The Urbane Forager: Spring Flowers

Inspiring Blog post from The Urbane Forager: Spring Flowers: Most people associate Spring with blossom and flowers.   But the seasons do not suddenly change, rather they segue, sliding from one into...
It's been freezing here in Nottingham all week but I've seen snowdrops, crocus buds, blackthorn blossom, mini irises, helebores.
What are your sightings of Spring so far? Not far away now.
At home we enjoy my Crab apple and thyme jelly , delicious with cheese. Autumn memories...

 And we pick green leaves from an old onion sitting on a jar full with water, a bit like spring onion but in winter. It's fascinating to see the roots filling in the jar , thursty onion. To grow shoots it gets nutrients stored in the bulb.