How much attention do you pay to the soil – its chemical health and nutrient status – in your horse’s field? Emily Bevan finds out why your soil should look like chocolate cake rather than brownie

As soon as temperatures start to shift from single figures towards double digits, lawns across the country begin to grow. Spring is the season ardent lawn lovers look forward to most, the time when mo

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

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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

HAVE you ever taken a close look at your soil? I mean, a really close look? And if not, why not? Soil, compost, dirt, earth – whatever you want to call it, it’s often overlooked, and yet it’s one of t