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Gardens are as pretty as a picture

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 10:30:00 +0000

MIKE PRYCE reports on a new competition to dig out artistic talents among gardeners

Learn countryside crafts

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 15:02:27 +0000

MIKE PRYCE discovers that courses being held in the new year can set people on the path to gaining new skills

Give your garden a design makeover

Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:30:46 +0000

Carol Smith tells MIKE PRYCE that its easy to change the look of our flower beds and borders

Remember hedgehogs

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 15:20:56 +0000

Britain’s spiky mammal is at its most vulnerable on Bonfire Night. MIKE PRYCE reports

It’s no mystery

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 11:01:10 +0100

MIKE PRYCE – Toyah Willcox and the National Trust – say walking is good for you

Pity the little sparrow

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 15:16:28 +0100

LIAM CREEDON says a once prolific bird is becoming ever scarcer and it urgently needs our help

Mine’s a pint of quick brew

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:58:12 +0100

A batch of hops that have been grown at Suckley, near Malvern, are being turned into beer in record time. MIKE PRYCE reports

Ladies who shoot

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 12:11:07 +0100

MIKE PRYCE meets Victoria Lacks, who’s launched a website for trigger-happy women

Breeding plan certainly works

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 11:29:35 +0100

Improvement of the Highfield herd earns the farming Braithwaites a coveted industry award. MIKE PRYCE reports

Heavenly gems

Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:13:56 +0100

Richard Surman has updated a classic book. MIKE PRYCE reports

No reason to be all of a flutter

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:17:21 +0100

Moths have a bad press. LIAM CREEDON says they are fascinating insects and deserve better than their horror film image

Peeping into the past

Mon, 25 Jul 2011 10:57:43 +0100

MIKE PRYCE looks at an evocative book that stirs memories of life in a Worcestershire village

Get out and about

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 12:32:38 +0100

People are being urged to discover the county’s countryside. MIKE PRYCE reports

Hooked on fishing

Mon, 23 May 2011 10:20:39 +0100

Angling is a pastime enjoyed by millions of people in Britain but it’s not so easy if you are blind – until now. Mike Pryce reports

Paradise for gardeners

Tue, 10 May 2011 12:14:19 +0100

The very first of 2011’s big garden shows gets under way at the Three Counties Showground next week. Mike Pryce has a sneak preview

Harking back to hazy days of hop picking in the counties

Wed, 04 May 2011 15:34:53 +0100

Mike Pryce takes a look at an exhibition recalling one of the most traditional autumn agricultural activities which has now died out

Ploughing a new furrow

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:40:09 +0100

Mike Pryce meets Bill Mapp, who has been a bit of a Jack of all trades but has now found a niche making films about the countryside

Springtime salad days

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 12:57:57 +0000

Go really wild in the country and harvest edible leaves that will pep up any meal. Mike Pryce talks to survival expert Dale Collett

Survival tactics

Mon, 07 Mar 2011 10:42:26 +0000

When Dale Collett goes camping he makes sure he has what’s necessary to make a fire – and that doesn’t mean a box of matches. Mike Pryce reports

Gone are days we had branches everywhere

Tue, 22 Feb 2011 11:41:26 +0000

The long-disappeared era of steam trains conjures up a more romantic way to travel than the motorways that killed it off. Mike Pryce reflects on a way of life that’s lost forever