My mother was weeding the yard, decades ago. She was pulling dandelions. My grandmother said, “don’t throw those out Patty! Those are good eats!” My mother said, “…..oh mother! Don’t say things like that!” My grandmother was my hero, now we know why she lived to be 100.
Your gran knew her stuff!❤️I live in Greece and dandelion leaves are practically a staple (as are most in season wild greens) which we boil in a tiny bit of water and then put in a dish (with some of the water which has changed colour) add salt, lemon and olive oil... traditionally eaten with fish and fresh bread for dipping. Delicious!❤️
My 80 yr old Mom came over & started weeding. I came out yelling "stop throwing out my medicine & food"! 😂😂 She looked at me like I was nuts, then she realized I was probably right!! She later laughed & said "oh the valuable things we forget & loose with advancement I'm society! Making a very great argument against evolution!
Eat leafs all you want, you'll get sick. I have cronical bacterial infection in my tummy ligning from the consumption of various "edible" plants. Just don't. It's not worth shortening your life span 40 years.
I agree. With so many pretenders out there, it's important to know which ones you're picking. The Latin names are helpful so now I'll just google for the pics.
Don't. Wild plants are almost always contaminated with either dangerous bacteria, chemicals or both. Thank the industrialisation and the human overgrowth for that. Doesn't matter where you pick your plants, they're contaminated and you'll die early from cronical decease and parasitical infection if you try. Just don't. Deers die 5-10 years in the forest and can certainly live almost 50 years in captivity. Ask yourself why this is. The plants they consume are extremely dangerous. JUST DONT! LAST WARNING!
I met Eric at Heathcote Community. It's incredible seeing how he's applied himself and made zero excuse for getting back to the land. He's literally living indigenous knowledge. I aim to learn the plants like him. Hat off. Beautifully presented.
Oh!! I met Eric in Tennessee at a wild foods gathering ~ 5, 6 years ago. I was so comforted and impressed by his gentle connection to the plants and vast knowledge, even of Latin names as we’re seeing here. Thanks for existing, Eric! Love you brother
Dang this guy is a walking encyclopedia! Amazing. He's way the heck over my head, but I really appreciate him sharing his knowledge. Thanks to Rob for finding and filming him. Subscriber from Florida.
Same! Trying to figure out Florida flora takes some effort and skill. I dropped a stinging nettle on my leg after I pulled it. Because a stinger hit my hand... not a fun time.
The Basswood leaves look big enough to substitute for grape leaves and stuff them with rice or other grains. Definitely educational, love learning about wild edibles!
I'm so glad to know basswood leaves are edible. I'm in Wisconsin and we have plenty of basswood trees. Yeah, I even tried popular leaves, little bitter.
We enjoy Mulberry leaf tea and also mulberry fruit tea in Korea. I often prepare mulberry fruit tea for my friends when we gather around. It tastes so great!
Not to mention, the berries. I grew up climbing mulberry trees. I would come home with a purple face and hands. Gonna have to look for some to plant in my yard.
I have lived in this house in central Oklahoma for many years and last year was the first time our mulberry tree produced fruit and it was an established tree when we moved it! So glad, hope it produces again this year!
Thank you for saying, "I love you all very much." I wrote down all 10. Have several in my yard. Going to look for more.😊 Love, Ms Pat from southern Indiana
Thanks a lot Rob and Eric for upload! Thumbs up!!! in german: 1- Brennnessel, 2- Vogelmiere, 3- Weisser Gänsefuss, 4- Löwenzahn, 5- Knoblauchsrauke, 6- Linde, 7- Maulbeere, 8- Portulak, 9- Syrische Seidenpflanze/toxic: dogbane: Hundsgift , 10- Zweizähne (Korbblütler) . Cheers from a wildedibles harvester in switzerland.
I like how u were down to earth & just told us about the different weeds just simply & that U talked about cooking certain ones to diminish the oxalates; pointing out which ones are bitter; & the comparisons.
I agree. I am really into herbalism, but there is a-l-w-a-y-s something else to learn. I buy some herbs, but I also like to forage. That can be scary, since some unfriendly or even deadly herbs have lookalikes. So far, I've been sticking to those I KNOW, but I would like to broaden my horizons. I wish he was a neighbor so I could tag along!
In the days before the internet I lived in a house that had a plant that had grown taller than I was. I always loved the heart-shaped leaves, they just looked like the plant was so full of love the leaves grew as hearts. Thank you for telling me it was a basswood tree, I will be watching for more. I think the spanish needles plant grows in my yard, I will watch for that one also
Rob I ❤ this new inspirational videos. I cant believed on today video I recognize many plants in my backyard in South Florida I'm not going to cut the grass anymore !!!!
Just started getting into foraging this spring. My backyard is covered in Lambs Quarters and a bit of dill, pineapple weed, thistle, and dandelion. I love learning this stuff. Thanks for sharing!
