My garden diary: the battle to tame an overgrown plot

When Jane Owen moved into a new home in Oxford, she faced having to overhaul the one-acre jungle

Garden diary: beauty amid disorder

Jane Owen grapples with a munching Muntjac deer, slugs on steroids and colossal courgettes

Garden diary: Time to terminate pests

Our writer tackles the biggest horticultural jobs for autumn

How to make a yew turn after overzealous pruning

Jane Owen’s garden dispatch describes her attempts at irrigation and topiary

Help! My garden is out of control

When Jane Owen moved into a new home, rampaging vines and wildlife threatened to take over her life

Late-spring garden diary: my fight with a hedge

A new chainsaw is put to work, while clearance uncovers delightful and grisly surprises