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Garden birds in the snow

By Pippa Greenwood in Gardeners' musings
23 January 2013
There is still plenty of snow and ice in my neck of the woods. The ground is so slippery that my parked car slid backwards down the drive today. Continue reading...

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Edible dahlia tubers

By Adam Pasco in Grow & eat
21 January 2013
Dahlias always been a favourite in my garden, but for their flowers rather than tubers, which are apparently edible. Continue reading...

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Orange ladybirds

By Kate Bradbury in Wildlife
18 January 2013
Recently I met a very special species indeed: an orange ladybird. It was hibernating in a pine tree in my local park. What a find. Continue reading...

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Spiders in the compost bin

By Richard Jones in Wildlife
16 January 2013
I imagine that, for most people, a compost bin is a useful source of compost. In our garden, though, the compost bin is little more than a private nature reserve. Continue reading...

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Planting tulips late

By James Alexander-Sinclair in Plants
14 January 2013
As I write this in the blushing dawn of the new year I feel it appropriate to come clean about something that I ought to have done by now. Continue reading...

Making a stumpery

By Kate Bradbury in Wildlife
11 January 2013
Dead wood makes a wonderful habitat in the garden, providing food and shelter for huge numbers of invertebrates including wood-boring beetles, solitary bees and woodlice. Continue reading...

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Cleaning the greenhouse

By Pippa Greenwood in Gardeners' musings
09 January 2013
I’m starting January with my customary clear out. I always clean the greenhouse at this time of year... Continue reading...

Learning from 2012

By Adam Pasco in Gardeners' musings
07 January 2013
Given that extreme weather is something we might have to get used to, what can we learn from 2012? Continue reading...

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Evicting a rat

By Kate Bradbury in Wildlife
04 January 2013
For the last few weeks I’ve been dealing with ‘a slight rodent problem’. Continue reading...

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Black-headed gulls

By Richard Jones in Wildlife
02 January 2013
I once had a relationship-threatening close encounter with a herring gull in St James’s Park, but I gloss over that here. It is the black-headed gull that you are most likely to see far inland. Continue reading...

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