Eat Hosta Plants and Feed Your Family From Your Yard!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

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[@melinnwflorida1762]

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[@KDurschmidt]

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[@2WOLFS]

I don't buy any ebooks because when you computer or phone burns out you lose every ebook you purchased. sorry I would love one but not in ebooks forms and I'm sure not going to try to print them off. sorry

[@peggytate1392]

Hostess do come back.

[@kevinknight470]

Drop them in boiling salted water for about 2 minutes, take them out let them drain well, finish them off in hot bacon drippings. They go well with corn bread (of course). One book that helped me with learning plants was "In search of the wild asparagus, " by Yule Gibbons. I learned to eat milk weed, poke, wild lettuce, and many other plants. Thanx Tipper.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Kevin-we will try that!!

[@judyabernathy80]

Mr Kevin, that sounds wonderful! I mean, what could be bad with bacon drippings??? Lol

[@kevinknight470]

@@judyabernathy80 I agree, thanx for sharing.

[@20greeneyes20]

Can you eat poke at any time / stage of their growth? Thanks!!

[@kevinknight470]

@@20greeneyes20 Poke can only be eaten safely when the shoots come out of the ground in spring. They will look similar to asparagus spears, with out leaves. Once the leaves start to open, you will see a color change to a redish-pink. The color change makes them poison. The roots of the plant are never edible. Poke berries when ripe were used by our native American people as a laxative-cleanser. But the toxins from plant to plant differ, so I would not recommend trying. Hope this helped.

[@katehenry2718]

Gardeners are always generous. If you admire a plant in someone's yard, you'll go home with a bunch of them. When my own plants proliferate to about to cram themselves, I dig up big boxes of them and drive around town with my shovel and volunteer to plant them. Now they're all over town. ))))

[@richardnewell9104]

I started my Ozarks homestead in 2006, and I have been eating hostas for years. Raw in salads, on hot or cold sandwiches; cooked as potherbs, in soups, stews, casseroles, and etcetera. They are highly nutritious; lots of vitamins, minerals, and also are a good source of fiber. Frequently cutting the leaves encourages a flush of tender, new growth throughout the growing season.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Richard so much for sharing your experience with hostas 😀

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

No idea hostas were edible!

[@kenyonbissett3512]

Thanks for sharing! I think of Hostas as a good stealth food as HOAs don’t know they are edible, shhh 🤫

[@adamgilbert9176]

I lived most my life in and around the town of Ava/ Douglas, Ozark, Webster and Christian Co. Love wildcrafting the Ozarks

[@richardnewell9104]

@@adamgilbert9176 Thanks for taking time to chat. I'm in the southern part of Marion County, AR. The Ozarks suit me to a 'T'. The land around me is pretty much rugged wilderness and I do a LOT of foraging. My cabin is surrounded by forest and most of my neighbors are 'critters'. I like nature so much that I have a 6' wide portion of a 9' high red sandstone boulder jutting six feet into my living area. The thermal mass aids in buffering from extreme summer and winter temperatures.

[@oldgrizz8720]

Love eating hosta shoots, fiddle fern shoots, nusturtium flowers and leaves, and many other wild greens. I always wondered how we came to label certain plants "weeds" or "flowers" and not as food. There are so many edible plants that are freely growing in our yards and local woods, that we just don't recognize as food.

[@virginiafreeman7076]

I saw her put up a wild violets. The leaves and flowers are edible. Flowers make a delifi jelly.

[@karenkaren5013]

When is the best time to get fiddle heads and where do you find them because when I was a child I would rather them with my grampa but never had the chance to go with him to pick them

[@hermionegardener3796]

A weed is just an unloved flower

[@rebeccacurtis6680]

@@hermionegardener3796 That is a great statement. Lol.

[@MadamKsTarot]

@@karenkaren5013 spring, they are in shady areas in the woods n road sides. The fiddle must still be curled up n not open no taller than 3 to 4 inches I believe. Just know the fiddle looks a roll up n a shoot. They have eluded me as I have been to late. But this year I am on break so may find some. Happy hunting. Remember shady areas where u have seen ferns..

[@bradbyers7505]

My granny had a bed of large leafed hostas for decades. She always called them August Lilies. My wife has several varieties of hostas around our place. They thrive in our shaded areas. I have never heard of anyone eating them, and Hoosiers eat darn near everything. It won't be long before our favorite wild food will be popping up in the woods: morel mushrooms.

