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The Sweet Smell of Spring
Build a Tea Kitchen
Evening watering
Dig For Victory

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The Sweet Smell of Spring
Plan ahead and plant a spring-flowering shrub or perennial to bring blooms and tantalising scents for the next year.
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Build a Tea Kitchen
This is fun if you have a sloping grassy bank nearby. Digging the turf is quite hard work but at the end of it you can make a secret cup of tea or hot drink ...
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Evening watering
With all the summery days we've been having, I've been fantasising about bowls of freshly picked strawberries, raspberries and currants.
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Dig For Victory
Good Friday is the traditional day for planting potatoes, beans and peas. It was the day that Catholics used to bless their spuds with holy water to bring a good crop.
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