🎥 First episode of the new cooking show premieres on UA-cam Sunday, June 5th @10:00AM PST. Follow this link to watch: ua-cam.com/video/1EUezaLoLJw/v-deo.html
I'm an old woman, my husband died 14 months ago . my yard has not been cut since then.people have come by and said things like WOW you need to cut your yard . As a joke I've been saying no,there might be something out there I can eat.people have been laughing, but I see now that it's the truth.thanks.
Yaateeh (hello) I am from Navajo nation. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I would like to see if you did a video on Nopal cactus and it’s benefits. I’m Native American from Navajo nation and watched some tv shows on serving in the wild and I literally watched people walk by Nopal cactus while they were hungry and dehydrated 😂😂. I live in Southern California and you wouldn’t believe how many people people here do not know they can eat this cactus and it’s fruit and it’s medicinal benefits 2nd to none. There are so many different ways to eat this cactus from salads also in soups or even a mixture of eggs and also with meat… This kind of cactus has been used by my ancestors for thousands of years. It would be an honor if you could share this on your videos and it’s benefits for everyone to see. Have a fantastic day and blessings to you and yours. 🐺
Wowza, I guess there's interest my proposed wild edibles cooking show. 🥦 Having read through all your AWESOME comments, it's clear to me that this is happening! I'm on it, stay tuned...
I just found your channel and I really like how you take your time with showing each plant. I'm new to this I have been wanting to learn this for a very long time. I found 3 plants in my dad's farm a couple of days ago. My friend in Canada suggested the app called Picture this. All 3 I scanned where great plants to use. 😁😁 wild lettuce I learned can be used as pain management. Curly sick he has lots of I don't remember the last one off hand it's in my phone I saved it. And yessss please do the kitchen teaching of how to use.. Thank you.. We live in Arkansas. North central part.
Hi from the UK Isn't it funny that we love to grow pretty things in our gardens that are poisonous yet get upset with weeds that are nutritious Keep up the good work
I'm a 72 year old retired nurse, and this was sooo fun to watch! I am retiring to the country in Missouri,(I can't wait...we take off this afternoon!!). And this information just gave me a new hobby!! I will have more time and acres and acres of ground to hunt! Nutrition has always been my forte. As a Parish nurse for the last 6 years, I have enjoyed helping people learn new ways to cook and prepare meals that are more nutritional and delicious! Thank you so much, and God's eternal blessings!👵😇
Your videos saved my high risk child throughout this pandemic. We forage (still) for our “wild smoothies” daily and have not been sick. I am so grateful to you and your books/videos
I learned wild edible knowledge from you thru UA-cam a few years ago. It's changed my life. I'm in Mississippi and all of those plants from this video are down here, too. I usually forage for soup in the mornings and now I wake up feeling so alive each day. It really is crazy how different I feel and look.
This is, BY FAR, one of the BEST foraging videos I've EVER seen!!! May God richly bless you for this work, as it may benefit MANY who are or will be soon struggling.!
I remember, as a child, sitting in the grass with my friends and pulling grass. If it squeaked, we would chew on the ends! I had no idea we were onto something. Thank you for this video, so cool.
Chewing on grass as a pleasant pass time is one thing; relying on it for sustenance is another. Also humans can’t digest grasses. You could go container gardening and grow things on a balcony or indoors but if you do that you want as high calorie plants as possible - ie grow a beet or potato rather than lettuce. Even still most urban dwellers would find practical problems with this
@@bobhopkins3520 you are absolutely right. I use hydroponics. I was just commenting that it was interesting that what a lot of us kids did without thinking was actually 'healthy'; fun to know.
@@bobhopkins3520 yes agreed, I've branched out to many different sprout and micro-green varieties because it's a much easier way to get your greens in wintertime when they may not be easily obtained whether it's walking through a foot of snow for 12 blocks to buy some out of season greens, or spending $40 on a cab ride when that may be my budget for food. I have a small glass tabletop greenhouse and grow lights for growing small root crops that I want to try out and plenty of seeds, soil and vermicompost whenever I need to recycle used soil or just add nutrients. I want to get some of the growing medium mats though with money at it's tightest I'll do with what I have as many others in the same situation, maybe I'll grow grass for my cats. I did add some purslane and dandelion leaf to a leftover burrito last night from my containers, it turned out great and free greens
Me too! I ate so many of these plants even though my mom told me they were poisonous! She also told me tic tacs were medicine! Lol! My entire childhood was a lie. 🙃
I teach plant identification for 4H youth and I have a couple of kids getting into foraging & wild edibles. I am excited to have just discovered your channel. Just watching your video I am still only confident in identifying those plants that I have already seen many times. Mallow, thistles, and dock I don't think I can confidently identify. One of the best ways I teach for identification is to draw the plant. This makes you notice every detail: leaf margins, venation, how the leaves are arranged on the stem, petioles, flower characteristics, etc. I 2nd your advice about using all the senses. We observe plants visually but also feel for rough, smooth, spined, textured, or fuzzy leaves & stems. We smell others. One other thing I do with them for plants that have a similar leaf structure is to ask them what the plant could be mistaken for and then compare them side by side. For example, we might look at cantaloupe, cucumber, and squash leaves side by side and discuss similarities & what makes each distinctive/unique. I would think this would be a good technique for foraging edibles especially. This edible plant looks almost exactly like this other inedible thing and here's how you tell the difference. This may have been how I found your channel looking up American Chestnut (edible) vs. Horse Chestnut (not edible). The chestnuts look almost virtually alike to a beginner who has never seen a chestnut before. If one is poisonous and one isn't, I sure want to know which is which before venturing to eat them.
I'm new here. I love learning about wild edibles ty For refreshing my head. I love the I can be a dick now lol I'll tell my husband to use that one. I'll be watching 👀 more of these videos. And using more of these in our meals. Love eating the grass greens I've never eaten a raw dandelion flower before. I've deep fried them like morel mushrooms 🍄 🍄 in the spring. Great video I watched 👀 all the way to the end.
🌱🌱🌱GUESS WHAT? Episode one of my wild edibles cooking show is compressing right now in Adobe Media Encoder. If all goes well, it should go live this Sunday. 🕺🕺🕺 Should I do a UA-cam premiere so y'all can ask me questions or just publish this puppy?
Yes that sounds great if youve been eating this stuff for years and know ways to make it palatable. Me?? I will eat just about anything green but the rest of my family? No way! So that sounds great!
I started this video with it just in the background as I was doing house chores... I had to stop and take notes. Excellence presentation and I have subscribed!!
Dude you are cool AF and are an awesome teacher. I have been studying wild food and medicine on my own for several months. I have been foraging salads and picking and eating things any time I'm in the woods. I love the stuff, myself, as well as the idea that I can have fun while getting food or medicine for free!!!! Everyone thinks I'm crazy but a lot of it tastes much better than store bought produce!!!!! And it's free!!!!!
There's a book you might be interested in if you are looking at medicinal values. Michael Moore (not the political guy) teaches somewhere in Arizona but has published 3 books: Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West, Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West and Medicinal Plants of the Southwest. There are also books out there for other parts of the country but don't have my list with me
I learned to forage by necessity as a kid. I had an aunt who was a horrible cook and when we had to eat at her house, I'd go eat outside and when we sat at the table, I declined and told the truth, "Thank you Ma'am, I'm not hungry" and I drank my water. Most useful skill. Thanks for reminding and adding!
