Herbal Support for Horses

Below is a link to one of the Equine Medicinal Forage Walks I'm doing this year. It would be lovely to see as many folk as possible there. I'm only doing a few this year as the driving is getting a bit much now that I'm officially an 'old man' - this one is 5 hours each way but I do have room for a couple more if you wish to enquire 🙂 This year all of my fees are being donated to the National Autistic Society (both of my grand children are 'on the spectrum') via the bonkers activity of The Arctic Rider. This is my son-in-law's activity to ride his motor cycle solo across each of the six land borders across the Arctic Circle. He's already done three - Sweden, Alaska, Iceland - and Finland is this year (Russia will have to wait a while !) He does this in his own time, solo and at his own cost and this year it's for The National Autistic Society so I hope to help out a bit. You can help by coming on the walk below and/or donating via his FB page 'The Arctic Rider' where you'll see a link to a Just Giving page.
I hope to see you on a forage walk. I do try to make them both entertaining and informative and not too 'sciencey'. Most of all they're relevant to horse owners and those who ask the question, "Why is my horse eating that and what is it ?". Shares to this post would be welcome ....

https://behorself.co.uk/foragingwalk10june/?fbclid=IwAR3pcxaS9YH1wW_s1-n8h_0P7uuP27liWdlknelKqoWm_5F_0QmdMteeqDw

"Wild Herbal Medicine Foraging Walk" June 10th, 2023 Come along for a fun and inspiring foraging walk led by Stuart Attwood, ‘Planty Man’, expert in zoopharmacognosy methodology, to learn identification of plants of direct benefit to horses but also humans.

So Long, And Thanks For All The Fish from The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy 2005

"Goodnight Little Weeeed": I have to admit that I'm not a fan of this time of the year. To me it's the prelude to 'real' winter and as I've grown older it's lost it's appeal to me. It's also close to my birthday and Christmas which have also lost their appeal in late years. Many of the planty things in, and around the track, have also said, "Goodnight", until the warmer weather returns. However, Chiron Horse is still happy to browse on what he could find this morning like Hawthorn, Comfrey and Willow. I've written about all of these over the last year and a bit of adding to my Herbal Support for Horses page so if you want to find out more about them - folklore, how they are beneficial to horses - then just use the search icon at the top of that page and add in your search word to see a past post.

The track is holding up well right now even though we've had lost of rain up here in The Land of the Prince Bishops and mud is only about an inch deep on some parts of the surfaced area. The school and driveway have most of the puddles and Chiron Horse always makes me smile as he tip toes around the edges of them instead of going through. He is even reluctant to go through the gate unless it's opened up wide enough as it has a puddle under the latch side - love 'im !

If there's something you'd like me to write about - planty thing or horse track - then let me know and I'll see what I can do. For now I'm just 'clinging to the wreckage' as Terry Wogan used to say. So long for now then 🙂

PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE - RIGHT ? I've been trying to write this post for a couple of weeks. Now, let me say at the start that "If anything I say can be taken one of two ways, and one of those ways offends you, well, I meant the other one !"

I sometimes get asked to recommend a planty remedy for a given condition - despite the pinned post to this page. I don't but I do say things in a generalised way at times. I'm not being awkward and, apart from aspects of vet law, I would like to explain a few things about planty things as I understand them.

The benefit of most planty things - Devil's Claw with it's pain relieving qualities being a possible exception - over a pharma drug is that they act in a 'shotgun' type of way. By that I mean they with benefit, and affect, a number of different body systems which may then have an effect on a range of complaints. In essence they may not immediately treat, and benefit, ABC but they may benefit, and support the whole body to then affect ABC as well as XYZ and 123. This is the reason why so many are beneficial when they are provided to/for/by the horse in an ad-lib way BEFORE an acute onset of the condition and why they may take a little time to effect that condition. With many planty things it's often about PREVENTING the condition from arising in the first place rather than treating an acute episode. Now, that's not to say they can't be used, and have an effect in an acute or chronic episode it's just that the 'shotgun' effect is best used before this stage so that the planty thing can support the whole health of the horse.

