Position logs randomly around garden borders rather than in neat piles to recreate the way they fall naturally from trees in the wild. You could artfully arrange them around spring-flowering plants or

Turn a shady corner into a lush, wildlife-rich woodland garden this April by working with nature

Giving garden wildlife a spring in their step

HAVE you ever taken a close look at your soil? I mean, a really close look? And if not, why not? Soil, compost, dirt, earth – whatever you want to call it, it’s often overlooked, and yet it’s one of t

Work your way through your borders, removing dandelion flowerheads before they get the chance to set seed. Flowers of dandelions are a useful source of early nectar for pollinators but if they are abl

Define your borders and support border plants that tend to flop by using salvaged or recycled pieces of wood. Varying lengths and widths work well and you only need a few sound planks to tame and comp