Well I’m still in Wales, doing biology (or should I say, playing hide and seek in a forest?), desperately trying to find new interesting facts or lessons to blog about using my limited Internet access – 3G really isn’t very fast… Anyway so I came across a plant/weed that, growing up with, I recognised instantly but have never known the correct name of. I also hadn’t known how it had it’s amazing power of stickiness! So this was the first thing that I wanted look up and, after searching lots of loose words, found out that it’s called Galium aparine; or,more commonly known as, Goosegrass! The way it achieves it’s sticky abilities is through being absolutely covered by hooked hairs, which can hook onto any slightly rough surface. This includes skin, clothing, hair… It can be a disaster in the wrong hands (Aka don’t tell your siblings!). You can in fact eat Goosegrass, if you cook it before it bears fruit, as a vegetable. Geese often eat it, hence the name! Apparently the ancient Greek shepherd used to use it (or a similar one) to make mattresses and sieves. This is because the long strands of plant are able to stick together, form a strong mesh and hold a shape. So they are seen as weeds but they have little flowers on, are edible, have been life saver materials in the past and are absolutely brilliant fun for kids – not just kids obviously!