In your field: Dan Hawes – "Everything has started to grow, the ground has finally dried out... Long may the sun continue"

Dan Hawes grew up on an arable farm in Suffolk and now produces strawberry and raspberry plants outside, under tunnels and in glasshouses for the UK fruit market with Blaise Plants, sister company to Hugh Lowe Farms, Kent

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In your field: Dan Hawes – "Everything has started to grow, the ground has finally dried out... Long may the sun continue"

Isn't it glorious to see some sun this month? Everything has started to grow, the ground has finally dried out, and everyone is happier. With the bulk of the cold-stored strawberry plants now out of...

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