Pickin and Diggin is a channel providing content about wild edibles, utilizing medicinal plants, canoeing local rivers, finding fossils, camping, visiting parks and finding hidden gems. We are located in Maryland just outside DC and VA, and enjoy all the region has to offer, especially birds, fungi, and local history. We like to take you on adventures with us, identify wild plants, make salves and tinctures, and share cooking tips for wild edibles. We continue to learn more everyday and look forward to sharing our adventures with you.
We hope to eventually grow our collection of plants and one day have a small farm with a nice garden and a few animals.
I have a steamer juicer...it gets all liquid or essence out of the plant... How can i use this to make tinctures and salves or where can i get this info?
Beautiful video of a beautiful river I love - thanks for sharing! Although, I really wish you'd wear your PFDs when paddling, even on the shallow portions of the Patuxent - even in a foot or two of water it can save your life - plus models proper safety for others...
I Iove these! I have them all over my property. You just don’t get as much of them (quantity wise ) in a cluster the way you would raspberries. The berries don’t grow in as much density.
Love this! I have found lots of Jewel Weed in CT. at my favorite Hiking trail. Nice to see this video as I have been wanting to Harvest to make my own salve for poison Ivey!
I just found your channel from your mushroom video. Please come back! I Love your videos. Thank you for all this information. Now Im going to binge watch more videos. ❤️
I believe those are both chanterelles. Different types but both edible. They both have false gills whereas the jack-o-lantern has a much denser stipe and true gills. However do some research for yourself. Happy and safe hunting.
Great information and well made video! We recently moved to Southern Maryland, and these pretty vines are just everywhere- looking forward to making your jam recipe!
Great video, thank you for sharing! I just found out about the benefits of jewelweed and I found this video, immediately subscribed, this is awesome. I am curious as to how the tincture works. How and when do you apply it, and how long is the shelf life?
Thank you for this video! Curious what kind of Witch Hazel you used. I see many different kinds, including 'astrigents' online for sale. Any advice on which kind is best? I'd prefer using it in the tincture because of its many benefits. Thanks!
I grew up on the Patuxent river in Davidsonville and we spent everyday canoeing up and down the river exploring for over 20 years. There's actually several really good fossil beds that you can find next to the golf course off the Kings branch (Golf Course Off Patuxent river road). We would find pottery arrowheads everywhere at the fossil bed, the Indians knew that was there and camped on collecting things. The fossil bed is still there and untouched, just follow the Kings branch off the Patuxent and you'll see it about a 100 yards in. Back in 1994 while canoeing up near the route 50 bridge, we saw a 7 foot Bullshark swim under our canoe. You'll always had to keep an eye out on that river.
Wow a bullshark?! Never know what you're going to see out there on the river. Thanks for the tips about the fossil sites, definitely something we want to check out! Thanks for watching!
Poison ivy is an oil, I always thought that a soap(ie Dawn) should be used to get rid of the oil on the skin. Wouldn't the oil in the salve keep the oil on your skin and make it worse? Thanks for the video.
Thats a great question, thank you! If we're outside and come in contact with poison ivy or get bit, we put the liquid from the jewelweed plant directly on skin and then wash with soap and a textured washcloth vigorously to get the urushiol off our skin. If a rash then develops, we'll apply the salve so at that point there shouldn't be any urushiol on the skin. I think if you applied the salve while there was still urushiol on the skin, you could spread it around. Spraying on a tincture could work better if there is still oil on the skin since that doesn't have any oil in it. Thank you for watching!
All looks great, we’ve made jelly it’s good on toasted English muffins with cream cheese. Not hard to find in our area well black ones. White are rare here. Going to give the tea a try , thanks
The high proof vodka extracts the beneficial compounds from the plant, and then you can apply the tincture to the skin after coming in contact with poison ivy or other plants or biting insects. The sooner its applied, the better! Thank you for watching!
Very helpful and informative video.. thank you for posting this.. that mess you made, looked like something I would do.. glad you had wood floors and not carpet!! I am wondering if you used the root also in the tinctures and salve. Thank you!
Hardwood floors definitely allowed for easier cleanup lol! Since the roots are really small and shallow I didn't use them. I'm not sure how beneficial the roots are but if they're cleaned up nicely they could probably be used. Thank you for watching!
Is 80 Proof the most beneficial or would a higher proof have a good effect? Also, I'm going to try to use Coconut Oil for the Salve. I don't think I'll need bees wax although that might be healing too. I love this video. I hope to give this to my father and friends who visit Tranquil Meadows.
I think a higher proof would have a good effect and I may go with 100 proof next time. The beeswax just helped thicken the salve a bit and I may use a little more or less next time. Let us know how yours turns out!
Awe thanks soooooo much! Now I can do something with them. They are quite tart off the branch. I make a cooked down sauce with berry juice n pour over pork. So now I'm thinking how good that would be. My mom always sd we have wild blackberries. But they are quite short compared to blackberry..so I think that's what we have..what u sd..BlackBerry cane 🤔 gotta check now. Hope y'all are well!
Thank you for watching! We have been there a few times and surprisingly there were hardly any biting insects especially out on the water. Hope you have a good time when you visit!