Wow! Great video about edible weeds! I'm eating edible weeds too here in Kuala Lumpur in my country Malaysia. I think in Malaysia you won't starve even in critical times if you know what weeds are edible in Malaysia. Most common edible weeds growing in my area are: (1) Asystasia gangetica-Chinese violet (delicious as a veggie soup or blanched salad) (2) Peperomia pellucida-Pepper elder (grow everywhere in my pots) (3) Portulaca oleraceae-Purslande (grow everywhere in my area but it loves growing in pavement cracks) (4) Plantago major-Broadleaf plantain (lots growing in my garden) (5) Cleome rutidosperma-fringed spider flower (lots in my backyard growing uninvited but I harvested often time to make salad, vegetable dish or juice it) (6) Vernonia cinereum-little ironweed (lot in my backyard, sometime I harvested to make juice) (7) Hedyotis diffusa-tongue grass (colonize every pot in my yard) (8) Talinum fruticosum-colonizes many of my pots, I reserve one pot for it, so I harvest it every now and then to eat as salad or veggie (9) Morinda citrifolia-Noni...this is a tree..I harvest leaves (old and young) to cook as a vegetable but I cut up and boil leaves first before I cook them into other very delicious dishes (10) Leucaena leucocephala - River tamarind - this is a medium height tree, ubiquitous, everywhere in my area and all over Malaysia, young shoots and fruits are edible as salads and veggie (11) Colocasia esculenta -taro - cultivated as well as weed in Malaysia, most are edible..we eat stems and tubers in Malaysia but mostly stems, cooked as delicious hot spicy chili sour soup, I start eating taro leaves too after I realize it edible, must be cut, skin removed and soaked in water/salt solution overnight and boiled twice (including cooking) to remove toxin before eating..I picked some taro growing wild as weed and plant in my yard (in a styrofoam box), been harvesting and eating them many times - and many more
@@noormazlina I should, but the job would be too daunting & overwhelming! Haha! Maybe one of these days I'd sit down and start the project. Thanks for the good suggestion.
2:55 As you were explaining the benefits of the Lambsquarter (Chenopodium Album) I couldn't help but notice the Cat (Felis catus) in the foreground foraging for his/her own food...so cute.
My mom who was Italian, recognized used some of the greens you mentioned and we foraged them as well as mushrooms. I remember dandelion, purslane and lamb’s quarters. She would forage dandelion early in the spring when they first start to grow because they less bitter and can be eaten raw. This was mainly because they’re most tender. The older they got there fibrous they became. She would forage bags full of them and then would boil them,drain them forming them into compact balls finally freezing them wrapped in plastic wrap a then foil. She also pickled the boiled ones and jarred them.
1:45 Stinging nettle can be eaten raw, too. The spikes are on the bottom, so if the leaf is rolled carefully and slightly crushed, it can be eaten. Seems crazy, I didn't believe the native who taught me, but it worked. The best green imo.
#3 Lambs Quarters - widely used in South India as well. We call it "Chakaravarthy Keerai" means 'king of leaves' in Tamil for it's nutritious benefits. #8 Purslane also widely used in South India. It's called "Paruppu Keerai" Thanks for the wonderful videos!
Here in Northern Tioga County, PA USA we know this one as pigweed because it grows in and around old pig pens. A great fresh green and spinach substitute--I often use it in stir frys.
Beautiful, it’s always nice to learn that plants that you have been walking right past have been edible this entire time! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Thank you for all of your hard work!
Wished that you could have dove into more of the identification marks for all the plants.. You done well, so don't get me wrong.. Just feel like I still could use a little bit more for recognizing the plants.. Thanks bro 🙏👍❤️😊
Thank you Rob for this lovely video. Eric you are such a connected soul, thank you for sharing all of your knowledge. Simply delightful. Much love to you both.
This is such an excellent presentation! Thank you so much for all of the great information and teaching us to look at our environment as an edible resource :)
A few years ago, i went around picking dandelion manes from neighborhood frontyards. Ever since, I've been spreading their seeds every year. I went out back this spring and realized a good deal of weed-grass has been outgrown by the dandelions!😊
Great video, very well put together! I couldn't help but notice the cat in the background of the Lambsquarter portion ha ha The cat was sneaking up on something and I was just waiting for him to pounce but he never did.
My father was in the military when I was young. He'd take me hiking in the country in England and teach me about the wild plants and flowers. One thing I remember is if you sting yourself with the nettle, find a Doc leaf or Burdock squash the leaf and rub it on the sting. It draws out the sting in seconds. Just a tip if you don't know.
Awesome video. Thanks so much. We are Christians and I know not all agree, but we believe there are all gifts showing evidence that God created so many resources that humans were never meant to be dependent on shops or cities or other people, in order to eat and live healthy lives. Brilliant to get to know more and more of nature's special treasures.
Thank you very very much! I loved it! I usually eat a lot of chickweed, nettle, dandelion and purslane as well-I can find a lot in my garden.:) But I definetly will try garlic mustard as well! In Hungary we have a special name for this weed: we call it : ,,kányazsombor". The word "kánya" means this bird : Milvus migrans. And the word "zsombor" is a weed, this one: Sisymbrium officinale. I don't know how to say it in english, sorry XD But in hungarian the name sounds like the name of an ancient wizard or something like that. :)
Hello to the both of you! I first want to say thank you for your time of making this for us out here to see and learn from you about things that can help us to take care of our selfs. 2nd. so on and so on. I 💕 your heart fealt feeling that you have about sharing your knowledge of the plants in the garden that our Father in Heaven gave to us to care for and uses as our health benefits. I wish that you would/ could please spend a little more time showing each of the plants up close so that we can learn what it looks like as well as here what you have to say about each plant while you speak of them. A close up picture with fine details of the plant is great thing to have. We as seekers seek to learn about these plants, craving that knowledge that people like you have. We want people like you to share with us this huge blessing. Please please make more videos of plants with your knowledge of the plants with a little more deal tell on the medicine part of the plants as well. Thanks 😊😊😊😊😊 again for all of your hard work. Ps can you also spell out the name of the plants few times on the screen as well so that I / we can see how the names of the plants are spelled. Thanks for everything from Kathy in West Virginia ❣️😘
Stinging needle is famous in Russia as first appearing in early spring, part of very old traditional Russian diet. Glad to see our cultures, actually people find useful same plants.
Much love! Garlic mustard grows all over my front yard and i love it... even though it is dominant it's taste is delicious! Greetings from Kiel, Germany!
