EDIT: the wood sorrel video is up! I put a lot into this one and I think you're really going to enjoy it - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Y6OcIJPG4_A.html If you'd like to see a video on wood sorrel (the one I mentioned), let me know here! I really hope you all enjoyed the video. 🙏
I enjoy an occasional nibble on oxalis, particularly the little seed pods .. super concentrated oxalic acid, so indulge in moderation .. but they do tease the taste buds in a pleasantly sour way. Do It !!
Yes that would be good to see a video about. I did in joy the video, and also what is the clover plant high in, like is it high in magnesium or protine?
One of my earliest memories, from when I was probably about 2 years old, was sitting on the lawn in my backyard eating clover leaves. Somehow in my tiny, not-fully-developed brain, I distinctly remember thinking if cows eat it then I can eat it too and it must be good for me. Thus began my lifelong journey as an herbalist!
I hate to be bearer of sad news. Clover can be hard to digest, if gathered while wet with dew. Not sure why, but greatly increases chance of getting painful bloat from eating it before it drys. Dad's cow found out the hard way. We needed the veterinarian to save her life after she gorged on it!😊
I recall hearing about the red clover having very a sweet 'ball' at the bottom of each flower petal. It was hit or miss but was just amazing to me as a child.
@@deemisquadis9437 Wet clover was too much even for our cow. When the vet arrived, she was down flat on her side, ( not normal cow position) and she looked 11 months pregnant. She wasn't pregnant at all. He knew the exact spot to stab her side, so the bloat that threatened to explode her insides could vent safely. It sure smelled like sewer gas, though, way worse than normal!
as soon as the clover flowers I stop mowing the lawn, the bees absolutely love it, if you take 2 or 3 flowers and rub them between your hands you can smell honey 😊
@@dorothymartin8557 Wasps aren't all bad, mostly they're only a problem when you accidentally stumble into/contact their nest. They're an important part of the ecosystem that hunts pest insect populations in their own unique way that other insect predators can't do.
I think it was my third grade teacher that told me that the local indigenous population would toast the flowers, then grind it into flour to make cakes that are supposedly high in protein
Clover is also a nitrogen fixing plant in the garden as a growing plant and also for a green mulch. Just cut it and spread it on the gardens as mulch . Tip for your cooking water use on your favourite plants as a nitrogen liquid feed. Just let it cool down before putting on plants. Also when starting out your wild greens foraging journey then start off by eating a small amounts and build up to a meal size serving. Incase of any reactions you might have. Green love from Australia 💚🌲🌏🙏
In Australia we have grass and this is a "subterranean". It grows under the grass in its shade and adds nitrogen to the soil thru their roots. Actually not need to cut or burn it. Lupins are another one and have these odd root lumps which contain the nitrogen.
I have several wild edibles in my yard, even had a wild summer grape vine pop up under a tree in my front yard, muscadine in the side yard along with blueberries and after digging up an old fire pit, blackberries exploded from the spot it was in. I'm very lucky in this regard.
Thanks so much! I hope to be able to make it soon. I have another BIG video project taking all my attention right now that should be up before the end of the week. 😅
@@FeralForagingIf you make a video on foraging for sorel (oxalis) you really should include adamant warnings that consuming it can and does contribute to the formation of kidney stones in susceptible people, and that you won't know if you're susceptible until you get a stone. In my opinion, as someone well acquainted with oxalis _and_ kidney stones, it is a plant best left to the deer and rabbits to eat.
As a child we had a downright magical patch of white clover near our home… it grew so many four-leafs and big beautiful flowers… my brother and I would sneak off to eat the flowers and call it bunny food
I grew up with these in my yard my entire life without ever being told you can eat them. It’s sad the more I learn about nature, the more I realize how the average person is so disconnected from it
Right.. As a child of the 80's out to play with the sun and in at set. Literally forged the land to eat between. Berries.. honeysuckle, even wild onion. Would have been nice to had added clove to the mix.
A lot of white clover and purple Clover grew in the fields around our house. I can't count the number of times I blocked off of white flour and sucked on it. I ain't even choose another big vacation real sweet. Ain't nothing better than after a rain. The purple were too big and not as sweet
My backyard is full of white clover. I love sitting out there on summer days and watching all the different types of bees from huge bumble bees to others, and even flies seem to like it. The bees go from clover flower to clover flower, without missing any. It's impressive to watch, considering there are hundreds and hundreds of clovers. They bloom fast after each lawn cut too. I'd rather have these and more wild plants in my yard than regular grass anytime.
My top spring wild edibles in no order: clover, wood sorrel, dandelion, plantago, maple blossoms, forsythia flowers, garlic mustard, onion grass, violets, purple dead nettle...
