update: first strawberry flowers, promising flowerbuds on the raspberries, pear tree in full blossom, an explosion of butternut squash seedlings, pots of various apple varieties growing with vigour, sprouting peas released from their pods, first lily pads in the wildlife pond and generally life in bloom and unfolding around the garden. Most of these young food plants have grown from seeds in the fruit and veg I’ve prepped for cooking.