It's a shame that people don't make more use of this plant. Thanks for another informative video. I especially like the nutrition breakdown you provide on your videos.
Just found your channel. If you didn't already know, a small amount of gelatin (about a teaspoon dissolved in a small amount of water per quart of juice) can remove most of the tannins from rough autumn olive berries. it always seems like the worst tasting ones have the largest and most fruit. just make sure the juice is very cold, dump it in, and wait for it to settle out as sediment. I can make anyone like this fruit with the de-tannined juice. makes excellent pectin candies!
Some of the best vids on youtube! Clear, concise, beautifully produced, and above all your spirit is from a much higher plane than most. And the kicker is it's all in my backyard too. I'm elated to have discovered you just recently. Keep up the wonderful work!
@@LearnYourLand dude your inspirational I want my channel to reflect yours your so intelligent you make me want to be better to learn more and to inspire others I love mycology that's how I found your channel but you've forced me to become extremely interested in botany please make a video on red spider Lilly or lycoris radiata the japanese lore around it alone is so interesting i plan on making a video tomorrow on a new channel you have inspired me to make Called Foraging Alabama but honestly I couldn't shake a stick at your knowledge so if you were to make a video on it or even butterfly fly pea or clitoria ternatea I would be extremely happy lol thanks man your truly a gift to me
Thanks for another great video, Adam! We picked lots of Autumn Olives a few days ago. I think we might make some ice cream and sorbet with some of them. 😊
Thank you!! While I was watching this I realized that I have one of these on my property! I paused the video and went to check and yes I do! I can't wait until autumn to taste the berries!
Thank u for sharing your knowledge. I've wondered about these fruits every time I had seen this tree. I'm so glad to find it's edible. I really enjoy your videos. I always learn something valuable. You are a really great teacher and presenter. It also helps that you are such a cutie! Please keep up the great work.
Thank you so much for this medicinal plant I otherwise wouldn't have known. I live on an old farm and woodland lot which has many of these sacred plant
I always have confidence in your information. It's clear your knowledge is solid and far-ranging. So many UA-cam videos covering similar topics leave me wanting to do my own research, but your information is reliable.
Adam as always thank you for this wonderful informative video. I live on 76 acres and I am sure I can find this somewhere on our farm. :) Thanks again. You always make me look at plants differently with a new perspective and eye.
We have loads of these here. I found out about these a few years ago when I noticed that some of the bushes growing in a patch of honeysuckle bush looked different so I looked it up and found out they were edible. I made a really nice syrup out of my first batch. I meant to make a jelly but I didn't have my portions right. But it made a beautiful syrup.
A couple days after watching your other video about Autumn olive, I came across it on the side of a road in Saint John, New Brunswick. The silver specks made me do a double take and wonder where I saw it, then I remembered your vidoe. Tart and tasty.
Excellent vid! I know the wildlands & exotics of California quite well & have never run across it that I know of, but now I'll keep an extra sharp eye out. Also love that you discuss nitrogen fixation & different takes on exotics/invasives. Subscribed.
Thank you for including info on the scientific evidence for this plant! My daughters and I have enjoyed these fruits since they were toddlers. We love introducing friends to this plant and watching them pucker up when they try it for the first time. Truly enjoy your videos. Well Done!
Another fascinating video. The characteristic for which we most value autumn olive is the sweet spicy, clove like scent in spring when those little flowers appear. This autumn, we’ll try a nibble.
I pick Autumn Olive for its juice. I am in zone 6 and I got more than 2 gallons this year. I will probably get another 2 gallons later. I usually wait till the leaves fall which makes picking so much easier. The juice is less tart without the seed and skin but I am probably losing a lot of vitamins and other healthy ingredients. I equate it with eating a whole pureed lemon or just drinking the lemon juice. I usually cut the juice by 50%, half water and half juice. For friends I add 10% sugar to remove most of the tartness. Its flavor is like lemon juice with an earthiness. The juice's color is a milky yellow, surprisingly not red at all. It does have a lite and airy foam on top that does not dissolve but can be removed. It stays fresh in the refrigerator for a week or two if we haven't drank it all by then. It makes great frozen lemon pops.
