Not being the no weed police, but it reminds me of what my Grandma used to say. "There's no such thing as weeds, just Wildflowers without a home!" She was an avid gardener 🌹

@ren8240

17 күн бұрын

Oh, I love that! 🥰

In Italy we use nettle for gnocchi, ravioli and vegetables pies 😋

My granny always claimed she wouldn't have lived to be 97 years old if she hadn't eaten nettle spinach and dandelion salad almost every day. 😊 I love both!

@eugenetswong

18 күн бұрын

I used to eat dandelion every day, but I got tired of the bitterness. How do you deal with that?

@tttm99

14 күн бұрын

Yes! Dandelions got a little miscast here so I made a comment. Great to see someone else commenting though. It's kinda of hilarious how much incredible food there is around that people treat as pests. 😂 Imagine living somewhere lousy with nettles, dandelions, rabbits, snails, and having a prevailing culture that treats the place as barren and all the above as pests 😂. Sad. People forget their own cultural past and go buy poor substitutes in plastic from a supermarket.

@tttm99

14 күн бұрын

Bah! YT ate my other comment. Just great that someone else highlighted dandelions here. 👍

@tttm99

14 күн бұрын

​@@eugenetswongI read that the tips are where the nutrients are and noticed my chooks only ate them too. They're less bitter. Still, I usually mix them in with other things less likely to taste head-implodingly bitter. 😂

@eugenetswong

14 күн бұрын

@@tttm99 Thanks for the advice about eating the tips. I think that it is amazing that the nutrients are where the least bitterness is.

Hi! You forgot an essential thing. In Romania we eat it an buy it only when it has 3 or 5 cm high. Then when it s higher is very useful in the garden: it can fight againt any fungus an insects when we make a juice from it. We keep it a day or two in the water and then use it to sprinkle the garden.

@HuwRichards

Ай бұрын

Super fascinating!! Thank you so much!!

@marilynstanbury5098

Ай бұрын

I just had steamed nettles tops as a veg with my cottage pie, been eating them for years, simply delicious. Use as a plant food too. Thanks for telling everyone, nobody takes any notice of me!

@elisekuby2009

Ай бұрын

If you harvest the top three rounds of leaves, those are the best ones.

@kayt1898

Ай бұрын

@@marilynstanbury5098 I know how it feels!

@emilboncina9090

Ай бұрын

The Best soup whit bacon....yam

Dandelion, Cleavers, Stinging Nettle for the win!

Nettles can also be used to create a fibre that is very similar to silk, it was called silk of the North or Nordic silk. It was considered such a luxurious fabric that in Norway ordinary people were banned from wearing it until 1720.

@elisekuby2009

Ай бұрын

Nettles are extremely nutritious - in soups, stews, pestos, tea, etc. In Korea, a very long nettle was used to make Rami, the native cloth. In fact, other countries that had come into contact with the 'hermit kingdom' called Koreans 'the people who wear white' as the fabric from the nettles was always white and never dyed for everyday clothing.

@typower9

Ай бұрын

One of my favourite fairytales was about a princess saving her brothers from the curse of a witch that had turned them into swans. To break the curse she had to weave and sew shirts made of nettles for all of them to put on. She had to do all the work herself. Cutting and preparing the nettles to the weaving and sewing.

@elisekuby2009

Ай бұрын

@@typower9 Yes...Hans Christian Anderson, the writer of 'The Little Mermaid' and many many other stories.

@TheSalmuse7

Ай бұрын

I remember that one too! I used to love it as a child, was one of my favourite stories of Hans Christian Anderson. Except it was a prince , and they fell in love he always had one swan wing remaining as she didn't get it completely finish it in time..

@typower9

Ай бұрын

@@TheSalmuse7 Maybe i just had a different version of the story. Or maybe mine was by a different author.

Boiled down... they're a vegetarian rennet that can be used in cheese making! Just in case you're fresh out of ruminate parts. 🐑

@BlessingsfromNorthIdaho

Ай бұрын

That’s a juicy bit of knowledge to pack away, thank you!

@sherrikarlstedt6442

29 күн бұрын

I had never heard of that before. It is well worth noting with different shortages and chemicals being put into our food ingredients. Thank you.