SO informative. I wish he could do another top 10 that doesn't require any cooking. Seemed like half of these plants were poisonous or so high in oxalates that foragers need to heavily process before consuming.
In general i lean on the side of lightly steaming most greens and vegetables for the sake of nutrient availability. All of these except the milkweed are okay to consume raw in smaller amounts (a handful in a mixed salad is great), especially dandelion, purslane, garlic mustard, basswood, mulberry, and chickweed. Lambs quarters is the highest oxalic acid containing plant on the list, but a light steam neutralizes most of that. Bidens tastes a bit sappy to me when i don't steam it, and for nettles they can most certainly be eaten raw in pesto form. The cooking there is only to deactivate the stinging hairs, so they can definitely be crushed into pesto, blended thoroughly in smoothies, or be dried and powdered for raw food enthusiasts ;)
wonderful insight into plants i never even heard of before. hope i can find the seeds sure will give some a try in my back yard. And that beautiful cat preparing for todays catch, is too funny.
Hello Rob, thanks for uploading this film. Can I leave a few words here about my passion for plants and the situation I'm dealing with right now please? There have been periods that I have enjoyed gardening and foraging for food since I was a child. Unfortunately, I developed problems with anxiety and depression in my early teenage years and these conditions interfered with my ability to enjoy these activities on many occassions throughout my teenage years and into my twenties. It wasn't until I was 28 that I found the means to be able to contend with my conditions effectively, a combination of surrounding myself with the right people, practising yoga and working with plants. This combination stood me in good stead for many years until disaster struck almost a year ago now when anxiety and depression returned to haunt me and I have felt unable to contend with them effectively. I have lost many good people to surround msyelf with and I also feel that there has been an internal change with me Rob. I have come to learn that there are many cycles in life and one of them is one of 28 years. I am now 46 and feel that My make up internally is much the same as it was 28 years ago, when I was 18. The people who were right for me only a couple of years ago are no longer suitable and I must find people whose company will allow me to meditate, permit me to concentrate instead of allowing anxiety to ravage me and then spend time contemplating ending it all. I was focused enough to take a large overdose of opioid painkillers almost 13 days ago now Rob, I did not feel that life, the Universe would respond anymore with the people and things I needed to allow me to continue. I am now recovering from the after effects of that overdose and must reach out to people to ask them to consider sparing me a thought in perhaps one last attempt and hope that their thoughts, their energy will guide me to who I need to surround myself with. I would be so deeply touched if you and/ or anyone else reading this message would consider sparing me a thought to this end Rob. Thank you, Michael
Thanks for opening and sharing your story. I have found plants to be my best friends and allies in any situation. Nature immersion balances our energy, mind, and emotions in very profound ways, and even the scientific community has begun to pay attention to this truth. Spending time in the forest (especially barefoot, walking very slowly and carefully, and breathing deeply and steadily in and out through the nose) is an excellent way to recharge. Even in a city, we can remember that all the photosynthetic beings of the world are contributing to our breath, and that every bite of food (either directly or indirectly) came from a being that spends it's whole life loving the light and moving deeper into the Earth. They are excellent teachers, great role models, reliable friends, and our most intimate allies in life (we literally become one with them everytime we eat a meal! I would also highly advise listening to everything that Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev puts out on UA-cam... He is one of my favorite mystics and a guru that organizes massive tree plantings in India :D good luck on your journey. Be very well.
@@EricJosephLewis LOVE LOVE how you see the green growers as friends and how you beautifully honour their existence with the description of how they spend their WHOLE LIFE Loving the Light & moving deeper into the earth. Perfect picture. Have you seen microscopic views of their molecules? Beautiful happy beings. I would love to live freely with the land. ❤🌱🌍👣🌿🌿 Thank you for your knowledge sharing.
I'd put purslane higher up on the list because it's great as a feeder for gardens as well. Good companion plant and ground cover for tomatoes instead of just straw to keep the dirt down off the plant when it rains or watering.
Ha, I knew about most of these but had no idea about bidens and basswood. Neither of them grow naturally where I live anyway, but hopefully I will get a chance to try them some other time. In parts of Turkey, fresh white mulberry leaves are used for dolma (like stuffed grape leaves or cabbage). You can make them either with meat or vegetarian. I bet basswood would be excellent stuffed as well. Purslane does occur here (Pacific Northwest). I like to strip the leaves and boil them lightly, then add them to a cold yogurt soup with some mint. Nettles have so many uses but my favorite is just boiled, when strained and flavored with some lemon juice and olive oil. To that you didn’t mention, which may not grow there, but are very common here, are wild fennel and wild chicory. The chicory in particular is considered an invasive in the northwest. Its leaves emerge in the fall and are present all winter and into late spring. They are another of the most nutritious wild greens, and although they are a little bitter, they’re not nearly so much so as dandelion. I collect a ton of it every spring especially. Another one that I love, but it’s a bit of a pain in the a** to process, is Silybium marianum, or St. Mary’s thistle aka milk thistle. It’s a listed invasive here and if it’s on your property, you are required by law to remove it. That being the case, may as well eat it! :-) The annoying part is removing the spines, but luckily they are only on the edges, so you can kind of bunch it up and clip off the edges with scissors. Imagine something like artichoke flavored wild greens. They are absolutely delicious, but should probably be cooked before eating.
