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Thought you might be interested to see where I saw Wild Leeks for the first time - and made me want to grow them.
Flat Holm island in the middle of the Bristol Channel - where I've spent many happy hours.
If you think I'm mad, imagine how you'd feel if you'd counted every leek head on an island!!
Actually, I've never taken part in the leek count, only the Gull count and that was a lot smellier.
Flat Holm Island Official
We’ve just completed our wild leek (Allium ampeloprasum) count, which totalled nearly 2,000.
The annual survey of the striking flowering plant has taken place on FlatHolm since 1997.
Numbers can vary greatly from year-to-year, with the lowest figure of 1,715 recorded in 1998, and the highest in 2015 at almost 6,000.
The Moneyless Chicken says:-
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without.
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