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“Oh yes! Stinging Nettle Pasta. Stinging Nettles. I really don’t like these things. They grow really tall and threaten to sting me while picking blackberries or walking through my forest.
There is a HUGE area of them that cover almost half of the lower east side of our property (about an acre). We were told the only remedy is broad spectrum herbicide or cutting before they go to seed. Since we are not fans of herbicideing an acre of natural Pacific Northwest Forest, we opted to wait till late spring to cut them down before seeding.
Nettles are edible. Oh yes, and apparently good for you. Go figure…”
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In all that time an electric wire has never been connected to our house. We haven’t gotten or paid an electricity bill in over 40 years, but we have all the electricity we want. We grow everything we need, here, in our small backyard. We also have a small medicinal garden for tough times. Read More Here...
