15 Wild Edible Plants for Bushcraft & Survival

[@TAOutdoors]

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[@lindasano1552]

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[@RootsLion]

brilliant vid well done cheers dude

[@What..a..shambles]

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[@lindasano1552]

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[@skylovecraft2491]

Everyone should learn as much as possible about wild edibles and medicinal plants now more than ever! I started foraging 3 yrs ago and started in an urban setting with only knowledge of 20 plants and now i know of over 200 edible plants and various mushrooms as well! It's fun too!! I love to go on walks and try to name each plant i see. That's how i remember. And the ones i don't know i take pics of and go home and research. It gives me purpose for my walks so they aren't boring. A surprising side effect is that it cured my longterm depression and anxiety and i no longer ruminate on negative thoughts anymore. The woods can truly heal us!! Lots of medicinal and edible trees as well folks!

[@beyondtheillusion5327]

They don't call them forests for nothing. For - rest 😊

[@dragonslayer7587]

Thank You for this! I'm trying very hard to find out as much as possible about editable plants. I've bought books, but it's nice to see them growing!

[@jonnyBravos]

Wild food UK on yt...

[@natureisallpowerful]

UK wildcrafts is great and a really understandable channel. Also id definitely recommend getting out and seeing them more

[@reosemuel]

you can eat daisys dandelions and thistle roots you know. 🌼🌻🍃

[@sonofabear]

Thank you for sharing your plant knowledge! We need more foraging content on KZbin

[@georgecain8279]

So glad you’ve got your own bit of land now. What an amazing achievement. I would love to see a body of water installed for trout and carp farming to further teach us on sustainability and survival techniques. Would be so cool and a great additional to being self sustaining.

[@wolfenstein6676]

I'd like to see that too, as long as it was a pond dedicated to our British brown trout, great crested newts and frogs. A pond enhances any woodland area, but keeping the pond free of the leaf clutter from the nearby trees has to be factored in too.

[@keeblem1]

It is an amazing achievement considering it's out of reach for most of us! "...the earth a common treasury for all, both rich and poor..." Not knocking you, TA outdoors, great content as always

[@charliescott3728]

One of the few channels whose videos I watch as soon as I see them, keep up the good work !

[@stevetaylor8446]

Invaluable advice with this topic buddy.....grwat identification, excellent explanation on types of treatments and the nutrients you can get from them. Really am looking forward to seeing more on the wild edibles and their uses as medicines. Thank you for sharing

[@amytaylor5454]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?God bless you!❤️

[@stevetaylor8446]

@@amytaylor5454 All great this end, hope you are having an awesome weekend

[@amytaylor5454]

@@stevetaylor8446 nice. Yes I’m having an amazing weekend. Where are you from?

[@yahsomeacres7816]

I love learning about editable and medical plants. Great video. My favorite medical plant so far is the oak tree. All parts of all Oaks are anti everything except the acorns. The oak is also an antidote which I have used for various reasons like food poisoning and making a tea from fresh Eucalyptus leaves a little over a year ago. My family dr>nks oak tea on a daily basis, I also give it toy cats, dogs, and chickens. A tincture was given to a park for the wildlife a little over a year ago. 2 days ago my kitten was bit by something which made a leg swell twice the size, I gave her oak tea in chicken broth. The next afternoon all the swelling was gone.

[@carolmoore1038]

Acorns are in fact edible if they're prepared properly. You seem to be saying that they are not. If prepared properly the great added to Pancake flour once prepared properly and ground into flour.

[@danielfatone3994]

Carolmoore1038 Ty Mother Nature for this imporstnat piece of information

[@danielfatone3994]

Carolmoore1038 Ty Mother Nature for this imporstnat piece of information

[@TAFla.]

