MUNCIE, Ind. – My introduction to stinging nettle came in my youth when a group of us went swimming in a local farm pond. Instead of exiting the way I entered, I decided to climb up an unmown bank.

Q: Do you know what this weed is? It’s the first time I’ve come across it. The little thorns must have some type of poison. My fingers became tingly for about a day, and at times the fingertips felt ...

I was at an event in Canton helping a friend sell candles, and I talked to customers about candles and plants. Next to our booth we had a fellow selling cactus and succulents in baskets he made. I ...

ANSBACH, Germany — Did you know that stinging nettles can be so much more than just a painful nuisance? Many people living in Germany have probably accidentally come into contact with them at some ...

A mother who is allergic to the cold and breaks out in hives resembling nettle stings with skin so itchy she wants to “rip it off” says she “hates” the winter. Jill Pearson, 46, from Rotherham, South ...

WEATHER. ALL RIGHT, WELL, MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE WEARING SOME FOOT PROTECTION IF YOU’RE GOING OUTSIDE RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IT IS STINGING CATERPILLAR SEASON. THESE LITTLE GUYS ARE JUST STARTING TO GET OUT ...

Anyone — not just textile artists — can learn the fairly straightforward nettle fiber processing of extracting fiber from the humble stinging nettle. Hidden in a weedy patch in your backyard, or on ...

Nettle leaves, derived from the Urtica dioica plant, have been used for centuries in traditional medicine for their ...