Gardening focus: pigeons

Toby explains how to plant and protect these treasures from squirrels

These seasonal tips will set your garden up for next year’s success

Ivy flowers have gone over and now berries are starting to form. Avoid cutting these back and allow them to develop as a food source for birds. Ivy berries ripen in late winter and are often not eaten

Parsnips roots will have reached full size by now, so you can begin harvesting them whenever needed. To get them out in one piece, loosen the soil around the roots with a garden fork beforehand, and i

Nadia Shaikh seeks good company for a search-and-gorge to get her through the ruthless darkness of the winter months

Growing the Good Life is especially rewarding as we start to prepare for winter celebrations. Not only can we harvest food for the feast, but also berries, seedheads and foliage for festive decoration