Awesome as always dude, trying to expand on this myself. Have a few books on the subject, but your videos seems more interesting than fumbling around with it myself. Thanks for the video, can't wait for the next one. Seaya in the next one brother. ✌😎

[@amytaylor5454]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?God bless you❤️

[@bigbird4481]

Yo man thanks for the free education on wild medicine

[@MK-uc3ow]

I'm glad to have this lecture. I'm in Japan so there should be difference of the habitation of plants but some of your information have to be utilized. In the surivival situations, the most affordable edibles would be these plants so I must identify the edible ones from the poisonous plants.

[@user-qo7qt3wq7h]

Japan is particular ! You have the Sansaï ;) The difference between wild and cultivated plants is softer than in Europe. You eat some wild foot that are forbidden in Belgium for example (Dyopteris sp.). And you have the nice Nanasasogoyu (sorry for the misspelling), the 7 herbs soup :D Anyway, nice country that you have, 70% of forest, 20% of primeval forest. Nice.

[@MK-uc3ow]

@@user-qo7qt3wq7h Oh my.... I never expected to have a person who knows our country and culture like you. Especially, I was really impressed to see the word "Sansai (山菜)." Exactly. We have Nanakusa-Gayu (七草粥) which is rice soup with wild herbs. Actually, I was greatly glad to have you through this video.

[@user-qo7qt3wq7h]

@@MK-uc3ow I don't know much more than that but it is an interesting aspect! And you also have a majority (or not?) of animists and there are spirits in the stones, the trees.. (Kamis I guess ?) This is because I study ethnobotanic (the relationship between humans and plants) and our professor, François Couplan, knows pretty well Japan. He fell in love with it and another professor, his wife Keiko, was a chef in Japan so she teaches us to cook our wild plants with a Japanese style ! Thank you for the correction of the words! And so do you eat "wild" plants ?

[@MK-uc3ow]

@@user-qo7qt3wq7h I see. I was also studying Botanics in the university of Hawaii and we also learned the relationships of Human and Plants especially about the medical treatment. As you mentioned, we as Japanese have the belief of Yaorozu no kami (八百万の神: Many Gods = polytheism) and these Kamis as spiritual gods are not mighty like Yahweh as a christian god but they are the elements of Nature itself. Therefore, we emphasize the connection towards Nature including plants, woods, forests and so on. In my case, I like to go into the woods and enjoy camp fire. On that time, I often collect wild plants to make soup and herb tea. In the end, I guess that you are in France so I want to know how you enjoy out-door activities in your nation if you are ok. Thank you very much to give this greatest opportunity to talk to you through this video!!

[@muricanviking6859]

this was an incredibly calming video to watch, love your content!

[@i-am-nem]

Love your channel been obsessed since the first pallet cabin series

[@HariKristiyanto]

And here we go 👍👍

[@liannehoenderboom1018]

that milky substance from the dandelion also helps well with some pain relieve when stung by the stinging nettle

[@WalkInTheWildMedia]

💚 Your content is amazing, brother! As someone with a small foraging channel, I truly admire your work and find it inspiring. Keep up the fantastic job and continue spreading the beauty of nature! 🌿

[@aynsleycooper365]

High quality video, your soothing VoiceOver makes it excellent. Thanks.

[@percysoutdoors5822]

Love it! Thanks for this Mike! I've found myself more and more often looking for stuff in the woodlands around me that could be edible.

[@natureisallpowerful]

The stems of wild mustard are lovely too

[@tylerrobbins8311]

Awesome video. Though I live in LA and am in a desert in North America this video was perfect.

[@tardismole]

Watching this again. This video has far more information than all three of my foraging guidebooks. Ditching them and returning to watch your channel instead. Please make a video for each season, if you can. It would be very much appreciated. I hope you and your family are all well.

[@ArielleViking]

Really interesting information on edible plants and how to find them.

