Mounsey Minute Episode 17: Nettle, the underground resistance fighter
This post shares a video slide show with this month's Media Monarchy broadcast that featured "Nettle, the underground resistance fighter" as the topic for May 2025.
For those that missed it, I love stinging Nettle! :)
When I was a kid I just saw nettle as the annoying plant that would sting me while I foraged for blueberries and blackberries, now that I have learned to look at this plant through the eyes of my ancestors it is one of my favorite plant allies for creating in the kitchen and making tea.
Come on a little journey with me to discover some of the many gifts of this often misunderstood plant.
Here is May’s Mounsey Minute:
You can listen to the Full MorningMonarchy Episode that contains this audio segment (with the song afterward) here:
https://mediamonarchy.com/20250514morningmonarchy/
Here is the video slideshow I put together:
For the Them-Tube averse, Rumble and Odyssey links:
Rumble:
https://rumble.com/v6tpcnl-mounsey-minute-episode-17-nettle-the-underground-resistance-fighter.html
Odysee:
https://odysee.com/@recipes4reciprocity:e/mm17nettle:0
Full Article Referenced in the video above:
Nettle - defiant protector of thresholds, underground resistance fighter, evoker of attention and botanical awareness
This post serves as the 27th post which is part of the above mentioned (Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Apothecary series).
#MounseyMinute Posts on Media Monarchy:
https://mediamonarchy.com/tag/mounsey-minute/
Website for my book (Recipes For Reciprocity : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Table) :
https://recipesforreciprocity.com/
Pertinent links to posts and recipes:
Wild Plant Profile: Stinging and Wood Nettle’s Medicinal, Edible, and Magical Qualities! (from The Druids Garden)
Five Bean Spring Chili with Ramps, Nettles and Sautéed Morels
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I recently used some spring harvests of Ramps, Nettles, Garlic Mustard, Goji leaves/shoots, Morels and combined it with dried beans, frozen garden tomatoes as well as Goji Berries, freeze dried garden peppers, some fermented fire roasted hot peppers and dried spices/herbs from our 2023 harvests (with some wild rice and
Cream of Pine and Mushroom Soup (essence of the northern food forest in a bowl)
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(This post serves as the 22nd post which is part of the Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Apothecary series).
Spring-Chi
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This post serves as the 28th post which is part of the above mentioned (Stacking Functions in the Garden, Food Forest and Medicine Cabinet : The Regenerative Way From Seed To Apothecary series)
That is everything for May, 2025’s Mounsey Minute broadcast.
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We love our nettles.
Great info! What a coincidence. I just made a big batch of stinging nettle tinctures! I use it to suppress histamine and lower the incidence of seasonal allergic reactions. A neighbour of mine uses my nettle tincture for his prostate health. Stinging nettle, Mullein and Eastern White Pine are my favourites!