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

Chit early and maincrop potatoes this month to ensure a season full of homegrown spuds. You can plant bare-root asparagus crowns this month, provided that the soil is draining well. Choose an open, su

What to plant, pot and prune this month, plus a few treats to buy and inspiration further afield

As the long nights shorten, Mounton House garden quietly emerges from winter with delicate sprinklings of white narcissi, Scilla siberica and crocuses through the lawns. Daphnes fill the air with frag

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

Helping you get your best-ever fruit and veg