It’s Nettle Season
I could not contain my excitement this year as I spotted the first nettles emerging from the cold damp soil. They are deep green with reddish flames that blend in to the forest floor detritus. As my eyes soften and adapt to the terrain I begin to see them everywhere – tiny bodies reaching toward the light of a new season. This year my hunger for nettles is acute. After having been sick for weeks with the sinus and lung crud, I need some lively plant medicine to help rebuild my strength. An Elder once told me that if you drink about 3 cups of nettle tea per day for two weeks it will change...
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