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!
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
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.
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".
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!
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
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.
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.😊❤
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 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.
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
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!❤️🐝❤️
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
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.
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! 🌼
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!
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.
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.
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 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
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!!!!!)
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
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!
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.
@@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.
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 ❤
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.💖💖💖
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.
a big part of us dunno shit and was rioting and looting 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. Sir, I'm sorry, but this generation is trash, the political correctness, left wing indoctrination, progressivism, globalism, lack of studying real history ans anti patriotic propaganda ruined most of my generation in America, many europeans know more american history and are more patriotic and uphold better values than our generation in the US. Well, what I'm saying is that beeing a normal gentleman with good values and being christian is now weird and frowned on. Got to the point that someone said I was racist based on my faith (christianity). So no, this generation is coming in horribly and I'm part of it and I'm sad I can't change it
A 16 year old girl said that I wasn’t Native American because I was Cherokee... and that Cherokee isn’t a real tribe. There are very minimal positive parts of this generation but they do exist.
@@revenant_renesis6439 very minimal, but there are some gems, well I wish you luck. They call me priviledged in college because of my skin color, funny thing is that most of my class mates are from the city and I'm from the country side, grew up to stand my ground and never give up, I have grown crops, raised goats and rabbits, trained my dog to help me with the goats, fished and hunted, worked my ass of and studied so that I went to college, just so that I got there and was called privileged... In a way I'm privileged, grew up surrounded by nature and enjoy this way of beeing more than the city, so much that I dropped out of college (I was taking history, now undergrad on adventure tourism with a specific on nature), not only because of that but also because I stood my ground and told the teacher that he is supposed to teach medieval history and not be talking about progressivism and sjw. He got to the point of calling me racist and that I'm a cancer to society, I don't get it nor want to get it, for me a human is a human, I hug a white person the same way I would hug a latino or a black person or even a native, after all for me we are all creations of God. Well, this progressivism, lack of old values, crazy society is destroying the world, if my generation spent less time on the computer and more time working has people did back on the day there would be less riots and less sjw crybabies, most people with less than 40 years old need to grow up...
I have to say that this young man doing the video is the exception to the younger generations .... very few are anything like him. Most are borderline zombies, raised on junk food, violent movies, fake history and video games. But God will still prevail...
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,..
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!
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.
I have neuro and bone degeneration, this is fabulous to hear. I find the leaves hard to tolerate. I have a gazillion dandelions on the property. Going to put flowers in my salad from now on. Thank you!
Love your enthusiasm for the plant world take your shoes off go barefoot connect your field to the plant energy feel it thr your nerve endings in your feet sit with your assembly point to a tree (back)and feel nature connect thru the mycilym those who know know 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
My favorite flower in looks and favorite plant for so many reasons. I grown them just for the leaf salad. It's delicious. I no longer pull up the doors as I don't enjoy the coffee substitute. Or coffee. But as children, my family would pick the flowers and leaves for dinner. The leaves in a salad and the flower heads are made into wine and the leftover flowered were dredged in flour or a batter and deep fried. As of this video, my garden has exploded with dandelions so tomorrow I'll pick a gallon of flowers and dredge then in corn starch and fry some, then break some up in my eggs. I'll just try new ideas until I find my favorites. Thanks for the great video
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!
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.
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!
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 RUclips 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.
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.
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."
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.
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.
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 !🤗
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.
Adam, Thank you for making this Dandelion Flower video! For most of my life I have been eating dandelion flowers. I especially like eating the flower buds, when I can get them, they have a purer flavor. The flavor of both flower and bud, reminds me of eating sunflower seeds. I like to keep dandelions growing in my garden, they grow bigger and better, when given a chance in good soil. I'm a long time follower of Euell Gibbons. My Grandmother loved his books and would share with me his teachings on foraging. I love the videos that you make, they are packed full of very useful information, and reinforce the things I learned from years ago.
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.
I'm so glad you mentioned the fact that many dandelions are sprayed with poisons. So, we must beware of that and probably not eat the ones that are in other people's yards. Thanks, Dr. H.!
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.
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.
Dandelion coffe used to be my favourite drink when I was studying while living the Brockwood Park style. So glad seeing your young energetic so passionate face living your natural way in this such hitech generation. GOD bless you, Bro!
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.
