33:54Oh, he's here, he's here.

00:33:56Barkie.

00:33:57Oh, my goodness.

00:33:58Barkie was beside himself,

00:34:01so we thought that there was going to be some big reunion

00:34:03and they both ran past themselves.

00:34:05You ran for your mummy.

00:34:07Well, this is not the scene that I thought I was going to show you.

00:34:10The weather turned so quickly that it just went dark

00:34:15and didn't feel like spring at all.

00:34:18I actually can't believe that one of these is already starting to open

00:34:21and we only potted it up a few hours ago.

00:34:24So I'm going to wait and I'm going to show you everything in better daylight.

00:34:29The sad thing is that the hops that arrived were not ripe at all,

00:34:34so I'm going to have to send those back and hope that they can send another one.

00:34:38But so that I can get the box out of the hallway,

00:34:42I would quickly unbox my second Valentine's Day gift from Ali.

00:34:50He obviously got pants, I lucked out.

00:34:53Because I always have a list of things that I would like as gifts

00:34:56because people always say how hard it is to buy for me

00:34:59and he doesn't do that.

00:35:00So I'm going to get the box open.

00:35:02Basically, I need to tell you a little bit.

00:35:03I'm definitely getting walking boots.

00:35:05Oh, yes, Ali wants walking boots after our wonderful trip through the Cotswolds.

00:35:10He wants walking boots.

00:35:12So that is true.

00:35:14So I don't know what part of the present this is

00:35:17because there's multiple parts.

00:35:18I think it's almost like a five piece set.

00:35:21But basically what I want to do, especially now that I am making sourdough,

00:35:26one of the things I want to do this summer is have a little bistro table

00:35:30that I can set up somewhere in the garden or even just leave there.

00:35:34And when I have people over, I have like an afternoon tea set up,

00:35:37even like for me and Carrie.

00:35:38Carrie and I love afternoon tea.

00:35:41And imagine us making our own afternoon tea

00:35:43and sitting in the garden and enjoying it that way.

00:35:46I think we'd probably enjoy that

00:35:49like a million times more than going to fancy places in London.

00:35:53So what I asked for was a two person afternoon tea set for the garden.

00:35:59And this is the sets that they have.

00:36:02I think it's the same set that they have at Time in the Cotswolds.

00:36:07And so I searched high and low and I thought, you know what?

00:36:09Nothing is going to feel more at home for us than that.

00:36:13And it's green and it will look lovely.

00:36:15And I just thought I'd really enjoy laying it out.

00:36:17So this is my first ever afternoon tea set.

00:36:21But I definitely think this is not the full set because it's way too light.

00:36:25I won't be like, well there's so few pieces, who knows?

00:36:28There's some bits and pieces in here.

00:36:30What have we got?

00:36:31So this is from Burley Pottery and I really wanted it

00:36:34because I looked at sort of like a dual afternoon tea set

00:36:38and I looked at an Hermes one,

00:36:39but I really wanted this to be a British afternoon tea set.

00:36:43You know me well enough by now.

00:36:44And because afternoon tea is so...

00:36:46Oh, it's my teapot.

00:36:48So I went for a four person teapot.

00:36:50I didn't go for a big one because I just thought,

00:36:54to be truthful, we're only going to have a little bit of tea.

00:36:57OK, we're going to have mostly champagne.

00:36:59So that was my thought process.

00:37:03But we went for the Asiatic...

00:37:08Asiatic pheasant.

00:37:11So it's this lovely little green motif.

00:37:16But as you can see, there are little pheasants in there.

00:37:18And I thought with it being our garden, that makes perfect sense.

00:37:21And I think this is a nice little size.

00:37:22Although it doesn't look like that would do four cups of tea, does it?

00:37:27Must be very small cups of tea.

00:37:28Anyway, next up, we have cups and saucers.

00:37:36So this is like a full set.

00:37:37So you have your little sandwich plate for sandwiches and cakes.

00:37:42And then your tea set sits on top.

00:37:46And then you've got your little...

00:37:47Maybe this is the full set.

00:37:49They said that there was like an eight week wait for this.

00:37:52So I'm shocked that it is, but it may well be.

00:37:57Oh, it's so pretty.

00:37:59I love it so much.

