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FRUIT AND VEG

Don’t forget

■ Cover cabbages and other brassicas with a fine netting to prevent cabbage white butterflies getting to them

■ Sow last batches of peas and dwarf beans for a late-season crop

■ Check crops for aphids and pick them off straight away

■ Pot up any runners from strawberries to make new plants

■ Keep watering fruit trees and bushes to keep harvests coming

Pickle chillies

If you have a good harvest of chillies and

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