Oh how I love spring and I love living in Victoria BC, where we often see the first signs of spring while the rest of the country is still blanketed in white. If you have a garden, spring can bring early cold weather bounty like kale and spinach but you don’t have to be a gardener to enjoy the healthful benefits of some very common early spring plants. In gardener’s language, these are more commonly referred to as weeds but if you get to know them better, you may want to keep a few around for their beneficial qualities.