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I know it may sound strange, but I know I can possibly be the only one who gets such an incredible amount of comfort and a feeling of peace just knowing that people such as this fine young man are alive and sharing their magnificent talents and information with us. It kind of restores my face in mankind and my countrymen. May he live a long healthy and joyful life!
Live out in farmland, my buddy comes over looks at my yard, he's says" wow your whole front yard is nothing but dandelions there's hardly any grass" I said" well you can't really eat grass".
Thanks, I’m an old man now, but I recall my grandfather making dandelion wine when I was in primary school, many, many years later when he passed away, my siblings and I met at his house, I recall we were chatting about our childhood memories and the dandelion wine topic came up, I went to the cellar and retrieved a bottle of dandelion wine and brought it up to the parlor and we all shared a cordial glass, I toasted Dzidzau with a second shot and it was a fitting salute to the life of a remarkable man. Thank you for rekindling this wonderful memory.
Dandelions are nature's way to improve your soil, typically they will show up on poor soil, heavy clay, etc. I love them, the spring leaves are great in a salad, the roots dry roasted make a nice coffee substitute, and the flower, other than being so pretty, is nice to add to liquid honey in your jar (break up flower down to loose petals, make sure petals are dry), it is so lovely and adds an additional nutrient boost to your food. Of course, last but not least, they are an early source of food for the bees. Our creator gave us everything we need to not only survive but also thrive. P.S. Please make sure to not use any dandelions that might have been sprayed with chemicals of any kind, both directly and indirectly. I gather them in early spring before we use our lawn mower to cut the grass for the first time.
they also show up in compacted soil that's why the roots grow like they do to try and loosen it up.... reason why I always see them growing in between cracks in the pavement/concrete. The only place I remove dandelions from is the garden. I can pick from the plants on the yard lol
We are getting bees this spring, and have apple trees, flowers, will be planting lavender, and have many Dandelions! We never pick all, I'm happy to say.
Exactly my neighbor when I live in a city would bitch about my dandy lions and I'd say you do realize bees need these right. Rabbits love them to idgaf if you dont like them
MY GRANDMA FAVORITE, SHE MADE THE BEST WINE, GREENS WITH DANDELIONS, WOW, SHE LIVED TO 105 YEARS OLD, SHE STILL WORE HEELS IN HER LATE 80-90'S. THANK YOU FOR SHARING, MANY PRAYERS/BLESSINGS!
I don't remember anyone from my childhood having cancer. I remember my grandmother talking about her relatives making dandelion wine. I actually have the recipe for it from 1864
This sounds very interesting and I wonder if u would consider sharing ur family dandelion wine recipe with me so that I can make it to try? If not I understand and thank u for ur comment that brought my awareness to a dandelion wine.😊❤
Hi, I am a gardener. I think these videos are so intelligent and interesting. At college we had to learn about invasive weeds. What a ridiculous term for some of our most precious plants. Fortunately I had two very responsible tutors who really taught us holistic gardening. Every plant is a gift. These videos help to lift the veil of ignorance. This is knowledge which we are in danger of losing. Thanks again. Great and important work.
Invasives push out native plants. They're not termed "invasive" by the EPA unless they do more damage than good. They don't interact with the rest of the local ecology (or at least much less than native plants). Invasives can play a major role in making other species go extinct.
When I was a child, in center France, wild dandelion greens were a highly prized appetizer salad. It was prepared with garlic, shallot, oil and vinegar. With croutons, and an omelet, a perfect quick prepared dish for springtime!
