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  • #1

    Good year for goosegrass, isn't it...

    Yup, sure is!

    It's climbing everywhere this year, and we have to keep dragging great lumps of it out of the hedges and shrubs!

    Any ideas why?
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    No idea why but you're spot on Mr! I've pulled out masses.
    Granny on the Game in Sheffield

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    • #3
      No clue, but I have loads as well..
      Another happy Nutter...

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      • #4
        Yes yes yes, but have you eaten any Growser? I seem to recall you like your peas:
        Wild edible food foraging goose grass, identify & cook Cleavers
        "Galium aparine is a great wild edible loved by the forager and bushcraft fanatic. The leaves and stems of the plant can be cooked as a leaf vegetable if gathered before the fruits appear. However, the numerous small hooks which cover the plant make it less palatable if eaten raw- so whilst it tastes sweet and akin to peas it’s best cooked as this melts the small hairs ."

        The "Cleavers & Aubergine Bake" on that page sounds DIVINE
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        1574 gin and tonics please Monica, large ones.

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        • #5
          Odd, because we usually have loads, and I haven't seen any this year (so far). Thistles, mind, we have aplenty.

          Edited to add: Great link there, Baldy. I'll have to remember to look out for goose grass while I'm foraging for aubergines.
          Last edited by Snoop Puss; 21-06-2016, 07:35 AM.

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          • #6
            Yep loads here too
            Northern England.

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            • #7
              It's a sneaky weed. By the time it pops its head out of a shrub the damage is done and its seeded.

              The main problem is ingress from next door's neglected garden.

              I was finding seedlings throughout the winter.
              Riddlesdown (S Croydon)

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              • #8
                Sticky Willy as its called up here...loads here too!
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                • #9
                  Blasted stuff grows here every year! I must say it's tremendously satisfying to hoick out great arms-full, let it wilt, then put it in your recycling bin but beware - examine every inch of your person, clothes (including hems and trouser turn-ups), hair, dog, cat, wabbit or whatever because it will find its way back and re-seed. Its little roots are as strong as a spider's web so hoeing is not the way to get it out as it can re-grow during the season unless you can get to its root; even then, it will have some hidden growth you overlooked which will stick in some interesting places such as ... answers on a postcard please!
                  I work very hard so please don't expect me to think as well!

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                  • #10
                    Loads here too...and the chooks are loving it!
                    "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                    Location....Normandy France

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                    • #11
                      http://youtu.be/cLYWhMDhwDs

                      Costa on the beach MM
                      Last edited by Baldy; 21-06-2016, 01:07 PM. Reason: textual additions
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                      1574 gin and tonics please Monica, large ones.

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                      • #12
                        As Baldy says above. Treat it like a free vegetable and eat it.

                        Paul
                        Last edited by Tiny Allotment; 21-06-2016, 02:39 PM.

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                        • #13
                          The stuff we have round here has gone too far - thanks though, Balders for the link. (Don't remember about liking peas, but you're a better man than I am Gunga Din)!

                          I just struggle to get down the path these days, and may hire a tractor...

                          It's way up lots of hedges here, and round the village, and will presumably turn yellow and look horrible!

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                          • #14
                            Ive got a bit of affection for 'sticky weed', one of my horses used to love it, down at the stables I used to spend hours pulling the stuff up for him to eat

                            Leading him to the field was always interesting, he was quite a big brute and very adept at spotting the stuff and dragging me into the hedgerows!
                            Last edited by SaraJH; 22-06-2016, 06:59 PM.

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