It is Bank Holiday Monday So Is It A Good Day To Try Weed?

Question

As it is Bank Holiday Monday, Will you be out in the garden today collecting weeds to eat and drink?

It only takes a small mental leap to change your view of the

world. Instead of pulling those nettles out, why not nip out the tops and cook and eat them? They are delicious, much nicer than spinach, earthier and more minerally. Or they make a delicious beer.

When you see those nettles as a valuable crop instead of something to get rid of it totally changes your perspective of the world for the better.

Nettle Recipes

http://www.mariquita.com/recipes/nettles.html

http://fooddownunder.com/cgi-bin/search.cgi?q=nettles

http://www.nettles.org.uk/nettles/people/food.asp

Fancy a Beer?

http://www.selfsufficientish.com/nettlebeer.htm

It is Bank Holiday Monday so is it a good day to try weed?

Answer 1

Haha. Good one Bella. Dandelions too have multi purposes, and yet are thought of as weeds. This summer I really want to finally make dandelion wine.

Answer 2

Any day is a good day for weed Bella  ;)

Browse the Bristol Food For Free Site, gives great photos (click  on name link) and the harvesting month.

http://duo.irational.org/food_for_free/

Jack by the hedge is the best but nettles are great. You would be suprised at the uses Nettles have Bella ;)

Answer 3

its always a good day to try 420 .............

Answer 4

I always marvel when I ponder things like, 'How did the native Americans discover nettles were tasty weeds when they hurt to touch? (At least our local ones do, it can sting for hours!!)

I am intrigued.  No nettles of my own but plenty where I work.  I'll give it a try, and put it up there with prickly pear on my native foods recipes list.

In any case,stinging nettles also serve as a host plant for thr Red Admiral Butterfly, the Question Mark and Comma.  So don't weed and eat them all!

Thanks for sharing.

Answer 5

I also thought you were talking about marijuana. Does that count as a way to do things organically? And how do you eat those weeds when they are all thorny and painful to touch? Here in Texas we have bull nettle that stuff hurts REAL bad. But that recipe for that beer sounds delightful, what a good way to recycle those weeds!!

Edit: I have never seen those nettles here in the states, but now I will be on the look out! We have your run of the mill dandelions and some nettles that grow flat and horizontal they get to be about 10-12 inches wide, and they are pretty painful to touch, I'm curious to know what they are and if there's a better way for me to get rid of them, aka recycling them into food or beverage. Also, that saves some money on the spinach I buy for my salads!