The countryside carers

Bringing you some of the gardening news highlights

Encouraging biodiversity can also help railway reliability

Tidy-up time is valuable as garden debris helps soil, wildlife and next year’s growth

Joe Stanley reflects on the farm’s autumnal jobs, including laying new field drainage

Allotments get smaller as councils struggle with plot provision, reports Ian Hodgson

Lorna Maybery visits the Wiston Estate in the South Downs National Park to learn more about the challenges of farming in a unique landscape