Protect strawberry plants with straw, this will control weeds and lift the berries off the ground. Netting should also be used to keep birds off the fruit.

Keep your fruit trees well watered while they are putting on rapid growth.

Harvest rhubarb, picking only one-third of the total amount of stems.

Regularly check centres of gooseberry bushes for green gooseberry sawfly caterpillars, they will quickly skeletonize leaves if nit removed.

Remove blossom and fruits from newly planted fruit trees to help them establish