Things don’t always go as we plan . I thought I was creating
a lovely Irish wild flower section in the meadow but it wasn’t to be . I don’t
know what happened a huge amount of rape suddenly appeared .We pulled out
hundreds but after the heavy rain there were thousands not hundreds and all
flowering at 2 to 3 inches high. The only solution was to treat it with Round
Up ..If left it the whole meadow would
be covered in a couple of years.
The only way I think it could of happened is it must have been in the hen food. I
had put some hen manure there when
cleaning the hen pen before I transferred it to the compost heap
Rather than leave it empty I have filled the space with plug
meadow plants I had coming on in the greenhouse and lots of nectar rich plants
from the garden. I have also sown more meadow seeds and some annuals as well.
I'll just have to keep my fingers crossed and see how it works
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