[@MSSmith1022]

In the USA we have Yellow Wood Sorrel that is very similar to the White Wood Sorrel that you mentioned. The leaves, flowers, and seed pods are all edible and make for a great energy snack while hiking. The leaves of the Dandelion can also be eaten raw in salads or boiled/steamed like Collard Greens or Spinach, and Dandelion Wine can really pack a punch. There were a few plants I hoped to see in your video. One plant that I was hoping to see in this list was Watercress, I find it to be a nice addition to salads when camping when I can find it. Another was the Fiddlehead Fern, when washed, steamed, and then sauteed

[@azukidx]

So many useful plants for BUSHCRAFT. I learned a lot.

[@strawman3059]

Hands down one of the most important videos you'll see on KZbin, hats off sir 👏👍👏💖

[@FlorianJullien]

Very interesting and informative! Can’t wait to see the next one!

[@donaldeugenealford4080]

Absolutely love your knowledge of edible and medicinal plants something I've always been interested in it's been lost in modern day Society so that we have to be dependent on our government. Edible and medicinal plants need to make a comeback especially during this inflation which is killing everybody.

[@attaqigoldhunter]

Wow..amazing video brother,,greting from your friend Indonesia🇲🇨❤️🙏👍

[@BaddaBigBoom]

Absolutely fascinating. I have since childhood had an intense interest in plants trees ferns and fungi, especially ones that have particular properties and unique characteristics. When I was about 16 I bought a book called "Plants With A Purpose" by Richard Mabey (I think I spelt that right) Since then I have, with the help and knowledge of my now gone Grandmother learnt a lot about wild plants of the uk but this has given me a much welcome boost of interest and information.

[@GAPTCHANNEL]

*_I really like watching video material on this channel, because flora or medicinal plants are exactly the same as in my country, Indonesia, the owner of this content is always successful, your content is very useful, and it adds to my enthusiasm to work on KZbin. Greetings from Indonesia. Creative, Beautiful and Sustainable_*

[@terrieyeakley82]

Thank you for pointing out what you can eat if the situation arises where you are lost. Some plants I know about .Thanks for sharing. We're all of the 15 plants you described to us ,were they all in the same forest or did you have to go to different places to gather them. ? How did you learn about all the edible things for eating and medicinal plants . loved the video.

[@fromrussiawith4734]

Thank you so much! Love plants, will try to find it here. Success to your videos!

[@ТУРИСТ-АВАНТЮРИСТ]

It's just incredible what beauty, what atmosphere you were able to create. This is truly a meditative experience watching you. I myself started making videos about my adventures, so I'm interested in everything. Grretings from Belarus tourist. ✌️

[@bryanferia3686]

Hi mike another nice video realy educational u should have more views and more subscribers I will always be subscribed because you are the best at educational survival videos keep up the good work mike!!

[@pineywoods420]

Thank you. Very informative. I enjoy this style of video.

[@outdoors-university]

Perfect! Stay safe and keep having fun my brother!

[@barmouthwildlifecamera5162]

Great vid, inspired me to make more foraging tea's, big up the - Bilberry for the next one !

[@piromaanz.]

Lovely video, thank you so much for everything you do!

[@herbsmith6871]

I've seen quite a few of the plants you featured here in the central Oregon coast range. Thanks for sharing 🤠

[@MiscMitz]

Thank you

[@millennialmindset3624]

Needs this video now as we are going into hyperinflation.

[@joejoness9939]

Great content my man great job on your delivery!!!

[@johnfesterkynaston5041]

Dìdnt get the notification glad i came across this thanks😁👍

[@PalletFortress]

Great stuff, thanks again we really enjoy your videos!

[@kingrafa3938]

Great tips again Mike.

[@woodlandreconjoshdrakes5509]

Totally awesome video!!!

[@ch1ntz]

Thanks for your informational videos ! They teach me a lot !

[@amytaylor5454]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?God bless you!❤️

[@lewis1544]

Bramble stems were soaked in salty water for a few months and then divided into laces which they used to wrap around straw bundles to make the old bee hives.

