Common nettle and small nettle
Photo: Arne Ader
Translation: Liis
Kõrvenõges.
| Common nettle | Kõrvenõges | Urtica dioica |
It is quite easy to see the difference between the common nettle and the small nettle (Urtica urens). The common nettle is a big and strong plant, and it isn’t very prone to press itself into one’s garden.
The small nettle grows in garden beds and vegetable fields; it is an annual that can be successfully fought by weeding and mowing. The leaves of the small nettle are rounded and don’t have the elongated, pointed tip of the common nettle. The colour of the common nettle is greyish-green, that of the small nettle generally a pure green.
The small nettle grows in garden beds and vegetable fields; it is an annual that can be successfully fought by weeding and mowing. The leaves of the small nettle are rounded and don’t have the elongated, pointed tip of the common nettle. The colour of the common nettle is greyish-green, that of the small nettle generally a pure green.
Among herb medicine enthusiasts the common nettle is highly popular and considered particularly useful, with properties that help against hundreds of big and small ailments. Animals like the taste in ensilage, and it stimulates hens to lay eggs.
A tea that dispels spring tiredness shouldn’t be boiled but only simmered in hot water – boiling lessens the power. Googling turns up interesting recipes for cooking, and those who like the taste can successfully preserve the young leaves in the freezer..
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