I stopped mowing in Spring years ago after spending a sunny day staring at dandelions. I originally only wanted to leave an early food source for bees. Well, several years later my early lawn is mostly dandelions. I adore them. Those beautiful, golden, intricately beautiful little heads turning their faces all day to follow the sun. Oh. They make my heart sing. I ended up purchasing a small flag that I placed at the end of my yard. It reads, Don't mind me. I'm feeding the bees. My dandelions have Never been sprayed nor will they ever be. Totally organic. Now after watching this video I'm going to start experimenting with adding them to our diet. Thank you for this great information!❤️🐝❤️
I read about how the Japanese have a pink dandelion that grows native there. They use the flower the most as medicine and a whole meal. They either sautéed the dandelion heads, or made them into tempura. Then they used the roots for healing wounds and ridding infections by making a poultice or as a tea. The leaves were often wrapped around the head and made into tempura as well. Dandelions are awesome!! Yummy, beautiful, help bees, fix soil and are awesome for me! 🌼
I collect dandelion fluff with a butterfly net, I scoop it off the plant before they get a chance to blow off with the wind. Then I scatter it around the property.
An extremely intelligent, very articulate and knowledgeable person We are fortunate to host his videos! 🙏. And, yes, I love the yellow petals- they are very slightly sweet!
2 years ago I let my backyard “return” to nature. It has just been amazing what medicinal plants I have been able to collect from it. Dandelions being just one. I get so excited when I see these flowers poke their heads out and I consume a couple per day. (Leave some for the bees though!!!!!)
As a professional herbalist I concur completely! In the apothecary, the entire plant except the stems is one of the most useful we have. Side note, I LOVE making dandelion jelly. Everyone always thinks I'm crazy until I gift them a jar, then every spring its, "have you made the springtime jelly yet?!". It tastes like honey and spring. yummmm
@@cindyhancock8926 make sure to pick of allll the green parts and only use the yellow. Taxing job but worth it. Cuts the bitterness. Strain twice so it’s crystal clear. I like vanilla beans added or sometimes even a tiny pinch of lavender boiled with the flowers. You’ll be making it every year! Have fun :)
@Jayme. The stem has one useful purpose. The milky liquid inside the stem when applied directly to a wart, makes the wart disappear after a few applications.
Exactly why do you feel your granny wearing heels in her dotage was a good thing? Heels shorten the Achilles’ tendon, making normal posture and movement impossible, altering the correct position of internal organs and causing lasting muscle and spine problems.
The whole plant is edible, and medically perfect, leaves for salads, the sap is awesome for warts, the roots roasted to make coffee, Dandelion wine,...The doctrine of signatures, if only they teach this in school, alas, supermarkets have everything you need right,..
I plan to start eating dandelions. I am a social worker and one of the most common things I see in older populations are diseases associated with cardiovascular heath. Anything we can do to improve this is a boon. Thank you Adam.
@@ruidadgmailcanada8508 no its not. It's linoleic acid. Basically seed oils. Except macadamia oil which is very low in LA. Vegetable oils are very bad for you also. These oils oxidize so quickly and are the worst for you (newer info in the last several years). As usual, this was discovered long ago but since our medical/health system is corrupted by $$$, the FDA is about as usedul as a blind guard dog who is easily distracted with treats. The biggest question is how to solve this issue. Not sure how to do that other than subsidizing industries that manufacture harmful food products which were once thought to be okay. E.g. you cant just make soybean production illegal (fermented is finne but the vast majority is not fermented). Entire farms have become dedicated to its production. So how do you make the shift without destroying an industry or part of it? The gov/the population should support farmers to change to healthier options or else an entire sector of the economy could collapse. The other option is what we have now which is a shitkoad of money soent by farmers who ban together and pay lobbyists to prevent legislation that is not favorible to their $$ interests and muddy the waters. Its better for all of us to go the other route. Sigh ......it will be the norm one day but society takes forever to mature. People don't like chage
Been a year now since you first let me know about the dandelion root. Been drinking the coffee from it for a year now. My arthritus isn't gone but it doesn't hurt anymore. I can move my fingers without it hurting, thank you my friend for giving me the knowledge
Brett Bowcutt You should add a tablespoon of fresh chopped (raw) Ginger every day. Just swallow small amounts with water, because you can’t swallow a big tablespoon in one sip😁. Another important ting, is to avoid milk and dairy at all costs, because this is the main cause...
