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Stinging Nettle

3/12/2018

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Scientific Name:
Urtica dioica

Family:
Urticaceae
Uses
  • Nettle Tea - Nettle benefits from a long steeping period of 8 to 12 hours before straining
  • Foliar and soil fertilizer - Dilute a solution of fermented stinging nettle makes a that is just about a cure-all for any nutrient deficiency. Pick a bin full of stinging nettle. Cover it with water, let it ferment for a couple of days, dilute the resulting brew one to ten, and spray and water any plants with signs of nutrient deficiency.
  • Nettle Vinegar
  • Hair Conditioner & promote hair growth - Make into tea and pour on hair and let sit for a few minutes
  • Nettle Beer
  • Fiber into cloth and paper - Obtained from the stems. Makes a strong fiber similar to flax which can be used to make cloth similar to linen. The fiber can also be used to make paper.
  • Oil for lamps - Press the Nettle seeds
  • Dye (green) - Made from leaves and stems.
  • Curdling milk for cheese making - Juice from the leaves have been used for hundreds of years to curdle milk if rennet is not available.
  • Tincture or cream - Apply directly to joints and painful areas on the body.
  • Cut down, the foliage can then be either added to compost, or rotted down in rainwater to make a nutrient-rich liquid fertilizer or foliar.



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Greywater Systems: Laundry to Landscape

3/12/2018

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​Our trees, our land, and we love water. It’s that simple. When we put our thoughts towards how we worship our resources, we can become healers and worship ourselves; and all of those around us. 
One of the easiest greywater systems - that is, reusing the “fresh” water we have in our homes - is called Laundry to Landscape. With somewhere around $250-500 or so, we can re-source nutrient-rich water directly within our homescape. Not only does this allow for watershed replenishing and putting less stress on a homeowner’s septic tank, we can revitalize and water various trees, plants, shrubs, and even edible and medicinal plants. 

Greywater attributes simple things, like washing your laundry, with incredibly powerful realities like:
You are empowering and enlivening your local land and food sources with what they need whenever you do a load of laundry!

When I, and anybody, comes along the chance to repurpose their “waste” and “sewer water” towards healing the land and plants around them, it is an exciting and life-long empowering shift towards self and communal sustinance. 

Imagine cleaning your cloths and knowing that the 20-50 gallons/load of water is nourishing several fruit trees, herbs and shrubs, and the watershed beneath you.  The nutrients used to clean your clothes, and on your clothes, are washing into the complete soil ecosystem connected to your diverse landscape. 
That feels good. And does with every load!
If you are interested in greywater systems in the Arizona, check out the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality's PDF on greywater.  It is informative and amazing to see Arizona have such great greywater laws!

Also, Art Ludwig is a greywater master, and his books and website are a wonderful resource for greywater systems.  Check out his website when you have a chance.
Visit my Greywater Systems Page here
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