Nature

[sasha_feather]

Me: Don't touch those, they're nettles.
Ogre_911: They're what?
Me: Nettles! They'll sting you!
Ogre_911: I've never heard of them before.
Me: Did you not go outside as a kid?
Ogre_911: Not really.

A few minutes later I am paid back for my teasing when I am stung twice by wasps after accidentally kicking a nest. Ugh, the pain is not diminishing. I think it will be an afternoon of movie watching.

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[fullygoldy]

Heh, I just harvested a patch of nettles! Wearing leather gloves of course. We use the leaves in a tea for the common cold, along with chickweed and lemon balm, ginger, lemon and honey.

As I was putting the long stems into a paper bag and the seeds were falling to the bottom. B plans to plant some next to our echinacea in the back. The patch of lemon balm by the kitchen door is too well established to share the space with anything else.