Private Assets May Be Coming to Your 401(k). You Should Know the Risks.
Private Assets May Be Coming to Your 401(k). You Should Know the Risks.
Ditch power tools, build a hedgehog highway: how to create a nature-friendly garden | Gardens
It’s happening: spring’s stretching and greenness, vibrant and achingly alive. But the last thing your garden needs is to be tidied up in a rush, for soil to be cleared of debris, for rotten, grey, dead and dying bits to be whisked away. For it’s these bits that hold all the life. The Guardian’s journalism … Read more
Baggage Fees Are Up. Here’s How to Avoid Them.
Baggage Fees Are Up. Here’s How to Avoid Them.
Houseplant hacks: should I let tap water stand before using it for watering? | Houseplants
The problemRainwater is the gold standard for houseplants, but not everyone has a garden, a water butt, or the inclination to collect it. For those relying on tap water, the question is how to make it as plant-friendly as possible. Chlorine is added to tap water as a disinfectant, and sensitive plants like calatheas, ferns … Read more
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Paving is crazy: we should let our gardens grow as nature intended | Gardens
I so identify with Emma Beddington’s disappointment, anger and distress over the horrible practice of ripping out gardens in favour of soulless, uncreative hard standing (A messy garden is a glorious garden. We need to stop tidying, titivating and paving them over, 12 April). Are people utterly impervious to the importance of nature? How can … Read more
You Have Some Options for Dealing With Rising Property Taxes
You Have Some Options for Dealing With Rising Property Taxes
A statue of Queen Victoria, memorial trees and a swimming pool: Judi Dench’s garden – in eight poignant items | Judi Dench
A visit to Dame Judi Dench’s garden in Surrey is bittersweet. The 2.4-hectare (six-acre) plot contains enough trees – about 100 – to count as an arboretum. Among them is a carpet of wild garlic and a wildlife pond from which rabbits like to sip. But each of these trees represents someone she knew who … Read more
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Country diary: A hardworking meadow that is surely worth saving | Gardens
Among many languages on the poster at the field’s entrance gate is a declaration in Ulster-Scots: This be oor fiel. Close to my home in the heart of an urban landscape, “our field” in Lower Botanic Gardens invites my idle wandering. Going by the desire paths that crisscross its floodplain meadow, I follow in many footsteps. … Read more