Back in Nature - A Spring Forage and Catchup
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- I can't express how good it feels to be making a video like this again!
In this video I walk you through a local woodland and talk about all the interesting and edible plants and mushrooms I find. Plus a fat warning for you Wild Garlic lovers!
Don't get me wrong, I've enjoyed bringing you along on my vanbuild journey but for those of you that know me you know that I'm all about nature and adventure and in this video I got to do exactly that.
As I mention in the video, if there is anything you would like to see in particular, please let me know as there are a lot of edibles popping up now and I'm happy to share what I know on your favourite plants and wildlife.
Thank you for watching and I will see you in the next one!
Stay safe & be kind,
Matty
TheWoodlandNomad
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Great Video
Thank you so much, glad you enjoyed it :)
Cheers Matty. What a great video. Thank you and good luck with your tooth procedure.
Thank you so much Gary, I'm glad you enjoyed it ☺ Thank you, not looking forward to it but I'll be free to roam the UK once it's out 😁
At the minute I'm getting st George's mushrooms, Turkey tail, found my first chaga and wild garlic. Thanks for the video 👍🍄🌿🌳
Yessss mate! Love St. George's mushrooms! It's my birthday this weekend (St. Georges day) so it's basically my birthday mushroom. Plus it's bloody delicious! I've yet to find it in Scotland though unfortunately. Congrats on the Chaga, such a super weapon when it comes to natural medicine 🙏
Thanks for watching and commenting ☺
@@TheWoodlandNomad you're welcome mate. Happy foraging 🙏👍🌳🌿🍄
I like to try an forage but I don't know much so, wild garlic, chicken of the woods an Alfred's cakes is all I look for 😂 your videos are very helpful
That's a great start mate, nice variety! Now you can add birch bark to the list 😉 I'm glad you find them useful, I'll be bringing more soon, especially with this weather 😁
Hello mate.
Loved the video as always.
That is indeed a squirrel trap but it's so they can be released humanely.
I know someone who got the wild garlic mixed up and really didn't go well.
Hope the tooth extraction goes well.
Look forward to the next video 🙂
Thank you Tom ☺
I thought as much. Glad to see it was a humane one as I know there are reds further up the way.
Ooft, not good 😬 Confidence can be a dangerous thing in the foraging world. I'll never assume, always do my checklist.
Thank you, me too mate 🤞
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Always enjoy your videos! Please show how to utilise dandelions - they clog up the garden so I always pick them but would be grateful to have a way to use them productively rather than treat them like a weed. And the more mushroom ID videos the better!
Thank you so much and I'm delighted you enjoy my videos ☺
Thank you for the suggestion. It seems several people want to know more about dandelions and also nettles so I'll be sure to do them next 😁 oh don't worry, I'm mushroom mad, there will always be mushroom videos coming 😂 🍄 😍
I love being in woods they are calming magical places.
Love down to earth explanations and how strange my hairdresser last week was talking about healing properties of mushrooms and his love of foraging.
Thanks for your reply on my question about your stove. I think I have located them and weird how things happen if it is the right place they have only just re opened after units they are based in had a fire.
I am so glad I found your channel and hope you get tooth sorted soon
They really are, the purest medicine for the mind.
Glad you enjoy my approach to sharing knowledge. Sounds like you've got a very interesting hairdresser ☺
You're welcome and how bizzare, was obviously meant to be, hopefully they have the stove that suits you and if not then soon 😁
That's very sweet of you to say, I'm glad to stumbled across me ☺ ♥
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Lol my hairdresser is a fantastic hairdresser but awesome person to chat to .. our conversation goes round woods, ress and a diversion to Pluto... 1 hour appointment ended up 2 hours, as deep into foraging and mushroom conversation last time and the you do foraging and talk about mushrooms 🤔 are you my hairdresser in disguise
Hairdresser would say of me that I am the only client he can be himself as the last subject I want talk about is holidays, love island etc I like variety
Hope you have had a good day I watched the haar going into hospital today it looked beautiful across fields the sat outside for 15 as to sore to get into house and heck got sunburn but bar hospital it was lovely being out
Your hair dresser sounds like a great person to converse with and I bet you're a breath of fresh air for them to be able to talk about such topics. Oh I promise I'm in no disguise, I can prove it by cutting your hair if you really want? 😂
Aww lovely. Eesh, it is that time of year where we get caught out snd burnt! We're not used to the sun's rays ☀ hope you're well ♥
Anything tooth related is the worst pain do hope you're feel better soon, I've recently harvest some birch bark from a fallen tree brilliant fire lighter. Great tip with the wild garlic 👍
It's really is. Was speaking to my mum about it and she was saying that maybe we evolved to get such bad pain in our teeth so that we'd be compelled to remove them, even ask cave men, just rip them out because of course infected teeth could have meant game over back in the day. Feeling a lot better today thank you, van open my jaw more than 15mm now haha.
Aw yaay, I'm not the only one. It's super satisfying to do as well isn't it? ☺
@@TheWoodlandNomadGood to hear your feeling better, Good point! The early humans likely didn't consume the amount of acids and sugar to get the tooth problems we get today, they probably had a good understanding of medical plants for pain relief, may have used methods to remove or treat teeth that's now lost in time. I read somewhere that a early human who had teeth would chew food for someone who had lost there teeth or was unable to chew themselves to help feed them. Yum!
No exactly. And I imagine if they got wisdom tooth issues they'd soon chip it out with something (getting Castaway vibes for sure) 😬
It's a shame how much of our past is lost forever. Not many people know their wild medicines and herbs anymore. I know Meadowsweet is a good painkiller but too early in the year, unluckily for me.
