Comments on: Fireweed and Nettle Harvest http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/ Author, Artist, Teacher Wed, 16 May 2012 20:50:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Liza http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-61482 Liza Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:36:57 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-61482 This is a good plant for male vitality too. This is a good plant for male vitality too.

]]> By: dvd http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32954 dvd Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:15:32 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32954 Took me a little while to realise what this plant was, as here in britain it's more often called rosebay willowherb - but I thought I recognised those characteristic seedpods and it turns out they're one and the same! It's got some pretty good other uses too, now can add cordage to the list. Thanks for the info, and keep up the good work on your blog, scout! P.S. I'm trying to bring some rewilding to the uk, I'll keep y'all posted on that... Took me a little while to realise what this plant was, as here in britain it’s more often called rosebay willowherb – but I thought I recognised those characteristic seedpods and it turns out they’re one and the same! It’s got some pretty good other uses too, now can add cordage to the list. Thanks for the info, and keep up the good work on your blog, scout!

P.S. I’m trying to bring some rewilding to the uk, I’ll keep y’all posted on that…

]]> By: pIIA http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32874 pIIA Thu, 08 Oct 2009 15:01:29 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32874 too late the fireweed are dead i live north ...but still the bark is quite strong not fiber like nettle da too late the fireweed are dead i live north …but still the bark is quite strong not fiber like nettle da

]]> By: Jeremy http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32843 Jeremy Wed, 07 Oct 2009 18:28:29 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32843 Just starting to read and hear about indigenous skills, primitive skills, ancestral skills, wilderness living, what have you. Making cordage sounds like a good first step in getting my hands dirty. Maybe this weekend I'll try and harvest some nettles and give it a shot. Love the fireweed bowdrill set idea. Just starting to read and hear about indigenous skills, primitive skills, ancestral skills, wilderness living, what have you. Making cordage sounds like a good first step in getting my hands dirty. Maybe this weekend I’ll try and harvest some nettles and give it a shot.

Love the fireweed bowdrill set idea.

]]> By: Christine http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32841 Christine Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:58:59 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32841 Great informative posting, thank you. Great informative posting, thank you.

]]> By: piia http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32838 piia Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:57:12 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32838 yay...this exists: firewoodfiber!? really glad you share, comes in use, today! common in here too helsinkicity. but no mention in finnishbooks. dont use books/net/ppl to rewild much for i trust in commonsense. im all into learning by own experience to better understand what are real needs that way and at the same time achieve sustainability = selfsufficient in thinking/problemsolving too to fullfill needs accordingly. still shame all this knowledge forgotten, dies along with the people but revives (in need) with who think creatively, are willing to try new things and do mistakes... done nettlefiber experiments, and calculated that profit is app.3g per 10 stems, so little for the hard work; did it with just hands(500g...had time to do and need it): collect it like you, cut the stem half by height with thumbnail or knife, leave them to dry, strip some bark and when its between fingers scraped off the outerlayerbarkskin with thumbnail and that is the finished result, the green couleur in fiber being wax...that might even strenghten and give longevity if it binds fibers together protecting in usage, sun damage... tried also soaking bark (gonna try soak stems) but how to get off the wooden parts thats left efficiently? thinking about combing...(research linen processing). gonna use it for fishingnet (maybe lesser quality is smarter...) and string because of the output being too small for cloth and i read that it gets stronger when wet! hope this infos useful for you. your activity rewilding inspire me ((<3)) yay…this exists: firewoodfiber!? really glad you share, comes in use, today! common in here too helsinkicity. but no mention in finnishbooks. dont use books/net/ppl to rewild much for i trust in commonsense. im all into learning by own experience to better understand what are real needs that way and at the same time achieve sustainability = selfsufficient in thinking/problemsolving too to fullfill needs accordingly. still shame all this knowledge forgotten, dies along with the people but revives (in need) with who think creatively, are willing to try new things and do mistakes…

done nettlefiber experiments, and calculated that profit is app.3g per 10 stems, so little for the hard work; did it with just hands(500g…had time to do and need it): collect it like you, cut the stem half by height with thumbnail or knife, leave them to dry, strip some bark and when its between fingers scraped off the outerlayerbarkskin with thumbnail and that is the finished result, the green couleur in fiber being wax…that might even strenghten and give longevity if it binds fibers together protecting in usage, sun damage… tried also soaking bark (gonna try soak stems) but how to get off the wooden parts thats left efficiently? thinking about combing…(research linen processing). gonna use it for fishingnet (maybe lesser quality is smarter…) and string because of the output being too small for cloth and i read that it gets stronger when wet! hope this infos useful for you. your activity rewilding inspire me ((<3))

]]> By: martha http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32784 martha Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:33:51 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32784 um- I promise I'm not drunk- I just can't type. um- I promise I’m not drunk- I just can’t type.

]]> By: martha http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32783 martha Wed, 07 Oct 2009 01:32:53 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/fireweed-and-nettles-harvest/#comment-32783 I hvae a osft spoty in my heart for fireweed- it grew all over my childhood acreage. BTW- you guys look pretty hot! I hvae a osft spoty in my heart for fireweed- it grew all over my childhood acreage. BTW- you guys look pretty hot!

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