Country diary: A little garden mystery – why are the wood mice hoarding opium seeds? | Susie White

Allendale, Northumberland: My late-flowering poppies have lit up the garden, and it’s not only me who’s taken an interest The opium poppies have now set seed, their leaves rattling like crisp packets, the vents beneath their pod lids open for the seeds to be scattered. Dotted…

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