18 - 24 June 2012

Jan Ware has rallied the village into some 'balsam bashing'. The invasive impatiens glandulifera with it's exploding seed pods is smothering our native flora. Mary and her school friends filled 22 bin bags with this Himalayan Balsam/Policeman's Helmet/Gnome's Hatstand/Kiss-me-on-the-mountain, and with such gusto that there could well have been a few rare species of orchid thrown in too.