First Forage of Spring 🌱

[@brooklynpearce273]

How amazing. Children should be taught this at school

[@donahboddami]

Forest Schools 🌳 🌲

[@Suzitao]

I know people on here will appreciate this..I found a new area with loads of wild garlic today..around 10 minutes walk from my house! I am so happy. Made wild garlic pesto and also froze some. Intend to make pats of wild garlic butter too for use with most foods. So happy! Really appreciate your channel too. My main go to when learning new plants.

[@capote481]

Thanks for the cow parsley/hemlock comparison!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome 😁

[@AlexWindsor]

Don't forget dandelion (and their roots, to make tea) - I have been enjoying them with olive oil and the blackberry vinegar that I made last autumn. Thanks!

[@Gunslinger-1962-martin]

Since subscribing and watching your channel I make the nettle top & wild garlic soup every year without fail 🙌😋👌

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁🌱

[@mattgoodchild8215]

Love the plucking sound when you pick the wild Garlic Fantastically informative video Top notch 👍🏼

[@jaywalker3087]

The Romans loved Ground Elder so much , they brought it with them....

[@16hannnnnnah]

Thanks to your videos, I’ve found a patch of wild garlic and made garlic bread, it was delicious! Great video

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Sounds good 😁

[@gja1605]

I’m an experienced forager. I can always tell the difference between cow parsley and hemlock. But I will still never pick cow parsley to eat. It only takes one small plant next to the other and a temporary lapse in concentration and you’re dead. It isn’t worth it. It’s a good rule to live by.

[@Suzitao]

I agree. I thought I was just being a wuss as have been foraging quite a few years now but yes..unless maybe a survival situation, not really worth the risk I think.

[@Twobirdsbreakingfree]

​@@Suzitao You're not going to survive any longer by eating cow parsley, so still pointless to eat it in a survival situation

[@RobinSongsAreMagical]

Sometimes yt algorithms are beneficial: sent me to your video. So glad! Grateful as I am for content from USA (and Oz), it's really lovely to have UK content: relatable, same resources available, more likely to match "climate zones" - which is just for starters. Your video is well shot, informative, varied enough to not be slow but not too fast for beginners like me! Thank you. Keep enjoying and sharing.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁

[@AnneAndersonFoxiepaws]

The wild garlic and nettle soup sounds great, I would know exactly where to get it back home in Scotland (maybe a month or so later) but need to have a wonder around here in London to find some, luckily I'm right beside some great woodland so you never know!

[@geoschickencity788]

excellent nutritional content and a lovely basket full of immune boosting vitamins

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁

[@riddimchef1]

Thanks for another walk into our natural larder. I picked a basket of delights almost identical to yours the other day. Minus the woodear mushrooms (haven’t seen any 😢) Wild garlic and nettle soup is my favourite this time of year. Always feel great after a bowl 👌🏽

[@shapiemau2244]

I might just try this!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome. Yes I always feel great after a bowl 🌱

[@danyoutube7491]

I've got some wild garlic in my back garden, a couple of dozen little bulbs were bought for me last year and I planted as many as I could fit into in our small garden (which was already thoroughly planted, but as all gardeners know, when you want to put something new in you do your damnedest to find space!). It looks as though they're all coming back this year, though I'm considerably further north in the country than the creator of this video (I envy the lovely stuff he finds on his coastal trips, in particular) and the garden is quite shady in a lot of spots, so the plants have only started emerging in the last week or two. Perhaps it's time for me to go down the side of the river, see if the wild garlic, nettles and common hogweed are ready for picking. I'll be looking forward to seeing how strongly the wild garlic grows this year.

[@kimpunter5299]

It will come on strong

[@Padraigp]

Nice I dont think it minds the shade..if it grows in ireland it must be Hardy as! I must try to get some did you buy them or did the person take them from the wild? I've never seen them for sale. I'm terrible at growing thus so I cod myself that I have grown"" a patch of nettles and pick those to make soup. I want to try to grow beans and things but I just haven't the energy to dig up the grass and make a plot ..its getting very overgrown now.