Harvesting some this year for the first time. It tastes delicious. Similar to a tarts strawberry. How do we prepare them or can they be eaten raw? Thank you Adam you’ve been the friend in my pocket for several years now as a hike through the forest.
awesome info and well presented. i live in western pa as well and own a small plot that is loaded with this stuff as well as a lot of the other stuff you cover in your videos. thanks
Thanks for all your doing, just started watching your videos yesterday 8/25/17. Today on my walk I found a few stands of Autumn olive will try some later in September if the birds haven't got them first
Thank you! I just discovered these berries and there has been some discussion of the seeds being toxic. I'm happy to have viewed your take on this as you are one of my most trusted sources of information. You are so knowledgeable and you're in PA so that's a definite bonus! Keep doing what you're doing, your videos are fantastic! Informative, to the point, and great to watch. I am wondering about the leaves, you briefly mention that have nutrients (unless I missed more), so they are edible as well?
Thanks so much for the info and giving a positive spin to a life form that is often viewed so negatively. I'd never heard of the medicinal values! Your knowledge is so appreciated...I've never been happier to have subscribed to UA-cam channel.
Thank you for this jewel of a video, not only did it make me extremely comfortable identifying this plant, but it is absolutely delicious!!! Autumn Olive is invasive here in Missouri as well, but honestly if they ever get rid of it i will sadly be hurt, top 5 tasty trail morsels
I think I’m going to get a blank drawing book and re go through your videos drawing pictures and take notes because the information you are giving is so important. Do you wright any books? You really should. And with your amazing cambia skills the pics in the book would be amazing. Just saying. Tnx
Scott Leclerc ++ His discriptions and images are so precise that I wouldn't hesitate to try these berries if I come across them! However, being from the UK, I'm not sure if one can find these trees... Still, good job and thanks for sharing.
I know this is an old video but…. I recently moved onto a property with TONS of autumn olives. I was aware of the benefits but how much is too much? I’d like biodiversity however they are taking over like a plague. By the way, thanks for the amazing videos. Just subscribed today after watching your stinging nettle video. Good stuff!
Adam, I'm in The Florida Native Plant Society. I spend half the year in New Brunswick, Canada and have tasted Autumn Olive and like it, but being a native plant enthusiast and knowing how bad invasive plants are, your enthusiasm for this plant is out of "sync" shall we say with the profound knowledge you possess. In short, invasives are just bad. Invasives such as the Brazilian Pepper are absolutely destroying parts of Florida. Also, you should check out a guy on UA-cam called Green Dean and his Eat The Weeds series of videos. They're about Florida, but I think you'd really like the format he uses. I'd suggest the saw palmetto video since you're so into healthy plants. His purslane video also, another superfood! Take care, love your vids.
Great video, Adam! I enjoy the video because you cover the origin of the plant, how to identify it, its botanical name, its benefits, how to eat them, ecology, and when to look forward to harvesting these yummy fruits. Do you know if the Ruby Autumn Olive can be grown in zone 9?
Adam, my goodness young man... you are an encyclopedia of knowledge on plants etc. It would be cool if you had a book or set of vids to catalog. Question, can these olives be canned? I’m in Texas & have never noticed these tho I use to spend a lot of time in the woods. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
even if you cant get the fruit what i like ab autum olive and goumi plant the leaves taste like nestea if u crush it and make it into tea and let it cool.
Thank you for the information. I see it a lot in cows fields out by where I work by the Pittsburgh International Airport. Like you say, pretty big but not quick tree size. I know that a lot of farmers will cut them and then apply glyphosate to prevent them from growing back into their pastures….I know…..not cool…..Is there an alternative way to control them without using such cancer causing chemicals?…..rotational grazing of pigs (let the pigs do the physical work that they love to do)encouraged with feed thrown where you want them to root in the ground and tear up the roots perhaps?? I have heard that would be a good option…of course over-seeding the freshly rooted ground with a good local pasture mix would propagate the healing process
There are very few if any info out there about how to use autumn olive.i dried all my berries last year. I was wondering if it would be possible to mix them in when I make elderberry syrup?
Since I like to make a jelly from this, I actually like to forage these when they are underripe as this helps the jelly gel easier. Also, since jelly requires a lot of sugar, I need a tart flavor to stand up to that.
