i like nettles way too much (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago by belligerentkitten@hexbear.net to c/gardening@hexbear.net

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i'm taking nettle seeds home to spain from finland. been making food and string out of them while i'm here at my partner's. mostly using the seeds for food rather than the leaves, so far. though maybe some nettle soup would be nice before we go.

they do in theory grow natively in spain, but i haven't been able to find any where i live so seeds it is.

i do hope that no overzealous airport staff think it's weed.

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[-] tacosanonymous@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago

Yeah, let us know how your trip through customs turns out.

[-] belligerentkitten@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

i will, not leaving for a few more days though

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

90% of the British countryside is nettles.

[-] belligerentkitten@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

i did used to live there... this is 100% true

[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Every year on every public bridle path in the country it's like a battle against the triffids when you get that one week of sunshine combined with heavy rains and suddenly every single path in the country is overgrowin with 15feet tall monster nettle bushes. The councils deploy the cutters but it's always slow.

Our nettle response preparation is better than our snow response.

[-] belligerentkitten@hexbear.net 2 points 4 months ago

locks onto the nettle plants to defend them

[-] RosaNox@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

childhood trauma activates

[-] ragica@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 months ago

Been meaning for years to harvest some seeds from a big patch of nettles growing not far from here on a country (canada) roadside. Then this spring someone decided to cut all the grass and weeds back along this road... the nettles disappeared. I watched for months and months hoping they would re-appear. I had almost given up hope, but finally just in the last month they have slowly appeared again by the edge of the cut. A meager little growth, compared to what I was. Will I ever harvest any seeds? All I know for sure is that I will continue to intend to.

[-] belligerentkitten@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

that is so sad, i really hope they come back surely there have gotta be some elsewhere though actually maybe digging out a few plants could be worth it?

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