@crankiemanx8423

12 күн бұрын

Also the milk when you harvest a fig.when I was a child my mum used to pick a fig (had to be early in the morning for some reason) then heat up some full cream milk to body temp around 37c & put a few drops of the fig milk in it,the milk would set like a pudding I would sprinkle over some sugar & eat it as a treat.this is something my mum did as a child in the south of Italy.

When I injured my back I had to leave the gardening so it went wild and nettles sprouted up and grew 10 foot tall and huge leaves and cleavers grew so I added that to my greens smoothie. Dandelions, dock leaves, blackberries and alpine strawberries grew too so I had free food. I had to build a bamboo stick support structure for the tall nettles as the wind and rain tend to flatten them. I don't eat the baby leaves along the stalks, I let them grow for next harvest. I've noticed people harvest the whole stalk but then if you do that just like celery, cabbage, spinach and lettuce then it's gone so why not take what you need and let the vegetables carry on growing for more food. I only harvested outer stalks of celery and the middle just carried on expanding and each celery plant divided itself into five new plants and they survived for 7 years till the drought. They do require a lot of water. The stalks were three times wider than supermarket celery and were two foot tall. Also to grow larger celery the soil needs to be deep...they have long roots.

@Handmemoretramadol

25 күн бұрын

I’ve tried nettles half a dozen different ways ,it’s just such a strong unpleasant flavour I can’t eat it same with coriander so bitter it ruins food .fortunately I have sheep and ponies who love wilted nettles so they get used to

@barb8452

22 күн бұрын

Great suggestion ❤

@jasperine141

13 күн бұрын

@@Handmemoretramadol My Gran made nettle hair tonic and rubbed it into her scalp and hair and her hair was silky and regrew and was thicker and before it was grey and the colour came back. So the bigger leaves for hair tonic and smaller leaves for cooking. I simmered the nettles with other veg...carrots and parsnips for sweetness, onions, potatoes, broccoli, peas and cauliflower. I wouldn't cook or eat the nettles separately.

I still have nettles in my freezers and I'm desperately trying to eat it all to create space for this years harvest. (We still have snow). I use the nettles in soups, stews, pies, omelett and pasta dishes. It's a great vegetable AND it's great as a fertilizer for healthy plants! ❤

@elisekuby2009

Ай бұрын

Makes a great pesto as well, made like the Genovese style of pesto. With walnuts. I also drink nettle tea, great for staving off seasonal allergies, like pollen, snow mold, etc. The old folk used to roll in a nettle bed if they had arthritis or rheumatism.

What a coincidence, I’ve just eaten steamed nettle tops as a veg with my cottage pie, simply delicious, been eating them for years! Also great food in the vegetable garden and I’ve also used them for years as a final rinse to my hair…..no dandruff and a good shine……just nettles steeped in hot water, like a tea. Thanks for the great video telling everyone how fantastic nettles are, nobody believes me.

@elisekuby2009

Ай бұрын

Nettle soup; nettle stew; nettle pesto; nettle tea!

@eswaribalan164

27 күн бұрын

And shampoo, simply fabulous.

@earthsmoke9450

27 күн бұрын

Ater they’re blanched, I like to fry them quickly in butter and black pepper. Delicious! It could almost pass for meat if it wasn’t for the texture.

@DraftingandCrafting

14 күн бұрын

@@elisekuby2009 Nettle beer too, one recipe that even nettle lovers seem to overlook.

@elisekuby2009

14 күн бұрын

@@DraftingandCrafting Wow! Amazing! Never heard that before. Love learning something new every day. So I'm guessing that fermentation is involved?

Im a permaculturist, its all fine and dandy ! 😂😂😂 I need this on a T-Shirt

@HuwRichards

Ай бұрын

Hahahahaha🤣

As soon as I saw the title I knew this would be about nettles 😊 Such a valuable resource! My first experience with appreciating nettles was as a child, probably about 10. I was away at a week long conservation summer camp and one of the activities was a long hike followed by setting up a primitive survival camp for the night. We couldn’t bring food and instead were only allowed to harvest nettles and drink nettle tea that night. We were taught to tap the plant with a stick to loosen excess pollen and then pinch the individual leaves from the top, folding them downward on themselves because the underside has the most needles. Now I harvest them for drying for drinking teas and for making fertilizer in the garden.

Dandelions should never be underestimated for the uses they can provide! thanks Hugh!.

