Comments on: Urban Scout and The Dead Nettles http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/ Hunter-Gatherer Wannabe With A Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:45:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Flower Moon (Full Moon April 2008) « WildeRix http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-10023 Flower Moon (Full Moon April 2008) « WildeRix Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:09:07 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-10023 [...] Arkansas, as you can see the pink edible blooms of the Eastern redbuds livening the forests and red deadnettles still cover many lawns as well as the delicate pink veins that radiate in the white petals of the [...] […] Arkansas, as you can see the pink edible blooms of the Eastern redbuds livening the forests and red deadnettles still cover many lawns as well as the delicate pink veins that radiate in the white petals of the […]

]]> By: december http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9743 december Mon, 07 Apr 2008 05:32:10 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9743 hey scout, thanks for the inspiration on this one. i made a salad of it the other day... taste reminds me of blue cheese, strangely. anyway, i love thinking of dozens of people out harvesting dead nettles, rewiring brains about what is food and what is scenery. when i got down on my knees to harvest this lovely gem, i also found chickweed and miners lettuce in its midst... the learning and nutritional benefits multiply exponentially. cheers, D hey scout,

thanks for the inspiration on this one. i made a salad of it the other day… taste reminds me of blue cheese, strangely.

anyway, i love thinking of dozens of people out harvesting dead nettles, rewiring brains about what is food and what is scenery. when i got down on my knees to harvest this lovely gem, i also found chickweed and miners lettuce in its midst… the learning and nutritional benefits multiply exponentially.

cheers,

D

]]> By: Urban Scout http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9694 Urban Scout Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:38:48 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9694 Hey Rix, Thanks for the props. I'll have to try them raw, but I'm a little scared of the texture. Hey Rix,
Thanks for the props. I’ll have to try them raw, but I’m a little scared of the texture.

]]> By: Urban Scout http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9693 Urban Scout Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:35:57 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9693 Hey Matt, Isn't it weird that it's just one of those plants no one feels that inspired about? I wonder why that is. Very interesting. Glad you enjoyed this one! Hey Matt,
Isn’t it weird that it’s just one of those plants no one feels that inspired about? I wonder why that is. Very interesting. Glad you enjoyed this one!

]]> By: MattB http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9688 MattB Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:37:14 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9688 Thank you so much for enlightening me on this topic. I have been observing this plant for a couple of years (and confusing it with self-heal) without getting up the motivation to research it. This will give me the motivation to get to know this plant better. Thank you so much for enlightening me on this topic. I have been observing this plant for a couple of years (and confusing it with self-heal) without getting up the motivation to research it. This will give me the motivation to get to know this plant better.

]]> By: Rix http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9687 Rix Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:27:12 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9687 Nice post, Scout! I love these little guys. They have turned whole fields pink here in NW Arkansas. I mentioned them in my last full moon post and kept meaning to get a picture to go along with the post. Now I can just link back here. :) <blockquote>Other than making an awesome punk/bluegrass/black metal band name (alas, the french have already laid claim to the name. Listen to the black metal “Dead Nettle” on Myspace), deadnettle has many uses.</blockquote> I'm glad someone is using it. When I first learned the name, I thought it would make an awesome band name, too. In fact, I <a href="http://www.rewild.info/conversations/index.php?topic=140.msg1119#msg1119" rel="nofollow">hoped we could open for Penny's theoretical band Phragmites Go!</a> Maybe if I called my group The Red Deadnettles, I still could. I think we would play hardcore bluegrass. I have eaten these raw, both alone and mixed with other greens. I recommend the latter over the former. I haven't tried them cooked yet. Maybe I'll give it a shot tonight. <blockquote> My mom has complained enough times about the weeds in her yard that I have actually gone out and seen which ones she meant. Of course, she means chickweed, dandelion, wintercress, curly dock and deadnettle–all of which make great potherbs and medicines, none of which I would consider a weed. I have had her eat chickweed and soon I will have her eat wintercress and deadnettle. What she considers “weeding the garden,” I consider “harvesting from the garden.”</blockquote> By the way, I think we should <a href="http://www.rewild.info/conversations/index.php?topic=140.msg1020#msg1020" rel="nofollow">take back the W word</a>. Nice post, Scout!

I love these little guys. They have turned whole fields pink here in NW Arkansas.

I mentioned them in my last full moon post and kept meaning to get a picture to go along with the post. Now I can just link back here. :)

Other than making an awesome punk/bluegrass/black metal band name (alas, the french have already laid claim to the name. Listen to the black metal “Dead Nettle” on Myspace), deadnettle has many uses.

I’m glad someone is using it. When I first learned the name, I thought it would make an awesome band name, too. In fact, I hoped we could open for Penny’s theoretical band Phragmites Go! Maybe if I called my group The Red Deadnettles, I still could. I think we would play hardcore bluegrass.

I have eaten these raw, both alone and mixed with other greens. I recommend the latter over the former. I haven’t tried them cooked yet. Maybe I’ll give it a shot tonight.

My mom has complained enough times about the weeds in her yard that I have actually gone out and seen which ones she meant. Of course, she means chickweed, dandelion, wintercress, curly dock and deadnettle–all of which make great potherbs and medicines, none of which I would consider a weed. I have had her eat chickweed and soon I will have her eat wintercress and deadnettle. What she considers “weeding the garden,” I consider “harvesting from the garden.”

By the way, I think we should take back the W word.

]]> By: Pink Moon (Full Moon March 2008) « WildeRix http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9685 Pink Moon (Full Moon March 2008) « WildeRix Thu, 03 Apr 2008 22:19:54 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9685 [...] to think of the “pink” for this moon referring to the beautiful, little blooms on the red dead nettles that spring up in my [...] […] to think of the “pink” for this moon referring to the beautiful, little blooms on the red dead nettles that spring up in my […]

]]> By: Urban Scout http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9665 Urban Scout Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:07:45 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9665 Hey DeAnna, Glad this one helped you! And thanks for the props on the mad photoshop skillz. Hey DeAnna,
Glad this one helped you! And thanks for the props on the mad photoshop skillz.

]]> By: DeAnna http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9662 DeAnna Wed, 02 Apr 2008 23:17:24 +0000 http://www.urbanscout.org/urban-scout-and-the-dead-nettles/#comment-9662 You rock! I've been wondering about this plant for a year or more. I see a green binge in my near future. The yard already has chickweed, deadnettle, and dandelion growing. With the leftover corn salad (another potherb) from last year's garden. Thanks. p.s. Nice photoshop skillz. You rock! I’ve been wondering about this plant for a year or more. I see a green binge in my near future. The yard already has chickweed, deadnettle, and dandelion growing. With the leftover corn salad (another potherb) from last year’s garden. Thanks.

p.s. Nice photoshop skillz.

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