I have your book! It's a great resource!! I know all the weeds in my garden are edible, but the hubby won't eat them. I have snuck some in but I have to be careful 😉 I think with the way things are going, more people will be wishing they knew all of this info!💚
I have dehydrated and blended down to a powder some greens that my family says they don't like but they don't know they get it sprinkled in smoothies, soups, sauces, ect. It's a free supplement!
Weed out that hubby. ;-) It takes me time for many of these too, dandelion the only one I took to right off, I like the bitter as replacement for endive and such. Common mallow is extremely productive but yet to use it and purslane I'm working on. Odd how we'd be fine with it off the store shelf but not from our own backyard.
Amaranth is called Calaloo in Caribbean cooking. Calaloo soup is a standard in our home. I spent 5 years in India, 3 of which was a drought. People were so hungry that they ate grass. Those who ate grass to stay alive didn't think they were that delicious. When my kids were young, they didn't like eating green vegetables. I would collect wild greens and make them "green quiche" to camouflage the greens. In fact, they still love green quiche. I'm going to make it for supper tonight. In France, only the vegetables in season in that area is available to eat, even in the restaurants. In fact, in France, the government rewards farmers who increase the carbon in their soil each year. The government does 20 samples of soil from your farm and compares the results to last year. If it contains more carbon, the government pays you a premium.
Funny story: I had a small herd of sheep , so decided to turn them out in the farm yard to trim down the new spring grass that was getting ahead of me. I noticed after a couple of days that my sheep were peeing this orange red urine. So being concerned I took them out of the yard and called my vet . We puzzled over this for a bit and decided to observe for a few days, then put them back in the yard if all was well , and observe again . Same thing orange red pee . No one seemed to be sick , so I followed them around observing what they were eating . The sorce of my worry ? Dandelions , than I knew why you never find a dandelion out on the prairies. They are candy to critters. They would fight over them. Another story to add to this is about my daughter, when she was about 7, she thought it would be good to just "hang out" with her horse, . So she followed him around the pasture . She noticed he would eat a bite of differant grasses and plants as he grazed along , and which ones he returned to most often. Then she decided to sample his menu. She came back and excitedly explaind to me that horses eat really delicious salads, every grass and plant has a differant taste, salty , sweet, spicy, green , sour and bitter . She didn't get sick so , her conclusion was , horse food was actually pretty good.😊
That's amusing. Well my grandfather's family ate grass too during World War II.. He was the only survivor among 9 children. His parents and siblings all died of starvation hiding in the mountains😢 I think whatever that grass they fed my late grandfather literally saved his life...
I can’t believe I found communities of foragers in modern times. I thought I was the only oddball I knew that picked “weeds” and ate them! People used to laugh at me in high school for picking weird stuff, buying from thrift shops, liking weird music, now it’s acceptable?!? lol I’m glad people are paying attention to the awesome plants around us!
In Greece we eat all these weeds you mention, and many many others and they are very popular. They are being sold in the markets, some of them are very aromatic and very tasty being used in delicious dishes. In the winter you will often see mostly women on the hills picking wild vegetables. In the summer the green amaranth which is cultivated is a very popular vegetable eaten boiled as a salad with lemon and olive oil.
Just a little reminder that prickly lettuce has another name called: opium lettuce, so if you see that you’re getting super tired after you eat a salad made of prickly lettuce perhaps it would be best dried and used as a tea before bedtime✨ if you have issues with sleeping you’ll be able to fall asleep much easier with Opium Lettuce then Sleepytime tea guaranteed✨Enjoy!
I dehydrate plantain, powder it, add organic aloe Vera juice to get it to a poultice stage and use it on a small spot of eczema. I started this about 3-4 weeks ago and my eczema has just about disappeared, I was using every other day and now it is about once a week, what a great healing/drawing plant! I keep dehydrated plantain on hand at all times… organic gardening is the best therapy, good for the soul.
Amaranth is widely used in India. We make lentils, stir fry, cook and add to yogurt. They say that it is very high in iron and is a good alternative iron source for vegetarians. Purslane too is eaten in India. Interesting fact about stronger roots in weeds compared to domesticated. No wonder they say when kids that grow big, strong and healthy that they have grown as weeds.😁
Hi! I am of East Indian descent & I have eaten most of these "weeds".. The wild amaranth & purslane are sauted with a bit of coconut or olive oil.. mustard & cumin seeds.. onion..garlic..chillies & tomatoes..it's delicious.. Thank you! I also use most of the other "weeds" in different ways..I am now 82.. & pretty healthy. God Bless😋❤️🇨🇦
Started gleaning from my lawn instead of letting my son work on a pristine lawn, had much more energy etc all throughout the growing season! Ended up with cravings all winter, & eagerly anticipated this years produce! My purslane is just popping out!😋😋😋 Trying to freeze Self Heal, definitely better fresh!
@@cristineconnell7803 Exactly! Spread that knowledge to as many in your community as you can! The way America "farms" is awful. It is creating a population of fat but starving citizens.
@@michellegrovak Ezekiel 47:12 NKJV - “Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.”
Thank You I'm beginning to recognize these edible plants. Congratulations Sergei to you and your Wife, on your Newly Wed Nuptials... G0D Bless Your Marriage!
I really enjoyed this very informative video. Years ago someone mentioned “lambs quarter” being edible. I usually eat it right in the garden. I let it grow wherever it will. It tastes like a very mild spinach. I just pinch off the tops so it grows bushy. The young leaves are the most flavorful. I frequently forage for snacks throughout my the days in the garden. Thanks for reminding me of some I had forgotten and now I know I have a huge crop of wild amaranth.👍🏻
Thank you for the tip!! Lambs Quarter is growing tall and getting ready to either flower or seed out now. Still got quite a few little ones though that I can do your tip on. 😊
The seed of Chenopodium aka lamb’s quarters/goose foot eaten as a cereal grain in South America. I am always loathe to pull the plants when weeding any gardens.
We had a friend who had to carry a pen around because he was allergic to bee stings. We told him about plantain and like you mentioned above how to apply. He had forgotten his pen and got stung and thankfully remembered what we said! He thanked us and mentioned that it literally saved him!
I grew up eating amaranth, we call it wild spinach. We make it soup sautéed with tomatoes,a bit of ground pork and shrimp . Some people also call it pig weeds.
I beat up a plantain leaf, then put it on a severe bruise and it stopped hurting. Remove the plantain the pain returned. Put it back, pain stopped. Lol. I left it on 2 days.
Loved this video. Love your style. Informative, clear, upbeat, user friendly. .... Just all round useful. I shall be checking out more of your work Many thanks
Hi there the lambs quarters actually smells like Saldana tinned fish hence when I was a young lass my cousins and i used to pick a whole field of this herb from our school grounds and we used to braise it with garlic onion and a little tomatoes but I never knew the actual name of this herb so we called it fish herbs...due to the fishy smell!
When you compared the mallow “buttons” to capers, it make me wonder if they would be good to pickle. I have pickled a number of different things, and really enjoy them (especially kimchi and dill pickles), so if I ever run across some mallow, I think I’ll try pickling the buttons, if I can get enough of them. I’m glad you mentioned them, too, because I immediately would have thought they were curled up worms. One final thing about the mallow, when you were describing the leaves, I was thinking they look a lot like geranium leaves.