I foraged a lot as a kid because in the 80s if it was a nice day the adults would say “go outside, it’s a nice day!” And I’d be spending all day in the forest, playing in the creek, picking berries, eating clovers, and just getting to know the plants of the Pacific Northwest. I used to get annoyed when the adults would shoo me outside for the day but now it’s my most cherished childhood memory.
Being Japanese I love spring in oregon. My favorites are knotweed, bracken fern and wild mustard. If it comes down to lack of food all I need is a bowl of rice and these plants🤗
Just found your channel 👋 Great information….. 2y ago I let my backyard “return” to nature. It is just amazing how many plants I have discovered!!!!!!!! I have gathered and dried a lot, made salves and tinctures. My family says the yard looks “a mess”. However, it’s far from that… it’s now my apothecary ❤️ Yes, PLEASE do a cooking video!!!!!
We are so addicted to our lawns. In Germany, people had their veggie gardens in front of the house of that was where the sun was longest. Lots of summers the tomatoes stayed green from lack of warm temperatures. It’s a mimetic thing in this country. Green (poisoned) lawns. Nicely trimmed with large mowing machines.
Your teaching has really ignited a passion within me for wild edibles foods in the past couple years. Thank you. Also, I’m very much interested in a series with recipes included.
So amazed! ,this was more interesting than I could have imagined!.. my childhood was spent out doors in a small village in the 40’s& 50’s ..weeds grew everywhere.. most of which I could name by sight.. however, now I know what is edible, although, now the “ wild” areas no longer exist as they did years ago.. (unsightly things are mowed down early in cities, towns etc. So…we no longer see them growing at all.. unless we go out into wild areas and forage!! OR … WATCH YOUR SUPER GREAT VIDEOS ON UA-cam,! i thank you for this.. I learned so much!.. BEST..CHERYL🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
A couple years ago I started watching your videos and now me and the kids are running around out in our pastures eating flowers and various items . So yes absolutely thank you for teaching us this as I believe it will be an awesome way to offset the cost of food and the possibility of eating at all. Of course we hunt and produce our own chicken and fish. I am actually contemplating doing here and there a two day fast with only wild Edibles. The kids love it
As a child ,my father took me into the timber and taught me what was edible! I love fried dandelion blossoms and sautéed wild mushrooms. We also made our own sassafras tea which is real work as it’s made from the roots! The aroma of digging and cutting the roots made my mouth water! Cat tail was another winter staple we loved! Love your info videos!
TOTALLY AWESOME!!! THANK YOU FOR THE KNOWLEDGE I'VE BEEN WANTING FOR, for YEARS! AND WE, here in So. Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 have ALL THOSE EDIBLES!! I even potted DANDELIONS for our back deck...and NOW, I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH OTHER "EDIBLES"!! My friends get a kick outa me being the lady who potted Dandelions!! It's SO COMFORTING, to go out and get another Dandelion flower 🌼 and some baby leaves, and garnish a salad, or just take the bitter under leaves off, and eat a dandelion or two! Even my "farmer" husband misses them if they're not on a salad 🥗 😃 😊 I have made beautiful Plantain/Beeswax Salve, which has helped our family with skin ailments! GOOD'AY AND PLEASE "KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON" 🙏 ✨️ 👍
Hells yes I would watch you breaking each resource down and showing options for cooking. I wish this was taught in schools over most everything else. Great video, I’m now a subscriber!
I absolutely agree that this along with gardening and cooking should be taught foremost in schools 💪 I told a friend of mine that was starving for 3 days and very weak while traveling through a jungle, to eat some grass to get some nutrition and liquid… it could definitely save someone’s life 😎
Medical schools would be much better served! Best Doctor I ever had taught me a great deal & got me started on my path to foraging GOD'S provided goodness! 😋 But he was the only 1 in the states to hold the degrees & knowledge he had!
@@cindyschreiber7689 Saved my relatives life... As 14 y young boy, among others, , brought to german camp & they didn't get anything to eat.. Had to eat grass... Blessings 🙏🌟🕊️
This was one of the best wild foraging videos I've seen. Thank you for taking the time to be this specific about these edible plants. I've been foraging wild edibles since last year and am so happy to see other people interested in this way of living.
So happy to watch your very informative videos, though I know these plants already and have use them and ate them all, still want to hear all about plants!!!! These wild or "weeds" not only have fed us almost daily since 2020 when I got shingles and had not been able to heal from last illness which was arthritis and rheumatoid. Thanks to shingles, started learnign about plants, something told me to look at the floor, there was pennyworth, started studying about it and eating it leaving my mouth so sour!!! LOL but still ate it daily and put it on my sking and there I was healed instantly from shingles and 2 months later healed from rheumatoid and arthritis by eating every green plant aka weed I found in large quantities, suddenly, no more hands and elbows pain, my hands and fingers got back total movement and since then I not only love to forage but adore all these amazing plants (we take no pills of any kind, or vitamins nor supplements) we get tall our nutrients from plants only but also been bitten by snakes, spiders and who knows what else as I go forage on shorts and sleeveless shirts plus never use gloves or even any chemicals for mosquitos LOL, not a wild person as I grew and was born in one of the largest cities also, lived in another largest city but for a reason I prefer non-city places since kid! so I go outdoors like nothing, tasting plants and collecting to transplant these "weeds" on our lot for future foods or medicine. Seen poison running my skin no more than an inch and stops! I know it is all the plants we eat that have saved me from getting poison running into my system. SO GRATEFUL TO YOU and all other teachers that I've learned from. Certainly, would love to see your cooking. I am always on a fast pace and just put all plants on the pot with veggies (we are vegetarians since 2016) and all our legumes, on teas, on everything we eat. By the way, I am only 52 and wake up with zero pains!!! Isn't that amazing? and have no grey hair! wondering if it the plants?
From 74 year old in Alabama , I thoroughly enjoyed your video . I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and would love to see videos of how you prepare and consume these wild edibles.
Amazing! I bought a house with a garden full of wild flowers and weeds which was incredibly overwhelming. I now feel less overwhelmed about all knee-high stuff growing back there. Please make more videos like these!
Thanks for the information. Next time I watch this video I will follow your suggestion and go outside and look at some of the weeds. That was a good, comprehensive short list.
Thanks so much , my grandmother would walk us through the park and name every green thing around us and tell us what it was and if it was good or bad , Your very inspiring 😀
Great video! It's amazing how many plants grow in our backyards for free and without chemicals. Our society in general has become so dependsnt on grocery stores that we forget that great things grow in the wild!
Batter & fry those dandelion flowers up like you would morel mushrooms and they taste similar to them. Some precooked bags of lettuce sold at the store will have some chopped up dandelion leaves mixed in with the lettuce. My mom battered and fried up the dandelion flowers the old fashion way. It was good. She saved bacon grease and then battered and fried them in that. After soaking them in salted water for about 20 minutes I rinse them and pat them dry like my mom does. Then since I have celiac disease I use either almond or rice flour, mixed with salt, to batter the dandelion and fry it up with coconut oil. Taste sooo good! 😅Hey, you are sitting on some Creeping Charlie which is edible. It is in the mint family but looks totally differant than other mints. When it gets walked on or mowed over it releases a pleasant smell that is very nice. It taste ok.
