You pretty much have to wade through the wildflowers on the ungrazed part of Popehouse Moor now - it's awash with wild angelica, sneezewort, the glorious purple hardhats, and moor grass tussocks cushioned by the tiny and delicate flowers of bedstraws. I've found lots more wavy St John's Wort, ling (heather) is flowering, and the devil's bit scabious is just appearing - it should be here right through until October.

The Devon Wildlife Trust tell us lots of angelica is a sign that there hasn't been much grazing recently, and that's true. The cows haven't been in this part yet. We may put them in in a few weeks, when most of the other flowers have set seed. It's hard to believe how much it has changed since we swaled the grass in February.

Sadly, wild angelica isn't a patch on it's cultivated cousin in the kitchen, so I won't be candying it, but apparently the stems make good kindling, burning hot and clean, so maybe I'll collect a few stems to try it.