PURPLE DEAD NETTLE | Dehydrating & Benefits | I Bet You Can Find Some Too!

[@thriftymomshop]

I’ve found myself collecting dead nettle and dandelion daily the last … 4 days now. I’ve made jelly, tea, used as salads and dehydrated a handful or several at this point but I’m gonna keep going through the weekend when my lawn gets mowed and I should have enough to last the year !

[@jackquelinehelt2228]

I'm doing the same! Also picked some wild violets and we had our first wild violet jelly this morning...amazing!

[@janetm1152]

These were all in my yard growing up and I never knew what they were. My grandmother was a pro at utilizing nature for all sorts of things.

[@leekorten1791]

Thank you for the interesting information. So many wild flowers have many beneficial property's to them, we really do need to start utilising them again. Our ancestors definitely knew how to make the most of nature's bounty. Have a wonderful Easter 💞

[@terryrehms6978]

Really like today’s vlog… I learned a lot… Happy Resurrection Day Sunday!!!🙏🙏

[@lovebug1891]

Could you give the recipes to the Salve and the simple syrup and the tea and list it down below

[@SimplyBethany]

Hey hey friend! Love seeing this video! I’ve been super interested in harvesting & foraging things from the land to use more in every day life

[@keeleykobobel5507]

Foraging purple dead nettles now Thank you

[@danakapahu4105]

I learn a lot of good stuff from your channel have a great Easter with your family 🐣😊

[@DarleneAuthement-kc6re]

Thank you for sharing 🙏♥️😊

[@sheryladams1964]

Never heard of Purple Dead Nettles. Had no idea they ever existed. Thanks!

[@marymahaffey4618]

Thanks for sharing this video Tiffany and hope you guys have a happy Easter!! Have a good day at church bc of Easter all about Jesus Christ!!! Amen!!!!. Love y'all !!

[@CathyHendrix1]

Wild onions? AKA Ramps. YUM! I can hardly wait for them to grow this spring. Our growing season here in the mts. of Va is a bit later getting started than you's is. You should gather some of those ramps and make fried taters and onions. It's one of our favorite things that we look forward to in the spring. I also use some in canning my salsa and pickles. They have such a fresh taste. Like you said...something the good Lord gave us just for the picking. Hope ya'll have a great Easter weekend. God bless! He is risen!!

[@ericastout4552]

Good evening angel girl and everyone else 😇 We used to use those all the time. They're great!!! God bless you and your family 💖 love you guys 😇🥰😇

[@kaylabell3918]

We have these all over our yard and I never knew that it had so many benefits!! Loved the video.

[@ChristianAustinite]

I use the paper from the supermarket and put them under the mattress they dry well....

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

I have these all over my front yard and never knew what they we're or what they are good for. Thanks for sharing, Tiffany.

[@leekorten1791]

Have a wonderful Easter 💞

[@marymahaffey4618]

Happy Easter Ms alma and your family!! Love you guys and still praying for two....Milley is almost home to me around June few months he is getting his id and documents so he will show who he is in the army 🪖🥾 🥾... take care alma...we are planning on vacation with out 2 boys going to Florida to Orlando and visit Disney World and other parks there. Bc our lil boy wants to go so bad and his dad has been gone on his job. And he is retired from the army!!!....h This summer vacation trip.

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

​​@Lee Korten thank you, you too.

[@MrsAlmaTrumble]

​@Mary Mahaffey Happy Easter to you, Milley, and y'alls son. Glad he's going to be able to come home. We're continuing to pray for y'all.

[@elizabethrobinson4390]

Tiffany Blocker good video to sare will you kids school lunches sometimes and a Kroger pickup haul

[@bettyadkisson1681]

I'm blessed with just a small patch and its just coming up cause its been so cold here its growing just beside my 2 comfrey plants. Its so funny cause I got one plant from mom's yard and now I've transplanted it each year to 5 plants and transplanted from the 5 too 17 now . I've been putting it on the inside of my fencing too keep the weeds down and in the l shaped flower garden. I use it for tea for my garden plants every 2 weeks. I was so blessed that my rhubarb came back up after neighbor sprayed weed killer on it and black raspberries.

