Frosts this week scorched emerging potatoes around the plots. Experienced gardeners covered vulnerable foliage with straw or a little earth to protect their plants. However the damage is not very serious and there will be few crop failures. By mid-May the risk if frost will be very slight and no cold nights appear to be forecast. Some rain is expected, but it seems unlikely to be up to the useful downpour of last weekend. Watering will be needed of vulnerable transplants and seedbeds this weekend.
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