How to Harvest Nettles to Make Fresh Nettle Tea
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.
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How to Make Fresh Nettle Tea: Video
If you enjoy nettle tea made from dried leaves or tea bags, you’ll likely find fresh nettle tea even better. Fresh herbs are always preferred over dried, particularly for making teas. If you have nettle growing in your garden or near your home in the wild, it can be carefully harvested and used to make [...]
Nettle Tea Benefits and Uses
Nettle tea benefits have been recognized for centuries as a treatment for a host of different conditions. Today it is used as an overall health tonic and to treat enlarged prostate, kidney and urinary conditions, high blood pressure, anemia, skin inflammations and much more.
Of all the nettle tea benefits, its greatest strength may lie in [...]