PLEASE YOUR PEAS!

A tip for planting peas: sow them in lengths of old guttering, cut to the length of the row you want, then fix wood blocks to both ends. When they’re ready to plant out, press the guttering into the ground, remove the wood block from one end and slide the plants out into the depression as you remove the guttering. This keeps disturbance of plants and roots to a minimum. Phil Portman, by email