The air is filled with the sound of birdsong, and the ponds are filled with all manner of wildlife. The plants, held back with the late spring, are now bursting into flower. The blossom is starting to make its appearance in the orchards, wonderful news for the bees, and the wild flowers that were planted under the apple trees are beginning to peak through the grass.
Wild garlic
In May the scent of wild garlic will be unmistakable, and if this heady smell makes you hungry you can try all manner of culinary delights in which it features in the tea-room later in the spring.