He is the 3rd person this week to alert & educate me on Purslane! I'm in AZ & it grows in my yard, But, I thought a weed, No more, now will pick & eat it! Please continue to Educate us on Natures wonderful bounty! 🍃🌱
Thanks fellas for sharing such wonderful knowledge of how our shared mother provides for us! I am excited to learn and thanks you all involved in being youtubular for my learning from others about our wonderful Earth! Light, love and safe travels ;-)
Yes, stinging nettles were also my favourite in Europe. In Italy, we make "risotto alle ortiche" which is extremely delicious. Now, I live in Cambodia and the first people who taught me about edible plants were, actually they still are, children! They gave me nuts, berries and they showed me some climbing green plants which are edible. Unfortunately, I can't do much at the moment as I'm healing myself from MS. Veganism helps but in my case, I had to deal with some inner anger which now that, I see no evil, has vanished and my illness will soon follow. My advice to all the Earth angels out there: if they try to sabotage you or insult you or whatever, keep cool! They are after your energy: they feed on anger and negativity so starve them until they are gone for good! 💖🤗😁
Miracles Happen, how are you doing over there with your healing journey? I'm on my own healing journey and it's so nice to see when someone takes it into their own hands to heal themselves. Western medicine certainly isn't going to do it, so it's up to us! Love and light to you. 💜🔥
Indeed, healing is a journey... though they can also be instantaneous, miraculous, and to this I can testify.! Lord have mercy, there will be so many without the knowledge on how to survive with the coming worldwide food shortages, healing aside, they will be starving. I thank God I was trained in many of the old ways, making virtually everything from scratch, and learning how to can my goods... even now learning how to forage as well, thanks be to such channels as this and others.
I am from Kashmir and many of the wild greens shown in this video are found in my land. Stinging nettle was used by our teachers to punish us in school but that doesn't happen now... Really a news to me that stinging nettle is edible... Thanks for making this amazing video
My mother was weeding the yard, decades ago. She was pulling dandelions. My grandmother said, “don’t throw those out Patty! Those are good eats!” My mother said, “…..oh mother! Don’t say things like that!” My grandmother was my hero, now we know why she lived to be 100.
Nice! Very sweet.
Your gran knew her stuff!❤️I live in Greece and dandelion leaves are practically a staple (as are most in season wild greens) which we boil in a tiny bit of water and then put in a dish (with some of the water which has changed colour) add salt, lemon and olive oil... traditionally eaten with fish and fresh bread for dipping. Delicious!❤️
When i was a young adult in toronto canada the Italians used to go along the sides of roads and collect dandelions
My 80 yr old Mom came over & started weeding. I came out yelling "stop throwing out my medicine & food"! 😂😂 She looked at me like I was nuts, then she realized I was probably right!! She later laughed & said "oh the valuable things we forget & loose with advancement I'm society! Making a very great argument against evolution!
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This guy is so relaxed and happy, I can't help but smile while watching. My favorite quote...."we don't get to eat a lot of tree leaves".
Me to.
He’s relaxed and happy probably because he’s growing another weed he didn’t tell you about 🤣
I was thinking the same thing😊
Eat leafs all you want, you'll get sick. I have cronical bacterial infection in my tummy ligning from the consumption of various "edible" plants. Just don't. It's not worth shortening your life span 40 years.
@@46Queeny Or some shrooms! LOL
I wish there were more longer close ups so we can really see. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and doing this video.
He holds the plant and moves it around to fast.
I agree. With so many pretenders out there, it's important to know which ones you're picking. The Latin names are helpful so now I'll just google for the pics.
I am writing it down so I can Google it and see it what it looks like closer😂
yes, freeze the image, with an added legend. a bit more work in editing but definitely greater take-up from viewers, I think.
I just got a a ID Wild Plants Book ..:)
You know how he manages to shine the light so brightly? He's eating the Sun's energy directly! Pure unrefined energy man!
He picks it and eats it while it's still breathing!
I wish that formula worked for all people that eat freshly picked greens. Too many angry vegans out there.
And the plants are his friends.
I feel so silly, I have been battling with stinging nettles in my garden for as long as I can remember. Now I am going to give them a space to grow.
Only thing I say is if you fo that have it fenced off from the rest of your yard when you have kids or animals over
In the exact same boat.
@@KonekoPurrrfection fr free food💀
for me its those horrible beggar's ticks. stinging nettle in teas is nice.
Don't. Wild plants are almost always contaminated with either dangerous bacteria, chemicals or both. Thank the industrialisation and the human overgrowth for that. Doesn't matter where you pick your plants, they're contaminated and you'll die early from cronical decease and parasitical infection if you try. Just don't.
Deers die 5-10 years in the forest and can certainly live almost 50 years in captivity. Ask yourself why this is. The plants they consume are extremely dangerous. JUST DONT! LAST WARNING!
Because of his mellow demeanor, I could listen to this guy for hours. And learn something the whole time.
This guy rocks. He needs his own show.
I met Eric at Heathcote Community. It's incredible seeing how he's applied himself and made zero excuse for getting back to the land. He's literally living indigenous knowledge. I aim to learn the plants like him. Hat off. Beautifully presented.
Oh!! I met Eric in Tennessee at a wild foods gathering ~ 5, 6 years ago. I was so comforted and impressed by his gentle connection to the plants and vast knowledge, even of Latin names as we’re seeing here. Thanks for existing, Eric! Love you brother
He reminds me of my former neighbor, Bruh Taylor.
Dang this guy is a walking encyclopedia! Amazing. He's way the heck over my head, but I really appreciate him sharing his knowledge. Thanks to Rob for finding and filming him. Subscriber from Florida.
Seriously.
Same! Trying to figure out Florida flora takes some effort and skill. I dropped a stinging nettle on my leg after I pulled it. Because a stinger hit my hand... not a fun time.
The Basswood leaves look big enough to substitute for grape leaves and stuff them with rice or other grains.
Definitely educational, love learning about wild edibles!
