EatTheWeeds; Episode 134: Neighborhood Foraging

[@m081779]

I love it when you show the magnified images. That's what's really missing from a lot of field guides, and even online resources. You do an awesome Job man, and I really appreciate all your hard work.

[@dr.hollynobil1572]

Green Deans foraging trips in Florida are amazing! Cant wait for Sunday’s class is West Palm! Its incredible what you can find and enjoy just around the corner from your own house! Love the videos too!

[@fegolem]

OH Happy day! So happy to see a video from you. I live and work on a ranch many miles west of Houston, Texas. After watching most of your vids, I can't help but look everywhere I walk for plants I've seen you talk about. I don't attempt to pick and eat the plants because I don't trust that I remembered all that needs to be remembered about a found plant but it's exciting to search and be aware of the wild foods. The recent rains have awoken many plants from last years drought. Thanks!

[@anneshelley-smith2203]

Thank you for sharing this valuable information. It's wonderful what Nature provides for us all if we just take the time and connect.

[@williamnewman845]

Thank you for the wonderful knowledge to expand our minds. We all can always enjoy gaining useful knowledge that our bodies can enjoy. Now that it is getting warmer here in central Ohio I can go outside or take a stroll in our local state park to explore and forage tasty wild healthy eats for lunch. That is always the best part of Spring. Thanks again for such knowledgeable experience of joyful new beginnings.

[@peonni8094]

That is pretty clever using the magnifying lens like that! It really makes a difference! 💖

[@Traveler1226]

My grandfather used to treat hogs for collora using poke weed root. He would boil the root in water. Then strain off the water into a long necked wine bottle. Stick the bottle down the hogs throat to dose him with about 1/4 of the bottle. Even if the hog was down sick and couldn't get up, this would cure the hog of collora. He too would pick the young leaves as greens. Great videos!!!

[@johndix1820]

Traveler1226 Are you meaning Cholera like what nearly kills people or am I misunderstanding? I never want to see it but would like to know of a treatment. My understanding up to now was antibiotics and IV for days until symptoms subside after 3-4 weeks.

[@rasbijalpatel310]

Traveler1226 great share. Rugged but worked

[@MrDanrn999]

Thank you for sharing!

[@Traveler1226]

@@johndix1820 This reply is 3 years too late. But the poke root cure is only good for hogs. Which is because of their strong liver which filters out toxins very well. If you tried to treat a human with cholera using poke root it would kill a human.

[@freddallastube]

Henbit at 13:30 is wonderful salad or dish addition. A great seasonal weed! Thanks for the walk in the neighbor, Dean!

[@gerryjohnson294]

Oh my goodness Mr! If I lived where you are fortunate to be, I'd have my pressure canner and dehydrator working 24/7

[@micahgamer15-kw8kr]

thistle weeds are common in north America mostly sow thistles wild lettuce and dandelion greens star thistles also prickly lettuce and bitter lettuce.

[@leroycanty]

I started eating green plants, leaves and tree bark about two years ago and all my medical problems are completely gone.

[@robertahubert9155]

Leroy Canty Jr. Where do you get tree bark? Does it matter what kind of tree?

[@lrodd247]

Leroy Canty Jr Ya, what kind of bark? And what problems did you have ? Thanks

[@FusionDeveloper]

All tree bark is edible, just cut a piece off and eat it (I hope you know I'm joking).

[@heymon3478]

Birch is the only one I would eat personally

[@commonconservative7551]

slippery elm,..i have an elm but never tried the bark thing....you sure don't want to burn elm....it smells like creosote bad,bad

[@shivakat2297]

I have just discovered your channel and I am very excited. Best I have seen yet to help identify plants. I am learning so much!!

[@SCBushcraft]

Thank you for taking your time out to make all of these resources available. The magnification really helps, by the way.

[@Quasar502]

Good to see you back in front of the camera. Always learn from you. Thanks for sharing. You do such a GREAT job.

[@TheMimeChef]

What a great walkabout, thanks again for sharing with us.You have me smiling again.

[@TheCaptainSlappy]

Your videos are ALWAYS worth the time. Education at its' finest.

[@cynthiamoon372]

For crying out loud! I have a gold mine of rare weeds in my yard, and the neighbors don’t know I’m rich.

[@ahuakent2400]

Now I know you are so rich.

[@lesvion3815]

True wealth comes from good health and wise ways. Cry it out loud!

[@cptray-steam]

haha

[@marinacarbajal7355]

😆

[@marinacarbajal7355]

I think soldiers should be educated on this. They could feed on plants if needed, many of us discard all those out of ignorance.