@ericv00

Ай бұрын

I'm making a dandelion beer this week, haha! Collecting blooms for it now. For some reason, the greens of the dandelions in my yard taste a lot better than ones I've had before, too. I munch on them regularly.

@Zoeybeau_1

Ай бұрын

Dandelion & lemongrass extract is useful in studies for prostate cancer, I was reading a paper some months back. I've made tinctures and collected more wild flowers two days ago.

@carolineowen7846

Ай бұрын

​@@Zoeybeau_1 Dandelion root, also destroys breast cancer. However please don't pick all the flowers in your garden, as the flowers have both pollen & nectar which are needed for bees.

@ferretart

Ай бұрын

@@carolineowen7846 You can make honey out of them too, tastes great! Not to mention all the different teas you an make. I hate seeing all the dandelions getting cut throughout spring and summer in urban areas for the sake of lifeless too short grass :(

@lilspittin313

Ай бұрын

All the variety of greens in right ratios keep you in good fettle along with nettle lol

I have a treasure. I found a patch of nettle together with comfrey. The two plants grow right next to each other. Safe to say I harvest from this spot almost weekly.

@elisekuby2009

Ай бұрын

If you have a nettle patch, you have super nutritious soil.

@charleskelm3703

28 күн бұрын

What do you do with the comfrey?

@Oktopia

28 күн бұрын

@@charleskelm3703 I use it in fertilizer teas with nettle. I let it steep until it stinks and then strain it and dilute it somewhat before watering my plants with it. I also put it in my compost to add even more fertility. The taproot of the comfrey is excellent at pulling up nutrients from the ground and making it accessible for the plant.

@elisekuby2009

28 күн бұрын

@@charleskelm3703 Fill up a barrel with water and add as many comfrey leaves as will fit. Cover and allow to ferment. It will stink. But it is a fertilizer tea and plants love it. I also make an arthritis cream with it and can it. It makes a great poultice for joint pain.

I live in the desert and I have planted yarrow, peppernint, oregano, thme, sage, lavender, dock and more. Then I have dandelions and plaintain that grows wild.

I live in a desert alpine valley in Colorado. To get nettles at all, I have to treat it like a perennial vegetable in a raised bed. I haven't managed to get mine to weed status yet... life goals!😂

@jackiethiardt2127

Ай бұрын

😂😂Same here the living in a desert part. Namib desert in Namibia 🇳🇦. Cannot even find nettle seeds here 🤦‍♀️. So yes not status yet for them for me 😂😂

@pattheplanter

28 күн бұрын

Surely you have something local that is more suited? A milkweed perhaps?

@nunyabiznes33

26 күн бұрын

​@@jackiethiardt2127oh, they'd grow in hot climates? Guess I'll ask family in Europe if they can find me nettle seeds.

@jackiethiardt2127

26 күн бұрын

@@nunyabiznes33 I have no idea if they will grow here. To be honest I have never seen a nettle here in the wild but would love to grow them in my garden.

@jackiethiardt2127

26 күн бұрын

@@pattheplanter Can I use this similarly to nettles? We have this growing wild along our main roads. Not that I knew that 😮. Google just told me that the wild flowers here we call something else are actually milkweed. I am a very very beginner gardener but it actually excites me when this happens. Me learning something at my age that have me go oh wow I did not know that. Thank you!!

Also you can make string from the long fibres in the stems. Sally Pointer has some great videos on making and using nettle fibre.

@user-vs6oe9tx8l

19 күн бұрын

Thanks I will try and see her videos

I was thinking black locust. Very useful tree. Wood doesn't rot. Edible seed pods. Attracts squirrels. Some people say that the spikes can be used as nails in softer woods. They are definitely straight and long enough, and probably hard enough. Black locust is very hard wood. I like plants.

@vickisavage8929

Ай бұрын

Also one of the best for firewood, very high btu.

My Nan would make nettle wine every year, when I was allowed a sip it tasted nice 😄

@briancostello6892

Ай бұрын

What is the Recipe

@nikkireigns

Ай бұрын

Recipe please?

@nadmeacarvalho5996

27 күн бұрын

Do you know the recepie? And would shsre it?

@vaudyP

20 күн бұрын

Hahah universal response .. recipe please! Indeed.

