The dormant season is a great time to sow flower seeds, establish trees and shrubs, and get started on the vegetable garden.

Plants that can be grown in a cold frame, polytunnel, greenhouse, or heated propagator in January include microgreens, chillies, aubergines, peppers, tomatoes and sweet peas. Chillies are particularly ...

There is a long list of perennials that are often available to buy bare-root. It is hard to whittle them down, though we have picked seven of the easiest perennials to plant in January for ...

Even though it's winter, if the ground is soft enough, it’s a great time to plant bulbs. Buy them now, and you’ll save a ton ...

Environment and tourism patron, First Lady Dr Auxillia Mnangagwa, yesterday led in the planting of more than 3 000 indigenous and exotic trees in Mashonaland East Province as she fights to provide ...

Although fun, the schooling fish need an environment that provides lots of enrichment when kept in a smaller tank, increasing ...

Plant in pots or bare soil, 30cm apart, with any long roots splayed outwards so they are only just buried. Water well. They should put on growth a few weeks before those growing outside. How to grow ...

Winter is the ideal time to plant a bare-root tree, including fruit trees, ornamental cherries, birch, beech, hawthorn and many more - you'll find a wide selection at tree nurseries or online. Buy ...

It's time to think about buying and chitting those yummy 'Earlies' seed potatoes so they're ready to plant in March ...

Hardy plants can be sown outdoors, but otherwise sow indoors using a Best Buy compost for sowing seeds ... range of spring and autumn planted bulbs and a smaller selection of bare root perennials.

A Nottinghamshire Police spokesperson explained that knife crime in Nottinghamshire fell by 10.5 per cent between January and ...