Basswood trees are cool
I was thinking the same thing
That’s what I was thinking as well, or use instead of cabbage for cabbage rolls
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I'm so glad to know basswood leaves are edible. I'm in Wisconsin and we have plenty of basswood trees. Yeah, I even tried popular leaves, little bitter.
This man's knowledge is simply amazing
We enjoy Mulberry leaf tea and also mulberry fruit tea in Korea. I often prepare mulberry fruit tea for my friends when we gather around. It tastes so great!
We made soup out of Mulberry leaves, taste AWESOME!!
Not to mention, the berries. I grew up climbing mulberry trees. I would come home with a purple face and hands. Gonna have to look for some to plant in my yard.
Mulberry wood is great for smoking meat and chicken on the bbq..smells like cotton candy.
I have lived in this house in central Oklahoma for many years and last year was the first time our mulberry tree produced fruit and it was an established tree when we moved it! So glad, hope it produces again this year!
I love when he said "This is another great friend to connect with" Bob Ross of plants 🤔
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Love this guys vibe and how stoked he is to share such amazing knowledge!
This is me and I would love to meet him for just this line! Lol
That's What's up‼️😂
Thank you for saying, "I love you all very much."
I wrote down all 10. Have several in my yard. Going to look for more.😊
Love,
Ms Pat from southern Indiana
Yo yo Nunez lady, you gotta Love Wild Edible Plant 🤓🤓💖☕☕☕
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Sure do
Thanks a lot Rob and Eric for upload! Thumbs up!!!
in german: 1- Brennnessel, 2- Vogelmiere, 3- Weisser Gänsefuss, 4- Löwenzahn, 5- Knoblauchsrauke, 6- Linde, 7- Maulbeere, 8- Portulak,
9- Syrische Seidenpflanze/toxic: dogbane: Hundsgift , 10- Zweizähne (Korbblütler) . Cheers from a wildedibles harvester in switzerland.
Thank you for this!
Hello Deutshland. Ich Liebe Dich Deutshtland 💖🇩🇪 from U.S of America what's up Dude 😀🤓☕☕☕
Am I the only one who feels like that dude is like the shaman of our tribe, so focused and intentional, thank you guys
Absolutely. Namaste'
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My thoughts, EXACTLY!
Daww thanks so much, that’s really high praise in my book 🙏 I’m definitely doing my best to deepen the relationship between people and plants!
instablaster...
I like how u were down to earth & just told us about the different weeds just simply & that U talked about cooking certain ones to diminish the oxalates; pointing out which ones are bitter; & the comparisons.
I absolutely love the bitterness of Dandelion. The bitterness stimulates bile from the Liver which is necessary for excellent digestion.
Eric needs his own books, education material for future generations!!! The sharing of knowledge.
I agree. I am really into herbalism, but there is a-l-w-a-y-s something else to learn. I buy some herbs, but I also like to forage. That can be scary, since some unfriendly or even deadly herbs have lookalikes. So far, I've been sticking to those I KNOW, but I would like to broaden my horizons. I wish he was a neighbor so I could tag along!
Eric is a super knowledgeable guy! Got to listen to him in Micanopy, FL. I'm glad to see he has a UA-cam.
In the days before the internet I lived in a house that had a plant that had grown taller than I was. I always loved the heart-shaped leaves, they just looked like the plant was so full of love the leaves grew as hearts. Thank you for telling me it was a basswood tree, I will be watching for more. I think the spanish needles plant grows in my yard, I will watch for that one also
Rob I ❤ this new inspirational videos. I cant believed on today video I recognize many plants in my backyard in South Florida I'm not going to cut the grass anymore !!!!
That cat is definitely foraging for some incredible edibles too.
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Cat feral invasive eguals environmental destruction. Call animal control please. Exit video now.
Like a rodent.
Lol
It's not edible. You'll get cronically ill.
Just started getting into foraging this spring. My backyard is covered in Lambs Quarters and a bit of dill, pineapple weed, thistle, and dandelion. I love learning this stuff.
Thanks for sharing!
Wow! Great video about edible weeds! I'm eating edible weeds too here in Kuala Lumpur in my country Malaysia. I think in Malaysia you won't starve even in critical times if you know what weeds are edible in Malaysia.
Most common edible weeds growing in my area are: (1) Asystasia gangetica-Chinese violet (delicious as a veggie soup or blanched salad) (2) Peperomia pellucida-Pepper elder (grow everywhere in my pots) (3) Portulaca oleraceae-Purslande (grow everywhere in my area but it loves growing in pavement cracks) (4) Plantago major-Broadleaf plantain (lots growing in my garden) (5) Cleome rutidosperma-fringed spider flower (lots in my backyard growing uninvited but I harvested often time to make salad, vegetable dish or juice it) (6) Vernonia cinereum-little ironweed (lot in my backyard, sometime I harvested to make juice) (7) Hedyotis diffusa-tongue grass (colonize every pot in my yard) (8) Talinum fruticosum-colonizes many of my pots, I reserve one pot for it, so I harvest it every now and then to eat as salad or veggie (9) Morinda citrifolia-Noni...this is a tree..I harvest leaves (old and young) to cook as a vegetable but I cut up and boil leaves first before I cook them into other very delicious dishes (10) Leucaena leucocephala - River tamarind - this is a medium height tree, ubiquitous, everywhere in my area and all over Malaysia, young shoots and fruits are edible as salads and veggie (11) Colocasia esculenta -taro - cultivated as well as weed in Malaysia, most are edible..we eat stems and tubers in Malaysia but mostly stems, cooked as delicious hot spicy chili sour soup, I start eating taro leaves too after I realize it edible, must be cut, skin removed and soaked in water/salt solution overnight and boiled twice (including cooking) to remove toxin before eating..I picked some taro growing wild as weed and plant in my yard (in a styrofoam box), been harvesting and eating them many times - and many more
Mustafa, wow...way to go...