Love the way you show us how to identify these plants. I am going to show this to my teenage granddaughter who lives on a farm and loves plants. She has a disability though where she cannot learn to read so this is perfect for her. Thankyou
I’m so happy to have found your video Sergei! 😃 I bought your mother’s book Victoria Boutenko “Green for Life” 2005 this was many years a go when I was studying Raw food. Definitely I’m going back to green smoothies, you have inspired me today, same as your mom did with her book! Thank you so much🙏
I would be very interested in your "mini series" on wild plants. My grandma used to walk with me in the fields and woods around our house. Plantain and chickweed were plants i learned first. I'm sure stinging nettles were soon after. Since then I have always been interested in weeds. This morning while weeding my garden I found Dandy lion, pig weed, lambs quarter, and chickweed. All in the space of 3 square ft.
Hello! I have known of most of these so-called weeds for decades, but I did not know as much about them as you have expressed. Thank you. & in answer to your question, I do see that your last year's garden patch has many plants, instead of my first glance of mostly grass & a single dandelion here & there. I like hearing about Oregon, since I have visited, mainly in SE Portland. Now I reside in green sunny SW Virginia. I am sharing this(my first of your videos) with a few friends & family who will benefit to learn about edible "weeds." Thank you Sergei~
Been foraging since the seventies. One of my favorites is violet. You can eat the flowers and the foliage is edible and has more iron than spinach. The tender young leaves are great in salad. I always try to leave some in my backyard, as it never gets higher than my ankles. It also is a butterfly 🦋 friendly, as the Gulf Fritillary likes to lay it's eggs on it.
How interesting! Don't forget to thoroughly search for butterfly eggs before you eat it raw or nibble with unwashed hands. Could be a source of parasitic infestation for you. Forage safely.
I learned about 5 new plants today. Yeah. Thank you, loved teaching style very much. And yes, a cooking show would be fabulous! I'm in! Thank you sergei
Thanks for identifying wild mustard. It made a first appearance in my yard this year. Now I know not only how to identify it but how to use it as "free food". Thanks, Sergei!
I found you very easy to listen to, and this is the 1st time I've tuned in to one of your videos. I enjoyed watching. You have an easy, relaxed way and you are a good teacher!
Yes please! Do it!! I've loved nature for 50+ years, and most plants benefit from thinning/pruning, as long as we always leave some of the patch for bugs, animals, and future growth. Share our Earth responsibly - thanks for your education in this!
I grew up eating many of these plants. My parents, dad born 1920 mom 1924, grew up during the great depression. Fortunately both on family farms so never really went hungry, unlike some of their friends in town. Anyway grew up learning to forage on hikes, around the ranch and wherever. Very good things to know. I've recently started learning about herbal medicines. My dad had a big book of his dad's written in the late 1800's. Some things they had for "health" was just plane funny. But a lot was good info, one of my older brothers has it now.
Sergei, I have appreciated your family’s plant wisdom for years, starting with your mom. I would definitely be interested in your forage-to-table program. I think that it would be a unique offering in the foodie and the plant ID spaces. BTW, even when times are not so hard, the prospect of increasing one’s nutritional profile by cultivating these plants in the garden is very appealing, especially since so many of our domesticated cultivars have been bred for appearance, sweetness, uniformity,and ease of mass harvest rather than nourishment.
More and more people are getting on board with this. Now, more than ever, we need to interact with Nature and stop consuming chemicals/toxins. Much love, joy, and peace to you and your precious family.
I let my yard do it own thing for two years, then I learned all about the ‘weeds’ that grew there. Everything you showed us grew in my yard. This video would have made my search so much easier when I was first learning. I’m going to definitely share this video!
I love your video and how you teach! It is a very good refresher course for me. Thank you so much🥰 I encourage you to keep on keeping on with doing this. 🙂 💜💛🌻💛💜
Nothing compares with the feeling of well being after eating a dish of wild edibles. You feel like you were unknowingly starving, and finally got something to eat.
Well, I will add to that nothing compares to knowing the most high of the Bible keeping his commandments. He shows you his secrets and he wants to know can he trust you and nothing can compare to him because it is his majesty that has created all of this for us to enjoyand he has so many secrets in. There is his greatest mystery of godliness if people would just grow closer to him if they only knew he’s waiting for them.
@@bettinashope9637 so many of these edible “weeds” are currently growing in my garden. It’s like I’m not the only one doing the planting. God is planting things there that he knows will nourish me and my family. It’s amazing ❤
Excellent teaching skills. I have a sea of clover, some dandelion, stinging nettle purple, and plantains., persimmons, muscadine, wild strawberries, and still learning. I know I have mushrooms that my Arkansas forager friend has taught me to pick and these are all found on my property right out my front and back door...free food.
Wow my interest in wild weeds has grown in this past year. Now I am excited to go outside to find & try these healthy free greens & nutrition. Thank U Jesus Christ for providing this important info for me to learn healthy eating for free. Amen
Your book wild edibles just came in the mail the other day! We're so thankful to come across your book in your videos. They are super helpful! I think you should, for sure, make that little mini-series you're talking about. We need it!
Oh my goodness you are such a FANTASTIC teacher of forging wild food. Would like more forges and how to prepare in salad, soups, stews or stir fry. Thank you very much!♥️👍
Credit to your mother for raising a brilliant son. Your content is amazing. I WOULD like a series of plant identifcation, harvest, kitchen prep and use.
Yes, please make the series! GREAT advice about adding one new edible at a time to be sure you have no allergy. Eat it for a week to a month without adding anything new to make sure. You can develop allergies over time. I also find that you are very careful in identification. Thank you for showing different variants in plants. I also appreciate that you're defining what the public land management will kill if you don't eat it. Watching this with the grass, I said "what?". I went outside and pulled a few and it worked. I took a bite of that light bit (all of our grass is organic) and yes, it tastes like grass, but sweeter. I'd throw it in a salad. I already knew that dandelions are everything. Don't eat too much of the root at one time though or you'll pee yourself silly. During the depression, folks used to forage regularly for dandelions to make a salad. I learned that from my great grandma, who actually did that. Personally, where I can leave them to propagate, I do, so I always have a source of food high in calcium. They're little calcium pumps. I have plantain growing about 10ft out my front door. Can you dig them up and move them? They're in a place I'm going to be going scorched earth because I need defensible space for fire season. I live in a forested part of Oregon in Polk county and it's just a matter of time before we have fire here. We were really concerned when Detroit and all down 22 burned, and then coming the other way through Otis. We're half way between both. Have to make way for rock/cement, and I'd love to keep these little guys somewhere, either potted or away from the house. I also have clover all over. It has a wonderful aromatic that's pleasant, but I can't quite identify. Local clover honey has been a staple in my home, and it reminds me of that but WAY stronger. Again, I'd put it on a salad. For me, NO SLIME. NO okra, ever. I lived in the south and I've had it every way possible and I can't do the snot. Not even fried drowned in Ranch. It's a texture thing. I'm a retired nurse, not a respiratory therapist. Where are you in Oregon? My plants are way smaller than yours. Also, we're at 1k ft. so that could be the difference. Everything is later here. Our cherries are just now blooming when those in Salem have already lost all of their flowers
Excellent introduction to foraging. Im not new to it, but massively appreciate how you bring people closer to it. This is our largely forgotten human heritage, abd thank you for helping to keep it going and hopefully expanding ✌️
Im a silicone based organism & I felt this. Need more of these vids! I had a bad cut that got infected really bad. I used alcohol, ointments & every modern remedy but didn't do much at all. I made a plantain mix & wrapped in the plantain leaf & the next morning the swelling was gone & it was almost healed in about 4 days. It works way better than anything bought over the counter. Theres so much food & medicine all around you. Stick with natural first then go from there.
