Thanks for that nice sentiment, Lonnie! I am constantly amazed at how much good food is around in so many places, so much of the time. I hope more folks can enjoy all the abundance, too. Happy foraging up North! I bet things are looking so green up there now!
Why not just buy yourself one of the multitude of wild foods/weeds foraging guides? Or keep watching RU-vid vids on the subject? Knowledge is easily available....for free online, and in printed field guides you can carry along with you.
Go with an experienced human. Post on hiking groups online, the mushroom folks are understandably secretive, but the rest of us would love to teach you! Individual plant videos won't help lol, you have to learn it spring to winter, year by year, you can't learn it all and then go out. It's very humbling, I suck at it after 15 years (ie, I couldn't survive in the wild), but I love it and it is my church, my hobby, my prayer, my exercise, everything. It's ethnobotany, you have to learn in community.
I've actually learned more through RU-vid than i ever have with books. Books help with a specific plant that you're already researching but RU-vid can go through a variety with one video that helps you to learn new plants to research
Such a helpful video! I'm just now learning about foraging and wild edibles and don't want to slip up and grab the wrong plant. So grateful that kind souls like you are here for us
This video just shock the hell out of me. I live in Barbados in the Caribbean and I have being seeing so many of wild weeds for all my life and had no idea that most them can be used for food. Thank you so very much for posting this video my friend, because of this video, I will be on the look out for eatables in the wild from now on, with the help of a book base on wild eatable greens.
I" glad you enjoyed my wild salad video, Abstract Creations! Weeds and other wild plants have fed many people in your region and there are some strong traditions and great recipes for using them. I'll look forward to hearing from you about which weeds you have found around you. I'm excited for all the good eating you have ahead of you! Happy foraging!
I" glad you enjoyed my wild salad video, Abstract Creations! Weeds and other wild plants have fed many people in your region and there are some strong traditions and great recipes for using them. I'll look forward to hearing from you about which weeds you have found around you. I'm excited for all the good eating you have ahead of you! Happy foraging!
I" glad you enjoyed my wild salad video, Abstract Creations! Weeds and other wild plants have fed many people in your region and there are some strong traditions and great recipes for using them. I'll look forward to hearing from you about which weeds you have found around you. I'm excited for all the good eating you have ahead of you! Happy foraging!
I" glad you enjoyed my wild salad video, Abstract Creations! Weeds and other wild plants have fed many people in your region and there are some strong traditions and great recipes for using them. I'll look forward to hearing from you about which weeds you have found around you. I'm excited for all the good eating you have ahead of you! Happy foraging!
I" glad you enjoyed my wild salad video, Abstract Creations! Weeds and other wild plants have fed many people in your region and there are some strong traditions and great recipes for using them. I'll look forward to hearing from you about which weeds you have found around you. I'm excited for all the good eating you have ahead of you! Happy foraging!
I had to look that up, rosalyn ping, and found 'rojack' means eclectic. So thanks for that great name for my salads! Every one is different, but they are always delicious!
Haphazard Homestead Hello Sally! I to do not like to mow my yard n spring or summer, mostly spring, my Neibors on the other hand have no problem with calling me n, I do let it go for a bit, and hope for rain to extend my search time. Before October 2017 I had a flip phone, which was no good of course for identifying anything, I have a few books, they to show/explain little. Getting my iPhone made me a spaghetti brained, nut case Lol, I cannot learn enough, fast enough. Though I am proud to say, I have come to recognize a plant before the name is said, not many, but a few. I need to write down the names of plants, edible parts during the season and how their eaten. Thank u
I live in England. I have so many wild plants growing in my garden Hawthorn.bitter cress.chickweed.dandelions.ground elder.wild violets.plantain.i have a tree in my garden it's branches swoop downwards I call it my Japanese temple tree because of the shape of the branches it is evergreen some kind of fir tree? I have stinging nettles.dead nettle with the phone pink flowers low growing nature. Mahonia.englush BlackBerry. Raspberry bushes.hooseberry bushes.goji berry tgat has never flowered and for tgat has never fruited.redcurdant and blackcurrant and strawberries that have lots of rich healthy leaves but never fruit . I am too scared to eat any of this except the ground elder,cleavers, nettles,chick weed.