I think you would like Paul Gautschi's "Garden of Eden" video. He's out in Washington. His farm is centered on placing wood chips all around his land to help cultivate the soil.
Thank you. My family ate dandelion greens every spring in post-war Germany. I still have a craving for bitters in my salad. Have harvested the first three dandelions this spring. Yeah
Couple bonus tips about the grass entry: Grass seeds are edible, too! Once the whole plant has grown old enough that the stalk's gone dry and brown and dead-looking and the seeds are fully mature, treat the seeds as you would a grain: Pluck the seed head, then do threshing and winnowing to get the actual seeds out, and you can make a kind of flour from the seeds! Grass seed is gluten-free, so it won't be good for bread or pasta, but for anything else, grass flour works fine! Additionally, if you're grabbing the grass while it's still green, try peeling a couple layers off of the bottom inch or two, until you find an inner core that's whitish in color, and tender. This can be eaten as-is, no need for juicing or pulverizing!
@@DLK9324 Nope. All grass, as far as experts are aware. Even stuff growing in people's yards, if it's grown tall enough to have the part you're looking for. Just be aware that plants have a tendency to absorb a lot of things in the soil around them, so if it's grass growing too close to a road, or anywhere else the soil is likely to be contaminated with industrial chemicals, it's probably best not to try to eat anything off of that grass.
I grew up grazing on the countryside. It was great to know edible things in the wild as a kid when hungry on hikes. Hopefully you are also making great use of All your other plants like melons, pumpkin and squash leaves and flowers that are also edibles used a lot in other countries. Great for veggie wraps, stuffing, greens, curly tendrils and stems like beans & peas. Other leaves like those of the pepper 🌶 🫑 and bean plants too. There are so many wild plants and many others where most gardeners don't even utilize the whole plants. Enriching info that is useful throughout our whole lives. Fun to know about the use of the whole plants. Thanks for sharing your garden. It's such fun to see the natural field of wild edible greens 😋😁
The Malva or mallow we have been eating it a lot in Greece. We boil or blanched them and turn it into a salad by adding lemon, olive oil and salt. Great accompaniment with any meat dishes. I love it myself and miss it a lot as in the uk I have not found it anywhere.
If you are in the UK, you can buy malva seeds and can grow it in your garden. Because it has beautyful flowers and is a effective medicine against coughs, it is a popular garden plant in Europe.
Thanks for helping me identify my mystery plant...green amaranth!! It's now about 4 ft. tall. Couldn't cut it down until I learned its name...I just knew it was edible. Thanks!
Purslane is growing all over our 1 and a half acres! Marshmallow, dandelions, even mullberry trees came up in our orchard for years before we knew what they were!! And a fig tree!
I add purslane and lambs quarters and radish seeds pods to my peppers onions and garlic 'veggies' then put in my scrambled egg mix with turmeric and carrots grated finely. Frittata! Yummy
Do you have your own website link to buy paper copies of your book? I no longer purchase from the "River" due to their profiting from animal abuse items. PS. I winced when you moved past all that wild violet after having dehydrated it myself all day today, lol
in Norway, Broad leaf plantain is called "healing wound-leaf", Groblad (best translation i could muster). I use it on everything.. wounds, bites, inflamed joints.. got to try them IN something edible too, I think :)
I've got some that took over a container so yesterday I gave it a good trim,came in handy I had a teaching experience with my daughter, she had a bite, she wouldn't chew it so I ground it with the mortar and pestle. She's learning
@@jules-marcdavis6843Good job, Mama! I have 3 grown children. The only childless one is the one who wanted to learn this info from me.🥴 I'm teaching my grands whose mother didn't want to learn! My son's babies are too young, but their opportunity will come! 😊
Mmmmm! Watching which weeds my mini pigs prefer is also helpful for taste indication. They do love lamb's quarters, wild amaranth, Shepperd's purse and young mallow .
My mother had us pick large shopping bags of just the flowers. She washed it and brewed the best wine I have ever tasted ! The honey jelly was a winter favorite the flowers are very good on biscuits . 🙏🏽😎
Golden or yellow radishes, completely edible. Once they flower, and produce seed pods, you will have an abundance of seeds. The root bulbs are edible, so are the leaves, the flowers, and the fresh green seed pods. Radish seeds can be sprouted for food as well. I love all radishes, black, yellow, red, white. Even horse radish, a absolutely stunning plant. Beautiful edible leafes as well.
Love you for this I have all these guys am in Saskatchewan Canada and make a fxmous weed salad with walnuts wild haskap berries I grow and balsamic dressing...
When you let weeds grow up when it's hot and draught they draw up moisture and minerals, and they provide shade. I've gone to keeping the friend covered.
With that plant like dock or sorrels ,from the large Rumex genus....they are all edible...sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella) with small lance shaped leaves is the most commonly eaten.dock tends to not look so smooth....theres several species,they all have a taproot thats white,apparently like carrots in taste.I would suggest the plant you asked about could be (Rumex acetosella).Hope this helps...This is a reference from weed foragers handbook...Adam Grubb & Annie Raser Rowland.
The value of food security is priceless. I've been watching you & other teachers for 3 years now . Without even trying I can find food almost anywhere & I Thank you for your work, teaching us The Most valuable information I can think of. 👋😎💚🌿
Hi Sergei, You were right, she was the one. Happy for you or as you say "stoked". Interesting to see where you are 4 years after the last workshop in Medford. So you are back in the area? Left Tacoma? Anyway, your videos are always inspiring. I am treasuring the purslane that spontaneously grew in my community garden and always looking for new treasure popping up. Thanks for that wonderful show of wild edibles in your garden.
I found a Lanbsquarters that is almost 6 feet tall. I had planted some from seed I purchased, and it did not do well. haha. Like You, I have been so delighted with all the wild things this year, that I have enjoyed them as much as my planted garden.
I love gardening..i grew up in the farm ..when i was a child..i realized now why i never get sick..we ate vegetables..weeds from our corn field and eggs of our own raised chicken....i thought that was a poor life we had but i realized now it was the healthiest kind of life....thank you
Thus was so cool thanks! I just subscribed! We live on a medium size farm and take some if these fir granted. I was just out weeding my garden and giving the weeds to the chickens and heifers that were close to me. Just came in out of the heat for supper before we start milking. I have been trying to learn medicinal plants. I have a huge question....could I start to gather these and freeze dry them turn into a powder to add to family's food to use during the winter. My family think I'm crazy and witchy to play with herbs and weeds....but I'm slowly winning them over. I'm going to start watching your other videos!!
@@joshhoy-burbank7660 I have also heard that just because a plant has high content of some 'alarming' ingredient, doesn;t mean it is bad for you. Quite often other components in that plant will nuetralize that problem ingredient.
I found that I like this plant so I went ahead and gathered seed because I live in a dog friendly apt.complex. now my container garden always has purslane tucked in with the other plants.
In all of this organic garden weed patch you are sitting down, barefoot in, how is it you are not being bothered by any mosquitos? Judging by plant size, you should be well into mosquito season. What is up with that? Did you spray for them? I live in a river valley with a CRP water slew across the road, and its next to impossible to be outside without losing a pint or so of blood.