Wish I could eat the flower,am deathly allergic to pollen.. anaphylactic shock is terribly frightening ..been there, done that got to the hospital on time....
@@lanaecall921 All these new allergies did not exist in the 1980, 1990's. I appeared with the rise of Monsanto for making these chemicals herbicides, insectisides to kill insects and plants that are messing up our bodies as well.
I do believe Adam Hariton is a modern-day Flower Child. He's also adept. I think he's worthy to teach us, after all, he just broke it down at a very high level. Now I'm looking forward to eating dandelions, something I never would have said or even thought about before exploring RU-vid and finding Learn Your Land. I just hope it tastes better than peyote...
As a child I was told by my parents that the milk in the stems is toxic. Which is quite ignorant considering it has been known ages ago that that is not true. It is like forgotten-distorted knowledge. AFAIK the reason why dandelion is such a common 'lawn invader' is because it used to be mass-cultivated as food and/or herbal medicine.
The medicinal parts of the dandelion flower are very rarely mentioned, so it was brilliant to have been so thoroughly informed on all the benefits, including the various chemicals and all the other properties which you mentioned. Really appreciated. Thank you.💖💖💖
Omgg....You are amazing...I have harvested with my Mom and family my whole life...I also studied Medicinal Herbalism for almost three years and I still make medicines...However, I am memory challenged after heart surgery and that has destroyed my confidence as a career...I do things at my level with common words and in true hillbilly fashion...That is why you are so refreshing...Quick knowledge that is intense...Love that...Please keep that camera rolling...People like me need people like you...☆♡☆
I do think some of the memory comes back overtime continue to eat good organic foods and a lot of variety don't forget your trace minerals from my experience
Back when I was in my late teens I was working for a construction company and the boss one day was picking Dandelions for a salad and said they are good for your heart ❤
When we were kids we enjoyed eating the dandelions in our yard. Our PARENTS Never sprayed pesticides in our yard so there was not a problem eating them in factour parents encourages to do so and we had dandelion salads at time. They grew up on farms and were aware of old-fashioned caring of soil and crops!👍🍒🍑🍐🫐🙋♀️🙋♂️👍
Indeed his is.. Saying the same the older knew from hundreds of generations. They ate the leaves from early dandelions as salad. People born in the 19hundreds said it was they were poor. Wrong ! They were rich in knowledge.
I get it, Im old school. Those beautiful yellow flowers mixed in with the green are beautiful. My grandmother prepared dandelion greens as a spring tonic. I will now consider using the flowers.
I feel this is one of the few good-hearted, wholesome channels for adults here. I always learn something about the earth and about the nourishing paths I may travel in the future.
When I was young, I sprayed dandelions too. I thought they were annoying weeds. It was a shame, but I didn't know any better. Now I look forward to spring dandelions... Live and learn.
I've been eating dandelion leaves for years after seeing a native American picking the leaves but never thought of eating the flowers. I jokingly asked him if he was making dandelion wine and he laughed and said " no, they are salad greens to our people but you have to be careful where you pick them because dog's use area's next to sidewalks as a latrine".
everything from the dandelion is used, i.e. flowers, leaves and roots, like this: the flowers for a liver tea, liver relaxant, or in the form of syrup, the leaves for salad (the commercial name is arugula, for those obtained in greenhouses) and the root for salads , decoctions or teas. Very versatile!
As an Italian, we all ate/eat dandelion all the time. My parents would send us out to forage for dandelions. We make a dandelion salad. It’s so good with raw onion, tomato with just extra virgin oil, and vinegar. Sometimes my mom would put anchovies in the salad. So damn good. I still eat them.
Well, you certainly changed my perspective on the dandelion. I used to rip them up out of ignorance. A lesson I have learned along the way is that one has to respect everything that crosses your path in life. Thanks for all the advice and time that you give us. You are a true nurturer.
check yard for purslane, ,lambs quarter, chickweed, and violets ALL are edible..and nutrient dense,,,,,can make a great salad....wash first,,, top with edible flowers its awesome
Whats awesome is the flower head is the best tasting part too. If your only using the white to the yellow and none of the connective tissue, it has a mild sweet flavor.
