Britain is a country mercifully bereft of threatening fauna–or so you might believe. John Lewis-Stempel provides a miscellany of our otherwise benign land’s more fearsome critters

Nature’s spiky deterrents–thorns, spines and prickles–may be quick to catch us out, but they can also prove to be a useful ally, discovers Laura Parker

Remember, remember, watch wildlife in November,

Anne explains how to have sweeter gooseberries and gets started with mushrooms

MAKE YOUR GARDEN A WINTER HAVEN FOR BIRDS, BEES AND BUGS WITH THESE FAUNA-FRIENDLY PLANTS AND FLOWERS

Worms are natural earth movers PHOTOS: GAP Stefan ...