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10 articles across 2 sections: Guides, Ideas.

Fenced chicken run with coop and dust bath beside raised vegetable beds under netting
GuidesStep-by-step guide4 min read

Chickens in the Garden

Chickens in the garden, honestly. What they wreck, what they are genuinely good for, and the fenced-run-plus-supervised-access system that keeps both alive.

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Waist height raised bed, wide level paving, a bench among lavender and tools on a rail
IdeasExplainer5 min read

Gardening for Wellbeing

Horticultural therapy explained: what it is, what the evidence supports, and how to set up a garden that helps rather than becomes another thing you owe.

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Overhead view of a raised bed divided into sixteen squares each planted at a different density
GuidesStep-by-step guide5 min read

Square Foot Gardening

Square foot gardening explained honestly: the grid and the spacing chart are genuinely useful, the compulsory soil mix and the shallow bed depth are not.

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Half mulched autumn bed with a barrow, garlic cloves and bulbs waiting, seed heads left standing
GuidesStep-by-step guide5 min read

October Gardening Jobs

October gardening jobs that actually pay off: plant garlic and bulbs, mulch bare soil, lift and store, and the tidying you should deliberately skip.

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Close spaced rows of potatoes, onions, cabbage and kale with narrow trodden earth paths
IdeasStep-by-step guide5 min read

Victory Garden Ideas

A victory garden was a wartime plan to feed a household from a small plot. What they grew, what actually worked, and how the same approach holds up now.

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Squared paper with a pencilled bed map, an open notebook of short notes and some seed packets
GuidesStep-by-step guide5 min read

Garden Planner

A garden planner you will still be using in August: one bed map, one sowing list and one page of notes. What to record, what to skip, and free templates.

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Two low timber beds of salad, chard and climbing beans beside a kitchen door
IdeasStep-by-step guide6 min read

Kitchen & Productive Gardens

Kitchen gardening works when you plant what you cook with and put it near the door. Here is how I lay one out, and how to avoid the August glut.

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Small back garden with a deliberate rectangle of lawn, deep borders both sides and a bench
IdeasStep-by-step guide6 min read

Garden Design Basics

Garden design without a designer: work out how you will use the space, get the proportions right, then plant. The order matters more than the plant list.

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Back garden in spring with a sunny bed, a shaded fence strip and frost in a hollow
GuidesStep-by-step guide8 min read

Zones & Growing Conditions

Gardening zones tell you what survives winter, not what grows well. Here is how to read your zone, and the five garden conditions that matter more.

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Small raised bed of lettuce, chard and radish in a back garden at sunset
GuidesStep-by-step guide11 min read

How to Start a Garden

How to start a garden in one season: check your light first, build one small bed without digging, plant six easy crops. Costs from $60, step by step.

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