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from "Bob Hobden" contains these words:

The marks also itch like mad she
tells me.

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Regards
Bob


I find the scratches very irritating too. We didn't have it locally
until about three seasons ago. It is now all over the hedgerows,
choking evreything in its path. My partner calls it "My favourite weed"
because whenever I see it I pull it up, with much cursing. The problem
is that it is so well camoufalged that it cannot be seen unless one is
peering intently at the stuff. My only advice, for what it's worth, is
to pull it out as soon as you see it. It is an annual plant and cannot
survive without seeding.

HTH,

Compo.