this week in the herb garden

Spring has come late to the herb garden this year and, although there has not been much of an improvement in the weather, temperatures at least have risen a bit and plants are beginning to grow. There was wild garlic to pick this week and some of it went into an omelette with red pepper and feta.
The perennial herbs all have new shoots and the nettle patch has almost enough new growth to make a soup. The grass will soon be ready for the first cut, but I am reluctant to get the lawnmower out while the primula and cowslip are flowering there.

in search of spring...

There was a surprise visitor in the garden today - a song thrush was seen busily cracking snails open on a stone. It has been so long since a thrush was seen in the garden - hoping it is a sign of approaching spring! We seem to have been in the grip of this relentless winter far too long...