Love it when Huw says “we’re all part of nature, it’s all fine and dandy…”SO true 👍🏻😃

I love nettles. you are amazing man. Been watching you grow for years.

I've got a small bunch growing on the side of my garden, just peeping through the fence. I put up a sign for the council not to mow them "I standing here for Butterflies". So far so good. As an artist I also use them to make/add to handmade paper. And of course (like mentioned) liquid feed, or simply composting/mulching. Super versatile. Thanks Huw!

What a great educator and communicator. Delighted to have this video arrive in my algorithm tray.

“We are a part of nature” … l love it! I share my cabbages, they share their nettles. Great job, Huw! Keep us balanced in our thinking.

Another edible "weed" is the similar but non-stinging white deadnettle & purple deadnettle plant. They are amongst the first to flower along with spring bulbs like daffodils, crocuses, tulips & muscari, but bumblebees seem to overwhelmingly prefer the nectar of the white deadnettle & dandelions.

Huw, blimey you've come a long way. well done

I eat, infuse and powder nettles.. Nature's perfect 💚

@greghayes9118

25 күн бұрын

But how do you avoid having the needle like hairs sticking into your throat?

@user-eg7wi8xr2f

24 күн бұрын

@@greghayes9118 drying and cooking in water or butter takes care of that.. 🙏

@greghayes9118

24 күн бұрын

@@user-eg7wi8xr2f Now I am interested in tasting it. A few years ago, I booked a lady who does group seminars, outdoors on edible weeds. It was a hit. I know that I have seen nettles somewhere in my area. Thanks for the info..

I have received my book yesterday. Thank you Huw and Sam for a fantastic book. 🎉🎉

I made a tea from stinging nettle, and it was delicious! There's also a soup recipe made with it and potatoes, carrots and almost anything else you want to add - yummy!

Nettles are my best friend for allergy season. A gardeners fix, for a sniffly gardener! I couldn’t believe it would work but sipping nettle tea throughout the day keeps me off all those allergy pills!

@gypsygem9395

Ай бұрын

They're full of antihistamines, that's why they work. And none of the drowsiness that comes with those pills!

@BLAQFiniks

21 күн бұрын

Could you tell how do you make it, please? My brother has annual Spring allergies (itchy eyes, sneezing) but he takes meds only on really bad days because he doesn't want to relay on chemicals~ And we love tea, so maybe nettles could actually help him alleviate the symptoms~

@behindtheveil7817

18 күн бұрын

​@BLAQFiniks I see you haven't had a comment back yet. I drink fresh Nettle tea every day, and have noticed it not only keeps my allergies at bay, but also alleviates stiff joints. Whenever I have an infection somewhere, even a bladder infection, is gone within 2, 3 days! I've dried them for winter, and noticed it decreases in strength significantly! I harvest about 20 big leaves and cut them fine in a mug. You can drink it as it is, but I often add another tea I like the taste of, (red bush, Earl Grey, Maté, peppermint) and add hot water throughout the day from a thermos. To avoid drinking the leaves I use a (bombilla) metal straw. Or you can use a tea egg. That one cup lasts me hours. By pouring the hot water, every sip is freshly made. I hope this helps.

@gypsygem9395

15 күн бұрын

@@BLAQFiniks Just gather some nettle tops, give them a quick rinse in cold water, then tear or chop them. Place a couple of teaspoons of the torn/chopped leaves in a tea strainer/small sieve over a cup or mug, pour in boiling water and leave to stand for a few minutes. If you don't mind drinking/eating the leaves, then the tea strainer/sieve isn't necessary Nettles work for allergies because they're full of antihistamines. One can also use them as a vegetable, in the same way as spinach. They make a delicious soup!

I love nettles, there a great food source for us and creatures. They are also great for making cordage and textiles!

I like the flavour and texture of nettles more than spinach. I just finished my dried nettle seed from last year, had some on my soaked oats every morning! Must save more this year! ☺️

Garden weeds has always fascinated me. I feel like that's an ecosystem on it's own. The Biologist inside me wants to make a full research on it, but sadly, I can only come home on vaccation.

In Greece the old folk used it in soups, stews and as the greens instead of spinach in spinach pie. In Crete they use it as a staple green and people in the know pick it and cook it. Its very versatile.

What a great video. Thanks all the way from South Africa. So encouraging to listen to a young man in tune with the natural world of butterflies, edible “weeds”, and food sources grown in a natural and healthy environment.

