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Cottage garden furniture design: how I built my outdoor office
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Working from home? Work from the garden These days, I’m lucky enough to spend a good deal of my week working from home. My job can be intense at times and I’m always looking for ways to become more comfortable. I also wanted to spend more time in the garden;…
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Grief in the garden
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A year after my father passed, I dug up my gooseberry bush and shoved it down into the compost heap. I was numb and paddling in grief, unaware of how deep I trod; I let the bush’s prickly branches feather grazes up and down my arms, grateful for the exertion…
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What kinds of food should you grow?
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In the UK, we are extremely lucky: these days, our climate supports a wide variety of crops. We won’t be harvesting avocados or dragon fruit any time soon, but don’t let that stop you – once you understand what you can grow easily and naturally right outside your house, I…