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Nettles Put Through Their Paces At Festival


Iron Age visitor attraction shows stinging weed's many applications.

Nettle soup anyone?

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http://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/Article.aspx/1739118

(Published 17/5/2010)
drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
17th May 2010ce

Comments (3)

I think it must be 'Be Nice to Nettles Week'

http://www.nettles.org.uk/nettles/lore.asp

Apparently they have all sorts of beneficial attributes, not least to wild life. I do believe fragments of neolithic nettle rope were found inside Silbury when the conservation work was being undertaken a 2/3 years back.

tjj Posted by tjj
17th May 2010ce
I grow nettles ... StoneGloves Posted by StoneGloves
17th May 2010ce
Must be June, Stoneglove has tonnes of them! drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
18th May 2010ce
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