[@terryboyer1342]

Morels. Mmm Mmm good! 😍

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you Brad 😀

[@20greeneyes20]

August Lillies are not hosta though. I have them they bloom in August of course. Be careful I don't know if they are edible. They are Alliums a type of bulb.

[@AuntNutmeg]

Brad, do you know what type of tree morels grow under? We have a shaded bed, and I've heard if you use that type of wood chips/ bark as mulch you can grow morels. My FIL always hunted them on his property and my husband grew up eating them every spring. I've only had them twice but they are so delicious I'd love to grow some.

[@bradbyers7505]

@@AuntNutmeg I don't know how to grow them, I just find them in the woods. They are fascinating to me because I've found them growing in the most unlikely places. Traditional wisdom says to hunt them around dead elm trees but I've seen them grow in a pasture. Best wishes!

[@natalieshuburte9484]

In this world of KZbin where everybody seems to Portray their life with rose colored glasses thank you for being real and talking about the struggles as well. Money is tight for young couples when starting out. I would like to hear about some more struggles y'all have overcame 💕

[@mrs.b6719]

Tipper honey, I swear you're Mother Nature!🥰 That, "I just threw some pods in the woods and their flourishing" just proves it!! You can grow ANYTHING!!! If I threw something in the woods....well the woods would be like...."Lady...you're littering"!🤣 Love ❤️ all you do &grow &cook. You're SOOO AMAZING 👏 😍 ❤️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

LOL Thank you for the kind words 😀

[@lindatoney5480]

😄 "lady you're littering" too funny!

[@mwahl1686]

"Lady... you're littering!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@col.cottonhill6655]

I was just thinking in my mind how you look alot like my aunt (dad's sister). And when I was just getting over the thought you told the story of your aunt and the flowers. That made me happy for some reason. She is a really sweet woman and you remind me alot of her. Thanks for sharing your story I feel like I can relate to you and Matt when you talked about hard financial times, I just became a new father last year, and it hasn't been easy. But it's been a blessing and we're happy. God bless you Tipper I hope you enjoy your Easter holiday as well as mother's day !

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I'm glad I remind you of her 😀 I hope your Easter is wonderful too 😀

[@deloreswatkins9844]

Happy Easter weekend tipper and family

[@kenttheboomer721]

Yep, I did this myself recently. I sauteed them in a cast iron pan with onion, garlic and a bit of butter. Tasted very similar to asparagus.

[@believer2734]

That sounds good & I can’t wait to try your way of preparing them!

[@iPsychoxMacz]

I love hostas. When we bought our first house my gramma brought over a bunch for me to plant. 35 years later and our 3rd house, I made sure I took some of my grammas hostas with me for each house. My daughter just bought her 1st house and said mom can I have some gramma jeanette hostas? I could have cried!

[@debrahorst8154]

Never knew hostas were edible. You are the second person on social media that I watched this week about eating hostas. Love asparagus, so guess I'll have to try some. Thanks!

[@millieknapp6840]

Thanks so much for the info and how to cook hostas. Love your show ❤️.

[@Cathy-c1b]

Matt is so willing to try anything that is presented before him. The trust that exists between them is endearing and lovely.

[@katewizer2736]

I had been "by-passing" getting hostas, because I was not aware that they could be eaten.. Thank you SO much! I am always on the lookout for what I call "stealth-food".

[@natashaheimberg]

My mother always told me abut hostas and growing them "1st year they sleep, 2nd year they creep and 3rd year they leap" So it takes 3 years for them to fully grow. THen you split them after 3rd year and start all over again.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Love that 😀

[@sherryelkins147]

I love your show.

[@Thumbnailsquid5767]

This warmed my heart! My cousin in Massanutten has hostas grown from seeds that my great grandma Betty Ray gave em years and years ago before me, before she passed, but the fact that they are edible had been lost to the younger generations like myself

[@amethyst5538]

I never knew that they could be edible! I just assumed they were a fast spreading ground cover that attracted deer. Growing up in the spring we had a fern patch that I would go pick from. Those were good. And of course dandelion salad, chickweed salad, poke leafs, are picked in the spring too before they bloom. My husband is completely on board with growing hostas now.😊

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@mala3isity]

Are you talking about fiddleheads? Love those boiled in beef broth.

[@gerhardbraatz6305]

The shoots of poke can also be prepared like asparagus.

