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Going Wild with Photographer Dean Eades

Dean Eades is the Lincolnshire wildlife photographer who has known since 2011 that there’s only one thing better than taking the perfect picture; teaching others to do the same. For eight years now he’s been offering one-to-one tuition for photographers of all skill levels – novice to expert – who want to hone their techniques and discover new places to shoot… Fox by Dean Eades Stay very still. Stay very quiet. Be patient. Reframe left a bit, and give the very slightest twist to the focusing ring on your lens to ensure those eyes are super sharp. Then, hold your breath, hold down the shutter button and hold the camera steady. In a single second, with a decent camera, you’ll...

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Reap What You Sow: Tim’s Harvest…

At the time of writing, Lincolnshire’s skies are blue, temperatures are high and the county’s fields are golden brown. This...

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From Rats to Riches…

Recent stars of Grand Designs, Paul & Amy Wilkinson’s home, near Boston, is the crowning achievement of a life of...

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Gunby Hall: The Glory of the Garden

‘Our England is a garden,” wrote Rudyard Kipling in his book, The Glory of the Garden. “And such gardens are...

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How Does your Garden Grow? Daphne Ledward reveals all…

Few gardeners are as knowledgeable or as headstrong as Surfleet’s Daphne ‘Daffers’ Ledward. The reluctant broadcaster soon found herself imparting...

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5 Tips for Growing Your Kitchen Garden with Adam Frost

Have you ever stopped to consider whether the future will be better? For every decade since the mid-20th century, futurists...

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Lines Across Lincolnshire

A landscape moves and changes due to geological and historical events. Lincolnshire’s landscape has seen many such events and so...

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15 House Plants for Christmas

There’s no shame in being a fair weather gardener. Who truly enjoys going outside in the bitter cold to pull...

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Shooting in Lincolnshire

The shooting season is upon us, here’s how you can get involved from picking up a shotgun for the first...

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Gardening: A Family Affair

Just outside Wragby is a hidden paradise of herbaceous perennials and woodland walks. The oasis of greenery – a rare...

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Doddington Hall’s Marvellous Gardens

Capability Brown, the famed 18th century landscape architect, transformed hundreds of stately home gardens up and down the country in...

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Golfing in Lincolnshire

There’s a breadth of golf courses across the county, and whether you’re a beginner, a more advanced player or a...

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Grimsthorpe Castle’s Magical Gardens

This month sees the first day of a whole summer calendar of garden events taking place at Grimsthorpe Castle. The...