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Be nice to nettles

The TES "Event and Assembly Planner" is our small talk starter of choice in the office. It's a calendar with all the important dates in the year marked: Easter, Father's Day, Buddha's Birthday. But there's one date that we've been waiting for particularly expectantly. And tomorrow it'll be here.

Tomorrow marks the beginning of the fifth National Be Nice to Nettles Week.

I'm doing my bit. This week when I rip out the plants that are trying to take over the bottom of my garden I'll just put them straight into the compost bucket and not torture them slowly and cruelly as I usually do.