What lies beneath

Healthy soil grows healthier plants — and that matters to your horse. From gut health to hoof quality, Sian Constantine explains the benefits of diverse grazing and how to encourage it on your land without costly inputs

When John Little arrived at Hilldrop 35 years ago, the four-acre former plotland in Essex was little more than grass, clay and rubble. Today, it’s one of the UK’s most influential experimental gardens

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

Water we going to do? Let’s dive in → Water covers more than 70% of the Earth’s surface. Yet 97% of it is saline, and much of what remains is locked away in ice caps and glaciers. If all the planet’s

From ice cream to underwear and explosives, plants are remarkably integral to much of the manmade world, as a new book reveals. Harry Pearson investigates

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