Garden Foraging: 12 Tasty Weeds that are More Nutritious than Vegetables
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- Опубліковано 16 тра 2024
- Fun fact; an overgrown, weed-infested garden is full of delicious and nutritious wild food! In this foraging video, Sergei Boutenko roams around in his backyard garden harvesting different wild edibles. Instead of rambling on about boring cultivated vegetables, Boutenko finds 12+ unintentional greens that are worthy of discussion.
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00:48 Introduction
02:35 3 Simple Rules for Foraging
04:54 Common Dandelion
08:07 Green Amaranth
09:04 Meristem Lesson
11:11 Common Mallow
13:33 Respect the Roots
14:25 Longer Roots = More Nutrition
16:32 Wild Grass
18:11 Common Clover
19:48 How to Remember a Plant for Life
21:45 Wild Radish
23:40 Engage All your Senses while Foraging
24:32 What is this Plant?
25:25 Prickly Lettuce
28:08 Wild Mustard
29:53 Sow Thistle
31:19 Lance Leaf Plantain
33:12 Where Psyllium Husk comes from
34:08 The Benefits of Seasonal Eating
36:32 Purslane
40:39 Lamb's Quarters
44:16 Don't Fear Garden Weeds
45:11 Additional Resources
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Funny story: I had a small herd of sheep , so decided to turn them out in the farm yard to trim down the new spring grass that was getting ahead of me. I noticed after a couple of days that my sheep were peeing this orange red urine. So being concerned I took them out of the yard and called my vet . We puzzled over this for a bit and decided to observe for a few days, then put them back in the yard if all was well , and observe again . Same thing orange red pee . No one seemed to be sick , so I followed them around observing what they were eating . The sorce of my worry ? Dandelions , than I knew why you never find a dandelion out on the prairies. They are candy to critters. They would fight over them.
Another story to add to this is about my daughter, when she was about 7, she thought it would be good to just "hang out" with her horse, . So she followed him around the pasture . She noticed he would eat a bite of differant grasses and plants as he grazed along , and which ones he returned to most often. Then she decided to sample his menu. She came back and excitedly explaind to me that horses eat really delicious salads, every grass and plant has a differant taste, salty , sweet, spicy, green , sour and bitter . She didn't get sick so , her conclusion was , horse food was actually pretty good.😊
What a great story!!
Thanks for this! It explains why my rabbit always had bright coloured pee in spring! I was feeding them dandelions daily
She is amazing! Good job!
That's amusing. Well my grandfather's family ate grass too during World War II.. He was the only survivor among 9 children. His parents and siblings all died of starvation hiding in the mountains😢 I think whatever that grass they fed my late grandfather literally saved his life...
Yes horses are much more evolved than humans. Your daughter knows this intuitively and has excellent horse sense
Amaranth is called Calaloo in Caribbean cooking. Calaloo soup is a standard in our home. I spent 5 years in India, 3 of which was a drought. People were so hungry that they ate grass. Those who ate grass to stay alive didn't think they were that delicious. When my kids were young, they didn't like eating green vegetables. I would collect wild greens and make them "green quiche" to camouflage the greens. In fact, they still love green quiche. I'm going to make it for supper tonight. In France, only the vegetables in season in that area is available to eat, even in the restaurants. In fact, in France, the government rewards farmers who increase the carbon in their soil each year. The government does 20 samples of soil from your farm and compares the results to last year. If it contains more carbon, the government pays you a premium.
Just a little reminder that prickly lettuce has another name called: opium lettuce, so if you see that you’re getting super tired after you eat a salad made of prickly lettuce perhaps it would be best dried and used as a tea before bedtime✨ if you have issues with sleeping you’ll be able to fall asleep much easier with Opium Lettuce then Sleepytime tea guaranteed✨Enjoy!
You are right about the prickly lettuce benefits!
I have your book! It's a great resource!! I know all the weeds in my garden are edible, but the hubby won't eat them. I have snuck some in but I have to be careful 😉 I think with the way things are going, more people will be wishing they knew all of this info!💚
I have dehydrated and blended down to a powder some greens that my family says they don't like but they don't know they get it sprinkled in smoothies, soups, sauces, ect. It's a free supplement!
Yes his book definately would come in handy in case if an emergency like a food shortage.
