Karen, here in our area we have something commonly called Prairie Dock. Three native plants go by that name, but ours is Silphium terebinthinaceum. I have found it growing on disturbed hillsides in poor rocky soil (which describes most of it down here). It has a very tall stem surmounted by yellow composite flowers arising from a basal rosette of very large broad leaves. I doubt seriously if it's a true Dock. Good show, Karen! By the way, roots of very young Burdock plants are delicious cut up and sauteed in butter!
Hi Wayne!! That is nice to know! Thanks for sharing! I love working with burdock root. It is farmed in Japan - and in Canada, Saskatchewan. At least they recognize how valuable it is as a root veggie! Makes an emerald green tea too which tastes nice!
I have the one you call bloody dock in my garden. I bought it from a nursery as "raspberry sorrel" I planted it next to my green sorrel. Now I have a sorrel patch. They taste nearly identical. We make a nice soup with them.
Dock is delicious and you can tame it. Very early greens usually, along with dandelion and wild chicory. I was surprised at Sprouts store recently as they were selling dandelion. The taned one I keep a bit of in my garden very similar to the one in the store.
@@hoosierpioneer the Japanese actually use the tamed version they developed as a garden plant and eat those. Look up the info on its medicinal/herbal studies at Sloan Kettering. BURDOCK from personal experience is a good topical treatment for burns and minor skin abrasions and cuts. Do some research on this plant it is amazing that it is underutilized as a natural remedy for many things. I live in an area where there are Amish and there is an ointment out there they use. BURDOCK is a biennial . You can somewhat control it by simply destroying the stalk that flowers.
@@hoosierpioneer I did answer this, for some reason it is not showing now. I can get pretty disgusted with YT. ANYWAY. look up the many uses of this plant and especially Sloan Kettering research .
@@EdibleWildFood-1 but after a few years in your garden they will actually look a lot more like the ones in the store. It is amazing how plants can evolve so rapidly when they have very favorable conditions. Dandelions in lawns are nothing like ones you can raise even tho those come from the same stock. The whole problem with a number of wild foods not ever being cultivated common garden items is just that, too easy to raise. There is a BIG PROBLEM as current farming methods concentrates on the elimination of 'WEEDS' which can nourish and even cure. I see the right of ways along the roads that used to be full of for instance echinacea but are no longer hosting herbal or food foraging plants. Big PHARMA and AGRIBUSINESS don't want to lose out to wild food or cures...they want humanity to live under their patents and rules.
your red vein doc is also red vein sorrel which i have been growing for years in my garden, it grows all winter and in the summer it takes off and it loves to be growing in the strawberry patch like the spinach family
Karen, here in our area we have something commonly called Prairie Dock. Three native plants go by that name, but ours is Silphium terebinthinaceum. I have found it growing on disturbed hillsides in poor rocky soil (which describes most of it down here). It has a very tall stem surmounted by yellow composite flowers arising from a basal rosette of very large broad leaves. I doubt seriously if it's a true Dock. Good show, Karen! By the way, roots of very young Burdock plants are delicious cut up and sauteed in butter!
Hi Wayne!! That is nice to know! Thanks for sharing! I love working with burdock root. It is farmed in Japan - and in Canada, Saskatchewan. At least they recognize how valuable it is as a root veggie! Makes an emerald green tea too which tastes nice!
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oh thank you much for that info.
I have the one you call bloody dock in my garden. I bought it from a nursery as "raspberry sorrel" I planted it next to my green sorrel. Now I have a sorrel patch. They taste nearly identical. We make a nice soup with them.
I have a patch of garden sorrel (green) that thrives year after year!! It does make a great soup!
Dock is delicious and you can tame it. Very early greens usually, along with dandelion and wild chicory. I was surprised at Sprouts store recently as they were selling dandelion. The taned one I keep a bit of in my garden very similar to the one in the store.
Dock can be tamed! Dandelions are sold at grocery stores - and the ones in the wild look way different!
I'm not sure if you said if burdock is edible. Are these the weeds that crowd my garden and have huge taproots?
@@hoosierpioneer the Japanese actually use the tamed version they developed as a garden plant and eat those. Look up the info on its medicinal/herbal studies at Sloan Kettering. BURDOCK from personal experience is a good topical treatment for burns and minor skin abrasions and cuts. Do some research on this plant it is amazing that it is underutilized as a natural remedy for many things. I live in an area where there are Amish and there is an ointment out there they use. BURDOCK is a biennial . You can somewhat control it by simply destroying the stalk that flowers.
@@hoosierpioneer I did answer this, for some reason it is not showing now. I can get pretty disgusted with YT. ANYWAY. look up the many uses of this plant and especially Sloan Kettering research .
@@EdibleWildFood-1 but after a few years in your garden they will actually look a lot more like the ones in the store. It is amazing how plants can evolve so rapidly when they have very favorable conditions. Dandelions in lawns are nothing like ones you can raise even tho those come from the same stock. The whole problem with a number of wild foods not ever being cultivated common garden items is just that, too easy to raise. There is a BIG PROBLEM as current farming methods concentrates on the elimination of 'WEEDS' which can nourish and even cure. I see the right of ways along the roads that used to be full of for instance echinacea but are no longer hosting herbal or food foraging plants. Big PHARMA and AGRIBUSINESS don't want to lose out to wild food or cures...they want humanity to live under their patents and rules.
your red vein doc is also red vein sorrel which i have been growing for years in my garden, it grows all winter and in the summer it takes off and it loves to be growing in the strawberry patch like the spinach family
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Great video! I've never heard of bloody bock before. Broad leaved dock and curly dock are ILLEGAL to grow in the UK as thry are invasive
Thank you for watching! One day, and possibly sooner than later, people will be thankful for the edible invasives.