Susie White
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- Sep 10, 2026
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Country diary: A little garden mystery – why are the wood mice hoarding opium seeds? - AOL (opens the original)
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The opium poppies have now set seed, their leaves rattling like crisp packets, the vents beneath their pod lids open for the seeds to be scattered. Dotted throughout my flower borders, adding stature to the vegetable garden, Papaver somniferum is the breadseed poppy, its large, floppy petals unpredictable in colour: pale lilac, purple, pink or sometimes with fringed petals. The unexpected brings a freedom and a randomness to the garden. Those blue-grey seeds are sprinkled on bagels and bread, ba
Country diary: A little garden mystery â why are the wood mice hoarding opium seeds? | Susie White (opens the original)
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Allendale, Northumberland: My late-flowering poppies have lit up the garden, and itâs not only me whoâs taken an interest The opium poppies have now set seed, their leaves rattling like crisp packets, the vents beneath their pod lids open for the seeds to be scattered. Dotted throughout my flower borders, adding stature to the vegetable garden, Papaver somniferum is the breadseed poppy, its large, floppy petals unpredictable in colour: pale lilac, purple, pink or sometimes with fringed petal
Country diary: Down an old lead mine, an explosion of colour | Susie White (opens the original)
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Garrigill, Cumbria: The abandoned Tynebottom mine is alive with vivid orange, raspberry-ripple pink and sulphurous yellow. But it’s the cave pearls that captivate me most At first I can’t believe that there’s a way in, the entrance is so hidden by downy willow, ferns and field rush. Just a trickle of rusty water hints at the opening to an abandoned mine. That we have to push through scrub to enter the underground world only adds to the excitement. A long adit stretches before us, lit by our helm
Country diary: Down an old lead mine, an explosion of colour - AOL (opens the original)
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At first I can’t believe that there’s a way in, the entrance is so hidden by downy willow, ferns and field rush. Just a trickle of rusty water hints at the opening to an abandoned mine. That we have to push through scrub to enter the underground world only adds to the excitement. A long adit stretches before us, lit by our helmet torches, its arched stonework streaked and stained by minerals. We marvel at the precision and detail of the masonry, breathe in smells of damp earth and wood. Led by t
Country diary: Phacelia is the most useful plant – I always have a packet for my garden - AOL (opens the original)
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Cupped by bristly sepals, the five-petalled flowers of phacelia flare open at the tips, drawing insects to their abundant nectar and blue pollen. Hoverflies, honeybees, parasitic wasps, solitary bees and bumblebees – there’s life all around me as I hunker down among the plants. I always have a ready packet of Phacelia tanacetifolia and use it for sowing into any bare soil among both vegetables and ornamentals. This part of the flower garden was rejigged in early May to curtail the spread of some
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