mmmmmm that sounds good, I've had dandelion wine (was interesting to say the least lol) but never had ate the greens.

our trout season opened april 1st. I;ve been doing well on the landlocked salmon, have caught 4 over 18" this year.

that makes sense

it grows at the base of a very large pear tree, so I guess it likes the rotting fruit and shade

yup they dont like sunlight very much, they dry up too quick



you can fry the stems in butter and they are pretty good too.

why not? ive got a small ditch 40 yards away and burn everything every couple of days in the summer. the charcoal and ashes work sort of like a kitty litter.

you got nettle on your property sheriff?

i found out awhile ago those itchy fuckers are edible. they sprout in heavy abundance where im at (probably 250 miles south west of you)

wood nettle is the subspecie to stinging nettle ive been trying out.



might try a tea tomorrow; raw tastes like cucumbers but better.


supposed to have excellent nutrition. the german army made their uniforms out of their fibers i read back in the 1800s.

This post was edited by LeadFoot on May 13 2017 10:06pm

Fuck those cock suckers.

This! Shit makes me itch for like 24 hours, i swear i'm more sensitive to it than poison ivy



I would never even think about eating that stuff! I've heard of nettle tea though

nettle pain usually goes away instantly if i put water on the contact area, but it can be pretty bad. If you lift your knees and stomp over nettle its nowhere near as bad as letting it brush into you and wrapping you up.
it has double the calories of spinach (double carbs) and a high calcium content so its good for eating if it doesn't end up killing you in the process.

figured it would be worth posting here since it grows over most of the united states and europe.

In bear country it is an attractant. Bears are thought to have the best sense of smell of any animal on earth. For example, the average dog’s sense of smell is 100 times better than a humans. A blood hound’s is 300 times better. A bear’s sense of smell is 7 times better than a blood hound’s or 2,100 times better than a human. So if a dog came into your house and took a shit you would smell it and so would a bear.





I have experienced nettles when i lived in north west Ohio. Basically here its too cold and where you have nettles, we have ferns.

right on. i used to brush those scent stats off until i seen my neighbors dog follow my scent trail to my deer stands at sprinting speed.

ive tried tieing my shirt on the opposite trails crossed creeks tried different scent blockers, but that dog can follow my scent right up ladders its pretty insane. when he overshoots my trail he will instantly double back and regain scent. its like his nose is tied to me by a rope.

now if a bear is 7 times better than that i have to call bs, because my neighbors dog can smell me from a quarter mile away lol.