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If you don't want the blackbirds to eat your strawberries, keep them well covered. I plant strawberries 30cm apart in each direction, mulch well with pine needles to keep the fruit clean and to deter slugs and snails then cover with bird mesh. Nails in the side of the raised beds keep the mesh in place. These carrots were sown in mid-June, … [Read more...]
Winter is the ideal time to plan the next season. It's inevitable some things work out better some years than others in our gardens. It's probable we know why. It's possible we have control over some of those things. Here are five things I'll do differently next year... 1. Get protection Plants are under attack from the weather, pests and … [Read more...]
