How to Harvest Nettles to Make Fresh Nettle Tea
Monday, November 2nd, 2009
Harvesting nettles is a bit of a pain, sometimes literally if you’re clumsy, but the fresh nettle tea that results makes it well-worth the effort.
Nettles are best harvested in spring, after flowering but before the plant seeds. After seeding, the chemical composition of the plant is changed, so make sure you time it just right.
Finding A Nettle Patch
You can harvest wild nettle plants if you don’t have them in your garden. Look for nettles growing in moist, partially-shaded woodland areas. The nettle plant thrives in most areas of the United States in roadsides, ditches, forests and fields. Consult a good herb field guide to help with identification.
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