Rebuilding a wall close to home I discovered this fern or cycad. It has survived 80 million years in the stone, being quarried and a couple of hundred in the wall - and my dismantling.
Mike Windle of North Yorkshire Geology trust has examined it and told me it is one of the best he's seen.
Now its on display in my garden.
Yorkshire farmers scoop manufacturing award for water‑saving invention
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SealStop, a water-saving valve created by Yorkshire farmers Jason and Belle
Richardson, has won Newcomer of the Year at the 2026 Made In Yorkshire
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