Do you have a video about yourself? How did you learn all you know? Family members, self taught, schooling or a mixture? Thanks! Looking for a a good place to start besides your videos and identification books, looking to learn what to do with the stuff after I find it!
@@bacongirl27 some of us do have neighbors like him. I have this REALLY nice neighbor who smiles a lot and always tries to make sure I'm alright, i see him standing outside my bathroom window a lot to say hi, he's so nice.
When I was widowed 18 years ago, I thought I wouldn't go out in the woods any more. I felt funny about going alone. A few years ago I had a renewed desire to go out to the forests, so I started small by stopping at local parks for walks and picnics foraging for berries and a few medicinal plants. Gradually I wanted to increase my knowledge of survival plants and medicinal plants. RU-vid has been a wonderful resource. I really enjoy your informative videos, but I can't help wishing there was someone like you who specializes in our neck of the woods here in the lower mainland of British Columbia, Canada. Keep up the good work. I don't know how all that information rolls so easily off your tongue out there in the woods without reference material right in front of you. ;-)
check out "yellow eleanor". great channel, it seems to be in it's infancy, with more potential for content than actual videos, but it's in your neck of the woods, and also very well put together like these videos. You'd be surprised how many local foraging channels there are out there. I used to just watch Learn Your Land for lack of a more local instructor in my neck of the woods (nova scotia), but 8 months into my foraging fascination, I recently noticed a great channel, Cliff Seruntine, who's specific to 2 counties away from myself in Nova Scotia. Even in my little
I like your phrase "build yourself". It sounds so empowering and at the same time it means so much more than just eating or drinking because it implies that we really ARE what we consume--that we create the person we become and that we can do it mindfully. I harvested a wild salad this morning (wild lettuces, dock, greenbriar, lambs quarter, comelina and several others, plus a few herbs from my garden) that I will be eating for my supper so your video made me consciously aware that I too am building myself from nature. I do this daily and I have always felt closer to my land in so doing, but I like your phrase and will remember it.
Build yourself out of the best... man I will honestly never forget that way of thinking about my foraging practices as long as I live. I love that so much. Thank you for that, seriously.
Hello Adam, another great video from you !!! I wish I had your memory retention !! I do believe a video from you in regards to preparing your medicines would be terrific ! Please keep up your great videos !
I love you Brother. You've taught me so much. I make a tea I drink daily. Made of red clover flower. Dandalion greens and root powder and powdered yarrow when I know I'm sick..otherwise it's red clover and dandalion. I'm sure you're aware. But a major reason I'm so interested in yarrow is. In all parts of the plant. Including the seeds. After its dried. It can be ground to make a natural quick clot. I have many bags. Both go bags. Bug out bags and med kits. In each one is at least 2 bottles of ground yarrow. It stops bleeding quick. Prevents infection and also encourages healing. It also becomes an early scab. If ya don't pick at it. 😂😂😂 Yarrow is truly an amazing herb. Side note. I noticed I had pain consistent with a kidney stone. So I hit the ACV with the mother. I also added ground yarrow to my usual dandalion/ red clover tea. Sure enough. A few days later I pass 3 stones. No visible blood in my urine. Very limited pain , post passing. And no infection after passing. Conclusion ? Yarrow not only stops external bleeding and infections. But it also works internally for the same conditions. I will add this. I only use yarrow internally when I don't feel well. Not as a daily addition to my tea I drink daily. The reason is. I use this plant as one of my frontline defenders against infections. It's not the best or strongest at this job. But it is mild on the body and harsh against bad mojo. But , as you've seen bugs can become antibiotic resistant. And since not many folk are using this natural form of defence. It's up to those of us who do. To do so responsibly to prevent the basic fall back in nature becoming useless too. I can see a day when the old ways may once again become the best way. Don't forget your history.
It's impressive the amount of things you know about the woods, and enjoyable learning from you. I planted some white pine in my yard. One has been good for climbing and looking at the area. And making pine tea. And using the sap. Yes, they're great trees.
Adam, I could watch your videos all day long, they are filled with knowledge and in the complete understanding of all the wild forest growth, these are rich videos, full of life; to be consumed in learners mind. Thank you. Ken
Your an inspiration to me. I found your channel a few years ago and I’m still impressed with how much knowledge you have. The videos you’ve generously shared with us are invaluable. Thank you!
