Alan Gould wrote in message ...
In article , Rick McGreal
writes
Ok....This may well sound like one of those uber newbie questions....
But whta the hell...

I has looking through the FAQ and found this....
http://www.nugget.demon.co.uk/MetaFAQ/nettle.html

Now...As a man on a very tight budget I can't really afford to go around
buying these really expensive lawn feeds....

Will this work oin my lawn to give a bit of an umpfh???
And as my compost pile is slow to kick in I doubt I'm going to get much out
of that this year! B-)

I have an old 2 gallon plastic beer keg that the last tennants kindly left
and I have been using to collect rain water....And I have access to
literally TONS of nettles....

Is it worth my investing 2 hours collecting the nettles and starting this
off?

Definitely YES!. We have used this method very successfully for many
years. Nettle infusion is an ideal organic plant feed and insect
repellent, and it is free. I do ours in a 45 gallon plastic drum,
topping up either the water or the herbage as necessary.

Hello, I'm new to newsgroups but not to gardening. I would really
like to know more about the smell of nettle manu specifically, how
does it compare to the smell of comfrey manure? I make a liquid
manure from comfrey but, committed though I am to organic gardening, I
do think it smells really VILE - though still worth making. I don't
have nettles in the garden, but I may go out and pick some this year.
Opinions welcome. Irene