Im glad your here... and now. Thanks for your many hours of research and caring, that's hard to find in this pharmaceutical based world we find ourselves in, and fighting the BS lies that that hurt us. Thank you.
Dandelions are golden like the sun…this alone tells me that they are good. I’ve been drinking dandelion tea for 30 years. I love it. Thanks for your video.
I like to collect the flower buds of the dandelion. Sautéed in olive oil, with some garlic, salt and pepper, they have the texture of small artichoke hearts, and they taste so good.
Dandelions are completely eatable the flower, the greens, the stem and the root. All of it very healthy Vitamins A,B,C,D &K also two types English and French (leaf is thinner and golden in color. I’m super excited to make a bunch of different recipe with these new favorites ❤
Adam, further to the amazing info provided in your video, I read a friend explain how a flavonoid called LUTEOLIN may assist our immune systems directly with CORONAVIRUS. And it just so happens after some surfing around, I found a study that showed DANDELION FLOWER to be very high in luteolin. "There is a natural flavonoid called luteolin, which occurs in many common foods, and acts as an inhibitor to a substance called furin. Furin occurs naturally in our bodies, but activates the spike protein on the coronavirus, thereby allowing it to enter our cells. By increasing our intake of foods high in luteolin, it may offer us additional support to avoid infections and disease progression." ~James Spears, doctor of herbal medicine
@@shapiemau2244 of course there are viruses that are called coronaviruses. CV is a well-studied family of viruses of which there must be hundreds of strains at least, and half a dozen of these that are known to infect humans, those which are some of the viruses responsible for the common cold in the early winter and the flu in late winter. This was the case for countless years before 2019. As for what came out of the lab as a bioweapon, that was only part coronavirus. There are lots of therioes what makes up the other part but I won't bother to drop that here as I only know of the hearsay, though it sounds horrific.
@@krownstone you have not studied the subject thoroughly and thus have also been duped into believing their lie. You should look into this fallacy deeper. Regarding common colds etc, much the same thing and you show a very limited understanding of the biology of both man and the animal kingdom. Please study this in more detail.
Thanks dude for this awesome information. I take my horse for walks and he always grazes and searches for the dandelions. This would be why. Absolutely loved your speech at the end about the man poisoning everything. Spot on my friend!
Dandelions are one of thee very first food sources available to bees as spring blooms. Dandelions are wonderful, but before you go picking them all for yourself, consider the bees too.
A lady who is studying wildcrafting with some of the Ojibwa elders in our area shared these guidelines: Be mindful (my translation). Take only what you need, and how much will get you through to the next harvesting season. Never take from the biggest plant, never take ALL of any one plant, never take all that is there. Should be common sense, but sadly, some go in and pick the patch clean! 😳😡
What bees? I just saw the first one in yrs. He flew in my open window & disappeared. In the morning I found him dead in a spider web in the window. Bye bye bees.
My neighbors are never surprised to see me in their yard on their security camera stealing all of their dandelions! None of the mind, and all of them get loaves of homemade dandelion cornbread!!! My neighbor's absolutely know better than to kill any dandelions around me 💚🌿🍃💚
Here in Durango, Co, we love the dandelion so much we have a yearly festival for it. We have music, including songs praising dandelions, food, drink and medicine with dandelions.
@@prattcreekart It tastes like a mild honey and looks like golden sunshine. I put some out on the deck a couple years ago for a while just to look at it in the sunshine...gorgeous.
@@prattcreekart easy to make, 12 cups of blossoms, take off the green bottom, just the bottom, a little is ok, kind of is pretty in the jar, wash, but remember don't wash off the pollen, be gentle, follow sure jell recipe for making jelly. it will be soft, you could add more sure jell, but we like it as it.is.
