Though January 1 marks the start of our calendar year, spring feels like the time when things really get going, as forests awaken, flowers bloom, migrating birds (swallows, swifts, warblers…) return f

Plan a meet-up with friends to kick off the season with good company, chatter and laughter – and lots of lovely cake! Sharing time and conversation with close friends is one of the easiest ways to ste

It’s the start of another great day on your holiday. After enjoying breakfast under your awning, basking in the early morning sunshine, you head off sightseeing. Maybe you had a lovely day spent wande

The fact that gardeners are obsessed by the weather is hardly surprising. It governs just about everything we do – especially at this time of year when frosts can be lethal. The fact is that it matter

Twilight is a time of strange magic. And as author and smallholder SALLY COULTHARD reveals in her ‘twilight diary’, there is no better way to experience that magic… than on a walk.

She’s usually desperate for sunny days, but right now Caro Giles can’t wait for the darkness of night to envelop her