A leather glove, you’ll be fine. Any irritation is very short lived. For fun sometimes I practice making natural string from the fibers of mature nettle. It’s very strong and similar to hemp.
dinosaurswithlasers
you can make it into tea!
QualityKoalaTeacher
Make soup out of it
GoldenAlexanders
After you dig it up, cut off the roots and put the stems and leaves in your compost – nettle leaves seem to speed up your compost.
FuzzyCryptographer98
Clip it short and dig it out.
ElaineMK2222
Make tea
Gayfunguy
You pull it up with gloves and eat it! After its cooked of course. Very very nutritional.
The natural oils in your body are the best method. Simply strip down and roll all over the plant until it’s completely flat. Repeat as needed.
junafish
Pick with gloves, cook, eat.
dakinekine
Better call the bomb disposal unit 😅
Zealousideal-Seat739
Nettles are an incredibly healthy food and herb!
You really should research it’s powers. Many herbalists recommend it to solve a plethora of modern health concerns, and it is extremely safe when handled correctly. Tasty when simply sautéed with garlic, and can be used in recipes similar to cooked spinach. once cooked or dried the “nettles” will not harm you.
Plants are our friends and truthfully if you know what to do with this powerhouse, you should consider yourself very lucky to have it near.
Lou_Bop
Soup, pesto, ravioli
JudgeJudy101
Don’t get rid of it, great for soil and amazing health benefits!
Aggravating_Job_4651
Pull it out. Blanch it. Puree it up with some garlic, lemon juice , pine nuts, Parm, olive oil, and toss it with some fresh cooked pasta. That’ll teach it!
Dry_Swimming_2
Pull it out at the root and use it! You’ve been given a gift by nature. Just keep an eye out for the baby runners and keep ripping them out as deep as you can. They’ll eventually go away
rebecky8
Came here to say you don’t even need to cook it to make pesto. Once you’ve blended it up theres no stinging action any more – Ive made heaps of the stuff. I also use fresh leaves to make tea, but drying does help it last longer. Nettles, as stated by others are good for iron but also have a ton of vitamin c, calcium and magnesium. Just be careful when handling it, obvs!
rdaught
Stingy nettle is really beneficial for you.
sooperduped
I did not expect these comments…. Thanks OP for the question! Now excuse me I’m off to find some stinging nettles to eat.
Dyalanar
Keep it and use it to make stinging nettle manure. Acts as a fertilizer and keeps away pests, especially aphids.
HVACSEOSERVICES
Make a meal from it. The leaves are sweet. Wear a polythene bag like a glove and the other hand a sharp knife. Cut as many leaves as possible, steam them until soft before frying. Serve hot just like any other greens.
gaymesfranco
Eat it
POD80
pick it wearing gloves, blanch and serve like spinach.
I’m partial to squeezing out as much water as possible and sautéing with a bit of fat and garlic. then finish with a dash of vinegar.
kilofeet
If you don’t have thicker leather gloves, what I often do with thorny weeds is to grab the base of a plant with pliers or a vise grip and yank them out that way
Lori8472
I love that the question is: how do I get rid of it? And all answers point to how useful and edible 😉😉
I’m in the right place.
Cynformation
So much nutrition in that plant. Makes a wonderful healing tonic tea.
Runs_with_chisels
Steam it like spinach, it’s delicious
Purrpledaisy
Grasp the nettle firmly…
kinni_grrl
Eat it!!
Selygr
Keep it, it is a valuable plant to have at the garden. You can make brew out of it, it will both fertilize and keep away parasites. You can also use the leaves to make excellent mulch with similar qualities. Also, it has the potential to attract many valuable insects to your garden such as butterflies and ladybugs.
Solventless4life
Highly medicinal plant ,don’t get rid of it if you can relocate it if anything.
FarmerOfPumkins
Burn it
DoTheCreep_ahh
Plant other nectar flowers to attract the butterflies which lay eggs on the nettles. Then the caterpillars will decimate it
That_G_Guy404
I guess I’m confused. Stinging nettle is called that because I suppose it stings. How does it sting? Does it have an oil or something?
