The garden is quiet in January and February, but there are plenty of tasks to get on with. Some jobs are needed at this time of year while others, if carried out now, will help you for the gardening y

Make sure enough natural food is available for birds during winter by growing berrying trees and shrubs, and leaving seedheads standing. Bird feeders and tables can spread disease, giving some birds a

Spring into action now, and fill your outside space with colour, life, and a DAILY CHORUS of happy feathered visitors

Offering bright berries or vibrant foliage, winter is the best time to appreciate our resilient evergreens

My sky is never empty. At dawn there may be just a lone crow beating a steady path north, or at dusk, the curiously undulating, huge wings of a heron heading to roost in a willow above the ditch. Duck

Warm up chilly days with some sizzling blooms