Stinging Nettles - Gathering and Making Nettle Tea

Spring is here and it's time to harvest the nettles for one of the easiest and healthiest natural teas mother nature can provide us with.

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[torrentum]

Many thanks for the video. Excellent tutorial. Something I've wanted to try for a while. Would it be too late to use nettles growing in June/July? I've got about 1/4acre of nettles at the moment, make enough tea for a long time :)

Thanks again

[rickvanman]

@torrentum Personally I'd give them a try and see how I got on with them. They won't harm you unless you have an allergic reaction to them which is quite rare. They'll just be less sweet than the early ones. If you like them - perfect! you have your tea needs catered for for a very long time :o)

[treverbettis]

chemtrail planes in the first 20 seconds. There was a few things you did wrong that i noticed as well.

[rickvanman]

@treverbettis Do enlighten me :o)

[treverbettis]

@rickvanman well nothing wrong i meant to say pointers to be postive, infusion is best to leave in glass jar for a few days and chew the leaves in the tea. I also heard that you can use the stalks as a fiber which is interesting idea.

[rickvanman]

@treverbettis I should mention from experience, if you leave a nettle infusion for a few days, the smell will make you throw up - but apparently it's great plant fertilizer.

[danvelgtr]

NIce video , thank you very much.

[Fuguer]

I brought back nettles from a forest (roots and all). I grow them in a odd 5ft. by 34in. Plot. It looks like I’m growing weeds. I clip off leaves and put them in a paper bag. I’ll give the bag a good shake 1 or 2 times a day for a week or 2. They come out nice and dry. Since I cut the leaves off the stem in advance I don’t need to crush them.

[Fuguer]

I could call you wimpy for using glove but I’m aware that different types of nettles grow in different locations. In my area in Pennsylvania The nettles have a sting like a mosquito bite rather than a bee sting and if you don’t scratch it the itching goes away in a couple of hours. I understand that Florida has the nettle with the worst sting. But maybe that’s just so far as America.

[Mandiy74]

my yard is full of them now i'm going to use them thanks

[stopsharkfinning]

Thanks mate, very useful and informative.

[OrginalKork]

Do you live with someone? Can't remember you telling anything about it^^

[treverbettis]

@squeeks1234 pretty self explainable, also chill out bro no need to get angry at a comment