In our area (western WA), the anecdote to nettle stings is juice from
the stem of a bracken fern, which usually grows nearby. No need to
chew. :-) It's nice to know that nettles are good for something,
I've always considered them noxious weeds!
Lynn C
Seattle
Katy Blanchard wrote:
If
In our area (western WA), the anecdote to nettle stings is juice from the
stem of a bracken fern, which usually grows nearby. No need to chew. :-)
It's nice to know that nettles are good for something, I've always
considered them noxious weeds! Lynn C Seattle
Oh, dear, so sad. A weed is
At 11:04 -0700 Earth time on 070813 Kimberly Smith sent:
I had thought about using my nettles for spinning, but at this point, it's
medicinal and fodder value to me is a bit too great to use it for much else.
What! No nettle soup for yourself? Use the tender, young leaves.
Cook to soften.
I had thought about using my nettles for spinning, but...
O.K, I love nettle soup, am aware of the medicinal properties of nettles,
and I feed them dried to the ferd, but spinning? How do you do that? And
what do you get when you do, and what do you use if for? Which makes me
wonder about
What! No nettle soup for yourself? Use the tender, young leaves. Cook to
soften. Zizz in a blender and then cook briefly adding chicken broth and a
little fresh or dried mashed potatoes to thicken. Serve with halves of
hard-boiled eggs. RonOkay, yeah, well, I use it for that, too. lol.
At 08:30 -0700 Earth time on 070814 Kimberly Smith sent:
What! No nettle soup for yourself? Use the tender, young leaves. Cook to
soften. Zizz in a blender and then cook briefly adding chicken broth and a
little fresh or dried mashed potatoes to thicken. Serve with halves of
hard-boiled
If the leaves sting your fingers, it's probably too late.
That's not necessarily so, Ron G I have gotten really stung from
just brushing against very small starter plants before
transplanting! One of the best antidotes to nettle sting is the
juice from plantains which usually grows
