From JESSICA MCGINTY
I very much enjoyed ‘A frond farewell to bracken’ (Forum, 27 October).
More power to Willie Stanton’s bracken-pulling elbow: he might find goats
would eat up his thistles.
However, two notes of caution: his hay will be deadly poisonous it if
contains ragwort, so please keep it out of the crop. It can be hand-picked
earlier in the season before the hay, but remember it is also very poisonous
to people. Bracken also has a bad name, both as a carcinogen and as a refuge
for the vectors of lyme disease.
Jessica McGinty Bath Avon
