Spring in the vegetable garden

At the start of every winter we mean to put the potager (French for vegetable garden) to bed so that it is easier in the spring to get it going - there is a lot going on in Spring - skiing, mowing, planting etc. This year yet again we didn't fully manage it, but we had mown quite near the end of the summer and Janet had done a very thorough weeding job. 

However it was still a bit daunting, when I went up to look at pruning the raspberries, to be faced with a huge sea of green.

Despite this there are strawberries getting ready to fruit

Some self seeded camomile - it is much better at growing itself than we are (the originals were planted in pots and did ok. It seems keen each year and germinates much earlier than it condescended to in pots)

Some purple sprouting broccoli that I planted last year that didn't grow then.

Rhubarb. There are two of them and the other one is just peaking out too.

Some self seeded rocket