@@paperthyme Thank you so much! Will give this a go. I have a couple acres of dandelions just in my yard if not in the fields we farm too. Have a great day.
Dandelion wine & the use of dandelions for medicinal use was taken to America from Britain. Quoted: " Dandelions (Taxacum officinale) are native to Eurasia, and it is generally believed that they were first brought to North America on the Mayflower for its medicinal uses. In Europe, China, India and Russia they were used to treat a plethora of skin, infection, liver and digestive problems". I enjoyed drinking dandelion & burdock growing up as a kid in England, a fizzy drink that i think tastes like a cola. Quote Wikipedia: "Dandelion and burdock is a beverage consumed in the British Isles since the Middle Ages. It was originally a type of light mead but over the years has evolved into the carbonated soft drink commercially available today."
I feel that God brought me to your video yesterday while I was out fishing... I could not stop looking at Dandelions along the river when I was finished praying out there. I started researching Dandelions as I was oddly fascinated by them all of a sudden. The research lead me to your video and basically confirmed that every good feeling I had about them in my soul yesterday was true and purposeful. Appreciate you and your connection to the earth.
When my son was small he had medicine poisoning. He got dandelions to clean his liver and kidneys. It worked miracles. I put it in my tea every onze in a while. I combine it with lots of other plants. Mother earth knows best. Great that you talk about this stuff.💜🙏👍
@@Nomadcreations Eat Dandelion! Do you have plants near you? Don't forage near roads but find a good place that you know is not sprayed. Eat the flowers and leaves in fresh salad. You can use the root for tea or 'coffee' too. If this isn't an option consider purchasing dandelion tea and drinking it daily for some time. Hope you feel better.
Bro I just started looking up things about dandelions cause I’m going through health issues and for the last three months you have been the most informative and most detailed so far thank you I appreciate it because of you I’m gonna start eating them
It's so high in nutrition, I cut the leaves and use it as mulch for my garden similar to how people use comfrey. I also love roasted dandelion tea and I use the flowers in my smoothies. Such a wonderful gift! I was thinking of trying to make capers out of the flower buds as well.
When I rented a house. Everyone in the neighborhood had chemical treated yards. Ours was not treated. Besides the grandkids enjoying blowing the seeds off the heads. We always had birds looking for worms and bugs. So it was a living yard.
I love the flowers (from the wild) most. In my experience in store bought tea, leaf vs. root - leaf was stronger and longer lasting as a diuretic. Flower is literally the tastiest!
My yard is covered in them! I’ve always like dandelions and since I use no chemicals in my garden, I feel confident that mine are totally organic. I’m going to start tossing a few cleaned flowers into my green drink along with some of the leaves. I didn’t realize how potent they are. Thank you !🤗
Dandelion is so comforting to me My Italian grandmother taught me how to forage the leaves for salad. Italians love bitter greens. We mixed with onion red wine vinegar and olive oil salt and pepper and dinner was served!
Terrific, informative, presentation. Thank you very much! I've been feeding the flowers to my Cockatoo. He bows his head to thank me. Now I know why he's so healthy & never seems to age!! :D I'll be sure & feed myself some of those flowers too as I am in a diseased state, with arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure & cholesterol & I'm told, chronic kidney disease. I have some lovely dandelion plants which I've been neglecting to use, but will now.
My mother's parents were Italian immigrates who settled in a Brooklyn house that had a postage sized back yard . One time my grandma came to visit us in upstate NY where we had s big back yard with a big vegetable garden . Anyway, she started to pick some of the many Dandelions,complete with its leaves. She cooked it with some Lima beans, olive oil etc and it was delicious,
I'm 71 and NEW to your videos today & just amazed how GOOD you are! So I am NOW a loyal subscriber.When young was an Eagle Scout so learned to LIVE in the woods for survival. BUT you take that 1950's knowledge & skills to a whole new Scientific Level, WOW. You have a GREAT personality to do this and an awesome radiating warm loving smile, like an Angel. Don't ever stop as every human on this planet needs "all your knowledge right now" for what appears to lie ahead for this race? YOU are a beautiful Soul of goodness vs all the evil today. God blesses you and those who believe in and learn from you, as I could feel that in me! NEVER STOP!
