Dan Hawes: "Frosts have meant the fruit ripening has gone from full speed to almost nothing"

In Your Field columnist and soft fruit producer Dan Hawes on the effect of May frosts, propagation work and preparation for a busy season ahead

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The shorts are now officially on, and the trousers tucked away for summer. May is usually when the weather gets nicer, and the field strawberries start to be picked, and with that the shorts are out...

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