Another very handy garden weed. Not only to feed your chickens with, but only for humans, if they only know. Many of the ones that grow in the gardens and around lawns is edible, we just delearned how to recognize and use them. Shame really.
Lamium album
Common and easily found in most parts of Europe and better known as White nettle one of a few names I can remember :p).
It can grow 1 meter tall though the ones we have in a garden are reaching maybe half that. That is probably due to the place where it grows - around the trees and edges of the garden where we usually keep just grass. It is mowed from time to time and so is the nettle. It sprouts back though and bloom almost all year round.
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It looks almost like the stingy one, but this one is completely harmless. The tiny hair do no harm and it can be handled with bare hands.
White flowers are about 2 cm in lengths and will open along the stem as it grows. The bottom of it is filled with sweet nectar that I did try. The flowers can be easily pulled and then just squeeze the sugary liquids out. No wonder all kinds of insects love it too. Most often I see bumblebees hanging around the plants.
The whole plant is edible. The leaves and flowers can be used in salads when they are fresh, but also in tea. Some herbal shops and larger supermarkets tend to have it on sale, so it is nothing unusual.
Medicinally, white dead nettle is an astringent and demulcent herb that is mainly used as a uterine tonic, to reduce excessive menstrual flow and to arrest inter-menstrual bleeding.
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Before you try it, or pick it yourself, be sure you have the right plant.
Proof of a bumblebee :)
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Fancy graphic from 1796:
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Bonus:
This is "Dead Nettle" according to AI 🤣
Shot with Nikon D5500 + Sigma 105mm lens
All photos and text are my own.
Beautiful bloom!
I didn't know there was White Dead Nettle.
I know Urtica dioica L. and Urtica urens L.
I was treated to soup from this nettle and I really liked it!
The two you know look like the stinky ones. They are goo too. I actually use it in tea :)
My mum chops it and adds to salads. I heard of soups too.
In Cyprus, nettle tea is sold in bags, for me its taste is a little unusual, but I like it.
Here too. Often it is mixed with some other herbs to give is some extra flavor.
I have not tried the mixed one, I don’t even know if this one is for sale, I have to look.
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I love that shot with the bee!
Ohhh the bumble bee. They are adorable with their fatty bums :D
Thank you!
Excellent photos friend, congratulations nice post, greetings
Thanks!
Hello dear friend @ewkaw good day
Unfortunately very few people know all the attributes of the wild plants that grow in our garden.
My attention is drawn to a nettle plant that does not sting when taken by hand. Excellent find.
I appreciate all the information
Have a beautiful day
Most of the common garden weeds can be used in the kitchen or on the skin. We just don't do it. Our grandparents knew a lot more about them that us now.
Nice post... and "This is "Dead Nettle" according to AI" haaaa haaaa haaaaaa.... 😂😂😂... What a funny thing!!!... Thanks for sharing @ewkaw friend...
Haha I know right? :D Its fun to play with the images. Crazy stuff come up sometimes.
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Dead Nettle indeed! 😃
Dead and mean :D
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Thanks! :)
I love flowers
I have a similar food in my garden, but with purple flowers. !LUV the bumblebee visiting it 💙
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Kurdybanek? :D
Nie wiem jak sie nazywa 😂
Chabyź jakiś :D
Kurdybanki (prawdziwa nazwa, wcale nie zmyślam) mają fioletowe kwiatki. Tak mi się przypomniało jakoś.
Yesss! To ten moj chwascik 😂 Caly trawnik jest nim wypelniony, ale glownie w zacienionych rejonach. Google say it’s a ground ivy 😁
A widzisz... Rwij i do sałatki! :)
No wlasnie czytalam ze w salatkach sie sprawdzaja. Moze zaczne od green smoothie zeby sie przyzwyczaic do smaku 😁