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Originally Posted by Two_Sheds  Demeter, it's the nettles that make the soil so wonderful - they are full of nitrogen. Treat your nettles as a crop, and harvest them to improve your compost or to make nettle tea, or to 'grow' some Peacock Butterflies:- peacock on nettle on Flickr - Photo Sharing! |
Yeah it all sounds so good -
but - our plot is shared between four families and between us we have seven children aged 0 to 5 - hence my nettle bloodlust - stingers and toddlers do not mix well!
I wouldn't mind except every child stung means at least 20 minutes when a mummy can't work
There are as I said various nettle patches nearby for wildlife but we would rather find crops for our own plot that don't sting (e.g. we are growing comfrey on the verges) or take over valuable growing space (we have a pretty small plot considering there are four families).
I really don't think you can convince me - If nettles got up in the night, collected slugs for the chickens, watered all the plants and then brought me tea in bed in the morning - I still wouldn't grow them deliberately on our plot
- although of course I'm happy to enjoy the benefit of the beautiful soil they've left behind!