Thank you for this video! I eat dandelion, and we have plantain weed that grows in abundance here in Tennessee. Broadleaf and narrow leaf. I eat those along with my dandelions in salad, and also dry the leaves for my homemade seasoning. I am always interested in learning about wild edibles.
I never thought of eating plantain. We have wild primula growing in abundance, that I know all parts of are edible. I have recently discovered burdock growing too.
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.
I'm an Herbalist and have used dandelion in my formulas for 40 years. Our European ancestors brought this terrific plant (herb) to America and the health benefits of this herb are too many to mention here! Good on you young man! Right on! This herb is one of the most important in the herbal Kingdom!
I love this guy's videos and the intelligent and personable way he presents the information. Just this past week I gathered about 1/2 lb of early spring dandelion flowers and stuffed them into a bottle about 4/5 full of inexpensive (cheap) zinfandel wine. I did that last spring too, and the flowers added a slight bitterness to the beverage along with a delightful floral bouquet. I let it steep for about 2 weeks before consuming.
@@notmyworld44 Yep, yep! Digestive bitters. Stimulate bile flow & thus support gall bladder & liver function/health. I love me some bitters! ;) One of my favorite early-mid summer salads is tiny cubes/chunks of watermelon with a mix of bitter greens (arugula, dandelion greens, wild sorrel, lamb's quarters, etc--stuff I can just harvest in my yard, save the arugula...I cheat with that & buy it, haven't had great luck growing it here), toss with some thin sliced onion of your choice, walnut/pecan/pistachio (whatever suits your fancy), some real sheep's milk feta or goat cheese crumbles, maybe whatever berries are in season at the moment, and dress with extra virgin olive oil & some flax seed oil with lemon or a fine balsamic vinegar. YUM! :D I noted early to mid-summer because the later in the season, the more bitter the dande greens get and become fibrous and rather unpalatable. ;)
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
Wow man!! Seriously love what you do! Thank you do taking the time to educate us. You are one or my favorites and always looking forward to your next vid! Much love brother
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!
Me too!
Yes agree
I agree. I feel like a proud mom watching the beautiful steward of the planet 🌱🌍
Truth. And may my wife never become a widow. 😁
@@panchovilla5940how to use dandelions parts
Dandelions are also one of the earliest sources of food for our bees.
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.
Yes I let them grow in my yard to leave them for the bee and my nextdoor neighbor heat it lol
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
I dont now until they are gone drives me crazy watching the talk messy grass lol but the flowers are pretty and it feeds the bees.
Yup. And the honey from them tastes so good. I love sticking my finger in the comb in early spring. Yum
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.
James, I bet your 42 lol, I'm 49 I AM the old man 😂
You toasted a demon?
Wow! Wine? Interesting.
My great Grama made dandelion wine also, alot I guess cuz she said it was very good for you. U found out too, that's a lot A LOT of flowers to pick
What a lovely memory. Thank you for sharing it James.
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".
Actually though you can....but you can only juice it-wheatgrass 🙂
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@@reyannawynters1800 Wheat grass is actually young wheat plants and is a different plant from lawn grass.
Red clover is so good too.
You can smoke it
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!
she made wine with them ? did i understand that correctly ? if so, please share her recipe 🐥
@@spitfireyellowspitfireyell9041 look up dandelion flowers made into wine. The flowers must be from early spring to make the wine.
What was her diet mostly little meat?
You have the Internet. Look up dandelion wine. Not difficult. My mom’s was lethal and delicious.
l have the feeling your grandma was a very special lady indeed :-)
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.
Purslane is another "weed" that is healthy and edible and grows wild everywhere
@@royfrye2871 try chickweed too I got laughed at but ...
It was all going so well, until the last sentence.
Amen
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
As a physician I can tell you really do your homework. Great job. I love all your videos and share them with my kids too. Thanks for your hard work.
Thanks! I appreciate the kind words, and I'm glad to hear you enjoy the videos!
pheno finder
He is a knowledgeable naturalist and most doctors do not know as much as his videos teach us
yet you load your patients with drugs for life for a living at there peril
@@phenofinder9145 you're!
Bryant their!
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.
I agree -;marywanna isn't just a weed
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.
@@veramae4098 I do appreciate your comment. Thank you for adding to the discussion.
Intelligence ....i.q. ....common sense and higher education doesn't mean you have high i.q. dumb and dumber...
