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How wildlife friendly is your garden?

By Kate Bradbury in Wildlife
You might see your garden as an isolated entity, but the local hedgehogs, frogs, birds and bees view it differently. Continue reading...

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Dealing with slugs and snails

By Pippa Greenwood in Grow & eat
My slug visitor has thrown me into mollusc mania. I'm collecting slugs, snails and their eggs... Continue reading...

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Planting bulbs in lawns

By Adam Pasco in Plants
When visiting large gardens during spring, I always admire the drifts of dwarf flowering bulbs growing up through wide expanses of grass. Continue reading...

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Hedgehogs in the garden

By Kate Bradbury in Wildlife
Hedgehogs are mainly active at night, so many of us don't realise we share our gardens with these prickly beauties. Continue reading...

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Do we really want wildlife in our gardens?

By Richard Jones in Wildlife
I'm afraid I've been rather disparaging about fat balls and landscape gardeners again. Continue reading...

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By James Alexander-Sinclair in Grow & eat
I have carved pumpkins for my children, and it's a tough job. Pumpkin flesh is too hard for a spoon, and not quite solid enough for a chisel or power tools. Continue reading...

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Overwintering chillies

By Kate Bradbury in Grow & eat
[...] for the last three years I have overwintered chilli plants, albeit with varying degrees of success. Continue reading...

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Protecting plants from frost

By Pippa Greenwood in Grow & eat
We had our first frost the other night. The next morning we were out at 6am, clearing the car windscreen. Continue reading...

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Worm composting all year round

By Adam Pasco in Gardeners' musings
I'm a great fan of wormeries. I feed all my kitchen waste to the hungry brandling worms inside the wormery bins, which turn it into wonderful compost. Continue reading...

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