I know, and recognise, that not all owners are able - or even want to - keep their horses in a species specific way on a horse track system where they can have ad-lib access to a wide range of planty things. However, all horses can have access to a wide range of planty things in a pasture, or even provided to them by hanging things in a stable if needs be. The benefits of provided access as ad-lib, and free choice, as possible is that the horse gets to choose and it has the ability to seek things out for itself and to provide the body with as wide range of planty things as possible that will help to PREVENT conditions that may compromise its welfare and health. This page has provided a wide range of commonly found planty things - often with some folk lore to them and what they might help - over the last year and a bit. I've taken great pains not to 'sell' things to the reader as it's fort he reader to make the choices on behalf of their horse(s). Yes, I've mentioned the Herbal "Support for Horses: Laminitis" e-book a couple of times but this has been to encourage folk to seek out remedies and to plant them/make them available to their horses - the e-book is still widely available on Lulu, Apple and Amazon for just a few pounds with a fewer than a few pounds going to my Vimto and Pot Noodle fund (look under the title or my name) :-) - and it's more relevant at this time of year than most.

as horse owners we look to others to help with prevention of disease and conditions all the time - farriers/trimmers to help with foot health; osteopaths and other 'body workers' to help with musculoskeletal health and others - however, i would advocate that the owner can also be added to this list by ensuring welfare and housing conditions are high, horses are kept on a well designed track system (!) and that a wide range of planty things are made available with sugar rich grasses kept to a minimum. Maybe if that is done then acute conditions may reduce and welfare will increase. For instance below are photos of Chiron Horse's feet after a trim last week. he has free access to a wide range of planty things that he chooses to eat at different times of the year, he's taken out on in-hand walks twice/three times a week, he lives on a track system and has regular trims and attention from a well qualified barefoot trimmer. Whatever you may think of his feet the way that he is looked after is a MAJOR contributing factor.

As we approach winter in the UK now is the time to think about how you can provide ad-lib, free access planty things to help PREVENT acute conditions in the future. Seeds are available in hedgerows, many on-line nurseries have end of season sales for hedging and other things of interest to horses you might also consider contacting me for an Equine Medicinal Forage Walk with a group of friends for Spring of next year to help learn more and ID planty things that will help your horse(s). The addition of just some will help your horse and if you need some inspiration then the e-book is there as well as past posts to this page. Thank you.

ARE YOU SITTING COMFREY ? THEN I'LL BEGIN .... : Once upon a time there was a planty thing so powerful in its effectiveness that it is said it could mend broken bones. The villagers called it 'knit bone' or 'Knitback' or 'Boneset'. However, what this name failed to recognise was how effective the planty thing could be against all manner of pulmonary conditions - coughs, whooping cough, lung conditions etc. Just like many other planty things it was also effective against a wide range of conditions - cuts and wounds, ulcerated parts of the body, sprains, strains, bruising, arthritis, injuries to all sorts of connective tissue, inflammation and bleeding in the lungs and stomach and the general relief of pain. It was applied topically by the villagers as a poultice and in the form of a tea for internal conditions and the villagers were mightily impressed with the results.

What the villagers didn't know is that a form of the planty thing, that has deep blue flowers, was introduced to this country in 1811 from the Caucasus - Sympytum asperimum - and was grown by many as a forage crop for animals due to its much larger size - up to 5 feet in height and rich, verdant leaves. However, whilst some animals ate the crop - and it was said to be very good for them - most didn't if there was an alternative available. It was mostly the pigs that were left with it and it fell out of favour as a crop but this did mean that it was 'out there' in the countryside now and the villagers had to distinguish which Comfrey they chose, the original Symphytum officianale, with the purple flowers or even the variety that is most common in Wales, the North of England and Scotland - S. turberosum which has a creamy yellow flowers and more of a tuber root structure.

The villagers soon learnt that the Comfrey varieties had quite a prickly stem and leaf which set it apart from similar looking planty things like Foxglove and slightly differently shaped leaves - a bit more pointy. It was easy to propagate and in all cases just a small part of root stock would suffice to grow it on but all of the them spread like Billy-O so they had to be careful where it was planted ! However, insects of all sorts love the flowers and they do add a great deal of biodiversity to an area.

