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  The Best In Season: April
Spring is upon us with green shoots pushing through chilly soil. This month begins with All Fools Day and is followed by St Georges Day on the 23rd and Anzac Day on the 25th.
           Vegetables in season are:
Asparagus, broccoli, cabbages, carrots, cauliflower, chives, courgettes, cucumber, leeks, lettuce, marrow, morels, parsnips, radishes, spinach, spring onions, tomatoes and watercress.

 
Seafood's in season are: 
Brown crab, crawfish, halibut, lemon sole, lobster, mackerel, oysters, prawns, salmon, shrimps, trout and whitebait.

Meat in season this month:
Duckling and early lambs.