00:38:02I just thought, how lovely would it be to make the bread for your own sandwiches,

00:38:07whether they're sourdough or...

00:38:08Carrie can obviously make gluten free bread herself.

00:38:13And we can bring, like, come together and make our own afternoon tea,

00:38:17make a cake, make scones.

00:38:19That's my next thing that I need to master.

00:38:21I think I'm not doing too badly with the old sourdough.

00:38:26But yeah, even making our own butter, just...

00:38:30And then getting, like, wine.

00:38:31There's a few vineyards close by that we found recently.

00:38:34My little sugar bowl.

00:38:36How cute is that?

00:38:39I think it is the whole set.

00:38:41So I've got a little sugar bowl, a little milk jug as well.

00:38:44I didn't want anything too big because I expect that the table will be fairly small.

00:38:49And we can just set it up wherever the sun is shining in the garden

00:38:54and have a wonderful homemade afternoon tea.

00:39:00No tea.

00:39:01No, we can't have...

00:39:03Having everything set up for a tea party.

00:39:05No, Carrie and I obviously have the best afternoon teas when we have it in the...

00:39:10No, she wants the little corn chips.

00:39:14When we have afternoon tea in the boat at Ballyfin,

00:39:17but when we've gone to, like, fancy places in London,

00:39:19we're always like, oh, that's not that great.

00:39:21We're around other people and that kind of thing.

00:39:23Yeah, so I thought if we were to make our own afternoon tea and have it

00:39:27and drink and enjoy ourselves in our own gardens,

00:39:30how lovely would that be?

00:39:32Absolutely.

00:39:34You certainly wouldn't be disappointed with the...

00:39:36Crotchets. You'd be so close to me.

00:39:38You can't be upset with yourself.

00:39:39Exactly.

00:39:41This is the little tier cake stand.

00:39:43Perfect.

00:39:44How cute is that?

00:39:45Yeah.

00:39:46It would have been nice to have mini jugs underneath.

00:39:48That comes off as a sticker.

00:39:50Yeah, I was just saying.

00:39:53Oh, my goodness me.

00:39:54The oven is on and we are waiting for our guests to arrive.

00:40:08Basically, we've got...

00:40:10We're having Caribbean night and we're having Ken,

00:40:13his partner, Joe, and Ken's son, Graham, over.

00:40:17And basically we've got an absolute feast.

00:40:20I am so looking forward to this.

00:40:22We've talked about doing this for such a long time.

00:40:24And so I'm really looking forward to it being like the first time we do this.

00:40:28But they're also all staying over.

00:40:29Puppy dogs are very happy now.

00:40:31And yeah, I've just had such a lovely week.

00:40:35And I was thinking about this with Gemma and we were having a chat about it.

00:40:38And it's just for me, it is so nice to come on my YouTube channel and learn with you.

00:40:46Does that make sense?

00:40:47It's like, I think sometimes it can be a bit daunting learning something new.

00:40:53I think so many people are taught so many things at an early age.

00:40:57And I was taught so many things, but there's also a lot of things that I was not taught.

00:41:03And so being able to have like Charlie here earlier on in the week, teaching me how to

00:41:07make sourdough, I've had my sourdough, it is delicious.

00:41:11So now my next hurdle is to get my sourdough starter to the place where it needs to be.

00:41:16And then also like undertake an entire sourdough loaf without her there.

00:41:21So just on the notes, basically.

00:41:25And I love showing you guys that it's okay not to know something, but to also need to

00:41:32learn it.

00:41:33I think there's sometimes quite a huge amount of pressure to come on and be like, I know

00:41:36everything and I'm going to teach you everything.

00:41:39When in actual fact, sometimes there's going to be things that you don't know and just

00:41:44showing you the process of me learning.

00:41:47And whilst I grew up with a family that were many things, many good things and good at

00:41:52so many things, I wasn't taught things like sourdough.

00:41:56I wasn't taught things like flour arranging or anything like that.

00:41:59And so to be able to bring in other people, other businesses, share them with you and

00:42:04learn with you is so much fun.

00:42:08And it's, it's fun because I don't know everything.

00:42:10And so I hope that that also, it's okay for you guys to not know everything because I

00:42:14don't know everything.

00:42:16Sometimes when I'm looking to learn something and I go in search of that knowledge online,

00:42:19it can feel like I'm the only person that doesn't know these things.

