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  • Illustration of a key in a lock and a security camera

    Get a dog – or just a dog sign: 14 expert ways to protect your home

    From lighting and alarms to shed security and TV simulators, specialists share their top tips for making your house a tougher target
  • A mix of baking soda and eucalyptus oil can help keep upholstery clean and fresh

    Baking soda, steam and vinegar: how to clean up secondhand furniture

  • Happy couple in nightwear sitting at french doors

    Buying or renting a house? Why you should ask for a sleepover first

  • A common brushtail possum on top of a tree at night in the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney

    When a sick possum showed up in my garden my heart overtook my head. Is it ever OK to feed urban wildlife?

  • Spacecraft-like pendant lights in the dining area hang above a G-Plan table that extends for bigger family events

    ‘I made it my mission to befriend the owner … we ended up swapping houses’: a refurbishment 14 years in the making

Gardens

  • Allotments in Glasgow, Scotland.

    Allotments are a safe space in times of crisis

    Letter: Dr Hannah Connelly on why the government needs to recognise the value of having more allotments in cities
  • People stood in the dye garden captured from afar with a London bus going over a bridge in the background

    ‘A secret garden’: National Theatre turns roof into riot of colour with dye plants

  • Watermelon radishes, some whole and some cut in half to show the bright pink inside, and green leaves on a marble table

    Plant winter radishes now and they will be ready to harvest in just eight weeks

  • Parcel accepting a parcel

    Keir Starmer’s delivery is one nobody wants

  • Zamioculcas zamifolia houseplant

    Houseplant clinic: which plants cope best in darker rooms?

Pictures & video

  • Restored Georgian farmhouse in Prescott, Devon.

    Homes for sale with wild gardens in England and Wales – in pictures

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  • Fishharven - Victorian Architecture Awards

    Victoria’s best new residential architecture – in pictures

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  • two people picking up invasive grass and black mustard in a park

    California gardeners plant native species in parks to prevent wildfire spread – in pictures

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  • A six-seater table with an integrated wooden storage unit and wine cooler on onside and floor to ceiling glazing on the other. On the other side of the glass it a large blocky table with wood-topped benches

    Homes for sale with stylish interiors in England – in pictures

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