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. Luckily, they don't need staking.Summer-fruiting raspberries, on the other hand, produce fruit on the previous year's canes. Cut these canes down in autumn after they have produced fruit, leaving the new, green canes to fruit the following year. Summer

, they don't bother too much about how the 'delegated to' get the job done.So, last week in the same spirit, I devolved responsibility for the compost heap to my husband. I explained the basics of how to build a heap (twiggy sticks at the bottom then green

you give them a very thick mulch of manure or compost. In the spring, take the compost away and spread some slug pellets over the crown, then recover with a bit of compost to save new shoots from the ravages of slug damage.Cosmos is another good

.Soft necks: These keep less well than hard necks and are sometimes eaten 'green'. They have many culinary uses but are particularly good raw in salad dressings.The cookbook has a very useful guide to the garlic year, which I've abbreviated here