00:42:22So to be able to just do it with you is so much fun.

00:42:25I have poured myself my first glass of wine of the evening and I'm going to kick back,

00:42:30relax and enjoy a very, very lovely weekend.

00:42:34We've got lots of friends over this weekend, which should be lovely.

00:42:37I am also going to be up quite early tomorrow though, because I'm going to be at the stables

00:42:40for about 7, 7.30 so, um, I might regret that later.

00:42:47Ken, we've got the whole family here.

00:42:49Well, not all the whole family, but some of the family here and no one wants to talk me

00:42:53through the food that we're having.

00:42:54I just want to know what we're eating.

00:42:56What?

00:42:57So we've got, these are festivals.

00:42:58You shouldn't hear my experience.

00:42:59So this is festivals, sugar and flour.

00:43:00Fascinating.

00:43:01Are they like rotis?

00:43:02Like dumplings.

00:43:03Like dumplings.

00:43:04You know what?

00:43:05No, I don't know what...

00:43:06I think that's why we're taking what they are.

00:43:07They're like in like Chinese, Japanese...

00:43:08no, like in a stew, you have like potato dumplings.

00:43:09Yeah, potato dumplings, but not they go.

00:43:13But that's the Jamaicans call it festivals.

00:43:17Festivals, okay.

00:43:18So what's this then?

00:43:21That is prawns?

00:43:23Prawns.

00:43:24Yeah.

00:43:25Deep fried?

00:43:26Deep fried.

00:43:27And then we have the dumplings.

00:43:28So I guess we're just going to be eating some dumplings?

00:43:33fried? No. What's this stuff? Battered. Okay. Yeah. More prawns and rice and peas. That's

00:43:42white fish. Oh, that's white fish. Yeah. You'll get so shy when I get my camera out. Then

00:43:48you've got, then you've got curry goat, curry goat, mutton. Yeah. So not mutton. That's

00:43:56the mutton. Okay. Minted lamb. Anything else? Mac and cheese. Mac and cheese. Did you not

00:44:02get that? No. What's that? That's, that's, that's mutton, lamb, vegetables, prawns, fish.

00:44:15Honey jerk lamb chops. Curry goat. So that's not mutton. Curry goat, curry goat, mutton.

00:44:26I'm starting to question whether you guys know what we're having.

00:44:31So this is the mac and cheese. Yeah. Triple cheese. What's this one? The closest to goat

00:44:36and, and, uh, and what's this? We've got this one out. Okay. Okay. Okay. So that's what we're

00:44:40having. Fantastic. I'm going to give every dish a rating out of 10, but the one that I'm most

00:44:46excited about is this one. My favorite. Yeah. Joe says that this is really good in the morning,

00:44:54the morning after with marmalade. I don't know about that, but I don't know about that. You'll

00:45:01love that. Okay. Ken, Ken, please bless the table for us. Lord, thank you very much for the food

00:45:22we got from the young lady. Yeah. Lydia. Landia. Pick up Landia for the food. Banging every time.

00:45:34Two years Christmas, I'll be eating food. What's her name? Landia. Landi.

00:45:42Let me come around and I'll try. Yeah. Love everybody on this table. 110%.

00:45:50Wow. Yeah, you better know that.

00:45:56I'll start crying in a minute, Ken.

00:46:01Love you all very much. Son, son, friend, friend, Mrs. Eat your food.

00:46:05Yeah. You with the water. Cheers everyone. Cheers.

00:46:35We are out on a hack and look at these lovely fields. There's a car coming.

00:46:52Car coming. You have to be careful, Atlas. You have to be careful.

00:46:56Good boy. Good boy. Good morning. I have not spoken to you this morning. I'm with Claudia.

00:47:10And we are out on a hack, uh, going across lots of different terrains. Um, I was here at half

00:47:16seven. Well, a little bit after half seven, because I was up for Caribbean night with Ken

00:47:21and Joe and Graham. It was so much fun. But now I'm doing what I love at the weekend with my big

00:47:28boy. And he's been very, very good. He was very excited this morning, but he's been very,

00:47:33very good. And Romeo has been very good. Goodness me. Very good boys all round.

00:47:51Can you believe it, Claudia? I'm on my horse and you're on your horse. Can you believe it?