I harvested, steamed, cooled and froze a large batch last year in very little time and it was light work too. Very like spinach. I only pick the top four leaves so I'm less likely to disturb insect eggs etc. Good to remind us of nettles Huw😊

I just put another set of nettle leaves in the dehydrator about 1/2 hour before seeing this video... It will go EVERYWHERE, and I would consider it a weed. Last year I had one plant, and this year I have a patch about 3x4 feet large.

❤ Brennessel ist ein Muß im Garten. Greatings from Vienna.

The only problem apart from the sting, is the stench when making compost tea. I use it in my public garden to scare people away sometimes :-D

LOL, you can come and have some of ours then. They are taking over our farm and the animals don't want to eat them so we have to cut them down constantly. A few patches are fine but they will take over everything before you know it. AND they come back in the same places year after year. There's only so much nettle soup and nettle tea that one can consume, believe me. 😆😭😭😭

@vickisavage8929

Ай бұрын

They are also good for chop and drop mulching and for composting.

@Debbie-henri

Ай бұрын

I have rather a lot too, constantly digging up those thick yellow roots. Leave a bit behind - and it regenerates as readily as bramble. I had a suspicion that goats eat nettles, looked it up and so they do. Maybe you should diversify into goat milk and cheese. Or you could make a 'roving pen' for them and put it over nettles where they are at their worst.

@vickisavage8929

Ай бұрын

@@Debbie-henri If I recall correctly, chickens are also very fond of nettles.

@frenchcountryhomeschool7860

Ай бұрын

@@Debbie-henri We have had goats for years and they will only eat nettles AFTER you cut them down. At least that is how ours have been. 😭 The chickens don't want them (although they might be pecking at seeds that fall on the ground but I have not seen them go after a nettle on the stalk. They DO like to hide in them though and sometime lay their eggs in a clump - those are fun to retrieve!). The sheep, the cows and the horses ignore them. It would be helpful if they would stomp on them but they steer clear of them. Sigh.

@andreer-k6136

Ай бұрын

Just found your video Huw and am Sooo pleased to see you’re back! Thanks for being there!

I was collecting the tops of nettles for soup just this weekend. Trust me, they will more than recover lol. And I have to go to some wild land to get mine. So while I was there foraging, I had the joy of coming upon that rare beauty white trillium. As a forager I know that this is a plant that can be easily damaged by human interference and often doesn't recover very well. I don't need white trillium for anything except that mood boost I get rounding a bend in the trail to discover one in all its glory so I left it alone and took nothing but joy and pictures away. True foragers know these things. Yes, some people don't know these things and know how to manage the land they forage so that nature can be successful and other foragers can also benefit. Yes some people may indiscriminately damage things, but these aren't knowledgeable foragers. However I guess there is a.point to be made that some people may watch a video like this, get a little knowledge on foraging and then tromp destructively through the woods. So maybe it's worth making a video on some.of the dos and don'ts of foraging if you are an influencer. Now I am just playing devil's advocate lol. Anyway. Thanks. I love your videos...and to anyone who has never eaten a good nettle soup, you aren't truly living! The soup I made this weekend had nettles and onions and carrots and a dash of milk and cheddar. Yummm!

@gryphc3860

28 күн бұрын

Excellent points to make 🙏💚

I love your attitude about nature, permaculture, and no dig. Thanks Huw for another interesting and useful video 👍🌟✔

Hi! In Greece and Albania (probably also in other balkan countries, though the first two i know for a fact and have tasted both variants), there is a baked nettle crust pie (pita with fillo) recipe that is simply delicious!

Thank Huw!! it is always a delight to listen to your very useful videos!! keep on doing them!

One thing I would add is that they're full of antihistamines. They're really good to take as a tea from February onwards to help combat hay fever

Could you please make a really close-up video on exactly how to pick the nettles with bear hands please? I love them too! And I had actually made a dish years ago when my kids were young and they like it too. Saute tender nettle leaves with red onions in butter and then put these with some feta cheese on top of pastry dough. Wrap them into a sort of a box or a croissant and bake. You can eat these pure or with some glazed orange or tomatoes or both. So add finely chopped oranges with peel and tomatoes anrich brown sugar or coconut sugar and a pinch of freshly milled pepper if you like. Perhaps you could swap oranges with lemons.

