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  • Amateur Gardening

    Give them a helping hand

    Jun 16, 2020 2 minutes
    with Val Bourne, AG’s organic wildlife expert

    WE do not lead an exciting life at Spring Cottage! We like to spend days in the garden, stopping for a cold drink midmorning to bask on the southfacing seat at the front of the house.

    Recently we’ve been shadowed by a dunnock that has perched just 3ft (1m) away and stands stock-still. At first we thought this bird was trying to

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