Hey, Peaches, it's always good to see you here. It is amazing how many plants are worth eating. Many of them, I don't think, would be so enjoyable all by themselves. That's why these salads are so good - a little bit of a lot of different plants is completely delicious! I have to keep myself from telling folks - "Don't step on lunch!" ; )
Thank you SO MUCH for the recepy for the dressing!!!! Thank you for mentioning me by name AMonikaD too, made me feel so nice !!! Here it's a year later but I did find the video, your recepy and I'm grateful you addressed me. I cant wait to make that salad. The only thing that doesnt grow here is the locust tree. But the other ingredients I can surely find. You make everything sounds so yummie I want to run out and forage! God bless!
This video is league's ahead of anything else out there. Pure green gold. I've seen and read up on these wild edibles, but you really destroyed! There is 5 times the info in all the videos combined packed into one video.Great job and thank you so so much for sharing your wealth of wisdom and your delightful personality with us. You deserve a medal for this : )
Thanks for your appreciation, archadeinteriors! There are so many great plants to eat out there, just waiting. I like the challenge of putting together a wild salad. They are different every time, but I've never had a bad one yet. They are so satisfying to eat. I hope you can enjoy some great salads, too, from the plants around you!
Thanks for your responding back to me! I too love the Crepis Setosa And heretofore i am going to pretend i have always known what it is called: ) . . . with so many plant options it's almost like one might have to have do strategic plans of salad possibilities, -not just for flavor optimization, but for nutritional focus, and health or immunity emphasis too. I love salads and could eat one every day with dinner, or as light meal, especially in the summer months. If i come up with a great combination maybe i will make a point to mention it in case you want to share on you channel. The star performers of this episode were, for me, the grand fir, elm, spruce, and black locust tree, which effectively blew me away and opened up a whole new universe of plant sustenance and wild edibles. Thanks again for what you are doing and for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. . .
I love your video. I am learning so much from knowledgeable people like yourself. I am clearly a newbie, so I am going slow. Fear is just awful, but I didn't grow up learning this stuff and I want to be careful. Thank you SO much for taking the time to make this video and sharing your wisdom. That salad looked Terrific
We in Finland have light all night long by now until august. Last night I thought to go working out there in all peace, but had to rest anyway. It's the busy time in garden, preparing the soil for sowing, which should have been done already. But I am only one, sadly, with not much power left. Really enjoy everything I might find in my garden wild to eat. That's why I do not use mower, for not to pollute my weeds.Instead I use my scythe, inherited from my parents.
I have been slicing and drying leaves from the leek plant......I dried them in oven......I got the oven up to 170 degrees and turned it off and left only the oven light on and in 24 hrs they were so crispy and golden.......I crunched them up to add to fries, or to seasoned salts or even to sprinkle on frying pork chops......yummy
Thank you, I have been learning wild edibles for years now, but still have so much to learn. This is exactly what I am interested in, not just a trail nibble but how to make a meal out of what is around me.
Omg you are the herbal salad queen .you are very good to your self missy .i cant wait to know half of what you know .thank you so much for your percise foraging .an great food demos .love your vids an humor.
LOOK at your skin! Just beautiful from eating fresh food!! I am learning to identify these plants and eating these every day. My goal is to never have to go to a grocery again. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Thanks again for wonderful information! I did blanch a combination of henbit,nettles, sticktight, nipplewort, wrapped it all in a norisheet to make a wrap, very nice! I live in Hawaii and am learning new things like banana stems as the plant is cut once it fruits. Your videos are so clear and stress good habits, I am learning so much!