You should make a video about weeds in Malaysia
@@noormazlina I should, but the job would be too daunting & overwhelming! Haha! Maybe one of these days I'd sit down and start the project. Thanks for the good suggestion.
thanks for sharing
I agree, you definitely should. I wish I had your knowledge.
He gives off a mellow 'herb' smoking vibe.
Can confirm
Doesn’t seem to affect his memory when it comes to plant knowledge though, he readily recalls information like this. Def give him a follow
LoL
Nah, he’s all about (aboat?) the edibles, man! He mentions many times, “personally, I like to cook it down!”
2:55 As you were explaining the benefits of the Lambsquarter (Chenopodium Album) I couldn't help but notice the Cat (Felis catus) in the foreground foraging for his/her own food...so cute.
@matchpoint What was I thinking, of course it's the background duh...thank you.
I have five acres of woods and many of these plants. Thank you for talking about their use as food.
In México, we still consume most of the plants he mentioned 😊
That's so very true. I grew up in central México and we consumed a lot of wild greens. Best quelite, verdolaga and all kinds of great green edibles.
Can any of the plant that he mentions be eating raw
Holla amigo como estas Senorita, Muchas Gracias for your nice Information. .... God bless Mexico 💖💐💐🤓🇭🇺🇭🇺
I'm planning on going to Mexico this November. Yay!
Yo vi verdolagas en el video y antier eso comi
You meet such cool knowledgeable people. Ty for sharing.
Thanks to Robin & Eric, not only for sharing such useful information
- but also enabling me to know a Biden that I can like!
Love the cat hunting in the background while you're talking about Lamb's Quarter. Purslane is an absolute treat in salads.
Very informative, he’s clearly very knowledgeable. My first introduction to foraging was wild garlic mustard, which is very invasive in my area.
Eric is the real deal. A nature walk with him years back started me on the journey. Basswood!!!!
My mom who was Italian, recognized used some of the greens you mentioned and we foraged them as well as mushrooms. I remember dandelion, purslane and lamb’s quarters. She would forage dandelion early in the spring when they first start to grow because they less bitter and can be eaten raw. This was mainly because they’re most tender. The older they got there fibrous they became. She would forage bags full of them and then would boil them,drain them forming them into compact balls finally freezing them wrapped in plastic wrap a then foil. She also pickled the boiled ones and jarred them.
1:45 Stinging nettle can be eaten raw, too. The spikes are on the bottom, so if the leaf is rolled carefully and slightly crushed, it can be eaten. Seems crazy, I didn't believe the native who taught me, but it worked. The best green imo.
#3 Lambs Quarters - widely used in South India as well. We call it "Chakaravarthy Keerai" means 'king of leaves' in Tamil for it's nutritious benefits.
#8 Purslane also widely used in South India. It's called "Paruppu Keerai"
Thanks for the wonderful videos!
Here in Northern Tioga County, PA USA we know this one as pigweed because it grows in and around old pig pens. A great fresh green and spinach substitute--I often use it in stir frys.
Beautiful, it’s always nice to learn that plants that you have been walking right past have been edible this entire time! Thank you for sharing your knowledge! Thank you for all of your hard work!
We have gotten so far away from our own foraging roots that we have forgotten what is good for us. Sad...
Wished that you could have dove into more of the identification marks for all the plants.. You done well, so don't get me wrong.. Just feel like I still could use a little bit more for recognizing the plants.. Thanks bro 🙏👍❤️😊
Stinging nettle is used to make pie, like a spinach pie, in Greece. Very tasty!
Also used to calm down chillblanes and help make them go away.
Thank you Rob for this lovely video. Eric you are such a connected soul, thank you for sharing all of your knowledge. Simply delightful. Much love to you both.
I wish you had included wild amaranth. It is a delicious spinach substitute that doesn't get bitter in summer.
I've been waiting for these sites. This is great. Something that is healthy instead of going to the grocery store. Thanks man.
This is such an excellent presentation! Thank you so much for all of the great information and teaching us to look at our environment as an edible resource :)
Wow, please feature Eric again, he is great to watch and learn from.
once did an afternoon learning to forage in Central Park!
Thank you! I’ve been getting into foraging recently and this is really helpful
A few years ago, i went around picking dandelion manes from neighborhood frontyards. Ever since, I've been spreading their seeds every year. I went out back this spring and realized a good deal of weed-grass has been outgrown by the dandelions!😊
Great video, very well put together! I couldn't help but notice the cat in the background of the Lambsquarter portion ha ha The cat was sneaking up on something and I was just waiting for him to pounce but he never did.
You are amazing thank you and God Bless You we need to know these things🙏💛 and pretty remarkable of the knowledge You have🙏💛
My father was in the military when I was young. He'd take me hiking in the country in England and teach me about the wild plants and flowers. One thing I remember is if you sting yourself with the nettle, find a Doc leaf or Burdock squash the leaf and rub it on the sting. It draws out the sting in seconds. Just a tip if you don't know.
The sting goes away within a minute. No need to do anything about it.
Guys named Eric rock! This guy knows his shit, he needs his own channel, but I love this channel too!
Thank you for the opportunity to help you share this knowledge Eric & Rob!
The produce looks so vibrant and fresh. Your hard work and dedication are truly commendable!
Thank you. !! You would really. "fit. in" in Eugene !! Thanks...you're very intelligent. We. need more ppl like. you !!
Awesome video. Thanks so much. We are Christians and I know not all agree, but we believe there are all gifts showing evidence that God created so many resources that humans were never meant to be dependent on shops or cities or other people, in order to eat and live healthy lives. Brilliant to get to know more and more of nature's special treasures.
