25 Plants You Can Eat In Nature (foraging for food) 

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4:20 white and red clover 4:55 daisies 5:35 dandelions 6:00 purslane 6:30 roses 7:05 wild grapes 7:25 cattail 7:45 kudzu 8:05 aloe vera 8:25 prickly pear cactus 8:45 milk thistle 9:15 stinging nettle 9:35 sunflower 9:55 acorns 10:25 fiddlehead fern 10:45 coyote melon 11:15 lotus flower 11:25 amaranth 11:45 leeks or ramps 12:00 wild onions or wild garlic 12:15 morels 12:40 cone flower 12:55 wild blackberries and raspberries 13:15 pine trees 13:40 mulberry trees

Wild plant dishes are our future. Let's connect all over the world 🌍🌱🍀

My husband's grandmother fed her 7 kids stinging nettle leaves during WWII during the severe food shortages in Germany and told them it was spinach.

*HOW to TEST UNKNOWN PLANTS:* *Although there are variables of the following technique, most are safe & get the same result. After harvesting & separating the plant into it's different segments (root, stalk, leaves, flower, fruit, seed). Also, whenever trying something for the first time, always leave a portion unused & unprocessed in a sack/bag/cloth wrap with the label "UNKNOWN PLANT BEING TESTED" just in case a sample needs to be provided to EMTs, a doctor or Poison Control.* *TEST 1. Rub a segment of the plant (i.e. root) on the underside of your wrist & wait 5 minutes. If you do not experience burning, itching or tingling then go to the next test;* *TEST 2. Rub the same segment across your lips & wait 5 minutes (DO NOT LICK LIPS). If you do not experience burning, itching or tingling then go to the next test;* *TEST 3. Place a small piece of the same segment between your bottom lip & gums & wait 5 minutes (DON'T CHEW or SWALLOW). If you do not experience burning, itching, tingling, nausea or headache then go to the next test;* *TEST 4. Steep the same segment with only water into a tea (DO NOT ADD ANYTHING ELSE) & sip a tiny bit & then wait 15 minutes. If you do not experience nausea, pain, burning, itching, tingling nausea or headache then go to the next test;* *TEST 5. If you can feed some to an animal, do it. If after 24 hours the animal isn't sick or dead, feel free to consume in moderation.* *WARNING!!! It amazes me that I have to say this but - the instant you begin to experience nausea, pain, burning, itching or tingling at any time during any of these Tests, STOP IMMEDIATELY! DO NOT CONTINUE the TEST & DISCARD that entire segment of the plant & move on to test a different segment of the plant. Conversely, avoid fooling yourself into thinking if a segment of a plant is safe, then perhaps whole plant must be safe? NO! Because there are some plants that have safe segments while other segments of the same plant can be dangerous. So don't get lazy, but take time to follow ALL 5 tests again with each individual segment of the plant. Each segment will take a total of half an hour to verify.*

Got a book about edible plants in my region and was blown away at how many plants were edible. Loads of free food in the wild!

Peterson's, Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs, is an all time fav of Preppers. Its pocket sized and easily slipped in to a jacket pocket or a backpack

Great background music!!! And thank you for not over-powering the music so that we could hear YOU instead of the music! Very informative video! Thank you!!!

Purslane shows up in several areas of my yard every summer and I'm always delighted to see it. I pick a handful every day to cook in my other vegetables, beans, etc.

I reseed much of my forage . Always save seeds and plant them to bring more future generations of food

Pine nuts can be roasted and eaten or ground into flour. My tribe goes by the rule of harvesting every third plant, this way two are left to germinate for the next season.

Stinging nettle has amazing m8neral content

Thank you 😊 Marfoole fam here.

I love the tip to find a new food each week. Great segment Kris!

I was watering my blackberries at that moment when you mentioned them. Funny

I live in Nova Scotia, and fiddleheads have always been a delicacy available in the grocery store. Most folks had no idea that fiddleheads are everywhere, and free. You can steam them, or fry them up with a little butter and a squirt of lime or lemon juice. Yum!