I've been making Autumn Olive jam for the last 3 yrs. Its delicious. This yr I'm going to try to make fruit leather with it. Is it possible to identify the female versus male fruits? I noticed a couple things. On the same plant you can find berries that are small and other branches plump and noticeably larger and taste better. I've also noticed they grow in clusters a bit differently. 1 will grow out of the corners where the branch grows out of the main trunk or larger branch. And others grow as clusters hanging somewhat randomly. I do notice the age of the tree has something to do with it as well. I wish I could post a photo. I kinda assumed the plump berries were the females since I would more often than not see them on younger plants. Can you tell me if my observations make any sense?
Just found some Autumn Olive trees today! Can the berries be dehydrated for longer shelf life? How would one go about making a tincture with the leaves and alcohol such as vodka?
Nice video. Thanks. I appreciate the detailed information. Unfortunately, I live in the SW and I suspect most of the species you will talk about don't thrive at 3000 feet in USDA Zone 9a and 9b with pH 8. Oh well. You provide good information.
Hi Adam. Great series. Finally figured out which Turkey Tail look alikes I have, thanks to you. Is Autumn Olive different from Silver Buffalo Berry? Toasting the seeds makes them delicious, but I chew for a while then spit out the shells.
In South Eastern Michigan, there are Autumn Olive bushes everywhere. When the wind blows the silver underside is shown acres at a time. However, I have never seen an actual olive on any bush that I look at. Is this a different variety?
A SUPER FOOD for any animals or birds. I give them, ripe only, branches with berries and the leaves, they eat both, to my peacocks and they never get sick thru the harsh, cold winter months. I make jellies for me.
Very good video (I came here from an email I got from you) - but what does it TASTE like? I'm guessing NOT like olives at all, but a kind of fruit? Thanks!
Great question. Its taste is uniquely autumn olive. I'd compare it to a mildly sour apple/grape with a bit of astringency that dissipates as autumn approaches.
Patrick, in the United States autumn olive can be found as far north as Maine. In Canada, it extends into Ontario. You can practically find it everywhere east of the Rocky Mountains.
Because of it's "invasive" status, silverberry or autumn olive gets a bad rap. I often find it in on old CCC sites where it was planted to provide mast. Thanks for your insights and open mind. Invasives can add benefit to our ecosystems.
Dave, I never made the connection between this plant and old CCC sites. There are plenty of those here in Western PA, so I'll have to keep my eyes out! Thanks for commenting. -Adam
Great information as usual Adam, however I was wondering if you had ever heard of anyone making a tincture from the A.O. Or it’s seeds? Just curious, as having read about the potential benefits of the seed oil in treating catarrh, I’m thinking I’ll use the fruit in one way and make a tincture from the seeds to help with my lung issues.
It's a bit astringent... a bit sour... though if you harvest it later in the season (October - November), both qualities diminish while the sweetness increases. It's entirely autumn olive in taste, though if I had to compare it something, I'd say almost like a mildly sour apple.
tastes like cranberries (but oddly, smells like tomatoes when cooked). if you pick them while they're still astringent, just boil them down to a puree and make a fruit leather out of them. boiling removes the astringent. where i live, you have to pick them too early or the birds will eat them all
Hey Adam I would love to follow you in any woods and soak up your words do you ever do any forays or classes towards the south I'm in alabama either way would drive to any events provided in PA as well
We have thousands of acres of these on reclaimed stripping grounds and they get really heavy with fruit. So we cut branchers off and give them to the chickens who love to crawl through the branches and eat them.
I live closer to Pittsburgh... so a few hours west of you. I'll be leading an event on October 22nd... if you're able to make it out here, it'd be great to see you there! learnyourland.com/event/acorn-harvesting-and-processing-class-autumn-foraging-walk/
@@LearnYourLand I enjoyed your video. To take a leisurely walk in nature is good enough but your call to get to know it's trees, fruits therein and the medicinal qualities is a good call. Please send me your contact for the October 22, 2019 event. I want to see if I can attend this event. Would you also be kind to tell me if the jam of this berry is available for sale anywhere?
The issue with it is when it crowds out other native plants (including nitrogen fixing ones) that actually feed native insects that feed native birds, etc.
After watching this video, I realized that Autumn Olive is absolutely everywhere around where I live in PA. They taste great and my son loves them.