I have been a student of wild foraging for at least 35 years and I totally enjoyed this video and learned some things. Thank you 🙏🏼 for your inspiration and encouragement and effort and style! I will subscribe and share 🙌🏽 💝 🌿
Love foraging for wild edibles, I find easiest way to eat them is put them in a smoothie with some fruit, it masks the bitterness of the leaves and you still get all that leafy goodness. I look for wild edibles that much that when I saw frost on the hedgerows and verges last winter, my immediate thought was " mmm frozen veg" lol😂
Thanks for the wonderful video, and a huge thanks for not ruining it with crappy background music. I don't know why some people feel compelled to add annoying background music throughout their videos.
Thank you for making this video with asking people how to identify and remember how each look! Also, using your 5 senses is a great tip too! Great content! :)
Yes I can remember most when in doubt I'll rewatch as a kid we used to sit on the grass someplace and talk and pull up a blade and eat the white part. Glad to know it was good for us. 60 years ago
Literally the best video on wild foraging iv seen on youtube. So informative and very easy to follow. Thanks alot for this invaluable information I'm deffinatly going to subscribe to learn more from you as this is one of my major hobbies next to growing edibles in my garden.
Awesome video, just started experimenting with foraging last year and have been very pleased. There's no better or fresher food than the wild options set before us in abundance. God bless.
Not even sure why I got recommended your video since all I’ve been watching on YT is Pokémon and yugioh stuff for the past 6 months. But I’ve always been into foraging and botany. Thanks for the video :) you got a new subber, gonna save this
Grannie Cyndy from South Australia here. I'm 72yrs old. Love your content. You're a great and gifted teacher. We live on a 1/4 acre food forest created from scratch over the last 17 yrs. Interestingly, the weeds you describe have been regularly pulled and fed to our chooks (chickens) who have voracious appetites for them. Now I see why. Very informative and entertaining.
I`m planting as many fruits, berries, wild edibles and vegetables as I can here in Louisiana. Right after beginning in 2022 we had extreme freezes, extreme heat, and extreme drought. It has been a constant battle with nature. Almost seems like a curse!
So glad that I found your channel! Foraging has been interested of mine for few years now. I live on suburban street of about 30 houses...only about 3 of us do not treat our lawns. I have tons of dandelions and feel that I'm being judged by neighbors.. though I don't care as I will never use chemicals! I did identify at least 8 edibles in my yard! I did buy your book too and can't wait to receive! Enjoying all the videos and your sense of humor!!
Well without a calendar or time..you and your other 2 neighbors know when spring is here 😉 Daffodils start March at the equinox along with spring beauties. April is dandelions, purple dead nettle, chickweed, and cress 🤗
You are probably going to be the one person in your neighborhood who won't starve. I've been a Euell Gibbons reader since the sixties and have never regretted anything I've learned.
Watched your video for the first time. Love it!! Please, I am a total novice in the field and would love to see one plant at a time and how to preserve it. Thank you for sharing.
This is a great video and as a local resident to greater Medford area as well I agree there is so much abundance here that we can forage for. The one thing I would mention is that these plants are not "noxious weeds" as you say, they are actually integral parts of a living system, most are native species to the west coast and create habitat for many specific pollinators and indigenous species, quite a few of which are on the verge of distinction... they are abundant plants you're mentioning here and so not in danger of being over harvested but still I think this distinction is very important to be made so we can have a earth conscious perspective and also remember that it is great to have native species growing in your yard instead of grass not only bc you get food and medicine from it, but bc you are creating sanctuary for many insects, birds and all variety of local creatures who are also just trying to survive this crazy time on mother earth.
My first time watching you! Very impressed with your teaching and how easy you make it to learn. Can’t wait to go out there and try to identify and cook some of these. Thank you so much.
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Plantain is also one of the few plants to use for a draw out poultice, for deep splinters etc, not just irritant relief.
I look forward to it.
I'm an old woman, my husband died 14 months ago . my yard has not been cut since then.people have come by and said things like WOW you need to cut your yard . As a joke I've been saying no,there might be something out there I can eat.people have been laughing, but I see now that it's the truth.thanks.
You are never old.Its a state of perception.Some are older then you ,some are younger.❤
❤ hugs to you❤
Yaateeh (hello) I am from Navajo nation. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I would like to see if you did a video on Nopal cactus and it’s benefits. I’m Native American from Navajo nation and watched some tv shows on serving in the wild and I literally watched people walk by Nopal cactus while they were hungry and dehydrated 😂😂. I live in Southern California and you wouldn’t believe how many people people here do not know they can eat this cactus and it’s fruit and it’s medicinal benefits 2nd to none. There are so many different ways to eat this cactus from salads also in soups or even a mixture of eggs and also with meat… This kind of cactus has been used by my ancestors for thousands of years. It would be an honor if you could share this on your videos and it’s benefits for everyone to see. Have a fantastic day and blessings to you and yours. 🐺
Thank you, for sharing your knowledge with the people !
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Cactus is a regular part of the Mexican diet as well. I like grilling it!
Wowza, I guess there's interest my proposed wild edibles cooking show. 🥦 Having read through all your AWESOME comments, it's clear to me that this is happening! I'm on it, stay tuned...
Great! I've subscribed.. can't wait!🎉
that would be brilliant, I'll defo tune in to see it😀👍
Looking forward to it!
Thank you. We need your knowledge and greatful for the teaching!!! 🙂👏
I just found your channel and I really like how you take your time with showing each plant. I'm new to this I have been wanting to learn this for a very long time. I found 3 plants in my dad's farm a couple of days ago. My friend in Canada suggested the app called Picture this. All 3 I scanned where great plants to use. 😁😁 wild lettuce I learned can be used as pain management. Curly sick he has lots of I don't remember the last one off hand it's in my phone I saved it. And yessss please do the kitchen teaching of how to use.. Thank you.. We live in Arkansas. North central part.
Hi from the UK
Isn't it funny that we love to grow pretty things in our gardens that are poisonous yet get upset with weeds that are nutritious
Keep up the good work
I'm a 72 year old retired nurse, and this was sooo fun to watch! I am retiring to the country in Missouri,(I can't wait...we take off this afternoon!!). And this information just gave me a new hobby!! I will have more time and acres and acres of ground to hunt! Nutrition has always been my forte. As a Parish nurse for the last 6 years, I have enjoyed helping people learn new ways to cook and prepare meals that are more nutritional and delicious! Thank you so much, and God's eternal blessings!👵😇
Best wishes for your new home!
How's your new life!? Are you foraging? How all is well!