00:48:08And we're hacking. I know. And it actually feels like spring today.

00:48:21I didn't see you there. Sorry. Very smart. Very, very smart. You're the smartest, aren't you?

00:48:49Look how smart you are. Yes. Look how smart you are.

00:48:59Gosh, your rug is so much easier.

00:49:19This is the reality of these blooming birds. Every time I try to go past him,

00:49:26he runs into the road. We are now back home and it is time for the spring decor tour,

00:49:33which is absolutely incredible. I can't believe how quickly the narcissi have bloomed,

00:49:39but I genuinely believe that this is my most favourite spring install that I have ever,

00:49:45ever done with Gemma. I really feel like we've thought, and so has Gemma,

00:49:49she's put in so much effort into this, like the details that I like. We've actually reused some

00:49:55of the foraged materials that we did in summer, sorry, in midwinter, just to keep that reflectiveness

00:50:04of the outside in. And on the table, we have potted Muscari and these are beautiful little

00:50:11blue ones, just to add a touch of blue in here. These will be white ones, so these are a lot

00:50:16younger. Then we've got the narcissi, the primrose, and these gorgeous little quails,

00:50:23eggs and moss dropped into the table. And over here, we've got another pot. These are actually

00:50:28some flowers that Ken's partner, Joe, got for me from a wonderful local lady called

00:50:34Emmy Floral Design. Just a little posy. I think that's a little crocus in there. I don't know

00:50:40what that is, but these gorgeous little daisies, tulips, it's just so pretty. Then Gemma left the

00:50:46quails eggs, so I thought I'd make a little Easter moment out of them. And I've stacked them up in a

00:50:51little bowl. Another potted Muscari. These are white. These are going to come out. We've also

00:50:55got potted bulbs, Muscari and narcissi on the terrace as well. I've actually got a planter to

00:51:02pot up myself that you can kind of see just there, which is probably better if I show you that.

00:51:09There. So I'm going to do that with some willowy Muscari as well. I will link all of the planters

00:51:16that are available. I think when you're watching this video, this snowdrop one will no longer be

00:51:21available, but I'm going to post it on my Instagram story. So if you've got it, let me know in the

00:51:25comments. But this is Muscari and snowdrops because we've had a few days of really warm

00:51:31weather outside. And so the snowdrops have erupted. And actually Gemma complimented me

00:51:37on my little display. So I turned the Diana table into a little bit of a potting extravaganza.

00:51:44And I really like this. So these are some of the pots that I bought from Amazon.

00:51:48And these have got my sweet peas in them at the moment. Also, I saw something the other day that

00:51:54said, sometimes plants just die and there's no real explanation for it. And it's not been treated

00:52:01any differently to any of the other plants. This pot here is an accurate depiction of that. There

00:52:05are four, five little seedlings in here, actually more coming through and just this one decided to

00:52:12die. And I'm, I'm definitely not putting as much pressure. I really like it that the gardening

00:52:18community is like coming together now and just talking about the things that maybe don't go so

00:52:23well and things that are more expected because as someone who loves gardening, but is like learning

00:52:29a little bit at a time, I like to know that when something dies, it's not my fault all the time.

00:52:34Sometimes it will be, but not all the time. And so seeing some of these thrive and then one of

00:52:39them just die for no reason is bizarre. But this again is the Snowdrop Planter here. And I think

00:52:45it makes such a wonderful centrepiece to this table and keeps this area just looking so like,

00:52:52this looks so optimistic. I love this so much. And it feels like a real like gardener's potting

00:52:58table. I love it. Then we've got the Magnolia here, which is about to, it's about to open up.

00:53:03This is about to bloom and I think this is going to be so pretty. I'm going to keep an eye on the

00:53:07water in there, but you might be able to buy Magnolia from Gemma's shop. I'm not 100% sure

00:53:12just yet. If you can, I'll link it down below. If not, um, there are places that you can get them.

00:53:17It's just going to be so beautiful, but you can also leave them without water and the buds will

00:53:21just stay. Um, but this is looking like it's going to bloom quite beautifully, which makes me excited.

00:53:27Another little pot here. We have some pots in Ali's room as well, a little Muscari pot.

00:53:34And then we've got some snowdrops on here because Ali obviously has the wonderful view.

