Stinging Nettles
Evelyn Ruut
My neighbor just brought me a whole bunch of stinging nettle plants. We are
going to plant them in the hopes of starting up a nice patch (wearing
gloves, of course). It is good for arthritis and so many other things, and
they also say it is tasty as a spinach type vegetable if picked very early.
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Best Regards,
Evelyn
Joan F (MI)
Evelyn Ruut
Hi Joan!
Good to see you here! We have a very rainy day here today, but the rain is
much needed. We placed the nettles in a large flat bowl with the roots
down into the water and the leaves braced over the rim of the bowl last
evening. They seem to be a little revived this morning. Hoping to plant
them today sometime.
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Evelyn
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Joan F (MI)
activity here.
Evelyn Ruut
trolls took over and now a lot of the conversation has gone to private
lists. I don't especially care much for private lists. Too tame
altogether most of the time, and it is an inconvenience if you don't want to
tune in every day.
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Evelyn
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Billy
"Evelyn Ruut" <evely...@gmail.com> wrote:
Haven't seen any trolls, unless you mean vendors. They make regular
rounds.
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Billy
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http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=7WBB0svwMdY&feature=related
Evelyn Ruut
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Hi Billy,
Someone said there were trolls at one time, but I can't remember who. I
haven't really noticed any either since I returned here.
We didn't plant my nettles today because there was a lot of rain. They'd
have been washed away. Hope tomorrow will be more suited for planting.
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Best Regards,
Evelyn
Billy
"Evelyn Ruut" <evely...@gmail.com> wrote:
Get those nettles in. Plants with a future has a very high regard for
them.
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Urtica+dioica
Evelyn Ruut
Got the nettles into the ground in two separate places on my property today.
I did get one little sting, and developed a healthy respect for the plant.
Thanks for the link, it is very helpful.
I was surprised they say no medical use is known for Astragalus. I have
always heard it was used as an immune system booster. Did I read it
wrongly or perhaps they just are not familiar with Astragalus medicinal
uses?
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Evelyn
Billy
"Evelyn Ruut" <evely...@gmail.com> wrote:
They have a couple of dozen astragalus you want Huang Qi (Astragalus
membranaceus).
http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Astragalus+membranaceus
I have 3 astragalus germinating from seed, 4 elecampane, and 4 mother
wort. Hope to be able to experiment with them this year. I'm gonna have
to retry the bitter melon and the stinging nettle, I think the
germination trays got to wet. I have a couple of hyssop from last year,
an 18" hawthorn, and some that I'm not sure of. One of these decades
I'll get organized;-)
Jan Flora
"Evelyn Ruut" <evely...@gmail.com> wrote:
When you get stung, rub a sour dock leaf on the sting and it'll quit
hurting. In the wild, the two plants tend to grow near each other.
Another one that will neutralize the sting is a yellow jewelweed that
grows here, but I'd have to find my Scofield book to give you the exact
plant name.
Steam the young stinging nettles to eat them. They're way better than
spinach!
Jan
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Hi Jan,
It is probably a long way until I get anything worth harvesting. Only just
put a few baby sprigs into the ground just now.
Thanks so much for the tip about cooking and also in dealing with the sting,
but I think it is too late now, since it was a couple of days ago that I got
the sting. Apparently I am very sensitive to it, because even now a couple
of days later that little spot on my finger itches.
I don't think there is any jewel weed blooming just now. I live in the
Catskill Mts. I will look up Sour Dock to see what that looks like.
Anyone here know of Susun Weed? She lives just up the road from me.
:-)
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Evelyn
Evelyn Ruut
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Evelyn
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Billy
"Evelyn Ruut" <evely...@gmail.com> wrote:
> There is NO better herb for menopause hot flashes than motherwort.
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> Evelyn
I think I'll just use it as a heart tonic;-)
Evelyn Ruut
> In article <481ae9df$0$30512$4c36...@roadrunner.com>,
> "Evelyn Ruut" <evely...@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> There is NO better herb for menopause hot flashes than motherwort.
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>> Evelyn
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> I think I'll just use it as a heart tonic;-)
Understandable ;-)
Also good for stress or anxiety I would say.
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Best Regards,
Evelyn