{"id":14222,"date":"2015-06-03T22:24:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T21:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=14222"},"modified":"2015-06-03T22:24:07","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T21:24:07","slug":"green-gym-thwarting-thickets-of-thistles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=14222","title":{"rendered":"Green Gym digging up Thistles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag15\/15060103.jpg\" alt=\"Thickets of Thistles\" \/><br \/>\nThe Green Gym were out &nbsp;last weekend digging up thistles from the newly created wild flowers area in the Abbey Meadows.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag15\/15060305.jpg\" alt=\"Thickets of Thistles\" \/><br \/>\nThey came with thick gloves to uproot the prickly thistles.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/imag15\/15060301.jpg\" alt=\"Thickets of Thistles\" \/><br \/>\nThousands of thistles were taken down and disposed of. <\/p>\n<p>The Green Gym will be promoting their activities at Fun in The Park next weekend, then tackling Himalayan Balsam for most of the rest of June. 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