Comments on: Spring aphrodisiac: nettles. http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/ Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:55:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: Riana http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19225 Riana Tue, 04 Mar 2008 20:49:51 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19225 I'll have to head out there and get a big bunch of them straight away and all this time, I was making nettle juice for the baby and for my husbands dandruff! gah! I should have eaten more of it myself. I'll fry some up tomorrow and serve it in the shape of a heart. zing zing! I’ll have to head out there and get a big bunch of them straight away and all this time, I was making nettle juice for the baby and for my husbands dandruff! gah! I should have eaten more of it myself. I’ll fry some up tomorrow and serve it in the shape of a heart. zing zing!

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19274 crabappleherbs Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:16:48 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19274 Tasty, too, as long as you get them small. (I think you probably have the annual nettles, Urtica urens, Riana. I hear those go to seed pretty fast, so you have to get them especially young or they'll be tough.) Tasty, too, as long as you get them small. (I think you probably have the annual nettles, Urtica urens, Riana. I hear those go to seed pretty fast, so you have to get them especially young or they’ll be tough.)

]]> By: Ananda http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19300 Ananda Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:38:03 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19300 I LOVE THIS POST - it's absolutely bulls-eye on. And made me laugh hysterically too. Thank you! I LOVE THIS POST - it’s absolutely bulls-eye on. And made me laugh hysterically too.
Thank you!

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19366 crabappleherbs Thu, 06 Mar 2008 21:39:16 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19366 Thank you Ananda! Thank you Ananda!

]]> By: Riana http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19463 Riana Sun, 09 Mar 2008 15:33:49 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19463 Right you are, they are just starting to make seeds buds. It's fun so that I can find the females and the males! Reminds me of you know another kind of plant... that is a good aphrodisiac if you smoke it. I'll harvest a bunch more of the top leaves to dry for teas later this year. Right you are, they are just starting to make seeds buds. It’s fun so that I can find the females and the males! Reminds me of you know another kind of plant… that is a good aphrodisiac if you smoke it. I’ll harvest a bunch more of the top leaves to dry for teas later this year.

]]> By: Lee Ann http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19908 Lee Ann Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:48:59 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19908 Up here in the chilly north I'd have to shovel the snow away to see if they are even thinking about coming back up - but I have no doubt they will despite the fact I keep trying to get rid of them. And now I hear they have this very tantilizing use! I wonder if I can hide them in his spinach? Up here in the chilly north I’d have to shovel the snow away to see if they are even thinking about coming back up - but I have no doubt they will despite the fact I keep trying to get rid of them. And now I hear they have this very tantilizing use! I wonder if I can hide them in his spinach?

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19979 crabappleherbs Wed, 19 Mar 2008 21:36:54 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-19979 They're plenty tasty with spinach, Lee Ann! ;-) They’re plenty tasty with spinach, Lee Ann! ;-)

]]> By: Taylor http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-20427 Taylor Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:42:41 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-20427 Excellent post! My husband and I were just out at a favorite nettle patch yesterday - he was evening carefully folding the stings in to eat them fresh and raw. I tried it and it's like a straight shot of choloroplyll - really amazing. Now we have plenty to eat in the next couple of days AND many bags in the freezer. But I ramble... Excellent post! My husband and I were just out at a favorite nettle patch yesterday - he was evening carefully folding the stings in to eat them fresh and raw. I tried it and it’s like a straight shot of choloroplyll - really amazing. Now we have plenty to eat in the next couple of days AND many bags in the freezer. But I ramble…

]]> By: Sasha http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-20442 Sasha Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:01:34 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-20442 A friend just turned me on to your fabulous blog and I couldn't be more grateful! Your writing is fantastic, really top-shelf, and your information is unique and amazing! I have never heard of nettles as an aphrodisiac 'til now... but it makes wonderful sense! Thanks for the good work! (: Sasha A friend just turned me on to your fabulous blog and I couldn’t be more grateful! Your writing is fantastic, really top-shelf, and your information is unique and amazing! I have never heard of nettles as an aphrodisiac ’til now… but it makes wonderful sense! Thanks for the good work!
(: Sasha

]]> By: Hedgewitch http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-20551 Hedgewitch Wed, 26 Mar 2008 08:00:15 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-20551 your blog is fantastic .. and I love the way you write, really made me smile :-) am looking forward to some nettle-gathering in the near future.. usually use for soup but maybe get more experimental this year. your blog is fantastic .. and I love the way you write, really made me smile :-)

am looking forward to some nettle-gathering in the near future.. usually use for soup but maybe get more experimental this year.

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-20901 crabappleherbs Thu, 03 Apr 2008 20:48:43 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-20901 Taylor -- Thanks! Yes, eating a raw nettle leaf can be an amazing experience -- as long as you carefully rub out the stingers first! Sasha -- Thanks so much! Hedgewitch -- Thanks! Yes, nettle soup is wonderful. But there are a zillion possibilities with nettles -- as long as they're young and tender, you can use them anywhere you'd use spinach. Taylor — Thanks! Yes, eating a raw nettle leaf can be an amazing experience — as long as you carefully rub out the stingers first!

Sasha — Thanks so much!

Hedgewitch — Thanks! Yes, nettle soup is wonderful. But there are a zillion possibilities with nettles — as long as they’re young and tender, you can use them anywhere you’d use spinach.

]]> By: Christine http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-21155 Christine Wed, 09 Apr 2008 20:01:02 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-21155 I live in the Bay area of California and have no idea how to begin to find nettles! I would really like to try them as I have heard so many good things about their revitalizing properties. Any advice for a "nettle virgin"? I live in the Bay area of California and have no idea how to begin to find nettles! I would really like to try them as I have heard so many good things about their revitalizing properties. Any advice for a “nettle virgin”?

]]> By: crabappleherbs http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-21167 crabappleherbs Thu, 10 Apr 2008 03:01:12 +0000 http://crabappleherbs.com/blog/2008/03/04/spring-aphrodisiac-nettles/#comment-21167 Hmmm.... Are you in the city? Nettles like rich soil and moisture.... I've seen quite a few in the valley that leads up the creek from Muir Beach in Marin, and I imagine they're to be found in a lot of similar places. Hmmm…. Are you in the city? Nettles like rich soil and moisture…. I’ve seen quite a few in the valley that leads up the creek from Muir Beach in Marin, and I imagine they’re to be found in a lot of similar places.

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