BURDOCKS BY THE HEDGE

This hedge we laid a few years ago is doing pretty well but we want to give it a chance to widen and thicken. 

So that (above) is what it was like before our volunteers scythed a lot of the undergrowth which was stifling the lower shoots of the hawthorn hedge.  They left some red campion and these burdock plants as they are rather striking,  Peter is standing next to one to give you an idea of the size.

Later in summer they will supply the burrs, which are great to throw at your friends sweaters, where they will stick on, thanks to velcro-like hooks on the seed cases.

Photos: Alan Watts