Stinging Nettle : Yummy Accessible Free Food & Medicine

Many of you may only know this plant for the stinging sensation that it produces when you touch it, but trust me there is so much more to this amazing plant. You can eat stinging nettle much like you would steamed spinach, you can make a delicious and nutritious tea out of stinging nettle, you can make skin cream to help with eczema, it makes an amazing hair conditioner and not only that, but the stems contain fibers that can be used to produce clothing! Where I live, in the Pacific North West, this plant is quite abundant, in fact it grows like a weed and it’s not uncommon to find big fields of stinging nettle in the forest. » Read More…