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Nettle Herb Seasoning ~ Apothecary Clean Up

  In working on my home "apothecary" clean up, and re-organization, I found one lonely jar of dehydrated, wild picked stinging nettles.  I decided to grind them, and create a homemade herbal seasoning. To the seasonning, I brought in some dandelion greens and dehydrated those, and ground them as well.  I added that to the nettles, and added homemade garlic powder. Finally, I will be adding parsley and salt to the mix and using that for meals. I did not measure anything.  I just sort of eye-balled the amount I ground in even amounts, and in actuality, the salt could be left out.  I tend to salt lastly. It's my little herb seasoning experiment.  If we like the flavors, we may be trying it with more options - mint, thyme, rosemary, lemon balm, ginger etc. The rain continues here, and it's hit or miss with picking more wild violets,  wild violet leaves and dandelions. We had a really bad storm come through the area early evening, and of course we needed to...