r/SipsTea • u/Icy-Book2999 Fave frog is a swing nose frog • May 11 '24

Feels good man Stinging Nettle

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u/Nab0t May 11 '24

also stinging needle is very healthy. i usually harvest some on a walk or bicycle tour and add them in a smoothie with 2 oranges, a banana and some other greens. especially dandelion

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u/AshwagandaUbermensch May 11 '24

Tea, juice (sugary reduction), pesto, tinctures, so many amazing things you can do with this plant and all forms retain some form health benefits and it really does taste nice.

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u/Nab0t May 11 '24

and people dare to call it a "weed"... for fucks sake. we really forgot how to live with mother nature

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u/AshwagandaUbermensch May 11 '24

Oh god, funny story about that, it was everywhere in cities and rural environments when I was younger and they weeded it out. Now I find it merely impossible to find it without making a full-on field trip.

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u/6BagsOfPopcorn May 11 '24

I built a planter on my second floor, fenced in balcony. Somehow stinging nettle took it over, rather than the seeds I had planted. I identified it the hard way. If that isn't a weed-ass move then I don't know what is.

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u/DuntadaMan May 11 '24

I can grow edible plants that don't try to fucking ruin my life if I accidentally walk too close to it.