I made sauce with greens and reds like peppers and tomatoes and other spices. Nobody knew it was all vegetable gravy. Lol
Weed out that hubby. ;-) It takes me time for many of these too, dandelion the only one I took to right off, I like the bitter as replacement for endive and such. Common mallow is extremely productive but yet to use it and purslane I'm working on. Odd how we'd be fine with it off the store shelf but not from our own backyard.
COmpost it for happy soil.
In Greece we eat all these weeds you mention, and many many others and they are very popular. They are being sold in the markets, some of them are very aromatic and very tasty being used in delicious dishes.
In the winter you will often see mostly women on the hills picking wild vegetables.
In the summer the green amaranth which is cultivated is a very popular vegetable eaten boiled as a salad with lemon and olive oil.
@marymanessiotou1910 Please start a channel about how Greeks survived the food shortage of 1940 and the foods they eat now.
Great idea!!! 👍 💛💛💛🙌🙌🙌🙌
I grew up eating amaranth, we call it wild spinach. We make it soup sautéed with tomatoes,a bit of ground pork and shrimp . Some people also call it pig weeds.
Amaranth is widely used in India. We make lentils, stir fry, cook and add to yogurt. They say that it is very high in iron and is a good alternative iron source for vegetarians.
Purslane too is eaten in India.
Interesting fact about stronger roots in weeds compared to domesticated. No wonder they say when kids that grow big, strong and healthy that they have grown as weeds.😁
Yes that saying does make sense now that you mention it
Amaranth leaves are also widely eaten in Greece and it's called Vlita there. It does fantastic in hot, dry climates.
The invasive kudzu is a very nutritious plant
Hi! I am of East Indian descent & I have eaten most of these "weeds"..
The wild amaranth & purslane are sauted with a bit of coconut or olive oil..
mustard & cumin seeds..
onion..garlic..chillies &
tomatoes..it's delicious..
Thank you! I also use most of the other "weeds" in different ways..I am now 82.. & pretty healthy. God Bless😋❤️🇨🇦
Do you eat the Purple Amaranth also?
Even the Bible repeatedly mentions using "Bitter Herbs" to treat all kinds of ailments.
Started gleaning from my lawn instead of letting my son work on a pristine lawn, had much more energy etc all throughout the growing season! Ended up with cravings all winter, & eagerly anticipated this years produce! My purslane is just popping out!😋😋😋 Trying to freeze Self Heal, definitely better fresh!
@@cristineconnell7803 Exactly! Spread that knowledge to as many in your community as you can! The way America "farms" is awful. It is creating a population of fat but starving citizens.
Facts
Where? The Bible says to eat bitter herbs on Passover.
@@michellegrovak Ezekiel 47:12 NKJV - “Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.”
No judgement here. I'm jealous of your weed bumper crop!💚
in Norway, Broad leaf plantain is called "healing wound-leaf", Groblad (best translation i could muster). I use it on everything.. wounds, bites, inflamed joints.. got to try them IN something edible too, I think :)
I've got some that took over a container so yesterday I gave it a good trim,came in handy I had a teaching experience with my daughter, she had a bite, she wouldn't chew it so I ground it with the mortar and pestle. She's learning
If you learn to make salves it is excellent for that and also as a poultice, even crushed and applied to a cut or minor wound.
@@jules-marcdavis6843Good job, Mama! I have 3 grown children. The only childless one is the one who wanted to learn this info from me.🥴 I'm teaching my grands whose mother didn't want to learn! My son's babies are too young, but their opportunity will come! 😊
Couple bonus tips about the grass entry: Grass seeds are edible, too! Once the whole plant has grown old enough that the stalk's gone dry and brown and dead-looking and the seeds are fully mature, treat the seeds as you would a grain: Pluck the seed head, then do threshing and winnowing to get the actual seeds out, and you can make a kind of flour from the seeds! Grass seed is gluten-free, so it won't be good for bread or pasta, but for anything else, grass flour works fine!
Additionally, if you're grabbing the grass while it's still green, try peeling a couple layers off of the bottom inch or two, until you find an inner core that's whitish in color, and tender. This can be eaten as-is, no need for juicing or pulverizing!
DAZEBRAFFE : Were you referring to only Wheat Grass? Thanks!
@@DLK9324 Nope. All grass, as far as experts are aware. Even stuff growing in people's yards, if it's grown tall enough to have the part you're looking for. Just be aware that plants have a tendency to absorb a lot of things in the soil around them, so if it's grass growing too close to a road, or anywhere else the soil is likely to be contaminated with industrial chemicals, it's probably best not to try to eat anything off of that grass.
