"jellyfish" wrote in message

i watched a programme the other day and the woman was boiling
up and simmering stinging nettles then using the water for her
vegetables, 2 quick questions...1.what is the benefit of this and is
it
ok? and 2..for which vegetables would this be good for and which are
best to avoid?..she had MASSIVE tomatoes tho lol

Stinging nettles and some other plants (such as dock) are favoured by
organic gardeners as they are supposedly very rich in minerals and
thus make a good fertilser. As someone else already mentioned, the
easiest way to use them is to rot them in a plastic bin/bucket for a
few weeks and use the liquid diluted to a weak tea colour on plants.