Fiann's tips for the weekend

Continue to earth up maincrop potatoes. Check the weather forecast for blight warnings.

Complete summer fruit pruning (notably cherries, apples, gooseberries, currants)

The trick with suckers (particularly a factor with apple, pear and plum trees) is to remove them by hand – by tearing downwards to rip away – if you cut them with a pruning knife or secateurs – they have a tendency to regenerate.