It's a shame that people don't make more use of this plant. Thanks for another informative video. I especially like the nutrition breakdown you provide on your videos.
Yes, I agree... while it's here, we might as well eat some of it. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Just found your channel. If you didn't already know, a small amount of gelatin (about a teaspoon dissolved in a small amount of water per quart of juice) can remove most of the tannins from rough autumn olive berries. it always seems like the worst tasting ones have the largest and most fruit. just make sure the juice is very cold, dump it in, and wait for it to settle out as sediment. I can make anyone like this fruit with the de-tannined juice. makes excellent pectin candies!
Thank you. I just found Autumn Olive on my property - so excited!
Thanks to you I was able to recognize autumn olive growing in my front yard!
Some of the best vids on youtube! Clear, concise, beautifully produced, and above all your spirit is from a much higher plane than most. And the kicker is it's all in my backyard too. I'm elated to have discovered you just recently. Keep up the wonderful work!
Thanks for the kind words! I'm glad to hear you find this information useful! -Adam
@@LearnYourLand dude your inspirational I want my channel to reflect yours your so intelligent you make me want to be better to learn more and to inspire others I love mycology that's how I found your channel but you've forced me to become extremely interested in botany please make a video on red spider Lilly or lycoris radiata the japanese lore around it alone is so interesting i plan on making a video tomorrow on a new channel you have inspired me to make Called Foraging Alabama but honestly I couldn't shake a stick at your knowledge so if you were to make a video on it or even butterfly fly pea or clitoria ternatea I would be extremely happy lol thanks man your truly a gift to me
thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks for another great video, Adam! We picked lots of Autumn Olives a few days ago. I think we might make some ice cream and sorbet with some of them. 😊
Sounds great! I've never made those before, though I'll add them to my list. :D
Thanks once again Adam...I had seen a bunch of these and had no idea what they were.. I'm so glad you did a video on them !
Thank you!! While I was watching this I realized that I have one of these on my property! I paused the video and went to check and yes I do! I can't wait until autumn to taste the berries!
The berries are here! They're a little tart and they're really pretty looking!
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Love your philosophy on life. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks, Jon!
awesome Adam great to know the autumn olive👍👍👍
Thanks so much for wealth of info. Very impressive. God bless
Love autumn olive performs well in low light
You are very systematic and still entertaining. You’re like a tour guide, in a good way. Look forward to meeting you someday.
You the man! Thanks for all the information and taking the time to make these videos.
Thanks Adam!!! I love watching your videos, I'm learning so much from you!! Happy Hunting :)
Thank u for sharing your knowledge. I've wondered about these fruits every time I had seen this tree. I'm so glad to find it's edible. I really enjoy your videos. I always learn something valuable. You are a really great teacher and presenter. It also helps that you are such a cutie! Please keep up the great work.
very informative--I will look for them
Thank you so much for this medicinal plant I otherwise wouldn't have known. I live on an old farm and woodland lot which has many of these sacred plant
I really love learning from you!!
I absolutely love autumn Olive
Very informative and well put together. Thank you.
Always interesting.
And in my beloved western PA.
I always have confidence in your information. It's clear your knowledge is solid and far-ranging. So many UA-cam videos covering similar topics leave me wanting to do my own research, but your information is reliable.
Got piles of them growing on my property. I wasnt sure if it could be something else. You identified it perfectly thank you
Thank You! Your expertise on plants and fungi is brilliant! Keep up the great work. Thanks again!!
Adam as always thank you for this wonderful informative video. I live on 76 acres and I am sure I can find this somewhere on our farm. :) Thanks again. You always make me look at plants differently with a new perspective and eye.
I just found an autumn olive tree on my property and was excited to find out that it had so many benefits. Great video!
The wood is beautiful and can be carved into spoons and small dishes
Great informational video. Just found these on my morning walk today. Thanks!
We have loads of these here. I found out about these a few years ago when I noticed that some of the bushes growing in a patch of honeysuckle bush looked different so I looked it up and found out they were edible. I made a really nice syrup out of my first batch. I meant to make a jelly but I didn't have my portions right. But it made a beautiful syrup.