Awesome thanks!!!
Awesome video!! You just gave us 12 healthy weed options to jazz up our diets with. Thanks for the clear descriptions and close ups of each plant.
Purslane is growing all over our 1 and a half acres! Marshmallow, dandelions, even mullberry trees came up in our orchard for years before we knew what they were!! And a fig tree!
I add purslane and lambs quarters and radish seeds pods to my peppers onions and garlic 'veggies' then put in my scrambled egg mix with turmeric and carrots grated finely. Frittata! Yummy
If you have mulberries,you are surely blessed.
Easy to root fig tree cuttings and some mulberry types like the Dwarf Everbearing.
Thank You I'm beginning to recognize these edible plants. Congratulations Sergei to you and your Wife, on your Newly Wed Nuptials... G0D Bless Your Marriage!
My mother had us pick large shopping bags of just the flowers.
She washed it and brewed the best wine I have ever tasted ! The honey jelly was a winter favorite the flowers are very good on biscuits . 🙏🏽😎
Dandelion flowers?
Dandelion wine
Congratulations on your marriage, and thank you for sharing this!
You never disappoint. Thank you for showing us the beautiful gifts of health this planet offers. 🌏♥️👍
Agreed, I was going to say something just like this, and I have yet to watch the video. I already know it's going to be good.
Thank you for your kind words. 🌱
@@BoutenkoFilms thank you for the quality free content, you inspire this lifestyle.
The value of food security is priceless.
I've been watching you & other teachers for 3 years now .
Without even trying I can find food almost anywhere & I Thank you for your work, teaching us The Most valuable information I can think of.
👋😎💚🌿
What a lovely soul you are. You wife is blessed to have you to share life with. May you have a lovely family to feed one day. Thank you
I really enjoyed this very informative video. Years ago someone mentioned “lambs quarter” being edible. I usually eat it right in the garden. I let it grow wherever it will. It tastes like a very mild spinach. I just pinch off the tops so it grows bushy. The young leaves are the most flavorful. I frequently forage for snacks throughout my the days in the garden. Thanks for reminding me of some I had forgotten and now I know I have a huge crop of wild amaranth.👍🏻
Try sauteing the amaranth with a little garlic my mom encouraged it in the garden when I was a kid and it's still my favorite vegetable.
Thank you for the tip!! Lambs Quarter is growing tall and getting ready to either flower or seed out now. Still got quite a few little ones though that I can do your tip on. 😊
The seed of Chenopodium aka lamb’s quarters/goose foot eaten as a cereal grain in South America. I am always loathe to pull the plants when weeding any gardens.
@@firinne870 Thank you for the info. Just harvested one about 6 feet tall. Have others to do. Gardens whoopin my🍑right now. 🙃🙃
Congratulations to the newly married 💒.❤❤🌻🌻🍀🍀
🌸🌼🌺 Love is like a garden, take good care of each other.
Your famous mom and dad inspired me to restart and maintain a live food diet when I was a student in Santa Fe, NM. I am forever grateful after almost two decades (added to three previous years) that a raw diet and having great health and energy at 71 years alive! They have written some of the most used raw recipe books that I have. The book, Raw Family is a journey into your family’s amazing raw and healing lives. I have been a vegan for almost 50 years and raw, grain-free since I experienced the influence of the Boutenko Family! Many thanks!
Congratulations ! Wishing You Many Kids
Love my own weedy garden and wills edibles!
Early Marshmallows were made using the roots of marshmallow and sugar
I love the flowers of the marsh mallow too. so pretty.
Mmmmm! Watching which weeds my mini pigs prefer is also helpful for taste indication. They do love lamb's quarters, wild amaranth, Shepperd's purse and young mallow .
Hi there the lambs quarters actually smells like Saldana tinned fish hence when I was a young lass my cousins and i used to pick a whole field of this herb from our school grounds and we used to braise it with garlic onion and a little tomatoes but I never knew the actual name of this herb so we called it fish herbs...due to the fishy smell!
I think you would like Paul Gautschi's "Garden of Eden" video. He's out in Washington. His farm is centered on placing wood chips all around his land to help cultivate the soil.
