Hi all,
I'd probably blanch, or dry, them first.
What else can I feed shrimp from the hedgerow
I think the answer is that we don't really know.
Leaf vegetables should be reasonably safe, because we've bred the toxic compounds out of them. I haven't tried it, but Apple, Hazel or Elm leaves should also be shrimp safe. The used to cut Elm as <
"tree hay"> and feed it to the cattle in winter.
The advantage of Nettles (
Urtica dioica) as a food is that they are <"
very rich in nutrients">.
Most plants, with similar nutrient rich composition, protect themselves with a whole raft of fairly toxic compounds (alkaloids, oxalic acid, latex etc), but nettles don't, they rely on their stinging hairs.
cheers Darrel