Every video you put out just gets better and better in production quality; it's been so amazing to watch y'all grow over the years. You deserve all of your success.
Love watching your harvesting of your food. I have gotten so much information from watching you and Your hubby. I love watching you Guys cook. Totally looking forward to seeing how you Guys fix up your new home. Your previous home was wonderful. GOD Bless and thanks for sharing🐞🙏🙏🙏🐞
I was watching with my 5yr son, and he goes ‘Why does she look so happy?’ I said, ‘cause she loves her life. ‘😊 Always, Thanks so much for sharing such awesome content. It’s so cool to see. You guys Rock and Inspire!!❤🇨🇦
It's official! When other pressing projects are taken care of, you guys have to build a wonderful outdoor kitchen with a roof, pit/grilling area, nice big work bench/ counter top, and other cool designs. Yall love to be outside and that would just be awesome! 😊❤
@@charlenekociuba7396 they would not leave food outside. They would just work on all their canning, cooking, prep work, salmon cleaning, etc. out doors in their cool out door kitchen. They always worked outside doing these things at their previous home. I'm saying that now at the new place it would be cool to have a more structured, permanent area to do those things instead of just setting up tables. No food left outside.
Wow! I love watching your life!! Thanks for sharing your life and your ideas! The footage and scenery is so cool! God's country!! Appreciate your enthusiasm and energy!😊
My girlfriend and I watch your uploads religiously, and I just wanted to finally leave a comment to say, thank you for sharing your lives with us! I swear I don’t think I’ve ever found one of your videos to be boring, I’m always intrigued by what you guys are doing. And Arielle, when you said “I’m going to borrow my friends words…this is the best thing ever!” about the popsicle, I laughed out loud. My girlfriend and I laugh every time Eric says that, because he says it all the time and I can tell he means it. 😂
Just want to let you know you. My number one UA-cam show up there in Alaska. Thank you very much specially when you out in the woods. Picking items that you can't eat or turn into tea. Love ya, keep up the great job🎉
Dont forget the dandelion greens! We used to harvest them in the mountains around my grandmother's village in greece and shed cook them like kale or spinach. Slightly bitter, but really nice w a splash of lemon and drizzle of olive oil. She called it "horta"
Horta actually refers to any edible (usually foraged) greens cooked like that. Dandelion greens are one of the easiest to identify and find. Horta is the part of the Greek origins of the word horticulture.
Here in Pennsylvania, a traditional dish dandelion greens is made in a sweet bacon dressing and we add sliced boiled egg, shredded onions and mushrooms, just a tad of each, it is my favorite dish in the springtime!
We always Thoroughly Enjoy every show. Many times we will take and Make some Cowboy Candy or many other Tasty Treats we have only found here on your Shows on UA-cam. Ariel an Excellent Bread Maker a long with Pickling Pro as well !! Eric also a man with Great Cooking Skills. Along with the stunning Photography In Vids and Excellent Music. We enjoy The Tips and Tricks along with Recipes that Flavorful Fun and Fantastic for Any and All to try. Please keep them.coming. You 2 and the Pups are a Great encouragement to All of Us. My whole Family Loves Your Family Be Blessed and always Be Careful.
My grandmother used to save dandelion root for medicinal purposes. She would let them dry out by laying them on a tray. She would knock most of the dirt off them then let them dry out. She never would wash them because she told me water washes off some of the medicinal properties. She just made sure they were as clean as possible before she dried them. Thanks for sharing a part of your life with us. I really enjoy watching you learn and try new things together. ❤
Harvest dandelion roots in the fall. This way they have all spring,summer and fall to gather all their nutrients and have more to offer you in nutrition when harvested. I love your videos and you both teach me so much. I need to start doing more with spruce tips then eat them off the trees. You both inspire me to try more. Love your recipes!
@@mariaslibeck9984 They make a really beneficial tea, the dandelion root is especially good for women and it can help with pms symptoms and is a natural mild diuretic to combat the monthly water gain. It can also help the digestion system if you have a little constipation...honestly, I could go on and on about it, but needless to say once you start using dandelions and their roots, you'll never look at them the same way!
My understanding is to harvest the roots early. They will be holding the energy that is to sent to the flower. I would recommend people research for accuracy.
I absolutely love these videos of using the goods outside and making wonderful things from them, this is all stuff I’ve never seen on any other channel. Love it! ❤
Really enjoy your videos! Now that I am Long retired and nearing 80 YO eating is my Favorite Hobby! Watching you two preparing foods makes me hungary! THANKS!!!!!