I also totally appreciate all of this. thank you from the bottom of my heart, to the top.😅
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.😊❤
Wow, that sounds incredible
My grandmother also made dandelion wine. The flowers had to be picked when dry usually around mid-day.
like in Bradburry’s book?;)
@@hannakravchenko7193 I don't know the book is it an old preserving book?
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!
This sounds delicious. I think I’ll try it today. 😁
My grandparents used to fry it with bacon, not really healthy, though. Thanks for helping me to remember that.
I plan to try this too! Yum-thanks
My Italian mother cherished dandelions as well as chicory.
oooooohhhhhhh!
What a wonderful young man. I hope his parents are very proud.
I had dandelion blossoms for dinner just last night! I dredge them in flour and egg and fry in butter. My grandmother taught me this.
I’ve been collecting dandelion fluff and releasing them in my yard. My goal is dandelion lawn. I LOVE them.
Haha! That’s awesome!
That would be beautiful in spring.
I lived in Hokkaido for 6 months. I still have a pic of my baby sitting on a lawn of dandelions. It's beautiful.
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.
That’s my plan for this year.
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
That's great to hear, Brett! Glad to know that Dandelion is working for you.
Hey Brett, have you tried wearing a magnetic ring for your arthritis. Works for me.
Also just happens to be an excellent on - going liver detox Brett. One of the most important organs in your body. Good for you.
Doesn't everything else say that the root of the Dandy lion is the best thing for you on the whole plant
Fluffy Hamster ,
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!❤️🐝❤️
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...☆♡☆
What a sweet comment! I do hope you're doing well❤
Just wanted to say that I had lost a lot of memory from an operation I had 20 years ago
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
Sarcode remedies for the brain can reverse brain damage in my experience!
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
I'm so gonna do this!
@@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 :)
Recipe, please 😋
@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.
@@noelhughes6589 hey good to know! I’ve never had a wart before lol but now I’ll know what to do if I get one. ;)
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! 🌼
You are like an encyclopedia for the outdoors! I am blown away!
I bet this guy is actually about 55 years old but because of all the dandelion and nettles he eats, he looks 18! LOL Love the videos!
He is 97 years of age dudes
🙂
@@jamessim1858 He is 98 now
Dude is actually 65 years old.
Met him in real time and he is such a nice person. Great to learn from him , he is so smart!
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!
You sir are the best of your generation a real gem
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.
you are the best encyclopedia ever...your smile is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Hey thanks... the Dandelions give me every reason to smile!
Learn Your Land... You’ve got the John Denver smile. Wide, open & honst.🥰
Dandelions & pink clover are my favorite flowers! So beautiful & they smell so good.
With food shortages coming we should learn to use them.
When they turn to white flowers, I loved blowing them as a child. I have heard about the benefits of dandelions.
Exactly why I’m here. I want to learn as much as I can while I can. Dandelions are a great start!!
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.
You are an excelent professor. Thank you for teaching everyone to treasure what nature provides as medicine.
The young man is gifted but more importantly humble and honest i am hesitant to give compliments in fear of spoiling him.
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 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.
Also sugar is enemy #1.
safe and effective...not!
have them get earthing mats
@@JimObsolete could you elaborate?
@@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
I digest every part of the dandelion plant. I use it a tea, coffee, in salads, fritters, sauteed greens, etc. Skies limit!
can you share any recipes?
Laila Mckinney
Will you
please share some recipes
Uweeeeee The heavens are even splendilicious. 🌈🏝️🌱🍇🕊️😋🌿⌚🎺🌴👰🤪🔥🎉
Laila McKinney, if I want the flower for tea, how do I preserve it?
When I was a kid I would eat them raw the other kids looked at me funny...lil did they know
I wash the flowers, dip them in pancake batter and fry them up, put a little honey on them and yum! A tasty, healthy, satisfying breakfast or snack!
Sounds great! I gotta have you over for breakfast!
Pancake batter sounds so good to dip them in. Ill try this. The only way I've had this is in a salad.
sounds delicious ...I will collect them ...
@Veronica ... Not true!
@AstroBetaSirius not all nutrition
Unlike microwaving
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!!!!!)
👍🌼 I've always loved dandelions and how they look in the yard. I could never understand why people didn't like them.
I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dandelion flowers are high in Lutein and Zeaxanthin, which are very important in preventing macular degeneration.
