Gardening

Making a garden attractive to winged wildlife means more than just leaving out food during the winter months - here are some top tips on gardening beyond veg!

Summer in the garden is beautiful, but hauling gallons of water from the kitchen tap to your beds is neither fun nor sustainable. Here's some tips on how to drought-proof your plot

Tips for passing on green fingers, and a taste for vegetables, to your sprogs

Idleness usually sees Tom through most of life's trials. But not gardening. Oh no. Nature took one look and ran amok

Fun and easy to make, seedbombs can be used to green up hard-to-access urban wasteland or in your garden at home

An avid gardener road-tests two brands of peat free compost, and gives you a recipe to make your own

A is for allotments; B is for brocolli; C is for climate change... and U is for urine. 'The Alternative Kitchen Garden: an A-Z' is a companion for both inexperienced and expert gardeners

There's no great conspiracy around bee deaths - hive diseases have been with us for millennia. No one who keeps livestock should expect an easy ride...

Your soil will love you for it, wildlife thrives in it and weeds are deterred by it. Here is the what, why and how of green manure

Strapped for garden space needn't mean being strapped for home-grown veg, as an experienced London balcony gardener reveals

You can't buy a seed unless its strain has been expensively registered. But you can swap them with fellow gardeners, helping food growing and biodiversity to thrive

Drawing from 40 years of composting experience, Nicky Scott's latest book will inspire confidence in beginners and give new techniques to veteran composters

Private enterprise will increase the number of available allotment plots, but they will cost much more than their council subsidised cousins

Warmer weather and reduced frosts linked to climate change are giving a boost to spring mushroom numbers in the UK and Europe

A Community Land Bank to negotiate and release areas of land to groups of local people could help solve our growing land crisis

From weeding, to digging and composting, watering and mulching, get to know the good earth better

London's Pestival bugfest is back - showcasing a lazy gardener's dream and other ways to show our six-legged friends some love

Growing in popularity in Japan, a new environmental lifestyle choice is helping people grow their own food, reconnect with the land and pursue more fulfilling vocations

Michael and Julia Guerra grow 250kg of food in their tiny suburban garden using permaculture techniques. Louise Parry finds out how

Anyone interested in how food can be produced year-round without a heated greenhouses will find this a genuine page-turner.

Starting out growing your own food isn’t hard, it’s just a matter of course, says first-time farmer Matilda Lee

Your compost heap can be an untapped powerhouse of energy, says Paul Kingsnorth - it's just a matter of learning to harness it

'Where do I start?' Paul Kingsnorth answers the oft-asked question of those who want to grow their own food - but are lacking in knowledge, time, space, or all three. No problem. Read on...

I know that I should avoid compost containing peat, but what is the most environmentally friendly alternative that I can buy?
R Townsend, by email