Thyme for sage advice: Home-grown herbs are best for fragrance and flavour Nigel Colborn says herbs are as pretty and fragrant as the finest garden plants British gardening expert claims they’re easy to grow, especially in sunny spaces He says each summer you can increase herb numbers with annual varieties By Nigel Colborn for the … Read more
A homegrown coronavirus variant that emerged in California early last year is more contagious and avoids antibodies generated by vaccines more easily than earlier strains of the virus, two new studies finds. The variant, known as B.1.427/B.1.429 – also sometimes called CAL.20C/L452R – is believed to be behind the dramatic spike in cases and deaths … Read more
Nothing is more exciting right now than the ring of the doorbell and a package of new clothes arriving. With our High Streets shuttered, filling virtual shopping baskets is the only way to get a hit of much-needed retail therapy. Yes, we’re still buying loungewear — that trend isn’t going away any time soon — … Read more
While fishing off the English South Coast recently, Marco Pierre White (above) almost caught a large spider crab While fishing off the English South Coast recently, Marco Pierre White almost caught a large spider crab. ‘I saw it rising to the surface and immediately thought: delicious,’ says the celebrated chef. ‘I lost it, sadly, but … Read more
BREAKING NEWS: Third homegrown coronavirus variant is found in the U.S. as Illinois researchers say it first emerged in Texas in MAY A third homegrown variant of the coronavirus has been found in the U.S. Illinois researchers say the earliest appearance of new variant, called 20C-U, was in Texas in May 2020 The variant has … Read more
Can you spot what’s wrong with this photo? Fans notice a disturbing detail in Pete Evans’ Instagram post as he proudly shows off his home-grown strawberries By Monique Friedlander For Daily Mail Australia Published: 01:02 BST, 24 August 2020 | Updated: 02:41 BST, 24 August 2020 He bamboozled fans last week after uploading a video … Read more
I was laid low by a toxic COURGETTE: Music company boss was sick for four days after eating homegrown vegetable Mike Andrews, 64, from east Yorkshire, hallucinated with toxic squash syndrome The music management company director suffered sickness and diarrhoea He join dozens who have fallen victim to a rogue batch of poisonous courgettes By Chris Brooke … Read more
Britons would run out of food by this Friday if the nation was solely reliant on homegrown produce, according to new research. Analysis by the National Farmers’ Union has found the proportion of the food that we consume that is produced in the UK has plummeted from 80 per cent in 1980 to just 64 … Read more
A woman has sparked a hilarious thread of would-be gardeners sharing their failed lockdown ‘crops’ across Britain, after going viral with a picture of her tiny carrots. Janet Oswald, from London, took to Facebook group Family Lockdown Tips & Ideas this week, after deciding to grow her own vegetables amid the panic buying and shortages that … Read more