Great info as always, very appreciative to learn through your knowledge and enthusiasm - thanks so much. I question though, why you till your garden and destroy/compromise the life in that spring soil? Why not imitate nature, let plants evolve through all the seasons, and if you want to plant domestics and there are too many weeds, lay down some of that cardboard from your kitchen reno, add 2 inches of compost on top and plant your watermelons etc in that.
GREAT VIDEO!!! I love the Quote from the dictionary about a Weed!!! My recently late husband used that on me all the time. I would bring home food plants.. and he would say.....Oh Crap... More Weeds.!! He supported my planting obsession.... But also called them ALL WEEDS!!! Coming across your video and seeing this made me smile about his attitude.
Eat sow thistle BEFORE it goes up to flower and becomes prickly and bitter. We eat it all winter and spring. Purslane is one of our favorite wild plants. I have naturalized it in my desert garden. Eat when young and tender. Purslane SEEDS are rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, not the leaves. The yellow flower one is more tender than the pink leaf variety.
Your famous mom and dad inspired me to restart and maintain a live food diet when I was a student in Santa Fe, NM. I am forever grateful after almost two decades (added to three previous years) that a raw diet and having great health and energy at 71 years alive! They have written some of the most used raw recipe books that I have. The book, Raw Family is a journey into your family’s amazing raw and healing lives. I have been a vegan for almost 50 years and raw, grain-free since I experienced the influence of the Boutenko Family! Many thanks!
Do you know that if you harvest the plants (besides the new tops in spring), and dry them thoroughly (a month or two perhaps-have to test them periodically-the formic acid stings are degraded and no longer a pain. They can be powdered and used however you’d like. They’re high in iron for one. They make horses’ coats shiny when added to their provisions.
Thanks for the nightshade comparison to green amaranth. I've a pot in the greenhouse taken over by a weed and I didn't know what it was. When I saw your green amaranth, I remembered the weed, because of the similarity of the leaf shape. I ran out to check and now it has a few flowers and I can see, it's nightshade. I do have a garnet red amaranth growing out there though and I'm hoping it will go to seed, so I can plant more next year. I've found packet seeds have a low germination rate, so I'm keen to collect my own seeds for everything I grow.
If your mystery plant has sour leaves it is a type of sorrel. Tastes kind of like clover leaves. I grew a Sorrel with lacy leaves through a New Jersey snowy winter. Cold sorrel salad or crumbled into soup is delicious In Winter
Yes, that was my first thought when seeing the mystery plant. Sorrel. Sorrel has a distinct taste, somewhat like very mild dock. The seeds look very much like dock seeds. If it isn't Sorrel it could be brassica rapa var. perviridis - sometimes known as spinach mustard or komatsuna. Sorrel seems more likely.
@@rhondaborders3452 Yes I think I will pass unless starving. There's so much else to eat. I just found wild lettuce which I was happy to eat but they say that is poisonous raw. I read a lot on it and glad I tried it b/c it has medicinal benefits--calming and pain relieving I was really impressed.
@@lpmoron6258 Yes I think I will pass unless starving. There's so much else to eat once you start looking. So much to learn though! I just found wild lettuce which I was happy to eat but they say that is poisonous raw. I read a lot on it and glad I tried it b/c it has medicinal benefits--calming and pain relieving I was really impressed.
Lambs quarter is my FAVORIT salad green period ..it is nutty in flavor and texture ...goes to seed and readily reseed itself my yard is FULL of plantain ,wild lettuce ,dandilion, chickweed ( I'm surprised you dont have chickweed there? I'm from the interior B.C Canada) and LAMBS QUARTER luv it luv it ...ohhhh and stinging nettle ...and...I help it all reseed ....dandelion leaves in our organic section I TO 12 DOLLARS A BUNNDLE😳😳😳...Luv your video ..thank u so much ..I ve subscribed and share🥰
As the economy gets worse people will be watching your videos and reading your books. When I found your videos I was drawn in to your stories of your family and after reading the books I am amazed at what you have gone through. You are great and I look forward to finding more. I thought I had all of the books from your family but I keep finding more! It's like a treasure hunt! My son and his family are also reading the books.
Thanks for this, very informative. I come from Jamaica where there is very little documented on the wild herbs or wild edibles there. So, I've spent the last couple of years researching (watching this is part of my research) the common herbs of the tropics and the northern hemisphere and am surprised to learn that most of the wild herbs are indeed the same - we just call them by different names. Take Amaranth for example, in Jamaica it is called Callaloo, the most common vegetable consumed. Dandelions, Spanish needle and plantain are also common. I will also try your book!
Great insights, really common, easy to identify plants...usually in our faces and we overlook them-- a concept to consider in several areas of our lives...thanks
Here in Germany, malva has always been popular, too. It is a beautiful wildflower (malva sylvatica) and a very common garden plant. Malva is not only grown for onramental purposes, but also forms an essential part of medicinal herb gardens. (a popular garden style in Germany) An malva infusion is a popular cough remedy. (Tipp: Don´t overheat it, if you make an infusion. Very subtle flavour escapes otherwise. )The smashed root was used as a food for babies and the elderly to treat malnutrition.
Plantain works for burns also 💯 .. I accidentally burned my thumb & index finger on a pot belly stove dampener ... I crushed the leaves and held it between my fingers and dipped my fingers in water every few minutes for about 15 minutes ...the pain was gone and no blisters formed.
I love dandelions so much just as a flower. I had no idea until recently, but there’s also a pink variety which I’m excited about introducing to the yard next year! Like I get giddy with excitement just thinking about it. 😅
Unfortunately our area only has a relative? Cats ear? Which is apparently edible but I don't know how to get the information on it cause I can't remember name and most video is on dandelion
I LOVE Dandelions too! My kids (now adults) used to pick big bouquets of them for me. Now, only my youngest daughter still picks small bouquets for me.😊
Try dredging them in egg and milk then in whatever type of breading or batter (tempura, etc.) you like, and frying. My husband will not eat ANY vegetables yet he will eat them because he says they remind him of fried mushrooms. 🤷🏻♀️ In any case they are delicious.
Hi there, i just came across your awesome video, i live in the city of Spokane, Wa, but would much rather live in the outskirts of town, but i must say, that i do have a pretty good selection of wild edibles in my yard, i learned a good bit today from you & it was very much appreciated, i do want to add, that i do use Dandelion flowers i've made jelly with & salads, also the leaves, i use in tea & the prickly lettuce leaves, i cook them for stews, etc, i have tons of Purslane in my yard, i use it in salads & in casseroles, meatloaf, etc. I haven't seen any Green Amaranth just yet or the Plantain leaves, but i do have Clover, Common Mallow & Lambs Qtrs, i never was aware that any of these were edibles, thanks for this helpful info, I also have Mullein in my yard, but not too much lately, i have used it boiled in tea, its huge leaves are very soft, thick & velvety, it mainly thrives in very hot desert climates, mainly on the outskirts of Spokane, anyhow i've learned a lot from you today, thank you so much & i look forward to watching more, you are awesome!!!
I grow the beautiful Red Amaranth. So beautiful. I am not a lover of the wild amaranth, turns into a huge weed patch. With all the rain we had this summer, this plant is growing to 11 feet tall.
