Hops and dreams

Decorating the land with their brilliant and varied hues, our native flora–which operate as clocks, calendars and Nature’s medicine cabinet–are simply blooming brilliant,

Anne reveals rewarding ways to maximise the edible potential of the garden in August

‘A short walk around the garden can be like a world tour’

ALTHOUGH it may not have felt like it ...

Throughout August I cut the box hedges that give shape to the vegetable garden. They’re just under waist height but that’s enough to protect most plants from the wind and they are a good dark backgrou

Mike Palmer shares his passion for these leafy lovelies and explains how to get the very best from plants