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Edible wild plants, edible trees, edible fungi and other wild culinary delights grow all around us yet so few of us take advantage of this free, wild food. Knowing what plants to forage can help reduce grocery bills and exponentially increase your nutrient intake.
Who am I? My name is Karen Stephenson. I am a professional writer researcher, a Wild Food Educator, Chartered Herbalist and Master Naturalist. My website, www.ediblewildfood.com was launched in 2011 with thanks to my incredible husband. I am the author of Foraging Cookbook (released July 2020) and The Beginner's Guide to Foraging Safely for Wild Mushrooms (released November 2022).
Although I am based in southern Ontario (Canada), I have extensively studied wild edibles throughout North America and I strive to present well-researched information for all my viewers.
Who am I? My name is Karen Stephenson. I am a professional writer researcher, a Wild Food Educator, Chartered Herbalist and Master Naturalist. My website, www.ediblewildfood.com was launched in 2011 with thanks to my incredible husband. I am the author of Foraging Cookbook (released July 2020) and The Beginner's Guide to Foraging Safely for Wild Mushrooms (released November 2022).
Although I am based in southern Ontario (Canada), I have extensively studied wild edibles throughout North America and I strive to present well-researched information for all my viewers.
Blackberries: Wild Berries that Tastes Great!
Wild blackberries are so delicious and incredibly tasty and they dive us so much. More info on this shrub will be added here soon.
BBC Good Food: www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/blackberry-recipes
BBC Good Food: www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/collection/blackberry-recipes
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Salal Berries: World's Healthiest Berry?
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Salal berries, according to many researchers, say that these are possibly the world's healthiest berries. They are tasty - somewhat blueberry-like. For more info: www.ediblewildfood.com/salal.aspx #salal #wildberries #foraging
Fireweed: Food and for your Health
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Fireweed is a spectacular plant that is food and has a history of being used for health issues. For a closer look at identification: ua-cam.com/video/SGLveMLZReQ/v-deo.html www.ediblewildfood.com/fireweed.aspx
Valerian: Edible and Medicinal
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Valerian is a wild plant that can be used as food but is recognized more as a medicinal plant. For more info on identification: www.ediblewildfood.com/valerian.aspx #valerian #anxietyrelief #healingplants
Serenity in a Forest - and 10 Wild Foods
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In our lifetime, never before has our world become so incredibly unglued. It is essential that we all find some serenity in our lives and a forest, in my opinion, is the best. Plants in this video: Fleabane: www.ediblewildfood.com/daisy-fleabane.aspx Wild Lettuce www.ediblewildfood.com/prickly-lettuce.aspx Valerian www.ediblewildfood.com/valerian.aspx Daisies www.ediblewildfood.com/oxeye-daisy....
Foragers and Gardeners Beware
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When learning how to forage, one of the rules is pick only what you can positively id. When gardening, the same rule applies! The non-edible plant in my salad box is the Virginia Copperleaf, aka Virginia Threeseed Mercury.
Transplanted Weeds: Final Update!
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Two months have gone by since I transplanted some wild plants. The progress of most of these transplanted weeds is impressive! Links to the first two videos are below! Transplanting Weeds: ua-cam.com/video/F8Uc5FHO3Gw/v-deo.html Transplanted Weeds 1 Month Later: ua-cam.com/video/JUYl3-aPuuQ/v-deo.html Hostas Are Edible: ua-cam.com/video/oR37vZI-8d4/v-deo.html Ginormous Lamb's Quarters: ua-cam.c...
Making Thymesicles!!
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The power of thyme and honey combine to create this cold treat to help with a summer (or anytime) cough or sore throat! How to make: 4 cups boiled water A handful of fresh thyme Unpasteurized honey Place the thyme in the water. After about 20 minutes, add about 1/8 cup honey. Stir well. Let sit 40 minutes, then strain. Pour into freezie tubes - and freeze! Use within 6 months. Be sure to make s...
Spiny Sowthistle - Not Bad Tasting!
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Spiny (or prickly) sowthistle is an edible wild food that tastes relatively good and is easy to id! More info: www.ediblewildfood.com/spiny-sowthistle.aspx WILD LETTUCE VS SOW THISTLE: ua-cam.com/video/TcTjeCoutn8/v-deo.html SOW THISTLES: PERENNIAL AND COMMON: ua-cam.com/video/EPnbK0ro9RA/v-deo.html SOW THISTLE AND DANDELIONS: ua-cam.com/video/qflrjvtpD6I/v-deo.html
Fermenting Garlic Mustard
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Garlic mustard ferment is a tasty ferment that is very easy to make! Recipe is at: www.ediblewildfood.com/garlic-mustard-ferment.aspx For detailed information about garlic mustard be sure to purchase my PDF magazine: www.ediblewildfood.com/edible-wild-plants-pdfs.aspx #garlicmustard #fermentedfoods #fermentedfood
Dock Identification: Which one is not a dock?
