The playful trend of “chaos gardening”
It’s time to tear up the horticultural rulebook and indulge in curiosity.
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Walking is the soul’s preferred means of transport
Does doing something twice in two years count as a tradition? If so, we have a family tradition of going…
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Creatures of the broken contract
As the seasons have been disrupted by climate change, many species have been left mercilessly exposed.
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Imagine the things Vietnam’s 200-year-old turtles have seen
And who are we, in the minds of those creatures?
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Phil Jones’s diary: hiking in the Pyrenees
Also this week: Talking to strangers and the power of collective community.
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An ode to aimless wandering
After years of trudging along paths, I’ve learned to stop seeing their completion as an accomplishment.
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Cuckoos sang me happy birthday for a decade. Now they are silent
Britain’s shifting weather patterns are a particular problem for these ingenious, misunderstood birds.
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Even garage-bought flowers can provide delight
The joy of the simple pelargonium.
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