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Main Image: Slug eating a cabbage leaf - demonstrating the need for organic slug control in gardening.

Organic Slug Control and Successional Sowing Tips

The Allotment Diaries Episode 11

Main image: Cute Handmade Macrame Keychains made by Kate Nisbet, using white, cream and blue wool with wooden bead accessories.

Cute Handmade Macrame Keychains Tutorial

Text reads, "How to write a book with Alison Mott" over an image of a person writing a book.

How to write a book 6

a woman explaining something to two men using a tablet

How to write a book 5

Two best friends laughing and having a good time together

How to write a book 4

Cheerful child having fun playing and blowing a dandelion into the air in a park.

How to write a book 3

Restored Victorian red brick houses with coloured doors

How to write a book 2

A Happy Woman Hugging Her Mother While She Is Sitting In The Kitchen And Drinking Tea

How to write a book 1

Part of Mindspace Week 2022

Main Image: an adult daughter reading with her elderly mother with Dementia outside.

The Power of Reading: Reading Well for Dementia

Part of Dementia Action Week 2025

Main image: a digitally created image of a brain, in pink and blue over a black background.

Latest Developments in Dementia Research

Part of Dementia Action Week 2025

Main Image: A woman in a flower field picking a bunch of flowers from her cut flower garden - in the sunshine wearing a yellow/orange apron.

Planning a Cut Flower Garden and a Seed Swap

The Allotment Diaries Episode 10

landscape photo of rachel moore wearing a hat in front of her allotment on a bright sunny day

What to sow now for next year's crops

The Allotment Diaries Episode 3

A pencil drawing being sketched

An introduction to drawing

Close up of a wild European hedgehog emerging from a terracotta pot surrounded by red and orange flowers and berries.

Get Involved in the National Hedgehog Monitoring Programme

An Introduction To Welfare Benefits Gareth Newman And Chris Errington Istock 688546848

An introduction to Welfare Benefits