4 Spring Edible Weeds That Might Be In Your Yard

Never eat anything you have not yet positively identified. In spring there are a lot of wild edible plants coming up and there are several that may be in your yard. In this video, I cover 4 of those.

[@RobertFireLionBlueHawkWinkler]

Don't forget plantain, regular and broadleaf...a great source of vitamins and antioxidants...

[@johntoothman4888]

Squirrel, water, hand full of flower, wild onions... boom, dinner!!

[@SwapPartLLC]

In my family, we eat fried dandelion greens. First you clean them good and boil them. Squeeze out as much water as you can. Paper towels help. Then you pull them apart, coat them in flour, and fry them in oil or shortening. Not a lot of oil or shortening. You aren't deep frying. Just more like stir frying. The small unopened buds are really good fried too. Avoid picking ones near pine trees, because the pine needles make them taste nasty. My sister and I learned that lesson many years ago. You can also make dandelion wine. I've never done it, but my mom said my grandfather used to.

[@Boobies92545]

SwapPart, LLC awesome

[@tayhayinthewind8386]

Gotta try fried, sounds delicious.

[@SwapPartLLC]

@@tayhayinthewind8386 They really are. We love them.

[@SwapPartLLC]

I forgot to mention we put salt and vinegar on them when they're done. I suppose that's optional though.

[@CavemanCody]

That's pretty cool. I'm not a fan of greens but I've found I can eat some fried

[@PoorMansPreparing]

I was planning to make a short video on the wild onion. Great video, very informative Cody! Keep up the great work.

[@christopheralexander1554]

Square stem is a characteristic of mint family plants

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

christopher alexander cooool

[@SwapPartLLC]

Did anyone else notice the magic teleporting dog at 4:25?

[@tayhayinthewind8386]

lol....yes!

[@adreabrooks11]

Another fun tip: if you like dandelion tea, you can add sugar and some source of pectin (the store-bought stuff, lemon peel, apple skins, etc.) to make it into dandelion jelly. This works the same as with jelly made from fruit juice. Lots of recipes available on the web.
A word of warning though: the white sap in dandelions is a form of latex. If a person has latex allergies, dandelion roots and leaves are not for them. The flowers might be okay, if one is mildly allergic; there's no latex in them, but there's still potential contamination from the sap at the flower's base.

[@AlecWantoch]

Videos just keep getting better and better, thanks for all the info!!

[@jessemaldonado7971]

Very nice👍

[@PoorMansPreparing]

Make a video making some Pine needle tea, that would be cool. I plan on doing that as well. We need the videos right now for sure, everyone is bored at home.

[@onenessseeker5683]

excellent , keep them coming!

[@tomritter493]

Great video son you have leeks there

[@spiritsurvival645]

Yes! All of these are great to munch on when you’re backpacking through the woods :D

[@Hoonozit]

Thanks Cody, I enjoy learning about edible plants.

[@mikes7446]

lol I have those Yellow flowers on my lawn, I tried eating the flowers made my throat dry lol

[@dangates7572]

Enjoy your videos

[@everready19373]

I like to eat day lilies, the small unopened buds are delicious.

[@mattmarzula]

Love me them wild onions.

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

and.. FERNS!

[@karaholmes5219]

Great video. Where have you been? Awaiting next video

[@maryhillis8911]

Awesome.

[@johnshannon2242]

thanks Caveman Cody

[@tanjab.5234]

I remember my grandma's dandelions salad....

[@Joe-yc4fs]

you can wash it, but that wouldnt mean that no animal had ever peed on it. it still would have been peed on

[@HotMannaMinute]

Cody do you have any videos on identifying tree's?

[@CavemanCody]

None specifically other than a persimmon and a hickory.

[@cujodavis3236]

The wild onions will give you the shits

[@rayraymontoya78]

I live in Michigan and I never see Chickweed. Frustrating.

[@tonypino2858]

is dat 1-Spprt van BIESLOOK.

[@Boobies92545]

What states can you find these in ?

[@spidermonkey4806]

Is that wild onion? It looks like death camas. What is the difference?

[@adreabrooks11]

- Death camas leaves are distinctly "V"-shaped; wild Onion are flat to mildly concave (a very shallow "U." Death camas' leaves are rough and abrasive to the touch, like grass leaves; wild onion's leaves are smooth, like a domestic onion.
- Wild onion's flowers are in one cluster at the top, in sort of an upside-down umbrella shape; death camas' flowers cluster a bit, but the cluster is more spread out, and travels a way down the stem.
- And, of course, the most obvious is smell. If it doesn't smell like onions, it's not wild onion.

[@saltygrunt6740]

I thought you were supposed to avoid eating plants with a milky excretion or sap? Just as a general rule....

[@mattmarzula]

True. As far as dandelion goes, more of an exception to the rule. Stick to the flower and root.

[@tayhayinthewind8386]

Accually wild lettuce is also milky, and delicious!
~pain relieving tea, or dry and smoke.

[@threwthelookingglass7194]

Salty Grunt some but i had milk weed eith my cereal

[@sadams5945]

First!

[@whattookUsolong]

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