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As the festive season approaches take the opportunity while you and your garden are taking a well earned rest to put some winter colour...

Hibernating animals are many more than we realise, so try to leave habitats such as piles of leaves perhaps retained by some branches or...

This picture has just been sent in i’m glad to say. The European water Vole (Arivicola amphibus) is a semi aquatic rodent. Water voles...

Summer officially commenced on June 21st so let’s hope some decent weather does as well. It has been reasonably warm but with erratic...

March gardener March is the exciting month – the beginning of gardening year full activity - when we can hopefully get out into the...

Our gardens in the UK are expected to be fast going to sleep but the evidence to date is that some plants are far from asleep with the...

December and the Christmas Gardener This is a good time and opportunity while you and your garden are taking a well earned rest to take a...