I always love hearing you get so enthusiastic at the end of your videos while you express our connection to Nature! You are an inspiration! Thank you for sharing your wisdom!
Thanks for sharing Adam, it's nice as you say to live off the land. We forget about how much we had to do that long ago and now we are spoiled. Spoiled and missing out on such great lil journeys and experiences as you said as well. So nice and refreshing to hear, thank you! Love your videos, like a breath of fresh clean air ✌
I would really enjoy seeing your whole process of making and storing of extra. I envision a ground cellar full of glass jars filled with plants. Or rafters hanging full as well?
Very close... you got it right with the glass jars. They seem to have accumulated greatly this year... mainly because it was a very good mushroom season all around. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Adam, I really love these videos! I have been taking the advice I got from a few books and videos. Go out and be able to consistently identify the plants you want to try and consume first. So I have tried a few that I was sure of and it does increase my enjoyment of being outside. This year I would like to expand on my harvesting a bit and try a few more things. I am in Maryland and when I was staying on the Eastern shore for a couple of months for work, I was staying at a house on tangier sound and harvested 1 meal a day for that whole time. It would be fish or crabs or mussels... But I timed this meal around when I could obtain these foods. Sometimes I didn’t get much and my meal was a bit skimpy! Following tides and eating what I could get in a reasonable time made this such a rich experience. I will never forget it and hope to recreate it soon. I would definitely like to see your experience in making the things you collect into what you consume.
Awesome video! I learned a lot. I’ve been making some herbal teas as well. I’ve been mixing sweet fern, mint, and occasionally mugwort. I hope I can find some spice bush in our area
Adam, thank you for all the work you have done. I have been learning much from you. Would it be possible to make a video or two on the medicine making process you go through with plants and mushrooms?
This looks wonderful and you just reminded me of something I already knew beforehand, but had forgotten - you gotta simmer polypores to get use out of them. This winter I collected lichen and tried lichen tea for the first time, I just so happened to have a red belted polypore with me and I decided to make a 'tea' out of them both, with a bit of lemon added so it didn't taste absolutely terrible. I now realize, that I should have been simmering it for a few hours beforehand to make most use of it. This gives me motivation to try it out again using a more apropriate method, thank you! Would love to see preperation videos and even a video or two about your medicinal plans.
You're welcome, Martin. Thanks for watching and sharing your input. I've never added lemon to any medicinal mushroom decoction, though perhaps I should give that a shot! Some could certainly use the extra flavor. 😉
hey adam love all your videos! also would love to see a series on how you make a tincture,tea,infusion with some medicinals. or other medicinals you use. just whenever your doing it. THANKS learn so much from you and it keeps me looking for new plants!!
I sais to u on a previous video that i couod lisyen to u alll day .... So as i sift flour n seal my bag witch isbactually gonna take 4 hours ... I figure .i totally can listen to u as i work away . Anywho thanks for being u n sharing ur knowledge 🌱🙏🌲🍄🥰
Yes please do a video on how to prepare teas, medicines. Do you organize groups to teach how to forage etc? I've noticed gathering there are several species look alike where one is good other one deadly. It's hard to see what is difference. Thank you!
fun! interesting informational and a great composition in your presentation, keep up the great work, am anticipating the next video already! seeing your radiant connection to the land and knowing its language is remarkable!
Thank you for the education :) I recently learned about Chaga from my friends in NH, so your videos have really peaked my interest on other items found in the woods.
I am a New York City transplant that has been living in West Virginia 4 almost thirty years. Do you do nature walks for the public? Where did you study? I listen and watch as many videos as I can that you put out. Do you have a book? Thank you for all the information
Awesome video! I live north of Baltimore and have a state park right down the street I always hike, should have some similar plants here. I found a lot of raspberries,blackberries and paw paw, they are young though. having a hard time identifying other plants out thereWhats a good book to learn northeastern plant species
My sons are in the Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. I think this is extremely informative, do you do any classes or know of any. I would like to try to get that you/person to try to have a couple foraging classes. That way the youth can learn this kind of stuff. I think this is a dying art that I think needs to be brought back
You sure know your stuff.....we live in NE Ohio & share same landscape,going to look for some medicine on our walkabout tonight.... do a tea/potion video please...thanks...
