I know a bank where the wild thyme blows

Or, actually, wild garlic! To pass through the Hermitage of Braid at the top of the road in these weeks is to be overwhelmed by the pungent, wonderful wild garlic.

Allium ursinum - also known as buckrams, wild garlic, broad-leaved garlic, wood garlic, bear leek, and bear's garlic . The Latin name is due to the brown bear's taste for the bulbs and its habit of digging up the ground to get at them; they are also a favorite of wild boar. It seems though that the idea with wild garlic is to use the leaves, not the bulbs as with cultivated garlic. Oh, careful, it looks very similar to lily of the valley - but those leaves are deadly poisonous. So I hope your sense of smell is good!

There is evidence that humans consumed the leaves of wild garlic in the period 7,000 to 12,000 years ago.