Silver linings, anyone?
Our unusually wet spring and straitened national circumstances might combine to preserve this year’s roadsides from the municipal lawnmower. So our native wildflowers can set seed, go forth and multiply for the benefit of those who appreciate the vigorous flavours of the wild.
Lady’s smock, ragged robin and field sorrel are all excellent in soups and salads,, the only guide you’ll ever need on a bracing holiday in the Hebrides or a damp weekend on the Sussex Downs.