Thank you ma’am
I need this. Reading a book is helpful but need to be able to know the plants. Thank. You.😂
Who can't identify dandelions? They are everywhere...my yard is full of them.
Your videos saved my high risk child throughout this pandemic. We forage (still) for our “wild smoothies” daily and have not been sick. I am so grateful to you and your books/videos
Can't have a high risk child without being a high risk parent😅
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That makes zero sense to me. Nope.
I learned wild edible knowledge from you thru UA-cam a few years ago. It's changed my life. I'm in Mississippi and all of those plants from this video are down here, too. I usually forage for soup in the mornings and now I wake up feeling so alive each day. It really is crazy how different I feel and look.
Mississippi represent! I love hearing that my words are applicable to your region. Music to my ears!
What part of MS? I'm in Kemper County. We are just trying to learn more about what we can cultivate and grow in our yard.
@@charliepadgett72 Lee County & Prentiss County
Same here. I'm in NE Georgia.
@@LitAnimeEdits from Lee Pontotoc County line. Would love to visit and learn!
This is, BY FAR, one of the BEST foraging videos I've EVER seen!!! May God richly bless you for this work, as it may benefit MANY who are or will be soon struggling.!
I remember, as a child, sitting in the grass with my friends and pulling grass. If it squeaked, we would chew on the ends! I had no idea we were onto something. Thank you for this video, so cool.
Same here!
Chewing on grass as a pleasant pass time is one thing; relying on it for sustenance is another. Also humans can’t digest grasses. You could go container gardening and grow things on a balcony or indoors but if you do that you want as high calorie plants as possible - ie grow a beet or potato rather than lettuce. Even still most urban dwellers would find practical problems with this
@@bobhopkins3520 you are absolutely right. I use hydroponics. I was just commenting that it was interesting that what a lot of us kids did without thinking was actually 'healthy'; fun to know.
@@bobhopkins3520 yes agreed, I've branched out to many different sprout and micro-green varieties because it's a much easier way to get your greens in wintertime when they may not be easily obtained whether it's walking through a foot of snow for 12 blocks to buy some out of season greens, or spending $40 on a cab ride when that may be my budget for food. I have a small glass tabletop greenhouse and grow lights for growing small root crops that I want to try out and plenty of seeds, soil and vermicompost whenever I need to recycle used soil or just add nutrients. I want to get some of the growing medium mats though with money at it's tightest I'll do with what I have as many others in the same situation, maybe I'll grow grass for my cats. I did add some purslane and dandelion leaf to a leftover burrito last night from my containers, it turned out great and free greens
Me too! I ate so many of these plants even though my mom told me they were poisonous! She also told me tic tacs were medicine! Lol! My entire childhood was a lie. 🙃
That ‘before’ shot shows me some extremely happy plants. I wish I had that much happy greenery to feed my sheep
Yes, to the wild edibles cooking show!!! I would love to know how to store different edibles so they can be eaten later.
I teach plant identification for 4H youth and I have a couple of kids getting into foraging & wild edibles. I am excited to have just discovered your channel. Just watching your video I am still only confident in identifying those plants that I have already seen many times. Mallow, thistles, and dock I don't think I can confidently identify. One of the best ways I teach for identification is to draw the plant. This makes you notice every detail: leaf margins, venation, how the leaves are arranged on the stem, petioles, flower characteristics, etc. I 2nd your advice about using all the senses. We observe plants visually but also feel for rough, smooth, spined, textured, or fuzzy leaves & stems. We smell others. One other thing I do with them for plants that have a similar leaf structure is to ask them what the plant could be mistaken for and then compare them side by side. For example, we might look at cantaloupe, cucumber, and squash leaves side by side and discuss similarities & what makes each distinctive/unique. I would think this would be a good technique for foraging edibles especially. This edible plant looks almost exactly like this other inedible thing and here's how you tell the difference. This may have been how I found your channel looking up American Chestnut (edible) vs. Horse Chestnut (not edible). The chestnuts look almost virtually alike to a beginner who has never seen a chestnut before. If one is poisonous and one isn't, I sure want to know which is which before venturing to eat them.
I would be ecstatic if you did a series about wild edibles just one at a time with instructions for cooking or using them‼️
I'm new here. I love learning about wild edibles ty For refreshing my head. I love the I can be a dick now lol I'll tell my husband to use that one. I'll be watching 👀 more of these videos. And using more of these in our meals. Love eating the grass greens I've never eaten a raw dandelion flower before. I've deep fried them like morel mushrooms 🍄 🍄 in the spring. Great video I watched 👀 all the way to the end.
There is power in self preservation. Thank you for sharing this lost knowledge, it’s such a comforting gift.
🌱🌱🌱GUESS WHAT? Episode one of my wild edibles cooking show is compressing right now in Adobe Media Encoder. If all goes well, it should go live this Sunday. 🕺🕺🕺 Should I do a UA-cam premiere so y'all can ask me questions or just publish this puppy?
Yes that sounds great if youve been eating this stuff for years and know ways to make it palatable. Me?? I will eat just about anything green but the rest of my family? No way! So that sounds great!
Yes!! Do a UA-cam premier! This is too good to be true. The family can’t wait.
I'm so excited! I love your work! I love your work!I love your work!
I think we all want to get back to nature. We just don't know where to start. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Yes! And thank you!!!!!
I started this video with it just in the background as I was doing house chores... I had to stop and take notes. Excellence presentation and I have subscribed!!
Dude you are cool AF and are an awesome teacher. I have been studying wild food and medicine on my own for several months. I have been foraging salads and picking and eating things any time I'm in the woods. I love the stuff, myself, as well as the idea that I can have fun while getting food or medicine for free!!!! Everyone thinks I'm crazy but a lot of it tastes much better than store bought produce!!!!! And it's free!!!!!
There's a book you might be interested in if you are looking at medicinal values. Michael Moore (not the political guy) teaches somewhere in Arizona but has published 3 books: Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West, Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West and Medicinal Plants of the Southwest. There are also books out there for other parts of the country but don't have my list with me
I learned to forage by necessity as a kid. I had an aunt who was a horrible cook and when we had to eat at her house, I'd go eat outside and when we sat at the table, I declined and told the truth, "Thank you Ma'am, I'm not hungry" and I drank my water. Most useful skill. Thanks for reminding and adding!
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I foraged a lot as a kid because in the 80s if it was a nice day the adults would say “go outside, it’s a nice day!” And I’d be spending all day in the forest, playing in the creek, picking berries, eating clovers, and just getting to know the plants of the Pacific Northwest. I used to get annoyed when the adults would shoo me outside for the day but now it’s my most cherished childhood memory.
Being Japanese I love spring in oregon. My favorites are knotweed, bracken fern and wild mustard. If it comes down to lack of food all I need is a bowl of rice and these plants🤗
My favorite is purslane!
My husband was Japanese as you can tell from my name... I'm interested in learning more.
I'm in northern arkansas..
I’ve studied for years and still learned some things today. Thank you.
Just found your channel 👋
Great information…..
2y ago I let my backyard “return” to nature. It is just amazing how many plants I have discovered!!!!!!!!
I have gathered and dried a lot, made salves and tinctures.
My family says the yard looks “a mess”.
However, it’s far from that… it’s now my apothecary ❤️
Yes, PLEASE do a cooking video!!!!!
