One of the least arduous but most productive of ga... -Tom Hodgkinson

One of the least arduous but most productive of gardening jobs, the magic of deadheading never fails to delight me. It was a revelation when the principle was explained to me: that flowers are the attempt by the plant to reproduce itself. So if you cut the heads off before the flower turns into seeds, the plant will continue to flower.

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One of the least arduous but most productive of gardening jobs, the magic of deadheading never fails to delight me. It was a revelation when the princ...

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All of our technology is completely unnecessary to a happy life....

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Computers tend to separate us from each other - Mum's on the laptop, Dad's on the iPad, teenagers are on Facebook, toddlers are on the DS, and so on....

What is required as we travel towards full unemployment is not new legislation but a gradual change of mental attitude, a shift in values. As our tast...

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One of the things we say... is, 'Do what you know helps you.' And so for me, that might be painting. For other people, it might be gardening. It might...

Find out what works for you, whether it's exercise, gardening, prayer, cooking, reading or any other activity that engages you and your family in posi...

I learned a lot while labouring and gardening. Whenever I feel tired and want to go home while doing TV work, I just think how tough groundworking is....

Besides gardening, I love to sketch and to sing....

I bought a former library, not because I have a lot of books, but also I like architecture, and it was built in 1965, and I like gardening....

I'd love to take up organic vegetable gardening, do anything that involves learning....

As an athlete, if you train your body but don't fuel it the right way, that doesn't make much sense. Adopting a plant-based diet with the right amount...

You have to put your partner and family at the top of the list and there must be downtime - time for gardening, cooking time, book reading time....

I'm always surrounded by crazy people, but when I come back to the country I'm into my plants, I love gardening, I love bird watching and I absolutely...

There were points when I've thought about getting into landscape gardening or getting back to illustrating, but mostly with a bit of a chip on my shou...