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Burdock is often mistaken to be a dock - yet it is not. Be sure to check out the "photo line up" in this video to see some common docks and burdock side-by-side. All plants in this video are edible! Burdock..www.ediblewildfood.com/burdock.aspx Bitter dock..www.ediblewildfood.com/bitter-dock.aspx Yellow/Curly dock.. www.ediblewildfood.com/yellow-dock.aspx #burdock #yellowdock #bitterdock #bloody...
Transplanted Weeds: One Month Later!
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One month later and the transplants all survived! Some of them are slow in growing compared to plants in the wild but they did continue to grow! Here they are 4 weeks ago: ua-cam.com/video/F8Uc5FHO3Gw/v-deo.html For information on the plants in this video: Ribwort: www.ediblewildfood.com/ribwor... Curly/Yellow Dock: www.ediblewildfood.com/yellow... Wild Strawberry: www.ediblewildfood.com/wild-s...
Conifer Identification: Spruce, Fir and Hemlock
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Spruce, fir and hemlock can confuse some people. Hopefully this video helps! This video does not get into all the different species of spruce or fir. #hemlock #conifer #wildedibles #spruce #firtrees #ediblefood
Fiddleheads and Scarlet Elf Cups
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Fiddleheads (Ostrich Fern): Id: www.ediblewildfood.com/fiddlehead.aspx Videos: ua-cam.com/video/zZ5RgXwi3r8/v-deo.html Scarlet Elf Cups: Id: www.ediblewildfood.com/scarlet-cup.aspx Video: ua-cam.com/video/G0I8xnzKB1w/v-deo.html #wildedibles #fiddleheads #fiddlehead #scarletelfcups #scarletcups #springforaging
DIY Chickweed Salve and Candle Making
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DIY Chickweed Salve and Candle Making
Ticks, Tick-Borne Diseases and the Importance of Tick Testing
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Ticks, Tick-Borne Diseases and the Importance of Tick Testing
Hawthorn: Identification, Edible and Health Benefits
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Hawthorn: Identification, Edible and Health Benefits
Gem Studded Puffballs: Identification and Features
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Gem Studded Puffballs: Identification and Features
Himalayan Balsam Identification and It's Edible!
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Himalayan Balsam Identification and It's Edible!
You Have Elderberries! Now What!? - 10 Recipes!
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You Have Elderberries! Now What!? - 10 Recipes!
Purple Loosestrife: Identification and Some Cool Facts
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Purple Loosestrife: Identification and Some Cool Facts
Aronia Berries: Long-term Preservation and Recipes!
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Aronia Berries: Long-term Preservation and Recipes!
Using Wild Edible Plants to Make Tinctures
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Using Wild Edible Plants to Make Tinctures
Fleabane: Identification and Fun Facts
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Fleabane: Identification and Fun Facts
Chokecherries - Identification, How to Preserve, and Recipe Ideas
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Chokecherries - Identification, How to Preserve, and Recipe Ideas
Couch Grass: Edible with Health Benefits!
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Couch Grass: Edible with Health Benefits!
me and son is allergic to golden rod
Allergic to the touch?
Just found this video, good information. I have a bunch of horseweed/maretwil around my area in NE Texas. I am definitely going to be making good use of it.☺️
Thank you!! And I hope you have great success working with it!!!
Ty 👍🏼
Should bring the alcohol with you and put plant in immediately. That's how I was taught and worked great.
When you find them very close to home it is ok! Besides, depending on when you live you could be risking a ticket if pulled over by police. Having open alcohol in a car in Ontario is illegal.
I like em. The berries kinda taste (to me) like less sweet grapes
I found a bunch of these today in Barrie, so cool!
Nice! Lots in Simcoe Forests!!
I've seen these since I was a little kid. Today I picked one and I'm chewing it right now. Started off tasteless, but had a nice consistency. After a few minutes I noticed a peppery taste and my throat got numb. Tomorrow I'll get back to you on any after effects (if I'm still alive)
You ok!?
@@Gir_XD_20 TY, I forgot to come back and report my untimely demise, but; All is well. Next plant on my list of wild foraging is golden rod buds. I plan on trying the tincture method. If the goldenrod doesn't help, the vodka might!
@@savage22bolt32 xD glad your alright
@@Gir_XD_20 Thanks bro. I checked out your channel. In my lingo; "pretty rad!"
@@savage22bolt32 thank you! Your videos are pretty cool too :]
I have a bunch of those growing under my austrian pines in the western rocky mountains.
I live in NW suburbs of Chicago .I just pick some today . Soooo beautiful . Thanks for your info .🥰
NIce!!! And thank you for watching!
Also for pain and for sleep wild lettuce opium
Thank you for this truely great and informative video. I love it !
I've heard that these have a dwarf variety, but no-ones been able/willing to show me any sources. Have you ever heard of this? I do have a specimen in my pond that is currently quite small, with leaves just about an inch in length, and stalks only about 6 inches tall, but I honestly have no clue whether this is because it's a seedling, or in incorrect conditions, or something of the like.
I'm not sure if there is a wild dwarf variety - but there is a common houseplant (not edible), the Syngonium Pixie Dwarf Arrowhead.
Hello loved you're video, very detailed and informative. New home for retirement in Michigan less than a mile from lake mi and get loads of these.