[@MiniatureChickenChannel]

Solid Video from 2012 still going strong! Thank you for this.....

[@kellycrouch9576]

Loving that you are in FLORIDA (my state) unlike many other foraging videos which are in Pacific Northwest. Looking forward to all videos in future

[@myfloridabackyard7984]

Outstanding!!! So glad i found you and subscribed!! I've been looking for a FL. Specific field guide to edibles in our yards and off the beaten track. In times like these those with proper Intel may have to resort to grazing in their back yards instead of paying Boo Coo! $$ for traditional greens, veggies and fruit . Wish you had a paper back field guide with great color photos for us old school guys/gals!! I plan on Binge watching this weekend!! Oooh Raah !! Thank You Sir!!

[@greendeane1]

My book, written in 2020, is supposed to be available in a year.

[@patriciamcdermott9589]

your yard is so wonderful! i can't even imagine having citrus in my back yard. i envy you. i have lots of weeds .. about all that will grow in my yard, i will research them now. i have lots of VERY hardy dandelions. i always thought the flowers were so pretty and now that i know how important those roots are i will never try to get rid of them. they are truly so powerful and amazing. thanks for sharing.

[@floridianhomesteader4262]

Makes me sad when I was a kid and was hungry I went inside to get a snack...I could have been eating in my yard the whole time and saved myself so much time 😂

[@MoniMeka]

Lmaoooo

[@shirleyw.6783]

Same here, we starve many times growing up and all along food was in our yard 🤦🏽‍♀️😅

[@kerryalbritton6532]

Yes, this should be taught in every school. A real skill you can use! 😆

[@roostertheastronaut4513]

@@kerryalbritton6532 Unfortunately, the ruling class long ago realized the less self-reliant we all are the better workers we make for them

[@sierraergundogdu1783]

I wish I knew about this guy and his classes when I lived in Florida! What a missed opportunity:-(

[@dinomiles7999]

Sierra Ergundogdu you can still learn .

[@ayanirangeela506]

In 5:40 you're showing a plant. And around that plant, if you watch carefully there were circular shaped tiny plants. It's called Gotukola( centella asiatita) which can be eaten like a salad, or stir-fry dish.

[@rasbijalpatel310]

You and your vocab is ingenious. Just met you here today,built in meaning associated with weeds,and it’s characteristic is great to know. Thankyou. Purslane stems to be pickled,sounds good. I introduced red Tandaljo(Amaranthus) in my yard,and love it adding daily to my meals(with eggplant). Also freezes well.

[@greendeane1]

Thank you.

[@burnsloads]

@EatTheWeeds definitely need to do a book with regional sections. I read about crete and ever since ive been obsessed with 'urban foraging'. THANK YOU AND KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

[@FacetsOfTruth]

Thank you Deane for the video. I've been watching your wonderful videos for a long time now & have thoroughly enjoyed every one. For many reasons I have smiled, laughed & contemplated. But it was not until this one, another benefit was 'unearthed' LOL Not one time in 24:43 did I stress about my bills, or the laundry I have to do, or the noisy neighbors, or, or, or> Hehe. Listening to you describing the plants and their names was so interesting, that my stress just went 'walkabout'. Nice word. :)

[@CambioJoe]

Hey deane been watching your vids for a long time on this and my other youtube account, your site and knowledge is an absolutely excellent resource for me and I just want to thank you for doing all this it is truly helpful!

[@sallykbc]

Like the way you are a little detail with each edible weed. Just wish you can put the names on the screen so it’s easier to remember & take notes. Thanks for the video.

[@cjennings6179]

Do You KNOW ABOUT the ULTRAFINE PARTICLES Manmade poisons man SCIENTISTS MAKING POISONS TO KILL LIFE: pesticdes in our RAIN WORLDWIDE? EVERY PLANT ANIMAL INSECTS BIRDS MAN CHILD EARTH/dirt sands OUR AIR is POLLUTED and is making mankind sickly weakly. We need to COVER PROTECT OUR FOODS.

[@Tammylynn64]

Asking this question is part of my Research... As I am a self tought herbalist.. Also I am a Certified Horticulturist. 8:40 sow thistle 16:00 wild lettuce These are the 2 thing you didn't give common name for... EVERYTHING ELSE YOU DID.. Thank you.. 🌿🌿🌿🌿

[@CHANTIP]

you are so amazing - i can't wait to pick up the flowers and the root of the Dandelion - i have tons of them organic grown in my yard. thank you - Bless your little kind heart

[@BrandonRandomly]

This is the best video you've ever done!

