Save your own seeds

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

While you wait for Spring, here are the jobs to get on with

Create beautifully scented, long-lasting indoor arrangements using winter greenery and flowers from your garden. Choose fragrant blooms such as viburnum, witch hazel, Christmas box and wintersweet, an

While light levels are low, you might be holding off sowing herb seeds until the warmer months are here. But if you’re feeling impatient, why not grow a few microgreens like basil, coriander and parsl

Mike Palmer explains how to prune, plan, polish and prepare for 2026

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE THIS MONTH WITH OUR GUIDE TO THE CHANGING SEASONS