A couple days after watching your other video about Autumn olive, I came across it on the side of a road in Saint John, New Brunswick. The silver specks made me do a double take and wonder where I saw it, then I remembered your vidoe. Tart and tasty.
Nice! Glad you found some!
Thank you for all of the useful and beneficial information that you share!
My pleasure!
Excellent vid! I know the wildlands & exotics of California quite well & have never run across it that I know of, but now I'll keep an extra sharp eye out. Also love that you discuss nitrogen fixation & different takes on exotics/invasives. Subscribed.
Fanawesometastic as always.
I really appreciate Your help
Super helpful. I have lots of Autumn Olive here on my new property... good to know how beneficial they are. Thank you!
Thank you for including info on the scientific evidence for this plant! My daughters and I have enjoyed these fruits since they were toddlers. We love introducing friends to this plant and watching them pucker up when they try it for the first time. Truly enjoy your videos. Well Done!
Learn something every time I watch your videos. I have always considered these a nuisance with no positive use.
Another fascinating video. The characteristic for which we most value autumn olive is the sweet spicy, clove like scent in spring when those little flowers appear. This autumn, we’ll try a nibble.
I pick Autumn Olive for its juice. I am in zone 6 and I got more than 2 gallons this year. I will probably get another 2 gallons later. I usually wait till the leaves fall which makes picking so much easier.
The juice is less tart without the seed and skin but I am probably losing a lot of vitamins and other healthy ingredients. I equate it with eating a whole pureed lemon or just drinking the lemon juice.
I usually cut the juice by 50%, half water and half juice. For friends I add 10% sugar to remove most of the tartness. Its flavor is like lemon juice with an earthiness. The juice's color is a milky yellow, surprisingly not red at all. It does have a lite and airy foam on top that does not dissolve but can be removed.
It stays fresh in the refrigerator for a week or two if we haven't drank it all by then. It makes great frozen lemon pops.
Harvesting some this year for the first time. It tastes delicious. Similar to a tarts strawberry. How do we prepare them or can they be eaten raw? Thank you Adam you’ve been the friend in my pocket for several years now as a hike through the forest.
Terrific overview of Autumn Olive. I've enjoyed eating these berries too. Thanks.
awesome info and well presented. i live in western pa as well and own a small plot that is loaded with this stuff as well as a lot of the other stuff you cover in your videos. thanks
Thanks for all your doing, just started watching your videos yesterday 8/25/17. Today on my walk I found a few stands of Autumn olive will try some later in September if the birds haven't got them first
Awesome! I almost forgot it's about that time of year!
enjoying all your videos Adam, almost seen them all, inspired and informed! thank you!
Thanks, Jordan!
Thank you! I just discovered these berries and there has been some discussion of the seeds being toxic. I'm happy to have viewed your take on this as you are one of my most trusted sources of information. You are so knowledgeable and you're in PA so that's a definite bonus! Keep doing what you're doing, your videos are fantastic! Informative, to the point, and great to watch. I am wondering about the leaves, you briefly mention that have nutrients (unless I missed more), so they are edible as well?
Thanks so much for the info and giving a positive spin to a life form that is often viewed so negatively. I'd never heard of the medicinal values! Your knowledge is so appreciated...I've never been happier to have subscribed to UA-cam channel.
Thanks, Rick! I appreciate your support!
Thanks for the confirmation.
They are everywhere around here. You have to watch, as bear love them too.
Thank you for this jewel of a video, not only did it make me extremely comfortable identifying this plant, but it is absolutely delicious!!! Autumn Olive is invasive here in Missouri as well, but honestly if they ever get rid of it i will sadly be hurt, top 5 tasty trail morsels
I think I’m going to get a blank drawing book and re go through your videos drawing pictures and take notes because the information you are giving is so important. Do you wright any books? You really should. And with your amazing cambia skills the pics in the book would be amazing. Just saying. Tnx
Your videos are great!! Thank you. Keep up the good work. I have these in my back yard.
Thanks Scott! Hope you enjoy eating them!
Scott Leclerc ++ His discriptions and images are so precise that I wouldn't hesitate to try these berries if I come across them! However, being from the UK, I'm not sure if one can find these trees... Still, good job and thanks for sharing.
Learn Your Land I planted these bushes on my place for deer to forage on I have never seen a berry produced,.