I’m just not understanding how we can go from “don’t touch” to “consume” with so little preparation. Do you need to wash it first (besides the normal washing of collected plants)?
talithar1
Get a turtle. They love nettle!!
SumoNinja005
We had some in a garden plot we didn’t like. Leather gloves to pull out. Used one of the root tiller things to get rid of as much roots as we could. It kept growing back so we repeated and we poured boiling water on it on repeat to try and kill the roots.
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A leather glove, you’ll be fine. Any irritation is very short lived. For fun sometimes I practice making natural string from the fibers of mature nettle. It’s very strong and similar to hemp.
you can make it into tea!
Make soup out of it
After you dig it up, cut off the roots and put the stems and leaves in your compost – nettle leaves seem to speed up your compost.
Clip it short and dig it out.
Make tea
You pull it up with gloves and eat it! After its cooked of course. Very very nutritional.
Fire
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The natural oils in your body are the best method. Simply strip down and roll all over the plant until it’s completely flat. Repeat as needed.
Pick with gloves, cook, eat.
Better call the bomb disposal unit 😅
Nettles are an incredibly healthy food and herb!
You really should research it’s powers. Many herbalists recommend it to solve a plethora of modern health concerns, and it is extremely safe when handled correctly. Tasty when simply sautéed with garlic, and can be used in recipes similar to cooked spinach. once cooked or dried the “nettles” will not harm you.
Plants are our friends and truthfully if you know what to do with this powerhouse, you should consider yourself very lucky to have it near.
Soup, pesto, ravioli
Don’t get rid of it, great for soil and amazing health benefits!
Pull it out. Blanch it. Puree it up with some garlic, lemon juice , pine nuts, Parm, olive oil, and toss it with some fresh cooked pasta. That’ll teach it!
Pull it out at the root and use it! You’ve been given a gift by nature. Just keep an eye out for the baby runners and keep ripping them out as deep as you can. They’ll eventually go away
Came here to say you don’t even need to cook it to make pesto. Once you’ve blended it up theres no stinging action any more – Ive made heaps of the stuff. I also use fresh leaves to make tea, but drying does help it last longer. Nettles, as stated by others are good for iron but also have a ton of vitamin c, calcium and magnesium. Just be careful when handling it, obvs!
Stingy nettle is really beneficial for you.
I did not expect these comments…. Thanks OP for the question! Now excuse me I’m off to find some stinging nettles to eat.
Keep it and use it to make stinging nettle manure. Acts as a fertilizer and keeps away pests, especially aphids.
Make a meal from it. The leaves are sweet. Wear a polythene bag like a glove and the other hand a sharp knife. Cut as many leaves as possible, steam them until soft before frying. Serve hot just like any other greens.
Eat it
pick it wearing gloves, blanch and serve like spinach.
I’m partial to squeezing out as much water as possible and sautéing with a bit of fat and garlic. then finish with a dash of vinegar.
If you don’t have thicker leather gloves, what I often do with thorny weeds is to grab the base of a plant with pliers or a vise grip and yank them out that way
I love that the question is: how do I get rid of it? And all answers point to how useful and edible 😉😉
I’m in the right place.
So much nutrition in that plant. Makes a wonderful healing tonic tea.
Steam it like spinach, it’s delicious
Grasp the nettle firmly…
Eat it!!
Keep it, it is a valuable plant to have at the garden. You can make brew out of it, it will both fertilize and keep away parasites. You can also use the leaves to make excellent mulch with similar qualities.
Also, it has the potential to attract many valuable insects to your garden such as butterflies and ladybugs.
Highly medicinal plant ,don’t get rid of it if you can relocate it if anything.
Burn it
Plant other nectar flowers to attract the butterflies which lay eggs on the nettles. Then the caterpillars will decimate it
I guess I’m confused.
Stinging nettle is called that because I suppose it stings.
How does it sting? Does it have an oil or something?
I’m just not understanding how we can go from “don’t touch” to “consume” with so little preparation. Do you need to wash it first (besides the normal washing of collected plants)?
Get a turtle. They love nettle!!
We had some in a garden plot we didn’t like. Leather gloves to pull out. Used one of the root tiller things to get rid of as much roots as we could. It kept growing back so we repeated and we poured boiling water on it on repeat to try and kill the roots.