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constructed, the box should last for years and provide a cosy home for generations of birds.Add old crops and bedding to the compost heapSpike lawns then brush grit into the holesCollect seeds from beans and sweet peas to sow next yearAround the gardenCut late

couple of days to set before being positioned in the garden. Spread a layer of manure or compost around shrubsPrepare areas for laying new lawns in springBe on the look out for slugs and snailsAround the gardenPrune summer-flowering clematisCut out dead

plant family (Ranunculaceae), which contains such diverse plants as aconitum, hellebores, clematis and thalictrum. Anyway, we are mildly overrun by creeping and field buttercups. Creeping buttercups lodge in my lawn and many happy hours are often spent

they invade flower borders or veg beds, and for some they're a menace in lawns. But I don't have a lawn, just grass with dandelions growing in it, and a tiny clump of daisies too.Last year and the year before I hardly saw any dandelions. But this year I

. She's not sure where in the shed they are nesting, but robins are known for choosing odd places such as car engines and coat pockets. Perhaps they've built the nest in the lawn mower? Wouldn't that be a nice excuse not to mow the lawn?At first, both

, money-saving solution to the perennial problems of where to park and whose turn it is to mow the lawn.While one paved driveway in a tree-lined street of lush gardens will not have any disastrous effects (apart from looking awful), the consequences

arundinacea that laps around its skirts. As well as the yew hedge we also have a series of beech columns that are scattered about the lawn to serve three main purposes. Firstly to break up a dull expanse of lawn, secondly to create a series of frames through

thrush make an appearance, or the green woodpecker my wife saw pecking away at the lawn last autumn.That's the thing about Big Garden Birdwatch. It's a snapshot of exactly which birds are around in January, and I was joining thousands of other people

ripping out the lawn and a whole herbaceous border - to be replaced by a gravel path, three raised beds and a greenhouse. No more mowing of the lawn (or arguments about why it hadn't been mown). If you're a busy person, it makes more sense to have

bare clipped lawn, a fair amount of old concrete paths, and naked chain-link fence. Now we have several rambling thickets of rose, ivy, clematis and vine, a 'secret' sun-lit patio beyond the pergola (I'm still extremely proud of my construction), a pond