I know this is an old video but…. I recently moved onto a property with TONS of autumn olives. I was aware of the benefits but how much is too much? I’d like biodiversity however they are taking over like a plague. By the way, thanks for the amazing videos. Just subscribed today after watching your stinging nettle video. Good stuff!
Adam, I'm in The Florida Native Plant Society. I spend half the year in New Brunswick, Canada and have tasted Autumn Olive and like it, but being a native plant enthusiast and knowing how bad invasive plants are, your enthusiasm for this plant is out of "sync" shall we say with the profound knowledge you possess. In short, invasives are just bad. Invasives such as the Brazilian Pepper are absolutely destroying parts of Florida. Also, you should check out a guy on UA-cam called Green Dean and his Eat The Weeds series of videos. They're about Florida, but I think you'd really like the format he uses. I'd suggest the saw palmetto video since you're so into healthy plants. His purslane video also, another superfood! Take care, love your vids.
Thank you Adam. :-)
Great video, Adam! I enjoy the video because you cover the origin of the plant, how to identify it, its botanical name, its benefits, how to eat them, ecology, and when to look forward to harvesting these yummy fruits. Do you know if the Ruby Autumn Olive can be grown in zone 9?
Adam, my goodness young man... you are an encyclopedia of knowledge on plants etc. It would be cool if you had a book or set of vids to catalog. Question, can these olives be canned? I’m in Texas & have never noticed these tho I use to spend a lot of time in the woods. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
even if you cant get the fruit what i like ab autum olive and goumi plant the leaves taste like nestea if u crush it and make it into tea and let it cool.
Gonna go forage for these soon. 😊👍
I will send some pictures to you for identifying mushroom...last year I hunted a lot of mushrooms...still have some in storage.
Thank you for the information. I see it a lot in cows fields out by where I work by the Pittsburgh International Airport. Like you say, pretty big but not quick tree size. I know that a lot of farmers will cut them and then apply glyphosate to prevent them from growing back into their pastures….I know…..not cool…..Is there an alternative way to control them without using such cancer causing chemicals?…..rotational grazing of pigs (let the pigs do the physical work that they love to do)encouraged with feed thrown where you want them to root in the ground and tear up the roots perhaps?? I have heard that would be a good option…of course over-seeding the freshly rooted ground with a good local pasture mix would propagate the healing process
There are very few if any info out there about how to use autumn olive.i dried all my berries last year. I was wondering if it would be possible to mix them in when I make elderberry syrup?
Since I like to make a jelly from this, I actually like to forage these when they are underripe as this helps the jelly gel easier. Also, since jelly requires a lot of sugar, I need a tart flavor to stand up to that.
I've been making Autumn Olive jam for the last 3 yrs. Its delicious. This yr I'm going to try to make fruit leather with it.
Is it possible to identify the female versus male fruits? I noticed a couple things. On the same plant you can find berries that are small and other branches plump and noticeably larger and taste better. I've also noticed they grow in clusters a bit differently. 1 will grow out of the corners where the branch grows out of the main trunk or larger branch. And others grow as clusters hanging somewhat randomly. I do notice the age of the tree has something to do with it as well. I wish I could post a photo. I kinda assumed the plump berries were the females since I would more often than not see them on younger plants. Can you tell me if my observations make any sense?
Thanks!
Just found some Autumn Olive trees today! Can the berries be dehydrated for longer shelf life? How would one go about making a tincture with the leaves and alcohol such as vodka?
Nice video. Thanks. I appreciate the detailed information.
Unfortunately, I live in the SW and I suspect most of the species you will talk about don't thrive at 3000 feet in USDA Zone 9a and 9b with pH 8. Oh well. You provide good information.
Perhaps one day I'll make it out there and create some videos about the flora and fungi that inhabit your area!
Do you ever lead organized nature hikes?
Hi Adam.
Great series. Finally figured out which Turkey Tail look alikes I have, thanks to you.
Is Autumn Olive different from Silver Buffalo Berry?
Toasting the seeds makes them delicious, but I chew for a while then spit out the shells.
In South Eastern Michigan, there are Autumn Olive bushes everywhere. When the wind blows the silver underside is shown acres at a time. However, I have never seen an actual olive on any bush that I look at. Is this a different variety?
My goats love these.
