Hazel Sillver

Hazel Sillver is a freelance journalist, contributing regularly to titles including House & Garden, The Guardian, The Ecologist, BBC Countryfile Magazine and The Telegraph. Her work ranges widely across the gardening world, from house plants to wildflowers and roses.

Pouring boiling water on weeds. Jason Ingram

Are these NIGHTMARE weeds lurking in your garden? Here's what to do, says garden writer Hazel Sillver. This is a premium piece of content available to subscribed users.

Great tit (Parus major)

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