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'.  Plant in November too.November: Plant autumn hard necks: 'Purple Moldovan', 'Chesnok'.December: 'Lautrec' can be planted now.January: Plant spring types: 'Solent Wight', 'Tuscan Wight', 'Picardy Wight'.February: Continue planting spring types. When bulb

Brambles are the unsung heroes of the fruit garden.A couple of weeks ago I was spring cleaning my store cupboard when I found a stray jar of blackberry jam trapped behind the mountain of marmalade. The pleasure I got when we opened it for breakfast

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

and protecting from strong sun and wind. (Keep late-summer cuttings in a cold frame, to plant out the following spring).Italian artichokes are another 'grow-your-own' plant that looks superb in a mixed border. 'Violetto' has a gorgeous purplish tint, which

in early spring if you want to harvest in the same year.When you've harvested your onions and beans, you have the basis of this chutney:Spiced Pickled Runner Beans, taken from Delia Smith's 'Summer'900g (2lbs) runner beans, trimmed and sliced into small

delicious, it looks beautiful too. If you want to be very extravagant, buy a bottle of fizz and use the crème de cassis to make Kir Royale.My thanks to Valentine Warner. This is taken from his book 'What to eat in Spring and Summer.' I've shortened