[@adriancox-thesantjordigolf3646]

This a is a really great report Mike. Did you include hemlock on the poisonous side?

[@naikjoy]

Thank you.. I wonder if these plants are found in central europe

[@TAOutdoors]

Many of these are native throughout Europe

[@andykjohnsonjohnson7622]

Excellent video Mike 👍👍

[@Tallness1000]

Very very glad you made sure to give yourself permission. Self consent people! It’s important.

[@amytaylor5454]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?God bless you!❤️

[@leshybushcraftandoutdoors1345]

Awesome video Mike. Some great wild edibles in there! 😁

[@ForestHermit]

Hi, friend! You are a great guy! So many useful things to know! You must have spent a lot of time learning this! Respect to you and good luck in your creative work)👍👍👍

[@xandrblue6507]

Love youuuuuuuuu

[@ForestWanderer_YT]

Amazing quality video. I wish i could speak english so well to make such amazing videos!

[@johnwyman5939]

Thanks for the information. Awesome Job 👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪

[@amytaylor5454]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?God bless you!❤️

[@StevenKeery]

Very interesting, so much of this once common knowledge has fallen by the wayside. A walk in the woods will certainly be enhanced by being able to identify the plant species found.

[@amytaylor5454]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?God bless you!❤️

[@Peekarica]

Great video! Isn't it pathetic how the government is pushing us to depend on their unhealthy food system while claiming that weeds are 'harmful' for us? In my country The Netherlands, people always get rid of those plants once they popup during spring and summer in the garden. I am glad that I have transformed my garden from a tile square to grass, fruit trees, vegetables, etc. Many of these plants grew out of the ground and the insects and smaller animals are HAPPY to forage food in the garden.

[@Yahootie]

I love plonts

[@Masked_One_1316]

a plant that wasn't mentioned is Ribwort plantain, Plantago Lanceolata it's commonly used as an antihistamine the leaves can be made into a tea and use as a cough medicine.

[@TAOutdoors]

Yep, I’ve left out a fair few edibles as didn’t want to make the video too long winded. But will do another update soon.

[@danieltaylor5231]

You can also make jelly with dandelions.

[@FortuneZer0]

3:59 Where is the documentation?

[@saanandkashyap7116]

wow just so cool makes me feel like ido nothing

[@nirzarpuntambekar2575]

Ikr

[@patrickgarrett8341]

Love this ut was very helpful.

[@amytaylor5454]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?God bless you!❤️

[@maxraabe5745]

Thank you very much 😂 i'm learning as much as possible and every year there come a few more to my list and prepare for food or medicine Greetings from Germany 💑

[@amytaylor5454]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?God bless you!❤️

[@ellaybranton2923]

Oxalis is also here in North America, and is my favorite forgeable

[@BraxxJuventa]

Very informative Mike. Thank you. 👍😁

[@freddyoutdoors]

That's cool stuff Mike cheers

[@yourpersonaldatadealer2239]

Nature ❤️

[@Geocious.33]

Brilliant video, thank you for sharing this knowledge, I was curious to know if there were any books you would recommend that focus on the medicinal properties/ how to prepare wild edibles? For example you say the roots of the flower that looks similar to the bell flowers were ground up and used in a drink, that kind of information in a book would be wonderful.

[@spacewolf9585]

I live in the mountains of western North Carolina, and there are many crossover plants that grow here, especially nettles, violets, dandelions, and cleavers. We also have an abundance of garlic mustard thanks to it being imported from Europe!🤣 I personally use it as nourishment from my land because it has a habit of taking over an area quite rapidly.

[@spacewolf9585]

@@amytaylor5454 doing the best that I can, staying grounded and counting the many blessings! Thank you for asking😁

[@spacewolf9585]

@@amytaylor5454 that is a very interesting question, which I have many different ways of answering, ultimately I am from the birth of consciousness, materialized into energy, formed into a star system, and currently inhabiting different forms on multiple planes. My third dimensional form this incarnation was born in Ohio, moved to North Carolina at age 3, and currently resides in Asheville.

