Category: Out Of Doors

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...

January diary | The Voice of the Allotment

What happened on Barry Cuff’s Sturminster Newton plot in January We’ve spent far less time than usual on the plot this month, due to the...

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Shooting from the saddle

As winter drags on, mud and headtorches give way to arrows and adrenaline as Tamsin Doar discovers the addictive pull of horseback archery Although spring...