@lovetaikolovelife9794

Ай бұрын

This sounds absolutely WONDERFUL!!!!! Thank you ❤

I have a big patch of nettles at the bottom of my allotment. I’ve been using them to make nettle fertiliser and as a strulch…I’ll have to give eating them a go 😊

@christinadowney42

Ай бұрын

Me too 😊. But the butterflies also breed on the ones in the sun which brings more summer joy! 🦋

Well timed! was just about to weed a bunch of nettles out of my yard this afternoon but now I will leave them and see how it goes!

@elisekuby2009

Ай бұрын

Just a heads up: when harvesting your nettles, do it before noon and only take the three top rows of leaves. Never eat nettle when it flowers, or right after it flowers (silica) - eat it only in the spring and fall when it is young. Soup, stew, pesto, tea, etc.

Everything your saying is so true and young dandelion is delicious aswell keep up the good work Huge love watching your videos

That fencing in the 1st minute......nice.

We make fresh pasta with spring nettles and a filling with ricotta for ravioli.

@elisekuby2009

Ай бұрын

Yes...I make a Genovese style of pesto, for my pasta.

i am waiting for a dry spell to harvest nettles. it makes a great hay for my rabbits. I feed my rabbits well and they feed me and my garden. rabbit manure is balanced like a NPK fertilizer.

It took me seven years of homeownership before I finally started recognizing it right at the beginning of the year, instead of going: "Darling dear, what's th-ouch!"

Nettle gnocchi with lemon balm pesto is very nice!

Just picked nettles today! For fermentering into plant juice and for food. Such a lovely gift of nature. My experience is that they grow back just fine when harvested sensibly.

@gypsygem9395

Ай бұрын

Nettles grow back no matter how hard you harvest them rip them out, at least that's my experience on my smallholding in the UK

Where are you? It always helps to know the growing zones of gardening presenters. I am in the Northwest of the U.S. in zone 6.

I like to use nettles in the garden. My favorite herb 🌿 is dandelion 🌼🌱🌼 I was considering to get some nettles for the new compost heap because there is a lot of dry material in there already and I need some greens to activate it.

I make all the edible and medicinal things from nettles, including hair and skin care. Would never want to be without them! They’ve helped so much in so many ways. Even tho they’re all different plants, the ‘weeds’ with “nettle” in their name are all incredible for many reasons.

I love nettle soup - similar flavour to watercress soup. Just recently I've been drinking nettle tea - reminded me of eating sushi - it's just like the seaweed wrap. I didn't realise it was analgesic - goodbye paracetamol! Yum! Did like the look of that toasty dish! Thank you Huw.

I use nettles in soup (my fav), stewed as sidedish, in pies, pastadough or like lasagna or sauce, gnocchi and the seeds on top of youghurt or in smoothies. Living up north in Sweden we have a short growing season and have to wait for the harvest of veggies so they are a nice contribution to my food in May/June. After a couple of harvest I cut them down, put the stems in a waterbarrel and make fertiliser from them, Then I got a second and fourth harvest from the plants I have cut down. So versatile, love them!

Nettles are also known to help reduce an enlarged prostrate! Tried and tested AND worked! Just used as a Nettle Tea. You only tend to use the tops and they are prolific growing. Dandelion flowers, washed and made into a tea. Do this every year.

I also dry nettles, add to soups or make nettle tea for yourself; end out with a tasty snack , especially when they are seedy. I have to semi cultivate nettles here in Portugal. They are annual! Maybe due to the heat.

Brilliant tips as always! That PSB sourdough looks scrumptious 💜

Great video, thanks I make nettle pancakes when there is fresh nettle about. NB they do thicken the mix considerably consequently it's best to start with a more fluid mix.

Wonderful! Looking forward to adding it to my garden. ❤

Great to promote the humble nettle, thank you and love all the ideas

Having a french mama we ate young dandelion leaves,. Stinging nettles are also great for herbal remedies

My grandmother used to bake Epirus' spanakopita which is basically season greens plus spinach. Nettle and poppy greens was the best combination

For the bushcrafters in the audience, I've also heard that the stems of nettles can be stripped to make rope; gave it a try once and it seems to work, though I didn't have a lot of practice making rope by hand and didn't give the fibers enough time to dry. I'd be interested though in soaking them in water over a long period of time to rot the center out of them in the same way that flax is produced, and whether or not the resulting nettle fibers could be used to make linen.