Try mixing 2 or more varieties of white clover when overseeding .. it improves the odds of germination and overall vigor of your clover patch (unless you're planning on harvesting and selling the seed .. most of us aren't !) 🍀
@@oakmaiden2133 Red clover seems much rarer than when I was a kid. Maybe because back then we had a decent amount of dairying in Iowa, but now not so much. Red clover would be in mixed forage hay.
I harvest clover flowers for tea every year! Our yard explodes with clovers and dandelions each spring/summer so we have an abundance of both, plenty of it for us and the bees to share!
I started planting clover to add nitrogen to my lawn. I found that it survives quite well in the hot summer without water when the grass dies away. That keeps the lawn looking great.
Great idea about mixing the leaves and flowers in your tea! I've brewed the flowers for many years, and eaten the leaves in pottage. I'm going to try mixing them this year!
I knew about this weed as food, and even spent a significant time eating them, but it's good to see your video talk about how delicious it is. Thank you so much. A video on wood sorrel will be great for the community.
that little flower in the end is actually quite oftenly used here in europe for throat illnesses and sleeping better. it even has a lookalike that is very short
I enjoyed eating a lot of sour dock this spring.. also known as yellow dock. I found that even the big leaves were amazingly tender when cooked and I think it is my favorite green now. The root has wonderful healing properties.
We call wood sorrel "sour grass" in my area (NE Georgia) and I used to love eating it as a kid. I ate it so much, my mom told me it was clover that a dog peed on to get me to stop filling myself up on it before dinner. Very similar flavor to sourwood, which you should definitely cover if you haven't already. Sourwood is amazing, tastes like a granny smith apple and makes literally the best honey in the world imo. The Indigenous people used to brew it in teas to treat constipation as it is a natural diuretic. I worked as a tour guide once and would have people eat it and would specifically wait until people swallowed to mention that last part lol
absolutely love various Sorrel's great when your partched on a hike and your mouth is dry because you forgot your water bottle back at the entrance lol id love to chat sometime Brother i spend most of my days wandering the local woodlands of northeast PA eating salads from the ground along the way
This is a really great video. I have lots of clover in my lawn and I love to nibble on it raw while I'm working outside. I find a lot of four leaf clovers out there- I eat them too! Also, thank you for not just addressing some of the potential harmful aspects of clover, but also for presenting them in an unbiased way, citing scientific research and without fearmongering. I would love to see a video on sorrels as well. Thanks for making such great foraging videos!
We used to call that one sour grass and my mother‘s mother from Slovakia used to make sour grass soup, and I tried making it one time and it came out really very good!
I'd heard for a long time that red clover is used medicinally for women's issues but did not know that white clover is useful this way as well. 👍 Good to know. Thank you. White clover is somewhat easier for me to find.
Black eyed pea leaves are 40% protein and simple and cheap to grow from dry bags. Boil the young pods while green along with young leaves with chopped raw bacon pieces.
I absolutely love trifolium repens, and the other close relatives in the genus .. although we did not replace the grass with a clover 'lawn', we mix 2-3 varieties of clover seed when planting in a new garden bed (along with trees, shrubs, vines and herbaceous perennials) .. my 'gardening' style is just establishing an optimized forage area - like a natural forest, just with intentionally selected species. We can feed 12 humans off one acre with just three layers of forest. Low impact, low input, regenerative .. and so much more productive per acre of land usage than modern agriculture it is practically criminal. Mixing up different varieties of white clover improve the odds of getting full coverage, and as a default ground cover, clover is the absolute best. It supports and feeds the soil whenever you are not growing anything else intentionally, and is gregarious enough to permit the addition of _anything_ with just a little management. It provides a high protein fodder for your critters, too .. so don't gobble it all up yourself 😁
That wood sorrel also looks like the little purple leaves we'd pick out of the backyard and eat, very sour but good. The white and pink clover looking tiny flowers tasted sweet, like sugar. We'd pull out the individual "pistils" to draw out the sweetness.
Amazing video!!! It'd be hard to PAY for this level of information, I'm infinitely grateful to you for showcasing this plant in your video, and regarding that, your video was super high quality so well done!
During Victorian time, clover was highly prized for its soft texture and its blossoms. It's a favorite of the wild animals- especially rabbits- in addition to helping to improve the soil for other plants.
I used to pluck the flowers and suck out the sweet nectar from red clovers as a kid, I usually ignored the white clovers. I ought to try eating some now!
I don't think anything herbal is "trending," sadly lol. But some of us didn't have access to this kind of info, like I for instance often lived in motels or cheap apartments as a kid and had very little access to anything green or growing. Happy to learn now as an adult with these resources.
You may want to see a urologist for an ultrasound to detect kidney stones. Oxalic acid in food is one of the main contributors to the formation of stones.