I grow lots of different amaranth in my garden. Red Curtain, biscuits, tails, red and green, Apricot Fountains, Tom Thumb. And of course I have lots if wild Amaranth
Absolutely loved this ! I grow and use edible weeds intentionally. Usually harvest seeds from wild and plant at home to ensure my greens are clean. Please could you make a video on wild edible juices? I love juicing but prefer savoury options. So hard to find new ideas ❤️🙏
So do I. When I found sow thistle and amaranth growing in the wild, I spread the seeds throughout my yard. When I dont need them, I just mow them. But I never pull them. Who knows when they will be my survival food
@@svelanikolova5776 yes my little helpers have helped during the fertilizer shortage, they also do a good job of revializing container soil in the winter months 😊
This is funny. I did not plant some vegetables in a few of my cedar vegetable boxes I made. Some of the boxes are full of "weeds," and now I see that is a blessing. I knew some weeds were edible, but did not look into it deeply. Thanks for posting. Some of the "weeds" like dandelion, I cut extremely short on my lawn, almost to the ground, with a "weed" trimmer, later to see more of them with larger flowers, that also works with burdock, and some others--I call it "dynastic flowering technique"--reason, probably the way the ancient dynasties helped honey and wax production by providing bees with more and larger flowers. " "Being in the right mindset," finding clover, such an excellent mention. I actually found a edible wild plants field guide on my bookshelf, and it has a lot of info, but not nutritional information. So, now I am in the "right mindset" to explore a better salad, as well as greens to add to my pet dogs' food, to see what is okay for them. Thanks again for posting.
One thing I learned from a Foraging book is that cutting the grass so shirt or even pulling weeds, more watering is needed. It's best to let the grass and weeds grow a bit so they provide moisture for each other and you won't have to water as much. It's a form of water preservation.
I'm sure after a year someone already said this but the mystery plant is... Common chicory is used in a variety of culinary applications around the world, most commonly with coffee. It is occasionally also added during the beer-brewing process to inject a coffee-like flavor. The leaves can be boiled or eaten raw in salad or with pasta. Common chicory is also a simple livestock fodder. In European folklore, the small blue flowers could be used to magically open locked doors. not 100% sure it's correct but that's what my app said lol
Amaranth is known as spinach or chowri bhaji, and is very commonly used in Trinidad part or their daily diet . it is satueed with onion and garlic. and eaten with roti or rice. It is very nourishing and delicious.
When my daughter was 8 years old she had a bad run in with the white sap of euphorbia (spurge) plant, thinking it was a kind of milk she dabbed it on her tongue and it made her tongue swell up. White sap can be an irritant.
Oh my yes... Euphorbia/Spurge latex is decidedly more toxic than Dandelion, and I’m still unclear as to exactly what the differences are. Although, the poison is in the dose. Some euphorbias have positive uses apart from the sap. Namely E. hirta (Asthma Plant). I live in East TX, and I found some at my parents place n the country. Haven’t seen it growing anywhere else around. I started off despising spurges, for having to pull them out of our beds at work. However, the more I look, the more I’m astounded at the variety and usefulness of Euphorbia.
Green amaranth we call callaloo iñ Jamaica. Very popular. Makes lots of seeds for more plants. We actually grow it on purpose for food. Saving those precious seeds. Great used as a stir fry. Cooks in about 7 mins. Loaded with calcium and vitamin c i.was told
Finally someone says it's callaloo or we say greens 😃clip the seeds off strip it down a bit get your cutting board cut it all up add your carrot onions bell pepper a little seasoning steam it up and walaa👍
Soak your dandelion greens overnight . That’s all. Bitterness will be all gone . Year round. Thanks to my mother-in-law Elisa Thibodeau for telling me that 50 years ago
Thank you for making these videos. Your book was the first wild edible book that I read cover to cover. I recognize some of the plants in it where I currently live (SE USA). Still learning, but I'm starting to recognize things (and still following the golden rule, if you don't know it with 150% certainty, like recognizing a banana, don't put it in your mouth)!
I have your book! It's a great resource!! I know all the weeds in my garden are edible, but the hubby won't eat them. I have snuck some in but I have to be careful 😉 I think with the way things are going, more people will be wishing they knew all of this info!💚
I have dehydrated and blended down to a powder some greens that my family says they don't like but they don't know they get it sprinkled in smoothies, soups, sauces, ect. It's a free supplement!
Yes his book definately would come in handy in case if an emergency like a food shortage.
I made sauce with greens and reds like peppers and tomatoes and other spices. Nobody knew it was all vegetable gravy. Lol
Weed out that hubby. ;-) It takes me time for many of these too, dandelion the only one I took to right off, I like the bitter as replacement for endive and such. Common mallow is extremely productive but yet to use it and purslane I'm working on. Odd how we'd be fine with it off the store shelf but not from our own backyard.
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Amaranth is called Calaloo in Caribbean cooking. Calaloo soup is a standard in our home. I spent 5 years in India, 3 of which was a drought. People were so hungry that they ate grass. Those who ate grass to stay alive didn't think they were that delicious. When my kids were young, they didn't like eating green vegetables. I would collect wild greens and make them "green quiche" to camouflage the greens. In fact, they still love green quiche. I'm going to make it for supper tonight. In France, only the vegetables in season in that area is available to eat, even in the restaurants. In fact, in France, the government rewards farmers who increase the carbon in their soil each year. The government does 20 samples of soil from your farm and compares the results to last year. If it contains more carbon, the government pays you a premium.
Funny story: I had a small herd of sheep , so decided to turn them out in the farm yard to trim down the new spring grass that was getting ahead of me. I noticed after a couple of days that my sheep were peeing this orange red urine. So being concerned I took them out of the yard and called my vet . We puzzled over this for a bit and decided to observe for a few days, then put them back in the yard if all was well , and observe again . Same thing orange red pee . No one seemed to be sick , so I followed them around observing what they were eating . The sorce of my worry ? Dandelions , than I knew why you never find a dandelion out on the prairies. They are candy to critters. They would fight over them.
Another story to add to this is about my daughter, when she was about 7, she thought it would be good to just "hang out" with her horse, . So she followed him around the pasture . She noticed he would eat a bite of differant grasses and plants as he grazed along , and which ones he returned to most often. Then she decided to sample his menu. She came back and excitedly explaind to me that horses eat really delicious salads, every grass and plant has a differant taste, salty , sweet, spicy, green , sour and bitter . She didn't get sick so , her conclusion was , horse food was actually pretty good.😊
What a great story!!
Thanks for this! It explains why my rabbit always had bright coloured pee in spring! I was feeding them dandelions daily
She is amazing! Good job!
That's amusing. Well my grandfather's family ate grass too during World War II.. He was the only survivor among 9 children. His parents and siblings all died of starvation hiding in the mountains😢 I think whatever that grass they fed my late grandfather literally saved his life...
Yes horses are much more evolved than humans. Your daughter knows this intuitively and has excellent horse sense
I can’t believe I found communities of foragers in modern times. I thought I was the only oddball I knew that picked “weeds” and ate them! People used to laugh at me in high school for picking weird stuff, buying from thrift shops, liking weird music, now it’s acceptable?!? lol I’m glad people are paying attention to the awesome plants around us!
In Greece we eat all these weeds you mention, and many many others and they are very popular. They are being sold in the markets, some of them are very aromatic and very tasty being used in delicious dishes.
In the winter you will often see mostly women on the hills picking wild vegetables.
In the summer the green amaranth which is cultivated is a very popular vegetable eaten boiled as a salad with lemon and olive oil.
