Pest focus: rabbits

Spring is a wonderful time on the edible plot – the season stretches in front of us, full of hope, and everything is bursting into life. This, however, includes common garden pests who are springing i

Toby explains how to take action now to stop weeds in their tracks

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

Giving garden wildlife a spring in their step

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

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