This is a very simple soup as all the ingredients are fresh from the garden apart from the onion. A few tips, when collecting the nettles or ‘stingers’ as we call them for the very obvious reasons, wear gloves, cut only the very tips and it’s probably better to not use after the end of June when they become tougher.  Also be careful where you collect from, nettles grow freely so take care not to use any that could be polluted. The vegetables I have used today are those found in my garden at the moment (Late April). The taste of the cooked nettles is quite similar to spinach and when there’s not to much growing in the garden it is lovely to have something to use that is fresh. You will need the … Read entire article »