Don’t get in a tuzzy-muzzy
LIKE all that are overbearing or threatening, burdock remains largely unloved: there are no odes to the burdock, despite it coming with about 50 charming local names, such as cockle bells, kiss-me-quick, tuzzy-muzzy and, of course, beggars’ buttons. I write of the burdock, but, in fact, there are three. In order of frequency, they are: , lesser burdock; , greater burdock; and , woody burdock. Frankly, once I see a mass of large,
