Curious Cook: Earlier than spring

Global warming has been wreaking havoc all over the world and many parts of the world have been oddly hot during typically cooler winter and spring months. — ANDREA PIACQUADIO/Pexels

This winter here in France is proving tiresome. Some days, the temperature falls to -8°C (and -18°C including the wind chill) with snow storms, and practically the next day, it is +18°C and sunny.

Today feels like spring already and this is particularly worrying if plants already start blossoming or birds begin their breeding season because everything would be killed by a sudden severe frost. From experience, this winter is far from over and the region has had extremely cold spells with up to a metre of snow as late as April.