Dock on the farm
Docken – the seeds stripped off and lightly boiled were widely used as an addition to normal poultry feeding, and the stalks were used to make baskets. The stalks had to absorb salt to keep them pliable, and this was done either by immersion is the sea for some hours, or by sprinkling with salt
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From Shetland Islands (UK) in the 1990s
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