tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post1666095411759072223..comments2023-10-06T15:16:55.144+01:00Comments on up the garden path:: how long is a piece of string?Asparagus Peahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12144544248029447571noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-28576478208548444642014-07-10T11:28:22.757+01:002014-07-10T11:28:22.757+01:00Tea before it flowers - rope once it's full he...Tea before it flowers - rope once it's full height and flowering. The internal structures in the plant go a bit crystalline once it's flowering which can give you kidney stones if you ingest it. Eat em young basically!Asparagus Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144544248029447571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-14982961999184004342014-07-10T11:19:01.514+01:002014-07-10T11:19:01.514+01:00My husbands got some nettle growing in the garden,...My husbands got some nettle growing in the garden, he's thinking tea! I'm thinking rope! Would love to give it a go :) <br />Thanks for popping by! Pippahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07615558574770342802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-22934962204900676502014-07-10T02:06:12.425+01:002014-07-10T02:06:12.425+01:00For sure! I have two nettle plants that have chanc...For sure! I have two nettle plants that have chanced to come up in an unused area of my "orchard", so I am letting them go to seed in the hope that I will have my own nettle forest come summer! Nettle rope here I come.Bekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225621037420851059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-25665103525406644312014-07-08T18:22:25.903+01:002014-07-08T18:22:25.903+01:00Pretty cool - you English and your nettle. Tea, s...Pretty cool - you English and your nettle. Tea, string, what else do you do with it? :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-5702938123473809162014-07-08T14:51:35.839+01:002014-07-08T14:51:35.839+01:00Haven't ever had occasion to try flint knappin...Haven't ever had occasion to try flint knapping, but I can tell you with absolute authority that scything sucks!Asparagus Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144544248029447571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-72418307494493115922014-07-08T12:51:23.929+01:002014-07-08T12:51:23.929+01:00Volunteering for experimental archaeology projects...Volunteering for experimental archaeology projects can come out much worse than making string from nettles *pauses for long-ago flint knapping memory of bashed fingers*. The string is quite impressive, as I'm sure the re-created settlement will be. <br /><br />Goodyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17383404429461423998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-5108103268563900962014-07-08T10:53:51.237+01:002014-07-08T10:53:51.237+01:00You guys get the bloggable side of my job - needle...You guys get the bloggable side of my job - needless to say there's unbloggable stuff too! Asparagus Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144544248029447571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-33510486744217478052014-07-08T10:52:11.107+01:002014-07-08T10:52:11.107+01:00I think you'd really like it Bek, I realise it...I think you'd really like it Bek, I realise it's not for everyone - but you seem like a woman after my own heart. Just need to find yourself a nice tall nettle patch next summer xAsparagus Peahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12144544248029447571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-64759021175107127342014-07-08T05:28:22.434+01:002014-07-08T05:28:22.434+01:00That is excellent. I've never considered makin...That is excellent. I've never considered making my own string, but now I think I need to look into it! Cheers.Bekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225621037420851059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-33177841217046107882014-07-08T00:08:35.803+01:002014-07-08T00:08:35.803+01:00Wow, that is quite a feat to have made all that!! ...Wow, that is quite a feat to have made all that!! xxAmy at love made my homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17111180584250029433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-5163660946122426732014-07-07T21:17:00.732+01:002014-07-07T21:17:00.732+01:00What an amazing craft to learn! So super cool! T...What an amazing craft to learn! So super cool! To see it go from a simple plant to actually strong looking rope is I imagine quite satisfying!!! Have an outstanding week friend! Nicole xoMy Garden Diarieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295676587780780313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-31041646550006329862014-07-07T17:04:01.056+01:002014-07-07T17:04:01.056+01:00Oh that Kylie, lowering the tone...
You made strin...Oh that Kylie, lowering the tone...<br />You made string. Out of stinging nettles. I am in awe! Now go and tie someone up with it, just because you can! xxxCurtisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10362184504889147455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6324023291620987069.post-79624990293674678672014-07-07T14:02:36.216+01:002014-07-07T14:02:36.216+01:00Sounds like you have the best job in the world Ber...Sounds like you have the best job in the world Bernice!<br /><br />(I was going to suggest something naughty you and Mr Up The Garden Path could get up to with that nettle string, but I thought I'd better not)<br /><br />xKyliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10258543009688502584noreply@blogger.com