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i enjoy high fructose corn syrup too (mander.xyz)
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[–] 54 points 1 year ago (8 children)

I harvest stinging nettle to use as a spinach replacement

I'm going to try to make maple syrup from big leaf maples this year too!

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    I mostly eat spinach now for potassium, but I just looked it up and stinging needle has only 25% lower potassium content than spinach, so at least for my use case it seems like a fairly good substitute seeing as how well stinging needle grow.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    How do they taste? Do they not, uh, sting with the little spikes?

    I got then popping up all around.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    How to harvest, dry, and make tea with nettles:

    https://slrpnk.net/comment/16978019

    If you have arthritis or hayfever they've been shown to help with that. Science has confirmed the old wives tales traditional herbal remedy works for this one. Not as effectively as modern medicine of course but if it's all you can afford, or whatever, then something is better than nothing.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    You would harvest the leaves when they are small and young. And they would be one of the first fresh greens available in the spring. But their season quickly passes as the plants grow pretty fast.

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