[@jenniehughes6927]

@@mala3isity Thank you for your comment. I have been trying to remember that name all day. Just recently found out that fiddleheads were edible. Always see them but didn't know what they were and that they were edible as well. 🙄

[@violetviolet888]

Companies that profit from selling produce don't want you to know that the "weeds" growing in your yard and garden are often more nutritious than the produce you buy at the store. There is also often a plant based first aid kit in your front yard. The following books are worthy of permanent library status: "The Wild Wisdom of Weeds" by Katrina Blair and "Stalking The Wild Asparagus" by Euell Gibbons

[@joangibson859]

My Hosta are deer food. The plants coming up were Astilbe (pronounced Ah-STILL-bee). Just a friendly note from your neighborhood botanist in Morgantown, WV. I am a plant taxonomist and the late Dr. Albert E. Radford (lead author of The Flora of the Carolinas) was my major professor for my MA and PhD at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Love your cooking, etc.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you 😀

[@judyabernathy80]

That’s awesome, Ms Joan! You have that wonderful knowledge that helps you throughout life. I love to be in nature with people who know what plants are, and their history and use. ♥️🙏🏼♥️

[@joangibson859]

@@judyabernathy80 On May 6 & 7, I will be leading tours to both the Fernow Federal Experimental Forest and Dolly Sods in Tucker County for the West Virginia Wildflower Pilgrimage. It is my 39th year as a botanical leader at the Pilgrimage which meets at Blackwater Falls State Park.

[@judyabernathy80]

@@joangibson859 - oh wow! How cool is that????? I’ll bet people LOVE these tours. 39 years. Marvelous. So many people will benefit from your knowledge. That’s the really neat thing. And, it’s obviously something you love doing. I guess they could call you a “docent” in this regard? I’m going read about these two events online. I’ll find this very interesting. Enjoy and God bless! ♥️🙏🏼♥️

[@katehenry2718]

Ass ti bill is a Famlish word like garsy gooper. (grasshopper) Its fun to have 3 names for plants )) LIke cats, the names are the ones their own Mom gave them, the one they call themselves, and the one humans call them. Some people have these same categories for their own names. I'm happy to find so many of my flowers are actually veggies. Who knew?

[@jasonmelton5318]

I am in North Alabama and we eat our Hostas year round. The spring spears will continue to grow as long as you only harvest around 50-60 percent of the spear and no more. You can get them to grow longer spears by placing leaves or straw over the spears as they emerge and they will stay furled up and grow longer to reach the sunlight before unfurling.

[@mandpbear]

What a great new veggie you have discovered! I really love asparagus but I just don’t have room to grow it. But boy do I have a lot of Hostas. I can’t wait until they are growing up here. Everything is having such a hard time growing this Spring. It just can’t seem to stay warm enough for any of my flowers or me this year. A friend put on fb that a year ago today our temperature was 80°. Today not even 50° and rainy. I haven’t been able to clean out my flower beds. No sun and so cold and it doesn’t give me much incentive. But now I will go out tomorrow and check and see if the Hostas are coming. So nice to have your channel to watch. Gives me a nice warm homey feeling. Brings back such wonderful memories of times with my family. Thank you Tipper.

[@karlab9557]

A food source that loves shade. I have a property with a lot of shade, so I have hosta. I have already put some of my sunnier flowerbeds to perennial berries, trying to diversify. So good to hear that hostas are edible, with all that's going on now.

[@arweninnj]

Same here! Hostas are one of the few things I can grow, as I have so much shade. I had no idea I could eat them. 👍 I have some that are some that are a decade old and several feet across at the end of the summer. I am going to be dividing these and increase the crop 😉. Cultivating purslane and lamb's quarter too as easy free food.

[@usngunr]

Totally interesting. We have a cash crop of hostas. LOL. I'll have to try this. On another note, I'm totally jealous of that bread bowl. That is gorgeous.

[@ahnstalk6261]

I have a lot of Wild Violet on my property. I discovered that the leaves and flowers are also edible and has a very nice mild flavor. Worth researching for yourself. I also like to harvest Sweet Potato leaves which I think are better than spinach. I can't wait to try the Hosta this year and see what it tastes like. So fun! Thanks for sharing this info. 🌱🐞

[@teekotrain6845]

When I make spring rolls I try to find a few violets and rose petals to put in them to make them beautiful and "fancy"

[@donnaf2666]

Violets high in Vit C

[@shaerayb4520]

Glad you mentioned that too. I forgot to say that.

[@diannegrimes1471]

Well shoot I didn't know you could eat sweet potato leaves either.

[@graceandglory1948]

Well...I certainly learned something new today! :) I have never heard of Hostas. Would love a video talking about all edible plants and flowers that we don't normally eat.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Great suggestion!

