{"id":21605,"date":"2019-03-25T20:02:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T19:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=21605"},"modified":"2019-03-26T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2019-03-26T13:17:17","slug":"21605","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=21605","title":{"rendered":"Walks along Hampshire&#8217;s chalk streams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 8th March 2019 I walked along the River Itchen in Hampshire between Shawford and Eastleigh, mostly along the old canal tow path:<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-21605 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21611'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880805.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21611\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880805.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880805-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880805-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21611'>\n\t\t\t\tRiver Itchen, Shawford, UK\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21610'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880804.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21610\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880804.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880804-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880804-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21610'>\n\t\t\t\tRiver Itchen, Shawford, UK\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21621'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"547\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880829.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21621\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880829.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880829-300x208.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880829-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21621'>\n\t\t\t\tMute swans\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21624'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880835.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880835.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880835-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880835-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21609'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880802.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21609\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880802.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880802-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880802-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21609'>\n\t\t\t\tTeasel (Dipsacus) field\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21608'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"625\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880801.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21608\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880801.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880801-300x237.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880801-768x608.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21608'>\n\t\t\t\tMisteltoe\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21612'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880806.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21612\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880806.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880806-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880806-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21612'>\n\t\t\t\tCommon polypody (Polypodium vulgare)&#8230;called sisselrot here in Norway, the roots were eaten as a candy by children in the past!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21613'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"443\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880807.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21613\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880807.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880807-300x266.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21613'>\n\t\t\t\tAsplenium scolopendrium (Hart&#8217;s tongue fern)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21614'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880810.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880810.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880810-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880810-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21614'>\n\t\t\t\tPrimrose (Primula vulgaris)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21615'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880812.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21615\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880812.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880812-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880812-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21615'>\n\t\t\t\t?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21616'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880817.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21616\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880817.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880817-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880817-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21616'>\n\t\t\t\tDandelion\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21617'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880819.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21617\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880819.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880819-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880819-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21617'>\n\t\t\t\tSarcoscypha coccinea (?) (scarlet elf cup)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21618'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880821.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21618\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880821.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880821-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880821-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21618'>\n\t\t\t\tGround elder (Aegopodium) with ivy\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21619'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880823.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21619\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880823.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880823-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880823-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21619'>\n\t\t\t\tDuckweed (Lemna spp.)?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21620'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"407\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880825.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21620\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880825.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880825-300x204.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21620'>\n\t\t\t\tDuckweed (Lemna spp.)?\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21622'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880833.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21622\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880833.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880833-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880833-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21622'>\n\t\t\t\tCow parsley (?) already in flower\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21606'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880799.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21606\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880799.jpg 1000w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880799-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880799-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21606'>\n\t\t\t\tNot to be confused with this one, Hemlock water dropwort (Oenanthe crocata), the most poisonous plant in the UK!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21623'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880834.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880834.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880834-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880834-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21607'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880800.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-21607\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880800.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880800-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1880800-768x577.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-21607'>\n\t\t\t\tOld man&#8217;s beard (Clematis vitalba)&#8230;the shoots are a favourite cooked vegetable in Italy in the spring\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&#8230;and a video of a large population of Elfin cups (Sarcoscypha coccinea)?<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 790px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-21605-1\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Elfincup.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Elfincup.mp4\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Elfincup.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>And now some pictures taken on 10th March from the Monks Brook, a stream behind my parents&#8217; house in Chandlers Ford where a lot of foragables were already available (a full two months before our area in Norway!), starting with a video ending with Helleborus foetidus.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 790px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-21605-2\" width=\"790\" height=\"444\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Helleborus_foetidus.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Helleborus_foetidus.mp4\">http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Helleborus_foetidus.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-21605 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-large'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21636'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1150229.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21636\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1150229.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1150229-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1150229-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21636'>\n\t\t\t\tAllium ursinum (ramsons)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=21637'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"790\" height=\"593\" src=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1150230.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-21637\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1150230.jpg 800w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1150230-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/P1150230-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 790px) 100vw, 790px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-21637'>\n\t\t\t\tAllium ursinum (ramsons)\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a 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