Little Wild Library: Nettle

Bursting to life in spring and popping up everywhere, the nettle is one of the most common plants, sometimes cruelly called weeds! In The Little Wild Library: Nettle, discover how to make the most of this tenacious plant, with recipes and makes to try throughout the year. Once you've found your favourite patch of nettles, come back as the seasons change and find new things to do with your foraged treasure from edible treats to useful tinctures. Discover recipes that make use of fresh and sweet nettle tips that appear in spring, and return in the autumn to forage stems for nettle twine. All the recipes and makes are beginner friendly, making it easier and more fulfilling to engage with the natural world and form a connection to the plants and flowers that decorate our lives. Learn how to identify the nettle amidst its hedgerow friends from the comprehensive botanical information included, and take this pocket-sized book out on foraging adventures to help spot the urtica dioica waving merrily on a spring breeze, or brightening a dull fall afternoon. Through the book, learn all about the nettle including how it got its name, and discover some of the myths, legends, and folklore attached to this fantastic plant. The perfect beginner's guide to foraging, in a handy pocket-sized format, The Little Wild LIbrary: Nettle will reveal the secrets of this magical weed and inspire those new to foraging to experiment and explore the beautiful plants around them. AUTHOR: Clare Gogerty lives on a smallholding in deepest Herefordshire which she is opening as a spiritual retreat in 2023. The sound of shamanic drumming often comes from her orchard, and herbal remedies are frequently cooked up in the kitchen. She has been interested in magic, druidry and folklore since a child, encouraged by her father, an enthusiastic dowser and leyline hunter. A former magazine editor, she is now a freelance journalist and author, writing about spirituality, travel, homes and gardens