[@RuralmoneyOfficial]

My eyes are bugging out!!! I didn't know all of those weeds are fit for the kitchen! Your videos were referred to me by a subscriber. I am delighted to subscribe to your channel!

[@ChoxTheMuse]

Very interesting! I have been very curious about the weeds growing around my house! I can identify chickweed and very excited to try it! Thank you! I can't wait to check out more of your videos!

[@danielledda1460]

very nice video, .can you suggest a pocket book to carry on the trail with ilastration on all these weeds and also one book about cooking with these weeds

[@itsno1duh]

I eat a lot of chickweed but mostly as a juice. Chickweed covers the soil in my garden every spring, uninvited, and now that I have embraced it I see it is a gift and not the bane I believed it was before. lol I find the best chickweed grows in the shadow of something else. the leaves are larger, juicier and softer if grown in a shadow of spring greens and cabbages etc. I add a large handful to my juicing mix of greens (it would amount to a cup) or added to a salad mix.

[@kellyclark7517]

Your info is AMAZING! U are such a good teacher! Thanks Green Bean! Come to St. Augustine PLEASE!!

[@greendeane1]

I need to find a good location there. I am in Port Orange and Jacksonville now.

[@eurosquirrel]

Im so impressed. How did you learn the vast amount of information?! Love the videos, keep up the fantastic work sir.

[@noelynkoutalo6174]

Most of your plants shown are also found in my country. Thanks for sharing as many if them shown are thrown away as weeds, but now I know they're edible. ❤ from Papua New Guinea 🇵🇬

[@FacetsOfTruth]

Hi Deane. Loved the very informative video. Thanks so much. I told you about the apple trees that I planted in Southern Ohio. What I just realized is that (as I was growing my little apple seedlings) is that there were all these other weeds that were growing in the pots with them. I quickly dispatched them. I just saw what they were 'errrrr'...Purslane (if that's how you spell it). Darn. Wished I had known. Thanks, now I know!

[@Tammylynn64]

Could you please include common names of these plants....most people don't know or understand the botanical names( Latin ). Thank you this would be most appreciated... 💙💙💙💙

[@valeriecheersbrown4829]

Research and find out for yourself dear heart

[@cross27]

@tnnt05 and that's why its handy to know how to pronounce Latin and be interested in the botanical names, if you give me a timestamp i can help you

[@gayatrimelkote6822]

Common names can be deceptive. People use different common names for the same weed and the same names for wildly different weeds and sometimes they overlap too. Very unreliable.

[@occipitalneuralgia2339]

You will find that different regions call plants different nicknames...so it’s always eat to look up the universal Latin name. That you can find out what it’s called in your region. Plants can look alike and one can be poisonous...too...so please do research.

[@marinacarbajal7355]

It would be nice to read the common names as you said 🙄

[@fouroakfarm]

Great video as always, thank you In the first neighbors lawn you visit, there is a healthy groundcover of gotu kola (centella asiatica, Asiatic pennywort). The greens are very bitter but are nutritious and are said to enhance brain function

[@CaptTurbo]

I really enjoyed this video. Thank you.

[@turuanu]

I really enjoyed this video, especially the loop feature and the website.

[@slimsammyone]

I was here trying to find info on plantago. As always you were more than helpful. Thanks.

[@gokucrazy22]

dandelions are very high in nutrition but they taste very bitter. a way Koreans use to cook mindeullae (the korean name for it) is by marinating it in soy sauce, vinegar, sugar, and Dried Korean chili powder. it will still be a bit more bitter but it's still very good and is one of my favorite dishes to eat with rice.

[@ewellford]

Dandelion leaves are less bitter on younger plants. They make a great addition to salad greens. Dandelions that have flowered will be more bitter and when the flowers go to seed the leaves are at their bitterest. When they are too bitter for salads, they can be sauteed with other vegetables or tossed into soup.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@Snowflake70 That star fruit is about 50 miles north of its commercial range. My back yard is somewhat protected and the tree is 12 years old now so it can take some cold weather.

[@CamoNammo]

You are awesome deane, im about to go outside and eat some weeds right now lol. Every weed you showed here grows wild and rampant in my yard.

[@EatTheWeeds]

@myrawadventure No. Here in Florida it is usually the Artemisia campestris.

