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Barry Cuff’s allotment: April diary 2025

April is one of our busiest months on the allotment as we get ready for the main growing season. A lot of the jobs...

May in the garden

With butterfly numbers falling, Pete Harcom explains how we can all help pollinators thrive by rethinking lawns, flowers and our love of tidy gardens do...

Barry Cuff’s allotment: March diary

BBC Radio 4’s excellent Food Programme has been on air every week since 1979. On 21st March, the audience was asked: “Are we prepared?...

April in the garden

Start your sunflowers, plant your dahlias and prep your baskets – Pete Harcom says April’s the time to get your garden growing again April …...

February diary : Barry Cuff’s allotment

Thanks to the miserable weather, very little groundwork was carried out in preparation for the spring. Even during the drier spell at the beginning...

March in the garden

With longer days on the horizon, it’s time to sow, plant, prune, and mulch – but Pete Harcom says don’t be fooled, frosty nights...

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The organisers of Canford Classic & Supercar Sunday are already gearing up for 2026 – still buoyed by the overwhelming success of this year’s...