Munched!

So I did finally get out when there was a break in the showers last week and the hedgerows were heavy with ripe and ready hips and haws. The rain has clearly made for a good berry season. I was keen to see how the Mullein was coming along so I made my way straight along the path to the clearing. I was pretty sure the woolly leaves would still be too wet but hoped that maybe I could gather a few flowers. But it wasn’t woolly leaves that greeted me. It was woolly backs. Sheep! Four of them munching their way through the grass banks and not a Mullein in sight. Munched! Every last plant. To say I’m gutted… doesn’t even come close. I had been soooo looking forward to seeing them come up from the wee rosettes they had started off as last year. Even if the farmer fixes the fence, I can’t see how they can come up again. The only hope is that there are still one or two dead stalks from last year with, hopefully, some seed in them still.