@marymanessiotou1910 Please start a channel about how Greeks survived the food shortage of 1940 and the foods they eat now.
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Can you eat the grai
Just a little reminder that prickly lettuce has another name called: opium lettuce, so if you see that you’re getting super tired after you eat a salad made of prickly lettuce perhaps it would be best dried and used as a tea before bedtime✨ if you have issues with sleeping you’ll be able to fall asleep much easier with Opium Lettuce then Sleepytime tea guaranteed✨Enjoy!
You are right about the prickly lettuce benefits!
I dehydrate plantain, powder it, add organic aloe Vera juice to get it to a poultice stage and use it on a small spot of eczema. I started this about 3-4 weeks ago and my eczema has just about disappeared, I was using every other day and now it is about once a week, what a great healing/drawing plant! I keep dehydrated plantain on hand at all times… organic gardening is the best therapy, good for the soul.
Amaranth is widely used in India. We make lentils, stir fry, cook and add to yogurt. They say that it is very high in iron and is a good alternative iron source for vegetarians.
Purslane too is eaten in India.
Interesting fact about stronger roots in weeds compared to domesticated. No wonder they say when kids that grow big, strong and healthy that they have grown as weeds.😁
Yes that saying does make sense now that you mention it
Amaranth leaves are also widely eaten in Greece and it's called Vlita there. It does fantastic in hot, dry climates.
The invasive kudzu is a very nutritious plant
Hi! I am of East Indian descent & I have eaten most of these "weeds"..
The wild amaranth & purslane are sauted with a bit of coconut or olive oil..
mustard & cumin seeds..
onion..garlic..chillies &
tomatoes..it's delicious..
Thank you! I also use most of the other "weeds" in different ways..I am now 82.. & pretty healthy. God Bless😋❤️🇨🇦
Do you eat the Purple Amaranth also?
I love the etymology of Dandelion. It comes from the French “Dent De Lion” which translates to “Lion’s tooth” - due to the leaf shape!
Awesome video!! You just gave us 12 healthy weed options to jazz up our diets with. Thanks for the clear descriptions and close ups of each plant.
Even the Bible repeatedly mentions using "Bitter Herbs" to treat all kinds of ailments.
Started gleaning from my lawn instead of letting my son work on a pristine lawn, had much more energy etc all throughout the growing season! Ended up with cravings all winter, & eagerly anticipated this years produce! My purslane is just popping out!😋😋😋 Trying to freeze Self Heal, definitely better fresh!
@@cristineconnell7803 Exactly! Spread that knowledge to as many in your community as you can! The way America "farms" is awful. It is creating a population of fat but starving citizens.
Facts
Where? The Bible says to eat bitter herbs on Passover.
@@michellegrovak Ezekiel 47:12 NKJV - “Along the bank of the river, on this side and that, will grow all kinds of trees used for food; their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. They will bear fruit every month, because their water flows from the sanctuary. Their fruit will be for food, and their leaves for medicine.”
Thank You I'm beginning to recognize these edible plants. Congratulations Sergei to you and your Wife, on your Newly Wed Nuptials... G0D Bless Your Marriage!
I really enjoyed this very informative video. Years ago someone mentioned “lambs quarter” being edible. I usually eat it right in the garden. I let it grow wherever it will. It tastes like a very mild spinach. I just pinch off the tops so it grows bushy. The young leaves are the most flavorful. I frequently forage for snacks throughout my the days in the garden. Thanks for reminding me of some I had forgotten and now I know I have a huge crop of wild amaranth.👍🏻
Try sauteing the amaranth with a little garlic my mom encouraged it in the garden when I was a kid and it's still my favorite vegetable.
Thank you for the tip!! Lambs Quarter is growing tall and getting ready to either flower or seed out now. Still got quite a few little ones though that I can do your tip on. 😊
The seed of Chenopodium aka lamb’s quarters/goose foot eaten as a cereal grain in South America. I am always loathe to pull the plants when weeding any gardens.
@@firinne870 Thank you for the info. Just harvested one about 6 feet tall. Have others to do. Gardens whoopin my🍑right now. 🙃🙃
Aww congrats on the marriage 2u and you're beloved!!👫👫💑💑💍💍👰👰
Love my own weedy garden and wills edibles!
Early Marshmallows were made using the roots of marshmallow and sugar
I love the flowers of the marsh mallow too. so pretty.
You never disappoint. Thank you for showing us the beautiful gifts of health this planet offers. 🌏♥️👍
Agreed, I was going to say something just like this, and I have yet to watch the video. I already know it's going to be good.
Thank you for your kind words. 🌱
@@BoutenkoFilms thank you for the quality free content, you inspire this lifestyle.
We had a friend who had to carry a pen around because he was allergic to bee stings.
We told him about plantain and like you mentioned above how to apply. He had forgotten his pen and got stung and thankfully remembered what we said! He thanked us and mentioned that it literally saved him!
I'm 85 n growing up we ate wild edibles daily when available. I have 5 in our backyard that my daughter calls weeds..I eat.
No judgement here. I'm jealous of your weed bumper crop!💚
I grew up eating amaranth, we call it wild spinach. We make it soup sautéed with tomatoes,a bit of ground pork and shrimp . Some people also call it pig weeds.
I beat up a plantain leaf, then put it on a severe bruise and it stopped hurting. Remove the plantain the pain returned. Put it back, pain stopped. Lol. I left it on 2 days.
I love Amaranth and dandelion I cook them sauted with garlic stems and leaves so yummy, watching you and I done subscribes from taiwan xoxo
What a lovely soul you are. You wife is blessed to have you to share life with. May you have a lovely family to feed one day. Thank you
Loved this video. Love your style. Informative, clear, upbeat, user friendly. ....
Just all round useful.
I shall be checking out more of your work
Many thanks
Congratulations on your marriage, and thank you for sharing this!
Hi there the lambs quarters actually smells like Saldana tinned fish hence when I was a young lass my cousins and i used to pick a whole field of this herb from our school grounds and we used to braise it with garlic onion and a little tomatoes but I never knew the actual name of this herb so we called it fish herbs...due to the fishy smell!
Congratulations to the newly married 💒.❤❤🌻🌻🍀🍀
🌸🌼🌺 Love is like a garden, take good care of each other.
Prickly lettuce is also known as a pain relieve lettuce. The white sap can make a pain relief medicine
When you compared the mallow “buttons” to capers, it make me wonder if they would be good to pickle. I have pickled a number of different things, and really enjoy them (especially kimchi and dill pickles), so if I ever run across some mallow, I think I’ll try pickling the buttons, if I can get enough of them. I’m glad you mentioned them, too, because I immediately would have thought they were curled up worms. One final thing about the mallow, when you were describing the leaves, I was thinking they look a lot like geranium leaves.
Ditto and Agreed!! :)
Same!
We always called the common mallow belly button plants. Us kids use to sit & pick the buttons off & snack.
I think you would like Paul Gautschi's "Garden of Eden" video. He's out in Washington. His farm is centered on placing wood chips all around his land to help cultivate the soil.
