Where to get stinging nettles before Sunday?

takuhead | Mar 31, 201012:19 PM 10

Finally tried and loved stinging nettles - now i am totally craving some more - but alas the farmer's market where I got them isn't here again until Sunday....any leads on who may have them now?

Whole Foods didn't have it in Mountain View,
Peninsula location preferred.
Thanks!

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Melanie Wong 03/31/10 1:34PM Nancy at Middleton Farm in Healdsburg usually has them this time of year. During the winter she sells at the Saturday morning farmers...

Nancy at Middleton Farm in Healdsburg usually has them this time of year. During the winter she sells at the Saturday morning farmers market in Santa Rosa some weekends. You might call to confirm.

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1. Melanie Wong 04/03/10 4:51PM re: Melanie Wong Here's a picture of the bin of organic stinging nettles at the Santa Rosa farmers market this morning. $5 for 0.25 lb. http...
  
  Here's a picture of the bin of organic stinging nettles at the Santa Rosa farmers market this morning. $5 for 0.25 lb.
  http://www.flickr.com/photos/melaniew...
  
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tatertot 03/31/10 1:55PM I recently tried nettles too and know how you feel. I had to find some so I could make them myself. Sorry, SF location, but I...

I recently tried nettles too and know how you feel. I had to find some so I could make them myself. Sorry, SF location, but I got mine at the Ferry Building farmer's market from Heirloom Organics. Here's a link to their schedule: http://www.heirloom-organic.com/conta...
You have to ask for them and they're pre-bagged.

Btw, they're pretty time consuming to prepare. You have to wear gloves and remove the leaves from the stems.

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  takuhead 03/31/10 2:43PM re: tatertot really - hard to prepare? good thing I had no idea - I just dumped the bag into my saute pan - added a little butter and garlic...
  
  really - hard to prepare? good thing I had no idea - I just dumped the bag into my saute pan - added a little butter and garlic, some water - put the lid on - and voila - done - add some salt and pepper - they were heavenly - had a tiny bit left over from last night - scrambled with my eggs this morning....now I am dying to get more - I got mine last Sunday from the Calif Ave Farmer's Market in Palo Alto - Happy Boy Farms - they were prebagged... sign...looks like the ferry building on Sat or wait until Sunday....
  
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  1. Melanie Wong 03/31/10 2:48PM re: takuhead Happy Boy goes to quite a few markets during the season, don't know about now. Here's the contact info if you want to call. http...
    
    Happy Boy goes to quite a few markets during the season, don't know about now. Here's the contact info if you want to call.
    http://www.happyboyfarms.com/
    
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    sfbing 03/31/10 2:49PM re: takuhead If your nettles are young and tender, then you can just dump them straight from the bag into water or cooking pan. If the leaves...
    
    If your nettles are young and tender, then you can just dump them straight from the bag into water or cooking pan. If the leaves are bigger and attached to tough stems, I would recommend wearing gloves and removing the stems, which is a bit tedious.
    
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possumspice 03/31/10 2:01PM I see them all the time at Bi-Rite in the Mission. Call first. They weren't too bad to prepare. A quick blanch in boiling water...

I see them all the time at Bi-Rite in the Mission. Call first. They weren't too bad to prepare. A quick blanch in boiling water removes the sting. But yes, wear gloves.

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ecowaters 06/03/14 9:39AM You can find them growing like a weed in the parks. Try the walks up on Route 35 in Woodside. They were growing next to a garage...

You can find them growing like a weed in the parks. Try the walks up on Route 35 in Woodside. They were growing next to a garage here in San Mateo, but somebody cut them down. I transplanted some roots from a Santa Cruz yard (they grow year-round) into my garden, but they're in the dry garden so they grow stunted. I'll transplant them to their own garden (they spread like mad).
Beware they have histamine effects and they lower sex hormone binding globulin. That might be a really good thing, all depending. Pick them with gloves.

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  eaglesnest 08/31/15 3:46PM re: ecowaters Hi ecowaters... I would like to be able to grow some here in Livermore. I wonder if I sewed some seeds (which I see you can buy...
  
  Hi ecowaters...
  I would like to be able to grow some here in Livermore. I wonder if I sewed some seeds (which I see you can buy online) along our creeks, if that would work. I know it likes a damp environment.
  1. escargot3 09/03/15 9:34AM re: eaglesnest You can make it easy on yourself. I bought a starter from one of the nurseries in the EAst BAy. I think it was at the Native Plants...
    
    You can make it easy on yourself. I bought a starter from one of the nurseries in the EAst BAy. I think it was at the Native Plants Nursery in the park in Berkeley. (not sure of the exact name.)
    
    In my yard, it grows under the shade of a tree here in Oakland. Just keep it protected from the sun.
    
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