You guys inspired me to try making my own spruce tip syrup this year, and it was AMAZING! I was trying to describe it to one of my adult children and I said, "You know how old ladies put balsam sachets in the sock drawer? Well it kind of tastes like that all over the roof of your mouth, but sweet!" And my son be like, "Ummm... Not really selling it for me!" But he did try it and he loved it too and can't wait for me to make more next year. Thanks for lighting this path for me!
I always thumbs up before watching as I watch your videos in the evening before I go to bed. It brings me happiness to see you kids being so productive. I send you love from Florida 👍🏼💖💋🏝
Thank you so muches for your time and effort involved in sharing with us, I lived in Fairbanks for 3 years as a kid and currently have 50 acre in Washington halfway between Seattle and Portland, 4 minutes from the freeway, ever you would like,you will be treated like royalty, rather hang out with you guys than any tv or video game, even competing with music for my enjoyment, we are much the same as both of you eerily and would like to meet you all someday 😀
Thanks for sharing! You both deserve a break from all the physical work on the property you have been doing. Enjoy the nice weather & your harvesting 🥰 LOVE YOU GUYS!!! ( from SW Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 )
I love watching your adventures in Alaska I have been to Alaska it's been almost 50 years ago I was in Anchorage and we went camping in China and we saw the sheep and the moose and it was amazing so yeah I could have been with you I love all your adventures puts me on the end of my chair to watch some of the things that you guys have accomplished like this the ice fishing in the bear hunting and fishing for salmon it's amazing and I love it that you bring your dogs with you thanks for all your adventures I can't wait to see what you're going to do next❤❤
All das machen wir seit vielen Generationen! Schön, dass ihr es weitergebt! Die Menschen hören mehr auf Fremde, als auf die eigene Familie! Egal wie, es wird weiter gegeben! Danke dafür ❤
I just enjoy all your content whatever the subject matter and especially with a backdrop of incredible Alaskan wilderness; you are a self sufficient very resourceful couple who just get on with the tasks and make things happen. These are great instructive and entertaining videos you are sharing with us. Thanks from Europe.👌😊
The spider is called a goldenrod crab spider ... it can camouflage itself to match it's surroundings. Those popsicles look amazing! and the spruce tip syrup is looking good. I made some last year and it turned out fantastic. Sadly I missed the window this year for getting more spruce tips, but I will definitely get more next year.
Thanks, Arielle and Eric! You did it again! You blew my mind! As a child we harvested dandelion greens before they blossomed. They were ready before the lettuce and other early garden vegetables. Never knew there were so many other things to do with the actual blossoms. The spruce tips processing is a new learning for today! My sister and I drove into the White Mountain National Forest last week to see the Lupine… so beautiful! Loved your drone footage at the beginning. Everything about your new place is so inviting… you bring joy to our hearts with each new adventure! Can’t wait for your next post! 💞
So glad to see you concocting up yummy things again. I just love all the rocks and stones find a little corner to save them so many things you can make with the rocks too. These popsicles looked soooo good. Yum yum🌲
💛💚🤍What a nice relaxing video seeing you two in your element of picking things from nature and making things from them, & then cooking and eating..all outside! 💚Y’all needed this break! 🕊️And you seem so happy and peaceful! It felt like home! I’m really happy for you two!! God bless!! 🙏🏼 🕊️🤍💚💛
Lupines! A favorite here in NH as well! I like apple cider best when it just starts to ferment. Effervescent, bubbly, and zingy! Cheers! Popsicles look a m a z i n g!
We used to pick large paper bags full of dandelions for my aunt. She made dandelion wine with it. Might want to try that, if you come across a field packed with them!
Thank you both for sharing what you know and what you have learned with the rest of us. As someone that currently lives in an apartment, I just want to thank you for making your videos and sharing your knowledge and adventures with us. I love watching you guys. You two not only put out some high quality videos you two are also letting people like me know that our dreams can come true too.
While hiking the other day, I came across a stand of young spruce trees. The tips were so bright green and soft, my first thought was of you guys and the myriad of delicious things you make using them! Popsicles??? Wow! I love watching the transformation of your property unfold! As a side note, boy, could I keep you guys furnished with all things dandelion! I dig them up by the bucketfuls!😂 My grandmother would cook the young leaves for the amazing amount of vitamin C they contain. It’s so interesting to see the ways you utilize native plants. I envy you for seeing a Shooting Star in person. That flower has eluded me so far. 🙌🏻👍
In the UK a very traditional fizzy po/soda is dandelion and burdock made from the root of both those plants. It looks like cola and tastes vaguely similar.
As a forager myself, I've been patiently waiting for another foraging video ❤. I've had a spruce tip tincture going for a little over a month. Started a wild lettuce tincture about 3 days ago.