[@ruthjohnson1135]

I love greens cant wait to try this

[@leaelizabeth23]

You can eat sweet potato greens. Not regular bake potatoes greens. But sweet potato only. I believe roses are also edible (flowers). As well as dandelion of course. But not only dandelion. The other plants in the dandelion family as well. Some of what you see are not true dandelion more than likely. As well as wood sorrel. Those are some easier ones along side hosta.

[@graceandglory1948]

@@leaelizabeth23 Thank you! 😊

[@kristendunn8330]

I can't believe I was considering getting rid of my hosts since I'm trying to remove anything ornamental and replace with food or medicinal plants! Now I know that they are a food source, so they can stay I guess! 😁

[@scottheller1379]

The tiny home person?

[@deanmean3230]

Same here. We moved into a house where the previous owner was an avid gardener but not food plants, just ornamentals. She had literally hundreds of hostas growing. Some in fenced in areas (to keep deer away we think). We just pulled the fence out last week.. may have to put it back now!

[@kenyonbissett3512]

They are only a food source if you will eat them, check out the taste, then decide.

[@angelrogers6206]

I love the way Matt stands and waits patiently like a little boy waiting on Christmas. You two are a beautiful pair!!!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much!!

[@martihetrick609]

I love way you share the history of life you have grew up with your family history

[@Angelina14799]

I've been very mindful of the food shortages, and the needs that we may experience going forward. My parents always had a big garden, and they grew up hunting, fishing, etc. I'm only basically familiar with those things because most of my childhood we lived inside a small city. For the past couple of years I've been trying to learn as much as I can. I'm growing some vegetables on the balcony of my apartment, and I'm beginning to learn how to can & preserve. But, I do feel completely behind the 8 ball.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Sounds like you are on the right track to becoming self sufficient 😀

[@1blondidea]

@Al mjinnna, good for you. I've done container gardening for several decades. Being older now, and more physically disabled makes even that hard, but I pushing forward, as I do love to watch things grow. I want to encourage you by telling you something else I have been doing for a couple years now. I learned how to pressure can and waterbath can. I got me a Presto pressure canner. Also got a NON-Fancy kind of square, 4 tray Nesco Dehydrator. Sooo, the last 1-2 years I started paying really close attention to food sales each week at the 3 local food stores I shop at. Whether it's a major great sale on meats, seafood, vegetables, fruits, I buy what my little budget allows. Then I can or dehydrate whatever it is. Last weekend, my favorite store had a BIG sale on 32 oz bags of frozen mixed vegetables, and frozen sweet corn. ALL of that was dehydrated and then stored in canning jars with oxygen absorbers. They also had an incredible sale on the fancy red, orange, and yellow bell peppers, so I got a half dozen of each, prepped and dehydrated them. My 2 favorite books I use all 5he time is the Big Ball Book of Canning and Preserving, and The Ultimate Dehydrator Cookbook. I got them for Amazon a couple years ago!! I hope all this encourages you, and empowers you to step out and be amazed by what all you can do to prepare for the difficult times and food shortages already starting. God Bless You!!

[@TheAppalachianStoryteller]

love this appalachian story

[@voiceofreason7856]

I always wondered if they were edible. It struck me that the variegated varieties, especially, would make such pretty looking salads !!!

[@sassisch]

Thanks for your pleasant videos! I love learning about Appalachia. Such an interesting part of the world! Since hostas grow so well on your land, you might like to consider potting and selling them. You’d make a ton of money. Hostas are among the most coveted plants among gardeners, are very expensive and apparently are the most stolen plant in the USA.

[@tracyrussell4116]

Amazing I never heard of such a thing. You do have an abundance of hostas! I live in Alaska it’s been known that fiddlehead ferns were the first vegetable up beside rhubarb. People would go on May 8 and collect fiddlehead ferns heads for a vegetable. Thank you for this. And your yard is lovely. Good thing for kind Aunts.

[@kevinknight470]

Love those fiddleheads, ate a lot of them when we lived in New Hampshire.

[@LivingForJesusMennoniteMom]

I didn't know ferns are edible either...

[@TexasGal-HillCountry]

I have never heard this about Hostas...very interesting. I remember my grandma planted them and I thought they were so cool the first time I saw them. Thank you for sharing this.. I don't have any now and can't as we do not get enough rain. We have plenty of cactus though! lol Prickly pear off the cactus makes very good jelly though. I love the lenten roses. I will have to tell my aunt and probably have to talk her into trying them...lol Thanks for sharing!