Nice!
which pine trees are toxic, someone help me identify 🥺
To my knowledge the only pine that is toxic is the Ponderosa pine.
i am eating black chokeberries while watching this
The other kind of Ivy growing on tree trunks also does the same thing, it’s not a bad weed.
Make tea with this plant to cure cough and bronchitis. It grows on its own, no need to plant it. It can be found in our lawn and comes back every year.
Indian or also known as ghost pipe where gloves or and scissors or it will stain nails and finger tips very good 4 pain
these look huge. Out here in Montana they are almost black when ready to harvest.
And now I know 👍😀
Hey girl, everywhere in Western Washington in the woods, but they like older forests I have seen people harvest the leaves and sell them for arrangements and made quite a bit of a business I do my best to acquire nutrients, and I appreciate this video. I don’t feel like a fool.
Funny that I discovered these today and I literally have both frowning side by side on the walkway out my apartment 😂
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I got about 20 acres in Michigan and my property is full
Wow - nice!!!
I have a thornless blackberry bush and this yr I got2 gallons off it! They areas big as my thumbnail! In Michigan
2 gallons - - nice!!!!
I want salal berry wall!!!!❤
Blackberry flavored kombucha here. ❤
That must taste totally incredible!!!
It would be good to see you preparing and cooking it.
Thanks so much for the helpful info!
You are most welcome and thank you for watching!
Okay, I can't.I can't f****** deal with this.Number one you're using centi meters in you're in the u s trying to act like your mother fucking european and you still halfway through the goddamn video , haven't told me t
Thank you for the Knowledge
And thank you for watching!!!!
Great video, I was looking at buying some mullien tea until I recognized the flower on the package. They are all over my property, I just hadn't learned the name.
Nice - homegrown!!
Louise? Louise Belcher?
How come the bugs that visit its flowers don't get poisoned?
They are a whole lot hardier!!
Thank you so much for the information. I will share it with people that I know.
I am truly grateful for your support!
Can they be used on pets? I have one that has an ear issue.
Yes.. wagwalking.com/wellness/the-benefits-of-the-mullein-herb-for-your-dog
Dry some canes by hanging inside, I used my basement. When the leaves are completely dry, crumble them and you have blackberry tea. Excellent herbal, but read the cautions also. Especially good for menopausal women, but never use when pregnant. Makes a tasty tea. I had a patch that yielded gallons of berries, really huge fruits, UNTIL I STARTED KEEPING GOATS! Don't forget about juice, jam and jelly too.
Wonderful - thanks for sharing!!
Central Ohio here, But ain't it a bit late to be talking about BlackBerrys??? They were ripe n ready Last month. Here they are All Gone already. I went out last month n picked about a gallon in a few hrs. They Sure was plentiful this yr. So was the raspberry n mulberries. I ate till my Heart was content.
Omaha Nebraska here, noticed today it is not too late for blackberries. I did harvest last month, but there are still a few ripening and I picked a few blackberries today. It might is different in species and locations and who-knows-what may influences any fruit.
All depends where you live. I live in southern Ontario and they are finished. Out west they were still in abundance!!
Thank you Wayne from Searcy
I just finish picking blackberry leaves for my tea! Salutes from Victoria! :P
Wonderful!!!! I forgot to mention about the leaves!! Thanks for mentioning this!!!
Can you tell more about their growth habits? We live rsther remotely, and I'm hoping to tincture a small amount of these for pain in emergency situations. However, my colonies are rsther small. They are all across my forest, but only 1 to 7 or 8 flowers per "clump". Is it safe to take a flower or a couple from a variety of the colonies without harming their ability to come back?
This may help you! www.chattnaturecenter.org/blog/the-flower-that-grows-in-the-dark/
Learned something completely new.... well one plant, many attributes and more. TY, Karen.
You are so welcome!!!!!
I appreciate your explanation. I just want to add that your home demonstration had them laying side by side-originally with the iris on the right-but then when comparing them, you switched their position. This may confuse some viewers.
Thanks this was a great video. It was cool to see the berry in all stages of growth. I think I can confidently identify this plant now.
You are most welcome and thank you for watching!!!
Can I make a tea from the flowers and buds, stems wtc. No leaves to boil😢
Thank you for all of the valuable knowledge. I can sense your passion for wild plants and foraging through your voice alone. Amazing content.
Thank you - and yes, I have a deep passion for wild foods! Thank you for watching and your kind words!
I just found these in the thumb of michigan and they were pink, so very cool! I thought they were fungus at first and used a plant app to id them and they are so pretty and unique
They are quite unique!!
I have been trying to find evening primrose plants with no luck Could you please send me some seeds? Thanks. Dg
I don't have any seeds at the moment - but I am sure there are online shops that sell them!
I really enjoy and appreciate your videos. Thank you for sharing the stunning scenery with us 😍
Thank you for your kind words and for being here!!
I love these flowers I just harvest a half pound not bloomed yet I eat them raw fresh picked I'll put them on burgers and hotdogs at cookouts and will just eat them one at a time my favorite thing is the flowers they have a nice spicy bite and earthy aftertaste
Thank you for sharing!!!