A SUPER FOOD for any animals or birds. I give them, ripe only, branches with berries and the leaves, they eat both, to my peacocks and they never get sick thru the harsh, cold winter months. I make jellies for me.
Very good video (I came here from an email I got from you) - but what does it TASTE like? I'm guessing NOT like olives at all, but a kind of fruit? Thanks!
Great question. Its taste is uniquely autumn olive. I'd compare it to a mildly sour apple/grape with a bit of astringency that dissipates as autumn approaches.
So knowledgeable! What is the range of this tree/shrub? How far north does it survive?
Patrick, in the United States autumn olive can be found as far north as Maine. In Canada, it extends into Ontario. You can practically find it everywhere east of the Rocky Mountains.
Because of it's "invasive" status, silverberry or autumn olive gets a bad rap. I often find it in on old CCC sites where it was planted to provide mast. Thanks for your insights and open mind. Invasives can add benefit to our ecosystems.
Dave, I never made the connection between this plant and old CCC sites. There are plenty of those here in Western PA, so I'll have to keep my eyes out! Thanks for commenting. -Adam
Great information as usual Adam, however I was wondering if you had ever heard of anyone making a tincture from the A.O. Or it’s seeds?
Just curious, as having read about the potential benefits of the seed oil in treating catarrh, I’m thinking I’ll use the fruit in one way and make a tincture from the seeds to help with my lung issues.
If you are ever in Calfornia, look me up. I live in the Santa Cruz Mountains
Will do!
Interesting video
Just found these for the first time! What's the taste like?
Enjoyed the video very informative, but what does it taste like?
It's a bit astringent... a bit sour... though if you harvest it later in the season (October - November), both qualities diminish while the sweetness increases. It's entirely autumn olive in taste, though if I had to compare it something, I'd say almost like a mildly sour apple.
tastes like cranberries (but oddly, smells like tomatoes when cooked). if you pick them while they're still astringent, just boil them down to a puree and make a fruit leather out of them. boiling removes the astringent. where i live, you have to pick them too early or the birds will eat them all
Hi Adam I love close to mcdade park in Scranton huge numbers of autumn olive starting to get sweet thinking of making wine anybody you know ever try?
Hey Adam I would love to follow you in any woods and soak up your words do you ever do any forays or classes towards the south I'm in alabama either way would drive to any events provided in PA as well
Adam, can you freeze them directly or do you need to blanch or something?
wow you do good work
Thanks, Ben! I do enjoy it.
We have thousands of acres of these on reclaimed stripping grounds and they get really heavy with fruit. So we cut branchers off and give them to the chickens who love to crawl through the branches and eat them.
Almost mixed this up with honey suckle berry, be safe everyone
I keep thinking the title reads "Foraging for Autumn Love."
Who is made a leaf extract of autumn olive? How does it taste?
Thanks where can I find them in Ohio?
Apparently my back yard 😅
hi. what about the leaves. are they edible etc
still wondering about the leaves. lmk thx
Would you tincture the leaves?
Can you eat them or use yhem as a tea?
What is the expected life expectancy of the autumn olive?
Adam, are you near Allentown? I'd love to learn first hand.
I live closer to Pittsburgh... so a few hours west of you. I'll be leading an event on October 22nd... if you're able to make it out here, it'd be great to see you there! learnyourland.com/event/acorn-harvesting-and-processing-class-autumn-foraging-walk/
Learn Your Land awe man, I'm in the midst of moving. But, if you would keep me updated on other up coming events, I will be most appreciative.
For sure! Best way to stay in touch with upcoming events is through the newsletter: confirmsubscription.com/h/i/8F756D78F98F8632
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I enjoyed your video. To take a leisurely walk in nature is good enough but your call to get to know it's trees, fruits therein and the medicinal qualities is a good call.
Please send me your contact for the October 22, 2019 event. I want to see if I can attend this event.
Would you also be kind to tell me if the jam of this berry is available for sale anywhere?
yeah but Luke you've got the force to help u
The issue with it is when it crowds out other native plants (including nitrogen fixing ones) that actually feed native insects that feed native birds, etc.
I think I will go outside now and see how this years crop is coming on.
Do Autumn olives grow in England.
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Honeysuckle is poisonous correct?