Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-19 Thread Keith Addison
Behalf Of robert luis >rabello >Sent: 18 April 2006 21:44 >To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice > >bob allen wrote: > > > Robert, > > nettles contain histamine-like compounds which cause serious irritation > > to tissues of hig

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread robert luis rabello
mark manchester wrote: (Nettle stir fry) > Brilliant. I just tried 'em in the garlic version, adding chiles and lemon > zest. Yipers!. Thanks for this great tip! Your version sounds yummy, too! We'll have to try that one. > Also, I'm deeply jealous of your garden, thanks for all the

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread robert luis rabello
MALCOLM MACLURE wrote: > The juice from rhubarb leaves, boiled up & strained, is supposed to make a > good natural insecticide too, just don't use the boiling pan for food again! I have a pot that I've used for experimenting with newspaper that will probably work well. We have rhubarb i

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread robert luis rabello
Hakan Falk wrote: > Young light green spring nettle has not developed any tissue > irritating compounds Well, my sweetheart got pricked by one of those young plants this morning! She wanted to go wading through a whole patch of the stuff and would have, had I not warned her against i

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread MALCOLM MACLURE
ts.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice bob allen wrote: > Robert, > nettles contain histamine-like compounds which cause serious irritation > to tissues of higher animals. I wonder if your steep would be useful as > an insect antifeedant on garden plants? That's an

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread mark manchester
Hi Robert! > From: robert luis rabello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:16:53 -0700 > To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice > > mark manchester wrote: > >> Quickly

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread Hakan Falk
Bob, Young light green spring nettle has not developed any tissue irritating compounds and can be cooked and used instead of spinach. This without any special preparation. Taste better and have a higher content of useful vitamins and iron. In the past it was very common spring delicatessen in

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread robert luis rabello
Paul S Cantrell wrote: > It's full of nutrients and that would make any plant happy. > > quoted from: > http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/Organics/CompostMulch/CompostTea/OtherTeas.htm > " Herbal Tea > > These include plant-based extracts from plants such as stinging > nettle, horse tail, comfrey, and cl

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread robert luis rabello
bob allen wrote: > Robert, > nettles contain histamine-like compounds which cause serious irritation > to tissues of higher animals. I wonder if your steep would be useful as > an insect antifeedant on garden plants? That's an interesting possibility. I wonder what a foliar spray of

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread robert luis rabello
Mike Weaver wrote: > Fiddlehead ferns and cat tails... Those grow around here too! robert luis rabello "The Edge of Justice" Adventure for Your Mind http://www.newadventure.ca Ranger Supercharger Project Page http://www.members.shaw.ca/rabello/ ___

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread bob allen
Robert, nettles contain histamine-like compounds which cause serious irritation to tissues of higher animals. I wonder if your steep would be useful as an insect antifeedant on garden plants? BTW, I like milkweed buds similarly prepared- they're a little like brussel sprouts. robert luis rab

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread Paul S Cantrell
Hi Robert! On 4/18/06, robert luis rabello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone! > > We've been intending to harvest wild stinging nettles for awhile now, > but it's been rainy for the last week and we haven't gone for a walk > uphill where the nettles grow. This morning, however,

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread Mike Weaver
Fiddlehead ferns and cat tails... robert luis rabello wrote: >mark manchester wrote: > > > >>Quickly replying! I love nettle tea, I grow nettles just so I can have >>fresh tea, and it's so good for you, iron and D and all that. Or try making >>Pho with it, if you ever tire of beef or shrimp p

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread robert luis rabello
mark manchester wrote: > Quickly replying! I love nettle tea, I grow nettles just so I can have > fresh tea, and it's so good for you, iron and D and all that. Or try making > Pho with it, if you ever tire of beef or shrimp pho. The chile sauce, "fish > socks" (sauce of course, but it has a cer

Re: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread mark manchester
ry, I suppose, maybe garlic. Just like rapini? Jesse > From: robert luis rabello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2006 11:33:08 -0700 > To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org > Subject: [Biofuel] Nettle Juice > > Hello ever

[Biofuel] Nettle Juice

2006-04-18 Thread robert luis rabello
Hello everyone! We've been intending to harvest wild stinging nettles for awhile now, but it's been rainy for the last week and we haven't gone for a walk uphill where the nettles grow. This morning, however, my sweetheart and I managed to find some time. We collected a grocery bag f