tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7367297268151812997.post3533385979038555430..comments2024-01-27T03:11:47.638-08:00Comments on Wild Picnic: Nettles againJohanna Knoxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09268918125129111587noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7367297268151812997.post-72375909717904904172013-08-01T01:51:22.864-07:002013-08-01T01:51:22.864-07:00Thanks a lot for the correction Julia - have made ...Thanks a lot for the correction Julia - have made a catch-all change! :)Johanna Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09268918125129111587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7367297268151812997.post-21139211391309733752013-07-31T22:18:19.791-07:002013-07-31T22:18:19.791-07:00HI Joanna, great blog but I have to say the photo...HI Joanna, great blog but I have to say the photo you posted of nettle is not Urtica dioica but Urtica urens the annual nettle. Dioica is a perennial and forms a clump. It is not generally found wild in NZ but if planted will spread. Urens on the other hand comes up itself in the garden. I use both species in smoothies and make soups, and infusions for a dark mineral rich nourishing drink. Passion 4 Rawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13069124437781759452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7367297268151812997.post-22250914153536312552010-02-09T09:04:17.609-08:002010-02-09T09:04:17.609-08:00Hi Debrina - lovely to find your blogs through you...Hi Debrina - lovely to find your blogs through your comment!<br /><br />Yeah, that was me on radio about kawakawa. <br /><br />I have been a very slack blogger of late - moving house and other disruptive things. Hope to get back to it soon ...Johanna Knoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09268918125129111587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7367297268151812997.post-3152897909606768712010-02-09T03:40:05.484-08:002010-02-09T03:40:05.484-08:00This is a great blog! Keep the postings up please...This is a great blog! Keep the postings up please! I love kawakawa and I heard the most amazing National Radio interview this morning about its burgeoning culinary use ( I wonder if it was you?).Debrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17628982861593852257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7367297268151812997.post-15876466912711707222009-11-16T19:05:35.881-08:002009-11-16T19:05:35.881-08:00Must come here more often... so many good things t...Must come here more often... so many good things to try out in my garden I now see... And I have so many wild hybrids I'm sure... would so love you to come and tell me all about these things in my garden!<br />Damn I missed the harvest of onion weed this year! We get TONNES of the stuff, now I know what to do with it next year.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17992959538232152831noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7367297268151812997.post-75382948516410340442009-10-17T23:28:14.415-07:002009-10-17T23:28:14.415-07:00I put older nettle in the compost bin - nutritiona...I put older nettle in the compost bin - nutritional benefits to your compost. New nettle leaves choped fine are a great feed for young chicks and aid in the prevention of coccidiosis. I use it in soups, stews, and salads. Even love the 'bite' of the sting!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7367297268151812997.post-14911547820610464432009-10-17T13:51:19.705-07:002009-10-17T13:51:19.705-07:00You should have seen my excitement when Lynda poin...You should have seen my excitement when Lynda pointed out a patch of nettle to me on a farm visit we were on - I managed to extract us a couple of pieces with roots. So my garden now has it's own potential patch growing (hopefully I don't curse it's presense one day!). yes, I've read of those who pick them with bare hands too.Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15723737293799500326noreply@blogger.com