I use them medicinally, these are both gonna be pain relievers for my ex-husband. I also tried my hand at a ginger bug in early spring, it was a fail. We had a warm spell and then a frost and the ferment location got a little warm and wonky. Needless to say it molded 😭. But I'm gonna try again either in the basement or in the early fall.
It's fun to watch you guys exploring and experimenting. So satisfying to identify new plants on your land like that. We look forward to finding out what uses you can put them to.
I was so excited to see the Tiger Swallowtail butterfly in your opening footage, I had no idea their range was that far north! It's funny that we fight dandelions as a weed in our suburban lawn every year. I'm not sure I'd eat any of them as people use a lot of pesticides here, but the bees sure love them. The crab spider you found is really cool! We had one that was white on one of our white flowers and it actually captured a bee the other day. I just want to say I'm extremely appreciative for you both taking the time to show the local flora and fauna for use while you develop your property. So awesome!! 😀
You are correct. With the use of pesticides and fertilizers common in American lawns, probably best to not use. I actually purchased Dandelion seeds from Mountain Rose Herbs. Hopefully growing them next year. I currently buy dried roots and use them in medicinal teas.
I made several litres of spruce tip syrup this year -- the variant where you boil them up with water and then add sugar and simmer it down to the desired consistency. The tips Eric calls too far along are actually still perfect for this method. As long as they're still soft and pale green, it doesn't matter if the new needles are starting to spread out a bit. Spruce tip syrup is delicious -- tastes like wild honey, but with a much more intense resinous note. We love it.
I’ve been intrigued by your use of spruce tips in years past. And dandelions! Who knew you could make so many wonderful products from such simple ingredients. The popsicles looked AMAZING!🎉❤❤
My favorite couple, you can eat the dandelion greens in a salad. You can deep fry the Blossoms. Love your show.😇❤❤🌹🌹🌹🌻🌻
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You two would probably enjoy building & using an herb drying cabinet. I think there's even plans online for one using the sun to warm the inside & exhaust the moist air. The shelves can be covered in just cotton cloth, or window screen material if you have that.
you brought memories of my childhood, my mother used to take me and my sister in the forest near our house to pick spruce tips. She used to boil them with sugar and make a thick syrup. We had it in summer with mineral water instead of soda and in winter we put some in boiling water and make into a tea. She used to give it us straight up syrup in winter if we had a soar throat too.
I absolutely love watching your journey. But I absolutely love you harvesting , fishing, hunting and cooking videos so much more. I felt so sad for you for not having your garden this year I also understand that you need to work on your homestead. You both are amazing people
Lol Ariel wearing a Granny Smith apple peel necklace at the same time that bandit is hocking up something he likely ate from the ground is pure cinematic gold. 17:19
Loved the timelapse of the dandelion flower, amazing seeing all the insects and pollinators. When I pick dandelions for flowers or seed heads I pick the whole stem and make a small bundle with the stems onces the flowers are removed then snip them up into small rings straight on the ground in the chook yard and the chickens go crazy for them. If we try giving our girls the stems whole they just ignore but snipped into small pieces they absolutely love it. When there is not much dandelion stems I bundle things like dandelion leaves, plantain leaves and flower stems, sow thistle, clover, chickweed, kale leaf rib, comfrey, yarrow, oregano, sage, parsley or leaves (eg grape, mulberry, passionfruit) whatever is plentiful at the time and cut it into small pieces or short ribbons depending what is in it.
OMG, those Popsicles looked AMAZING!!!💯💯💯 I really enjoy watching what you make with the things that grow around y'all!!!😎😎😎 I hope this finds y'all well and I can't wait for the next episode (as always)!!!👍👍👍 I also hope y'all had a WONDERFUL 4th of July!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Much Love and Prayers from FL 💖💞🙏🌴💖💞🙏🌴💖💞🙏🌴
I always enjoy seeing what new recipe y'all will come up with next. My grandmother used to pick dandelions and make soup and such. My mom didn't like it enough to do it herself so I've never tasted them unfortunately.
i was just lamenting today about having missed out on spruce tip season. Then here you two are! Thanks for rubbing it in! lol. I don't know... there is still snow on the mountains... maybe if I climb..... I didn't realize how very much I missed these types of videos from you guys. I want to go find a meadow with dandelions somewhere up a trail where it hasn't been sprayed! Thanks Eric for identifying Shooting Star. I was at my sister's Willow property yesterday mostly identifying things. I noticed this one and hadn't had the chance to identify it yet.... so thank you so much! oh ... and great time lapse on the dandelion! A great timelapse would be the blooming of a fireweed! Watching that would feel like a floral fireworks show!
