Gardening focus: pigeons

Lets take a closer look at these adaptable and intelligent birds

Deter birds from pecking out your garlic by scattering twiggy prunings over the soil where the cloves are planted. Carefully place the prunings inbetween cloves, put back any that have been disturbed

Turn unsightly views and clutter into distant memories with clever planting, camouflaging and creative screens

Fancy growing something a bit unusual? Then give chickpeas a try. They need a sheltered, sunny site with free-draining soil. Warm the ground with cloches or fleece before sowing. If you have heavy cla

Make a simple box around 20cm deep, or cut the top off a plastic squash bottle and use the remaining bottom, applying masking tape to cover the sharp cut edge. Add a hole at the back to fix it to a sh

Editor Kim Stoddart explains how to boost results naturally for the benefit of garden and gardener