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Stinging nettles?
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Brian wrote: "Bob Smith" wrote in message ... ChrisC wrote in message .. . Do stinging nettles seed? I would quite like to grow them for tea and soup purposes. Or would it be advisable to go dig some up at the local common? What do nettles taste like? I assume they must be realy good to want them in your garden. Young nettles taste similar to spinach. They do need a good rich soil to thrive. I always knew they had been used for their fibres but was surprised to hear on the television this week that 1st World war knapsacks were made from these fibres. Some texts state that they were introduced by the Romans. When I tried them, they were strongly reminiscent of boiled cotton wool. It is the small nettle that was introduced by the Romans. And they seed themselves like the devil, but need a high-phosphate soil to thrive (hence their occurrence where livestock have been kept). While the poxious Whitehall bureaucrats have made it illegal to dig up nettle stems (they will not regrow from the yellow roots), nobody sane will give a damn. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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