With soft fruit such as gooseberries, strawberries, raspberries and currants just starting to come into season, we’ve picked out our top ten favourite preserving products to get your jam-making off…
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Now that Summer is finally here, we’re spending more time in the Cosy Home garden and enjoying the benefits of all our hard work. The weather’s warm enough to start…
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Did you know that the UK holds a National Picnic Week every year, aiming to share advice, tips, recipes and information to make sure everything from the food and drink…
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If you were put off as a child by plates of over-sweetened, over-stewed rhubarb, now’s the time to rediscover it. When eaten young and fresh, rhubarb has a sweet, delicate…
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Honeybees, unlike other species, don’t hibernate over winter, but they are quite inactive and do spend most of their time in the hive to keep warm. As from April, when…
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The common or English bluebell (hyacinthoides non scripta) is a familiar sight in woodlands at this time of year. It’s particularly associated with ancient woodlands, and the English variety of…
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Honey bees are still an endangered  species in Britain, so give them a helping hand by creating a bee haven, even if you only have access to a window box…
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Llewelyn Thomas, owner and founder of Buddha Beauty, is passionate about purity. His natural skincare range, which includes body lotions, scrubs and face creams, is lovingly handmade from the finest…
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