Category: Out Of Doors

A diary of April on the allotment | The voice of the allotment

This month Barry Cuff thought it might be interesting to share his month of activity on the allotment, along with his daily notes on...

Beautiful spring turbans!

Originally a wildflower from Asia, Europe’s love for tulips meant that some bulbs were worth more than a house during the height of the...

It’s a new year on the allotment | Voice of the Allotment

Barry Cuff shares what’s happening on the allotment this month - what he’s cropping and what he’s planted - plus a few of his...

Come on, soil your pants!

Soil testing is often expensive and usually unfathomable - but there is another way to check your soil health says expert Charlotte Tombs. Soil your...

It’s time to find the first mushrooms and your crop of hairy bittercress

April sees the start of mushroom season, and expert forager Carl Mintern says you definitely have hairy bittercress in your garden right now. As we...

The kids are back in town!

Far more than your local garden centre, Thorngrove offers something rich and precious for the whole community, says Kelsi-Dean Buck. Spring has well and truly...

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Heroic horsewoman runs the London marathon (aged 77) for the charities that saved her life

This month, Shena Kozuba-Kozubska will be running her second London Marathon. It’s likely to be even tougher than the one she did 30 years...

The Big Swim makes a splash for IWD

Hundreds of women will take to the sea at Sandbanks on Saturday 14th March as part of a large-scale cold-water swim marking International Women’s...