[@samuel56551]

Wild garlic or ramsons doesn't mind the shade , it often grows in shady woods . It grows near streams in Wales . The flowers stalks are very strongly flavoured aswell .

[@danyoutube7491]

@@PadraigpMy dad bought them for me; it was from a garden centre, I believe it was the one at RHS Harlow Carr or else it might have been from a nearby stately home that also has a garden. I don't know whether they are commonly sold at regular garden centres, I've never thought to enquire, might be worth asking a member of staff if you visit one. Wild garlic certainly seems easy to grow, I just poked them into spare bits of soil, often very shady as I've said above, and they are coming back strong this year. I like your attitude towards the nettles, they are tasty and good for you, so why not make use of them :)

[@Padraigp]

@danyoutube7491 thank you im in ireland so we dont have a lot of good garden centers. We do have a place called seed savers that does heritage varieties I might try them. They have things like salsify and lovage...herbs I haven't seen or heard of except as a kid. Yeah I mean there's a lot more nettles than I can reasonably eat so I may need to employ a goat this year! 🤔 good luck and good weather to you!

[@beccafirebird]

Ahhh lovely. Spring is definitely upon us. Thanks for a great video.

[@melissalambert7615]

Great to see a new vid. Good shopping trip. It finally stopped raining here so I can get out and look around. I hope my crow garlic made it. Was a hard winter. Hello from a sunny Oregon, US.

[@Madonnalitta1]

I was lucky enough to find some wild raspberries in my local area last year, I can't wait until they fruit again. 😊

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Great find I love wild raspberries 😁

[@natureisallpowerful]

Hiya mate happy spring foraging. I'm up north so another week or two and I'll be off on my annual early spring soup foraging. Nice one mate it's a been a long arsed winter..

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yeah it has been a long winter. Happy spring 🌱

[@karencompton5926]

Don't know how you popped up, but I'm glad you did! Great video....now I shall spend some days watching associated videos and recipes...what a brilliant resource...thank you 😊

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😁🌱

[@mimisor66]

In Romania we cook the young nettles like spinach. In spring you can buy them at the farmers' market, together with wild garlic or pilewort.

[@bradlafferty]

Thanks for taking us along and showing us what’s good to eat from the woods. I think I’ll stay clear of the Cow Parsley should I come across it, too close for comfort! Really enjoy your mellow, informative presentation. Thanks.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome 😁. That’s a good idea with cow parsley, too risky

[@Pixieworksstudio]

Thank you so much. We're slightly behind you, but I'll be out as soon as possible. It's given me something to look forward to. 😊👍

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome 😁🌱

[@stefheartsyou]

Thanks Lewis!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome 😁🌱

[@katherinelunagate157]

Thank You so much, love this video.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁

[@clairbrewster1314]

Lovely video, really enjoyed watching this thank you

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁

[@brendamuirhead483]

I just had the first crop of the wild garlic that overruns my garden. Waiting for some scapes which are the best bit.

[@martink9785]

Subscribed, great video, looking forward to learning more as the year progresses. Thank you

[@ruthsmith2367]

Hi there, just reading the comments section. If you watch Lewis’s videos from last year to, he did a month by month series which was excellent. Plants may still be around from the January one, so you might as well start from there if you have time to watch 😊

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Nice one thanks 😁🌱

[@BiddyBiccy]

When I was little my parents would take us foraging for wild garlic and nettles to make what we called "green soup". I think my mum would put some spinach in it too amongst other things. It tasted very green but we liked it.

[@silviamagda]

That's nice! ❤

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Good memories 😁🌱. I put spinach in mine too sometimes

[@hArtyTruffle]

Thankyou always ✨🫶🏻✨

[@shapiemau2244]

Thank you! Great tips for March roraging and their uses too.

