The garden is bursting with new life at the moment,the broad beans are growing well and have lots of flowers on them,the raspberry canes have started to shoot and the tomatoes and peas are appearing from the soil in the pots.Our apple trees that we planted from pips are getting stronger each day and the chives are increasing at a fast rate and soon will have purple flowers on them. Some exciting news is that the tadpoles have started to hatch and the surface of the pond is wriggling with the new arrivals , they just look like tiny worms at the moment.