The Green Fuse
May rushes in with almost unstoppable force. The dreams for the garden sketched out over the long months of winter, the seed orders placed from an armchair beside a fire, and the preparation carried out on icy days: they all lead to this point.
At Thyme near Southrop in Gloucestershire, the gentle folds of the landscape have turned an exultant shade of green. Hedgerows are erupting with a froth of white, elder is