[@mysticmeadow9116]

Those hosta tips look pretty tasty. And it would sure beat waiting 2 years for newly planted asparagus to harvest. We have lots of shady areas where it's hard to grow vegetables but hostas, I could grow lots of those! Thank you for the 'tips' ;)

[@susanw8471]

I just learned that geraniums (especially lemon, rose, nutmeg and ginger) are also edible in addition to making tea and essential oils. As you say, everyone do your own due diligence 🙂. Thank you so much for the information and the cooking example. It is much appreciated.

[@rhondag8128]

Dry land fish and fried Polk was always a special treat in the spring.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀 Lots of folks feel that way

[@aprilbrandenburg]

Try coating them in a mixture of flour and cornmeal and fry them like okra. I love them that way

[@Cathy-c1b]

Tipper, you are absolutely precious when I listen to you talking about your life and that you didn't have a budget.l completely understand about being more mindful of where things come from.

[@petuniasevan]

I was today years old when I learned that hosta was edible. And I've had hosta plants for 20 years. Mine will start to sprout in the next couple of weeks to a month. Will have to try them.

[@belladuncan9985]

Thank you for sharing your beautiful gardens. Just moved to East TN from New England. I look forward to digging some of my moms perennials (including Hostas) and bringing them here. It’s nice to have heritage and fond memories brought to your garden.

[@kimj.becker5527]

I hope you’ll show is this same flower beds in summer.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I will 😀

[@kendalkenny1843]

Thats what I was going to say.

[@ImSuitsMe]

They're hearty. They always come back here in NY. Between being covered by snow and the goats eating them in spring it's a miracle.

[@kelleywright486]

I had no idea hostas were edible! Tipper I would love to see that flower bed in a few weeks when it’s in all it’s glory!

[@redbird6310]

Whew that looks good!!! When times got rough Sacajawea knew what tubers and roots and hidden treasures that were tasty to eat .What a good thing to know.

[@chrisblevins755]

I absolutely love foraging wild food. I started with mushrooms, took years of learning and educating myself so that I can safely identify with confidence wild foods. I bet those would be delicious with some wild leeks. Great video!

[@veedejames721]

Thanks for sharing and showing us how you did yours. We don't use pesticides in our yard. Nature give us a lot Herbs and things we can eat. Having great grandparents, and grandparents who lived through the Depression, knew what was edible. Knew what to look for in the woods, they knew what could be used as medicine. We had a lot wild garlic growing. We never used weed killer or other harmful pesticides in our yard. We learned about natural things to take care of insects. We didn't want to use anything harmful when we started having children. Plus my husbands uncle came to live on our property. He is 93 now plus my mother in law live with us too. They both love to garden. They educate me on what is edible. I'm always learning. I enjoy your stories, learning about flowers, making jellies. I appreciate all you share, and taking time to teach us things. Love,respect, Blessings and positivity Always. From my family to you and yours. Love vee.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you! So glad you're able to gather their knowledge 😀

[@cordyg4306]

Thank you, Tipper! We have hosta's also, but had no idea they're edible. ❤️🤗🥰 I'm going to try them

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Hope you enjoy 😀

[@kathleen3980]

When my son was married in their first home he created a pond. They were next to a boggy area so it was perfect! I started buying hostess for them for landscaping. Discovered the really big variety, they loved the area they were planted in and grew quite big. Really showy!! The deer lived them, as well!!! They no longer live there. But hopefully the people who bought the house will recognize what they are and will appreciate the landscaping!

[@mishalea]

I didn't know they were edible. You could give Corey a bunch of your thinned out hostas.😉 I watch a landscaper @Memphis Mower who grows hostas and may know if they come back if stem is picked. He cuts them way back. Thanks for showing us your lovely flowers!!🌷🌸💖

[@KAlovesherkitties]

The previous owner of our house grew bunch of hostas all over the place. Time to get the oven warm and try those bad boys out. Awesome video!

[@sheba5203]

I used to have a slew of Hostas but never knew they were edible,, looks like I'll be planting some freebies soon for food. They do tend to spread so that's why you have so many. Nice flowerbed you have and thanks for the info!

[@Jean-ko4xv]

As always, you make me hungry and I want Matt's plate. God Bless. Jean

[@Blessedhope83]

This is awesome! Learned something new today! Never knew. We have them around here mostly given from mama. (I bum about every flower if it can be planted/re-planted) . But hey, I’ll have to give this a try. The stalks remind me of poke salad

[@marybethham4967]

Bet that whole planted area will look so pretty when things are full in bloom.

