I don't usually comment but I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate what you do. You are without doubt the best UK foraging youtuber because the depth and clarity of your videos. This calendar series is a fantastic way to make foraging easy on those willing to learn. Keep it up!
This series is just getting better and better, I thought I knew a lot but now I see my local hedgerows and woods with different eyes and tons of knowledge 👍🏼
@@UKWILDCRAFTS thanks for your reply! I’ve made it my mission to learn the medicinal properties of plants, especially the UK ones(where I live). With the future looking very uncertain and a possible system breakdown on the horizon, I’d like to use my knowledge to help people when help can’t be found elsewhere. Also I really appreciate your videos, great content and really thorough descriptions. I’ve learnt a lot through watching your channel :) thanks very much for posting🙏
Hey dude... Simply thank you so much!!!! I have watched all of this series and waiting for the next episode to come out. I am now 3 videos in (April) and re-watching in detail while taking note. I am 32 years old and haven't made notes since Uni lmao. I am going to put this on every video along liking for the algorithm 🤣. I have some Mugwort and Lavender drying out and just made the wild garlic butter. Outstanding effort my friend, keep it up. Peace, love and positive vibes 😁😜✌️
Thank you so much for this series, really well explained and put together. Appreciate your time and effort and have enjoyed sampling some of the plants you’ve featured that I would have normally passed by on my walks.
Plantain broadleaf young flower heads and leaves taste mushroomy as I've been told this is because they are from the same fungal family...I can say now to everyone they are fantastic for cuts stings and bites !!!! It's from these guys at Wildfood UK after purchasing their book I learnt that The Dock leaf is in fact a placebo compared with rubbing plantain on nettle rash... personally I now like the tingling associated with nettle formic acid sensation knowing Plantain will cure but also the fact Nettle is good for the circulation 😁😁😁😉😉
Thank you for the video ❤️ I foraged some cherries in Tesco carpark 🤣 I need to go by the roundabout now for the bigger ones. You are at the top of the tree when it comes to foraging with your knowledge 😊
There's only one public area I know of near(ish) to me where you can get cherries, and unfortunately the one time I've been there when they have ripened a group of blokes were collecting the lot. I managed to get two, and they were delicious.
There's a huge bed of mahonia in a carpark near me. It's full if fruit. It stands over 6 foot tall. There are several wild cherry trees 200 yards from the mahonia in a small park which also had wild raspberries and wild blackberries last year.
I used to slightly dislike mahonia for its spiky nature and lack of visual appeal (to me), but it's grown on me over the years and I do like the flowers. Now that I know it actually produces edbile fruit I'm warming to it all the more!
I've got a bit of plantain in my veg patch that I'm letting grow, I might add a leaf or two to breakfast tomorrow. Some sprang up last year too, but I felt obliged to clear it. This time I've been given carte blanche with the running of the veg patch, so I think I will allow my little weed :) and I'm doing the same with shepherd's purse which has reappeared.
Funny. I saw the title and clicked because I thought it said UK Wildcats. The University of Kentucky (USA) has a mascot called the Wildcats. Good content even if you aren't a university.
Hi! Firstly thanks for this amazing video! I’ve been using plantain recently to treat 2 horsefly bites and I’ve been amazed at the results! Are you also doing videos for July? I’m brand new to foraging and would love to learn what I could forage right now and through the summer! Thank you
Do ribwort plantains go really bitter once they're slightly past their best? The ones in my garden started flowering several weeks ago, I just found out they're edible (and that they're not a type of grass, I tried them both raw and cooked, and they're not good. Maybe they would've been lovely a few weeks ago? Or does it just take a while for my palate to adjust to new foods that are significantly different from anything I've had before? Never mind taste. The texture is not good. It's tough and hairy. I feel like I'm chewing on a rat's tail. I know I have sensory issues, but I didn't realise some people tolerate textures THAT bad. I don't think I'm likely to try these again.
I think we have pineapple weed in the US as well. It might have been an inadvertent import, like plantain. I've always enjoyed the scent but didn't know it was usable. I'll double-check, but thanks! I wonder if the blossoms could be pickled?
I don't usually comment but I just wanted to let you know that I really appreciate what you do. You are without doubt the best UK foraging youtuber because the depth and clarity of your videos. This calendar series is a fantastic way to make foraging easy on those willing to learn. Keep it up!
Agree!
