The grass is greener

Your hard work in the garden is paid back this month – but keep on pruning and planting to enjoy even more fruits from your labour

With these tools and tricks of the trade, you can prepare your plot for any heat and drought conditions

IT’S midsummer, and this is usually the season when gardens are supposed to look their best – brimming with colour, buzzing with life, weed-free and calm, relaxing places for lounging with friends or

Broadcaster Zoe Ball says she has been filling her new-found freedom since leaving BBC Radio 2 with time spent gardening. And she’s not the only one who loves to pull on their gardening gloves and get

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR OUTDOOR SPACE THIS MONTH WITH OUR GUIDE TO THE CHANGING SEASONS

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