Gardens
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Gardening blog Chicken keeping for beginners
Kim StoddartOnce you’ve set up your own veg patch, back garden chicken keeping is the obvious next step
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Most garden plants in the UK are a mix of the flora of six continents. So there is no reason for gardeners to limit their options, writes James Wong
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The trends that dominated the 2016 show ranged from copper tones to native pine trees and rough-hewn stone
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Some of the best entries for Cuprinol’s Shed of the Year 2016 competition
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Andy Sturgeon’s depiction of landscape moulded by geological events is declared best show garden at horticultural event
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Notebook I’m coming out – as a gardener
Rhiannon Lucy CosslettTransforming a bramble jungle into my very own urban sanctuary has given me peace of mind. Gardening’s lost generation should turn over a new leaf -
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The gentleman of the Daily Mirror who found it necessary to drink a great deal of milk before his weekly lunches with Kingsley Amis
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Project with chemicals company BASF will look at mulch, slug pellets and nematodes to find best method of fighting the pests
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Despite our professed concern for bees, a YouGov poll for Friends of the Earth found that most of us can’t recognise a honey bee. Take the green group’s quiz to see how much you know
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How do garden designers find out how to put the right plant in the right place for their Chelsea show gardens? By learning from nature
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Thorsgill wood, Teesdale At the first touch of my fingers the vine weevil fell to the ground and pretended to be dead
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Those with cancer, dementia and mental health problems can benefit from gardening, according to health thinktank
Author Joanna Briscoe: my fairytale shed