[@craigwatson9320]

As always, great stuff mate 🙌🏼🌱🌿🌳🌲

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁🌱

[@katarzynaherman4814]

Hi there, found you by "yt feed". Got you in my subscriptions. Just wanted to share, todays collection of mine: goose grass +nettle. Juice out of both them plants is good for cleaning blood. I like the taste of them herbs too. Especially "new" nettle. I hope for the weekend to make scrumble eggs with nettle. Nettle, as we know good source of K, for skin and hair. I will have to have look on your previous videos. They look very interesting. All the best and thank you!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁🌱

[@havingalook2]

That was so interesting.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁

[@stesmith7040]

Great vid brother im in the midlands and its all growing here now 👍 superb Great advice god bless ya 👍

[@Hats.game87]

thanks for the video and it's nice to hear the pheasants in the background are making soaps with the thing you forage for

[@christinehodge3608]

Interesting video thank you for sharing

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome 😁🌱

[@kirstywood333]

The cow parsley root is a nice little veg recently made a soup using it and some leaves. They’re only thin but strong in flavour so bulked it out with some potato 😋

[@Madonnalitta1]

It's illegal in the UK to dig up roots of plants without landowners permission, so I'll have to wait for the flowers in the summer.

[@kirstywood333]

@@Madonnalitta1 Damn that’s a shame, it’s so abundant I hope you find somebody that’ll let you have some !

[@fenderrio89]

Thanks for sharing another great video. I'll be out on Friday foraging for wild garlic and nettles to make myself an excellent spring soup!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Enjoy 😁🌱

[@chrisstokie2361]

Great informative video again. Thanks 👍

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁🌱

[@slybri5751]

Nettles are my second fave herb in the world! ❤️🌏⭐💚

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

What’s your favourite? I love nettles too 😁

[@slybri5751]

Garlic galore, it covers the forest floor, Like a SEA OF GREEN with snowdrops along the shore, narcissust's are everywhere, The futures bright with herbs to share, Nettles are the abundant givers, If you want nutrition they sure do deliver, Protein, amino acids, & silicates, Top up the serotonin , they make you feel great, And the orange roots maintain the prostate. Taste like green tea, but caffeine free, The tiny needles look alot like THC. Pick them & dry them, ignoring the pain! They look alot like my best friend "MARY-JANE!" I woke up speaking in riddles & rhymes, Like a leprechaun, this happens all the time. i answer a questions in a cryptic way, Life inspires us all every blessed day. I love your channel, sharing your knowledge, On our doorstep,whats good to forage, Why dont they teach this at school & collage? ❤️🌏⭐💚

[@Walkofthewild]

It is Spring! Great video mate :) x

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks Claire 😁🌱

[@DANDIIDAY1111]

Your knowledge is absolutely amazing 👌 yet another great video You are looking well mate

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁🌱

[@dancornford]

Thanks - really enjoyed this video.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😁

[@woodnugget1301]

Wonderful as usually great forage Lewis 🙏👍

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁🌱

[@anetakrystyna]

It's going to be a tasty dinner!

[@Nathanhiggerz]

Loving the vids bro. I've pickled plenty cleavers for me scrambled eggs :-) seen the brambles sprouting n pickled; saw the hawthorn but didn't know it was edible. Cheers.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Cleavers with scrambled eggs sounds good 😁

[@boym8123]

Legend.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁

[@sammyj3048]

My dad recently mentioned a chocolate recipe he wanted to try that he’d seen on KZbin. It was your linden chocolate. It turns out we both follow you! I have wild garlic and chives in my garden. The garlic has only just started to come through but it’s in a pot. Hoping to make garlic butter when it appears! Absolutely love your channel.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Nice one thanks 😁

[@cherylwilsherlimberlife7210]

Happy Spring, welcome Back ❤

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Happy spring 😁🌱

[@suzannecrowe5701]

Thank you ☺️

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome 😁🌱

[@ruthsmith2367]

Hi Lewis 🙋🏻‍♀️ thanks for the video. I think I will leave cow parsley alone, I’d like to see another day 😀 I like to spot things when people do foraging videos. I think I saw a Lords and Ladies about 7.54. I will rewatch your series from last year to. That ground elder sounds interesting. I shall seek that out thank you 👍

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome Ruth. Happy spring. And yes there is lords and ladies there

[@leskabylealondres]

These healthy planets, thanks for sharing

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁

[@adorned_uk]

How cute are you with your basket! Love this :) I also made a wild garlic soup today with nettles and cleavers and marrowfat peas. I'd never have said ground elder tastes like carrot but it is an absolute delight!