I've eaten them for years, especially for hearty potato soups. I never knew that it could be eaten raw. Nettle is a nutritional powerhouse, and as a medicinal herb, a nerve tonic. food for the twenty-first Century !

Offgrid on a shoestring here, im surrounded by them its nearly time for a harvest to make some nettle stew fertiliser. The rest go on the compost pile. The spuds foliage is vibrant from the compost made with nettles and old guinee pig hutch bedding. Found someone who farms guinee pigs so no shortage of supply.

A brilliant video Huw. Thanks a lot!

Another awesome video! Thank you!

Comfrey and Nettle Liquid Feed. Boom, fertiliser sorted!!

@HuwRichards

Ай бұрын

Exactly!!!

I remember going to a seaside place as a kid with my parents where we could buy delicious homemade nettle beer.

I had a big, creamy (blended cashew cream) nettle soup yesterday. I just added some onion and salt. So delicious!

Nettles are lovely as a tisane/tea and it tastes just like the color green.

The greatest plant on the planet. I ferment the young plants, using them to feed the rest of the plants, nettles having _everything_ any and all other plants require and that's without even touching on their benefits outside of gardening! Weed, indeed?!

2:12 what an artsy shot :)

Brilliant video, thanks Huw. I fancied I knew a fair bit about nettles, but clearly not. God has given us all a full and fertile garden of amazing plants,and nettles are one of the most underrated; they are in fact super plants. BTW, It also makes excellent cordage, but you probably knew that. You've just gained a new subscriber.

My Mum used to make Nettle wine back in the day, I can't say it tasted good but I was pretty young. Thanks for the Video.

Wonderful, thank you. 🙏

Nettle seeds are so underrated! Fun to forage, easy to dry for winter storage, sprinkle on your salad, soups, anything really

Here in Australia many seed companies sell dandelion & nettle seeds 👍 Thank you for the video Huw 🙂

Thank you, sir! I look forward to trying it.

Nettles are delicious steamed then sauteed with garlic& olive oil,or mixed in with scrambled eggs .they are also loaded with iron.which is great.

Great present Huw. Been very busy and need to catch up on your posts. Nettles. Bloody marvellous!!

Thanks Huw Inspiring post x

I only made your nettle juice ferment yesterday, as well as first nettle & seaweed with comfrey into a bucket and way at the other end of the garden for early fertilizer two weeks ago. Last year I sown a lot of medicinal herbs into the garden. Thanks for your insight, loving the book by the way!!

Always thought weeds...are actually the true badasses! Survivalists that subsist in minimal or even hostile terrain

fab video, thank you so much, Huw - and appreciatel the comments - so valuable

The long stems that are left can be made into really good cordage, nettles have more vit c than anything else we can grow, interestingly enough and the green dye you get from them is quite lovely

Good show, cheers Huw. If you look up the mineral analysis of nettle and comfrey in the apendix of Nigel Palmers book (The regen growers guide to garden amendments) you'll be able to see that mixing the two 50/50 in compost/ferment provides one of the best all round mineral amendments you could need in the garden. I make an excellent liquid extract by mixing the two in a wheely bin with a tap on the bottom, scrunch up some old chicken wire to put in the bottom ~a ft thick to act as a filter, fill the bin with the 50/50 mix and weight it down with a large stone, open tap to harvest runoff, it'll store well for years in old plastic milk bottles. I use it diluted 16:1, 1 pint jug goes into a 2 gal watering can.

@HuwRichards, great info as always and am loving my signed copy of your terrific book which arrived in New Zealand in perfect condition after 12,000 miles in a very clever cardboard container with no need for any sellotape, brilliant! 😃

Hi,thank you for sharing❤

Thank You , I love nettles in all their ways 😻

Excellent video, thank you

Thanks for the very inspiring presentation.

Just ordered some seeds! Thanks! Your book looks good!

Lovely video Hugh. I have plenty nettle patches in my allotment which i cherish. They attract so many benefical insects, enhance the compost heap and make great health giving tinctures. I agree we are not seperate from nature and when you garden with principles of biodivesity you create with nature abundance. Embrace the nettle ❤