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Use of wire mesh frame to keep off larger pests birds rabbits from marrow patch plant, unfortunately not slugs or snails slight mildew signs on leaf
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Location: Meopham, Gravesend, Kent
Photo credit: © Yon Marsh Natural History / Alamy / Afripics
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