An interesting creative video. FYI Lupins are considered an invasive species in NS and spread like wildfire on their own. The spread is aided by people planting them due to their beautiful colors. You can see a huge expansion of Lupin beds along highways from year to year as they are very prolific. Not sure how they may affect your future edible plants.👍👍👍
Yum! Dandelions!! I eat them every day! Be sure to eat the spring greens. They’re not bitter like the ones later on. And eat the flowers too! Dandelions are highly medicinal, especially for your liver.
I love your videos, it’s fascinating to see how much verity of food you can harvest from your property, love that you are keeping old traditions of foraging alive and demonstrating how to process it all x
OKAY Now wait a minute! I know things grow big in Alaska, but you don't need a backhoe to dig up a dandelion! 😂❤😂. My mother always used apple peels in place of pectin when she could. She also made a ground cherry preserve (you had some growing in the high tower at the old place) that was everybody's favorite. ❤ To you both and all your fur and feather buddies. Lori from Oregon.
lol! Oh man! I was laughing so hard!... watching the shovel and digging.. the painstaking process of digging up the treasured dandelion root... then BAM next thing I see is a back hoe! OMG! and then you come along with that comment! that was quite witty!
I read from a very old UK Boy Scouts handbook that you can pick Dandelion roots, slow roast till brittle, grind down and use as ‘coffee’. Very tasty. The only downside is that there is zero caffeine! Love the videos and your lifestyle .
It's exciting to watch you two do something that you are so good at. .foraging and in a new area its cool that you found some new plants your new property is going to be so much more fun over the next few years especially the more you guy get to know it. I can't wait for the next big garden those are always pretty cool videos just because you both know so much about growing plants
I Love this Channel....:) Its Never Boring and your Both Equally Enthused and Involved together....:) It's been Fun watching you guy's Grow....:) Thank you for Sharing your Adventures ❤️
Spruce tips taste so good just after picking as well. Another way you can soak them in vinegar overnight than rinse and they taste great that way as well.
Dandelion leaves are good to eat and very healthy for you too. Dandelion greens can be eaten cooked or raw and are an excellent source of vitamins A, C, and K. They also contain vitamin E, folate, and small amounts of other B vitamins.
Always lovely to visit , fun to watch you cooking up your wild finds.. Dandelions picked in the early spring are the best because they are not so bitter. Happy cooking / preserving.....
Every video you put out just gets better and better in production quality; it's been so amazing to watch y'all grow over the years. You deserve all of your success.
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Love watching your harvesting of your food. I have gotten so much information from watching you and Your hubby. I love watching you Guys cook. Totally looking forward to seeing how you Guys fix up your new home. Your previous home was wonderful. GOD Bless and thanks for sharing🐞🙏🙏🙏🐞
One of the few channels that I give a thumbs-up to at the beginning because I know that I will NOT be disappointed!!
Really enjoyed seeing you use the bounty from your land and make your recipes, very interested to see what you find in the forest on your land ❤
I love seeing how you harvest and use what the land provides 😀 Great job!
I love seeing all the different things you guys make with the stuff growing around you. You're very adventurous!😄
I was watching with my 5yr son, and he goes ‘Why does she look so happy?’ I said, ‘cause she loves her life. ‘😊 Always, Thanks so much for sharing such awesome content. It’s so cool to see. You guys Rock and Inspire!!❤🇨🇦
You are UNIQUE! I love it that when you say we will see you the next day you truly come back (not that I am attached,)❤️❤️❤️
It's official! When other pressing projects are taken care of, you guys have to build a wonderful outdoor kitchen with a roof, pit/grilling area, nice big work bench/ counter top, and other cool designs. Yall love to be outside and that would just be awesome! 😊❤
Totally agree with that idea
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Great dream but they live in bear territory, what would stop them from invading and helping themselves. They are pretty destructive.
@@charlenekociuba7396 they would not leave food outside. They would just work on all their canning, cooking, prep work, salmon cleaning, etc. out doors in their cool out door kitchen. They always worked outside doing these things at their previous home. I'm saying that now at the new place it would be cool to have a more structured, permanent area to do those things instead of just setting up tables. No food left outside.
Wow! I love watching your life!!
Thanks for sharing your life and your ideas!
The footage and scenery is so cool! God's country!!
Appreciate your enthusiasm and energy!😊
My girlfriend and I watch your uploads religiously, and I just wanted to finally leave a comment to say, thank you for sharing your lives with us! I swear I don’t think I’ve ever found one of your videos to be boring, I’m always intrigued by what you guys are doing. And Arielle, when you said “I’m going to borrow my friends words…this is the best thing ever!” about the popsicle, I laughed out loud. My girlfriend and I laugh every time Eric says that, because he says it all the time and I can tell he means it. 😂
Thanks guys :)
Just want to let you know you. My number one UA-cam show up there in Alaska. Thank you very much specially when you out in the woods. Picking items that you can't eat or turn into tea. Love ya, keep up the great job🎉
Dont forget the dandelion greens! We used to harvest them in the mountains around my grandmother's village in greece and shed cook them like kale or spinach. Slightly bitter, but really nice w a splash of lemon and drizzle of olive oil. She called it "horta"
Horta actually refers to any edible (usually foraged) greens cooked like that. Dandelion greens are one of the easiest to identify and find. Horta is the part of the Greek origins of the word horticulture.