Loved your video. These past few years I have become more interested in and learning about wild plants and this video was the best ever. Last year I had an abundance of chickweed in my garden and have made lots of tea for my husband's health issues. I hope to o e day be as knowledgeable as you are and take advantage of all of God's creation. 🌿
Thanks, Plant a Garden! I appreciate that feedback, too, about the wild salads. I enjoy how wild salads are different every time, as the seasons change, and even year to year because of weather and the plants themselves. I like eating these salads, so I'll be doing more of them. Happy foraging!
Wow, I love your video. I'm enjoying eating the wild plants and veggie's from my garden. Thanks for introducing me to more plants I can add to my salad!!
Thank You for Sharing ur Knowledge ! We can tell when you really liked certain things as the leaf returned in half :-) ... Knowledge like yours is rare & nothing you've said sounded rehearsed like some we've watched , Thanks again !
The most intrigue video about wild salad! So practical and useful for free food in backyard.! Really enjoy watching it! Hope you have more videos like this! Big thanks!
Hello from TN! WOW! I wish I could have found you back when I lived in Oregon! I lived in Pleasant Hill and in Springfield! My Sister still lives in Springfield!! We have always eaten the Wild Things! You have given me so much more to hunt for!! Thank you! Bee Blessed!! Danny and Rita in TN on Rooster Ridge
I absolutely love your videos. Your information and identification is excellent. Thank you for the 'up close' shots of the leaves and plant. When the leaves of wild edibles are older do you mostly cook them? With nettle is it better to cut the stalk down to the ground to harvest or just cut the leaves from the stem and leave it to branch off and put on new growth? When cooking older wild greens do they lose their bitterness and toughness? For instance, dandelion, dock, nettle and plantain? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU my friend.
Hi, Lark! It's always nice to see you here! Yes, cooking greens is an easy way to extend the spring season. Often, a quick 2-minute blanch, just like for freezing, is all it takes. But for some plants, then it takes 2 blanchings. Or 1 blanching and then a long time cooking. And for some other plants, there's no making them any better. Each plant is a little different - and some are a real surprise. That's a great topic for a future video or two, so thanks! But here's a preview: the one that surprises me is the cleavers (Galium aparine). Once it gets to a certain stage, there is no amount of cooking that will rescue it, lol. It doesn't taste bad, but it's so full of silica that there's no chewing it, lol. For the nettles, I cut off the whole stalk. But that's just my preference. They throw out new growth from the base pretty easily. Enjoy all your plants -- you have some great ones in your nice gardens!
Man. You are Soo fun, and made this video Soo enjoyable to watch. And your soo good at what you do. Excellent video. Sent to 5 of my friends. Thank you.
I love this video!!!!!!!!!! You did an amazing job here. Loved it. Just loved it. I subscribed. I look forward to watching your content this weekend and I won't miss anything new you create. I just had to leave a comment. I love your personality too. Just an all around awesome and informative video.
Yay for amaranth! I'm glad you enjoy it -- and my wild salad video, too. When I made this salad, the amaranth wasn't up yet. But it's tasty, alright! I have a couple videos about it and will make more, because it's so tasty. Enjoy your greens! : )
Thanks, Red Yumi! I was surprised how many different plants I found for this salad. As spring moves into summer, there's such a shift in the plants. At least the ones in good enough shape for a salad. Salads are the most challenging because they have to be tender and tasty, without any blanching. I hope you have some of these plants around you!
You're so sweet, Lleb Lee! There are so many amazing plants and mushrooms out there to eat, just waiting for us to get to know them. Thanks for your comment and appreciation!
thank you so much for sharing all that precious knowledge.it's an amazing feeling to look at weeds right under my feet and see them in a whole new way!nutritionally packed organic food 😀.not to mention free of charge 😁.exciting and somewhat therapeutic outdoor activity God bless you 💖
Wow I have to show your video to my boyfriend he was just asking me last weekend if it was possible to make a salad from wild edibles and I told him of course I’m glad I found your video another thing that surprised me is I have a fork exactly like the one you have I found it at a thrift store
I wish I was you! Thank you for making and posting these videos to share your knowledge!!! I have always wanted to know what you are teaching! How did you learn all of this?! I'm so excited to have found you!!! 😀🥰
