Thanks for the warning, will do. It is going to be a long time till we see any evidence of any ecosystem engineering I'm afraid. You may have noticed the Crassula in the picture, we could do with some suppression!

This looks like a sown mixture of 'cornfield annuals' without the corn crop. Meadows are mixtures of grasses and mostly perennial plants, usually cut for hay.

It was, though a sales failure as we'd aim to sell them before flowering!

Marjoram & Thymes were our most popular herbs for butterflies. We kept an old patch of Hedge Germander to flower because it was so attractive to Bumlebees. Bring back flower- rich meadows!

These were a real menace for us, used to net them.

I will try again then. The mature plants seem very robust. I think these areas of SSSI are cut on a 6 year NE rotation.

We have huge swathes of them growing with Meadowsweet & Comfrey on High Batts reserve near Ripon, but I've never managed to get seed to germinate.

Good idea, giving some chance of natural spread.

First time in ages the bunnies did not eat everything.

Another great thread Lin, thank you.

All the feathery bits of panicle which don't make it into the liquidiser. There are not many viable seeds produced, so we probably processed a couple of buckets of seedheads.