Grow, make and create your rural life in the city
I can’t imagine our lives without Hamish, our eight-month-old Norfolk Terrier. I can imagine our house without him, however.
Like LULR, you’ve probably read a load articles on ways to grow your own with limited or no outdoor space.
Now that Christmas and New Year festivities are over, many gardeners and allotment holders take a rest. Good-o, you deserve it, but do think ahead.
Christmas is that one time of year in our hectic calendars when we can justify spending hours in the kitchen.
There are dozens of mulled wine recipes in my tattered old book, but this one is a favourite. It is best served in a large slow cooker pot, kept at ...
Our columnist Jan Lee returns to give her top tips on how best to tackle that incessant bugbear: cleaning. I’m not a clean freak. There, I said it. In fact, ...
Watching birds feeding outside your window is a great way to feel in touch with nature, even in the midst of the city. And with the days getting colder and ...
Mid-September is here and my baskets are full of blackberries. Other than delicious jam and crumble fillings – as I showed you earlier this week, what can you do with ...
Currently, England is experiencing a bonanza berry autumn. Blackberry yields in the Essex countryside are high and allotments and gardens in the county and East London abound with wonderful jewel-like ...
We’ve established that renting an allotment in a city is more than a passing fashion craze. We have learned the insider lotty etiquette. We’re almost ready to get digging. Among ...
