January days may still be chilly and short on daylight, but we can feel spring on the horizon, and there are plenty of under cover tasks we can complete now to get us out of the starting gates and rea

Keep bird baths and greenhouse trays clean. It’s not glamorous, but it’s the difference between healthy visitors and winter woes. A quick scrub keeps plants and wildlife happy – and disease at bay. ●

Ellen Mary explains how these winter wonders are a sign of resilience and hope, whether grown in the garden or brought inside

Happy New Year, to our Grow Your Own friends! Oscar and I are back down at the allotment, boots crunching on frosty ground, breath fogging in the sharp January air, and already buzzing for another bus

Lucy Hutchings looks at what you can be doing in the vegetable garden now, to get ahead of the game in the spring

There is no doubt that 2026 will be different. As the year ends in the garden that I’ve created and tended over the past 23 years, a new challenge is waiting in the wings. We are moving from the chalk