i have had the same experience with nettles. It as that your hands are paralysed and it will not wear off for some hours or even days
i tend to chop them down with a boarder fork and remove as much root as possible and place then in an old compostt bag by putting your hand inside the bag and bring the offending nettle through the bag, with no contact to the skin
Verdun. Seriously though, why is it some nettle stings are worse than others? Are there different levels of the stinging chemical between individual plants? I actually quite like being stung a bit (gets weird looks), it reminds me of my childhood
I once fell off the top of a load of hay as it was being hauled up a narrow lane with high banks either side. Guess what was several feet high on those banks? And the weather was warm and sunny so I had as little clothing on as was consistent with some degree of decency (it was a long, long time ago).
On the other hand I have photographed swarms of butterfly caterpillars such as Peacocks and Tortoiseshells on banks of nettles so they do have some compensations.
A very very long time ago when my grandfather was a small boy Dr W G Grace was staying on our family farm to go shooting with Gt Grandfather.
My grandfather fell into a ditch full of stinging nettles and as he was wearing shorts his legs were badly stung.
The story goes that Dr Grace pulled him out of the ditch, patted him on the head and said, "There there young man, if you're brave and don't cry, I'll send you a cricket bat when I get home."
A cricket bat duly arrived, complete with an inscribed silver plaque to my grandfather from Dr W. G. Grace. It was my job to oil it when I was a child. Now my brother has it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
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I think you're two days early Verdun?
Verdun
i have had the same experience with nettles. It as that your hands are paralysed and it will not wear off for some hours or even days
i tend to chop them down with a boarder fork and remove as much root as possible and place then in an old compostt bag by putting your hand inside the bag and bring the offending nettle through the bag, with no contact to the skin
Seems to work for me
Watch out for adders, Verdun. I saw the first one over a week ago but I like to see them although you are not so keen.
There's never a dock leaf around when you need one! Have you tried the antihistamine type of hayfever tablets? They should calm it down.
I once fell off the top of a load of hay as it was being hauled up a narrow lane with high banks either side. Guess what was several feet high on those banks? And the weather was warm and sunny so I had as little clothing on as was consistent with some degree of decency (it was a long, long time ago).
On the other hand I have photographed swarms of butterfly caterpillars such as Peacocks and Tortoiseshells on banks of nettles so they do have some compensations.
A very very long time ago when my grandfather was a small boy Dr W G Grace was staying on our family farm to go shooting with Gt Grandfather.
My grandfather fell into a ditch full of stinging nettles and as he was wearing shorts his legs were badly stung.
The story goes that Dr Grace pulled him out of the ditch, patted him on the head and said, "There there young man, if you're brave and don't cry, I'll send you a cricket bat when I get home."
A cricket bat duly arrived, complete with an inscribed silver plaque to my grandfather from Dr W. G. Grace. It was my job to oil it when I was a child. Now my brother has it
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.