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.The idea of wide, slightly quilted, deep bluish-green hosta leaves is captivating, but often the reality is completely different. The reality involves slugs and snails, nightly chewing the edges and perforating the centres of the leaves, leaving them

CanesChicken wire meshFebruary - April10 minutes to sow the seedsJune - AugustFor early crops, sow seed indoors now in pots or cells. Transplant into the garden when the seedlings are about 12-15cm high. This helps reduce damage from slugs, snails and pigeons

shelves with them and time to make some more sowings. This month it's the less ‘pernickety’ annuals like Calendula, plus big, beefy courgettes and cucumbers, sown in 10cm pots where I can keep an eye on them (they're caviar to slugs). I think I'll sow my