It is actually called "Back to Eden"
I grew up grazing on the countryside. It was great to know edible things in the wild as a kid when hungry on hikes. Hopefully you are also making great use of All your other plants like melons, pumpkin and squash leaves and flowers that are also edibles used a lot in other countries. Great for veggie wraps, stuffing, greens, curly tendrils and stems like beans & peas. Other leaves like those of the pepper 🌶 🫑 and bean plants too. There are so many wild plants and many others where most gardeners don't even utilize the whole plants. Enriching info that is useful throughout our whole lives. Fun to know about the use of the whole plants. Thanks for sharing your garden. It's such fun to see the natural field of wild edible greens 😋😁
I was always told pepper leaves were not to be eaten!
I thought you couldn’t eat any leaves from nightshade plants (which would include pepper plants) because they were poisonous (?)
GREAT VIDEO!!! I love the Quote from the dictionary about a Weed!!! My recently late husband used that on me all the time. I would bring home food plants.. and he would say.....Oh Crap... More Weeds.!! He supported my planting obsession.... But also called them ALL WEEDS!!! Coming across your video and seeing this made me smile about his attitude.
No bitter in young dandelion leaves, pick prior to the yellow flower to avoid bitterness
I see you’re foraging barefooted which is a very good way to ground your body to the earth, which is a healthy thing to do❣️🙏🏼
I love Amaranth and dandelion I cook them sauted with garlic stems and leaves so yummy, watching you and I done subscribes from taiwan xoxo
I'm doing this very thing-- eating the weeds growing in my lawn--dock, wild lettuce, poke salad, and plantain leaf. It is SO awesome!! 😋
I thought Poke Weed is deadly??? The ones with the purplish berries?
@@thefraug3827 it has to be picked when very young. I haven't done it because I have been afraid it.
@@thefraug3827 wash boil rinse boil rinse boil. Smells like urine to me.
@@rhondaborders3452 Yes I think I will pass unless starving. There's so much else to eat. I just found wild lettuce which I was happy to eat but they say that is poisonous raw. I read a lot on it and glad I tried it b/c it has medicinal benefits--calming and pain relieving I was really impressed.
@@lpmoron6258 Yes I think I will pass unless starving. There's so much else to eat once you start looking. So much to learn though! I just found wild lettuce which I was happy to eat but they say that is poisonous raw. I read a lot on it and glad I tried it b/c it has medicinal benefits--calming and pain relieving I was really impressed.
Golden or yellow radishes, completely edible. Once they flower, and produce seed pods, you will have an abundance of seeds. The root bulbs are edible, so are the leaves, the flowers, and the fresh green seed pods. Radish seeds can be sprouted for food as well.
I love all radishes, black, yellow, red, white. Even horse radish, a absolutely stunning plant. Beautiful edible leafes as well.
Thank you for the additional info!
Excited to find you! Love this info. Thanks for sharing this great info!
Thank you for clear and great nutritional info. Also the close up camera work is wonderful and so helpful.
As full time RVers I have gone from a homesteader to a gypsy. My gardening efforts are very limited but I still plant what I can, where I can. Your book (I just ordered a copy and thank you so much) will make me feel much more self reliant! And now the challenge of introducing my franchise food loving wife to some new and beneficial tastes, textures and natural vitamin sources. :-)
When I was a little kid, older people canned these greens.
As the economy gets worse people will be watching your videos and reading your books. When I found your videos I was drawn in to your stories of your family and after reading the books I am amazed at what you have gone through. You are great and I look forward to finding more. I thought I had all of the books from your family but I keep finding more! It's like a treasure hunt! My son and his family are also reading the books.
How cool. Thanks so much. I'm ordering your book right now💞
Loved the live chat and the simple to retain yet chock full of information video! I'll be diving into my "weeds" with full force!
WOW! You’ve just made my day. I love the soil and what it produces. Great video.
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I love dandelions so much just as a flower. I had no idea until recently, but there’s also a pink variety which I’m excited about introducing to the yard next year! Like I get giddy with excitement just thinking about it. 😅
Unfortunately our area only has a relative? Cats ear? Which is apparently edible but I don't know how to get the information on it cause I can't remember name and most video is on dandelion
You’re adorable. Great comment. Made me smile
I LOVE Dandelions too! My kids (now adults) used to pick big bouquets of them for me. Now, only my youngest daughter still picks small bouquets for me.😊
Haha that's awesome! #SaveSoil
Try dredging them in egg and milk then in whatever type of breading or batter (tempura, etc.) you like, and frying. My husband will not eat ANY vegetables yet he will eat them because he says they remind him of fried mushrooms. 🤷🏻♀️
In any case they are delicious.
