{"id":6552,"date":"2021-04-23T17:36:54","date_gmt":"2021-04-23T15:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/permaculture-equine.fr\/?p=6552"},"modified":"2021-04-24T20:43:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-24T18:43:39","slug":"l-ecosysteme-des-orties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/permaculture-equine.fr\/en\/l-ecosysteme-des-orties\/","title":{"rendered":"The nettle ecosystem"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6552\" class=\"elementor elementor-6552\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c0b8fe elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c0b8fe\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c61eb3e\" data-id=\"c61eb3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34926d9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"34926d9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/permaculture-equine.fr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/IMG_1165-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-6556\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-srcset=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c09fd0 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c09fd0\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-db1a4c5\" data-id=\"db1a4c5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-718b8f7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"718b8f7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Who does not remember a painful meeting with our friends the nettles? ...<\/p><ul><li>there are many varieties (30) around the world,<\/li><li>there are 5 in France,<\/li><li>the most common are stinging nettle (<i>Urtica dioica<\/i>, which has the particularity of being perennial),<\/li><li>and the burning nettle (<i>Urtica urens<\/i>, which is a smaller annual).\u00a0<\/li><\/ul><p>The nettle ecosystem allows us to discover a whole world and its presence allows us to learn more about our soils.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36c604a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36c604a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bio-indicator plant<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fddc697 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fddc697\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Reading G\u00e9rard Ducerf we learn that the most common that we will see today:<\/p><ul><li>prefers floodplain or riverside forests,<\/li><li>as well as forest edges,<\/li><li>that she also loves places modified by man: gardens, paths, meadows, hedgerows, orchards ...<\/li><\/ul><p>Its presence indicates:<\/p><ul><li>regular saturation with water (especially in winter): this causes a change in the state of the iron in the soil, and it is sometimes also just a sign of the presence of \"dumps\" for iron objects<\/li><li>too much archaic plant organic matter which characterizes a soil evolving towards a forest type soil\u00a0<\/li><li>too much animal organic matter: that's why it is easy to find nettles where there are horses, in rejection areas, near manure heaps ...<\/li><\/ul><p>We will therefore easily benefit from his presence in a Paddock Paradise in equine permaculture: this is very good news.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8538849 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8538849\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biodiversity reservoir plant<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ec9624 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ec9624\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Insects, birds, amphibians and mammals form a rich and complex food web.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e45f85 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7e45f85\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">More than 40 species of insects<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5721304 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5721304\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Butterflies<\/strong><\/span> :<\/p><ul><li>butterfly larvae that make their nests of silk at the top of the stems,<\/li><li>butterfly that lays its egg on leaves exposed to the sun only (<a href=\"https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vulcain_(papillon)\"><strong>to find out more go see here<\/strong><\/a>),<\/li><li>the specific nettle moth,\u00a0<\/li><li>the mint scale which is a moth ...<\/li><\/ul><p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Others<\/span> :<\/strong><\/p><ul><li>green or black aphids which will feed the larvae of ladybugs, and the ants which raise them,<\/li><li>spiders,<\/li><li>weevils,<\/li><li>leafhoppers that suck their sap,<\/li><li>carnivorous bugs,<\/li><li>mosquitoes of all kinds: what will be a concern for us with skin-rash horses (and which explains why, in general, all horses that have a choice choose other shaded areas than hedges in summer,<\/li><li>grasshoppers ...<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ceece8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ceece8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Birds<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f9afa8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f9afa8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>insectivorous<\/strong><\/span> <strong>:<\/strong> blue tits, warblers and other small, agile birds that will eat aphids<\/li><li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">but also granivorous<\/span><\/strong> <strong>:<\/strong> sparrows, partridge, bullfinches, pheasants<\/li><li><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">or even herbivores<\/span> :<\/strong> like the geese who can set up their nest there ...<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16f9c96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16f9c96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Batrachians<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c1a343e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c1a343e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this often very cool environment we also find frogs like the green frog ...<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40cedd6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40cedd6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mammals<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-557d144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"557d144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>the hedgehog finds snails and slugs there,<\/li><li>and the weasel finds voles there,<\/li><li>obviously the fox is not far away!<\/li><li>while rabbits, hinds, deer feel safe there ...<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-345173b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"345173b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Preserving islands of biodiversity<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-34e18bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"34e18bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Equine permaculture means understanding better and differently the role of the different elements of your site's ecosystems: so you better know why to protect nettles.<\/p><ul><li>to enrich animal biodiversity,<\/li><li>pour prot\u00e9ger les biodiversit\u00e9 de vos cultures : un il\u00f4t d\u2019ortie au potager nourrit les pucerons\u2026 et prot\u00e8ge vos plantations,<\/li><li>a handful of nettle rich in nitrogen at the bottom of the tomato planting hole protects them from mildew,<\/li><li>nettles mixed 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