Stinging nettle is invading my garden - please help!
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Comments (15)desertdance - cooking and drying remove the sting. And you need to gather very young nettles for use as a vegetable. They are very nutritious. You can also spin fibre from them. In the UK we grow up getting stung by nettles as they are all over our countryside but the effects only last a few minutes. Maybe we are desensitised? I've yet to meet anyone who grows them intentionally....See MoreWANTED: Stinging nettles in Barrie area
Comments (1)Hi, I managed to harvest some seeds this morning. They need to be dried out for a couple days, but I can mail them to you if you like. (I live in London)....See MoreStinging Nettle
Comments (8)mensplace, a agree that one has to be careful. My desired space is at the back of the future large garden - a place where my neighbors yard is not fenced and at times has been a hiding place for people attempting to avoid the law. These are often the same people who like to climb fenced yards here either to avoid the law or gain access to your abode. So super prickly, blistering nasty evil plants are indeed at times a boon! I am planning on giving the area a small fence to remind folks like my hubby or others who were invited to harvest that the plant needs watching, and also for visiting children. Normally I don't have kids just running around here, we walk and look at plants together and I can help educate them on what is a good plant to touch and what is not. I've never been stung by nettles, but when purposely grown I can make sure to wear leather gloves and long sleeves for harvest! GGG...See MoreTrying one more time- help name this plant, or is it stinging nettle?
Comments (12)OH! Stage_rat-- what timing for this post of yours!! I wish you had been at the Midwest Native Plant Conference in southern Ohio this weekend! You would have learned so much about exactly that (how native plants nurture our wildlife so much more effectively than non-native species)! I have not yet read Douglas w. Tallamy's book, Bringing Nature Home, but am going to pick up a copy ASAP. Here is part of the synopsis from Amazon: "There is an unbreakable link between native plant species and native wildlife ― native insects cannot, or will not, eat alien plants. When native plants disappear, the insects disappear, impoverishing the food source for birds and other animals. In many parts of the world, habitat destruction has been so extensive that local wildlife is in crisis and may be headed toward extinction. "Bringing Nature Home has sparked a national conversation about the link between healthy local ecosystems and human well-being, and the new paperback edition ― with an expanded resource section and updated photos ― will help broaden the movement. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical recommendations, everyone can make a difference." You must read this article explaining in detail why cardinals that are eating Amur honeysuckle berries (a food source that is dismayingly widespread now) are not as healthy as the mates they attract think: http://redandthepeanut.blogspot.com/2014/01/a-northern-cardinal-eating-red.html And be sure to follow the link embedded in THIS article to another from the website of the National Wildlife Assn. regarding non-native plants being ecological traps for birds (and, therefore, affecting all wildlife since EVERYTHING is connected to everything else in the Web of Life! And then take a good long look at the plants in your yard to see what you may need to remove and think what you may replace them with!! Another good book with lists of native replacements for horticultural nightmares sold so widely is author Sara Stein's Planting Noah's Garden. It has been out for some time, but has very useful information!...See Moreginjj
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