{"id":5857,"date":"2026-03-12T12:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T12:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/?p=5857"},"modified":"2026-03-16T08:25:52","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:25:52","slug":"slugshedgehogs-and-dissappearing-mulch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/?p=5857","title":{"rendered":"Slugs,Hedgehogs and Dissappearing Mulch"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5857\" class=\"elementor elementor-5857\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-13b2475 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"13b2475\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-225f8b9\" data-id=\"225f8b9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a9f9889 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a9f9889\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.7 - 03-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#818a91;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#818a91;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/?p=5909&amp;lang=tr\">T\u00fcrk\u00e7e i\u00e7in t\u0131klay\u0131n<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4ba3a1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"4ba3a1a\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c4c661c\" data-id=\"c4c661c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a11b4cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"a11b4cf\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-487d4e0\" data-id=\"487d4e0\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2e134f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"e2e134f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.6.7 - 03-07-2022 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-530x530.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1251321-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">copulating slugs. then they'll have millons of eggs!<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2c8342\" data-id=\"b2c8342\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6107748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6107748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-530x530.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200071-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Skeletonized fava beans<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91f5e2d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91f5e2d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Last summer a family of hedgehogs moved in to our garden. In the past years I saw one or two solitary ones,but this time a mother hedgehog made a giant nest under the chasteberry bush and had 3 babies.\u00a0<\/p><p>Hedgehogs are beneficial to the garden. They eat fallen fruit,keep bug numbers in control, especially slugs and snails.It seems like they co-evolved.They&#8217;re both nocturnal and they like to shelter in corners and under the mulch.<\/p><p>I bury kitchen scraps under mulch which become full of earthworms, so there are plenty of their favorite food in our garden.<\/p><p>Summer was good and uneventful. At the end of summer hedgehogs made their hibernation nests with dry grass mulch and some fallen leaves.\u00a0<\/p><p>With the autumn rains the various wild greens that I really like sprouted,just like every year: rumex, dandelions,chicory,dead nettle, calendula..Fruit trees&#8217; leaves fell.I leave all the leaves in place as mulch.<\/p><p>But after a month or so most of the wild greens, mint,fava beans that I sowed and fallen leaves were gone! But the soil was nice and crumbly and full of slug\/snail manure!<\/p><p>What happened was, when hedgehogs went to hibernation and it rained non stop , slugs and snails had a population boost and ate all the fallen leaves and freshly sprouted wild greens. For conventional farmers this is a perfect scenario:no weeds, no plant residue,just bare soil..<\/p><p>So, now that the garden became a food forest, the routines that I&#8217;m accustomed to are changing. The garden is evolving and different elements get connected to each other.<\/p><p>Looking from hedgehogs&#8217; perspective, all is well: when they wake up in spring, there will be plenty of slugs and snails for them to eat and gain back their lost calories.<\/p><p>But we want to find food such as greens and vegetables in the garden too.For this reason we have to find a middle way.<\/p><p>For 2 weeks I put on my gloves,took a bucket with me and every morning and some nights, collected each and every slug\/snail I could find and dumped them outside the house, where people in the neighborhood throw their garden prunnings.<\/p><p>While collecting, I didn&#8217;t go over where hedgehogs&#8217; nests were and left the snails\/slugs that were around there.\u00a0<\/p><p>Meanwhile I planted extra fava beans in pots (normally I direct sow them in November and I harvest them without a fuss in May). When the rains stopped for a week, I transplanted the already tall favas in their place. I made sure there were no places for slugs to hide (they really like to hide inside comfrey plants).Then I collected some pine needles and put them around the plants as a mulch.I lost only 2 plants so far.The other ones are doing well.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8df32c8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"8df32c8\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-657b35d\" data-id=\"657b35d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9308bed elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9308bed\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-530x530.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260310_1547321-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">transplanted fava beans<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2eb0253 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"2eb0253\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-499c769\" data-id=\"499c769\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4ee013 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a4ee013\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3>Plants That Were Not Attacked by Slugs\/Snails<\/h3><p>On the other hand, there are plenty of mostly perennial plants that survived slugs\/snails!<\/p><ul><li>The Romans&#8217; favorite Alexander&#8217;s (Smyrnium olusatrum) Leaves and stalks are eaten just like celery.The tuber can be eaten too , but I haven&#8217;t tried yet.<\/li><li>Aromatic plants such as oregano,thyme,lavender\u00a0 and sage (but NOT mint)<\/li><li>Docks and sorrels (rumex)<\/li><li>Ranunculus<\/li><li>Wild radish (it self seeds)<\/li><li>Collard greens from last year that are really tall.<\/li><li>Garlic, leek (oddly they eat onion greens.Maybe it&#8217;s because they&#8217;re sweeter)\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7be7b62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"7be7b62\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eb4d39\" data-id=\"6eb4d39\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-84d9861 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"84d9861\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ad8858\" data-id=\"1ad8858\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00bb1e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"00bb1e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-530x530.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1259391-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Alexander's (Smyrnium olusatrum)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-588abe1\" data-id=\"588abe1\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4cb72ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4cb72ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" src=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-530x530.jpg 530w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-1140x1140.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/mandalinarossa.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/20260219_1200471-75x75.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">A wild brassica.Its seed pods are round and solitary.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5d13a06 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no\" data-id=\"5d13a06\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column 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