Foraging 10 Common Garden Weeds and Wild Edibles

Fight inflation eat the weeds! Food costs are rising... Backyard foraging offers us a way to eat healthy food without spending money! Moreover, harvesting wild edibles doesn’t have to be a tedious. 9 out of 10 times, collecting edible weeds is more convenient than shopping for food at the supermarket! In this virtual foraging walk, Sergei Boutenko demonstrates how to safely identify and eat 10 common weeds and wild edible plants. This info is applicable to many parts of North America, Europe, Asia, Australia and beyond.
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Timecode:
0:00 - Intro
1:49 - Make Note of This
3:07 - Grass
6:45 - Dandelion
12:11 - Plantain
15:37 - Clover
20:16 - 2 Good Reasons to Forage
22:09 - Common Mallow
25:32 - Curly Dock
29:16 - Thistle
32:06 - Wild Raddish
34:49 - Sow Thistle
38:15 - Wild Mustard
41:21 - Conclusion
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[@BoutenkoFilms]

🎥 First episode of the new cooking show premieres on KZbin Sunday, June 5th @10:00AM PST. Follow this link to watch: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z3a4lq2XgdR_gNk

[@dereckhorn5016]

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[@RosieOs101]

Yay! Thank you!

[@donaldmcdaniel3617]

See how you Don see

[@mariatorres9789]

Plantain is also one of the few plants to use for a draw out poultice, for deep splinters etc, not just irritant relief.

[@anjalichaudhuri5841]

I look forward to it.

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Wowza, I guess there's interest my proposed wild edibles cooking show. 🥦 Having read through all your AWESOME comments, it's clear to me that this is happening! I'm on it, stay tuned...

[@kimberlyrupp5643]

Great! I've subscribed.. can't wait!🎉

[@tracerickard9860]

that would be brilliant, I'll defo tune in to see it😀👍

[@Brutusque]

Looking forward to it!

[@CC-lv1ox]

Thank you. We need your knowledge and greatful for the teaching!!! 🙂👏

[@patriciapierce7365]

I just found your channel and I really like how you take your time with showing each plant. I'm new to this I have been wanting to learn this for a very long time. I found 3 plants in my dad's farm a couple of days ago. My friend in Canada suggested the app called Picture this. All 3 I scanned where great plants to use. 😁😁 wild lettuce I learned can be used as pain management. Curly sick he has lots of I don't remember the last one off hand it's in my phone I saved it. And yessss please do the kitchen teaching of how to use.. Thank you.. We live in Arkansas. North central part.

[@michelegrunwald6073]

I remember, as a child, sitting in the grass with my friends and pulling grass. If it squeaked, we would chew on the ends! I had no idea we were onto something. Thank you for this video, so cool.

[@jules-marcdavis6843]

Same here!

[@bobhopkins3520]

Chewing on grass as a pleasant pass time is one thing; relying on it for sustenance is another. Also humans can’t digest grasses. You could go container gardening and grow things on a balcony or indoors but if you do that you want as high calorie plants as possible - ie grow a beet or potato rather than lettuce. Even still most urban dwellers would find practical problems with this

[@michelegrunwald6073]

@@bobhopkins3520 you are absolutely right. I use hydroponics. I was just commenting that it was interesting that what a lot of us kids did without thinking was actually 'healthy'; fun to know.

[@jules-marcdavis6843]

@@bobhopkins3520 yes agreed, I've branched out to many different sprout and micro-green varieties because it's a much easier way to get your greens in wintertime when they may not be easily obtained whether it's walking through a foot of snow for 12 blocks to buy some out of season greens, or spending $40 on a cab ride when that may be my budget for food. I have a small glass tabletop greenhouse and grow lights for growing small root crops that I want to try out and plenty of seeds, soil and vermicompost whenever I need to recycle used soil or just add nutrients. I want to get some of the growing medium mats though with money at it's tightest I'll do with what I have as many others in the same situation, maybe I'll grow grass for my cats. I did add some purslane and dandelion leaf to a leftover burrito last night from my containers, it turned out great and free greens

[@wandalee5010]

Me too! I ate so many of these plants even though my mom told me they were poisonous! She also told me tic tacs were medicine! Lol! My entire childhood was a lie. 🙃

[@marcuszukas8171]

Hi from the UK Isn't it funny that we love to grow pretty things in our gardens that are poisonous yet get upset with weeds that are nutritious Keep up the good work

[@DK-qx3lv]

Your videos saved my high risk child throughout this pandemic. We forage (still) for our “wild smoothies” daily and have not been sick. I am so grateful to you and your books/videos

[@JustinCasey216]

Can't have a high risk child without being a high risk parent😅

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

​@@JustinCasey216 That makes zero sense to me. Nope.

