Young country diary: All the things you can do with a daisy | Mathilde

South London: They have lots of history and you can even eat them, but making daisy chains is probably the bestMy friend Ida and me, we love making daisy chains in our local park in south London. Daisies are very usual in open spaces. They can be called common daisy, lawn daisy or English daisy. Once Ida made a daisy chain that was taller than her dad (who is very tall).Here is a guide to all the things you can do with daisies and some facts about them. You make daisy chains by piercing a hole in the stalk of the daisy and then putting another one through. You repeat this until you have to leave the park or until you are bored. You make a daisy caterpillar by taking a single daisy and lots of daisies with their heads chopped off. On the heads, you will see a small hole. Poke the single daisy through the hole, then another, and repeat. Continue reading...