[@HossMan48]

Thanks! You brought back memories of my grandmother and my mom harvesting things from our yard in the spring and even in the winter. I only know the folklore names and today could not tell you what the proper names are. Some plants were only edible after hit by a hard frost and some only after first emerging in the spring. Much love to you and your family.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You are so welcome! 😀

[@contactjoy4140]

Oh how I wish you could list your folklore names and let's find out the real name of those edible plants. You have a wealth of knowledge to share!! Please do!!

[@houstonsheltonbees814]

Free flowers are the best. The flowers most dear to me were gave to me by my Grandmother many, many years ago. Thank you. Good health and God bless 👍

[@mymothersdiva]

I've never heard of this. My mother was the daughter of a real Gardener. My mom loved fresh everything. She had Hostas and always had a garden. This is interesting. She also raised asparagus. Those take time. She grew everything she could. I really miss her. 😢

[@donnaelkins186]

Thanks for sharing very interesting. I'll have to try this. God bless ❤.

[@thelkabibb3774]

A couple years ago by accident some of my hostas got cut down to the ground. Within a few weeks little shoots started popping up and they became thicker than ever. They are hardy. I love them also the humming birds love them when they are in bloom.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

They are so hardy 😀

[@WhatAWonderfulNameItIs]

As a new homeowner, back in the late 90s, I planted hostas out front in full Sun. Never knew they liked shade. It was a CHORE digging them up and moving them to the shade. Even now, years later, those hostas will still grow back every once in a while (in the original, sunny place).

[@lanaperry9400]

I've never heard of the Lenten-roses...I bought some yesterday. I can't wait to put them in the ground. I live in SE Ohio. Ty for your inspiration and knowledge.

[@gamertime8841]

This is the most promising thing I've learned today. I was wondering what to plant on the north side of my house, since I'm planning on landscaping with as many edibles as possible. I'm so excited about this, thank you 🤗

[@dallasmandy]

My grandfather said that his mother would cook hostas. I thought he was just carrying on. Never thought to look it up. Thank you for this.

[@sbishop16]

I loved collecting wild greens in the Spring with my Grandmother when I was a child! I have to admit I did not know these were edible and would love to try them! Thank you for the video🥰

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

You are so welcome!

[@gidget8717]

Its going to be one of those spring eats you're going to look forward too every year. Our people have been looking forward every year to those first perennial plants too eat for generations. They always taste so good after winter. 😋

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

So true 😀

[@kayraven3984]

Thank you so much for this very interesting video! Hostas grow well in Alaska, where I live, but I have never heard that they were edible! I learn something from every one of your videos, thank you again for sharing your immense knowledge. ♥️

[@mags102755]

Thanks for letting me know that Hosta can be eaten! I had no idea. Tipper, you rock.

[@swoodhaus]

Well, I sure didn't know that you could eat hostas!! I have tons of hostas like you that are coming up. I guess I'm going to have to try them. I love asparagus so gotta try hostas! Thanks once again Tipper!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@dgreenidge1076]

Thank you for the imformation.Canna lilies can also be cook and esten.😊

[@carolsledgewalker6903]

I never knew this. I have hostas too. Mine are already in leaf,but I live in the valley north of Chattanooga, so it's a bit warmer than the mountains. Although we are supposed to be freezing tonight. Going to check this info out. Thank you for sharing.

[@KaliMaaaaa]

Many flowers are edible and provide important nutrients that commercial produce does not. People don't want to hear it, but, our digestive system is designed to eat fruits and plants and our eyes are drawn to COLOR for a reason. Roses (and rosehips) are one of the most nutritious foods and a traditional staple of the Swedish diet. Thank you for this vid.

[@nickik.9037]

I've always loved hostas in yards but have never had any of my own. We do have a lot of shade & I think they would have done well but just never bought any or knew anyone that I could get some from. So glad you learned of another food source right in your own back yard & that you have so many.

[@ng3069]

Love your beautiful wooden bowl!

[@marciajohnson6665]

I have a lot of hostas many varieties I did not know you could eat them can’t wait to try

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@Demebeso714]

Wow what a beautiful garden...long in the making...I love Hostas and would not know if I have the guts to eat them....cause I just love looking at them so much...but on second thought they do look mighty delicious...your videos always bring peace...so needed in the world....thank you for this video..always love them!!

[@marilynpeppers1356]

I have a clay flower pot that I’ve grown hosta in for a couple years. Last year, deer came right up to the house and munched that pot of hosta to the soil. It did come back out, but I moved that pot up the 10 steps to the door saying, “I’m gonna see if the deer climb steps.” They didn’t.🤣 Day lilies are edible too.