Now the warning bit ! Please do take care about topical application of a comfrey poultice to broken bones that have not been professionally set as the effects are speedy and long lasting. The same goes for open wounds. There have also been concerns by some about the planty thing containing the compound pyrrolizidine alkaloid which is also found in Ragwort. Whilst Comfrey does contain this it is a fairly common protector from aphids etc that many plants employ and it is found in far lower levels in Comfrey than Ragwort and any adverse reactions have only ever been found in lab conditions where large doses have been administered. It is also lower in the Common British variety than it's Russian counterpart.

Well, I hope you found my post interesting and please do comment or share for others to read. Thank you. The images below are taken from around our Horse Track System and there is evidence that the horses have been 'self selecting' on the plants they can get free access to ....

"THAT WHICH WE CALL A ROSE, BY ANY OTHER NAME WOULD TASTE AS SWEET". Okay, so I altered the quote just a little but then Bill Shake-a-speare didn't have a Chiron Horse and he 'borrowed' enough from others so I feel okay about it ! Yes, his real surname was 'Shake-a-speare' but he had to shorten it as there wasn't enough room on the marriage document when he quickly spirited dear old Ann off to Worcester to get wed because she was up the duff (as they said in Medieval England at the time). So, this post is about roses and for the purposes of it we'll lump together the five types of wild rose found in the UK with Rosa Rugosa (the Japanese rose). It's also posted at a time when the rose hips are out in abundance and your horse (like mine) will love them even if they don't fully realise the medicinal benefits of them.

The five types of wild rose found in the UK (Rosa Canina - Dog Rose, Rosa Arvensis - Field Rose, Rosa Rubiginosa - Sweet Briar, Rosa Spinosissima - Burnet Rose, Rosa Villosa - Downey Rose) are similar to each other but may have slightly different flower colours and planty thing habits, however, we'll treat them in a similar way as far as our horses are concerned (at this point 'real' botanists shriek in horror !). The Rosa Rugosa arrived in Europe from China in the 19th Century and is the one that has fuller flowers than our natives along with a more spiny stem and denser leaves with a hip that is about the size of a 50p piece and rounder than the more oval hips of the other five. Oh just while we're on the 'hips' these are not the fruit of the planty thing but more growths on the end of stems and the real fruit is the hairy seed within them.

The hips are slightly acidic and astringent and considered a tonic herb. They can benefit respiratory conditions as well as kidney conditions - by extension things that benefit the kidneys may also benefit the urinary system as a whole. In zoopharmacognosy the essential oil of roses is one of the most popularly sought and has links to emotions and memory of them. The petals may help with cases of diarrhoea if a tea is made of them, to stop the spread of infected wounds and to ease burns as well as itchy skin. The planty thing as a whole instills feelings of love - hence the Romeo and Julliet quote and why we buy them for those we love. The hips have a huge amount of Vitamin C in them (50 x that of oranges) and in 1943 during WWII over 500 tons (yes, an Imperial 'ton' !) of them were collected to make 2 1/2 million bottles of National Rose Hip Syrup to help keep the nation healthy in times of shortages. The body uses Vit C as an anti-oxidant which helps other minerals to be absorbed as well as to 'hunt' down, and eliminate, free radicals which are the product of incomplete metabolism as well as release from fat cells when they burst and then go on to damage bodily systems which may affect laminitic prone horses and help the immune system to function well. The name 'Dog Rose' is thought to derive from the Olde English word 'Dag', meaning dagger, which is a reference to its curved thorns which are very sharp so care needs to be taken when collecting the hips/leaves.

Apart from the horse use of these planty things many recipes can be made from the hips including Rose Hip Syrup (esp good on rice pudding and ice cream), Rose Hip Cordial, jams and preserves and many recipes can be found on You Tube.

Chiron Horse will happily eat the stems and leaves of Rosa Rugosa this time of the year as well as the hips of this rose, however, he's less keen on the same from the Wild Roses due to the thorns he encounters - he will eat the hips if I lacerate my hands getting them though ! It's really easy to dry these hips for the winter use (colds, flu, respiratory issues and Vit C needs) or they can be purchased on-line in a dried form.