Here in Pennsylvania, a traditional dish dandelion greens is made in a sweet bacon dressing and we add sliced boiled egg, shredded onions and mushrooms, just a tad of each, it is my favorite dish in the springtime!
I tried dandelion greens for the first time and loved it. I tossed the greens with maple syrup and it was a Wow in my mouth.
Only best before they flower though. After that they're a lot more bitter. (Unopened round buds and roots are good too!)
We always Thoroughly Enjoy every show. Many times we will take and Make some Cowboy Candy or many other Tasty Treats we have only found here on your Shows on UA-cam. Ariel an Excellent Bread Maker a long with Pickling Pro as well !! Eric also a man with Great Cooking Skills. Along with the stunning Photography In Vids and Excellent Music. We enjoy The Tips and Tricks along with Recipes that Flavorful Fun and Fantastic for Any and All to try. Please keep them.coming. You 2 and the Pups are a Great encouragement to All of Us. My whole Family Loves Your Family Be Blessed and always Be Careful.
My grandmother used to save dandelion root for medicinal purposes. She would let them dry out by laying them on a tray. She would knock most of the dirt off them then let them dry out. She never would wash them because she told me water washes off some of the medicinal properties. She just made sure they were as clean as possible before she dried them.
Thanks for sharing a part of your life with us. I really enjoy watching you learn and try new things together. ❤
Dandelion root tea is my favorite!
You guys should put out a cookbook from all your foraging you do
Harvest dandelion roots in the fall. This way they have all spring,summer and fall to gather all their nutrients and have more to offer you in nutrition when harvested. I love your videos and you both teach me so much. I need to start doing more with spruce tips then eat them off the trees. You both inspire me to try more. Love your recipes!
Curious as to what they were going to do w the dandelion roots!?!
@@mariaslibeck9984 They make a really beneficial tea, the dandelion root is especially good for women and it can help with pms symptoms and is a natural mild diuretic to combat the monthly water gain. It can also help the digestion system if you have a little constipation...honestly, I could go on and on about it, but needless to say once you start using dandelions and their roots, you'll never look at them the same way!
Get a plant identification app and it can help make a new plant search so easy!
My understanding is to harvest the roots early. They will be holding the energy that is to sent to the flower. I would recommend people research for accuracy.
@@kathymc234 I took courses from a very educated Herbalist and author who told the class to harvest them in the fall. I didn’t just make it up
Dandelion tea, coffee, salad, fried daand Dandelion wine are all fabulous ❤ love all of the videos you guys do, thank you
I absolutely love these videos of using the goods outside and making wonderful things from them, this is all stuff I’ve never seen on any other channel. Love it! ❤
Really enjoy your videos! Now that I am Long retired and nearing 80 YO eating is my Favorite Hobby! Watching you two preparing foods makes me hungary! THANKS!!!!!
You guys inspired me to try making my own spruce tip syrup this year, and it was AMAZING! I was trying to describe it to one of my adult children and I said, "You know how old ladies put balsam sachets in the sock drawer? Well it kind of tastes like that all over the roof of your mouth, but sweet!" And my son be like, "Ummm... Not really selling it for me!" But he did try it and he loved it too and can't wait for me to make more next year. Thanks for lighting this path for me!
