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Home & garden
For the first time in my life I’m in charge of a garden. Is it too late to plant? | Ashe Davenport
I’ve moved from the city to Melbourne’s outer east, where everybody knows how to garden. Blundstoned parents swagger in for school pickup with secateurs in…
The best Father’s Day gifts: 83 thoughtful ideas for £50 and under they’ll actually want | Father’s Day
Dads can be tricky to buy for. They often have everything already, or profess to want nothing. But beneath the smiling veneer of a man…
Houseplant clinic: has my yucca been overwatered? | Houseplants
What’s the problem?My daughter has a yucca plant on her landing, and while the lower side looks fine, the taller side is struggling. She suspects her…
20 of the UK’s best gardens to visit | United Kingdom holidays
Lowther Castle, Cumbria In the dash for Cumbria’s lakes and fells, the area’s other green attractions can get missed. On Knipe Scar, at the edge…
Not all weeds are bad news – but these interlopers have no place in my garden’s veg patch | Gardening advice
I started my growing season late this year. Life got in the way. By the time I was able to get stuck in, my veg…
Country diary: A paradise inside four walls | Environment
Any garden is a special thing, but a walled garden? That’s something truly special: an outside that is an inside. When Tara Fraser and Nigel Jones first…
From showstopping summer dresses to wildflower seeds: what you loved most this month | Life and style
With each month that passes, we learn more and more about our readers. For one, you clearly love a bargain – the top budget choice…
Don’t go up the wall: how to pick paint colours for your home | Homes
“We offer 15,000 whites. Pick any three.” I more often give this advice to female clients, since in 40 years restoring, colour-matching and consulting I’ve…