I picked the first artichokes this morning just after I collected two warm, brown eggs from the hen house.

The goslings are growing apace and it won’t be long before they are bigger than their foster mum.

The chicks are growing but much more slowly than the goslings.

Overwintered vegetables, parsnips, celery and Swiss chard are going to seed.

In the owl box the brood of baby jackdaws call out with a tinny rasp, endlessly hungry and demanding to be fed.

There is a great deal of weeding to be done – everything is growing!