Yeahhh that wouldn't sell me either 😂😬
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Your teaching lots of healthy tasty treats. Great stuff. 🏁🥰💖💖🏁
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I always thumbs up before watching as I watch your videos in the evening before I go to bed. It brings me happiness to see you kids being so productive. I send you love from Florida 👍🏼💖💋🏝
Thanks for taling time out of your busy build schedule to continue to make such amazing videos
Thank you so muches for your time and effort involved in sharing with us, I lived in Fairbanks for 3 years as a kid and currently have 50 acre in Washington halfway between Seattle and Portland, 4 minutes from the freeway, ever you would like,you will be treated like royalty, rather hang out with you guys than any tv or video game, even competing with music for my enjoyment, we are much the same as both of you eerily and would like to meet you all someday 😀
Thanks for sharing! You both deserve a break from all the physical work on the property you have been doing. Enjoy the nice weather & your harvesting 🥰 LOVE YOU GUYS!!! ( from SW Ontario, Canada 🇨🇦 )
I absolutely lost it when the entire spruce jelly just jumped into that blender 🤣🤣🤣
The leaves of the dandelion are pretty good in a salad as well. Thanks for another great video 🌻🐾
Dinderlion área good for the kidneys
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I love watching your adventures in Alaska I have been to Alaska it's been almost 50 years ago I was in Anchorage and we went camping in China and we saw the sheep and the moose and it was amazing so yeah I could have been with you I love all your adventures puts me on the end of my chair to watch some of the things that you guys have accomplished like this the ice fishing in the bear hunting and fishing for salmon it's amazing and I love it that you bring your dogs with you thanks for all your adventures I can't wait to see what you're going to do next❤❤
All das machen wir seit vielen Generationen! Schön, dass ihr es weitergebt! Die Menschen hören mehr auf Fremde, als auf die eigene Familie! Egal wie, es wird weiter gegeben! Danke dafür ❤
I just enjoy all your content whatever the subject matter and especially with a backdrop of incredible Alaskan wilderness; you are a self sufficient very resourceful couple who just get on with the tasks and make things happen. These are great instructive and entertaining videos you are sharing with us. Thanks from Europe.👌😊
The spider is called a goldenrod crab spider ... it can camouflage itself to match it's surroundings.
Those popsicles look amazing! and the spruce tip syrup is looking good. I made some last year and it turned out fantastic. Sadly I missed the window this year for getting more spruce tips, but I will definitely get more next year.
the most effective dandelion root harvest i have ever seen !!!
SO excited you can freeze food when it isn't deep winter. And shower in warm water for more than 3 minutes. Thank you for showing your life to us. ♥
we wait with abaited breath lol for all your videos as we live vicariously in Alaska with You !! Love Your Videos !
Thanks, Arielle and Eric! You did it again! You blew my mind! As a child we harvested dandelion greens before they blossomed. They were ready before the lettuce and other early garden vegetables. Never knew there were so many other things to do with the actual blossoms. The spruce tips processing is a new learning for today! My sister and I drove into the White Mountain National Forest last week to see the Lupine… so beautiful! Loved your drone footage at the beginning. Everything about your new place is so inviting… you bring joy to our hearts with each new adventure! Can’t wait for your next post! 💞
Did you know lupin is a legume and flour can be made from their “beans”! I used some just the other day to make 1 carb cheese waffles.
@@daydreambeliever6603 no I did not! Amazing!
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Look at those big shiny guys cruising round their new place. They are fricken gorgeous.
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Whoa, a real Wednesday treat from Alaska! Love you both!!
So glad to see you concocting up yummy things again. I just love all the rocks and stones find a little corner to save them so many things you can make with the rocks too. These popsicles looked soooo good. Yum yum🌲
💛💚🤍What a nice relaxing video seeing you two in your element of picking things from nature and making things from them, & then cooking and eating..all outside! 💚Y’all needed this break! 🕊️And you seem so happy and peaceful! It felt like home! I’m really happy for you two!! God bless!!
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Lupines! A favorite here in NH as well! I like apple cider best when it just starts to ferment. Effervescent, bubbly, and zingy!
Cheers! Popsicles look a m a z i n g!
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We used to pick large paper bags full of dandelions for my aunt. She made dandelion wine with it. Might want to try that, if you come across a field packed with them!
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Amazing to watch you guys foraging all the forests has to offer
frontier foodies episodes are some of my favvvv!!!
Thank you both for sharing what you know and what you have learned with the rest of us. As someone that currently lives in an apartment, I just want to thank you for making your videos and sharing your knowledge and adventures with us. I love watching you guys. You two not only put out some high quality videos you two are also letting people like me know that our dreams can come true too.
While hiking the other day, I came across a stand of young spruce trees. The tips were so bright green and soft, my first thought was of you guys and the myriad of delicious things you make using them! Popsicles??? Wow! I love watching the transformation of your property unfold! As a side note, boy, could I keep you guys furnished with all things dandelion! I dig them up by the bucketfuls!😂 My grandmother would cook the young leaves for the amazing amount of vitamin C they contain. It’s so interesting to see the ways you utilize native plants. I envy you for seeing a Shooting Star in person. That flower has eluded me so far. 🙌🏻👍
love watching you two enjoying what "Mother Nature" provided for you. It looked good especially the popsicle
As you are aware -- dandelions are one of the bees first foods. Dandelions, I love them.
I am so happy you are doing so well. Thriving.
In the UK a very traditional fizzy po/soda is dandelion and burdock made from the root of both those plants. It looks like cola and tastes vaguely similar.
I look forward to watching your videos. I have to wait until I’m sure nobody will disturb me. Keep it up. Amazing.
