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Mild winter affects soil conditions

Published: April 12, 2016, 10:20 a.m.

b'The serious lack of hard weather is reflected in the soil conditions.\\xa0 Market gardener Andrew McTurk who farms in Brentwood in Essex says the soil is not in particularly good order this year.\\xa0 A hard frost is extremely beneficial as it gives the top tilth where the surface is lovely and nice.\\xa0 As he explained to Ken Crowther it doesn\\u2019t need many frosts but there hasn\\u2019t been enough this year to make a good job.'