Most of you , if not all of you are probably aware of the many health and nutritional benefits of nettles, but hey, F*** it, let's just go through it all again for the fun of it . The leaves, the seeds

Freshly harvested wild herbs from the garden are not only incredibly healthy, but also taste great.

The herb I am most thankful for, that is the question that the awesome Herbal Hive Community have put to us. There are so many that I could write about, each of them supporting me through different stages

Found these beauties in the park. We were walking past the duck pond. Makes me want to check out the local patch. Groovy ▶️ 3Speak

The nettle seemed to guide me on my path in strengthening my boundaries in a way that couldn't've been transmitted to me

An initiation into gathering and preparing Nettles for food and medicine....

Spent most of the day in the garden. A friend was here and we had a delicious lunch that included freshly harvested nettles. They are so yummy!! Going to make some soup with nettles tomorrow. #sbi-skip

An ode to Urtica Dioica

Dried, powdered and added to pancake mix Steamed and thrown on top of pasta. It's the season. Feeling vital in these uncertain times. Nettles are a savior

... Some free food and medicine out there to keep us safe from harm. This beautiful plant is more nutritious than spinach. It is filled with all sorts of good stuff as a tea. A spring rejuvenating tonic.

image source Here in Melbourne, spring is most definitely here, with trees in blossom, and the garden becoming quite significantly greener (and longer) with all this rain and intermittent sunshine. In

Nettle Everywhere

I have found the ultimate way to eat up springtime this year! Stinging Nettle fritters!! I honestly dont know how ive gone this long without knowing this but when you batter and fry Nettle tops they turn

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Y'all don't forget the CONTESTS built into this series. One SBI for a name, five for the needle! That makes thirty one shares for the series if someone claims the prize before the post pays out. Congrats,

<br/ Vintage Germanic style, with a sting! Clothing has been made from Nettles for at least the past 2,000 years. Nettles only lost their popularity when cotton arrived in the 16th century, when ahem

Esteban (my 3 year old) was the one chosen to bless my head with these nettles. It was a strangely invigorating experience which I have since repeated twice as I genuinely felt it to be effective. Hit

As mad as this sounds it makes a lot of sense given that enhanced blood flow encourages dormant follicles to come back to life. Six hours after this 'stinging nettle whipping' I could still feel the blood

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A close up of nettles.