Where to get stinging nettles before Sunday?

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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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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/contactinfo.html
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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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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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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