On the wild side

How to successfully 'rewild' your garden

There is a strip of garden right at the top of my patch which is narrow, steeply hilly and rather a long climb from the house. Until a few years ago, I used it mainly for livestock – chickens, sheep (since sold – I still miss them) and, sometimes, a couple of ponies.

Once mown… now alive with life

I planted some fruit trees, though the ponies chomped off …