[@barbdouglas3197]

I'm a 72 year old retired nurse, and this was sooo fun to watch! I am retiring to the country in Missouri,(I can't wait...we take off this afternoon!!). And this information just gave me a new hobby!! I will have more time and acres and acres of ground to hunt! Nutrition has always been my forte. As a Parish nurse for the last 6 years, I have enjoyed helping people learn new ways to cook and prepare meals that are more nutritional and delicious! Thank you so much, and God's eternal blessings!👵😇

[@heatherk8931]

Best wishes for your new home!

[@Natty183]

How's your new life!? Are you foraging? How all is well!

[@llianneolivoreyesmusic]

Thank you ma’am

[@user-pc4hw2di8c]

I need this. Reading a book is helpful but need to be able to know the plants. Thank. You.😂

[@SS-nl2qf]

Who can't identify dandelions? They are everywhere...my yard is full of them.

[@LitAnimeEdits]

I learned wild edible knowledge from you thru KZbin a few years ago. It's changed my life. I'm in Mississippi and all of those plants from this video are down here, too. I usually forage for soup in the mornings and now I wake up feeling so alive each day. It really is crazy how different I feel and look.

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Mississippi represent! I love hearing that my words are applicable to your region. Music to my ears!

[@charliepadgett72]

What part of MS? I'm in Kemper County. We are just trying to learn more about what we can cultivate and grow in our yard.

[@LitAnimeEdits]

@@charliepadgett72 Lee County & Prentiss County

[@sharonmcclain1738]

Same here. I'm in NE Georgia.

[@jamieburton1805]

@@LitAnimeEdits from Lee Pontotoc County line. Would love to visit and learn!

[@cyndyfabian7555]

Grannie Cyndy from South Australia here. I'm 72yrs old. Love your content. You're a great and gifted teacher. We live on a 1/4 acre food forest created from scratch over the last 17 yrs. Interestingly, the weeds you describe have been regularly pulled and fed to our chooks (chickens) who have voracious appetites for them. Now I see why. Very informative and entertaining.

[@baneverything5580]

I`m planting as many fruits, berries, wild edibles and vegetables as I can here in Louisiana. Right after beginning in 2022 we had extreme freezes, extreme heat, and extreme drought. It has been a constant battle with nature. Almost seems like a curse!

[@cyndaloolabelle8948]

This is, BY FAR, one of the BEST foraging videos I've EVER seen!!! May God richly bless you for this work, as it may benefit MANY who are or will be soon struggling.!

[@Sunnytrailrunner]

I would be ecstatic if you did a series about wild edibles just one at a time with instructions for cooking or using them‼️

[@tammytime3607]

I'm new here. I love learning about wild edibles ty For refreshing my head. I love the I can be a dick now lol I'll tell my husband to use that one. I'll be watching 👀 more of these videos. And using more of these in our meals. Love eating the grass greens I've never eaten a raw dandelion flower before. I've deep fried them like morel mushrooms 🍄 🍄 in the spring. Great video I watched 👀 all the way to the end.

[@B.renee1]

Yes, to the wild edibles cooking show!!! I would love to know how to store different edibles so they can be eaten later.

[@doinacampean9132]

Nothing compares with the feeling of well being after eating a dish of wild edibles. You feel like you were unknowingly starving, and finally got something to eat.

[@bettinashope9637]

❤❤❤❤ Ditto 😂😂😂

[@bettinashope9637]

Well, I will add to that nothing compares to knowing the most high of the Bible keeping his commandments. He shows you his secrets and he wants to know can he trust you and nothing can compare to him because it is his majesty that has created all of this for us to enjoyand he has so many secrets in. There is his greatest mystery of godliness if people would just grow closer to him if they only knew he’s waiting for them.

[@lindagrizlby9708]

I learned to forage by necessity as a kid. I had an aunt who was a horrible cook and when we had to eat at her house, I'd go eat outside and when we sat at the table, I declined and told the truth, "Thank you Ma'am, I'm not hungry" and I drank my water. Most useful skill. Thanks for reminding and adding!

[@fabalize6067]

😂

[@sabbyjones2308]

Being Japanese I love spring in oregon. My favorites are knotweed, bracken fern and wild mustard. If it comes down to lack of food all I need is a bowl of rice and these plants🤗

[@jules-marcdavis6843]

My favorite is purslane!

