Homes & Interiors Archive

A time when last year's stock of stored vegetables is finished and new crops haven't come on stream, the hungry gap provides few pickings from the garden.

In his latest book, Homegrown Revolution, James Wong includes many new and unexpected edibles.

The elegant wild cherry trees blanketing a steep bank down to my burn are never less than breathtaking when in flower, and I fully understand why the cherry is Japan's national flower and plays such an important part in its culture.

Given all the spring daffodils and primroses, it's no surprise that yellow is the colour most commonly associated with Easter.

Sea kale is a neglected jewel – succulent, tasty and now largely unknown.

The potato harvest last year was the worst for decades.

Forget spa days or fancy hotel breaks – if you want to send your spirits soaring take a woodland walk and you'll probably chance upon an endless carpet of brave little snowdrops.

After giving you my thoughts last week on what benefits the organic approach has for the gardener, I am widening the lens this week to look at how the environment can reap the rewards of gardeners eschewing synthetic chemicals in favour of natural principles.

Nothing brightens up a dreich January day more than dreaming of summer heat and the joy of scented leaf pelargoniums.

Scotland football fans have backed a young people's charity with a £10,000 donation.

At one time or another everybody has feigned a grateful smile after receiving an unwanted gift, but few among us would baulk at receiving a plant that can enliven our cooking, cheer up the house or, indeed, both.

What Christmas present do you buy the gardener whose shed is full of tools?

During the winter months, water is both friend and foe to plants.

Invasive plants are a major threat to our environment, but gardeners can help prevent the problem from getting any worse.