Thanks Frank much appreciated, Lewis
This series is just getting better and better, I thought I knew a lot but now I see my local hedgerows and woods with different eyes and tons of knowledge 👍🏼
Much appreciated thanks, Lewis 😁
Another little fact is pineapple weed tea can be used to treat intestinal worms👍 happy foraging!
Ah nice one I’ve not heard of that
@@UKWILDCRAFTS thanks for your reply!
I’ve made it my mission to learn the medicinal properties of plants, especially the UK ones(where I live). With the future looking very uncertain and a possible system breakdown on the horizon, I’d like to use my knowledge to help people when help can’t be found elsewhere.
Also I really appreciate your videos, great content and really thorough descriptions. I’ve learnt a lot through watching your channel :) thanks very much for posting🙏
Will get on to downloading & storing all of the wisdom you are passing on to us all from your vast content. Thanks.
You're welcome :)
Hey dude... Simply thank you so much!!!! I have watched all of this series and waiting for the next episode to come out. I am now 3 videos in (April) and re-watching in detail while taking note. I am 32 years old and haven't made notes since Uni lmao.
I am going to put this on every video along liking for the algorithm 🤣.
I have some Mugwort and Lavender drying out and just made the wild garlic butter.
Outstanding effort my friend, keep it up.
Peace, love and positive vibes 😁😜✌️
Thank you so much for this series, really well explained and put together. Appreciate your time and effort and have enjoyed sampling some of the plants you’ve featured that I would have normally passed by on my walks.
Thanks Annalisa, much appreciated. Lewis
Totally agree, I've also sampled some plants I had no idea where edible. Great knowledge, makes a beautiful walk even more enjoyable
Plantain - The real Dr's leaf :)
Plantain broadleaf young flower heads and leaves taste mushroomy as I've been told this is because they are from the same fungal family...I can say now to everyone they are fantastic for cuts stings and bites !!!! It's from these guys at Wildfood UK after purchasing their book I learnt that The Dock leaf is in fact a placebo compared with rubbing plantain on nettle rash... personally I now like the tingling associated with nettle formic acid sensation knowing Plantain will cure but also the fact Nettle is good for the circulation 😁😁😁😉😉
Cherries have been great! Also got a good jar of pineappleweed dried for tea mixes
I mistook pineapple weed for ragwort. I'll go back and forage it now.
@@debbiecurtis4021 Give it a crush and it's extremely distinctive with its smell!
Thank you for the video ❤️ I foraged some cherries in Tesco carpark 🤣 I need to go by the roundabout now for the bigger ones. You are at the top of the tree when it comes to foraging with your knowledge 😊
There's only one public area I know of near(ish) to me where you can get cherries, and unfortunately the one time I've been there when they have ripened a group of blokes were collecting the lot. I managed to get two, and they were delicious.
@@danyoutube7491 best go as soon as you can this year Dan, they are out now 🍒🍒🍒
Thanks 😊. I always find it funny when I see people buying cherries and blackberries from Tesco when they’re growing in the carpark haha
@@UKWILDCRAFTS 🤣🤣🤣
@@ruthsmith2367 Ooh! Right, I know what I'm doing tomorrow morning then :)
The best informative foraging channel on youtube. Great info.
Thanks Glynn :)
😋😋😋. The birds have already eaten all my mahonia fruits. Another very informative video, thank you.
There's a huge bed of mahonia in a carpark near me. It's full if fruit. It stands over 6 foot tall. There are several wild cherry trees 200 yards from the mahonia in a small park which also had wild raspberries and wild blackberries last year.
I used to slightly dislike mahonia for its spiky nature and lack of visual appeal (to me), but it's grown on me over the years and I do like the flowers. Now that I know it actually produces edbile fruit I'm warming to it all the more!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, I look forward to foraging the plants you mentioned. 👍🏼👍🏼
loving the cherries at the minute,been having them in my smoothies .yeah the birds have been at them.
It’s been a good year for cherries in my area :)
@@UKWILDCRAFTS same here,I seen the ones on your video.I laugh when I see the prices in the shops and know I get mine free👍
Thank you muchly UKW, for sharing. I'll keep an eye out for Cherries. 🍒
Take care everyone. ❤🙂🐶
Thanks 😊
@@UKWILDCRAFTS 👍🤗❤️🙂🐶
Brilliant thanks for sharing your knowledge
You’re welcome 😁
Articulation on point.
Nice one
So easy to ID plants with your descriptions and footage. Always good to see one of your vids pop up. Thank you :)
Great thank you, Lewis
Soporific is such a fabulous word. Reminds me of Peter rabbit books 😊
Hah yes I love it too
Brilliant, thank you for the information and work you are doing making this series.