[@julianmcfarlane8445]

When I was little my Scottish cousins call cleavers by the name 'stick willies'.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yes I’ve heard them called that 😁

[@stevenward6453]

Just subscribed brilliant love wild garlic in the cavity of a trout with butter 👍

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁

[@CraigDroneAdventures]

Really interesting thank you

[@holymonke5165]

❤❤ Much appreciated.❤

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁

[@AfroKnitterBiker]

🙌🙌🙌🙌 I am excited, can’t wait. I miss you💕

[@richardlilley6274]

Thank you for sharing

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁🌱

[@cutiebunlove8929]

Have tried scrambled eggs on nettles it’s delicious 😋

[@magpie1492]

I grow wild garlic in two large troughs, I know how well it spreads! I love that it is my first harvest of the spring on the allotment. I make wild garlic butter and freeze it in discs for use all year. What a treat 😋.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

I love wild garlic butter too 😁

[@worcestermark]

Great stuff, I have liked and subscribed. Hope it grows well as a channel for you.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁

[@Suzitao]

Ooh..while I remember..I found out something really cool which happens in my area yearly. This year at Mytholmroyd on 21st April...the world dock pudding championships!!! For those local to calderdale it is served historically at this time of year with a full English. It is...new nettle tops, bistort leaves, onions, seasoning and a handful of oats. Fried in the bacon fat. Am sure plant based folks could do similar. Intend to try it and will try to go in april. I will be making it without the oats but may sub for something I can eat.

[@TheSalmuse7]

thanks for this very informative video. I have started foraging in recent years more intensive than in years past, and learnt a lot from you here. Was trying to see if I could work out which region you were in 🧐

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁. This was in the Cotswolds but I do most of my filming around Bristol or south Wales

[@DannyDelusion]

I'm a bit further north, spring has not yet sprung, last year, i swear it was already may before things came back to life. Mushrooms were also quite late.

[@jonnyramsden1161]

We're a little behind you in Leeds, the wild garlic is only just starting to emerge, everything is starting to come to life though, a good bit of inspiration 🙂 I got really into the habit of picking stuff for my hens while out with the dog last year as they appreciate all the herbs which get going before the grass does... Probably should have been saving some more of the goodies for myself 😋

[@adamantportraits]

Nice video, keep it up!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁

[@DanielOlivierArgyle]

Go for the really young cleavers that are small and only have a short stem /small leaves. I know that because my dog used to hunt them out.

[@ASPIRE_80s]

Great pick. Thanks for sharing. Wonder if you can make a video on what you made with all these picks and share the recipes!

[@Wild.cat.adventures]

New sub here, great video and good to see the id differences between wild parsley and hemlock not that I'd risk it yet, I'm still learning (never stop learning!) 👍

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks. And yes true theres always more to learn 😁🌱

[@YokoFuongAnh]

I am so jealous you already have nettles in the UK. I am patiently waiting here in denmark 🥲

[@VelnaPascall]

You very fortunate to leave in the country side unlike me I live in Northolt and we have block city to forage in🤣

[@BinManSays87]

I used to use Google maps but I found it a little hit and miss when going back the points I marked so I've moved onto what three words and jotting them down but I'm definitely going to look out for some garlic though. I think it's time to break out my forager's cookbook and start planning out in my calendar app so I don't miss anything tasty

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yeah What three words is good too. With google maps I like to use it on satellite mode, then you can see exactly where you are

[@nickif4202]

Great vid as usual. I now have wild garlic envy! There is none in the forest near where I live anymore. Some recent places I've visited have still not found any, it eludes me :D

[@JackFrost008]

Cant wait to do a lot of foraging and fishing this year, where are you? I am in henley, not very many leaves on the mount or lambridge forest yet

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

I’m based in Bristol but this was filmed in the Cotswolds

[@JackFrost008]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS alright :)

[@robinanna5531]

There is some hybridisation of hemlock and cow parsley as well which is mighty confusing.

