nettles

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He also had to work to sustain the voracious creatures, foraging daily for nettles to feed them.

From Science Magazine • May 20, 2024

Some are well-known to foragers and farmers market shoppers — nettles, morels, garlic scapes.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 5, 2024

“You can see the outline of what’s buried. We’ve noticed that nettles seem to do better where there’s decomposition, compared with where there isn’t.”

From National Geographic • Feb. 16, 2024

Working on a rooftop farm in Brooklyn expo sed me to nettles.

From Salon • Jan. 31, 2024

He’d plunged his hand into a pile of stinging nettles in one hole, and into a clump of mashed blackberries wrapped deceptively in a leather pouch in another hole.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech