Loquats are the first fruits to ripen in spring. The season is short — search them out now.
Look for full-size globeartichokes to eat now and baby ones to preserve for summer antipastoplatters.
Broccoli is good cold as well as hot. Make a salad of blanched broccoli florets and slices of the peeled stem, with watercress, mint, dried sour cherries, walnuts, lemon zest and afavourite olive oil dressing.
Plant sweet corn in blocks rather than rows to increase pollination. Water regularly for steady growth.
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