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3. Avoid when leave are tinged with purple. Sometimes the leaves of stinging nettles are tinged purple. This need not be a problem, nor a… Read More »When Should You Not Eat Stinging Nettles?

You might think that because your dog has a nice thick fur coat, they won’t feel stinging nettle stings. However, their fur only gives them… Read More »Do Animals Feel Stinging Nettles?

This plant is easy to propagate simply by digging up plants from an existing patch and moving them to a new location. Here’s how: In… Read More »How Do Nettles Propagate?

Nettle plants are a primary food source for caterpillars/butterflies and bees which are great pollinators in the garden. Ladybugs use nettle plants as a prime… Read More »What Are Nettles Good For In Nature?

Stinging nettle is a nutritious plant popular in Western herbal medicine. Studies suggest that it may reduce inflammation, hay fever symptoms, blood pressure and blood… Read More »Why Do People Eat Stinging Nettles?

Nettles can reproduce themselves from seed and rhizomes that form underground stems that extend out and grow, producing new shoots, enabling the nettle plants to… Read More »How Do Stinging Nettles Reproduce?

The leaves are edible at any stage of the plants’ growth. Cooking or drying them denatures the sting. They are nice and tender earlier in… Read More »How Can You Tell If Nettles Are Edible?

Stinging nettle has been used for hundreds of years to treat painful muscles and joints, eczema, arthritis, gout, and anemia. Today, many people use it… Read More »What’S The Purpose Of Stinging Nettles?

Propagating Stinging Nettle This plant is easy to propagate simply by digging up plants from an existing patch and moving them to a new location.… Read More »Can You Propagate Nettles?

Horses don’t usually eat stinging nettle, but if they lie down or roll on the plant, glassy hairs from the plant’s leaves and stems cause… Read More »Do Nettles Sting Horses?