[@djtleitho7689]

I have some weed plants in my courtyard but don’t know if they are edible.. I wish there is a site where one can take a photo upload it and find the answers. Your site is great...I learnt so much. Thanks.

[@Kobe29261]

Good Lord! You see food where everyone sees weeds! Thank you for this awesome work; you are one of the healers in the next wave! Again thank you! Love you channel!

[@stanleysobus4949]

Anogoya Dagaati +

[@jamessim1858]

True enough but one mistake and you will be pushing up the daises earlier that you plan!

[@rasbijalpatel310]

Anogoya Dagaati so true and which is much needed in programmed living.

[@Kobe29261]

@@jamessim1858 Thank God for KZbin and hedged/informed experimentation. Most plants are easy - I just don't mess with mushrooms even the obvious ones .

[@sazji]

Nice to see another video from you, and cool that you mentioned mulberry leaves. In some parts of Turkey they also make dolma out of them while they're still light green and tender.

[@Farfromhere001]

FINALLY SPRING IS COMING!!! LOOKIN' FORWARD TO 50-100 NEW VIDEOS FROM YOU G. D.!

[@82Brightstar]

Wow the knowledge!!

[@wilygramma9921]

I have decided to embrace weeds since my gardening experiences have been stressful. Dandelions and lambs quarters are really doing well and so is yellow dock. I've been dehydrating extra to use in meals for the winter. Add to soups and casseroles, meatloaf, my family doesn't even know.

[@MudMeat]

You have nicer weeds in your neighbourhood than I do.

[@georgegates526]

I don't have any. People want 'perfect grass'. And so murder the weeds with weed & people killer pesticides.

[@EatTheWeeds]

I am confused. Trees are not cactus. The large cactus-look plant was a nopales, which used to be in the same family as opuntias.

[@PearlMagnolia]

Have you done a cooking video? I really liked seeing loquacious! Where I grew up, I was the only person I knew that ate them. When I moved with my parents to another city, I took four carefully wrapped seeds with me and planted them in my my new yard. Now 50 years later, it is a huge tree.

[@PearlMagnolia]

I meant loquat. Darn spell check!

[@maxinefish4861]

I was thinking it would be great if you did a video on the different AI plant recognition systems. I have had some luck with them it seems to be related to the quality and angle of the picture that you can get but this combined with the information in your book is a great resource to find things and then study them further

[@EatTheWeeds]

Cactus are native to 46 of the United States (and yes it is native to Alaska.) You will have to read my article to find out which states catus are not native to. Locally my cactus blooms a couple of times a year.

[@janetdsouza1971]

Hi can you tell how to use this all plants for what for please

[@EatTheWeeds]

Hmmm... a thorn is a modified twig, and a spine is a modified leaf... where does that put the cactus?

[@robertbrunston5406]

Thank you for making this video.

[@kharaamunthirteenbey4289]

Learned a lot, thanks.

[@TheStevieoo]

We have eaten poke for decades and never changed the water. What is changing the water supposed to do? Also we cook them down until very little water is left and add boiled egg minced up fine.

[@theone-so9br]

I don't make a habit of foraging for plants but do have a garden and fruit trees. Most plants leaves will change color when they stop using chlorophyll to process most of the light and begin using mostly xanthophyll. Chlorophyll gives the leaves the green color and the xanthophyll is more yellow. Reds, purples, and even sometimes blues are caused by anthocyanin.

[@Luculencia]

also some plant's leaves will turn purplish or reddish when the plant is deprived of certain nutrients (eg phosphorus).

[@InvincibleRain]

Like seeing another video. Your responsible for me stopping care for my lawn. I have about 14 edibles in my lawn i know here in ohio. Once i learned all you info it became a slippery slope to getting involved in permaculture. Weeds are food and tools for other plants. I can't believe all the time i spent weeding gardens etc when it's all an integral part of a whole system. From now on i plan on collecting a vast amount of variety . I never liked my veggies but weeds taste good to me.lol

[@somuchluv89]

How would advise someone get into foraging? I would be kind of afraid to misidentify something and get sick later. Any tips?

[@stacybrown4257]

Buy some books for your area and a good pair of shoes.

[@TroddinSod]

Great stuff! Thanks so much for this video! I really enjoyed it!! I just wish you mentioned your location and time of year at the beginning of the video. But it was great!

[@maxny1]

Great job on the website.

[@GrowGnome]

Yay a new vid! This one was a long time coming, I thought you broke your camera or something. LOL nice one : )

[@simpleman283]

At 11:25 you are talking about a plant you said has a large root that looks like a grub. Is the root white and maybe resemble a carrot. I could not catch the name so I could not find out anything.