Thanks Steve :)
Hello and welcome to UK Wildcrafts with me, John Cherry
Amazing series so far, can't wait to see July!
Thanks Adam :)
Superb guide 👍
Thanks 😁
Love all the plantain info thank you👌
I've got a bit of plantain in my veg patch that I'm letting grow, I might add a leaf or two to breakfast tomorrow. Some sprang up last year too, but I felt obliged to clear it. This time I've been given carte blanche with the running of the veg patch, so I think I will allow my little weed :) and I'm doing the same with shepherd's purse which has reappeared.
Loved the video!
😁
It's definitely, 'Plantain City', where you live, Lewis, thanks for the video :) .
Hah yes there’s lots of it. Thanks 😊
Funny. I saw the title and clicked because I thought it said UK Wildcats. The University of Kentucky (USA) has a mascot called the Wildcats. Good content even if you aren't a university.
Haha that’s funny 😆. Thanks
Thank you for sharing
Didn't realise about the sea and Buckhorn plantain, thank you x
You’re welcome 😁
Thankyou for identifying the oregon grape bush! I found one and have been trying to figure out this plant for a long time 😀
Brilliant work
the plants talk
We listen you listen more
I enjoyed it more than you can imagine
Your videos on 🌱
Thanks Martin 😁
Thank you for such detail and clarity .
Thanks and you’re welcome 😁
Thank you for making these videos they are very helpful.
Thanks 😊
i find the plantain quite nutty tasting
Favourite series 👍🏻
Thanks 😊
Hi! Firstly thanks for this amazing video! I’ve been using plantain recently to treat 2 horsefly bites and I’ve been amazed at the results!
Are you also doing videos for July? I’m brand new to foraging and would love to learn what I could forage right now and through the summer!
Thank you
Excellent info and advice, keep them coming. :)
Thanks 😊
Fairplay to you , I think we should be eating allott more ov these so called weeds as people think they are , nice to no thankyou 👍
Great series keep it up :) Been finding most of the species in Sweden thanks for teaching us
Thanks :). Thats good to know, I want to visit Sweden at some point so it's good you have similar plants
Thanks so much for this. I found lots of pineapple weed and was wondering if it was edible. Like like i have lots of healthy tea now! Great channel
Enjoy 😁
Great info. Thanks
Cheers :)
Fabulous series 👏...are you going to continue please ? 🙏...The native Americans were known to use Oregon grapes apparently .
Thanks 😊. Yes I’ll be doing the full year in this series
Do ribwort plantains go really bitter once they're slightly past their best? The ones in my garden started flowering several weeks ago, I just found out they're edible (and that they're not a type of grass, I tried them both raw and cooked, and they're not good. Maybe they would've been lovely a few weeks ago? Or does it just take a while for my palate to adjust to new foods that are significantly different from anything I've had before?
Never mind taste. The texture is not good. It's tough and hairy. I feel like I'm chewing on a rat's tail. I know I have sensory issues, but I didn't realise some people tolerate textures THAT bad. I don't think I'm likely to try these again.
I think we have pineapple weed in the US as well. It might have been an inadvertent import, like plantain. I've always enjoyed the scent but didn't know it was usable. I'll double-check, but thanks! I wonder if the blossoms could be pickled?
Yes I’ve read it does grow in certain parts of North America 👍. I’ve never tried pickling them but I’m sure that would work
If you did a degree course I’d pay for it!
Do you offer any courses for foraging at all? Or if not can you recommend any? I'm in Devon so anything in the South West would be amazing. thank you
There's another channel that does, wild food in the UK ltd, I noticed a course in Exeter
I learnt from Vix in Millbrook, near Plymouth. She is great. Look for Family Foraging Kitchen.
I don’t at the moment, I hope to one day when I can quit being a chef :)
ОК, but how do you eat plantain? What part is edible?
Thanks for the great videos! How come some of them have time stamps and some not? They are very useful. Is it something to do with viewer retention?
Thanks. I just haven’t gotten around to time stamping them all yet. Will do though :)
@@UKWILDCRAFTS awesome! 🙂
New sub! Liked 🙏😛
Great, thanks 😊
Is the pineapple weed actually camomile?
It’s related to chamomile and has similar properties but not actually chamomile
@@UKWILDCRAFTS thank you!
Thank you for the video -
Are all the plantain varieties edible ?
Make prunus videos
I want to find self heal.