My goodness! You two always have me drooling over your food! What a fun, summery video! 'Refreshing' tea and ice cream! Fantastic!
Just a line to say TY for all you share and show us, Later
I love it when ya'll get busy in the kitchen, or outdoors, and show us how to utilize things I've long forgotten about. Love ya'll ❤
I love watching your videos and I've learned so much from me keep up the good work and God bless Grandma Judy Louisiana
As a forager myself, I've been patiently waiting for another foraging video ❤. I've had a spruce tip tincture going for a little over a month. Started a wild lettuce tincture about 3 days ago.
Just found 2 big wild lettuce plants. Not exactly sure what to do with them but I'll find out!
I also love the foraging videos! What do you use the tinctures for? Medicine? Bitters for cocktails?
I use them medicinally, these are both gonna be pain relievers for my ex-husband. I also tried my hand at a ginger bug in early spring, it was a fail. We had a warm spell and then a frost and the ferment location got a little warm and wonky. Needless to say it molded 😭. But I'm gonna try again either in the basement or in the early fall.
@@LadyViper007 thank you! :D
I’m so glad you took a break to do this. It looks creative and fun and relaxing after all that work on the concrete. Fun to watch that moose too!
It's fun to watch you guys exploring and experimenting. So satisfying to identify new plants on your land like that. We look forward to finding out what uses you can put them to.
The best entertainment on UA-cam, thank you
I was so excited to see the Tiger Swallowtail butterfly in your opening footage, I had no idea their range was that far north! It's funny that we fight dandelions as a weed in our suburban lawn every year. I'm not sure I'd eat any of them as people use a lot of pesticides here, but the bees sure love them. The crab spider you found is really cool! We had one that was white on one of our white flowers and it actually captured a bee the other day. I just want to say I'm extremely appreciative for you both taking the time to show the local flora and fauna for use while you develop your property. So awesome!! 😀
You are correct. With the use of pesticides and fertilizers common in American lawns, probably best to not use. I actually purchased Dandelion seeds from Mountain Rose Herbs. Hopefully growing them next year. I currently buy dried roots and use them in medicinal teas.
Every opening of the videos makes my cry because of the beauty!
I made several litres of spruce tip syrup this year -- the variant where you boil them up with water and then add sugar and simmer it down to the desired consistency. The tips Eric calls too far along are actually still perfect for this method. As long as they're still soft and pale green, it doesn't matter if the new needles are starting to spread out a bit.
Spruce tip syrup is delicious -- tastes like wild honey, but with a much more intense resinous note. We love it.
Those have to be the most unique pop cycles ever! Wow!
I’ve been intrigued by your use of spruce tips in years past. And dandelions! Who knew you could make so many wonderful products from such simple ingredients. The popsicles looked AMAZING!🎉❤❤
My favorite couple, you can eat the dandelion greens in a salad. You can deep fry the Blossoms. Love your show.😇❤❤🌹🌹🌹🌻🌻
You two would probably enjoy building & using an herb drying cabinet. I think there's even plans online for one using the sun to warm the inside & exhaust the moist air. The shelves can be covered in just cotton cloth, or window screen material if you have that.
you brought memories of my childhood, my mother used to take me and my sister in the forest near our house to pick spruce tips. She used to boil them with sugar and make a thick syrup. We had it in summer with mineral water instead of soda and in winter we put some in boiling water and make into a tea. She used to give it us straight up syrup in winter if we had a soar throat too.
What fun. You guys make yummy food. Love how respectful you are to the "others" on your land. Live long and prosper please.
I always feel a little thrill when I see that you have posted a new video....as always, thanks for sharing
I absolutely love watching your journey. But I absolutely love you harvesting , fishing, hunting and cooking videos so much more. I felt so sad for you for not having your garden this year I also understand that you need to work on your homestead. You both are amazing people
All I can say guys is YUMMY!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
It will be interesting to see if your honey tastes different now that the bees have a new location.
Lol Ariel wearing a Granny Smith apple peel necklace at the same time that bandit is hocking up something he likely ate from the ground is pure cinematic gold. 17:19
I love the pickled egg videos I always wait for them! I would love to watch y'all make fried green tomatoes ❤
Just love how you both work together as one ❤❤❤❤ anytime you posted a new video I send your videos to my husband he's still in the military
You two never cease to amaze me on the stuff you will try. 😊😊
Loved the timelapse of the dandelion flower, amazing seeing all the insects and pollinators. When I pick dandelions for flowers or seed heads I pick the whole stem and make a small bundle with the stems onces the flowers are removed then snip them up into small rings straight on the ground in the chook yard and the chickens go crazy for them. If we try giving our girls the stems whole they just ignore but snipped into small pieces they absolutely love it. When there is not much dandelion stems I bundle things like dandelion leaves, plantain leaves and flower stems, sow thistle, clover, chickweed, kale leaf rib, comfrey, yarrow, oregano, sage, parsley or leaves (eg grape, mulberry, passionfruit) whatever is plentiful at the time and cut it into small pieces or short ribbons depending what is in it.
