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I thought that given the inordinate amount of rain we have had in the first half of this year we needed to talk about gardening when it rains 5 days out of 7! Water is generally essential for growing anything and yet a surfeit of water makes it difficult to grow anything.

This month’s recipe is an old favourite of mine that is curiously addictive. I don’t make it often because I can’t stop at just 2 slices. It’s perfect for a Sunday morning tea or late afternoon tea. Best served with something sharp like lime curd or even marmalade.

I am very, very excited, spring bulbs have arrived at Newtons! I have been waiting for the arrival of these little nuggets of joy for the longest of times and now they are finally here. We have four varieties available - Tulips, Hyacinths, Narcissi (Daffodils) and Muscari.

An easy one dish type of cooking from the Queen of Chicken - Diana Henry!

The recent cyclone and flooding has made a couple of things a bit clearer to me, the first is how lucky we have been to live in a country for so long that is able to produce so much of its own food. And secondly, just how much we have undervalued many of our food producers.