Stinging Nettle
Stinging Nettle is a powerful medicinal and culinary herb that demands careful handling but rewards the respectful gardener enormously — the nutrients and bioactive compounds in the leaves are remarkable, making nettle tea and cooked nettle leaves one of the most nutritious things you can consume from a garden plant. Blanched or cooked, the sting is completely neutralized, and the flavor is rich, earthy, and deeply savory — outstanding in soups, risottos, pasta fillings, and as a cooked green wherever spinach is used. A genuine wild food worth cultivating.