Nettle season coming soon.

>>19181741 (OP)

Tea time? Sounds interesting. If I were rich I would grow and harvest many plants for my own use.

Grows wild in my yard. There’s gotta be some good prank uses for this stuff.

hearing about nettles always makes me so wistful and nostalgic for the salad fingers era. i want to go back.

>>19181741 (OP)

Assemble nettle soup enjoyers



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgcpCOFU5yk [Embed]

sounds like absolute SHIT

kys immediately

Nettles grow anywhere and everywhere with 0 effort. They also pull heavy metals from the soil. Good plant

>>19181741 (OP)

what do they taste like?

Like needles but a bit less sharp.

I've had a wild mint plant growing at my house for like the last 9 years and I'm moving in June. One of you needs to remind me to take a few clippings

>what do they taste like?

Like overcooked spinach, they make an OK side dish but nothing special.

I've considered making saag from nettle instead of spinach, fresh methi leaves, dasheen or other greens. I usually use nettle to make pie or nettle rolls, which is where i got the idea for currying it. After blanching and blitzing them for the roll last spring, i thought 'well this is pretty much the same first few steps for making saag...'

If i wind up harvesting any this year and i or my ho make them into saag with lamb, would /ck/ want the OC?

i used to sting my brother with them as a kid

>>19181741 (OP)

Can’t wait to harvest the stems for their psychedelic properties and visit the Planes Of Fjgorthia once again.

>when you fall into a whole bush of em

Honestly can't think of a worse childhood experience

You need to pick the top 4 leaves before the plant begins to flower. Else it's complete rubbish indeed.

>>19181741 (OP)

Nettle season is almost over. Best ones are in late March, early April.

>>19181741 (OP)

Yeah great, fuck off, call me when it's thistle time

reporting in



i like to make it when i go camping. also gather mushrooms, catch fish, munch on berries



spinach-ish. maybe kinda chard-y. planty

>>19181741 (OP)

Try young pine needles made into a tea.

I have a white pine out front that is delicious. Extremely high in vitamin c. I want to make an extract from them and make Ice cream.



Some pines have less tannins than others, be sure to identify the tree you've picked from first.

Actually quite tasty. My grandmother used to cook creamed nettle soup and serve it with egg. I remember it had a very destinct, herbal flavor.

making nettle rope is comfy

break out those snails, it's nettle season

https://youtu.be/6h86TeUAcxk [Embed]

they just need amonnia (piss)

>spinach-ish. maybe kinda chard-y

Other way around, no? More chard-y with the slightest hint of spinach, imo

>Best ones are in late March, early April.

You can trim back nettles now and pick the new growth as it pops up. Tastes exactly like early season nettle that way and can keep you in greens for quite a while.