It is actually called "Back to Eden"
Thank you. My family ate dandelion greens every spring in post-war Germany. I still have a craving for bitters in my salad. Have harvested the first three dandelions this spring. Yeah
Couple bonus tips about the grass entry: Grass seeds are edible, too! Once the whole plant has grown old enough that the stalk's gone dry and brown and dead-looking and the seeds are fully mature, treat the seeds as you would a grain: Pluck the seed head, then do threshing and winnowing to get the actual seeds out, and you can make a kind of flour from the seeds! Grass seed is gluten-free, so it won't be good for bread or pasta, but for anything else, grass flour works fine!
Additionally, if you're grabbing the grass while it's still green, try peeling a couple layers off of the bottom inch or two, until you find an inner core that's whitish in color, and tender. This can be eaten as-is, no need for juicing or pulverizing!
DAZEBRAFFE : Were you referring to only Wheat Grass? Thanks!
@@DLK9324 Nope. All grass, as far as experts are aware. Even stuff growing in people's yards, if it's grown tall enough to have the part you're looking for. Just be aware that plants have a tendency to absorb a lot of things in the soil around them, so if it's grass growing too close to a road, or anywhere else the soil is likely to be contaminated with industrial chemicals, it's probably best not to try to eat anything off of that grass.
Awesome thanks!!!
I grew up grazing on the countryside. It was great to know edible things in the wild as a kid when hungry on hikes. Hopefully you are also making great use of All your other plants like melons, pumpkin and squash leaves and flowers that are also edibles used a lot in other countries. Great for veggie wraps, stuffing, greens, curly tendrils and stems like beans & peas. Other leaves like those of the pepper 🌶 🫑 and bean plants too. There are so many wild plants and many others where most gardeners don't even utilize the whole plants. Enriching info that is useful throughout our whole lives. Fun to know about the use of the whole plants. Thanks for sharing your garden. It's such fun to see the natural field of wild edible greens 😋😁
I was always told pepper leaves were not to be eaten!
I thought you couldn’t eat any leaves from nightshade plants (which would include pepper plants) because they were poisonous (?)
The Malva or mallow we have been eating it a lot in Greece. We boil or blanched them and turn it into a salad by adding lemon, olive oil and salt. Great accompaniment with any meat dishes. I love it myself and miss it a lot as in the uk I have not found it anywhere.
If you are in the UK, you can buy malva seeds and can grow it in your garden. Because it has beautyful flowers and is a effective medicine against coughs, it is a popular garden plant in Europe.
I’ve got to try this as there is a lot of mallow growing in the chicken coop. Seems to be the only place it grows. Thanks
Thanks for helping me identify my mystery plant...green amaranth!! It's now about 4 ft. tall. Couldn't cut it down until I learned its name...I just knew it was edible. Thanks!
Vietnamese eat amaranth regularly.it’s abundance in tropical climate and inexpensive
Purslane is growing all over our 1 and a half acres! Marshmallow, dandelions, even mullberry trees came up in our orchard for years before we knew what they were!! And a fig tree!
I add purslane and lambs quarters and radish seeds pods to my peppers onions and garlic 'veggies' then put in my scrambled egg mix with turmeric and carrots grated finely. Frittata! Yummy
If you have mulberries,you are surely blessed.
Easy to root fig tree cuttings and some mulberry types like the Dwarf Everbearing.
Do you have your own website link to buy paper copies of your book? I no longer purchase from the "River" due to their profiting from animal abuse items. PS. I winced when you moved past all that wild violet after having dehydrated it myself all day today, lol
in Norway, Broad leaf plantain is called "healing wound-leaf", Groblad (best translation i could muster). I use it on everything.. wounds, bites, inflamed joints.. got to try them IN something edible too, I think :)
I've got some that took over a container so yesterday I gave it a good trim,came in handy I had a teaching experience with my daughter, she had a bite, she wouldn't chew it so I ground it with the mortar and pestle. She's learning
If you learn to make salves it is excellent for that and also as a poultice, even crushed and applied to a cut or minor wound.
@@jules-marcdavis6843Good job, Mama! I have 3 grown children. The only childless one is the one who wanted to learn this info from me.🥴 I'm teaching my grands whose mother didn't want to learn! My son's babies are too young, but their opportunity will come! 😊
Loved the live chat and the simple to retain yet chock full of information video! I'll be diving into my "weeds" with full force!
Mmmmm! Watching which weeds my mini pigs prefer is also helpful for taste indication. They do love lamb's quarters, wild amaranth, Shepperd's purse and young mallow .
My mother had us pick large shopping bags of just the flowers.
She washed it and brewed the best wine I have ever tasted ! The honey jelly was a winter favorite the flowers are very good on biscuits . 🙏🏽😎
Dandelion flowers?
Dandelion wine
Golden or yellow radishes, completely edible. Once they flower, and produce seed pods, you will have an abundance of seeds. The root bulbs are edible, so are the leaves, the flowers, and the fresh green seed pods. Radish seeds can be sprouted for food as well.
I love all radishes, black, yellow, red, white. Even horse radish, a absolutely stunning plant. Beautiful edible leafes as well.
Thank you for the additional info!
No bitter in young dandelion leaves, pick prior to the yellow flower to avoid bitterness
Love you for this I have all these guys am in Saskatchewan Canada and make a fxmous weed salad with walnuts wild haskap berries I grow and balsamic dressing...
I eat raw dandelion leaves in a salad, wash first, add hard cook egg, cheese, lemon, olive oil, salt and pepper.
I see you’re foraging barefooted which is a very good way to ground your body to the earth, which is a healthy thing to do❣️🙏🏼
When you let weeds grow up when it's hot and draught they draw up moisture and minerals, and they provide shade. I've gone to keeping the friend covered.
Congratulations ! Wishing You Many Kids
With that plant like dock or sorrels ,from the large Rumex genus....they are all edible...sheep sorrel (Rumex acetosella) with small lance shaped leaves is the most commonly eaten.dock tends to not look so smooth....theres several species,they all have a taproot thats white,apparently like carrots in taste.I would suggest the plant you asked about could be (Rumex acetosella).Hope this helps...This is a reference from weed foragers handbook...Adam Grubb & Annie Raser Rowland.
Great video don't forget to keep some activated charcoal on hand incase its poisonous to you.
Only a few plants are poisonous to the touch, and when they are they usually aren’t severe. Carrying charcoal isn’t necessary.
The value of food security is priceless.
I've been watching you & other teachers for 3 years now .
Without even trying I can find food almost anywhere & I Thank you for your work, teaching us The Most valuable information I can think of.
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Hi Sergei,
You were right, she was the one. Happy for you or as you say "stoked". Interesting to see where you are 4 years after the last workshop in Medford. So you are back in the area? Left Tacoma? Anyway, your videos are always inspiring. I am treasuring the purslane that spontaneously grew in my community garden and always looking for new treasure popping up. Thanks for that wonderful show of wild edibles in your garden.
I found a Lanbsquarters that is almost 6 feet tall. I had planted some from seed I purchased, and it did not do well. haha. Like You, I have been so delighted with all the wild things this year, that I have enjoyed them as much as my planted garden.
I love gardening..i grew up in the farm ..when i was a child..i realized now why i never get sick..we ate vegetables..weeds from our corn field and eggs of our own raised chicken....i thought that was a poor life we had but i realized now it was the healthiest kind of life....thank you
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Thus was so cool thanks! I just subscribed! We live on a medium size farm and take some if these fir granted. I was just out weeding my garden and giving the weeds to the chickens and heifers that were close to me. Just came in out of the heat for supper before we start milking. I have been trying to learn medicinal plants. I have a huge question....could I start to gather these and freeze dry them turn into a powder to add to family's food to use during the winter. My family think I'm crazy and witchy to play with herbs and weeds....but I'm slowly winning them over. I'm going to start watching your other videos!!