I planted Rosa Canina and Rosa Rugosa along the horse track edge three years ago as part of a mixed hedge arrangement with Hawthorn, Dogwood and Willows and this year is the first year we'll really get flowers on them. They're now about 4' high and branching out to form a dense hedge. I cut them back by about a third each year since planting to encourage growth and will do so a bit more than that this year to control them a little. I've also under planted with many other planty things like borage, comfrey, lung wort, horse radish, hedge wound wort, berberis and fennel since. Collected muck from the track surface is used to help them grow and rots down nicely. Image 1 shows the hips from Rosa Canina (Dog/Wild Rose) and 2 show the hips from Rosa Rugosa and the Image 3 in Comments (FB wouldn't let me add it to the post !) is the reason it's all done as Chiron Horse chomps his way through all of it when he wants to - and today is one of those days !

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BEWARE THE WITCH - BUT WHICH WITCH IS WHYTCH ? This post is going to take a bit of a diversion from horsey related planty things to one that benefits hoomans and esp as we head into the winter months.

Right now the Elder berry harvest is there for us all to benefit from. It won't last too long as the birds love to eat them - and then often target parked cars with the end results ! Elder has been a medicinally beneficial tree thing for over 4000 years. It has been found in Neolithic graves as a food or medicine and it provides remedies for many common ailments. This is mainly as a cold cure or expectorant but it's also a diuretic (like I need that !!), a cooling herb that can reduce inflammation, lowers fevers and anti-catarrhal, aids rheumatic complaints, arthritis, constipation (!) and externally can help minor burns and sore eyes. The leaves are antiseptic and insecticidal (see, there is a horsey bit as it puts flies off !), however, they do contain a toxin called cyangenic glycoside so should not be eaten and nor should the berries without cooking first.

The tree has the power of 'good and evil' in that it is supposed to be the tree that the cross was made of and that Judas hanged himself on. Witches are thought to live in the branches - as well as those of Hawthorn - and thought to turn themselves into the tree with anyone sleeping under one running the risk of being poisoned and never wake up ! Burning the wood can raise the Devil and it should never be brought into the house - no furniture is made from Elder - . However, if you are a bit concerned about Witches then growing one by your door will offer protection against them. It's not hard to understand this folk lore when one understands about the toxic leaves and their effect is it ....

Now, Witchcraft aside, I've made some Elder berry syrup this week to 'ward off' the effects of colds etc over the coming months and I certainly needed it this morning as I got pretty wet in heavy 'drizzle' showers cutting back the hedges on the track - all finished now which will help them grow bushier and I had a cuppa afterwards to warm me up (oh, and a bacon and egg bap !!)

Elder berry syrup is easy to make - albeit a bit messy the way I did it ! - and it will keep for ages in a dark cupboard. This video explains how to do it - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8MFnbLLl4A&t=1008s - This couple make some great little informational videos though I have to admit they do weird me out a bit !

So, that's Elder and Elder berries in particular. have a go at making some and keep free of colds this winter :-) Thanks for reading, comment, like, share as you feel you want to ....

CARPE DIEM & TEMPUS FUGIT: NOW is the time to start planning your horse track system for Spring of next year. Broadly plan out where you want your track to go / mark this out with plastic posts and electric fence so that it an be altered if needs be / allow the Autumn rains and your horses to mash the grass up / as the Autumn/Winter goes on recognise where you might need to alter your track (shelter, browsing, where the horses spend time) and where you might need to provide some sort of surfacing / gain the support of wild life/conservation groups for your track if you need to have some sort of planning permission / develop a plan for future development of your track as resources (time, money support) becomes available / DO NOT give up just because the weather turns but do allow your horses to be horses - even if they need a bit of support from you.

NOW is the time to plan planting on your pasture or horse track system for next year. Look through all of the posts on this page and decide what might support the needs of your horses / many on-line nurseries are offering deals on hedging (hawthorn, hazel etc - Ashridge Nurseries) and other planty things and seeds that they need to get out of stock to make room for more (Best4Hedging, Landlife Wildflowers, Boston Seeds) but these deals won't be around for long as new stock is introduced / do your research - from good websites like Equibiom - about the benefits of planty things, decide if these are what your horses need and then if you have the right conditions for them / get hold of a copy of my e-book - Herbal Support for Horses: Laminitis - to get the low down on some 80 planty things that can have benefits for horses on the laminitis spectrum and especially as most can be grown/obtained in the UK (Amazon, Apple, Lulu) / go out in the verges and lanes near you and collect seeds from low sugar grasses and planty things that will add to the biodiversity of your pasture/track / get together with a few friends and arrange to swap seeds and planty things between you.