Thank you for the love of God's Creation..❤️❤️❤️
Awesome info! I love wild greens! Dandelion greens are so awesome, and I love the bitter accent and I leave flowers on long stem and steep for tea.
Thank you very very much! I loved it! I usually eat a lot of chickweed, nettle, dandelion and purslane as well-I can find a lot in my garden.:) But I definetly will try garlic mustard as well! In Hungary we have a special name for this weed: we call it : ,,kányazsombor". The word "kánya" means this bird : Milvus migrans. And the word "zsombor" is a weed, this one: Sisymbrium officinale. I don't know how to say it in english, sorry XD But in hungarian the name sounds like the name of an ancient wizard or something like that. :)
Hello to the both of you!
I first want to say thank you for your time of making this for us out here to see and learn from you about things that can help us to take care of our selfs.
2nd. so on and so on. I 💕 your heart fealt feeling that you have about sharing your knowledge of the plants in the garden that our Father in Heaven gave to us to care for and uses as our health benefits.
I wish that you would/ could please spend a little more time showing each of the plants up close so that we can learn what it looks like as well as here what you have to say about each plant while you speak of them.
A close up picture with fine details of the plant is great thing to have.
We as seekers seek to learn about these plants, craving that knowledge that people like you have. We want people like you to share with us this huge blessing.
Please please make more videos of plants with your knowledge of the plants with a little more deal tell on the medicine part of the plants as well.
Thanks 😊😊😊😊😊 again for all of your hard work.
Ps can you also spell out the name of the plants few times on the screen as well so that I / we can see how the names of the plants are spelled.
Thanks for everything from Kathy in West Virginia ❣️😘
Stinging needle is famous in Russia as first appearing in early spring, part of very old traditional Russian diet. Glad to see our cultures, actually people find useful same plants.
I went to a seminar he did once at a farm in SOMD. Dude is brilliant I'm glad to see him resurface.
Thank you Rob and Eric . Very interesting and informative.
Great presentation, thank you. You exude peace and joy. I also love cow parsley and pig weed. Both grow very well here in the Southwest.
Great info. Thanks! I eat dandelions and purslane from my fields. Now I will look for more.
This is awesome! I love living carefree and wild. I wanna go eat some plants 😁😁
Much love!
Garlic mustard grows all over my front yard and i love it... even though it is dominant it's taste is delicious!
Greetings from Kiel, Germany!
I want your Zen... You are an absolute joy to watch.. Thank you and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 💜💜💜
Thank you Rob and Eric .
This guy is a national treasure. LOVE this video. Circulate it.
SO informative. I wish he could do another top 10 that doesn't require any cooking. Seemed like half of these plants were poisonous or so high in oxalates that foragers need to heavily process before consuming.
Yes.
It is definitely not heavy processing, just some basic blanching, steaming or boiling.
In general i lean on the side of lightly steaming most greens and vegetables for the sake of nutrient availability. All of these except the milkweed are okay to consume raw in smaller amounts (a handful in a mixed salad is great), especially dandelion, purslane, garlic mustard, basswood, mulberry, and chickweed. Lambs quarters is the highest oxalic acid containing plant on the list, but a light steam neutralizes most of that. Bidens tastes a bit sappy to me when i don't steam it, and for nettles they can most certainly be eaten raw in pesto form. The cooking there is only to deactivate the stinging hairs, so they can definitely be crushed into pesto, blended thoroughly in smoothies, or be dried and powdered for raw food enthusiasts ;)
People in nature are becoming so humility and accepting.
wonderful insight into plants i never even heard of before. hope i can find the seeds sure will give some a try in my back yard. And that beautiful cat preparing for todays catch, is too funny.
Hello Rob, thanks for uploading this film. Can I leave a few words here about my passion for plants and the situation I'm dealing with right now please? There have been periods that I have enjoyed gardening and foraging for food since I was a child. Unfortunately, I developed problems with anxiety and depression in my early teenage years and these conditions interfered with my ability to enjoy these activities on many occassions throughout my teenage years and into my twenties.
It wasn't until I was 28 that I found the means to be able to contend with my conditions effectively, a combination of surrounding myself with the right people, practising yoga and working with plants. This combination stood me in good stead for many years until disaster struck almost a year ago now when anxiety and depression returned to haunt me and I have felt unable to contend with them effectively. I have lost many good people to surround msyelf with and I also feel that there has been an internal change with me Rob. I have come to learn that there are many cycles in life and one of them is one of 28 years. I am now 46 and feel that My make up internally is much the same as it was 28 years ago, when I was 18. The people who were right for me only a couple of years ago are no longer suitable and I must find people whose company will allow me to meditate, permit me to concentrate instead of allowing anxiety to ravage me and then spend time contemplating ending it all.
I was focused enough to take a large overdose of opioid painkillers almost 13 days ago now Rob, I did not feel that life, the Universe would respond anymore with the people and things I needed to allow me to continue. I am now recovering from the after effects of that overdose and must reach out to people to ask them to consider sparing me a thought in perhaps one last attempt and hope that their thoughts, their energy will guide me to who I need to surround myself with.
I would be so deeply touched if you and/ or anyone else reading this message would consider sparing me a thought to this end Rob.