I grew up foraging, and your guidelines are good. I only know a handful of plants and am always learning more. Without foraging, we would have been in big trouble this year, as I was out of work. Here in New England, a lot of plants that were common years ago are hard to find now for some reason. The wild grapes make great jam, and pies, but I haven't seen any for years. Fiddleheads are best blanched quickly, then fried in very hot fat.

Great job and empowering instead of adding more fear to the current situation. Ur a cool cat, thanks.

"Wild Edibles" by Sergei Botenko is an amazing book on NW foraging..

Interesting point about Acorns. Ancient Gaelic myth states that Acorns were the first thing mankind learned to subsist on, which probably indicates farming and such more than anything else, and considering how revered the Oak was among the ancient Celtic peoples it seems to have been a longstanding belief of great importance. Acorn Flour can certainly be a pain in the ass to prepare because of how involved it can be, but it's well worth the effort, as in a SHTF situation it's probably better to use the typical cereals(wheat, barley, etc) for alcohol and for breakfast foods because of how well they fuel you and acorn flour will make for nice hearty breads. It's perfect for flatbreads and small cakes. I'd also like to point out the importance of harvesting birch bark, both for a decent painkiller and for fantastic firestarters. If you can peel the birch bark very thin the oils within the birch plus the thin curls of the bark make it ideal for starting fires. You can also make a tea by boiling birch bark and it works as an effective painkiller for headaches and muscle pain.

Thanks for the charcoal tablet comment, I'm looking into it now

Purslane is such a good vegetable it should be included in home gardens. There are even green and yellow varieties. Purslane seed is widely available from online vendors. 😊

Thank you I’ve now subscribed. I now need a great book. Two of these weeds are in the back yard. Now to harvest and wash them to get dog pee off! Happy foraging everyone. Stay safe out there we’re going to need this info

thanks friend. Sumac is something I would add - it is everywhere and very useful.

Very informative, thank you!

Thank you. I have been looking for a video like this.

I live in the Canadian Rockies & this year...for the first time...collected wild rose petals & also wild purple clover... and with both made/canned jelly... on separate occasions. Gave some to a couple of friends who both said it was the most exquisite jelly ever that I could sell & charge much for...lol. They're stored in my pantry & I will be repeating again next summer & sharing with family & friends.

The Forager's Harvest, Samuel Thayer. Is a great book to take a look at. Thanks for the video.

Best all around wild plant to get your vitamins and minerals: the young leaves of wild dandelion plants harvested in spring and eaten raw in salads. These wild plants grow everywhere during mild weather. They are so prolific that they can become a nuisance in lawns and flower beds. In Europe there are even cultivated varieties of dandelions grown as a salad green. Mature dandelion plants have a tough tap root that is harvested in June, dried and and used in herbal medicine. The summer flowers of dandelion plants are used to make dandelion wine. Dandelion roots dug up in the autumn, planted in tubs of soil and kept the the basement can grow pale, mild-tasting leaves all winter that can be harvested for salads.

feels good that i knew all these and i know plenty more. It is funny once you learn when you walk around it is like seeing a salad everywhere you go. There is SO much edible food out there.

I bought a book on wild edibles last year and it's helped a lot.

Amaranth is known as mchicha in Tanzania. Mchicha is the Swahili word for spinach. My husband, who is originally from Tanzania, introduced our family to this tasty plant. We grow it ourselves and harvest before the flowering. The leaves are boiled just like spinach and then eaten by itself or with other flavors and ingredients. As an American, I had already known about Amaranth as a flower and flour before eating it.

I would probably be eating foliage and flowers in the spring and summer and saving all of the routes for winter

I recently learned about some wild plants in my area. So far some berries, carrots and violets!

Cone Flower is a friend for taming cytokine storm/sepsis. Wonderful plant

Couple of corrections: 1. You don't harvest the brown fluffy cattail seed head for pollen, you harvest it from the flowers which tends to be ready around june. 2. Not all "fiddlehead ferns" are edible. All ferns sprout up in the spring in a fiddle head. Some have toxins. The one that is considered fully safe is the ostrich fern fiddle head.

I just had lotus root soup. It tasted so good.

I had no idea you could eat kudzu!

Just pruned my thornless blackberry canes this afternoon. Foraging videos have been done before but it's always good to get another prospective. Cheers!

