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In some gardens raspberries, currants and blackberries these have to be grown in a wire-netting cage because of birds. When this is so it is as well to have the base of the cage made of wood to a height of, say, 18 inches and then, having planted the canes and the bushes shallowly but firmly, the straw will be applied all over the ground to the depth of a foot. This straw will mulch the ground, smother the weeds and, of course, make it very pleasant for the gardener to walk on - especially at picking time. The worms will pull some of the straw into the ground in time and when this happens a top dressing of more straw may be given to keep the level constant.

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