Thank you,
Michael
Thanks for opening and sharing your story. I have found plants to be my best friends and allies in any situation. Nature immersion balances our energy, mind, and emotions in very profound ways, and even the scientific community has begun to pay attention to this truth. Spending time in the forest (especially barefoot, walking very slowly and carefully, and breathing deeply and steadily in and out through the nose) is an excellent way to recharge. Even in a city, we can remember that all the photosynthetic beings of the world are contributing to our breath, and that every bite of food (either directly or indirectly) came from a being that spends it's whole life loving the light and moving deeper into the Earth. They are excellent teachers, great role models, reliable friends, and our most intimate allies in life (we literally become one with them everytime we eat a meal! I would also highly advise listening to everything that Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev puts out on UA-cam... He is one of my favorite mystics and a guru that organizes massive tree plantings in India :D good luck on your journey. Be very well.
@@EricJosephLewis LOVE LOVE how you see the green growers as friends and how you beautifully honour their existence with the description of how they spend their WHOLE LIFE Loving the Light & moving deeper into the earth.
Perfect picture.
Have you seen microscopic views of their molecules?
Beautiful happy beings.
I would love to live freely with the land.
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Thank you for your knowledge sharing.
Wow so glad to see some else that eats wild foods, I love to eat wild food so much better than store foods , preppers take notice of this man .
Thank u so much for the video. Hope u have a beautifully blessed day full of love, light, & blessings. Sending lots of love, light, & healing 🦋
Thanks Rob. Great video
I'd put purslane higher up on the list because it's great as a feeder for gardens as well. Good companion plant and ground cover for tomatoes instead of just straw to keep the dirt down off the plant when it rains or watering.
Thank you for your advice on all those edibles thank you for being a good person and explaining the good and what's bad God bless you and your family
not the only edible he loves ;) seems like the most gentle and compassionate guy
Very interesting! Thank you guys.
Ha, I knew about most of these but had no idea about bidens and basswood. Neither of them grow naturally where I live anyway, but hopefully I will get a chance to try them some other time.
In parts of Turkey, fresh white mulberry leaves are used for dolma (like stuffed grape leaves or cabbage). You can make them either with meat or vegetarian. I bet basswood would be excellent stuffed as well.
Purslane does occur here (Pacific Northwest). I like to strip the leaves and boil them lightly, then add them to a cold yogurt soup with some mint.
Nettles have so many uses but my favorite is just boiled, when strained and flavored with some lemon juice and olive oil.
To that you didn’t mention, which may not grow there, but are very common here, are wild fennel and wild chicory. The chicory in particular is considered an invasive in the northwest. Its leaves emerge in the fall and are present all winter and into late spring. They are another of the most nutritious wild greens, and although they are a little bitter, they’re not nearly so much so as dandelion. I collect a ton of it every spring especially.
Another one that I love, but it’s a bit of a pain in the a** to process, is Silybium marianum, or St. Mary’s thistle aka milk thistle. It’s a listed invasive here and if it’s on your property, you are required by law to remove it. That being the case, may as well eat it! :-) The annoying part is removing the spines, but luckily they are only on the edges, so you can kind of bunch it up and clip off the edges with scissors. Imagine something like artichoke flavored wild greens. They are absolutely delicious, but should probably be cooked before eating.
Id love to hear more explanation about the shape form and growth of these plants in his descriptions
Good foundation to do more research
I love that he calls the plants friends🖤
I have mulberry growing all over my property and had no idea the leaves were edible! Amazing
Silk worms eat only mulberry leaves.
Eric was/is one of my first in-person teachers! Love this guy
Thanks for sharing the knowledge guys, awesome
He is the 3rd person this week to alert & educate me on Purslane!
I'm in AZ & it grows in my yard, But, I thought a weed, No more, now will pick & eat it!
Please continue to Educate us on Natures wonderful bounty! 🍃🌱
very cool
Thanks fellas for sharing such wonderful knowledge of how our shared mother provides for us! I am excited to learn and thanks you all involved in being youtubular for my learning from others about our wonderful Earth! Light, love and safe travels ;-)
Yes, stinging nettles were also my favourite in Europe. In Italy, we make "risotto alle ortiche" which is extremely delicious. Now, I live in Cambodia and the first people who taught me about edible plants were, actually they still are, children! They gave me nuts, berries and they showed me some climbing green plants which are edible. Unfortunately, I can't do much at the moment as I'm healing myself from MS. Veganism helps but in my case, I had to deal with some inner anger which now that, I see no evil, has vanished and my illness will soon follow. My advice to all the Earth angels out there: if they try to sabotage you or insult you or whatever, keep cool! They are after your energy: they feed on anger and negativity so starve them until they are gone for good! 💖🤗😁
You poor thing.
Healing energies sent your way~
Miracles Happen, how are you doing over there with your healing journey? I'm on my own healing journey and it's so nice to see when someone takes it into their own hands to heal themselves. Western medicine certainly isn't going to do it, so it's up to us! Love and light to you. 💜🔥
very good reminder and advice. thanks for sharing. i
Indeed, healing is a journey... though they can also be instantaneous, miraculous, and to this I can testify.!
Lord have mercy, there will be so many without the knowledge on how to survive with the coming worldwide food shortages, healing aside, they will be starving. I thank God I was trained in many of the old ways, making virtually everything from scratch, and learning how to can my goods... even now learning how to forage as well, thanks be to such channels as this and others.
I just want to hang out, sip tea and eat salad with this guy. My goodness is he chill. I love it.
Thank you.
I am from Kashmir and many of the wild greens shown in this video are found in my land. Stinging nettle was used by our teachers to punish us in school but that doesn't happen now... Really a news to me that stinging nettle is edible...
Thanks for making this amazing video
Eric is an awesome teachers! I have attended some of his plant classes.
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Hallelujah
To God be the Glory ♥️
The basswood leaves would make a good wrap too. Thank you so much for this video.
I truly love how you call the plants "Friends". Thats so me.
What a cutie! Interesting and knowledgeable too
Thank you beautiful people.
Special thanks for the dividing the video into chapters.