And if you feed dandelion flowers to backyard chickens their egg yolks will contain lutein and zeaxanthin.
Oh oh, now I really do need to eat some. @56 with no glasses, I know it will help.
I just ate 15 dandelion flowers with my breakfast.
I feed my quail dandelions too. They started laying 2 to 3 eggs each per day since then. They only laid one egg per day before.
I love dandelions!!
The flower reminds me of the sun in the 70's, all warm and golden yellow🌞
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.
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.
My parents poison their yard every year. My yard is full of dandelions and they think I'm crazy for eating them. I'm gonna show them this video.
Far from crazy in my opinion!
Everyone in my neighborhood poison every square inch of their properties....not me!
Sorry to hear about that
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.
you eat these plants, but your parents poison them ??? whats wrong with them
I put the flowers in tea, and it tastes like honey. Mind blow
Perfect!
Unbelievable Chris
I'd like to try this. Do you dry them first? Or just put them right in?
CheriByGrace
I put them in water with the it’s chopped up leaves n leave them to simmer. I decant the tea when cool n store n store in jar in fridge.
I mix my dandelion with stinging nettle ! Perfect !!
Great video!!
The flower is so rejuvenating and the leaves have strengthened my kidneys and teeth.
It's AMAZING!
Praise YAH !!
Astonishing young man who’s very learned!🙏✨❤️
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!
Well said!
The flowers are so good! Alternative to sugary candy or gummy bears.
whats the best way to consume dandelions?
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 just bottled a case of home made dandelion wine. My heart is gratified to hear this information. Now my joints can repair.
how about a video on multiple ways to consume and use dandelion flowers and roots
I agree.. :)
Tincture the flowers. It can be vaped. Honey flavor
Chaga mushroom
Chris Mccarthy I make socks n underwear from dried dandelion roots.
Dandelion potato salad
Shocking how much information you can unload in one take! Very impressed
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.
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!
I'm cultivating it. I just bought tons of organic seeds and plan to plant them all this coming season.
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.
I know this is years after this post, but I use Dandelion leaves in salads and make "Sunshine Jelly" from the blossoms. Good stuff!
sunshine jelly sounds delicious!
@@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.
oh, you want the button!!
@@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.
I eat a dozen a day, picked at the base of the long stems. Love em. My flakey incipient cancer spots on my face are almost gone. Liver spots fading.
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 ❤
I live in Australia and I eat every weed that grows in my yard, as well as the dandelions 😊
Bless you Brother 💞
adds a whole new meaning to the word"weed eater"... lol
@@ronaldstarkey4336
Lol 🤣
The world is crazy, we destroy that which is good for us, and consume what kills.
"Medical Aid" funds hate this. If we eat more of these precious Creator given substances, ......there goes the Pharma "REPEAT" customers. Simple.
Southern Repair the world is sane. It's our civilization which is crazy! Lol
Thanks Mother Nature
No shit sherlock
... and they eat gmo foods such as soybeans, tomatoes, papaya, eggplants...
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.💖💖💖
I always said what’s gonna cure us is probably right under our noses and at our feet!! 😳🤯🤗🌱🥰 TYSM Can’t wait to share with grandma! 👵🏽🙏🏽💕
Mother Nature has so many medicines for us!!
What an epiphany! 🌹
You can make coffee from the roots. Dry them, grind them, hot water. Perfect.
I've done that. It tastes really nice. Very coffee like.
Lovely nutty coffee. Just a pain in the arse to wash the soil off 🤣
U can get better benefits from tea made w flowers
I'm going to try that thanks for the info
@@chancegivens9390 I actually seen it on @An American Homestead on YT.
Makes great tea. My grandmother treated acne with pulped dandelion stalks - miraculous results. Superb, no - nonsense presentation. Great vid.
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
How much do you eat a day please. Thank you 🙏
No such virus!!!
@@icnow2097 I'm not certain but I'd say toss as many flowers into your salad as tastes good. Your body will let you know.
@@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.
This young generation coming is incredible. I have a lot of faith in them.
a big part of us dunno shit and was rioting and looting 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.