Mmmm, secondhand food, sounds wonderful 😂
Fab vlog Matty. Really kept our attention from beginning to end - you made it so interesting, informative and in layman's terms (+ there was no ffwding on our part - which I can't say about some YTubers we're subscribed to 😁). Here's to the summer eh? 🌄
Aww Janet, thank you for yourself kind words. Glad you found it so interesting and took some information from it ☺
100%, let the sun beam down on us all and wash away the winter ☀ ♥
Great detail regarding the Lords & Ladies potential for careless mixup with Wild Garlic.
Thank you, certainly an easy mistake to make early in the spring 🌿 not one anyone would ever want to make, a very painful error 😬
I'm so glad I discovered your channel. Your foraging videos are fabulous. I watch whilst scribbling things down in my notebook. So much useful information 😊👍
I appreciate your kind words and I love that you're learning from my content, it's the whole reason I started UA-cam in the first place, to learn about the world around us and to share the knowledge I pick up along the way. ☺ 🌿
Lovely 🥰 enjoys this very much THANKYOU
So glad you enjoyed it 😁 thank you for watching and commenting 💚🍄
You have pained the new van 👌 looks well bud, good job
All but the cutting in, yeah 😁 looks so much better than it did. Back to being camouflaged ☺
@@TheWoodlandNomad that's video we missed gutted
I didn't film the painting, couldn't be arsed haha. I've already got a video about painting a van on my channel so saved myself the pain of editing. It's literally watching paint dry 😂
@@TheWoodlandNomad il have to watch lil Bruce be painted again and pretend it's big Bruce 😂
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Being in the woods has made your day, and you have made mine. thanks!
Aww that's so kind of you to say Susan, I'm glad my video was able to make your day a little better in some way ♥️
Fabulous video Matty. Oh it's my favourite thing. We are foraging 💚 I was thinking, I know that place haha. Lots of Turkey tail. Look forward to seeing what you do with them. I'll message you. Awesome video mate. Fabulous information for people to learn from. Mother Nature is Awesome for us. This sort of video is heaven to me. Brilliant one mate. Love and Hugs 💚
Thank you Asa ☺ It's so much fun, makes us take the time more and be more present too which is always good 🙏 haha yeah you will have been there 😝
Aww thank you so much. Feels good to be back doing what I do. Lots more of this kind of content to come ♥ love to you mate! ☺
Ahhhhhhh Matty! That was fun! I really enjoyed watching this video!
I freaking miss the Scottish woodlands!
Keep these videossss coming ❤❤❤❤
Glad you u enjoyed it Noeleen. Did feel good to be back doing what I do best. Vanbuilding is over rated 😂
I'm glad they left such positive memories on your heart.
I will do ☺ ♥ ♥ ♥ hope you're both having a wonderful spring x
Hiya matty.
Why didnt I know about your UA-cam channel?
Where have I been 😂.
I've just subscribed so won't miss a vlog now.
Anyway. Just to say thanks for posting the best 31 mins of my day 😁.
I enjoyed it more than watching united beat forest 2.0.
Catch you later mate
Haha yeah mate, been on UA-cam for some time now 😁 been vanbuild stuff recently but getting back into what I love to do again which feels great.
Thanks pal, appreciate the sub 🙏
Aw mate that's a really sweet thing to say, thank you so much 🥰
more vids!! plz
I'll do my best James ☺ Really enjoyed making this one 😁🌿
Loved this vlog matt. I've always wanted to forage but haven't been confident to do so. Loved the version of auld lang syne at the end as well. Hope you get that tooth out soon ❤
🥰 Thank you! Well hopefully with my videos you might have the confidence one day 🌿 I'll be doing videos about specific plants as they appear, might do a beginners series actually, a lot of people that watch my videos would appreciate a selection of foraging basics type videos I can imagine.
Lovely wasn't it, was nice to find in the free stock audio to use ☺ I'll be using it again for sure 🎶
Me too, thank you 🤞
Hi Matty , how is your tooth ? I too am suffering toothache at the minute and wondered if you had any suggestions on pain relief? I'm actually doing a medicinal herb course but the only thing i have come up with so far is sage tea....
Loving your videos !
Sorry for the delay in seeing this 🙏 I'm on a waiting list with the NHS, so I'll maybe get seen in the next year or six 🙃
As for home remedies, raw turmeric root is good, peal and cut a cm cube and pop it in your mouth and hold it in the affected area. Ginger shots are good too (juice with Turmeric and lemon). The Meadow sweet is flowering now, brew into tea for some pain relief. As for bringing down infection/inflammation I use oregano oil capsules (like a mild but natural antibiotic) and colidal silver spray on their area to help fight back bacteria. Regular salt water rinses too of course.
Hope you're doing ok! 💚
Apparently Plantian is good . Mush it up and hold it in your mouth for as long as you can ! ✌️
I've got so much love for plantain! Really is such a wonderful herb and really common too 😁 I'll keep that in mind if it flairs up again, thank you ☺
Squirrel trap buddy
Thought as much. Is it to keep the grey population down? I know they have red squirrels in some of the neighbouring woodlands.
@TheWoodlandNomad aye, it's a live trap to avoid killing non target species.
It must of been forgotten about.
Any trapping we do, all traps are mapped via GPS to avoid this.
All traps must be checked once during a 24 hour period, but twice during breeding time, so any red females potentially nursing young can be released.
Great video, we must meet up.
Was that at Laurieston?
I thought it looked like a live trap, certainly wasn't designed to kill.
Ah well at least it's hanging in a way that anything could get out should it enter.
Thanks for the info.
Aye, Loch Ken walking towards New Galloway, so close to Laurieston aye.
That'd be sound mate. I'm away south after this surgery (whenever that might be).