Category: Out Of Doors

May diary 2025 | The Voice of the Allotment

Barry Cuff takes a look back at what happened on his Sturminster Newton plot last month May is our busiest month on the allotment, and...

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...

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A therapeutic partnership

An equine therapy centre in Blandford is creating transformative connections for those most in need of healing – Sally Cooper reports It’s a return trip...

The BV is shortlisted for Regional Publication of the Year 2026

We’re very pleased to share that The BV has once again been shortlisted for Regional Publication of the Year at the 2026 Newspaper &...