Awesome!!!
Love this!!! My “messy” yard is my haven also x
We are so addicted to our lawns. In Germany, people had their veggie gardens in front of the house of that was where the sun was longest. Lots of summers the tomatoes stayed green from lack of warm temperatures. It’s a mimetic thing in this country. Green (poisoned) lawns. Nicely trimmed with large mowing machines.
I rarely watch long videos but your content is so well done it’s worth every second !!!!
Your teaching has really ignited a passion within me for wild edibles foods in the past couple years. Thank you. Also, I’m very much interested in a series with recipes included.
Noted, I'm on it. ;-)
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So amazed! ,this was more interesting than I could have imagined!.. my childhood was spent out doors in a small village in the 40’s& 50’s ..weeds grew everywhere.. most of which I could name by sight.. however, now I know what is edible, although, now the “ wild” areas no longer exist as they did years ago.. (unsightly things are mowed down early in cities, towns etc. So…we no longer see them growing at all.. unless we go out into wild areas and forage!! OR … WATCH YOUR SUPER GREAT VIDEOS ON UA-cam,! i thank you for this.. I learned so much!.. BEST..CHERYL🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦
A couple years ago I started watching your videos and now me and the kids are running around out in our pastures eating flowers and various items . So yes absolutely thank you for teaching us this as I believe it will be an awesome way to offset the cost of food and the possibility of eating at all. Of course we hunt and produce our own chicken and fish. I am actually contemplating doing here and there a two day fast with only wild Edibles. The kids love it
As a child ,my father took me into the timber and taught me what was edible! I love fried dandelion blossoms and sautéed wild mushrooms. We also made our own sassafras tea which is real work as it’s made from the roots! The aroma of digging and cutting the roots made my mouth water! Cat tail was another winter staple we loved! Love your info videos!
Polish ancestors used dandelions all the time. Forging huge, mushrooms, blueberries and yummy weed leaves
My Dziadek used to make wine out of Dandelions
I do believe that dandelions are the wild cousins of domesticated lettuces.
TOTALLY AWESOME!!! THANK YOU FOR THE KNOWLEDGE I'VE BEEN WANTING FOR, for YEARS! AND WE, here in So. Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 have ALL THOSE EDIBLES!! I even potted DANDELIONS for our back deck...and NOW, I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH OTHER "EDIBLES"!! My friends get a kick outa me being the lady who potted Dandelions!! It's SO COMFORTING, to go out and get another Dandelion flower 🌼 and some baby leaves, and garnish a salad, or just take the bitter under leaves off, and eat a dandelion or two! Even my "farmer" husband misses them if they're not on a salad 🥗 😃 😊 I have made beautiful Plantain/Beeswax Salve, which has helped our family with skin ailments! GOOD'AY AND PLEASE "KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON" 🙏 ✨️ 👍
I think you are a good teacher and I love your idea about doing one plant at a time from how to forage to how to prepare! That would be awesome!
I like keeping things simple too, helps me, helps you, helps everyone!
Fully agreed!
My favorite part of a Dandy is the flower bud when it's tight and close to the leaf base. So sweet and juicy! Wonderful video and info, thank you!
Hells yes I would watch you breaking each resource down and showing options for cooking. I wish this was taught in schools over most everything else. Great video, I’m now a subscriber!
Noted. Thanks for weighing in.
I absolutely agree that this along with gardening and cooking should be taught foremost in schools 💪 I told a friend of mine that was starving for 3 days and very weak while traveling through a jungle, to eat some grass to get some nutrition and liquid… it could definitely save someone’s life 😎
In our NEW EARTH..keep in mind for school curriculum, your input will be welcomed
Medical schools would be much better served! Best Doctor I ever had taught me a great deal & got me started on my path to foraging GOD'S provided goodness! 😋 But he was the only 1 in the states to hold the degrees & knowledge he had!
@@cindyschreiber7689 Saved my relatives life... As 14 y young boy, among others, , brought to german camp & they didn't get anything to eat.. Had to eat grass... Blessings 🙏🌟🕊️
Finally enough details to really feel comfortable identifying plants. Thanks so much!
This was one of the best wild foraging videos I've seen. Thank you for taking the time to be this specific about these edible plants. I've been foraging wild edibles since last year and am so happy to see other people interested in this way of living.
So happy to watch your very informative videos, though I know these plants already and have use them and ate them all, still want to hear all about plants!!!! These wild or "weeds" not only have fed us almost daily since 2020 when I got shingles and had not been able to heal from last illness which was arthritis and rheumatoid. Thanks to shingles, started learnign about plants, something told me to look at the floor, there was pennyworth, started studying about it and eating it leaving my mouth so sour!!! LOL but still ate it daily and put it on my sking and there I was healed instantly from shingles and 2 months later healed from rheumatoid and arthritis by eating every green plant aka weed I found in large quantities, suddenly, no more hands and elbows pain, my hands and fingers got back total movement and since then I not only love to forage but adore all these amazing plants (we take no pills of any kind, or vitamins nor supplements) we get tall our nutrients from plants only but also been bitten by snakes, spiders and who knows what else as I go forage on shorts and sleeveless shirts plus never use gloves or even any chemicals for mosquitos LOL, not a wild person as I grew and was born in one of the largest cities also, lived in another largest city but for a reason I prefer non-city places since kid! so I go outdoors like nothing, tasting plants and collecting to transplant these "weeds" on our lot for future foods or medicine. Seen poison running my skin no more than an inch and stops! I know it is all the plants we eat that have saved me from getting poison running into my system. SO GRATEFUL TO YOU and all other teachers that I've learned from. Certainly, would love to see your cooking. I am always on a fast pace and just put all plants on the pot with veggies (we are vegetarians since 2016) and all our legumes, on teas, on everything we eat. By the way, I am only 52 and wake up with zero pains!!! Isn't that amazing? and have no grey hair! wondering if it the plants?
Yes, please! I love your idea of taking one plant telling use all about it and then show us how to cook with them. That's a great idea!
Amen bro
From 74 year old in Alabama , I thoroughly enjoyed your video . I appreciate you sharing your knowledge and would love to see videos of how you prepare and consume these wild edibles.
Amazing! I bought a house with a garden full of wild flowers and weeds which was incredibly overwhelming. I now feel less overwhelmed about all knee-high stuff growing back there. Please make more videos like these!
Thanks for the information. Next time I watch this video I will follow your suggestion and go outside and look at some of the weeds. That was a good, comprehensive short list.
Thanks so much , my grandmother would walk us through the park and name every green thing around us and tell us what it was and if it was good or bad , Your very inspiring 😀
You've just saved me a fortune with the way things are going with hiked up food prices...thankyou from the uk 💚💚💚
Great video! It's amazing how many plants grow in our backyards for free and without chemicals. Our society in general has become so dependsnt on grocery stores that we forget that great things grow in the wild!
Batter & fry those dandelion flowers up like you would morel mushrooms and they taste similar to them.
Some precooked bags of lettuce sold at the store will have some chopped up dandelion leaves mixed in with the lettuce.
My mom battered and fried up the dandelion flowers the old fashion way. It was good. She saved bacon grease and then battered and fried them in that. After soaking them in salted water for about 20 minutes I rinse them and pat them dry like my mom does. Then since I have celiac disease I use either almond or rice flour, mixed with salt, to batter the dandelion and fry it up with coconut oil. Taste sooo good!
