Don’t wait for summer to realise your garden’s not up to scratch. The best time to sort your green space is now

WITH SPRING AROUND THE CORNER, START GROWING SOME SEEDS FROM SCRATCH NOW TO ENSURE A PLANT-PACKED SUMMER GARDEN

When I was brought up in a tiny village in Hampshire in the 1950s and 60s, even the smallest cottages had gardens big enough for large vegetable plots. I remember one January day walking into a neighb

Editor Kim Stoddart explains how to boost results naturally for the benefit of garden and gardener

Make a simple box around 20cm deep, or cut the top off a plastic squash bottle and use the remaining bottom, applying masking tape to cover the sharp cut edge. Add a hole at the back to fix it to a sh

Make more plants this month by dividing perennials, sowing hardy annuals and planting summer bulbs