The tradition here in the Languedoc on Easter Monday is to go out into the garrigue to pick wild asparagus then light a fire to cook an omelette with it out of doors. Like other traditions at this time of year it must have pagan origins and it is one that I’m very happy to observe. We find wild asparagus in our garden, so it’s quite easy to collect enough for an omelette, which we did at lunchtime today.
The mangetout pea plants are growing well and I put up their supporting netting this morning. There are small broad beans coming now, but I’ll leave them for a few days longer. And the haricot bean plants I sowed on 19 March are coming up too. Other signs of spring in the garden today were: the Rose banksiae flowers
the apple blossom
and the cherry blossom
I love this time of year!