Fresh Air Fix

Looking out of my kitchen window over Christmas, the back garden was looking a bit forlorn and devoid of life, without a green shoot or buzzing bee in sight. However, a stocking filler booklet from the RSPB about making your garden more bird and wildlife friendly (thanks mum) assured me that there are is still [...]

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Try these outdoor exercise ideas for burning off the last of those Cadbury’s Roses…

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Meet Nick Weston, author of The Tree house Diaries, who told me about his 6 months living off the land in the Sussex countryside…

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In this week’s guest blog, city slicker Emma Pearson heads for deepest Gloucestershire to get a taste of farming life.

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I first met Gemma Grant who works for Surrey Wildlife Trust, on a guided foraging walk. It was clear from the start what a huge passion she has for her job, so I wanted to find out more about life as a forest ranger and what it takes to become one.

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If you’re out in the garden at this time of year, or even brave enough for a spot of camping, then it’s much more cheerful with a roaring campfire to warm your cockles.

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Not only are hedgehogs totally cute, but they devour snails, slugs and caterpillars, making them a gardener’s best friend. But they need a helping hand to get through their winter hibernation, so here’s what you can do in your own garden.

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This week I’m looking at the more unusual plants that we came across on our woodland walk, and have some suggestions for savoury recipes.

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I’ve been out and about learning how to identify some woodland fruits and berries and what to do with them in the kitchen.

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From plastic syringes to brass bedsteads, they all wash up on UK shores. So the Marine Conservation Society is urging coast lovers to join forces for ‘Beachwatch Big Weekend’

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Treehouses aren’t just for kids anymore. They’re popping up all over the place as cool and stylish getaways for adults too, and you can recreate one in your own back garden. In this guest blog from Chris at Canopy & Stars, who offer glamping and luxury camping holidays in the UK and France, shows us [...]

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Now that the summer holidays have kicked in, it’s hard work keeping the kids occupied without resorting to the TV or computer games. However help is at hand from Jo Schofield and Fiona Danks, authors of Make it Wild, who have plenty of suggestions for keeping your family entertained in the great outdoors.

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A network of colourful ‘bee roads’ is being created across the countryside to reverse the decline in Britain’s threatened pollinators.

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Think your neighbourhood needs brightening up? Then on May 1st, join the thousands who sign up each year and head out with a pocketful of seeds and a pencil (all is explained in this video), then get planting in your local verges, roundabouts, neglected council flowerbeds.. you get the idea.

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