Brand New Gardener.

[zabado]

Yup !. it's me again. Earlier on this year I was planting out some seeds that I wasn't too sure off, but being keen I thought *** keep going. I ended up growing all kinds off wonderful plants. Then, two or three months later some of the plants needed re-potting. One of the plants had really got my attention because I didn't remember planting it and I had no idea where it had come from, but it was green and growing strong so I made a bee line for this plant and really cared and looked after it . That is until I wanted to re-pot it. I made the soil loose and gently tapped the base of the pot to release the plant and was promptly stung on the side of my fingers. For the previous three months I had been feeding, watering and caring for a bloody nettle. Still, this brand new gardener has learned another valuable lesson.

[mrs_overall]

I have a recipe for nettle soup if you'd like it?

[Hopkirk]

At least it wasn't marijuana

[askyourgran]

Have a look for the dock leaf, you may have been nurturing one of those as well. They usually grow near red nettles, they are said to relieve the sting. White nettles don't sting. (I think it's that way round).

[mrs_overall]

I have a recipe for cookies for that.....

[woofgang]

I let nettles grow in a corner of my garden because so many butterflies lay their eggs on them.
http://www.nettles.org.uk/nettles/wildlife/butterflies.asp

[tamborine]

Hahaha. OH planted sweetcorn and diligently fed, watered & weeded them, he found the pulled grass weed grew from a corn seed ;/

[Old_Geezer]

It's the survivors in the plant world that do best (evolution at work). These become known as weeds as they turn up where something else that was required seems to just give up.

My paid for tree peonies all opted for death despite my efforts, mainly over the winter period the previous winter, but the thing that found it's way into one of the pots is growing amazingly and clings with its roots like it's cemented in.

[Chipchopper]

This reminds me of an elderly lady, who for a few years fed, watered, nurtured her prize blueberry bush, which repaid her by growing into a lovely strong and healthy plant.
The only thing missing was the blueberries which she had been eagerly waiting for.
Anyway, to cut a long story short, it was pointed out to her by an experienced gardener that the bush she had been caring with love and affection, turned out to be a goat willow that had snuck into the pot unnoticed and proceed to take over, as they so often do.
A bit like the cuckoo equivalent of the plant kingdom ;-)