00:53:39You can see the snowdrops in the woodland just looking fantastic. Blowing in the wind because

00:53:48it is very, very blustery today. We have a little baby Barkie here. And then we also have

00:53:54a little snowdrop planter here. I think this is my favourite thing that we've done.

00:53:59So this is a little mix up, a little mishmash of ideas, which has created such a beautiful

00:54:07display. If you find yourself like an antique zinc planter, we've just added two little

00:54:13Ivy plants in there, lots of bulbs, different bulbs, Muscari, Narcissi. And then we've also

00:54:19added in some of the Magnolia twigs as the supports just because the ratios felt good.

00:54:25So there's also a little bit of Birch in there too. And we've got another little planter down

00:54:30here, but this just felt really spring-like. Honestly, I love this so, so much. The only

00:54:37thing we couldn't do is the hops over the stove because for some reason they'd like squished a

00:54:45massive, massive runner of hops and they just looked awful. So I'm going to have to send them

00:54:52back and see if we can get another one. I ordered them online. And then I've brought in a few Ivy

00:54:57plants that I have been nurturing in the greenhouse, which I'm going to dot about places as

00:55:02well. These have all just been living in there, nursing back to health as well. Because sometimes

00:55:07when you have them inside, they just all of a sudden decide they don't like things. I've also

00:55:10got some little bulbs upstairs in my dressing room. So I'm going to add this one to it because

00:55:15now that I've added more Ivy throughout the home, it looks lovely. But just look at this.

00:55:20Oh God, what a gorgeous arrangement. And I just love it. It is such a wonderful way to signify

00:55:26the beginning of the season. And I honestly just can't wait for the house to all be finished so I

00:55:31can pop pots everywhere and just really, really enjoy the process. I had the loveliest hack this

00:55:38morning as well. Oh, there's only my second hack with Atlas. The weather has just been,

00:55:43it's not been great for hacking. So we got out, we actually were really lucky in that we were

00:55:49given a day that was really beautiful. There wasn't any winds. It is now windy, sadly. So

00:55:54it was just, it's one of those days where we're having a few seasons in the day. Now we've also

00:55:59had Ali's old boss coming over to visit us and I cannot believe what he gifted us. So basically,

00:56:08if you don't know, Ali's old boss was the most incredible person to Ali. To give you a bit of a

00:56:14backstory, he was like fully one of the people that we thanked as part of our wedding speeches

00:56:19because what he did for Ali was he just didn't have to do. So Ali had worked with him for 16

00:56:25years as an electrician. And I know that some people think that Ali and I are embarrassed or

00:56:30ashamed by the fact that Ali was an electrician. I honestly don't know why anyone would be ashamed

00:56:35of that in the first place. It is something that we're both really proud of and also such a flex.

00:56:42I've talked about this before on my channel, but having a husband that can do things is really

00:56:47handy. And, um, I remember when I was with friends and Ali would go around and help them

00:56:52do, help their husbands do things around the home. And it was so nice to be able to do that

00:56:56for our friends. And so I talk about this all the time, but I feel like it's so weird. If I go on

00:57:01TikTok and talk about the fact that we, we really, we're not ashamed of this at all in the slightest.

00:57:07None of us are ashamed of the things that we were when we were younger. And it's just very weird

00:57:12that that's the sort of mentality. I think it's a societal thing. I don't know. But anyway, Ali was

00:57:17an electrician for 16 years and he'd worked just him and his boss all that time. And Ali, a lot of

00:57:22Ali's characteristics come from his boss. Anyway, he allowed Ali to work as a content creator

00:57:29alongside being an electrician. He didn't have to do that, but he allowed him to. So Ali could

00:57:34request time off and he allowed him to, and he kind of just let Ali wean himself out of the business.