[@kathyaldridge7171]

Day lily blooms are beautiful in a salad. They taste a little peppery, but nice. Someone I once met at a party told me that deer would walk up the steps to their front door and one of them would ring the lighted doorbell with its nose.

[@marilynpeppers1356]

@@kathyaldridge7171 💜🌸💜

[@marilynpeppers1356]

@@kathyaldridge7171 Yikes. I won’t be shocked if one day I see deer up the 11 steps. They’ll have to knock though. I don’t have a bell!💜

[@camillabarnes6678]

I had to put up deer fencing to save my Hosta and lilies. Deer ate them below the soil but the hosta came back but no lily blooms that year.

[@marilynpeppers1356]

@@camillabarnes6678 …oh no! They must not like iris. So far, that’s something they haven’t munched on ….so far.😬

[@kbjerke]

I learned something from you today! THANK you! We have hostas around our yard, and had *NO* idea they were edible! Best wishes to you and yours!

[@noraarico1313]

My Hosta plants were adopted from people who offered them for free. I planted them in one large area that got sun all day and they did well as I transplanted dug-up and divided portions of them in the same area for about ten years. Two or three varieties, including variegated species, was all I had. However, I planted a few taller flowering plants in the background as well as Daffodils in a space nearby. All these plants grew and spread out over a large portion of my backyard. All I had to do was mow the lawn where the Hostas and other flowering bulbs had not spread over the decades. The violet and purple flowers from the hostas were especially gorgeous during the summers. Thank you for sharing that hostas are edible. This information is new to me.

[@leschab]

I have hostas in perfect condition for a harvest. They really need to be divided, so this might be a perfect way to slow down the crowding of smaller , variegated ones growing nearby. The KZbin algo truly performed a bit of serendipity by offering up your video. I like you ma'am . Your style is like spending time with a kindly neighbor. Thanks for sharing. Cheers

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you so much 😀

[@drpepper8134]

Oh wow!! That's wonderful to know. I try to grow only flowers and such that are edible, and medicinal like day lilies, nasturtium, etc....thankyou for the info on hastas. I don't kill dandelion, wild violets, polk salat, wild lettuce, wood sorel, the beauty berry bushes, elder etc....a lot of folk think they are weeds. I'm excited to know that hastas are edible...thank you again😊

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Glad you enjoyed the video 😀

[@drpepper8134]

@@CelebratingAppalachia 💗💗💗

[@stevecobb7844]

Yes, a lot of folks think things are weeds. I think it's sad that lots have no appreciation of Gods blessing of rain and rainy days. To them, it's something to complain about or be dreary and miserable.

[@JoFields-mh2ze]

I love all your flowers!! I am a plant enthusiast, and we have planted all over the property! I love taking care of them, in the spring, summer, and fall. They are pretty much a full time job, but a joyful one. 🥰 My hostas get so big that they hanging out over my sidewalk, in the summer!!!

[@davidbrogan606]

a-STIL-Bee, Thank you for sharing your supper with us.

[@robinkline5600]

I never knew they were edible. Now I'll have to harvest some of mine and try it as mine have multiplied alot too over the years. Edibles also around here are young poke shoots to steam and eat with butter and salt. Also I harvest lambs quarter which tastes like spinish when cooked. I love your beds of hostas and lenten rose and the primrose. I took have the little low to the ground geramium that blooms pink. Around here we have bloodroot and also dutchmans britches coming up in the woods. Oh, another perrenial that you have is astilbe. We pronounce it...a still bee here in PA. Omg, I love flowers too. I also throw my weeds or cut back stems at the edge of the property and alot of plants reseed themselves that way. Beebalm is one example. There's the biggest patch of red beebalm where we don't mow and that's because of throwing yard trash that way. Just remembered, another thing that you can eat is the common day lilies........

[@jaenmartens5697]

New to me too! A little lemon and garlic powder and a pat of butter would taste good. A cheap meal of rice and hasta is pretty balanced dinner I think

[@NatureAndOther]

Very interesting video, I had no idea hostas were edible.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@EMBERS-BECAME-BRIGHT-JOY]

I had a bed of hostas where I sold the house last year, 2022. Loved my full lavish hosta bed. I hope the present home owners do too.

[@stephaniebandosik]

I love eating my Hosta! I was going to get rid of them until I found out they were edible. I eat them like a salad green. I've never tried cooking them!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for sharing that!!

