Five weeks with a newborn baby boy in autumn means the garden has seen very little action. He arrived, at home, on a Friday night weighing in at a walloping 9lbs 9oz. His mum’s diet of homegrown fruit and veg clearly suited him. It’s been a tough first month or so but last week I [...]

These might not be the easiest presents to wrap, but F&F’s Christmas plant list sure beats a miserable-looking poinsettia.

Here’s a comforting festive recipe from Vegalicious that takes a few shakes to make, but looks super-impressive.

Stuck for present ideas? Snap up a beautiful gardening book here and now.

Don’t forget to enter our monthly photography challenge. Entries close on 15 December, and the winner snaps up a £10 Freshly Forked voucher.

Ryan Lewis has got another rare plant for us, and this month’s really is a total star.

Now here’s a plant that offers some pretty super-duper drama in the winter garden. The white-stemmed bramble (Rubus cockburnianus) is a fabulous plant, and here’s how to grow it.