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A Little Knowledge...

I had a great weekend, brushing up my little knowledge. On Saturday I was at the mighty Bumblebee Conservation Trust's (BBCT) members' day in Cardiff, then yesterday had an equally...

How to Choose Your Apple Trees

Choosing which apple trees to buy can look confusing. Don't worry. Have a quick read before you just nip down to B&Q. Size Don't muddle up the size of the...

September in the Garden

Things are beginning to look knackered in the garden in September. You might think it's time to cut back some of those long flowering perennials which have done such good...

House Sparrows

For fellow baby boomers, the demise of house sparrows is an obvious and distressing sign of the crisis in nature around us. In a week when we celebrated World Sparrow...

Green Back Garden Blue Planet?

Like 10.3 million other people I have been stunned by Blue Planet 2. In terms of ratings it has knocked the socks off Strictly and the ailing X Factor. It...

Tell Me About My Wildflower Seed

I spent a fascinating day at Kew yesterday listening to lectures on wildflower seed. It was hosted by NASSTEC, a hopelessly complicated acronym for the even more complicated Native Seed...