[@susanfujinaga2045]

My husband was Japanese as you can tell from my name... I'm interested in learning more. I'm in northern arkansas..

[@nz-nz]

Just found your channel 👋 Great information….. 2y ago I let my backyard “return” to nature. It is just amazing how many plants I have discovered!!!!!!!! I have gathered and dried a lot, made salves and tinctures. My family says the yard looks “a mess”. However, it’s far from that… it’s now my apothecary ❤️ Yes, PLEASE do a cooking video!!!!!

[@seacoast4950]

Awesome!!!

[@jenduck5520]

Love this!!! My “messy” yard is my haven also x

[@drewblack749]

We are so addicted to our lawns. In Germany, people had their veggie gardens in front of the house of that was where the sun was longest. Lots of summers the tomatoes stayed green from lack of warm temperatures. It’s a mimetic thing in this country. Green (poisoned) lawns. Nicely trimmed with large mowing machines.

[@carolmurray5794]

That ‘before’ shot shows me some extremely happy plants. I wish I had that much happy greenery to feed my sheep

[@dellcooper2796]

I would be very interested in your "mini series" on wild plants. My grandma used to walk with me in the fields and woods around our house. Plantain and chickweed were plants i learned first. I'm sure stinging nettles were soon after. Since then I have always been interested in weeds. This morning while weeding my garden I found Dandy lion, pig weed, lambs quarter, and chickweed. All in the space of 3 square ft.

[@landcruiserchewy]

Hells yes I would watch you breaking each resource down and showing options for cooking. I wish this was taught in schools over most everything else. Great video, I’m now a subscriber!

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Noted. Thanks for weighing in.

[@cindyschreiber7689]

I absolutely agree that this along with gardening and cooking should be taught foremost in schools 💪 I told a friend of mine that was starving for 3 days and very weak while traveling through a jungle, to eat some grass to get some nutrition and liquid… it could definitely save someone’s life 😎

[@rac9152]

In our NEW EARTH..keep in mind for school curriculum, your input will be welcomed

[@cristineconnell7803]

Medical schools would be much better served! Best Doctor I ever had taught me a great deal & got me started on my path to foraging GOD'S provided goodness! 😋 But he was the only 1 in the states to hold the degrees & knowledge he had!

[@helengren9349]

@@cindyschreiber7689 Saved my relatives life... As 14 y young boy, among others, , brought to german camp & they didn't get anything to eat.. Had to eat grass... Blessings 🙏🌟🕊️

[@DameObserver108]

I think you are a good teacher and I love your idea about doing one plant at a time from how to forage to how to prepare! That would be awesome!

[@BoutenkoFilms]

I like keeping things simple too, helps me, helps you, helps everyone!

[@LindseyWalt]

Fully agreed!

[@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123]

I rarely watch long videos but your content is so well done it’s worth every second !!!!

[@tsugima6317]

Been foraging since the seventies. One of my favorites is violet. You can eat the flowers and the foliage is edible and has more iron than spinach. The tender young leaves are great in salad. I always try to leave some in my backyard, as it never gets higher than my ankles. It also is a butterfly 🦋 friendly, as the Gulf Fritillary likes to lay it's eggs on it.

[@Timetravel1111]

Do you know any of the medicinal properties of these plants? I know there’s a lot and dandelion and obviously vitamin C from the greens

[@eleiththomas-ayesu3161]

How interesting! Don't forget to thoroughly search for butterfly eggs before you eat it raw or nibble with unwashed hands. Could be a source of parasitic infestation for you. Forage safely.

[@candicecoutu4270]

Dude you are cool AF and are an awesome teacher. I have been studying wild food and medicine on my own for several months. I have been foraging salads and picking and eating things any time I'm in the woods. I love the stuff, myself, as well as the idea that I can have fun while getting food or medicine for free!!!! Everyone thinks I'm crazy but a lot of it tastes much better than store bought produce!!!!! And it's free!!!!!

[@tesswagner895]

There's a book you might be interested in if you are looking at medicinal values. Michael Moore (not the political guy) teaches somewhere in Arizona but has published 3 books: Medicinal Plants of the Pacific West, Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West and Medicinal Plants of the Southwest. There are also books out there for other parts of the country but don't have my list with me

[@shastafog2516]

Polish ancestors used dandelions all the time. Forging huge, mushrooms, blueberries and yummy weed leaves

[@MYCMESSIAH]

My Dziadek used to make wine out of Dandelions

[@misterkaos.357]

I do believe that dandelions are the wild cousins of domesticated lettuces.