[@spacewolf9585]

@@amytaylor5454 it’s sunny and warm here now! Been working around the house and yard getting some crops ready for the growing season.

[@spacewolf9585]

@@amytaylor5454 I am, mainly because every day is getting better as love awakens in the world and fear is being exposed for what it is. I’m thankful for so many things and resilient even though so many are focused on the darkness that has been trying to keep us all from our true selves. You are one of the many beings awakening I feel, and I personally thank you for being!❤️

[@spacewolf9585]

@@amytaylor5454 I don’t mind at all, I was going to ask if it was okay for me to send you a FB friend request.

[@jamieedwards6721]

Good video, arguably the best video I've seen today, arguably the most informative video I've seen today, arguably one of your best Mike good job 😉

[@sarahhebblewhite3313]

Can you cook pignuts and if so will it enhance its nutrition. Love the videos

[@samappleby1297]

Lovely. Find your voice melodic and keeps me interested

[@urbaniteproductions.4391]

Great video mate, love going foraging! How would you deal with himalayas balsam taking over your local woodland? 😅

[@Knot_Sean]

I’ve got a ton of these in my backyard (under some powerlines not really in our “yard”) atleast 30 plants spread across an acre and as of now they now have tiny green little black berries and ai cannot wait to eat them!

[@brianvannorman1465]

Good information

[@lieke9460]

Very nice topic !

[@SARY1915]

I know 0 about plants trees and things to eat in the forest and this seems overwhelming. Anyone know what a good point of start is? Should I learn plant families and classifications? I don’t know where is practica to start

[@TheRealShadowX]

Very useful information.

[@TheRealGaffer]

Nice video man! On the subject of field guides; are there any in particular you'd recommend buying?

[@OrderOfWoods]

My favourite edible plant in my country is wild garlic and oxalis. 🤠✌️ We live in country that there is a lot of edible mushrooms and mushroom picking is a hobby. 😁👍

[@jackieo8693]

Good info.

[@eriktaylor5704]

Sorry this got buried. KZbin can’t make up its mind what it is and who it serves. Good information. Edible plants are such an important topic.

[@CampWithMatt]

Superb vid, thanks Mike. Think I have most of these (my wood is also in Hampshire), so looking forward to trying some!

[@SimpleEarthSelfReliance]

Truly nice video as usual, Mike. I have very few of these available to me, but I am surrounded by so much medicinal and edible stuff historically used by the Khoi. Your video highlighted an important point about similar looking, but toxic counterparts. I hardly ever remember that, and usually just assume. You have some really magnificent plants on your property.

[@kevinkiem2959]

Great Video, Been harvesting Purple Dead Nettles around my yard 👍👍👍

[@amytaylor5454]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?God bless you!❤️

[@kevinkiem2959]

@@amytaylor5454 Hello doing good and blessings back at you 🙏 🥰

[@amytaylor5454]

@@kevinkiem2959 nice. Amen Ty. Where are you from?

[@kevinkiem2959]

@@amytaylor5454 Kansas City Missouri and you?

[@amytaylor5454]

@@kevinkiem2959 ohh okay 👍. I’m originally from Virginia but I live in Pennsylvania. How’s the weather there today?

[@greencube7698]

Common dog violet. Oh my. I didn’t know it’s edible. A a carpet of these covering my yard. They are so pretty

[@povilaslondon]

Could you recommend any good places to start stealth camping in the West Midlands or near it?

[@piromaanz.]

Are there any plants in the latvian region you know are edible? Ive been trying to get more info about wild edibles here

[@kingrafa3938]

In every country or continent, there are a very different plants and mushrooms. You need to study and learn the difference.

[@piromaanz.]

