Just some photos.

I used to go camping in Dentdale and an old fella I knew got his wife to thrash him with nettles on the backs of his knees and his knuckles :shock: .  

He went from 2 sticks to walking unaided.  It was amazing the difference.  She had to keep doing it from time to time - an odd request from a spouse but if your brave enough he said it was better than anything the doctor prescribed!

Like some of you have said, the nettles certainly gave us a lot of stings but we quickly got used to them. We have dug as much of the roots out as possible, some of them went down several feet. I am sure we will still have a load growing again this year though.

Its one reason why we have decided to go for 'open plan' instead of raised beds after all, we will no doubt need to dig several times.

The soil is great and has a lovely loamy texture, it is slightly acidic though as someone said.

Oooooo !!

I hereby deduct one point from your Broadband Quiz tally for being cheeky.  You now have -1 points.  

Quote from: "WG."

formic acid / formaldehyde are two different chemicals.

So i can't use my nettle patch to embalm in the future....shame!

Does not make much difference as formaldehyde's been banned in the EU, and so has been trading with nettle extracts of some sort.    

So you might need to go to Egypt on your last journey.