Comments on: Harvesting Wild Nettles

By: Spring-is-Here Asparagus Egg Drop Soup

Spring-is-Here Asparagus Egg Drop Soup — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:10:08 +0000

[...] about 1 pound asparagus 1 large red pepper, washed, seeded, and chopped into small pieces 4 cups of nettles or spinach leaves salt and pepper 2 large eggs lemon juice, [...]

By: Wardeh @ GNOWFGLINS

Wardeh @ GNOWFGLINS — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:12:55 +0000

I add nettles to an herb tea mix:

http://gnowfglins.com/2006/09/19/healthy-herb-tea/.

I have friends who harvest them locally and love it when I can get my hands on those! For now, though, I order through Azure Standard. I have not had success in coping with seasonal allergies though. I may feel better for a minute or two after drinking nettle tea, but no longer. I hope your husband has better results!

Your soup looks wonderful; I’d like to try it.

~Wardeh @ GNOWFGLINS
Embracing “God’s, Natural, Organic, Whole Foods, Grown Locally, In Season”

By: Vehement Flame

Vehement Flame — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:35:47 +0000

Have you read stalking the wild asparagus by euell gibbons? I did a post on it a few weeks ago. You may find it interesting- it’s an encyclopedia for wild foraging. We use nettles for tea- your soup looks wonderful!!!! the pictures in this post are really nice.

By: Wild Food UK

Wild Food UK — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:46:44 +0000

Great post! Glad you're inspiring folk to try out wild foods. I recently filmed a forager over in the UK who made a fabulous Chocolate, Sweet Violet & Nettle Chocolate recipe. You can watch the video here.

By: Lorna

Lorna — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:42:39 +0000

Every English child knows stinging nettles by sight before they reach school age… and most of them know that if you’re the one who has to go and get the ball out of the nettles, you rub the welts with dock leaves to make them stop smarting. But since moving to the US, I’ve not seen a stinging nettle, not even one! I was thrilled until I discovered poison ivy. Poison ivy is evil stuff – I wish you had nettles instead! Where in the US do stinging nettles grow?

By: Rose

Rose — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:02:44 +0000

I’ve never considered nettles before—I’m not sure if they even grow around by me. I’ll have to look around! They sound so healthy!

By: Nourishing Nettle Soup

Nourishing Nettle Soup — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:22:17 +0000

[...] you have harvested wild nettles, you have to do something with them! I decided to make the classic nettle soup. A simple soup made [...]

By: glutenfreeforgood

glutenfreeforgood — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:56:22 +0000

What a great post and I love the photos. Really nice! By the way, is your little girl’s photo in one of the WAPF Wise Traditions books or something? That little cutie pie on your “about” page looks so familiar. I know I’ve seen that photo before (of just her). You can’t forget a doll like that! Where have I seen her? Must be WAPF — I’m a member of the national and our local chapter.

Melissa

By: gfe-gluten free easily

gfe-gluten free easily — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 01:52:26 +0000

We have nettles on our mountain property and while I’d heard of nettle tea, I’d never thought of harvesting them. Very intriguing. Free, healthy food as you say.

Shirley

By: Michelle @ Find Your Balance

Michelle @ Find Your Balance — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 23:34:44 +0000

Wow, I wonder if they grow around here. I’d never heard of them until fairly recently, and I just buy dried from the co-op. Cheapest tea around!