Check into Mint, Wild Lettuce and Mullin. Thank You for your list.

I've eaten everything on your list but the melons. A very good starter list to be sure!!

Once again, another great video. Thanks!!

Great video Thank you

Great video. Thanks. Took a wild edibles/medicinal class several years ago. Do some intentional foraging here and there. I also "graze" when out hiking.

Thanks for the video..

We have a book on plant edibles, good video😊🌞

Homerun!!!! Thanks. In the future my plan is to plant most or all of those plants through out my property to assure I have them accessible without having to actually go foraging. 🏆🏆🏆🏆

Thank you,great info,chasing a tumbleweed down was very funny🙌❤🙏🌵🏵🌲

Best one I watched so far, thank you

Thank you ❣️

Thank you a lot !

Holy carp be careful picking and eating shrooms!(Death is permanent)💀👀

Really interesting video. Keep doing it! Hope to see more from you :)

You can also eat AloVera and it soothes an upset stomach. * have used this myself. Thanks City Prepper, this list is pretty comprehensive and now I know about acorns and pine needles (pine nuts too).

God bless you thanks educate people information is great good for next generation

Ty so much

Very informative.

Just like those false morels in your first photo. The stem connects directly to the cap on a real morel.

Great video!

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK CITY PREPPING!!!!! thanks for the good information in this video!!!

Thank you for the list. I particularly found the information about roses interesting, but I'm not sure how common they would be in my area. I recently bought a book about it, but haven't had time for it yet.

Thank you!

Thanks 😊

Good informative video, nice ...

Late winter/early spring the dead-nettle is also a good one ..

I wanna try all these

Yes. So many lookalike plants. ID plants with a good resource book. Take a plant ID class if possible.

A no bullshit video thank you

Lots around were I live go huckleberry picking every year. I think I'll go this year and see if I can find any on this list. 👍

Thanks, Kris!!! Sadly I can not forage in my area as I know they use pesticides. so i am already planning my medicinal and flower garden.

When I was in high school I was in a class where we were studying plants and a sort of initiation was to chew on the root of echinacea. It had a strange salty flavor but then after a minute or two you started to notice you mouth going numb. Potent stuff. A good plant to learn how to use.

Sam Thayer is such I huge fount of knowledge. If you ever have the change to hear him speak or even better, go on a hike with him, it is such an amazing opportunity.

Survivor man Les Strout was pretty straight forward when it comes to mushrooms: the risk of poisoning is too great to even contemplate eating them. Many look almost identical even though one may be edible and the other deadly.

There is an Abundance of Dill growing all over Our backyard; but I have been hesitant to consume any. Thanks for the great information!!👏🏽❤

From Lil Giant I am glad you listed a few books. Having the picture along with the list was also great. Saying which parts were edible was also helpful. You speak very quickly and kind of swallow parts of your words. Sometimes I had to replay a section 2-3 times so I could figure out what you had said. Eating raw or cooked was good. I do not know what method to use for cooking or what, for example, is involved in drying rose hips. I bought rose hips tea in a bouillon-like cube and they were the first herb I got involved with-cured me of a sore throat I used to get every single year. Was really helpful. Now I know it was allergy, but then did not realize. Someone at church once served the women’s group some cattails. Kind of flavorless. Have no idea how to harvest, when to harvest, or how to cook. Will get a couple of books and try to find one or two of these plants. Probably will need to spend several weeks trying to cook them in an edible way. Dandelion is prevalent everywhere but have never tried it-cuz as you point out everyone in the city (and perhaps in the country) lays down fertilizer, manure, or bug spray. I have even heard of dandelion wine. Dandelion sells in the natural food store for expensive prices, but supposed to be part of a three pronged vitamin and used to be used as a spring tonic. They used sarsaparilla the same way.

Salmon berry's, are a good on we have them in the Pacific Northwest, the look like a raspberry, haven't gone picking for them in year's.

I'm going to look into trying to find and cook fiddleleaf ferns....im in the PNW and live in the foothills so should be an easy one to find...

