Here's my weekly round-up of what's in the gardens pages of Weekend magazine and elsewhere in the Guardian and Observer, plus my favourite stories and blogposts from around the gardening web.
In the Guardian and Observer:
Carol Klein on the benefits of the borage family
The Observer's Dan Pearson on posies
The Observer Observer on how it's now cool (and cash-conscious) to keep hens, grow-your-own and sew.
And elsewhere...
Bifurcated Carrots offers advice on starting a new garden
Garden Rant offers up a vision for a new sensibility in American gardening
Graham Rice defends Hedera helix
Tangled Branches: Cultivated gets around to a tomato review for 2008
And finally ...
Hedgewizard's Diary on the case of the vampire mouse
The actor who plays Hurley from the TV drama Lost sums up worm composting perfectly: 'It's fun and gross at the same time' (and he has the same wormery as me - a Can-O-Worms) (hat tip to garden Rant)
