Growing hyacinths indoors for Christmas

You can have hyacinths flowering for Christmas, filling your home with their heady sweet fragrance in mid-winter. Just follow these simple steps now:

How to make a mini wildlife pond - the easy way

Make a small pond to attract wildlife to your garden. It takes one afternoon and costs less than £25. This pond will fit in any garden, however small.

Grow your own jobs for late August at The 80 Minute Allotment

This week I've been clearing away crops that have finished, harvesting some and sowing others, and learning a couple of lessons along the way...