Food in season: spring –a time of transition

This transitional season when the sun comes out, then disappears as fast as it arrived, can make growing food tricky, as spring can be as lean as winter

I always imagined spring to be a productive time where everything was in abundance, when flowers of many colours lined country roads, where a warm breeze gives the hint of summer, and baby farm animals fill straw-lined barns and lush green paddocks.

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