The wish list...

All the best things to fill your home and time with this season

Natalie

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Bird houses, from £8; metal twine tin, £5; metal allotment box, £10; glass cloche, £15; digging spade, £15; planters, from £10, all Sainsbury’s

THIS MONTH, TRY...

Moulding plant pots with concrete – it’s much easier than you think!

It’s not too late to channel your inner Monty Don/ Charlie Dimmock/Alan Titchmarsh (delete as appropriate!) and do something truly inspirational in your garden – and that can be as simple as making an on-trend plant pot. This project is from Creating with Concrete and Mosaic (£9.50, Skyhorse Publishing) by Sania Hedengren and Susanna Zacke, and they’ve shared the full how-to on our website.

Top read

Lizzie Mabbott moved to the UK from Hong Kong when she was 13 and found that the inexplicable food culture of China was not something she was willing to leave behind. Her first book, Chinatown Kitchen (Mitchell Beazley, £10), is as much a feast for the appetite as it is for the eyes. Head online for a little Chinatown taster, where we’ve got her mangosteen, dragonfruit and kiwi tart with coconut cream recipe for you to whip up at home.