Sir, I'm sorry, but this generation is trash, the political correctness, left wing indoctrination, progressivism, globalism, lack of studying real history ans anti patriotic propaganda ruined most of my generation in America, many europeans know more american history and are more patriotic and uphold better values than our generation in the US. Well, what I'm saying is that beeing a normal gentleman with good values and being christian is now weird and frowned on. Got to the point that someone said I was racist based on my faith (christianity). So no, this generation is coming in horribly and I'm part of it and I'm sad I can't change it
A 16 year old girl said that I wasn’t Native American because I was Cherokee... and that Cherokee isn’t a real tribe. There are very minimal positive parts of this generation but they do exist.
@@revenant_renesis6439 very minimal, but there are some gems, well I wish you luck. They call me priviledged in college because of my skin color, funny thing is that most of my class mates are from the city and I'm from the country side, grew up to stand my ground and never give up, I have grown crops, raised goats and rabbits, trained my dog to help me with the goats, fished and hunted, worked my ass of and studied so that I went to college, just so that I got there and was called privileged... In a way I'm privileged, grew up surrounded by nature and enjoy this way of beeing more than the city, so much that I dropped out of college (I was taking history, now undergrad on adventure tourism with a specific on nature), not only because of that but also because I stood my ground and told the teacher that he is supposed to teach medieval history and not be talking about progressivism and sjw. He got to the point of calling me racist and that I'm a cancer to society, I don't get it nor want to get it, for me a human is a human, I hug a white person the same way I would hug a latino or a black person or even a native, after all for me we are all creations of God. Well, this progressivism, lack of old values, crazy society is destroying the world, if my generation spent less time on the computer and more time working has people did back on the day there would be less riots and less sjw crybabies, most people with less than 40 years old need to grow up...
@@thecowboy6317 You my friend are the true future, like my two sons 18 and 21 they know the score just like you.
I have to say that this young man doing the video is the exception to the younger generations .... very few are anything like him. Most are borderline zombies, raised on junk food, violent movies, fake history and video games. But God will still prevail...
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,..
Such a gift of a plant.
yeah... but who needs shop lifters... lol
i love that you did this while a rainstorm was rolling in : )
Love this video! The thunder at the end is the gods agreeing with your statement about not spraying herbicide!
Gorgeous Easter Sunday today... I went out and lay on the grass in the sunny back yard... and nibbled dandelion flowers. They were surprisingly sweet!
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!
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.
Thank you brother for the benevolent wisdom you share with the world. You all have my love.
I have neuro and bone degeneration, this is fabulous to hear. I find the leaves hard to tolerate. I have a gazillion dandelions on the property.
Going to put flowers in my salad from now on. Thank you!
Love your enthusiasm for the plant world take your shoes off go barefoot connect your field to the plant energy feel it thr your nerve endings in your feet sit with your assembly point to a tree (back)and feel nature connect thru the mycilym those who know know 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
My favorite flower in looks and favorite plant for so many reasons. I grown them just for the leaf salad. It's delicious. I no longer pull up the doors as I don't enjoy the coffee substitute. Or coffee. But as children, my family would pick the flowers and leaves for dinner. The leaves in a salad and the flower heads are made into wine and the leftover flowered were dredged in flour or a batter and deep fried.
As of this video, my garden has exploded with dandelions so tomorrow I'll pick a gallon of flowers and dredge then in corn starch and fry some, then break some up in my eggs. I'll just try new ideas until I find my favorites.
Thanks for the great video
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!
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.
I would suggest dandelion pesto! The recipe is essentially the same, just replace dandelion for the basil. It’s delicious!
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!
Juan Cazadore I love Lambs quarters one of my fav when I lived in Missouri. i now live in Delaware I haven’t seen any here yet !
@@carolgayfagerhaugh1969 what does it look like lm from Australia lve never heard of this but l would love to try it..
@@patriciascarcella7052 google
It for images it might look different on your continent
"The salad under our feet" -wow tell us more.
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 RUclips 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.
A nurse told me the same.
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’m going to leave Dandelions “roaring in my lawn” so I can harvest them and put them into salad and tinctures.
You can even make dandelion honey
@@saraicg_9319
Now that sounds like something special.
We are getting ready to pick blossoms here today, if it doesn't rain, lol. Sunshine Jelly will be ready soon!
Dandelion tea and jam as well. Try them pan fried in egg and flour or cornmeal too.
@@everready19373 Never tried tea! thanks!
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."
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.
Rocking it dude! One of the best dandelion public service announcements ever!
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.
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 !🤗
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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.
