Subject: Singing Nettles - Info. Req.
From: [email-masked] (Edward Fasula)
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 1994 13:01:29 GMT
Newsgroups: alt.sustainable.agriculture

Hi,
I have to learn about the following aspects of nettles - any guidance or 
information would be helpful:

1. Nettles as a fibre source for material:  it was mentioned in old literature 
that nettle fibre can be spun to make a cloth finer than linnen.

2. Nettles as a food source:  apparently, nettles have a higher level of 
protien than soy.  When cut in spring, they are supposed to be better than 
spinach.

3. Nettles to replentish the soil: they somehow ( bacteria?) produce more 
nitrogen than they use.

4. Other possible uses of the nettle.

Thanks for any help.

Ed Fasula
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