stinging nettle tea

I guess, I wanted a little shamrock luck making these hole in the barn blocks for the rainbow scrap challenge at so scrappy.

pink blocks here

My husband harvested a laundry basket of stinging nettle from our yard. He adds it to his peppermint herb tea for the anti- inflammatory properties. It filled the whole dehydrator. we joke that we spent years trying to eradicate this weed from our yard and now, we harvest it. Ha-ha. I am just glad he handles it and I don't have to do it.

other benefits:

pain reducer

aids in digestion

boosts the ...

added by maggie fellow 2 years, 7 months ago. under crumbs , garden , hole in the barn blocks , quilt wip , rainbow scrap challenge , rsc 22 , stinging nettle tea , strings

Do you know what stinging nettle is? It is a mean little weed that has spines all over it's stems and leaves, and, if you touch them, it injects a little bit of acid into your skin for a day's worth of burning and itching. Sometimes rubbing a maple leaf over it will neutralize the effect. When we bought our property 30 years ago, we had a forest of stinging nettles and burdock to clean out. We have worked very hard to eliminate most of them. So this year, I have watched youtube videos about gardening and herbs ...

added by maggie fellow 3 years, 6 months ago. under bonnie hunter , easy breezy , ender challenge , garden , leader , quilt , quiltville , scrappy , scrappy snowball , shirt anvil block , shirts , stinging nettle tea

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