Outdoor Skills

Woman collecting basket of apples

Food and Recipes

British apple guide: traditional varieties and easy recipe ideas

Beach at sunset

Beachcombing guide: things to find along the seashore and best beaches in the UK

A branch of ripe Blackthorn or Sloe, Prunus spinosa, growing in the wild in the UK./Credit: Sandra Standbridge/Getty Images.

September foraging guide: best foods to find and recipe ideas

Full length side view of girl dipping stick in water at beach

Rockpooling guide: how to get started, where to go, and essential equipment

Woman flying a drone in the countryside.

How and where to fly your drone in the countryside

LOW ANGLE, MACRO, LENS FLARE, DOF: Young man uses a handheld grass trimmer to trim his backyard. Unrecognizable male gardener mows the lawn with a handheld lawnmower on a sunny spring afternoon.

Wildlife gardening

Seven tips to help your lawn – and wildlife – survive a heatwave

Summer in a London park (Getty)

How to stay cool during a heatwave

Antonio Paladino in the Countryfile Plodcast

Podcast: the inspiring Italian chef seeking to revolutionise British farming

Cooking steaks and potato over the campfire in the forest./Credit: Getty

Open-fire cooking tips: what to cook and how to get the best flavours

Potting up plants with books

Best gardening books to read in 2022

Couple painting wooden plank in garden

20 easy garden projects

Wild garlic, also known as ramson or bear's garlic grows in abundance in many German forests in springtime.

April foraging guide: best plants to find and recipe ideas

Fishing on the Countryfile plodcast

Podcast: Tales from the riverbank part 1 – a relaxing day’s angling in Somerset

Hermit crab

How to identify

Guide to Britain’s crab species: how to identify and where to find

Yellow flower

A brief history of British daffodils