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Page of botanical studies (mainly Dock) taken from 'British Wild Flowers' by John Sowerby.
Published 1860 by Sowerby.
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira.
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Page of botanical studies (mainly Dock) taken from 'British Wild Flowers' by John Sowerby.
Published 1860 by Sowerby.
Auckland War Memorial Museum Tamaki Paenga Hira.
archive.org
Mudfur
An Inventory of Childhood - Part 1/Part 2
Some of the pieces I made for an exhibition about childhood at Edinburgh’s Storytelling Centre
Why do nettles sting? And do dock leaves really help?
Stinging nettles are the bane of summers day walks. There are several types of stinging nettles - Urtica dioica, Urtica incisa, and Hesperocnide tenella - all of which can be painful!
It's common to reach for a dock leaf after being stung. Dock leaves come from the genus Rumex and there are several species, the most common in the UK being the broadleaved dock. But how do dock leaves help after being stung by a nettle? There are a few theories.
Pansy in the garden and bramble flower, dock leaves, hazel catkins and trees ablaze with yellow and orange colour on my lunch time walk at Lakeside Country Park 8th December 2025
Other highlights at Lakeside were Common Gull, Buzzard, Chaffinches, Robin and holly, hawthorn and firethorn berries.
Juvenile gull, mushrooms, cleavers and ivy and nettle leaves and dock leaves on my lunch time walk at and on the way to Lakeside Country Park 31st October 2025
Other highlights on a quite blustery day today included Cormorant, Starlings at home and at Lakeside, Carrion Crow, common toadflax and viper's-bugloss.
Herbs and Medicine: Dock Leaves
Plant: Dock Leaves
Alternate Name(s): N/A
Type: Herb
A common large leafed green plant that tends to grow lower to the ground with a tangy smell and a tangier taste.
Location: These herbs can grow in all kinds of soil - moist or dry. They're easily one of the most commonly found herbs all across the world.
How to Use: Chewed into Poultices
Effects: Applied to scratches, bloodless wounds and other sores. Dock leaves are also used for scraped paws.
Interesting facts about dock leaves
Interesting facts about dock leaves
Dock leaves are present in almost every field, garden and lawn, and it is extremely likely that you have them growing or in a dormant state in your garden. In fact, dock seeds were found in soil samples from over a third of UK gardens. Home Farm certainly isn’t short of a few.
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