Many folk think that Autumn, and Winter are times to rest, however, if you wish to change your pasture, make it more diverse, work better for your horses and wildlife then now is the time to start that process off. Good luck with it all. Thanks for reading, share, comment as you feel you wish to.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi0Lbjs5ECI&t=3s

"Carpe diem. Seize the day." - Dead Poets Society Mr Keating makes his students leave their classroom for his first class with them, and so tells them that they should "seize the day" - live life, before you...

IT'S A RUBUS FRUTICOSUS KINDA DAY: Chiron Horse LOVES his blackberries and if you don't have blackberry hands at this time of year when out with your horse I think that should be counted as a welfare issue ! We have loads on the track - I had handfuls as well .... :-)

There's so much one could write about blackberries - effect and folk lore - so here's a few snippets of both .... Blackberries have been picked by humans for, what is thought to be thousands of years and may be among the earliest of fruits to be eaten by us (okay, a bloke called Adam may have eaten a fruit earlier than this depending on your belief system but he soon added that to blackberries and made a pie !). The Greeks and Romans used them to treat mouth ulcers and inflammation of the bowels and the blackberry leaves are still indicated for use with diarrhoea (sh*t, did I spell that correctly first time ? !), scouring in horses and bleeding in the G.I tract. The roots and leaves are high in tannins and flavonoids and the fruit rich in Vit C (and important substance that protects against free radicals that are linked to tissue damage and esp in cases of laminitis). The leaves can be made into a strong leaf tea and used internally and topically for eczema so may also be useful in cases of skin conditions in horses. The fruits can be made into a myriad of other cooked pies and dishes - I especially like apple and blackberry crumple and pie if you're passing this way !

What's not to love about the simple blackberry and it's parts, however, please don't eat them after Michaelmas (29th Sept) because it was said that the Devil was dropped into a blackberry bush after he was kicked out of Heaven and curses or spits on the bushes on that day (nice !!)

Now, go and get blackberry hands, take the kids out picking them, do some cooking with them AND offer them to your horses .... :-)

IT'S 'FREE' ! : I don't normally post about planty things on a Monday so when I do you'd better know that it's something special !

I've been collecting the seeds from the Musk Mallow in my garden (image below) and, well, I'm going to have too many for me to add to the horse track so I wondered if any of you good folk would like some of them ? I need to find a small envelope to put them in and they'll be available for a week or so as I collect more. All you need to do is PM me your postal address on this page and I'll get them off to you. Now, the word FREE above is in inverted commas because in return for these seeds I'd just like you to add a little bit of something to one of those trolleys that are in most bigger supermarkets as they collect stuff for food banks. It only needs to be a can or three of beans or soup etc but as I'm paying for the postage of your seeds I don't think that's too much to ask of you. I'll have enough seeds for about ten people so ....

Also, and on the same terms as above, I'll soon have some Echinop seeds available. If we're friends on FB then I added a video to my personal page of the bees gorging themselves on these flowers on the 26th July. If we're not then you'll just have to Google image the name and imagine the bees flocking to your garden.

If you want both seed types then please indicate this in your PM and the Echinops will be sent out with the Musk Mallow but that will be a little while yet as the bees haven't finished with them yet !

I've also got a few small Borage Officianalis planty things but you'll have to arrange collection of these from Stanley, Co Durham as I'm not sure how I can post them safely !

I can only send these to addresses in the UK due to import regs in most countries for seeds etc. - sorry ....

Thanks for reading ....

LUSCIOUS, LOVELY LAVENDER: I've been to Home Bargains (again) and purchased these four healthy lavender planty things for just under £3 each. I think I'll go back and get a few more when I get my bacon, apples (for Chiron Horse) and Vimto (for me) as it's a good price. I'll put them near the shelter on the track as this is where the horses gather at night most of the time and I thought the calming/slightly sedative effects of the scent would make sure they are all happy together - not that they aren't normally anyway !

