391. Eat you way out of the credit crunch

You can’t escape the credit crunch – it’s even invaded British Food Fortnight, which started last Saturday and runs until Sunday, October 5.

This year the promoters are giving topical advice on how to eat British and save money during the credit crunch.

392. Now’s the time to pull on the wellies – and garden

Last Monday saw the vernal equinox and from now until the spring our nights will be longer than the days.

393. Reading in bloom despite the gloom

394. Writers pay tribute at popular festival

Tributes and celebrations were a theme at the Henley Literary Festival which packed in the crowds at the weekend.

395. Former crack area blooms for Britain

The transformation of Foxglove Gardens from a haunt of crack dealers to a blooming beautiful place to live has been recognised in a regional competition.

396. Protect your best ideas

Trading standards officers in West Berkshire will host a seminar on intellectual property later this month.

397. Make note of what is to be tackled... and when

August is a good time of year to go out into the garden with a notebook and write down every one of your mistakes and failures.

398. From now on it’s the killing fields at Chez Fort

My mission this weekend is to keep the vegetable patch going over the winter.

399. Flower ’bout opening your garden to public?

It takes a particular kind of gardener to decide to open his or her garden to the public.

400. AWE aiming to exploit scientists’ fresh ideas

The atomic bomb factory in Aldermaston has won Government funding to help develop commercial uses for the new technologies invented by its scientists and engineers.