Here is a simple observation made about Jesus by his disciples. ‘ And in the morning, a long time before day, Jesus got up and found a quiet, lonely place to pray.’ Mark 1: 35
The plant is well known as a cure for nettle stings.
Use the gel that comes from a leaf picked from the centre
The plant has the following characteristics:
Leathery leaves with a tinge of red on the veins . These form a rosette at the root.
The taproot goes deep down, bringing up nutrients to the leaves, which eventually die and feed plants with shallower roots.
Flowers and seeds grow on long clusters at the top of a stalk.
Each seed is three sided with a round tubercle on one or all three sides. There can be over 60,000 seeds from one plant. Each seed can last for 50 years in the soil. ( It is said you can collect these seeds, grind them into flour, and bake bread from it.)
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The red brown of the dock, in contrast with green grass and yellow reaped wheat,
made a pleasing early September view.
The countryside near St. Oswald Widford.
Dock is often called dockweed as it thrives almost all over the world and is difficult to remove because of its long taproot. It is best to cut it when the plant is new.
A mix of taupe, green, cream, and the deepest of red brown.
Colours of autumn coming.
I often find an appreciation of plants when seen against a simple background, so I brought some home.
Nature’s structured presence.
A wildflower or weed for Wednesday.
Take care,
Sandy 🙂
Interesting re dock.
Who decides what is a weed? I’ve always wanted to know. 🤷♀️
You do!👏🤭