😅Hey, you are sitting on some Creeping Charlie which is edible. It is in the mint family but looks totally differant than other mints. When it gets walked on or mowed over it releases a pleasant smell that is very nice. It taste ok.
Yes! Yes! Yes! Please do the wild edible cooking show! Been watching for a while. Love your videos.
Love the way you show us how to identify these plants. I am going to show this to my teenage granddaughter who lives on a farm and loves plants. She has a disability though where she cannot learn to read so this is perfect for her. Thankyou
This is so amazing! I weeded my yard yesterday and many of these are in the green waste bin! Ugh. Thank you!
You don’t need to worry if they go into a compost bin. He did a great video didn’t he?
I’m so happy to have found your video Sergei! 😃
I bought your mother’s book Victoria Boutenko
“Green for Life” 2005
this was many years a go when I was studying Raw food.
Definitely I’m going back to green smoothies, you have inspired me today, same as your mom did with her book!
Thank you so much🙏
I would LOVE to see a series of videos showing one wild edible at a time being incorporated into a meal!
I knew you were repeating on purpose. I appreciate how you teach. Thank you
I would be very interested in your "mini series" on wild plants. My grandma used to walk with me in the fields and woods around our house. Plantain and chickweed were plants i learned first. I'm sure stinging nettles were soon after. Since then I have always been interested in weeds. This morning while weeding my garden I found Dandy lion, pig weed, lambs quarter, and chickweed. All in the space of 3 square ft.
Hello!
I have known of most of these so-called weeds for decades, but I did not know as much about them as you have expressed.
Thank you. & in answer to your question, I do see that your last year's garden patch has many plants, instead of my first glance of mostly grass & a single dandelion here & there. I like hearing about Oregon, since I have visited, mainly in SE Portland. Now I reside in green sunny SW Virginia. I am sharing this(my first of your videos) with a few friends & family who will benefit to learn about edible "weeds." Thank you Sergei~
Been foraging since the seventies. One of my favorites is violet. You can eat the flowers and the foliage is edible and has more iron than spinach. The tender young leaves are great in salad. I always try to leave some in my backyard, as it never gets higher than my ankles. It also is a butterfly 🦋 friendly, as the Gulf Fritillary likes to lay it's eggs on it.
Do you know any of the medicinal properties of these plants? I know there’s a lot and dandelion and obviously vitamin C from the greens
How interesting! Don't forget to thoroughly search for butterfly eggs before you eat it raw or nibble with unwashed hands. Could be a source of parasitic infestation for you. Forage safely.
U R A Great teacher & love the clearness of the video to distinguish the life sustaining plants
I learned about 5 new plants today. Yeah. Thank you, loved teaching style very much. And yes, a cooking show would be fabulous! I'm in! Thank you sergei
Weee, it’s happening, I’m taking all the necessary steps and preparations now. 🤟
Hey from Australia 😃 The best video I've found so far !! Fantastic clear instruction for a beginner Thankyou my friend 👍
Thanks for identifying wild mustard. It made a first appearance in my yard this year. Now I know not only how to identify it but how to use it as "free food". Thanks, Sergei!
I found you very easy to listen to, and this is the 1st time I've tuned in to one of your videos. I enjoyed watching. You have an easy, relaxed way and you are a good teacher!
Yes please! Do it!! I've loved nature for 50+ years, and most plants benefit from thinning/pruning, as long as we always leave some of the patch for bugs, animals, and future growth. Share our Earth responsibly - thanks for your education in this!
I couldn't agree with you more. Share our Earth responsibly indeed!
I grew up eating many of these plants. My parents, dad born 1920 mom 1924, grew up during the great depression. Fortunately both on family farms so never really went hungry, unlike some of their friends in town.
Anyway grew up learning to forage on hikes, around the ranch and wherever. Very good things to know. I've recently started learning about herbal medicines. My dad had a big book of his dad's written in the late 1800's. Some things they had for "health" was just plane funny. But a lot was good info, one of my older brothers has it now.
Sergei, I have appreciated your family’s plant wisdom for years, starting with your mom. I would definitely be interested in your forage-to-table program. I think that it would be a unique offering in the foodie and the plant ID spaces. BTW, even when times are not so hard, the prospect of increasing one’s nutritional profile by cultivating these plants in the garden is very appealing, especially since so many of our domesticated cultivars have been bred for appearance, sweetness, uniformity,and ease of mass harvest rather than nourishment.
More and more people are getting on board with this. Now, more than ever, we need to interact with Nature and stop consuming chemicals/toxins. Much love, joy, and peace to you and your precious family.
I let my yard do it own thing for two years, then I learned all about the ‘weeds’ that grew there. Everything you showed us grew in my yard. This video would have made my search so much easier when I was first learning. I’m going to definitely share this video!
I love your video and how you teach! It is a very good refresher course for me. Thank you so much🥰 I encourage you to keep on keeping on with doing this. 🙂
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Yes, any tutorial is helpful. Thanks for all you do! This is so helpful for vegans!
Nothing compares with the feeling of well being after eating a dish of wild edibles. You feel like you were unknowingly starving, and finally got something to eat.
❤❤❤❤ Ditto 😂😂😂
Well, I will add to that nothing compares to knowing the most high of the Bible keeping his commandments. He shows you his secrets and he wants to know can he trust you and nothing can compare to him because it is his majesty that has created all of this for us to enjoyand he has so many secrets in. There is his greatest mystery of godliness if people would just grow closer to him if they only knew he’s waiting for them.
@@bettinashope9637 so many of these edible “weeds” are currently growing in my garden. It’s like I’m not the only one doing the planting. God is planting things there that he knows will nourish me and my family. It’s amazing ❤
Excellent teaching skills.
I have a sea of clover, some dandelion, stinging nettle purple, and plantains., persimmons, muscadine, wild strawberries, and still learning.
I know I have mushrooms that my Arkansas forager friend has taught me to pick and these are all found on my property right out my front and back door...free food.
Wow my interest in wild weeds has grown in this past year.
Now I am excited to go outside to find & try these healthy free greens & nutrition. Thank U Jesus Christ for providing this important info for me to learn healthy eating for free. Amen
Your book wild edibles just came in the mail the other day! We're so thankful to come across your book in your videos. They are super helpful! I think you should, for sure, make that little mini-series you're talking about. We need it!
Oh my goodness you are such a FANTASTIC teacher of forging wild food. Would like more forges and how to prepare in salad, soups, stews or stir fry. Thank you very much!♥️👍
Credit to your mother for raising a brilliant son. Your content is amazing. I WOULD like a series of plant identifcation, harvest, kitchen prep and use.
Yes, please make the series! GREAT advice about adding one new edible at a time to be sure you have no allergy. Eat it for a week to a month without adding anything new to make sure. You can develop allergies over time. I also find that you are very careful in identification. Thank you for showing different variants in plants. I also appreciate that you're defining what the public land management will kill if you don't eat it.
