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moss M
moss Jan 26, 2006 08:22:40
Replying to elderford

True, their roots are damaging but the barrows are still standing. The thing that often damages more are the farmers with ploughing, leaving no barrier around the barrows. This has happened within the last 50 years. Some barrows by me are often "run over" by the tractor, the natural growth is either liberally dosed with herbicide or burnt.. Not to go on about wildflowers, but my picture on the right is one of Stoney Littleton in flower - thyme, oxeye daisy, ladies bedstraw, scabious and wild grasses - the last remnants of an old wildflower meadow maybe....

L Littlestone
Littlestone Jan 26, 2006 17:01:14
Replying to moss

And don't forget the wabbits that damage everything (nice avatar by the way :-)

Talking about wildflowers, one day I'll rekindle an old interest in herbs and edible mushrooms. The Koreans got me going on it yonks ago. A trip into the mountains with an old Korean lady years ago resulted in a basket of weird but indescribably yummy mushrooms and succulent leaves that she 'chillied up' later for dinner. Remember her crashing about in the undergrowth before emerging with two very purple and very evil looking little mushrooms. With a big grin on her wrinkled old face she said, "These monk's mushrooms. We have in soup tonight." Needless to say when said soup was served I told her to go first :-) After a discrete and cowardly wait of five minutes or so I took the plunge on the soup - gotta be one of the most delicious things I've ever tasted. The Koreans are the great herbalists of the Far East; like the Irish they've have had it tough from their dastardly neighbours but have come through with a great sense of humour and optimism.

Damn... seem to have gone completely OT again...