tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post6538824329705477997..comments2023-10-22T01:22:40.529+11:00Comments on The Natural History and Antiquities of Lalor: Nettle and FoxAlexis, Baron von Harlothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post-21990696486408999692014-07-14T18:48:37.586+10:002014-07-14T18:48:37.586+10:00I think nettles are good for the compost too they ...I think nettles are good for the compost too they break it down quicker, perhaps I shall try some soup. Sue Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15011905413219664838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post-1784364922884216892014-06-17T08:56:00.311+10:002014-06-17T08:56:00.311+10:00Yay for autonomous orchard nettles, Bek! And yep, ...Yay for autonomous orchard nettles, Bek! And yep, good work, fox (may you survive joyously on a diet of humans' leftovers and moribund exotic rodents).Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post-1416289837248077572014-06-17T08:44:06.530+10:002014-06-17T08:44:06.530+10:00Oh how lovely, Kate! I made some nettle pesto on S...Oh how lovely, Kate! I made some nettle pesto on Sunday, so I'll post my method soon (though it's pretty intuitive really: put ingredients in blender, blend, eat).Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post-79792646375634973632014-06-16T13:12:15.107+10:002014-06-16T13:12:15.107+10:00I love the fox encounter. It's nice to see a b...I love the fox encounter. It's nice to see a bit of wildness peeping to the fore, just to remind us of its existence. As much as I don't want foxes eating my ducks/chickens, I hate thinking their habitats are being ground away, bit by bit, and I love hearing about them scrounging an existence in the urban environment anyway. It has a 'f*#k the man' feeling to it. Go fox!<br />I am very happy to hear about your nettle situation, as I have two nettles that have sprung up in my orchard and I am letting them go to seed in the hope that I will have a nettle forest. Bekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225621037420851059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post-24549282903521851882014-06-13T19:22:15.010+10:002014-06-13T19:22:15.010+10:00Delightful. I haven't seen any foxes in Lane C...Delightful. I haven't seen any foxes in Lane Cove (or nettles, possibly), but a few years ago we were in Berlin and one night we were walking back to our (holiday) apartment in Schoeneberg after a dinner party (easily the most glamorous line I have written in my life) and suddenly, walking ahead of us on the footpath, was a rather sweet little fox. And there was snow and may also have been a moon. But mostly there was a fox and it was really something to see. And we wished for sausages to feed her, too! No doubt a distant cousin of your fox. More nettle recipes needed. Thanx.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10908021959152599224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post-59347779932745532272014-06-13T17:42:19.966+10:002014-06-13T17:42:19.966+10:00Nettles forever - that's what we're going ...Nettles forever - that's what we're going for, although if we eat all these before they go to seed, we might miss out on eternal nettledom. I let a lettuce go to seed in the same patch, and there's now a minor forest of lettuces and nettles. <br /><br />I get pretty excited about seeing any mammal. I cross the road to increase the chances of being able to pat a dog, but there's something about the wildness and rareness of a fox. Fox cubs would be beyond gorgeous. What a lucky thing for you to have seen them.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post-21938813338019326632014-06-13T16:38:20.504+10:002014-06-13T16:38:20.504+10:00I suspect you will have nettles forever. We had s...I suspect you will have nettles forever. We had some introduced with some mulch a few years ago and I still get fanged by them while weeding. And people tell you that if you grasp them firmly they won't sting. They lie.<br />And I hear you about the magic of seeing a fox. When we lived in country NSW, we often saw them - and it was always a thrill. And seeing fox cubs early one morning makes me smile in retrospect still.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com