Gardening brings a momentum that is otherwise absent from my life right now
One of the great consolations is gardening’s predictability. Plants want to grow, and so long as you give them soil,…
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How to grow early variety potatoes that will provide a crop until Christmas
Now is the time to be buying your seed potatoes – allow me to recommend a few.
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Why the demise of potting sheds, like that of telephone boxes, is a creeping modern tragedy
There are books that give the impression at least half a gardener’s waking hours are spent in the potting shed. But…
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The scampering energy of a 16-year-old’s nature diary
Dara McAnulty's Diary of a Young Naturalist is written in tumbling, intelligent, young prose that rolls quickly through the year.
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As Christmas approaches, we should remember the pagan rituals that came before it
Now more than ever, we should learn from our prehistoric ancestors’ reverence for the Earth.
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Many gardening tips and tricks are repeated every single year – but some are ill-advised
Contrary to common guidance, there are dangers to taking cuttings of redcurrants, blackcurrants and gooseberries now.
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Appreciating the magic of autumn’s seasonal milestones
Each year on my windy Fife ridge, I await the coming of the geese.
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An elegy for the ash tree
Fifty years after the English elm succumbed to Dutch elm disease, another of our cherished natives is disappearing, due to a…
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