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Lock up your hydrangeas, drug thieves about!
Plants are rich and varied sources of chemicals that change brain function, so-called psychoactive chemicals. For example, the coca plant, a shrub indigenous to the foothills of the Andes, was used for thousands of years by the local people because … Continue reading
Posted in Guest posts
Tagged cannabis, cocaine, cyanogenic glycosides, flowers, hortensia, hydrangea, hydrogen cyanide, marijuana, mescaline, opium, peyote, psychoactive chemicals, tetrahydrocannabinol
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Next time you see Nelson’s Column, think of Dartmoor
Dartmoor is the largest and wildest area of open country in the south of England but despite the wildness, the human imprint is never far away. For many years, the moor has been exploited by industry which has shaped the … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, china clay, dartmoor, devon, flowers, granite, nelson's column, richard mabey, stephen spielberg, warhorse
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She laments, sir,….. her husband goes this morning a-birding
The book stall consisted of at least six large tables covered with all kinds and all sizes of books. Judging from the number of people milling around the stall, there was quality here although the prices (50p for paperbacks and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alastair Fitter, birds, book stall, burton bradstock, church fete, Cirl Bunting, climate change, conservation, flowers, nature books, Richard Fitter
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