first nettles of the season

Now that the snow is gone and we have had a full week with temperatures above freezing the plants are waking up, among them the nettles. Therefore, today when I got home I harvested the first of the nettles--cute little things still too small to bite back, so I was able to pick them with my bare hands without feeling any sting (well, ok, a couple growing on old stems had a hint of sting, but not enough to complain about). Even though they are so tiny, we have enough that I was able to pick a decent sized bag full to turn into a yummy soup with potato, carrot, leek, and garlic (and butter, of course).

I have spent the evening trying to do stuff for our Medieval Days event in Hägnan. Our event in-box is now empty, and I managed to send out one, count them one, event registration confirmation (there are 41 registered so far). But then I realized that the workers and group leaders are supposed to get log in information so they can access the web page, and asking about how that is supposed to work got me an invite to head out to visit the web page creator to learn how to use it this weekend, so those emails will need to wait till after that. Sigh. This event is having a few issues, hopefully overcome-able, due to the fact that all of us running it are new to running an event of this size and type.

I will certainly do what I can to make it work anyway.