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Common darter Sympetrum striolatum male cut to white male

Alpine Longhorn beetle Rosalia alpina with blue grey wing cases and long antennae, legs slightly curled below him, dorsal view and cut to white

Giant African Long horn beetle Pterognatha gigas showing pale wing cases, brown clour, and long antennae, dorsal view, cut to white

Cucumber plant drowing up a support showing tendrils, leaves, and young cucumber fruits and flowers alogn with companion planting of nasturtium

How to build a raised bed from planks showing attachments of horizontal planks to the vertical uprights, and how to secure the bed in the ground

Safely pricking out seedlings from a seed tray

Diagram showing how to do double digging of a flower bed or vegetable plot

Willow Salix sprig with catkin

Lichen Usnea subfloridana growing on a twig

Autumn leaf study of an Acer showing bright vivid red and yellow colours, leaf has damage and minor holes

Iris in gravel with blue petals

Garden border in spring with tulips, crocus, daffodils and daisies abutting a carefully tended lawn and edged with concrete slabs

Red legged sun squirrel Heliosciurus rufobrachium pen and ink sketch in profile, holding a nut

Pen and ink illustration of the Spot nosed monkey Cercopithecus nictitans, seated with hands in front of it, gazing off into the distance

Pepper seedling in a lump of soil, held in the hand of a gardener

A hand pinching out the growth tips on a cucumber plant to encourage lateral growth and more cucmber fruit

Brownstone house with back yard full of a diverse array of containers all of which are growing different edible food crops from herbs to fruit thorugh salads and vegetables.

Corner of a raised bed showing how to attach the plants to one another when building the bed

Three illustrations showing compost as it degrades into organic matter, from recognizable leaf litter through to earth like mulch

Set up with two compost bins in rotation

Vegetable garden in a raised bed showing taller crop plants behind the shorter ones in the front including beans, borage, chives, and salad crops

Cucumber plant drowing up a support showing tendrils, leaves, and young cucumber fruits and flowers alogn with companion planting of nasturtium

Rotation patterns for growing vegetables

Rotation patterns for growing vegetables