Kitchen Garden

Spring is on its way!

It’s almost spring! In the garden, birds are busily nest-making and the air is full of their enthusiastic song, which seems to have a different, exuberant energy. Every day there are new signs of spring: shoots bursting from the ground, buds on branches, the first blossoms on fruit trees. With the spring equinox approaching (March 20 this year), I look forward to longer, lighter days, evenings in the garden after work, the spring energy urging me to sow more leafy life!

As usual, I am taking note of the weather forecasts. I might feel as though it will be sunshine all of the way to summer now, but of course March can be

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