Best method for getting rid of nettles (lots of them)

[Monika]

We mustn't forget that nettles are also the food plants of the caterpillars of three of our best loved butterflies, small tortoiseshell, red admiral and peacock, so if you have a patch in a nice sunny spot, leave a few nettles standing for the caterpillars!

[Magic Beans]

... so if you have a patch in a nice sunny spot, leave a few nettles standing for the caterpillars!

Hi Monika,

Now there is an interesting fact I did not know. Rest assured that the other side of the fence at the bottom of the garden is a large field that has a strip about ten metres deep of 'set-a-side' (or what ever they call it now) and this has many nettle patches with the added bonus that is faces south to catch the sun all day long.