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the dreaded pests and diseases can look good. Cuckoo spit usually appears from about June onwards and inside the fascinating glob of 'spit' are immature (or nymph) frog hoppers, most commonly Philaenus spumarius. They sit in the wonderfully protected frothy

Protection' I remember sitting in gloomy horror as the full array of chemicals used on mass-produced potatoes was revealed. Now I know things have changed since then, but a lot of those chemicals are still used today.Shop-bought organic spuds often leave a

of it as everything with protection is looking just fine. So far none of these structures has moved.Another job has suddenly become more necessary — the watering. All this wind, often combined with sunshine, is horrendously drying, so I must grab that watering can

, which often appear early here, were nowhere to be seen.When they do finally emerge, I’m worried the bulbs will suffer if the freezing temperatures return. So, I’ve been mounding some loose, light wood and bark chippings around the crowns, as a protective

to protect my garlic from waterlogging, I’ve planted the cloves on ridges. However, the ridges were getting washed away, so I had to brave the deluge, hair plastered to my face and rain running down my back, and try to repair them - or completely rebuild them