[@peacefulscrimp5183]

Great video 👍

[@JamesCarmichael]

You can juice wild grass right? I spend a damn fortune on wheatgrass and would like to know what your opinions on wild grass is or if you have any videos on it?

[@blanklabel1234567890]

Can pokeweed leaves be eaten if boiled twice once it's mature? Do plants still have nutrition benefits after they are boiled twice and strained?

[@danielledda1460]

nice video,can you suggest any pocket book to carry with ilastration to identity while walking around I like to learn more .,

[@1fanger]

Hey, thanks Deane hope to see more videos from you. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@ricardobuchanan]

@EatTheWeeds there was an episode where you were near a river or lake, but there was a plant that growing that you mentioned might be good for Alzheimer's disease. Can you tell me which episode that was. Would like to go look for it my mother suffers from this. Thank you for teaching!

[@LillaMommy]

Really want to see how u cooks them too

[@LeafOffline]

Great video Green Deane! Love your vids!

[@amiegamble1678]

I'm in the Midwest states. Our dandelions can get huge. We mostly see green, but I've seen plenty reddish green leaves and stems. I use the flowers and make jelly. It tastes like a delicate honey.

[@bearcat8691]

Richard, your videos are the greatest! Keep up the good work!

[@EatTheWeeds]

@TroddinSod I thought that was a given. Besides, many of those plants are found around the world, and certainly in North America.

[@seedaholicgardens9085]

too cold here for a lot of those but cool to see and differentiate the weeds that are a bit more unusual.

[@jt659]

Our dandelions in Louisiana look the same. However, once I had one come up in a compost heap and it was huge and beautiful! The leaves were nearly a foot long and 2 inches or so wide. The only time in my life I've seen on that nice.

[@saucer1000]

omg God I love these videos.thank you for making them.

[@freddallastube]

What is the spelling of the weed at 13:30? Hembet? Hen Bet? I have this all over the back yard and after seeing this video... actually, I paused it and walked out and sampled this weed... wonderful favor! Thank you, Deane! Loved this one!

[@dipschannel7867]

Bro good presentation… my god much much to eat thanks from Tennessee

[@skybirdbird]

all so great to know... tkx...

[@graciemitchem7515]

Ty. The children and I found the stacys floridana in the yard and they taste like radishes to us. We used them in stir fry. We had such fun eating weeds. Life lessons are cool sometimes.

[@justdreadest]

can i upload a plant that is growing beautiful in my backyard, but no-one seems to know what it is?

[@charityokoh4654]

Thanks for sharing remain blessed 🙌, is prolific Longines seed edible.?

[@Graulexify]

So I get what your saying about if the weeds are growing most likely they're not using herbicides BUT how do you know they didnt spray maybe the day before and it just hasn't killed the plant yet? Do you worry about this or just wash off everything very well?

[@timtremblay2916]

I have heard the tender part of cat tails are edible. Pull them up and cut the tender part near the root? I found this interesting even though 10 years old. Thanks

[@greendeane1]

Plants don't change 10-year old information is still relevant, and yes the tender bottom of cattails is edible.

[@Sxegrl420]

I have watched only 2 of your videos so far, but I wanted to say that this is great!!! People should know how to forage, for one thing and people should also know plants that are used as a main ingredient in many modern medicines! Zombie apocalypse, seriously you are the guy to go to in Florida!😂😂😂 Are you as experienced with plants in other regions/parts of the country? Since many of the same species turn up in similar regions, are you familiar with other plants from the same species but in different areas of the US? I would truly enjoy watching you travel to different areas of the US and detail the flora you come across on the way!!! Thanks so much for your incredible wealth of knowledge! ❤

[@Katseye102]

Thanks for this! Very interesting to find out some of the weeds in my yard are really edible! I live in the desert so plants are a bit different but I have something to go on.

[@cristiin1992]

Is’t safe to eat the mature dandelions? About 7 inch long leaves and foot long stem in the middle with the yellow flowers on top

[@greendeane1]

Old dandelions are edible but they can be bitter and tough.

[@shirleyw.6783]

I like that you put the item up close so that we can see it better 👍🏽

[@EatTheWeeds]

@Victoriam4074 thanks all... I was wondering one day how I could get close up with my inexpensive video camera and the magnifying glass came to mind.

[@DavidAtchison121]

what was that plant that looked liked cilantro?

[@chad7148]

Henbet?