Lavender is a planty thing native to the Mediterranean and was first cultivated in the UK in the 16th Century and it's been a popular culinary, and medicinal herb since ancient times. The name comes from the Latin, 'lavare', which means, 'to wash', as the Greeks and Romans used the oil to add to their bathing water. In a culinary use the flowers have been crystallised and added to jams, ice cream and vinegar. The mild sedative effects can help head aches and faintness. It can also be used as an antiseptic for bites and stings, burns, scalds, cuts and sores and was used in WWI to disinfect wounds. An aromatic herb it also is used as a tonic, to aid digestion, stimulate the peripheral circulation and uterus and lower fever. However, it's the uterus stimulating effect that means it should not be used in pregnancy. Many folk use lavender as an aid to sleep and studies have shown that bunches of it placed in the stables of horses lowers their heart rate and blood pressure and thus encouraging calming and stress relieving. It may also repel insects when rubbed on the skin of a horse or have a large plant to grow so that the horses can brush past it and rub themselves when they feel the need - more evidence of self medication (?) Finally, it is reputed to make lions and tigers docile so if you have problems with angry big cats then this is one for you ....

The two plants either side on the upper level of this photo are 'officianalis' e.g. English Lavender, whilst the other two are 'French Lavender'. Officianalis plants are always best if you can get them but I just got the other two to see which would grow best in the 'difficult' conditions by the shelter !

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A BIT OF A FAVOUR NEEDED .... : If you have an direct examples of how anything I may have featured has directly helped/supported a horse in your care - behavioural or physical - could you contact me through a PM to this page with as many details - and maybe a photo ? - that you can ? I'd like to write an article for an on-line magazine and give specific examples of planty thing benefits if I can. I won't include your experiences without your permission and will give you any details of the article URL when I have it. If you can help then that would be great. Thank you in advance.

IT'S A BIND (W**D): The dictionary suggests that 'bind' is to tie something up. Well, bind w**d (hedge and field) certainly 'ties' gardeners' up in knots as they hate it and think of it as a noxious w**d. Horses on the other hand love it so that's okay with me !

There are two main types of bindw**d in the UK - hedge bindw**d with that very blousy white trumpet shaped flower and field bindw**d which is much more delicate and has a pink stripped flower a bit like raspberry ripple ice cream (hmmm, that reminds me, I need to get to the Co-op later and buy some !). For our purposes both have similar properties so in this post I'll just refer to it as 'bind w**d'. There is also a third type 'sea bind w**d but that's not quite the same so I'll not mention it again here anyway !

Horses will be happy to eat the flower (though not when it's gone to seed) and the creeper part and our herd go bonkers for it when I offer it to them. The thicker creeper parts may need cutting up for ease of consumption as they can get quite thick in the Hedge Bindw**d.

The planty thing itself is high in saponins and tannins which gives it a bitter taste and suggests that it is a useful addition to natural worming as well as a substance that will slow down the transfer of sugars across the gut wall. This may also be enhanced by a substance called inulin, which works a bit like insulin, and is also a probiotic. The use of this in cases of EMS is clear and would be of benefit. It is also anti fungal and anti-bacterial and effective against some common bacteria such as against gram-negative organisms including Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi, Pseusomonas aeruginosa, Streptococcus mutans, while the gram-positive isolates were Bacillus licheniformis, Bacillus subtilis, Staphylococcus aureus, and Lactobacillus. It is also high in protein (22%). However, it does has a slightly 'darker' side in that it has an effective sedative as well. This plant contains very similar chemicals to Rauvolfia Serpentina also used as a horse tranquiliser (Reserpine) and found in supplements, which led to a horse called Clifton Promise failing a dope test at Burghley in 2013. The seeds are thought to be hallucinagenic but it's unlikely your horse will eat these. The purgative effects of consuming large amounts of this plant may also be of concern to some - but it does need to be large amounts !

So, whilst there are a number of up sides to offering Bindw**ds to your horse there is also the need to take care if you're competing under FEI rules and may be blood tested at some stage. A 'wash out' period of about ten days should see you clear and if common sense prevails then proving the metabolites are the result of eating bind w**d and not an attempt to dope with Reserpine is possible, however, we all know that 'common sense' is not always that 'common so .... Have a 'wash out period' instead eh !! Having said that if it acts as a calmer/stress reliever to many horses then that in itself is of great benefit (travelling, being in a box for long periods, sole horse in a pasture etc).

So, there it is, proof if proof were needed that one planty thing to one person is a noxious w**d to be got rid of at all costs (if you can !) whilst to another it has significant benefits.

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