Don't stop with your family tree - your house, too, might be hiding skeletons in the closet, as Anna Milford reveals. 

Bryony Hill, wife of Jimmy, is a talented artist and super-keen but far-from-purist gardener. She enjoys both these pursuits so much that she has combined them in a charming book, just published. The following extracts explain how she came by the title for her book and offers hints for autumn garden maintenance. 

You've heard of PYO. Well, now it's GYO - Grow Your Own - and everyone's getting in on the act. Allotment 'old-timer' Paul Richmond-Darby isn't at all surprised. 

One day you are a businessman, the next you have stumbled across a unique garden from the past. Will investing in its restoration pay off? Wendy Dare looks at the story of Dewstow Gardens in Gwent.