[@bertieschitz-peas429]

Ate my first hedgerow salad of they year yesterday, well the navel wort was foraged the rest came from store bought.

[@margaretx582]

Thanks for lovely video but surprised that you didn't find any Sorrel. I have it in abundance here in West Cork and it is delicious to nibble on. Does it grow here and not where you are because we have very acid soil?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁. Yes lots of sorrel up but didn’t pick any this walk

[@AnyKeyLady]

Really enjoy your videos. Is the goose grass/ clever tips you mentioned first the same ones that stick to you when they get bigger? They look the same as the ones we get in our London garden and surrounding area.

[@cajuncajun2594]

Yes

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yep that’s them

[@MuzikBike]

Trying to brush up on leaf recognition skills, is the plant that you put the basket on top of at 3:44 common hogweed?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yes it is 😊

[@silviamagda]

Does anybody know where i can find wild garlic in the north of spain?

[@ilricettario]

Definitely have the nettles, wild garlic (which is a bit late coming through) and the Jew's ears.

[@bossman674]

That looks like woldingham

[@ollie2052000]

If a nettle sting is bothering you, put as hot water as you can tolerate for a few seconds on it, it’ll fix it! But don’t burn yourself, as if that needs to be said.

[@catherinewilson2289]

Where abouts in the UK are you? Looks like very similar landscape to where I am. I will look out for these plants now. Thanks.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

This was in the Cotswolds but I mostly film around Bristol and South Wales

[@guitarnotator]

Good video. Nice hoody, and you missed the primrose Lol :) ohh and can you do a video comparing young fox glove and comfrey, also I thought I found grape Hyacinth/musacri but it may have been young bluebell so a comparison video on that would also be good.

[@hevchip741]

What a beautiful area to live in. Do you dry any of the garlic and grind it to make a garlic salt?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yes I love garlic salt 😁

[@Nathanhiggerz]

My early days I came so close to mistaking hemlock for chervil. I now feel expert in hemlock lol. Slightly dark green leaves, purple dots, hairless and round hollow stems.its crazy how similar as If Satan designed the hemlock himself.

[@schwam6]

damn you!!! lol love the vidoes but i get so jealous of the stuff you can find!! curious how you know where to go, Im in stoke in the midlands and would love to find wild garlic in abundance like you have, are there any sort of websites or maps or anything that you know of with places to go and look? any info would be great to be honest, even like hiking trails and stuff would be ideal as i assume thats what alot of the places your finding stuff is? thanks again for the great videos and stuff, really do enjoy it and wich you all the best and continued success!

[@ajrwilde14]

'This one is edible, this one will kill you.' God has a strange sense of humour.

[@RockMusicEnjoyer]

Should I be worried about wild garlic/nettles containing heavy metals if they're growing in certain areas, or am I just being paranoid? A neighbour advised me not to forage because the area supposedly used to be some kind of mine which was then filled in as a waste dump

[@meapantz1983]

Are u in the shire. It looks like my hometown.

[@MrCt40]

Can you stir fry the mushrooms in tamari ? ❤

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yes I like them in a mix of gochujang and soy sauce

[@emildraxineanu7037]

Do you harvest mushrooms to they are the best 👌

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yes I do 😁. I’ve got quite a few videos about mushrooms

[@MyVikinglife]

I don't mind raw cleavers before about mid May. I think they taste like peas.

[@hilarybarker1386]

I worry about picking from the laneside as it's well used by dogs here.

[@Ausomeoutdoors]

Can you do a list of these that can be eaten raw/fresh picked please

[@jaikai4989]

Does Reishi mushrooms grow in uk

[@ThomasmatthewHardy]

If anyone is from Lincolnshire erea and fancy a day out searching,itl be great to find somone that's interested too..

[@missmegan9208]

Hi thank you for the video! I would love to get into foraging. May I ask where in the uk you live? I live in Northamptonshire

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome 😁. I’m from Bristol but this was filmed near Dursley in the Cotswolds