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The tears that flow when chopping onions (Allium cepa) come from beneficial sulphur compounds. These act as natural decongestants, helping clear mucus and ease cold symptoms. Onions also support digestion (especially with sage, thyme and oregano), feed beneficial gut bacteria with soluble fibre, and help regulate blood pressure and cholesterol levels.

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Moon planting uses the moon’s phases and gravitational pull to improve gardening success. Just as it influences ocean tides, the moon affects moisture in our soils and plants. By sowing vegetables at the right lunar phase for their type and needs, you’ll boost germination, growth and overall yields.

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Put your excess rhubarb to good use and whip up a batch of pink fizzy rhubarb champagne.

Seed-raising mix can be surprisingly misleading and making your own is one of the simplest ways to give seedlings a stronger start while using what you already have on hand.

Cooling, hydrating and calming, these watermelon and lemon balm treats make the most of peak-season fruit and a generous backyard herb.

If you want abundant winter harvests, the planning starts now. Mid-late January is the time to think ahead to what you’ll plant next, how crops will follow one another and how to prepare your beds.

Practical New Year’s resolutions designed around Pip’s editorial pillars that will nourish you and the planet without adding much to your to-do or shopping lists.