OMG, those Popsicles looked AMAZING!!!💯💯💯 I really enjoy watching what you make with the things that grow around y'all!!!😎😎😎 I hope this finds y'all well and I can't wait for the next episode (as always)!!!👍👍👍 I also hope y'all had a WONDERFUL 4th of July!!!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 Much Love and Prayers from FL 💖💞🙏🌴💖💞🙏🌴💖💞🙏🌴
Awesome video 👍👍. Popsicle looks yummy
I always enjoy seeing what new recipe y'all will come up with next. My grandmother used to pick dandelions and make soup and such. My mom didn't like it enough to do it herself so I've never tasted them unfortunately.
i was just lamenting today about having missed out on spruce tip season. Then here you two are! Thanks for rubbing it in! lol. I don't know... there is still snow on the mountains... maybe if I climb.....
I didn't realize how very much I missed these types of videos from you guys. I want to go find a meadow with dandelions somewhere up a trail where it hasn't been sprayed! Thanks Eric for identifying Shooting Star. I was at my sister's Willow property yesterday mostly identifying things. I noticed this one and hadn't had the chance to identify it yet.... so thank you so much!
oh ... and great time lapse on the dandelion! A great timelapse would be the blooming of a fireweed! Watching that would feel like a floral fireworks show!
An interesting creative video. FYI Lupins are considered an invasive species in NS and spread like wildfire on their own. The spread is aided by people planting them due to their
beautiful colors. You can see a huge expansion of Lupin beds along highways from year to year as they are very prolific. Not sure how they may affect your future edible plants.👍👍👍
Yum! Dandelions!! I eat them every day! Be sure to eat the spring greens. They’re not bitter like the ones later on. And eat the flowers too! Dandelions are highly medicinal, especially for your liver.
I love your videos, it’s fascinating to see how much verity of food you can harvest from your property, love that you are keeping old traditions of foraging alive and demonstrating how to process it all x
My husband hates dandelions in the garden, he picked 50 one morning. Couldn’t convince him to try your recipe. I loved the video. J
OKAY Now wait a minute! I know things grow big in Alaska, but you don't need a backhoe to dig up a dandelion! 😂❤😂. My mother always used apple peels in place of pectin when she could. She also made a ground cherry preserve (you had some growing in the high tower at the old place) that was everybody's favorite. ❤ To you both and all your fur and feather buddies. Lori from Oregon.
lol! Oh man! I was laughing so hard!... watching the shovel and digging.. the painstaking process of digging up the treasured dandelion root... then BAM next thing I see is a back hoe! OMG! and then you come along with that comment! that was quite witty!
Work smarter 😂 not harder. If it works, it works!
I totally agree every video does get better and better all the time.
Love the popsicles. I learn so much from you two. We use to make dandelion wine on our farm in Va. ❤
I read from a very old UK Boy Scouts handbook that you can pick Dandelion roots, slow roast till brittle, grind down and use as ‘coffee’. Very tasty. The only downside is that there is zero caffeine! Love the videos and your lifestyle .
It's exciting to watch you two do something that you are so good at. .foraging and in a new area its cool that you found some new plants your new property is going to be so much more fun over the next few years especially the more you guy get to know it. I can't wait for the next big garden those are always pretty cool videos just because you both know so much about growing plants
Holy Basil makes a very refreshing tea in the summer 😊
I Love this Channel....:) Its Never Boring and your Both Equally Enthused and Involved together....:) It's been Fun watching you guy's Grow....:) Thank you for Sharing your Adventures ❤️
Great video! Our 11 month old loves watching yalls video with us. 😊
Spruce tips taste so good just after picking as well. Another way you can soak them in vinegar overnight than rinse and they taste great that way as well.
When the whole jar just plops into the blender 😂😂
Great video guys!
Great video as usual. I was hoping for some dandelion wine 😋. Maybe next spring. Everything looked so good.
I missed this kind of content from you two. ❤
Dandelion leaves are good to eat and very healthy for you too. Dandelion greens can be eaten cooked or raw and are an excellent source of vitamins A, C, and K. They also contain vitamin E, folate, and small amounts of other B vitamins.
Always lovely to visit , fun to watch you cooking up your wild finds.. Dandelions picked in the early spring are the best because they are not so bitter. Happy cooking / preserving.....
Hope you guys had great 4th of July. Love your cooking videos ❤
Thank you! You too!