How to be hot in the garden this summer and avoid sunburn

Fiann Ó Nualláin says you can avoid sunburn by wearing cream and protective clothing and by utilising shade.

SUNSHINE lifts the spirits. It chemically elevates mood by enabling our skin to synthesise vitamin D, which is a precursor to serotonin, the happy hormone.

It’s not just plants that feed off it. We gardeners can be gluttons for it, and gluttons for punishment. Too much sun is bad. And for the past few months we have been out in it often.