Casting a Clout

"Ne'er cast a clout 'fore May is out", goes the old saying. Well, despite the incredible chill that's come over the previously warm and springlike garden, the May is starting to arrive. May, or Hawthorn, is beginning to flower at the bottom of the chicken run, even as we're fleecing up the peas and baby lettuce for fear of losing them to the frosts.

I can't help adding how much the thought of getting May out made me smile...