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Best Trees For Windbreaks

Best Trees For Windbreaks

What is a windbreak and what are the best trees for windbreaks? A brief guide, including recommendations for gardens and orchards.

Best Trees For Windbreaks

What is a windbreak and what are the best trees for windbreaks? A brief guide, including recommendations for gardens and orchards.

Hedges In Cities Are Good For Our Health

I've always been a big fan of urban hedges. I reckoned that - like trees - they must help manage water runoff and moderate temperatures. Planting relatively large numbers of...

Hedges In Cities Are Good For Our Health

I've always been a big fan of urban hedges. I reckoned that - like trees - they must help manage water runoff and moderate temperatures. Planting relatively large numbers of...

Wot! No Hedge Plants?

The commercial world of native hedge plants is a funny one. There are a few hardy folk out there selling British hedge species which they themselves have grown. Things like...

Wot! No Hedge Plants?

The commercial world of native hedge plants is a funny one. There are a few hardy folk out there selling British hedge species which they themselves have grown. Things like...

How Do I Store Apples?

I'm sightly nervous about putting together a brief guide to help people store apples. My other half had a lovely grandfather who doted on her - nearly as much as...

How Do I Store Apples?

I'm sightly nervous about putting together a brief guide to help people store apples. My other half had a lovely grandfather who doted on her - nearly as much as...

Planting or Not Planting Woodland

A little while ago I was involved in a great nonsense about wildflower seeds. Plantlife, the wildflower charity, essentially said all wildflower seed mixes were cr@p and should be avoided....

Planting or Not Planting Woodland

A little while ago I was involved in a great nonsense about wildflower seeds. Plantlife, the wildflower charity, essentially said all wildflower seed mixes were cr@p and should be avoided....

Farming With Wildlife in Mind

Farming With Wildlife in Mind This weekend the Times recommended Isabella Tree's excellent Wilding as one of its books of the year. It "forces us to rethink farming". More accurately,...

Farming With Wildlife in Mind

Farming With Wildlife in Mind This weekend the Times recommended Isabella Tree's excellent Wilding as one of its books of the year. It "forces us to rethink farming". More accurately,...