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Knook, WARMINSTER, BA12 0JG

A view looking to the southwest along the lane from West Farm on the A36 on the approach to Knook village.

A view looking to the northeast towards the post box at Knook village. The A36 runs behind the hedge line on the slopes of Knook Horse hill in the background.

Small letter box in the hamlet of Knook.

This Victorian postbox stands in the village of Knook; the next collection will be made on Tuesday, this being a Bank Holiday Monday.

Comfrey is also known as Knitbone or Bruisewort. Comfrey is a valuable plant which has proved its worth over hundreds of years. Its common names reflect its reputation for helping bones to knit and soothing bruises. The root or leaves, crushed and applied as a poultice, will usually relieve external inflammation and may be taken as a tea to ease internal inflammation. Comfrey ointment applied to burns, sprains and strains, bruises and aching limbs will often give quick relief, but the rough hairy leaves should never be applied directly to the skin because they can act as an irritant. The peeled roots chopped into chunks and the young leaves cooked like spinach make acceptable dishes. In the garden the big leaves can be roughly chopped with a spade and laid at the bottom of trenches for celery or under plantings of potatoes, peas, beans etc. Comfrey makes good compost or mulch.

In the past, maize was grown in Britain mainly as animal fodder, although sweetcorn varieties have been grown on a small scale in the south-east for the table. New varieties which will ripen in our climate have now been introduced. In Victorian times maize for silage was cut green and fed to cattle in June and July. Today it is left to become as ripe as possible and harvested with a special machine which chops stalk, leaf and head together; it is then stored in silos.