permaculture

["Jon Raney" <jon@svphoenix.net>]

How does on identify wood nettles? Might I expect to find them growing in
coastal British Columbia? Thanks, Jon

On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 6:48 AM, <SArjuna@aol.com> wrote:

>     Someone recently posted 101 uses for nettles.
>
>     I'd like to point out that as far as eating goes, wood nettles beat
> stinging nettles by a long shot.    Wood nettles are the tastiest greens I
> know
> of.   Much nicer to eat than stinging nettle.
>
>     I pick and dry them in early summer, to use in soups and teas in
> winter.
>   There is nothing like steeping some wood nettle in hot water in January,
> then drinking the tea and eating all leaves in it, too.
>
>     In his book Sacred and Herbal Beers Healing , Stephen Buhner says that
> beer made with fresh nettles is sublime.    (No hops involved.   Hops are
> very
> estrogenic.   Not at all healthy for men.   And soporific for everyone.)
> He
> cites a long list of health benefits.    Either type of nettle can be
> used.
>
>     Shivani in WI
>
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Jon Raney
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