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| Anyone for nettle rash? |
I cut my finger slicing onions on Monday. On Tuesday I scratched all my arms removing brambles and on Wednesday when it was rainining I weeded part of the polytunnel and got stung by stinging nettles. I am use to pulling nettles with my hands but I don't like my arms getting stung.
I think it's time to wear long sleeves, welding gauntlets and leave the onion chopping to a reaponsible grown up.😃
Ouch!
ReplyDeletePretty patterns JayCee. My arms are fine today.
ReplyDeleteI'm not allowed kitchen knives, I have scars to prove the point, hubby is our chef, Marlene, Poppypatchwork
ReplyDeleteI was told to use the sharp bread knife and cut my finger Marlene. I will use the blunt one in future.
ReplyDeleteBlunt is even more dangerous
DeleteYes I guess so GZ. I am not good with knives and the nettles don't like me. I threw them on my compost heap for free iron and nitrogen.
DeleteWhat a wimp.
ReplyDeleteThanks Tasker. They stung like mad last night. My dad would have said: "pee on them". Meaning my arms.
ReplyDeleteYe gods and little fishes man, wear gloves at least for pulling brambles and nettles. Those things hurt! And let your better half slice the onions! I bet she doesn't slice her fingers
ReplyDeleteI normally wear a jacket or a jumper Linda. It was raining outside so I went weeding in the polytunnel and took my jumper off because it was so hot. I was cutting the onions in four to put in the onion chopper. No she never cuts her finger like me.
ReplyDeleteThat rash looks sore.
ReplyDeleteIt was yesterday evening Jules. It's gone now and I am fine. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteBeen there done that, this year's batch of aubergines have an especially stingy top, the bit where you pick them off the plant, and we walk around like wounded soldiers showing off our rashes. But this year's harvest is great and very tasty, so on we trudge.
ReplyDeleteI have never grown them Sabine. I must do next year. Fair play to you. We are vegetable martyrs😀.
ReplyDeleteSelf-flagellation is quite common when men enter their sixties. Hypnotherapy can help a lot.
ReplyDeleteOrganic gardening is very suitable for masochists. Years ago people use to whip people with nettles to cure arthritis. There are at least 20 uses for nettles. Years ago they made army uniforms from nettles. I make nettle soup and I use it for a garden tea. "Where nettles grow anything grows" is an old country saying. They are full of iron and nitrogen YP.
ReplyDeleteWhen someone is "nettled" they are rather annoyed. The actor John Nettles was frequently nettled.
DeleteBergerac sounds like the name of a Freench vegetable.
DeleteThey say stuff happens in 3s. I've also heard an old folk remedy for arthritis was nettle stinging - I reckon it was the kind of remedy that just gives you a different pain to think about.
ReplyDeleteYes. Like the mad man who banged his head against the wall because it felt so good when he stopped.
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