Thanks again for the knowledge.
Thanks for all the knowledge you share so helpful
Congratulations to you both!!
The Malva or mallow we have been eating it a lot in Greece. We boil or blanched them and turn it into a salad by adding lemon, olive oil and salt. Great accompaniment with any meat dishes. I love it myself and miss it a lot as in the uk I have not found it anywhere.
If you are in the UK, you can buy malva seeds and can grow it in your garden. Because it has beautyful flowers and is a effective medicine against coughs, it is a popular garden plant in Europe.
I’ve got to try this as there is a lot of mallow growing in the chicken coop. Seems to be the only place it grows. Thanks
Thankyou for sharing I thoroughly enjoying learning about wild edibles.
Excellent tutorial on the wild edibles.
Loved this video. Love your style. Informative, clear, upbeat, user friendly. ....
Just all round useful.
I shall be checking out more of your work
Many thanks
I’m so glad I found your channel...I have books on edibles, and my own research have helped me identify edible plants in my garden/yard
Simply wow, listening to your stories.
Very informative, I love it. Thank you for the info
Purslane is also extremely high in vitamin A and contains more beta carotene than a carrot! Awesome videos! Definitely going to be buying your book.
From what I've found is high in oxalates. If you have medical history of kidneystones be cautious.
Love purslane
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I have also heard that just because a plant has high content of some 'alarming' ingredient, doesn;t mean it is bad for you. Quite often other components in that plant will nuetralize that problem ingredient.
I also read that it has the highest omega 3 of any plant
I found that I like this plant so I went ahead and gathered seed because I live in a dog friendly apt.complex. now my container garden always has purslane tucked in with the other plants.
Love the wedding band! 👍 Great spacious place you have. Congratulations!🎉
Thank you for posting this informative video.
Thsnk for thid video. I really appreciate all the advice and info you give❤😊
Thank you so much Sergei I learned so much these were given by God for us. !!!
I am really liking this video. I cannot count the times I have weeded these plants out of the garden without knowing the nutritional value.
love your videos thankyou, so informative,
Thank you for sharing this with us.
Great insights, really common, easy to identify plants...usually in our faces and we overlook them-- a concept to consider in several areas of our lives...thanks
I found a Lanbsquarters that is almost 6 feet tall. I had planted some from seed I purchased, and it did not do well. haha. Like You, I have been so delighted with all the wild things this year, that I have enjoyed them as much as my planted garden.
You explain so well. Great teacher
Love this kind of information just fab and I have learned so much . 👍🙏💐
Hi Sergei,
You were right, she was the one. Happy for you or as you say "stoked". Interesting to see where you are 4 years after the last workshop in Medford. So you are back in the area? Left Tacoma? Anyway, your videos are always inspiring. I am treasuring the purslane that spontaneously grew in my community garden and always looking for new treasure popping up. Thanks for that wonderful show of wild edibles in your garden.
Thank You for a very informative video!
You’re welcome.
Thanks, for educating, good stuff 👍
Thank you Sr. For this beautiful info❤! Thank you so very much!❤❤❤🎉
I love how much wild man beard it takes for Sergei to not have a baby face. Hehe.
Thanks for helping me identify my mystery plant...green amaranth!! It's now about 4 ft. tall. Couldn't cut it down until I learned its name...I just knew it was edible. Thanks!
Vietnamese eat amaranth regularly.it’s abundance in tropical climate and inexpensive
Awesome education in the value of what we do loosely call weeds! Keep posting your videos!
Thank you and congratulations! 👍🙏
When you compared the mallow “buttons” to capers, it make me wonder if they would be good to pickle. I have pickled a number of different things, and really enjoy them (especially kimchi and dill pickles), so if I ever run across some mallow, I think I’ll try pickling the buttons, if I can get enough of them. I’m glad you mentioned them, too, because I immediately would have thought they were curled up worms. One final thing about the mallow, when you were describing the leaves, I was thinking they look a lot like geranium leaves.
Ditto and Agreed!! :)
Same!
Thank you very much, very informative. You can eat the leaves of the green amaranth, very nutritious.
Thank you for this very informative/ educational, encouraging and delightful video!!!
Great precursor comments on how I should approach eating wild plants... excellent! Thank you!
Thank you for making these videos. Your book was the first wild edible book that I read cover to cover. I recognize some of the plants in it where I currently live (SE USA). Still learning, but I'm starting to recognize things (and still following the golden rule, if you don't know it with 150% certainty, like recognizing a banana, don't put it in your mouth)!
