Rosie Irving explains why we should help preserve these sadly vanishing older varieties

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

MALVERN AUTUMN SHOW, WORCESTERSHIRE 26-28 September 2025 ...

Kitchen gardens can work in big and small spaces and country or urban landscapes as these charming plots prove – here’s to a bumper crop

Spread a bulky mulch on top of the soil surface around the base of young apple trees to condition the soil, hold in moisture and suppress weeds. This will all help the tree to establish well. Use well

Skip the supermarket and see how easy it is to grow the most nutritious crops for heart, brain and immunity health, right on your own doorstep