I love it when Spring arrives bringing cheerful colour to the countryside after a long, very cold winter. Where grass was browned by many frosts new shoots are emerging spreading a carpet of green dotted with pink, white, and purple wild verbena flowers. Bright yellow wattle blossoms are bursting forth along the roadside and wild ducks waddle along with their ducklings taking advantage of Mother Nature’s bounty.
In my herb garden comfrey plants are waking up with new leaves appearing everyday while yarrow, which seemed to have a difficult time throughout the harsh winter conditions, has a new lease on life. The Echinacea plants seem a little lazy still and must be sleeping in but they should soon be seen above the ground with new leaves that will precede the delightful purple or pink flowers.
Lavender plants along the path are covered in flowers; they are so profuse that just brushing them while walking past fills the air with their delightful scent. Honey bees love them and are working busily gathering their pollen. Parsley, marjoram, lemon thyme, and common thyme all have new growth and tansy is covered in new leaves. Nasturtiums with their pretty cheerful flowers are weaving their way among the other plants. 
In the fields stinging nettle is waiting to be harvested, which I’ll do when the moon is waxing and two varieties of cobbler’s pegs, one with yellow flowers and the other with white are growing quickly; it’s a wonderful medicinal herb.
All the plants have been fertilized just before the first Spring rain that has arrived now so this will help them grow well throughout the coming months so they will be strong and healthy ready to face the heat of summer.
Now is the time for us and our pets to take stinging nettle because it’s a wonderful and nutritious Spring tonic that helps to rejuvenate us after winter, especially if we’ve had or are recovering from colds and flu.
Blessings to you all throughout this season of renewal.
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