Position logs randomly around garden borders rather than in neat piles to recreate the way they fall naturally from trees in the wild. You could artfully arrange them around spring-flowering plants or

Liz has chosen her top varieties that offer food, shelter, or both, to our feathered friends

What to plant, grow, prune and buy this month for your great outdoors

Anne outlines her top jobs to be getting on with over the coming fortnight

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

Find out which early species to watch for, how to make your patch more butterfly-friendly and where to record your sightings for science