8 published entries
March – May — The short window when shoots are still folding and leaves have not yet hardened.
5 published entries
June – August — Flower heads at their most aromatic, and the first soft fruit.
8 published entries
September – November — Sugar moves down: hips, haws, mast and roots all peak in the same six weeks.
3 published entries
December – February — Bark and stored mast only. Everything green is either gone or bitter.