Purslane is also extremely high in vitamin A and contains more beta carotene than a carrot! Awesome videos! Definitely going to be buying your book.
From what I've found is high in oxalates. If you have medical history of kidneystones be cautious.
Love purslane
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I have also heard that just because a plant has high content of some 'alarming' ingredient, doesn;t mean it is bad for you. Quite often other components in that plant will nuetralize that problem ingredient.
I also read that it has the highest omega 3 of any plant
I found that I like this plant so I went ahead and gathered seed because I live in a dog friendly apt.complex. now my container garden always has purslane tucked in with the other plants.
In all of this organic garden weed patch you are sitting down, barefoot in, how is it you are not being bothered by any mosquitos? Judging by plant size, you should be well into mosquito season. What is up with that? Did you spray for them?
I live in a river valley with a CRP water slew across the road, and its next to impossible to be outside without losing a pint or so of blood.
Great info as always, very appreciative to learn through your knowledge and enthusiasm - thanks so much. I question though, why you till your garden and destroy/compromise the life in that spring soil? Why not imitate nature, let plants evolve through all the seasons, and if you want to plant domestics and there are too many weeds, lay down some of that cardboard from your kitchen reno, add 2 inches of compost on top and plant your watermelons etc in that.
Cook perslain with eggs onions and corn tortilla and salsa yummy breakfast!
you plant okra seed straight in the ground. you shock the plant when you transplant. i read it somewhere.
I keep trying to get hubby to just water one row and let the wild things grow.
GREAT VIDEO!!! I love the Quote from the dictionary about a Weed!!! My recently late husband used that on me all the time. I would bring home food plants.. and he would say.....Oh Crap... More Weeds.!! He supported my planting obsession.... But also called them ALL WEEDS!!! Coming across your video and seeing this made me smile about his attitude.
When you have a wild version, it cross polinates with domestic and creates a stronger version of domestic.
Eat sow thistle BEFORE it goes up to flower and becomes prickly and bitter. We eat it all winter and spring. Purslane is one of our favorite wild plants. I have naturalized it in my desert garden. Eat when young and tender. Purslane SEEDS are rich in Omega 3 fatty acids, not the leaves. The yellow flower one is more tender than the pink leaf variety.
I love how much wild man beard it takes for Sergei to not have a baby face. Hehe.
Love the wedding band! 👍 Great spacious place you have. Congratulations!🎉
Thank you very much, very informative. You can eat the leaves of the green amaranth, very nutritious.
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Love the content! My favorite weed is nettles, I made them like spinach with my Grandmothers Sweet & sour egg sauce.
Do you know that if you harvest the plants (besides the new tops in spring), and dry them thoroughly (a month or two perhaps-have to test them periodically-the formic acid stings are degraded and no longer a pain. They can be powdered and used however you’d like. They’re high in iron for one. They make horses’ coats shiny when added to their provisions.
Thanks for the nightshade comparison to green amaranth. I've a pot in the greenhouse taken over by a weed and I didn't know what it was. When I saw your green amaranth, I remembered the weed, because of the similarity of the leaf shape. I ran out to check and now it has a few flowers and I can see, it's nightshade. I do have a garnet red amaranth growing out there though and I'm hoping it will go to seed, so I can plant more next year. I've found packet seeds have a low germination rate, so I'm keen to collect my own seeds for everything I grow.
I know u are right. We are sposed to eat a huge variety. It is that way so gathering can provide sustenence when it's hard times.
If your mystery plant has sour leaves it is a type of sorrel. Tastes kind of like clover leaves. I grew a Sorrel with lacy leaves through a New Jersey snowy winter. Cold sorrel salad or crumbled into soup is delicious In Winter
Was that it? So curious what had you stumped!
Sorrell is supposed to fight cancers
Yes, that was my first thought when seeing the mystery plant. Sorrel. Sorrel has a distinct taste, somewhat like very mild dock. The seeds look very much like dock seeds. If it isn't Sorrel it could be brassica rapa var. perviridis - sometimes known as spinach mustard or komatsuna. Sorrel seems more likely.
Radish seed pods are better tasting than the radish roots.
I'm doing this very thing-- eating the weeds growing in my lawn--dock, wild lettuce, poke salad, and plantain leaf. It is SO awesome!! 😋
I thought Poke Weed is deadly??? The ones with the purplish berries?
@@thefraug3827 it has to be picked when very young. I haven't done it because I have been afraid it.
@@thefraug3827 wash boil rinse boil rinse boil. Smells like urine to me.
@@rhondaborders3452 Yes I think I will pass unless starving. There's so much else to eat. I just found wild lettuce which I was happy to eat but they say that is poisonous raw. I read a lot on it and glad I tried it b/c it has medicinal benefits--calming and pain relieving I was really impressed.
@@lpmoron6258 Yes I think I will pass unless starving. There's so much else to eat once you start looking. So much to learn though! I just found wild lettuce which I was happy to eat but they say that is poisonous raw. I read a lot on it and glad I tried it b/c it has medicinal benefits--calming and pain relieving I was really impressed.
Lambs quarter is my FAVORIT salad green period ..it is nutty in flavor and texture ...goes to seed and readily reseed itself my yard is FULL of plantain ,wild lettuce ,dandilion, chickweed ( I'm surprised you dont have chickweed there? I'm from the interior B.C Canada) and LAMBS QUARTER luv it luv it ...ohhhh and stinging nettle ...and...I help it all reseed ....dandelion leaves in our organic section I TO 12 DOLLARS A BUNNDLE😳😳😳...Luv your video ..thank u so much ..I ve subscribed and share🥰
As the economy gets worse people will be watching your videos and reading your books. When I found your videos I was drawn in to your stories of your family and after reading the books I am amazed at what you have gone through. You are great and I look forward to finding more. I thought I had all of the books from your family but I keep finding more! It's like a treasure hunt! My son and his family are also reading the books.
Thanks, Sergei...just ordered your book! It will be here tomorrow (August 8, 2022)!! Love your videos!!! 😀
Thanks for this, very informative. I come from Jamaica where there is very little documented on the wild herbs or wild edibles there. So, I've spent the last couple of years researching (watching this is part of my research) the common herbs of the tropics and the northern hemisphere and am surprised to learn that most of the wild herbs are indeed the same - we just call them by different names. Take Amaranth for example, in Jamaica it is called Callaloo, the most common vegetable consumed. Dandelions, Spanish needle and plantain are also common.
I will also try your book!
Great insights, really common, easy to identify plants...usually in our faces and we overlook them-- a concept to consider in several areas of our lives...thanks
Here in Germany, malva has always been popular, too. It is a beautiful wildflower (malva sylvatica) and a very common garden plant. Malva is not only grown for onramental purposes, but also forms an essential part of medicinal herb gardens. (a popular garden style in Germany) An malva infusion is a popular cough remedy. (Tipp: Don´t overheat it, if you make an infusion. Very subtle flavour escapes otherwise. )The smashed root was used as a food for babies and the elderly to treat malnutrition.