In the early 1900s my grandparents made used of a homemade concoction that had pine needles in it, It was really dark green brown in color. It was taken a few spoonfuls at a time or a few swigs at a time. I was too little to know anything else about it but would sure appreciate if you could prepare a video tutorial concerning this. Thank you once again for your guidance. The second thing - Could you talk about the preparation of the turkey tail medicine. Thank you so much.
Was the pine concoction a syrup? Or more like a tincture or tea? I typically create infusions ("teas") from species in the pine family. I recently harvested eastern hemlock leaves and will be adding a tablespoon to simmering water for about 15 minutes before straining. To learn how to properly prepare turkey tail, check out this free guide to medicinal mushrooms I created. All the instructions are listed near the end: foragingpittsburgh.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/guidetomedicinalmushrooms1.pdf
I thought I had to find big rosehips for Vit C. Looks like I can use any rose hips in my tea. Feel good about reducing the number of florabunda seeds. Not sure how much C is destroyed by heat. Maybe we can use rose hips for iced tea?
Nice video Adam.Do you think that by boiling this plants will "kill" most of vitamin C ? I do it the same way, and I dint find any other solution for now.Very pleased to watch your videos
That's a great question. Vitamin C, while heat sensitive, is not completely destroyed by higher temperatures. It really depends on how long the ascorbic acid is exposed to heat, how high the temperatures are, and what other phytonutrients (like antioxidants) are present. A few studies have been published demonstrating that even after 30 minutes of cooking, foods retain some vitamin C. Whenever I'm trying to extract vitamin C, I do keep in mind all the factors listed above, and generally try to keep temperatures under 200 for no more than 20 minutes. Thanks for watching and commenting!
with rose hips, in order to unlock their medicine they must brought to boil and cooked for 1 hr, or add boiling water and keep it 24 hrs before drinking.
Alisha - thanks for sharing that information. Which compounds are you referring to, and can you point me to any research that has looked at this? Thanks!
I wonder if using a pressure cooker might be a faster way to process mushrooms like Turkey Tail? Possibly might only need 15-20 mins in a pressure cooker rather than 2 hours simmering and because of the faster cooking time there is less chance of nutrients being destroyed....I would be interested to know if anyone has used a pressure cooker in this way for preparing medicinal products
are you familiar with "Kombucha" tea? im not certain what it does but it does process the tea. you talk about making teas and a video would be interesting but my question is can the teas your making from plants be used with Kombucha? and why do you dry out the plants why not just boil them?
Nice video Adam, can we simmer the turkey tail mushroom fresh or it's best to dry them first? Thanks to your vids I found some yesterday for the 1st time when I was hiking up in the woods :)
Hi Sophie... you can simmer Turkey Tail either fresh or dried, though I prefer to dry the mushroom first. Most Turkey Tail will dehydrate naturally within a few days, even if left out on a kitchen counter. Thanks for watching the videos!
I had always known turkey tails as Coriolus Versicolor. Is that still a valid nomenclature for this fungus, or do I need to adopt Trametes into my vocabulary now?
I would not bring a glass jar when foraging. A slip and fall, dropping it, etc. can lead to a dangerous situation. Bring a plastic container and transfer to glass at home.
Jason - great question. Yes, they can absolutely be dried and stored to be used at a later date. Because I only harvested a small amount, I didn't think it would be necessary to put them away for later. Typically I will harvest a greater amount of a particular species, dry it, then store it... often in jars. I've done this with rose hips and I find they store very well for a year or more. By the way, we should get together again soon! It's been too long...
i need to Identify two mushroom that are growing in my garden in the UK could u help me.I think one is tree slippers polyporus giantus it is big ,it is a poly pore, brown outer part and the other looks poisonous it has a bright yellow stem and brown soft top.could I send u some pictures of them.thank you
I would be really interested in seeing how some of the meds are made... I have bought quite a few books over the years pertaining to making wild meds.. One thing I have noticed is all of the books on making wild medicine have witchcraft undertones and some are outright blatant about it.. Its a real turn off for me.. I just want someone to write a detailed book with a step by step process that doesnt include dancing around a fire at midnight on a full moon, dressed in elf clothes and chanting a phrase that sounds like it came from an infant to the king of the underworld... So if you wrote a book without all that and just had scientific studies and processes,,, I would buy it immediately..
