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Who needs cheering up? Thought so. On cue is our new November issue to SPARK new ideas and re-kindle the best of autumn for you. Magical pickles take centre stage on our cover, with added sparkle this month. To pre-order in our shop (link in bio) - we'll send from Monday

Twinkly trees (tick), Baubles you can eat (tick), cake, drinks and nibbles (tick, tick tick). Not in the mood this year? Our December issue can help with that. Now open for pre-orders (link in bio), we'll be posting from Monday. We hope Yule love it (sorry).

The sparkling Dec The Simple Things features the brilliant Luminary Bakery and its mouthwatering Christmas bakes, talented Charlotte's Butchery, inspirational Gina from Llamau plus the postman for a remote island on his yuletide rounds and fab Richard from The Recyled Candle Company

Hear, hear

In need of festive inspiration this year? Look no further than the brilliant Sarah Moore – her beautiful house is captured by Alun Callender Photography in Country Living UK's glittering January issue. It's full of amazing vintage finds, beautiful craftsmanship and ingenious upcycling ideas

The biggest home colour trends for 2021 trib.al/zvSKspU

Seven-month old Pippa the Ixworth hen somehow wedged herself under the henhouse two nights ago and got very wet and cold. She’s currently boarding in our utility room - much to the children’s delight - for recuperation. Hopefully, she soon be shaking a tail feather #henkeeping

It’s a little earlier than usual because we thought you might need some feelgood holiday reading – our new January issue is now available to pre-order at picsandink.com/collections/th… We’ll be sending them out from Wednesday.

A reminder of the word 'hibernacle': a winter retreat or hiding place, from which a hibernating animal might poke out its nose before deciding to go back in.

Our February issue is now in the shops for your perusal. This month we’re about keeping diaries and the comfort of things. Food for the soul, balms for the body and a playlist of songs from the heart. Go on, brave the weather and pick one up. We guarantee you’ll feel better.

Tennis-court sized scrap of Bristol to become 'tiny forest' theguardian.com/environment/20…

I’ve just spent a lovely afternoon sorting out which crops I’m going to sow in 2021. 94 varieties and counting. Overly ambitious? Moi? Surely not!#growyourown #gardening

'Bee-killing' pesticide now will not be used on UK sugar beet fields theguardian.com/environment/20…

Give our Covid heroes a pay rise.

Children need outdoor learning more than ever now. How about Department for Education vouchers for schools for safe educational trips to inspire and re-engage kids who've been virtually imprisoned in homes/urban areas for a year? Come on Sir Gavin Williamson CBE MP! theguardian.com/society/2021/m…

Paying farmers for slow-growing breeds shouldnt just apply to chickens - all livestock deserve a good life. But still great news from Helena Horton #GoNative telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/2…

One in ten children live in a household that does not own a single book. School libraries can change that. Support Cressida Cowell and her open letter to Downing Street to invest in primary school libraries, now. #LifeChangingLibraries

The freedom to POTTER is something we took for granted, until last year. So our new June issue savours small journeys and enchanted places. We’ve opened pre-orders on our shop picsandink.com/collections/th… UK subscribers copies start arriving tomorrow. Summer is definitely coming…

Come join me wherever you are in the world ! #journalism #climate

Available in the #January issue of BBC Gardeners' World Mag: how I’ve designed my mini kitchen #garden to supercharge yields & maximise crop health - part 1. Read how Victorian walled kitchen garden design principles can be applied with brilliant results to your own plot. Parts 2 & 3 in Feb & Mar