I am Stephen. I live in Bristol, UK. I decided to shorten my profile...to this: Wildlife, haiku, travel, streetart, psychogeography and my family. Not necessarily in that order.
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I had to go back and re-read Mistletoe! This was just to reassure myself that the obligate parasites’ you explained was not a reference to my children. I should be kinder, aftrawl it is Christmas.
How curious. I think I will have to do some research of my own to discover more about this plant. I remember as a kid going tp an apple orchard in Easter Compton just off the road to Severn Beach cutting Mistletoe for Christmas. Maybe I was a Druid in a former life cutting it with a golden sickle for Yule.
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Nice work Scooj!
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Ta.
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I had to go back and re-read Mistletoe! This was just to reassure myself that the obligate parasites’ you explained was not a reference to my children. I should be kinder, aftrawl it is Christmas.
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That made me laugh a lot. Hope you had a happy one.
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Oh yes and quiet too.
on another note; is it true that Mistletoe will only grow on Oak and Apple trees? if it is, I wonder why.
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I believe it can grow on other trees too. A friend of mine posted some photographs of mistletoe on silver birches on Facebook today.
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How curious. I think I will have to do some research of my own to discover more about this plant. I remember as a kid going tp an apple orchard in Easter Compton just off the road to Severn Beach cutting Mistletoe for Christmas. Maybe I was a Druid in a former life cutting it with a golden sickle for Yule.
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Getafix.
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Wow! Your mistletoe are very healthy. Ours are usually barely discernible.
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The trees in this area have a very healthy crop of mistletoe, but I understand it is in decline.
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