Make your garden waste work harder with greener and more effective techniques

Transform garden and kitchen waste into compost’s black gold – the treasure trove waiting to enrich your garden growth in the months ahead

Editor Kim Stoddart explains how to boost results naturally for the benefit of garden and gardener

After scorching summers and sodden seasons, certainty is no longer part of the forecast. But with the right choices, your garden can bend rather than break. Greg Loades offers practical ideas to help you protect your soil, shelter your plants and create a space that works in sunshine, storms and everything in between

Ciaran Taylor, National Trust head gardener at the Wimpole Estate in Cambridgeshire, on wildlife, spring jobs and making your own fertiliser

Deter birds from pecking out your garlic by scattering twiggy prunings over the soil where the cloves are planted. Carefully place the prunings inbetween cloves, put back any that have been disturbed