Anyone familiar with nettles?
I'm being told you can make soup or tea with them. Just curious. Lisa Frankie and Mattie |
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| Melissa used to take nettles in pill form from the health food store to help with seasonal allergies. Not very useful to you, but that is all I know about them. |
| I know in the Uk they grew like weeds and you don't want to touch them before they flower. They have little hairs that get under your skin and sting. |
| Hi, I've never made the tea myself but have heard it has great health benefits. Just last week I co-taught a course on Environmental Gardening and an Aboriginal Facilitator taught the other half on valuable food sources you can find in the wild. Neetles was one of the ones she mentioned. (We didn't expect to teach the course as we had only signed up to take it but as the presenters didn't show up we volunteered to teach). Weird how things work out isn't it? Anyhow this site may be beneficial to you and please let us know how you made out. http://www.ehow.com/how_2363833_make-fr ... e-tea.html |
| Interesting...all I know is we have tons of stinging nettles here. I am extremely sensitive to them - I swell up in welts if any "get" me.  They are quite prolific here, and I am constantly pulling them out of flower beds and killing them! Is this the same nettles you are talking about? |
| Probably, as they grow in the wild and are prolific growers. Well maybe post on Craigslist for FREE NETTLES! Come pick your own fresh nettles to make tea! Maybe a few hundred people will show up?  Marianne |
| Nettle tea was used widely in parts of Europe. Its meant to have anti inflammatory and immune boosting properties. Hence helping with allergies and I think gut and urinary tract issues. It would be interesting to try it, I've never tasted nettle tea. |
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