Here in Germany, malva has always been popular, too. It is a beautiful wildflower (malva sylvatica) and a very common garden plant. Malva is not only grown for onramental purposes, but also forms an essential part of medicinal herb gardens. (a popular garden style in Germany) An malva infusion is a popular cough remedy. (Tipp: Don´t overheat it, if you make an infusion. Very subtle flavour escapes otherwise. )The smashed root was used as a food for babies and the elderly to treat malnutrition.
Beautiful video. Love the indepth coverage.
You're a legend my friend thanks !!❤️❤️💪👊
Thank you. I had a couple of those plants misidentified.
You're welcome!
Green amaranth we call callaloo iñ Jamaica. Very popular. Makes lots of seeds for more plants. We actually grow it on purpose for food. Saving those precious seeds. Great used as a stir fry. Cooks in about 7 mins. Loaded with calcium and vitamin c i.was told
Finally someone says it's callaloo or we say greens 😃clip the seeds off strip it down a bit get your cutting board cut it all up add your carrot onions bell pepper a little seasoning steam it up and walaa👍
@@latoyachambers4035 sadly here in the US many people pay money to put toxic chemicals all over the grounds to kill unwanted “weeds”. Such a travesty.
Sad indeed without even knowing how beneficial they are the earth is filled with everything we need to survive 😉
THANK YOU so much! You've just reminded me of all the usefull edible foods that I have in my veggie garden. So inspired by your sharing.THANK you!
By far the Best of You Tube has to offer ❤
It's great watching this video. I started foraging about a year ago and just concentrated on wild fruits and 2 common greens. I'm looking for a small pocket book I can carry with me on my search. I will looked out for your book. Thanks for sharing
I’ve been watching and listening and learning from your videos for about a year now and don’t always remember to hit like, so I’m glad to see you posting again. I promise to be more vigilant in acknowledging you!
Thx, so glad to hear your good news.
Thank you for taking time to look, smell,taste and tell us how to cook these wild edibles.
Also if i may add thanks again for going into detail explaining how to identify each by their futures helped so much more
Thanks for the nightshade comparison to green amaranth. I've a pot in the greenhouse taken over by a weed and I didn't know what it was. When I saw your green amaranth, I remembered the weed, because of the similarity of the leaf shape. I ran out to check and now it has a few flowers and I can see, it's nightshade. I do have a garnet red amaranth growing out there though and I'm hoping it will go to seed, so I can plant more next year. I've found packet seeds have a low germination rate, so I'm keen to collect my own seeds for everything I grow.
Hi Sergei, thank you for a wonderful video, you are a great teacher. Question, my doggie when has a tummy issue she eats a certain grass which was all over when I lived in Texas, just moved to Michigan and would like to grow it for her, can you recommend anything 🙏❤️🙏
I love all these wild veggies. And always pick them and make delicious food out of them .
So glad This showed up on my feed , easy to learn from someone with such good diameter,🤠✌️✨
Thanks for this, very informative. I come from Jamaica where there is very little documented on the wild herbs or wild edibles there. So, I've spent the last couple of years researching (watching this is part of my research) the common herbs of the tropics and the northern hemisphere and am surprised to learn that most of the wild herbs are indeed the same - we just call them by different names. Take Amaranth for example, in Jamaica it is called Callaloo, the most common vegetable consumed. Dandelions, Spanish needle and plantain are also common.
I will also try your book!
We always called the common mallow belly button plants. Us kids use to sit & pick the buttons off & snack.
WOW thank you for sharing this
Great job, Levi! ❤
Thus was so cool thanks! I just subscribed! We live on a medium size farm and take some if these fir granted. I was just out weeding my garden and giving the weeds to the chickens and heifers that were close to me. Just came in out of the heat for supper before we start milking. I have been trying to learn medicinal plants. I have a huge question....could I start to gather these and freeze dry them turn into a powder to add to family's food to use during the winter. My family think I'm crazy and witchy to play with herbs and weeds....but I'm slowly winning them over. I'm going to start watching your other videos!!
I'm 85 n growing up we ate wild edibles daily when available. I have 5 in our backyard that my daughter calls weeds..I eat.
Awesome! I have been eating wild edibles for decades but I still learned.
Congratulations!!!!
Prayers for a Blessed union!!
Thank you for your sharing with all of us!!