Still greedy for life

After summer’s golden show, gardener Poppy Okotcha surrenders to the slumbering wind-down of autumn in the second of our seasonal celebrations

FOR JOHN KEATS, AUTUMN WAS THE SEASON OF MISTS AND MELLOW FRUITFULNESS. HERE, THE COUNTRY LIVING TEAM AND FRIENDS HIGHLIGHT WHAT THIS TIME OF YEAR MEANS TO THEM – FROM CRAFTING WREATHS TO BOTTLING SLOE GIN

Moments enjoyed, lessons learned, handy advice, weird stuff that happened: welcome to the little bits and pieces that don’t make big stories, but do make all the difference.

It may be September but there’s plenty of life in the garden yet!

Being fearless in midlife is hard, because to be fearless we might have to change or challenge parts of our identity that we have leaned on for years: things we were taught about ourselves as a child,

MIND, BODY, RELATIONSHIPS & MONEY