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Savour the season

At , we’ve been hard at work (if you can call it that, when you’re pursuing a passion) building our columnist Dan Needles in our pages (page 66), and to have our resident garden experts, Mark and son Ben Cullen, sharing their wonderful advice on how to make the most of our gardens. (Hint: It’s time to make friends with your garden pests! Turn to page 14 to find out why.) Steve Maxwell brings his extensive DIY expertise to the table this issue, walking us through building our very own deep well hand pump (page 48), as well as your property’s newest must-have: a bee box (page 25). On page 56, Vanessa Farnsworth explains why it’s so important that we all do our part to foster and nurture bees.

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