00:57:41And what this did was it opened up an opportunity for his boss to live his dream. And whilst he had

00:57:47had the high-flying career of having his own business and he'd done really, really well for

00:57:52himself, he decided to sell everything, him and his wife and his family, sell everything and move

00:57:58to Wales and live self-sufficiently on a farm now. And if there is one person that I wish was

00:58:05doing Instagram or TikTok or YouTube, it is him because the antics that he gets up to, he's like

00:58:13learning to rear cattle. He's learning to breed chickens. He's learning to farm the fields, like

00:58:18all from a background that he had never, had never had before. We almost forget when we're

00:58:25in this like social media world that people do this all the time. So this gentleman is not from

00:58:31that life. He is not from a farming background. That is not his world. That is not anything to do

00:58:37with who he was before now. And he's decided that he wants to live a different life and live life

00:58:43differently to anything that he's ever experienced. And so he's just kind of done it. Obviously he's

00:58:47not posting about it online. So none of you know about it. So you can't tell him that he's

00:58:51cosplaying as a farmer. You can't tell him that he's, he's all the gear and no idea. You can't

00:58:57tell him this, that and you can't judge him for getting it wrong. And I always find the fact that

00:59:01we've got so many of these people around us doing these things. It's what reminds us when we're

00:59:06pivoting, changing, rebranding, changing our lives because we want to change our lives,

00:59:14is that people do this all the time. You just don't know about it. And I think if more people

00:59:19got comfortable with saying online, I'm changing and I like different things and I want to do

00:59:25different things and I am passionate about different things, whether I came from Watford

00:59:30or whether I came from Timbuktu, it's okay to change and want to craft the life that you want

00:59:37for yourself, even if it's different from anything else that is in your day-to-day life. And I hope

00:59:44that's a little bit of something that can inspire you because he was so inspiring for me yesterday

00:59:49when I was listening to him talk, listening to him say what he didn't know, listening to him say

00:59:53about the things that he got wrong and then seeing him turn up our house with the produce from his

00:59:59farm. He gave, we, in our freezer now we have the ultimate, the ultimate haul of like, you can't even

01:00:07buy it in a farm shop because it's literally from his farm. We've got sausages, we've got like I

01:00:13think a pork shoulder, we've got a, um, an entire cockerel for Ali to, to cook. We, they brought us

01:00:21homemade bread and he's not posting about this. This is just like their way of life now and it's

01:00:26so wonderful. He even gave us their own, I think like pork fat, I think it is that they cook in. So

01:00:34they don't cook in any seed oils and that was really useful for me to pick his brain about,

01:00:38but he doesn't cook in any, any seed oils. The only thing they'll ever use is really good quality

01:00:43olive oil. Um, if they're cooking potatoes, if they're frying something, if they're doing whatever,

01:00:48they're doing it in either butter or fat like this basically. So that was really useful. We gave them

01:00:55some of our honey as well. We were talking about bread baking and I tried my sourdough as well. My

01:01:01sourdough is so good. So at the moment, sorry, I've got so much to tell you because I really feel like

01:01:06I'm learning so much at the moment and it's just wonderful. I've done my third day of feeding my

01:01:13sourdough. So I've got one day left to give this a feed and then I think I can put to the test

01:01:20what I've learned with Charlie. So the fact that I have baked this one on my own, obviously it's not

01:01:27completely on my own. She was there with me. So my next step is to learn to do it without her

01:01:33guidance. And honestly, I've told you before, I've done a few bread making courses and some

01:01:38of them I paid hundreds of pounds to do. I would say that the most faff free approach has been

01:01:44Charlie's and I would highly recommend, highly recommend her like online class. That's not

01:01:51because she came and did it with me or anything like that. Just going through the notes and having

01:01:56everything here and all of the different options in this folder is so helpful. So yeah, I will link

01:02:03it down below. But yes, it's just been such a wholesome few days. And I really mean it when I

01:02:09say that like, never be afraid to ever say that you don't know something. I think this is really

01:02:16something that I'm like leaning into so much more at the moment and leaning into is like my word of

01:02:21the moment, but just not knowing things. Like it's okay to not know things. And I was having a

01:02:27conversation with someone the other day and they used a word that I didn't know. And I was with

01:02:31someone else and they said, and I said, Oh, what does that mean? And they said, Oh, I'm so glad

01:02:35you said that because I was just going to pretend I knew what they meant. And I thought, you know

01:02:38what, that's something I really want to do more of is be okay with not knowing things and inviting

01:02:44people that do know that those things into my world to help enrich my life because this week

01:02:50has been so enriching for me on a personal level and has inspired me so much more in like my

01:02:55learning escapades. The fact that I am now baking sourdough is a dream come true. And I hope it's

01:03:03going to inspire so many of you that maybe have thought that this is like a scary thing or

01:03:07something that's maybe a bit too technical, because I promise you where there is a will,

01:03:12there is a way. Now today, I think I'm going to bake a cake because we've got our friend Timothy

01:03:18coming over with his girlfriend, Alice. And we haven't seen him for such a long time. If you

01:03:23don't know, Timothy is like an online creator as well. But he's just taken a year off because he had

01:03:27a lot of, I think he had a lot of health issues. So we've not seen him, he lives quite far away.