I've been thinking about it myself , thanks for the insight , I'll go out and start mine today .
Beautiful sharing of information!! Gratitude for your Earth-love!!
I spread dandelion seeds in my yard, they work awesome in salads
Adam, Thank you for making this Dandelion Flower video! For most of my life I have been eating dandelion flowers. I especially like eating the flower buds, when I can get them, they have a purer flavor. The flavor of both flower and bud, reminds me of eating sunflower seeds. I like to keep dandelions growing in my garden, they grow bigger and better, when given a chance in good soil.
I'm a long time follower of Euell Gibbons. My Grandmother loved his books and would share with me his teachings on foraging. I love the videos that you make, they are packed full of very useful information, and reinforce the things I learned from years ago.
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.
Gotta say, I love the confidence you present. Be well :)
I'm so glad you mentioned the fact that many dandelions are sprayed with poisons. So, we must beware of that and probably not eat the ones that are in other people's yards. Thanks, Dr. H.!
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.
You’re so well versed in Nature in your young life... I super dig it! Thanks for the awesome info!!💜
He is 75
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.
Monsanto cannot make money on a natural plant..but can on a weed poison aka round up
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When I was a young boy my grandmother told me to use the milk inside the stem to remove a wart I had on my hand - it worked perfectly!
Dandelion coffe used to be my favourite drink when I was studying while living the Brockwood Park style. So glad seeing your young energetic so passionate face living your natural way in this such hitech generation. GOD bless you, Bro!
How u make it
Please tell more about the dandelion coffe. People love to make us hungry talking about how they enjoy coffe & wine, what a joke.
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.💜🙏👍
Please tell More of That story Linda, I have Much poisoning In me
wow...great to know. thanks
Some people recommend activated charcoal to remove poison and toxins
@@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.
@@thiefonthecross7552 Right In The Yard & B4 Mowing It was Nearly 1/4 Yellow, But I Saved many :)
My friend called them the poor man's fried clam. I tried them that way. Delicious. Wash and put in light batter.
I just went outside and picked some for breakfast. Thanks, Adam. I learn so much from you.
Excellent! And you're welcome!
Thank you for this video! I eat dandelion, and we have plantain weed that grows in abundance here in Tennessee. Broadleaf and narrow leaf. I eat those along with my dandelions in salad, and also dry the leaves for my homemade seasoning. I am always interested in learning about wild edibles.
I never thought of eating plantain. We have wild primula growing in abundance, that I know all parts of are edible. I have recently discovered burdock growing too.
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.
I'm an Herbalist and have used dandelion in my formulas for 40 years. Our European ancestors brought this terrific plant (herb) to America and the health benefits of this herb are too many to mention here! Good on you young man! Right on! This herb is one of the most important in the herbal Kingdom!
I love this guy's videos and the intelligent and personable way he presents the information. Just this past week I gathered about 1/2 lb of early spring dandelion flowers and stuffed them into a bottle about 4/5 full of inexpensive (cheap) zinfandel wine. I did that last spring too, and the flowers added a slight bitterness to the beverage along with a delightful floral bouquet. I let it steep for about 2 weeks before consuming.
If you remove the green parts of the flowers before steeping them, they will be a lot less bitter.
@@doloresreynolds8145 The chemicals that cause the bitterness are beneficial in small amounts.
@@notmyworld44 Yep, yep! Digestive bitters. Stimulate bile flow & thus support gall bladder & liver function/health. I love me some bitters! ;)
One of my favorite early-mid summer salads is tiny cubes/chunks of watermelon with a mix of bitter greens (arugula, dandelion greens, wild sorrel, lamb's quarters, etc--stuff I can just harvest in my yard, save the arugula...I cheat with that & buy it, haven't had great luck growing it here), toss with some thin sliced onion of your choice, walnut/pecan/pistachio (whatever suits your fancy), some real sheep's milk feta or goat cheese crumbles, maybe whatever berries are in season at the moment, and dress with extra virgin olive oil & some flax seed oil with lemon or a fine balsamic vinegar. YUM! :D I noted early to mid-summer because the later in the season, the more bitter the dande greens get and become fibrous and rather unpalatable. ;)
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
Wow man!! Seriously love what you do! Thank you do taking the time to educate us. You are one or my favorites and always looking forward to your next vid! Much love brother
Thanks, Jason! I appreciate that!