Karen Youngs encounters a couple of bachelors looking for love as the season shifts into spring

The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden… plus her diary for the week!

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Adrian Thomas looks to the skies for three special birds that you may see over your garden or might even attract into your space to breed

I like the slow-quick-slow burn of early spring, with the leaves unfurling slowly but surely. Some plants are decidedly cautious; whitebeams and catalpa won’t show themselves for weeks, while impatien

Bulbs planted in autumn come to life now and deliver vibrant bursts of colour – a joy to see after the dark winter months. Daffodils (more on those overleaf) and tulips are enduring symbols of spring