I remove it whenever I find it. It makes a wonderful dye, you can get the
most beautiful greens and yellows. We don't get much around where I live,
due to it being such a great dye plant. It could be cut down dried and then
sold to dyers like me, wouldn't raise a great amount of money but I'm sure
over the years it would mount up.

Jacky


"judith" wrote in message
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Have others noticed how much Ragwort there is about this year?

I have noticed loads of it round Leeds and Manchester on the motorway
verges.

I think it's time an enforcement notice was served !!


http://www.dgsgardening.btinternet.co.uk/ragwortflr.JPG

Ragwort
Injurious Weeds and The Weeds Act 1959
Ragwort is one of five injurious weeds covered by the provisions of
The Weeds Act 1959. Ragwort is poisonous to horses, ponies, donkeys
and other livestock, and causes liver damage, which can have
potentially fatal consequences. Under the Weeds Act 1959, the
Secretary of State may serve an enforcement notice on the occupier of
land on which injurious weeds are growing, requiring the occupier to
take action to prevent the spread of injurious weeds.
http://www.defra.gov.uk/rural/horses/topics/ragwort.htm