I've just been digging out my compost heap to put in a cold frame. I was
most surprised to find something that looked like a smallish parsnip
about 16 cm. long but, growing out of the top, were strands of what
looked like bindweed. There were tendrils and the leaves felt rough. I
cut a piece of the root in order to smell it but it was nothing like
parsnip.

Has anyone any idea what this might be? I'll see if I can take a photo
of it.

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David Rance writing from Le Mesnil Villement, Calvados, France