[@janw491]

I thought I had too many hostas but now I got to try this

[@jonnaborosky8836]

I love Hostas, too. Never thought of eating them. Thanks for this good info! You're the only person I know, other than me, who's dug up miniature wild irises from the woods and replanted them! I love your flower garden!

[@thirdrockjul2224]

The food is iffy in the grocery stores where I live. Garden if you can. ❤️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I agree 😀

[@terryboyer1342]

If you use fertilizer buy lots now. I've heard from several sources it's going to soar in price and hard to get.

[@wildspirits8683]

When we moved to NC . I brought some of my hostas from Virginia with me. I planted them in the yard. The deer eat them all. They never came back up.I love hostas. Since we have 10 to 15 Deer a day in our yard. I never had the urge to go get anymore.

[@dianatennant4346]

I also read about these being edible several years ago and did taste them in the yard but I just had a new patch starting and I didn't want to pick them that year and since then I had forgotten all about it. Thank you for roasting some and showing us. I know some ladies here that have a hosta Farm and they have planted hostas along the paths back in their woods and a round trees you could probably do some of that if you really wanted to up in the lower woods would make it look really pretty

[@mwahl1686]

Back to watch this a second time! Adding these to our landscaping this year. If I had not already been subscribed to your channel when you put this video out, I would be completely clueless of the name of these plants (I have of course seen them, but didn’t know the name), and the knowledge that they are edible! Thank you Ms. Tipper for this video. If you see this comment, because it's an older video, and you think it would be a good video topic, I'd love to watch you divide them (maybe for your daughter's new home!). Thanks!

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

So glad you enjoyed it!!

[@angelabeck4730]

I plan to do this this year, too. I've known they're edible for a few years but I've not harvested/cooked any, yet.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

😀

[@suemyers7685]

I think that favorite mini hosta is called blue mouse ears. I have always liked that little hosta. I think I still have one. Lovely collection. Never tried to eat them. I like asparagus like you roasted it..but I do sprinkle grated parmesan on top before baking. Thanks for the tour and the new vegetable.

[@kemfelix5505]

God Bless You for sharing this important information. We will need all this knowledge as grocery store shelves get empty and people will NOT go hungry with knowledge. Have a Wonderful Easter America.

[@joyce9523]

I didn't know you could eat hosta's 🤩☺️Thanks for sharing ♥️♥️♥️

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

Thank you for watching Joyce 😀

[@janetsides1796]

I found out a few years ago that they were edible, I've just not been brave enough to eat them. Thanks for sharing!!

[@junelawrimore9567]

I'm fixing to try some in oven.

[@vernbower]

Dang, you got me all jacked up, lookin' at the fixins on that man's plate. I wasn't hungry at all, 'till I seen that! YUM!!

[@olderpennsylvanian-op2368]

Now I have a new respect for hostas- which I always thought of a messy plant! Thank you for showing this. Have you ever eaten cardoons? Sometimes in the spring I have seen the older Italian ladies picking them along the roadsides, and a friend showed me how his family prepared them, cleaning up the stems, breading and frying them up. They were very good.

[@morenamad9182]

What are cardoons? Do they have another name? Sounds good.

[@CelebratingAppalachia]

I haven't, I don't think I've ever even heard of them 😀

[@vgil1278]

@@morenamad9182 They are in the artichoke family so they might taste similar. You eat the stem. They look like a thistle plant.

[@olderpennsylvanian-op2368]

@@morenamad9182 The cardoon, Cynara cardunculus, also called the artichoke thistle, is a thistle in the sunflower family. this was from Wikipedia, but there is a lot of information online about them. They grow in abundance along the road and in fields that are not cultivated here.

[@lifgrenj]

@@CelebratingAppalachia They are a close relative of artichokes. The leaves are eaten instead of the flower buds.

[@neco4114]

Wow, I never knew this about hostas. I have always had Hosta plants growing up and around my house. Good for lining the walkway and sections of yard. Light green, to green, too a black. I love my black elephant ears. Your home, garden, and plants look awesome, and we'll kept. A lot of hard work. Thank you for bringing home for a bit.

[@jennyyoung6750]

I've been thinking about trying this myself, especially since they taste like asparagus. My asparagus bed was destroyed last year from some construction we had done & it's not reestablished yet. I also loved seeing your flower beds. I'd love to see a monthly garden tour about what is coming on & blooming. I would ask that you try to be careful how quickly you pan & zoom the camera....it's weird I know & I'm sorry to complain but I actually get motion sick from fast moving video & just can't watch it. I'd really love to see some garden tours if you have time.