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Handy hints…

Put nets over ripening fruit bushes and strawberries to prevent birds feasting on your crop.
Sow spring cabbage, turnips, chicory, fennel and autumn and winter salads.
Make sure greenhouses are well ventilated during hot weather to prevent big fluctuations in temperature. Damp down the floor with a watering can also keeps humidity levels up and helps prevent red spider mite.
Cut back Nepeta after flowering to provide a second flush of growth and flowers.