Geograph - photograph every grid square

Ridgeway Lane in the rain, looking southwest

The hedgerows are fresh green with Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum), an introduced biennial. "The whole plant may be eaten" says Roger Phillips*; "the leaves to make a white sauce or as a herb, the soft stems cooked as asparagus, the roots as a substitute for parsnips and the flower buds in salads."

* Wild Flowers of Britain. London: Pan Books Ltd., 1977. "Over a thousand species by photographic identification".