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Gardening: Purple patch with my broccoli

My purple sprouting broccoli is just beginning to show its sprouts and we had our first little crop at the weekend.

This delicious vegetable is well worth waiting for and as soon as you have eaten the harvest you have to think about sowing again.

Rural Reading: Ivy treat for the birds

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Winter has arrived properly with the freezing weather of the last week, but we have been very lucky.

Jealott's Hill landshare opens to public tomorrow

It will be time for volunteers to shine on Saturday when a community landshare scheme throws its gates open to the public.

Cold snap makes life hard for wild birds

After weeks of calls reporting wildlife enjoying balmy weather, the RSPB is now braced for more traditional winter enquiries and is urging the public to provide food, water and shelter for garden birds.

Learn to prune at Cross Lanes Fruit Farm

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A farm in Mapledurham is suggesting a fruitful way to spend a morning – learning about pruning.

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