I tossed a bunch of white clover into a stir fry with a bunch of spring greens. It was pretty tasty. Though, I included the stems which were a bit woody.
For a final exam in college, I parboiled clover, then fried them up and added vinegar. It was really good. I liked how the flowers held in some vinegar.
When i used to live in Virginia i used to love picking and eating the white and red clover raw when i came across them on my daily walks, never tried them in a tea though but that sounds pretty good 👍
I would love to see a wood sorrel video! These videos have been super helpful and I really appreciate how much research you put into them. It shows you care. Thank you and keep up the great work!
White clover is fantastic for lawns! If you have a bare spot or one that is not doing well, sprinkle some white clover seeds on it. The clover will come up, shade and protect the little grass sprouts, and infuse the soil with nitrogen, and it will spread to any other bare spots adjacent to its immediate growth area, other areas need to be seeded. We've used white clover in our bluegrass lawn for 19 years. The bees love the clover, too. Just mow it as you would your regular lawn. DO NOT use RED clover! It is an invasive species and does not provide the same benefits to your lawn.
Thank you ! Great information that I have never heard before! I chewed some flower stems when I was a kid, but had no idea they can be so good for you !! Thanks again!!😊
I grow 100% of my food source in my back yard along with my chickens. Only drink water…zero tobacco, alcohol, drugs, medications….If man made it…I don’t eat it
This is a bit confusing; man didn't make tobacco, only helps the process of producing alcohol, and most drugs grow out of the ground (Cannabis, Psilocybin, Peyote, etc.) You are against these because they alter your mind AND you're against man made foods and medicines? Just making sure that I understand your point - what about plant medicines that aren't mind altering?
Welp you are missing out my friend a beautifully rolled sweet skunky herb straight out the earth is the greatest medicine ever, and all it's extracts and oils👌🤌
Takes me back to my childhood and my dad always had clover lawns and we got bed stings ha ha. I later used strawberry clover in my herbal medicine. A beautiful lawn, sweet smells after mowing. Just love them. Many thanks.
Thanks for making this video! (I see Nate Black influence…well done) About the phytoestrogen issue, to be clear, every human has estrogen receptors in each and every cell in their bodies. They are necessary for a myriad of functions, but if folks are concerned about quantity, I personally experiment a little and if it’s negative, then cut back. If you’re allergic, cut out. Clover seems fabulous! I’m going foraging in my backyard today! Thanks again!
This was a wonderfully informative and helpful video. Live in the city at the moment, but hope to move more rural in the next few years, so am learning all I can now about foraging.
It is. I cut the grass and when it gets long it pops up and little purple flowers and the bumblebees like them. I cut my one little patch of grass. There is plenty more around. Very interesting channel with great information
Wonderful video! White clover brings up so many happy memories! Yes, please make a video on wood sorrel. Also, your video on fleabane was excellent too. I went and gathered some the very next day after watching your video. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I'm learning so much!
I just moved and the amount of edible "weeds" right outside my front door. I'm excited to try them out. From clover to false strawberry. I'm thinking of doing a salad to try them all out at once and making a tea on the side. Thank you for posting these videos ❤
When I was a kid in Jackson, NJ, I had an overwhelming urge to taste a clover's leaves found in my front yard. It was a 4 leaf clover and had a pleasing, tangy-citrus flavor. I tried a bunch of its 3 leaf brothers and they were just as pleasant tasting. I showed my friends, who at first thought I was nuts, and soon I noticed quite a few people bending over to pick clover. Some people even started topping their salads with clover leaves.
Years ago, my children and i gathered edibles from our yard. Ladino, white clover, and red clover were among the choices. We made a tempera batter and dipped these clover blosdoms in it and then fried them with our other items. They were delicious. Also, one thing we discover is that clover sucks up most liquids quickly which showed us that they could be used like cottonballs. Something to remember when camping, etc.
I rly hope u do a video on wood sorrel! I planted it last yr BC it's native for my local bees - it's got this great lemony taste to it. I took the leaves and flowers for salad toppers - great for dressing too. The stems got a good bite to it, so I tried blanching it but I wasn't too fond of it. I did use the stems for a pesto tho and that was amazing!
I really do like White Clover Honey that has been produced by bees that have been foraging almost exclusively on fields of white clover. Excellent tasting honey.
Tea is also made by crushing the ingredients while fresh and letting them ferment and air dry. I think the flavor would come out much differently that way.
I grew up eating wood sorrel i love that stuff, it's tangy, it's tree twin is "Sourwood leaves." which is equally as good just way more potent (almost idental taste just with a greater punch).
This made me homesick. I used to live in Tennessee and had cover yards in several houses I lived in.. but not in the part of Florida where i live. :( didn't realize how much i missed those white clover flowers.