Japanese Knotweed FTW :) A weed, that spreads like wildfire. Brought to UK by Victorians as it looks attractive. Now considered a nightmare due to its spread - hits house prices if you find it in your garden. But it's full of nutrients and you can eat it, eat more, eat even more so as to keep it under control. Pesticides not needed.

Hi! The first five wild edibles that I learned as a kid and young adult were, 1)Dandelion 2)Broad and Narrow Leaf Plantain 3)Purslane, (which btw DOES have a toxic look-alike) thought I would point that out. 4)Clover & 5)Wood Sorrel My tip is when first learning about wild edibles, always look up any potential look-alikes that may be toxic. To me, most of the look-alikes don't really look all that much like them, but I have been wild foraging for a lot of years. And another tip is that if even an experienced wild forager says "I think", look it up first, don't just take a bite. My hubby is bad about that, and sometimes I am just not quite sure when I'm learning new wild edibles. 😉

Coyote melons taste so similar to Pikachu melons...oh my, what a treat!

I am making a "weed" pie tomorrow with purslane, pigweed (amuranth) and lambsquarters with radish greens and basil. The purslane, pigweed, and lambsquarters are young sprounts in our vegetable garden, we just eat them like regular veggies.

As someone who is about to be homeless because of the economy I appreciate this video, thank you for this knowledge

My father gave me his great grandmother's The Herbalist (pub. 1934.) I have looked at it several times while looking at local plants where I live. Thankfully I live outside of the city.

I have foraging books for my area but i need to go out and harvest and prepare.

Are there any resources or books on foraging in the winter that you could recommend?

good job bringing this to light foraging doesn't get its due in prepping not to mention its fun too but probably won't be fun during SHTF. in the south muscadines, blackberries, raspberries, wild amaranth, violets, nettle, beautyberry, mulberry, pine trees, fig-trees, and oak trees are pretty common.

Cool

I love to forage in my yard! "In the Pacific North West we have many plants that you mentioned and many more that you didn't. My favorites are Plantain, chickweed, purple dead nettle, nettles, lambs quarter, pig weed, and we have fiddle head ferns but I've never picked them. They usually come out in early spring and I'm a fair weather forager. I''ve tried to teach my kids and grandkid the medicinal properties that most of these plants have. Do you know the definition of weed? A plant out of place.

Wild asparagus is also a great find-if one lives in the areas where it grows.

I frequently enjoy the male cattail pollen spike in the mid-spring, however, these plants are water filterers and will store pollutants. ALL parts of this plant are edible at some point in the year, all parts have historical uses, and the roots, (tubers) have the most nutritional value in the fall/winter. In any case, If you're going to eat any part of this plant, you should harvest it well away from cities, railroads and roads where chemical pollutants are used, or they are exposed to. I suggest adding into your video that harvesting areas and pollution must be taken into consideration. The farther out from cities and roads you are, the better.

Great list on edible plants, one suggestion I have is be careful not to mistake wild onion or a similar edible in the allium family with death camas. The death camas looks very similar to wild onion and it is deadly.

In the PNW we also have Salmon berries, super yummy and easy to recognize

I am Malaysian Chinese, we use kudzu to make delicious and nutritious bone soup, you can eat the kudzu together with the soup, it has a pleasant aroma. Not cheap though.

Just received my Wild Edibles plants of the Pacific Southwest today! Kowinkydink??

I dry the flowers of both and add them to my chamomile tea.

The Foragers guide to Wild Foods. North American Edition. Nicole Apelian, Phd. Great book, real photos! Highly recommend. Would like to find more on Florida w Real pics if anybody can recommend.

On my opinion its best to plant the wild edible plants you learn about around your property so you get extremely familiar with them.

Lotus roots and seeds have been eaten by Chinese since ancient. Cross-reference these recipes help to prepare and add flavor to your survival dishes and boost up moral in SHTF situations. You can also prepare "lotus root flour" for storage.

Amaranth also has a green flower head. .n dandelion has a cousin sow thistle..burdock is another plant that grows most anywhere. . My Dad born in 1922 says grass blades also are eatable just he would only eat if very hungry. . My 1st bks were by Euell Gibbons. .Stalking the Wild Asoaragus is his most known. .he teaches with humor

How are you guys doing in Calif to Florida any foraging?