I like nettle tea for allergy relief but I have to take it easy because I find it does effect my blood pressure in quantity.

FataMorgana

I find nettle tea to be nourishing and strengthening. I believe that nettle infusion helped me greatly in the healing process from my fractured fibula. Every year I dry more and more wild nettles and always deplete my supply in mid winter. I will be more ambitious with harvesting this year.

Whatever you don't use, or stems and unused parts of the plant, throw them in your compost pile. They are highly useful in there and give a wonderful kick to any pile.

I don't need to have Urtica dioica over a huge area myself...just one bed seems to give me enough for myself. With the long growing season we have in my climate, it works okay.

This post was edited by linda_tx8 on Sat, Mar 29, 14 at 3:05