After all the grey and cold days we are happy to welcome the first warming rays of sun that tell us spring is at hand. The budding flowers fill our minds with visions of the good days to come. And after all the heavier foods of winter we crave the lightness spring foods bring.

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Light greens pop from the earth ready to be eaten, most of them so light and fresh they hardly need any heat to be ready. Wild garlic for us signals the true start of spring, followed soon by asparagus, peas and the first spring onions.