Plant it in the Spring or Fall and within a year it will most likely naturalize, requiring little or no care. Nettles gives two good crops a year, one in the Spring and one in the Fall. Nettles is high in calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, trace minerals, Chlorophyll, and B vitamins. Nettles have become a very important part of my diet because most of the vegetables that we buy in the grocery stores do not have the mineral contents that they used to have. Due to poor farming practices and the use of pesticides and herbicides the soil that our food grows in has been depleted of many trace minerals.
Minerals are what give vegetables the richness of their taste.
It is easy to tell the difference between the taste of a mineral-rich, home grown tomato and a grocery store tomato that is lacking in minerals. There are many studies out now that link degenerative diseases with lack of minerals in our diets. To ensure that you are getting good sources of vitamins and minerals in your diet you can grow your own vegetables or buy organic vegetables from organic farms that take better care of their soil and don t use pesticides. One of the best ways to take Nettles is in a water infusion. Add 2 TBLS of dried Nettles or 4 TBLS of fresh Nettles to 2 cups of water.