Suddenly thoughts of Summer have almost gone as the preparations for our harvests get into full swing – simple things like checking that the rats haven’t got into the picking nets and got hungry, have you got all your crates cleaned and ready or making sure that the batteries for the picking machine/s can actually hold a charge? I know, you are all saying -I know all that but I have made those mistakes over the years (plus some) and it isn’t nice finding out on the 1st morning of picking.