Dandelions are real food for regular people. The flowers are so easy to use and the greens, too. They are one of my top 5 favorite wild greens, just because they are so plentiful, good for so much of the year, and so good to eat. Enjoy those dandelions -- flowers and all!
Yes, the flowers are good pretty much right up till the snow flies. I e only eaten the leaves in the spring though, and I admit, I have no idea what to do with the roots.
It is important to note that the dandelion greens you buy in the store are not the real dandelions like in this video. Grocery dandelion greens are actually wild chicory (Cichorium intybus) which is a weed that has purple-blue flowers and grows on the side of the road. :D
I have been growing my own in pots for years. I pull small plants out of the ground and pot them in the spring. I found that they love limestone dust and H2O2. Big leaves, multiple flowers, and long tap roots. The list of health benefits goes on and on.
When we bought our property 10 yrs ago, I collected seeds from the biggest dandelions I found. Took several years but they are spreading pretty well. Would like to see some recipes, besides salad and stir fried greens if you have any.
Yes very healthy. 50 years or so ago I made dandelion tea from the flowers and drank it each day they were blooming, then I switched to wild rose flowers tea and then clover. Natural wild flower teas, etc. are good for you. Google them.
Dandy honey, i typically make 5 batches of 3 litre mason jars. Typically 700-900 flowers per batch depending on the strength or deep colour i am seeking. Throw in a palmful of the yellow part in my homemade bread. The best time is during the first bloom in April, May when most municipalities ban pesticide use to assist the insects in getting a full belly after a long winter. I pick thousands and freeze the flower for later use.
And...the dandelion's root is a natural ground aerator...and... the dandelion feeds nitrogen into the ground... greener grass! What an upside-down world we live in right now. I'm teaching my family to see dandelions differently, and I let them grow, wherever I can. And...the wild birds drop by for a dandelion salad. My small Bantam chicken flock loves the dandelion! They even eat the puff-ball seeds! Thank you brother 🌻
I recently had a guy come to my door offering his services to kill all my weeds so i'd have a perfect green lawn. I looked at him and said"You want me to pay you to destroy my salad?!" When he realized I wasnt joking, he walked away laughing. Great video. I've been eating dandelions and a host of other"weeds" since I was a kid back in the'70s. I was introduced to this idea by a friend's mom who taught us about the"salad under our feet". One of my favorites is lambs quarters, otherwise known as "depression spinach" because during the great depression it became a substitute for spinach. It's delicious raw or steamed and it's packed with all kinds of goodness. You have a new sub. Keep up the good work!
Hey Adam, we've been making dandelion jelly for the past few years and it's remarkable how much it tastes like local honey! I'm not sure if processing it kills the 'whatevers' to which you're referring but I can tell you, it sure beats spraying poisons!
You know your biochem and organic chem….I normally don’t think most people truly understand what they are talking about, but YOU are a different story! Go strong, my man! I will follow your YT site.
Awesome information! I love spring since I make dandelion tea almost everyday for me and my grand kids. They love to pick the flowers for me as I walk my dog and we make honey sweetened tea. I tried dehydrating the flowers but they turned to puffs. I dehydrate the leaves and make a powder to sprinkle into stews, soups, over salad, etc. Even though it is bitter, when powdered and eaten, the nutrition and health related benefits and amazing. Here in Florida the leaves are tiny little things and so bitter. But I just saw a woman that made a chopped salad with other greens, walnuts, feta cheese, red onions, and it looked so very good. I don't understand why people began destroying them with such a vengeance. Happy little flowers that light up a spring yard, provide wishes for kids, and whose roots deliver much needed nutrition to the soil that actually helps the grass grow. What caused this weird behavior - I bet it was 'companies' that wanted to sell poison. Just seems so strange.
