permaculture

[SArjuna@aol.com]

    Spring has been cold here in Wisconsin this year.    But, finally, the 
wood nettles in our woods are coming up.    So they may be in B.C. where Jon 
lives, too.   
     We are having days with a high of 55 or 60 now, with 40 degrees at 
night.    If you have temps that warm, it's time to look for wood nettles.
     Over the winter, after reading Sacred and Healing Herbal Beers, by 
Buhner, I made beer with dried nettles.    "Earthy," one taster said.   Soon 
I'll 
be able to do it the way the recipe actually calls for, using fresh flowering 
tops.    I'm looking forward to that.
      I do find that all the beers I've made taste better after they sit for 
longer than Buhner said was needed.    They are much mellower/tastier after 
about 6 weeks.
     Shivani in WI


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