Category: Out Of Doors

Hambledons: Dorset’s hedge cutting specialists

advertorial Last year Charlie Saunders launched a premium hedge cutting service, promising ‘your hedges and fencing, perfected’ – it was an instant success When it...

Get sowing!

As autumn sets in, this month’s jobs are a mix of tidying up from summer and planning some spring time treats, says gardener Pete...

It’s finally jumper season

Don’t hibernate – light the fire, heat the chocolate and stay outside, says Thorngrove’s Kelsi-Dean Buck. And yes, there is such a thing as...

Feeling the season turn | The Voice of the Allotment

As the autumn draws in, the allotment keeps producing – the main harvest has slowed but Barry Cuff is already picking winter salad By the...

Get sowing!

Sow hardy annuals like cornflowers and calendula now for robust, early blooms, says farmer Charlotte Tombs – but protect them from winter frost If you...

Embrace the rain

It might be a damp squib of a summer, but Thorngrove’s Secret Garden might be just the treat you need, says Kelsi-Dean Buck The last...

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The Bridleways We’re Losing – And What you Can Do About It.

How many of us have met barriers at the end of a bridlepath, usually where the Parish boundary has turned the route into a...

A Short History of Dorset’s Seaside Arcades from Penny Falls to Pocket Screens

There's a particular sound on Weymouth seafront once the summer crowds have gone home. Coins inch forward on a sliding shelf, hang over the...

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