i'll be posting soon about some upcoming opportunities - gave up teaching to be a builder for a while but luckily looks like the wheel turns! say hi to those magical nettles ;)
I've saved your post, but tell me this: (Haven't read it yet) Is there an instruction in there about how to dry nettles (I mean, do you just pick 'em and let 'em lie around? lol) I'm so NOT schooled in this kind of thing! I'm a COOK, but nothing remotely like a gardener or whatever... Anyway, I WILL read that post, but I want the nettles soon, they're all over the little woods near me and I'm moving soon... THANK YOU. If you have time. I'll say hi to them for you, too. ;)
I just had nettle tea this week and love foraging for them! With gloves on, that is. I’ve never sourced young nettles, and definitely want to try the juice one day.
You have such lovely nettle fields below your home.
When I paused to think about the “doorways we don’t know to go through” I had an involuntary shiver.
I live in Australia and I don’t think nettle grows here naturally. I recall it being everywhere in my childhood home of England, though. One thing I find marvellous about nature is how you could always be sure the antidote to the sting - dock leaf - would be growing somewhere nearby.
Nature is so marvelous and I remember looking for dock leaves as a child and adult, to rub on the sting! There is a member of the nettle family native to Australia, Dendrocnide moroides, the stinging bush is characteristic of Australian wildlife in its exuberance for being more than its cousins around the rest of the world ;)
Here's a quote "It is reputed to be the most venomous plant in Australia, if not the world. After contact with the plant the victim will feel an immediate severe burning and stinging at the site of contact, which then intensifies further over the next 20 to 30 minutes and will last from hours to several days before subsiding. During this time they may get little sleep due to the intensity of the pain. In severe cases it may cause urticaria and the lymph glands under the arms may swell and become painful. There have been rare cases of hospitalisation." What a fascinating country and I hope to visit one day!
Thanks, they are kinda of a totem plant for me! I just love how JT sings it so accurately - all the power you're supplying - lol. totally my new nettle dance.
I loved this story and yes I do love nettles - tea, stir fry. Thanks. Laurel
I hear you! I could talk about them all day!!!
Nettle is a much cherished plant to me, thank you for this great piece xx
How I would love to be a student of yours!!!
I was just walking in the woods today and saw a LOT of nettles... And then, as if by MAGIC, here you are, coming into my view! So cool! ^_^ Cheers!
i'll be posting soon about some upcoming opportunities - gave up teaching to be a builder for a while but luckily looks like the wheel turns! say hi to those magical nettles ;)
I've saved your post, but tell me this: (Haven't read it yet) Is there an instruction in there about how to dry nettles (I mean, do you just pick 'em and let 'em lie around? lol) I'm so NOT schooled in this kind of thing! I'm a COOK, but nothing remotely like a gardener or whatever... Anyway, I WILL read that post, but I want the nettles soon, they're all over the little woods near me and I'm moving soon... THANK YOU. If you have time. I'll say hi to them for you, too. ;)
Yes, I know to wear gloves! lol
I just had nettle tea this week and love foraging for them! With gloves on, that is. I’ve never sourced young nettles, and definitely want to try the juice one day.
You have such lovely nettle fields below your home.
When I paused to think about the “doorways we don’t know to go through” I had an involuntary shiver.
Eva and Rik
I live in Australia and I don’t think nettle grows here naturally. I recall it being everywhere in my childhood home of England, though. One thing I find marvellous about nature is how you could always be sure the antidote to the sting - dock leaf - would be growing somewhere nearby.
They definitely grow abundantly in the southern states. Hope you find some.
Nature is so marvelous and I remember looking for dock leaves as a child and adult, to rub on the sting! There is a member of the nettle family native to Australia, Dendrocnide moroides, the stinging bush is characteristic of Australian wildlife in its exuberance for being more than its cousins around the rest of the world ;)
Here's a quote "It is reputed to be the most venomous plant in Australia, if not the world. After contact with the plant the victim will feel an immediate severe burning and stinging at the site of contact, which then intensifies further over the next 20 to 30 minutes and will last from hours to several days before subsiding. During this time they may get little sleep due to the intensity of the pain. In severe cases it may cause urticaria and the lymph glands under the arms may swell and become painful. There have been rare cases of hospitalisation." What a fascinating country and I hope to visit one day!
Love this! Nettles are a personal favorite of mine. :)
Thanks, they are kinda of a totem plant for me! I just love how JT sings it so accurately - all the power you're supplying - lol. totally my new nettle dance.