[@Earth2Flo-v6f]

Oh my, that’s awful, poison on your medicine🥶

[@marilyn8166]

Very informative! Thank you❤

[@BrittBratt2You]

🏡 💜

[@christeenprice5637]

Interesting, thanks

[@cathydecarles7084]

Hi Tiffany I love this video watching you with your Children outside with you The Chickens are getting so big Love all this Cathy 🙏🏻✝️☮️🐇🐣🐰🌷💗💚🍀❤️‍🩹💘💐🌹🌺❤️💕✝️

[@Sprinkesbakeshop]

Thanks!

[@Earth2Flo-v6f]

Are the seeds and flowers usable on their own? I’m new to this, trying to learn a plant at a time, so I have a gallon of the nettle dried, I burnt up my henbit, put it on parchment paper on lowest setting in my oven, but it burned in maybe 30 minutes? Next time I will use dehydration method, or let it dry first a week or so on my table. Thank you for posting, it’s a blessing to learn the old ways of healing. ❤

[@treenaakers9429]

How did you learn what 'weeds' are beneficial and how to identify them. I always have a ton of purple weeds in my yard but I havent a clue what they are and we are allergy prone in our house. Thanks for sharing

[@lisacooper5544]

You can also watch The Honeystead on KZbin. She has a ton of info on different herbs.

[@heathergeyer1780]

You can get the Peterson guide to medicinal plants. It’s super helpful.

[@wandaclapper724]

How do you make a diuretic out of it? Also how does it taste in tea? Could you please let me know how you make your tea please?

[@mariafree6737]

Do you have to dry it to make tea? Can I just boil it? How long do you boil?

[@lovebug1891]

Would you like to sell a few of those Sade so I can put them in my yard we do not have that here where I live I live in Tennessee

[@MyHumbleHome]

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[@Earth2Flo-v6f]

Why are you removing the leaves and flowers, is the section they are attached to not good in the oils?

[@OurSmallTownLife]

The stems are edible but tough and the medicinal properties seem to be more highly concentrated in the leaves. It's also more practical for storage as you can keep a higher quantity in a smaller space. I did, however, go ahead and dehydrate on the stem this year because I needed to get it done faster, and I will just remove it from the stem as needed. I feel like using leaves is a more common practice especially when dried so it helps me with my measurements as well.

[@Earth2Flo-v6f]

@@OurSmallTownLife thank you, do you think the seeds have medicinal properties, I did my first batch today, oil infusion with avocado oil, put in on low heat for two hours, in a bowl, put that into pan of water, it was the only thing I managed today, I need to order some bees wax pellets for my salves. I’ve watched so many videos on this one herb, purple dead nettle, geeez, a lot of time trying to learn something new to me!

[@joycehaines2055]

Can it be dead nettle without the flowers, have alot, larger leaves but no flowers.

[@Synth-G]

I don't know without a picture, but the flowers could have just not bloomed yet?

[@mtuffy0809]

You forgot to mention it's helps with allergies as well as it contains minerals and vitamin A and C

[@LongBranchAlice]

You could have mentioned it has more Vit. C than spinach!!

[@robinadair8918]

Why don’t you wash them before dehydrating?

[@stinkeye460]

Using a microwave oven dehydrates faster. You have to use non recycled paper towels or a cotton cloth to lay herbs on. I generally just wash and dry them and store then in a baggie in the freezer. We have three freezers.

[@Anibor_Good_Enough_Homestead]

I microwave won’t dehydrate them, it will cook them.

[@stinkeye460]

@@Anibor_Good_Enough_Homestead It has to be done in a certain manor so it doesn't cook. There are videos on KZbin. I tried a dehydrator and it took several days. I should have bought an expensive one but couldn't afford one then. Since most of what I cook requires fresh herbs I just freeze them and use what I need.