In article ,
 "Evelyn Ruut"  wrote:

> My neighbor just brought me a whole bunch of stinging nettle plants.  We are 
> going to plant them in the hopes of starting up a nice patch (wearing 
> gloves, of course).   It is good for arthritis and so many other things, and 
> they also say it is tasty as a spinach type vegetable if picked very early.

When you get stung, rub a sour dock leaf on the sting and it'll quit 
hurting. In the wild, the two plants tend to grow near each other. 
Another one that will neutralize the sting is a yellow jewelweed that 
grows here, but I'd have to find my Scofield book to give you the exact 
plant name.

Steam the young stinging nettles to eat them. They're way better than 
spinach!

   Jan
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