There’s magic in every seed – so start planting them today for a garden bursting with colour and buzzing with life

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

There are some vegetables that thrive in the cold, but unless you aspire to self-sufficiency Tom Coward recommends caution when sowing very early in the year. “It’s a mistake, although we always do it

It’s time for sowing, planting alpine containers and living screens and tidying up old growth

Olga Grieves looks to the past to safeguard flavour-packed heirloom veg for the future

As winter eases and spring beckons, longer days bring the garden to life – and your growing year starts here…