Watching this with the grass, I said "what?". I went outside and pulled a few and it worked. I took a bite of that light bit (all of our grass is organic) and yes, it tastes like grass, but sweeter. I'd throw it in a salad. I already knew that dandelions are everything. Don't eat too much of the root at one time though or you'll pee yourself silly. During the depression, folks used to forage regularly for dandelions to make a salad. I learned that from my great grandma, who actually did that. Personally, where I can leave them to propagate, I do, so I always have a source of food high in calcium. They're little calcium pumps.
I have plantain growing about 10ft out my front door. Can you dig them up and move them? They're in a place I'm going to be going scorched earth because I need defensible space for fire season.
I live in a forested part of Oregon in Polk county and it's just a matter of time before we have fire here. We were really concerned when Detroit and all down 22 burned, and then coming the other way through Otis. We're half way between both.
Have to make way for rock/cement, and I'd love to keep these little guys somewhere, either potted or away from the house.
I also have clover all over. It has a wonderful aromatic that's pleasant, but I can't quite identify. Local clover honey has been a staple in my home, and it reminds me of that but WAY stronger. Again, I'd put it on a salad.
For me, NO SLIME. NO okra, ever. I lived in the south and I've had it every way possible and I can't do the snot. Not even fried drowned in Ranch. It's a texture thing. I'm a retired nurse, not a respiratory therapist.
Where are you in Oregon? My plants are way smaller than yours. Also, we're at 1k ft. so that could be the difference. Everything is later here. Our cherries are just now blooming when those in Salem have already lost all of their flowers
Yes!! The Series!! One edible at a time!! Yes yes yes!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Awesome, thanks for weighing in.
Excellent introduction to foraging. Im not new to it, but massively appreciate how you bring people closer to it. This is our largely forgotten human heritage, abd thank you for helping to keep it going and hopefully expanding ✌️
Im a silicone based organism & I felt this.
Need more of these vids!
I had a bad cut that got infected really bad. I used alcohol, ointments & every modern remedy but didn't do much at all. I made a plantain mix & wrapped in the plantain leaf & the next morning the swelling was gone & it was almost healed in about 4 days. It works way better than anything bought over the counter. Theres so much food & medicine all around you. Stick with natural first then go from there.
Love the video! As a newcomer to foraging and fellow Oregonian I would love to see a series focusing on individual plants!
I have been a student of wild foraging for at least 35 years and I totally enjoyed this video and learned some things. Thank you 🙏🏼 for your inspiration and encouragement and effort and style! I will subscribe and share 🙌🏽 💝 🌿
Great to see you. Great idea on doing a foraging and cooking combo. Love it!
Boom, I'm on it.
I really enjoyed learning about the wild edibles in my own backyard -- without needing to garden! Win-win!
Great idea to break these plants down for a unsure future
Thank you Shasta.
You are an excellent teacher! I've just started foraging and only now have just found your videos. I will be looking forward to seeing more from you!
Love foraging for wild edibles, I find easiest way to eat them is put them in a smoothie with some fruit, it masks the bitterness of the leaves and you still get all that leafy goodness. I look for wild edibles that much that when I saw frost on the hedgerows and verges last winter, my immediate thought was " mmm frozen veg" lol😂
I like your style! Cramping new/diverse foods veggies into your diet in smoothie form. That's both easy and effective. 🌈
That's the way to think! I always think it's time to go get my supply of wild rose hips for tea!
In all my years of living I never saw leaves that long and delicious looking
Yes recipes with the wild greens would be awesome
Groovy. Thanks for your input. 🤸♂️
Thanks for the wonderful video, and a huge thanks for not ruining it with crappy background music.
I don't know why some people feel compelled to add annoying background music throughout their videos.
Thank you for making this video with asking people how to identify and remember how each look! Also, using your 5 senses is a great tip too! Great content! :)
Yes I can remember most when in doubt I'll rewatch as a kid we used to sit on the grass someplace and talk and pull up a blade and eat the white part. Glad to know it was good for us. 60 years ago
Literally the best video on wild foraging iv seen on youtube. So informative and very easy to follow. Thanks alot for this invaluable information I'm deffinatly going to subscribe to learn more from you as this is one of my major hobbies next to growing edibles in my garden.
Thank you 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼🤗need reminders of things taught long ago
Your videos are great !
Awesome video, just started experimenting with foraging last year and have been very pleased.
There's no better or fresher food than the wild options set before us in abundance.
God bless.
Not even sure why I got recommended your video since all I’ve been watching on YT is Pokémon and yugioh stuff for the past 6 months. But I’ve always been into foraging and botany. Thanks for the video :) you got a new subber, gonna save this
Grannie Cyndy from South Australia here. I'm 72yrs old. Love your content. You're a great and gifted teacher.
We live on a 1/4 acre food forest created from scratch over the last 17 yrs. Interestingly, the weeds you describe have been regularly pulled and fed to our chooks (chickens) who have voracious appetites for them. Now I see why.
Very informative and entertaining.
I`m planting as many fruits, berries, wild edibles and vegetables as I can here in Louisiana. Right after beginning in 2022 we had extreme freezes, extreme heat, and extreme drought. It has been a constant battle with nature. Almost seems like a curse!
I was praying about a week or so....to know more about weeds....then today i find you....thankyou...
Very good presented❤
So glad that I found your channel! Foraging has been interested of mine for few years now. I live on suburban street of about 30 houses...only about 3 of us do not treat our lawns. I have tons of dandelions and feel that I'm being judged by neighbors.. though I don't care as I will never use chemicals! I did identify at least 8 edibles in my yard! I did buy your book too and can't wait to receive! Enjoying all the videos and your sense of humor!!
Well without a calendar or time..you and your other 2 neighbors know when spring is here 😉 Daffodils start March at the equinox along with spring beauties. April is dandelions, purple dead nettle, chickweed, and cress 🤗
Dandelions are SO important for pollinators!! Plus they're beautiful and nutritious!! Your neighbours are idiots and lawns r evil, IMHO. 👃✌️🥰🇨🇦
You are probably going to be the one person in your neighborhood who won't starve. I've been a Euell Gibbons reader since the sixties and have never regretted anything I've learned.
I started eating the weeds the first year of covid. I'm always excited to learn a new one to eat.
Watched your video for the first time. Love it!! Please, I am a total novice in the field and would love to see one plant at a time and how to preserve it. Thank you for sharing.
Ive retired recently and with this channel will have a lot of exciting things to do. Thank you very much!
interesting to know, thanks I already put a reminder
Groovy, see you on Sunday!
This is a great video and as a local resident to greater Medford area as well I agree there is so much abundance here that we can forage for. The one thing I would mention is that these plants are not "noxious weeds" as you say, they are actually integral parts of a living system, most are native species to the west coast and create habitat for many specific pollinators and indigenous species, quite a few of which are on the verge of distinction... they are abundant plants you're mentioning here and so not in danger of being over harvested but still I think this distinction is very important to be made so we can have a earth conscious perspective and also remember that it is great to have native species growing in your yard instead of grass not only bc you get food and medicine from it, but bc you are creating sanctuary for many insects, birds and all variety of local creatures who are also just trying to survive this crazy time on mother earth.
Thumbs up for the new proposed series. Looking forward to it.
I'm listening to your feedback Jason.
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My first time watching you! Very impressed with your teaching and how easy you make it to learn. Can’t wait to go out there and try to identify and cook some of these. Thank you so much.