@@kingrafa3938 im aware of that, that's exactly why im asking, it's okay if he does not know, i dont expect to get a response, i reach out to people i know, idk rly any people near me that know much about wild edibles so the internet is the next best thing

[@aleksisgabliks3881]

As far as I know young ground elder and dandelion shoots are edible, you can eat almost the entirity of cowslip plants. Bunch of clover species have edible flowers, same goes for fireweed as well

[@jonathancormack]

@@piromaanz. Google is free

[@abelcarmona9481]

Buenas noches... Muy buenos el vídeo sobre las plantas comestibles y medicinales. Pero ¿Podría traducirlos al español ? Puestos que muchos latino américano no entenderá el idioma en esta hecho el Video, es muy interesantes e importante este videos, Gracias por compartir con gran parte del mundo sus conocimientos sobre las plantas comestibles y medicinales. Saludos cordiales desde Buenos Aires Argentina partidos de Gral San Martin.

[@stevenkeithley4336]

Great video bud keep em coming. 👍. Stay safe and be well brother. Strength and Honor... 👊 🤙 🍻

[@amytaylor5454]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?God bless you❤️

[@stevenkeithley4336]

@@amytaylor5454 HI Amy. 👋 Hope your having a great day 👍 😊

[@amytaylor5454]

@@stevenkeithley4336 hi I’m having a good day Ty. Where are you from?

[@stevenkeithley4336]

@@amytaylor5454 md and how about you

[@amytaylor5454]

@@stevenkeithley4336 okay. I’m originally from Virginia but I live in Pennsylvania. How’s the weather there today?

[@ashtonmitch5699]

I appreciate you tremendously for this. This is what the human race needs to learn and not the kind of learning in school where they just teach you to be a robot slave

[@amytaylor5454]

Hello there👋👋,how are you doing today?hope you’re having a good day?God bless you❤️

[@jeffkeylon2033]

Excellent

[@pamelal7487]

Awesome timing. I was doing some research on wild garlic a few days ago and became frustrated. I've seen you collect wild garlic before and you always only take the leaves where as casual internet information only talks about the roots. So the questions are...Is there a reason you stick to the leaves? Is there a substantial difference between the leaves and the roots? And most importantly, can you harvest and store wild garlic long term? As always, I love your videos, they are education and entertaining. Happy Spring!

[@user-qo7qt3wq7h]

Which garlic are you talking about ? There are many Allium species in the Amaryllidaceae family. Allium ursinum is the most famous !

[@pamelal7487]

I wasn't. That might be the problem, I wasn't thinking about there being different species' of wild garlic. Thank you.

[@user-qo7qt3wq7h]

@@pamelal7487 oops I read too fast sorry. In the leaves you have : 10g/100g of glucid, 40kcal/100g, 85g/100g of water, very few lipids. But you have Calcium, Phosphore, Iron.. (I could detail if you want) and also cool you have 6400Ul/100g Vitamine A, also B1, B2, PP, C.. We usually use the leaves and the flowers. When hunting for the bulb is it the best in autumn or early spring when the leaves are not out. You must know rhe spot in advance. I don't have the nutrituional data for the bulb but you could have greater amount of sulfuric substances so good for antisceptic, pee easier, stimulating.. When you harvest the bulb, always re-plant a tiny part of it so a new will grow soon. Keep the abundance !

[@user-qo7qt3wq7h]

And for the longterm conservation, you can lactofermentate the bulbs! For the leaves I don't know, it's pretty rare to lactofermentate the leaves part of "vegetables". Maybe dry it out for medicinal purpose or for conservation like a condiment

[@curry1087]

instantly reminded of violet evergarden 4:06

[@zoomon4192]

Awesome only one plant ☘️ recognised by me which is easily available in our area ❤

[@exploration_zone]

GREATTT INFO ❤

[@thefourseasonsinsweden]

Thank you for sharing your videos ,it helping me to identify edible wild food as a beginer’s but i promise I will be careful❤regatds from Sweden