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Old 14-04-2014, 22:15   #7271
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Re: Today in pictures

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Originally Posted by Turtle View Post
Thank you I seem to remember hawthorn as having a creamy, peppery smell, that could also be earthy. Sometimes on a summer's drive here, I fancy I've gone by some hawthorn. Maybe just my imagination though.
The young ferns are eaten here - we call them 'fiddle heads', so they can't be related to your brackens!
Fiddlehead fern - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I had never heard the word fiddle head fern so I used Mr Google, if you click the link and read about them, the "fiddle head" is the furled frond of any fern, it does give a health warning for the Bracken Fern.
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