Plantain works for burns also 💯 .. I accidentally burned my thumb & index finger on a pot belly stove dampener ... I crushed the leaves and held it between my fingers and dipped my fingers in water every few minutes for about 15 minutes ...the pain was gone and no blisters formed.
I love dandelions so much just as a flower. I had no idea until recently, but there’s also a pink variety which I’m excited about introducing to the yard next year! Like I get giddy with excitement just thinking about it. 😅
Unfortunately our area only has a relative? Cats ear? Which is apparently edible but I don't know how to get the information on it cause I can't remember name and most video is on dandelion
You’re adorable. Great comment. Made me smile
I LOVE Dandelions too! My kids (now adults) used to pick big bouquets of them for me. Now, only my youngest daughter still picks small bouquets for me.😊
Haha that's awesome! #SaveSoil
Try dredging them in egg and milk then in whatever type of breading or batter (tempura, etc.) you like, and frying. My husband will not eat ANY vegetables yet he will eat them because he says they remind him of fried mushrooms. 🤷🏻♀️
In any case they are delicious.
Hi there, i just came across your awesome video, i live in the city of Spokane, Wa, but would much rather live in the outskirts of town, but i must say, that i do have a pretty good selection of wild edibles in my yard, i learned a good bit today from you & it was very much appreciated, i do want to add, that i do use Dandelion flowers i've made jelly with & salads, also the leaves, i use in tea & the prickly lettuce leaves, i cook them for stews, etc, i have tons of Purslane in my yard, i use it in salads & in casseroles, meatloaf, etc. I haven't seen any Green Amaranth just yet or the Plantain leaves, but i do have Clover, Common Mallow & Lambs Qtrs, i never was aware that any of these were edibles, thanks for this helpful info, I also have Mullein in my yard, but not too much lately, i have used it boiled in tea, its huge leaves are very soft, thick & velvety, it mainly thrives in very hot desert climates, mainly on the outskirts of Spokane, anyhow i've learned a lot from you today, thank you so much & i look forward to watching more, you are awesome!!!
I grow the beautiful Red Amaranth. So beautiful. I am not a lover of the wild amaranth, turns into a huge weed patch. With all the rain we had this summer, this plant is growing to 11 feet tall.
I grow lots of different amaranth in my garden. Red Curtain, biscuits, tails, red and green, Apricot Fountains, Tom Thumb. And of course I have lots if wild Amaranth
Eat it
Eat it
Does your book about wild edibles cover any plants that grow in the fall or winter?
Absolutely loved this ! I grow and use edible weeds intentionally. Usually harvest seeds from wild and plant at home to ensure my greens are clean. Please could you make a video on wild edible juices? I love juicing but prefer savoury options. So hard to find new ideas ❤️🙏
So do I. When I found sow thistle and amaranth growing in the wild, I spread the seeds throughout my yard. When I dont need them, I just mow them. But I never pull them. Who knows when they will be my survival food
@@marianstew54 so Ch a good practice. So easy to grow and such a great food source. Have a beautiful day!
I give my weeds black gold vermicompost so that they are the best...... Including my stinginv nettle which I love.
@@svelanikolova5776 yes my little helpers have helped during the fertilizer shortage, they also do a good job of revializing container soil in the winter months 😊
This is funny. I did not plant some vegetables in a few of my cedar vegetable boxes I made. Some of the boxes are full of "weeds," and now I see that is a blessing. I knew some weeds were edible, but did not look into it deeply. Thanks for posting. Some of the "weeds" like dandelion, I cut extremely short on my lawn, almost to the ground, with a "weed" trimmer, later to see more of them with larger flowers, that also works with burdock, and some others--I call it "dynastic flowering technique"--reason, probably the way the ancient dynasties helped honey and wax production by providing bees with more and larger flowers. "
"Being in the right mindset," finding clover, such an excellent mention. I actually found a edible wild plants field guide on my bookshelf, and it has a lot of info, but not nutritional information. So, now I am in the "right mindset" to explore a better salad, as well as greens to add to my pet dogs' food, to see what is okay for them. Thanks again for posting.
One thing I learned from a Foraging book is that cutting the grass so shirt or even pulling weeds, more watering is needed. It's best to let the grass and weeds grow a bit so they provide moisture for each other and you won't have to water as much. It's a form of water preservation.
I'm sure after a year someone already said this but the mystery plant is...
Common chicory is used in a variety of culinary applications around the world, most commonly with coffee. It is occasionally also added during the beer-brewing process to inject a coffee-like flavor. The leaves can be boiled or eaten raw in salad or with pasta. Common chicory is also a simple livestock fodder. In European folklore, the small blue flowers could be used to magically open locked doors.
not 100% sure it's correct but that's what my app said lol
Amaranth is known as spinach or chowri bhaji, and is very commonly used in Trinidad part or their daily diet . it is satueed with onion and garlic. and eaten with roti or rice. It is very nourishing and delicious.
When my daughter was 8 years old she had a bad run in with the white sap of euphorbia (spurge) plant, thinking it was a kind of milk she dabbed it on her tongue and it made her tongue swell up.
White sap can be an irritant.
Oh my yes... Euphorbia/Spurge latex is decidedly more toxic than Dandelion, and I’m still unclear as to exactly what the differences are. Although, the poison is in the dose. Some euphorbias have positive uses apart from the sap. Namely E. hirta (Asthma Plant). I live in East TX, and I found some at my parents place n the country. Haven’t seen it growing anywhere else around.
I started off despising spurges, for having to pull them out of our beds at work. However, the more I look, the more I’m astounded at the variety and usefulness of Euphorbia.
Yikes. That must have been scary!
It was
Thank you. I had a couple of those plants misidentified.
You're welcome!
I really like your videos however I am surprised that you are not growing a food forest.
Drying purslane out my vegetable garden before it blooms and takes garden. I think I will then powder them to add to dishes.
I make a salad from purslane with onion, boiled egg, bacon and Italian dressing.
Green amaranth we call callaloo iñ Jamaica. Very popular. Makes lots of seeds for more plants. We actually grow it on purpose for food. Saving those precious seeds. Great used as a stir fry. Cooks in about 7 mins. Loaded with calcium and vitamin c i.was told
Finally someone says it's callaloo or we say greens 😃clip the seeds off strip it down a bit get your cutting board cut it all up add your carrot onions bell pepper a little seasoning steam it up and walaa👍
@@latoyachambers4035 sadly here in the US many people pay money to put toxic chemicals all over the grounds to kill unwanted “weeds”. Such a travesty.
Sad indeed without even knowing how beneficial they are the earth is filled with everything we need to survive 😉
Mark Shepard asks Why do we work so hard to grow things that want to die and kill things that want to grow? ;)
Thank you so much Sergei I learned so much these were given by God for us. !!!
Soak your dandelion greens overnight . That’s all. Bitterness will be all gone . Year round. Thanks to my mother-in-law Elisa Thibodeau for telling me that 50 years ago
Thank you for making these videos. Your book was the first wild edible book that I read cover to cover. I recognize some of the plants in it where I currently live (SE USA). Still learning, but I'm starting to recognize things (and still following the golden rule, if you don't know it with 150% certainty, like recognizing a banana, don't put it in your mouth)!
The green you do not know, check with the person you got the goat manure from, they may know.
That green amaranth is what we call calaloo. People cultivate it and sell.