01:03:33And so they're coming up to spend the day with us. It's going to be wonderful to have them here.

01:03:36And I just feel like I've had such a wonderful weekend. We had Ken and his family over

01:03:40on the Friday. We've had Ali's old boss and his wife over. And now we've got our

01:03:46other friends and it's just been the most fulfilling week. And then I got to hack with

01:03:51Claudia on the most wonderful hack. Oh, my cup. Like I feel like a new woman today. It's so weird.

01:03:58I feel it's such a good mood. We have four wonderful eggs today, which makes me very,

01:04:04very happy. The girls are fully embracing laying season. I went into my greenhouse yesterday

01:04:11and we'd had a travesty on the smaller scale. Like we had last year where some of my little

01:04:18seedlings had been eaten. Luckily, it was only three of them. And so Ali is helping me get to

01:04:24the bottom of what's going on. So we put in some humane mousetraps yesterday on the pretense that

01:04:30we check every single day so that we can let them out. And I think we have caught the little culprit

01:04:37in here. So we're going to let him out somewhere a little bit further away than my greenhouse

01:04:42and he can go away and live his lovely, happy life because we're not interested

01:04:47in killing animals for our vegetables. But we also don't want them killing our vegetables.

01:04:54So you're going outside, mister. Off you go, chap. Off you go. Off he went.

01:05:05Okay, I'm having a little bit of a play around to see what I can do to hide the hooks for the

01:05:14hops up here with pots. I always thought that this ledge would be too small and too narrow

01:05:19for pots like this. But I actually think I might be able to put a little bit of a display together

01:05:26with pots that I've got knocking around in the house. So bear with me whilst this comes together.

01:05:36Hello. I am loving this. I feel like it could definitely do with another small pot.

01:05:54I think perhaps a small pot of... Well, another two small pots, I would say, of either ivy or

01:06:03bulbs. I'm going to order another little trio of pots from Gemma to add to this because this

01:06:10is bringing me so much joy. Oh my gosh. Who knew that the garland was going to change?

01:06:17But I think the garland is changing, which is good because... Oh my gosh, I love it so much.

01:06:24I have to film the roast dinner, otherwise it didn't happen.

01:06:27Wait a minute, let me do my famous last one.

01:06:29No, no, no, no. It's fine. It's fine. But I always say,

01:06:31we've got friends coming over and I never film what we've been doing. So Ali's been

01:06:35working in the kitchen. We've got a lovely bottle of chocolate block from our friends

01:06:40ready for dinner. And it is all served on the first Easter table of the year. It looks fantastic.

01:06:50I have to say, straight away when Alice walked in, I saw her handbag. So this is the

01:06:55Louis Vuitton Neverfull, but I've never seen it, pardon the pun,

01:07:01in this size. It is the cutest little size ever. She said that apparently it was released recently

01:07:08and was out of stock instantly. I love this. Such a classic and such a me size. Honestly, look at

01:07:17this. I think even with my outfit right now, look at that. The other size was a bit too big.

01:07:26I'm cleaning the kitchen by the way. The other size they had was a bit big, but look at that.

01:07:32It's such a gorgeous size and you can bring in the sides of the bag as well. I think it's gorgeous.

01:07:41I'm going to steal it and hide it. I did make a cake as well and it came out really, really well.

01:07:48In fact, you know what I've realised? I've realised that blackberries are essential for

01:07:53my lemon drizzle cake. It's just non-negotiable. That's going forward. Blackberries are my thing.

01:07:58I love blackberries, but we've got an apple and blackberry crumble in the oven as well,

01:08:05just in case there wasn't enough. But I'm tidying up in the kitchen and finishing off

01:08:10sorting everything away. We've got lots of this. It's just so good.

A SPECIAL SPRING DECORATE WITH US | HOME TOUR AND LIFE CHANGES | Lydia Elise Millen

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