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The Countryside HourRagwort and Himalayan balsamChris Skinner's High Ash Farm at Caistor St Edmund - Monday 1st August 2016

Paul Hayes was sitting in to visit Chris's farm this week.

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A closer view

It arrived on the farm as just one or two plants, spread by seeds caught in animal fur.

  • Ragwort
  • The plants are covered in caterpillars
  • The caterpillars twitch and wriggle when alarmed
  • Himalayan balsam
  • A closer view
  • Ready for the bees!
  • A busy bee
  • He has his hay levels!
  • A roll in the hay?

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