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  • Why gardening is good for your gut

    Researchers have discovered that good gut health starts with the soil – and that's why gardening is good for you

    ByKen Thompson7 Feb 2022, 1:49pm
  • The bad gardening habit that's ruining your compost 

    Our expert believes it's time to call out some commonly believed gardening myths as fiction, not fact

    ByKen Thompson19 Jun 2021, 6:00am
  • How the journey of the painted lady butterfly shows migration in all its majesty 

    Painted lady butterflies are starting to arrive in the UK after an epic journey to get here

    ByKen Thompson12 Jun 2021, 6:00am
  • How to win the battle against carrot fly

    Ken Thompson tackles carrot fly, one of the peskiest pests known to gardeners – and comes up trumps in the end

    ByKen Thompson11 Jun 2021, 5:00am
  • How you can help urban birds flourish post-lockdown 

    Lockdown has provided some valuable lessons in the way that birds adapt to city life

    ByKen Thompson22 Mar 2021, 6:00am
  • Planting this spring? Here's why clay-based soil will always be more fertile than sand 

    Why is a clay soil always described as ‘heavy’? Spaces between its particles hold the key

    ByKen Thompson19 Mar 2021, 1:14pm
  • Shepherd’s purse: One of the world's most common weeds is a fascinating gem – and it's in your garden

    By hook or by crook, shepherd’s purse has found its way to all corners of the world

    ByKen Thompson15 Mar 2021, 6:00am
  • Why March is the month to make your garden bee-friendly

    The nectar gap is critical in March, so make sure your garden is bee-friendly

    ByKen Thompson6 Mar 2021, 6:00am
  • New plants turn up all the time, even on Facebook

    New plants - new to science, that is - turn up all the time, but why does it take 160 years before we hear about them?

    ByKen Thompson21 Feb 2021, 6:00am
  • If dogs can detect sick plants, could plants detect sick humans? 

    Sniffer dogs can detect explosives, drugs, even sick trees – but plants themselves could be modified to do the same

    ByKen Thompson21 Jan 2021, 3:00pm
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  • The best time of day to apply weedkiller

    Is there an optimal time when weedkillers are most effective? Ken Thompson goes digging to find out

    ByKen Thompson14 Jan 2021, 3:00pm
  • The science behind plants that have berries and pollen but don't flower 

    If a plant has pollen and berries, then surely it must flower? If it doesn’t, what is it? Ken Thompson investigates the evidence

    ByKen Thompson12 Jan 2021, 12:00pm
  • Ferns have many wonderful qualities – but they won’t make you invisible

    The doctrine of signatures suggested fern ‘seeds’ could make you invisible, Ken Thompson explains why the news is "absolute nonsense"

    ByKen Thompson17 Dec 2020, 3:00pm
  • Our obsession with planting trees is misguided – why not give nature a chance to take its course? 

    One in three of all planted trees dies before its fifth birthday, and some planting schemes have had death rates of more than 90 per cent

    Ken Thompson9 Dec 2020, 3:00pm
  • Why the future of frankincense, the aromatic festive favourite, hangs in the balance 

    We all know about holly and mistletoe, but the story of frankincense is sadly lacking in Christmas cheer

    ByKen Thompson3 Dec 2020, 3:00pm
  • How do plants recover from accidental damage? Ken Thompson investigates

    When a plant is knocked over, how does it recover? It all depends on symmetry, according to recent research

    ByKen Thompson26 Nov 2020, 3:00pm
  • The science behind how hardy evergreens defeat frost

    Ken Thompson reveals how plants adapted to freezing climates – and how to spot those that won’t survive

    ByKen Thompson17 Nov 2020, 12:00pm
  • Groundbreaking research reveals that plants 'hear' pollinators using specific frequencies 

    How do plants detect pollinators? Researchers in Israel have been trying to find out

    ByKen Thompson12 Nov 2020, 3:00pm
  • The National Trust wants to plant 20 million trees, but will it achieve anything? 

    How good are trees at slowing climate change? A lot depends on where they are planted...

    ByKen Thompson5 Nov 2020, 3:00pm
  • Niger seed, the goldfinch favourite, comes with interesting baggage

    Niger seed is great for attracting goldfinches, but it comes with exotic baggage

    ByKen Thompson22 Oct 2020, 3:00pm
  • New research provides hope for British trees affected by ash dieback

    Our beloved ash trees have been living with a pandemic for several years, and it’s not Covid-19.

    ByKen Thompson9 Oct 2020, 12:00pm
  • How to tell the difference between salad rocket and wild rocket, and grow your own successfully 

    Eruca vesicaria subsp.sativa is best grown during the cooler spring and autumn months rather than the summer

    ByKen Thompson17 Sep 2020, 3:00pm
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