Amazing cattails for primitive bedding

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[@ANXIETOR]

Best camera work ever.

[@OmegaGear]

I appreciate you all :) - Craig

[@TheUtahDrifter]

Good job as always and many thanks for the lovely bride of yours for the video.

[@OmegaGear]

Thank you for saying that, she is appreciating everyone's comments, all of our supporters, and subscribers are great! - Craig

[@lylecaudill1446]

Doing a fine job Jennifer from one Caudill to another. :)

[@OmegaGear]

Thanks Lyle, we appreciate your Caudillesque support! - Craig

[@415mazer6]

more great info, thank you

[@OmegaGear]

+415 Mazer Thank you for watching! ~Craig, Nature Reliance School

[@csencindiver]

Great vid! Top notch camera work!

[@OmegaGear]

LOL...thanks my friend - Craig

[@holland1904]

I'm loving and enjoying the education of all your videos. God bless you both and your family and thank you for taking the time to share.You both have very much knowledge to share and can't thank you both enough.

[@OmegaGear]

Thanks for watching here at Omega Gear! Please check out my personal channel as well ruclips.net/user/naturereliance. ~Craig, Nature Reliance School

[@deltadad68]

Love your videos...good stuff

[@OmegaGear]

Thank you kindly! - Craig

[@ksdj1]

Good information. Great Video.....wow Jennifer you are amazing!!!!!

[@OmegaGear]

Thanks!!! - Craig

[@bushmansurvival5053]

Great video Jennifer. Just tip, a lot of people (not you) do videos that are too shaky and not steady. When you zoom in on something or do a close-up, give the viewer some time to look at the close-up. Too often I see videos where the object is pushed in front of the camera only to be quickly pulled away almost before the item comes into focus. I have been guilty of this myself. Also, when doing a close-up, get real close and then rotate the item slowly and steady. This helps the viewers see what is going on better. Great videos. Keep it up!

[@FSBushcraft]

Great info as always Bro, and great job on the recording Jen, Great Job....

[@OmegaGear]

Thanks for the support! ~Craig

[@outlanderbushcraft3100]

Good info for sharing , & good camera work cheers atb Martin

[@OmegaGear]

thanks Outlander Bushcraft ! - Craig

[@MikeBrownOhio]

awesome video Jen...

[@OmegaGear]

LOL, Thanks! - Craig

[@MikeBrownOhio]

DansDepot Craig you did a good job too...your videos are awesome...

[@OmegaGear]

Mike Brown Its all the skill that videographer has, she makes me look good - Craig

[@Call_Me_Mom]

According to the book "Acorn Pancakes and Dandelion Salad" you can eat nearly all of the parts of the cattail at various times in it's life cycle. The author, Jean Craighead George, says " You cannot starve with cattails around you. An acre of cattails produces ten times as much food as an acre of potatoes"
Watching this made me wonder if you have done any videos on eating the various parts.
Also, when you were talking about the leaves being fibrous, it made me think of the possibilities fro using it to make string/rope. I know that sunflowers have amazingly tough fibers running through them and wondered if you have ever used them to make string/rope.
And I agree with the other comments on the camera work - good job.

[@OmegaGear]

We read many of her books to our kids when they were small :). Great memories! ~Craig

[@markonj1]

wow Your wife goes to the field with you!! Jennifer you are amazing!!!!! Oh yea good video..

[@OmegaGear]

markonj1 You bet she does...and we are learning a lot together...

[@smd482000]

the duff can be used as insulation too I find it be ( the plant) mostest useful you can eat it weave it ! just plain useful!

[@OmegaGear]

smd482000 Thanks for commenting! ~Craig

[@DerangedSurvival]

Informative video this spring I'm going to try cat tail roots, Does anyone know what they taste like?

[@OmegaGear]

So here is my standard answer to such questions and I am seriously not trying to be a smart aleck. Cattail roots, taste like cattail roots. Here is why answer that..we are always trying to take nature and box it in to what we already know, I understand that..that is why most people have trouble eating wild game and edibles, they want it to taste like something from a restaraunt or grocery store. This stuff typically doesn't. If you allow yourself to just taste what is there you will often find that it actually has more taste - Craig

[@DerangedSurvival]

I'm assuming a nice swampy taste lol, is there anything to ad in removing that taste? Maybe boiling it or mixing it with something else in a tea.

[@OmegaGear]

Deranged Survival Depends upon the water they are standing in..but the only things that really retains the "swampy" taste is the roots and yes, boiling them in a change of water helps.

[@dr.rongoldstein1633]

Sorry for the humor.........Using cattails, leaves and stems ........does that make for a CAT NAP.
Love your videos

[@OmegaGear]

Dr. Ron...thanks as always for your support! - Craig