- Great British food - Delicious Easter recipes from Miranda Gore Browne, including a delicious chocolate fudge cake
- Win a cordless lawnmower - Be a cut above your neighbours with a Cobra mower worth £329!
- Power to the people - Emily Scaife profiles the rural communities ensuring their shops and services don’t wither on the vine
What’s in this issue?
After a long and wet winter, it’s a real treat to look forward to spring and spend some time pottering in the garden, walking in the countryside, and watching the local wildlife. It’s a moment of the year when new life is abundant and the possibilities seem, somehow, endless. This month we have our annual gardening special, 30 pages of inspiration and advice, featuring beautiful gardens, exclusive interviews and some vital gardening know-how from the likes of Pippa Greenwood and Lucy Hutchings. And for those whose lawns are looking a bit ragged after winter storms, there’s the chance to win a cordless lawnmower from Cobra worth £329.
Away from all things green-fingered, chef Miranda Gore Browne is looking ahead to Easter – a time of family, tradition and glorious food. In this edition, you’ll find a recipe for a wholesome cottage pie, quirky iced Easter bunnies and a seriously indulgent chocolate fudge cake, decorated with moreish mini eggs.
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in this edition…
- Great British food - Delicious Easter recipes from Miranda Gore Browne, including a delicious chocolate fudge cake
- Win a cordless lawnmower - Be a cut above your neighbours with a Cobra mower worth £329!
- Power to the people - Emily Scaife profiles the rural communities ensuring their shops and services don’t wither on the vine
- Herbal remedies - Growing 150 varieties of herbs while focusing on sustainability is a big challenge for David and Jo Nieburg, as Lorna Maybery discovers
- Feathered Focus – what to do with a surplus of eggs, lopped combs, and focus on the Appenzeller Spitzhauben breed
- Country ramblings – Dudley Edmunds looks at what to expect in the countryside this April
- Be a livestock leader this spring, says Carolyn Menteith
- 100 years of Winnie-the-Pooh - As one of Britain’s most cherished bears celebrates his centenary, Emily Scaife looks back at why he’s so universally loved
- Three things I can’t live without… with TV antiques expert and publican, James Braxton
- Gardening at a snail’s pace - A short stroll through Ann Bartleet’s country garden is a reminder of gardening’s playful side as two giant topiary gastropods are revealed sitting atop a Herculean hedge
- From the veg plot - Lucy Hutchings has some great seasonal tips about what to be growing on your veg plot
- Glorious gardens - 15 great botanical gardens to visit in the UK during 2026