Plants, birds, insects, mammals or amphibians have all developed strategies for the cold season. Some sleep through it, some move to warmer regions, others find ways to stay snug. But climate change ...
For the dedicated gardener there is always work to be done. Tidying beds and borders, cutting back dead growth from last year’s perennials are the tasks often left over from autumn. Growth remains ...
A cloche is also extremely useful for covering patches of self-sown seedlings previous to harvesting them for growing on. Hellebores are some of the first seedlings to appear, an early crop will ...