Deter birds from pecking out your garlic by scattering twiggy prunings over the soil where the cloves are planted. Carefully place the prunings inbetween cloves, put back any that have been disturbed

Make a simple box around 20cm deep, or cut the top off a plastic squash bottle and use the remaining bottom, applying masking tape to cover the sharp cut edge. Add a hole at the back to fix it to a sh

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