Ringing (...or Stinging) in the Spring with Nettle

Spring has arrived here in the PNW and with it the ubiquitous Stinging Nettle (Urtica dioica). The bounty that this special native forest plant offers is now at our (tingling!) finger tips. The deep green tender new shoots, sweet and earthy, are sprouting upward rapidly in the warmth of the spring sunshine here on Southern Vancouver Island…