Out & About …

… on the North York Moors, or wherever I happen to be.

Day: 14 July 2018

  • Cottongrass, Hutton Moor

    Cottongrass, Hutton Moor

    The cottongrass has been particularly good this year. Large swathes of the fluffy white cotton seedheads. Also known as bog cotton and ghost grass although not strictly a grass. It grows well on damp acidic moorland. The seeds and stems are supposed to be edible with its astringent properties used to treat diarrhoea. Wads of…