[@susanhenderson3369]

I teach plant identification for 4H youth and I have a couple of kids getting into foraging & wild edibles. I am excited to have just discovered your channel. Just watching your video I am still only confident in identifying those plants that I have already seen many times. Mallow, thistles, and dock I don't think I can confidently identify. One of the best ways I teach for identification is to draw the plant. This makes you notice every detail: leaf margins, venation, how the leaves are arranged on the stem, petioles, flower characteristics, etc. I 2nd your advice about using all the senses. We observe plants visually but also feel for rough, smooth, spined, textured, or fuzzy leaves & stems. We smell others. One other thing I do with them for plants that have a similar leaf structure is to ask them what the plant could be mistaken for and then compare them side by side. For example, we might look at cantaloupe, cucumber, and squash leaves side by side and discuss similarities & what makes each distinctive/unique. I would think this would be a good technique for foraging edibles especially. This edible plant looks almost exactly like this other inedible thing and here's how you tell the difference. This may have been how I found your channel looking up American Chestnut (edible) vs. Horse Chestnut (not edible). The chestnuts look almost virtually alike to a beginner who has never seen a chestnut before. If one is poisonous and one isn't, I sure want to know which is which before venturing to eat them.

[@NutsNBolts24]

I grew up eating many of these plants. My parents, dad born 1920 mom 1924, grew up during the great depression. Fortunately both on family farms so never really went hungry, unlike some of their friends in town. Anyway grew up learning to forage on hikes, around the ranch and wherever. Very good things to know. I've recently started learning about herbal medicines. My dad had a big book of his dad's written in the late 1800's. Some things they had for "health" was just plane funny. But a lot was good info, one of my older brothers has it now.

[@BoutenkoFilms]

🌱🌱🌱GUESS WHAT? Episode one of my wild edibles cooking show is compressing right now in Adobe Media Encoder. If all goes well, it should go live this Sunday. 🕺🕺🕺 Should I do a KZbin premiere so y'all can ask me questions or just publish this puppy?

[@primesspct2]

Yes that sounds great if youve been eating this stuff for years and know ways to make it palatable. Me?? I will eat just about anything green but the rest of my family? No way! So that sounds great!

[@arivalcur3049]

Yes!! Do a KZbin premier! This is too good to be true. The family can’t wait.

[@MichelleHight]

I'm so excited! I love your work! I love your work!I love your work!

[@dschardt66]

I think we all want to get back to nature. We just don't know where to start. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@jeanninesbeans]

Yes! And thank you!!!!!

[@jessicarutkowski8326]

Your teaching has really ignited a passion within me for wild edibles foods in the past couple years. Thank you. Also, I’m very much interested in a series with recipes included.

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Noted, I'm on it. ;-)

[@CC-lv1ox]

❤️

[@helenapapadam6773]

Amazing! I bought a house with a garden full of wild flowers and weeds which was incredibly overwhelming. I now feel less overwhelmed about all knee-high stuff growing back there. Please make more videos like these!

[@tracyairth8625]

This is so amazing! I weeded my yard yesterday and many of these are in the green waste bin! Ugh. Thank you!

[@j.jacobson]

A couple years ago I started watching your videos and now me and the kids are running around out in our pastures eating flowers and various items . So yes absolutely thank you for teaching us this as I believe it will be an awesome way to offset the cost of food and the possibility of eating at all. Of course we hunt and produce our own chicken and fish. I am actually contemplating doing here and there a two day fast with only wild Edibles. The kids love it

[@joyfulone1816]

I have Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. It's a genetic mutation of the collagen gene. At 4 years old i'd had scurvy and rickets and craved grass. I'd sit in the yard eating the sweet tender greens. My parents had no idea what was wrong with me back then. After yelling, smacking, and punishing didn't stop me, they served me a bowl of grass at the dinner table while the family had real food. It stopped me completely as i didn't want to be a cow. I wanted real food at the table. Now i know i was always malnourished and my body was trying to save my life. Indeed we are fearfully and wonderfully made! Ps 139.

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

Wow. That is so sad. 😭 Did you get enough vegetables as a child?? Did you get any supplements?? I do hope you are healthy now. Best wishes.

[@heidimisfeldt5685]

What do you mean with 139 ??

[@joyfulone1816]

@heidimisfeldt5685 psalm #139 tells us we are intentionally, intimately, and intelligently designed. Bidding you peace, grace, mercy, and discernment in all things.

[@joyfulone1816]

@heidimisfeldt5685 my mom was broken and the perfect storm happened to make me an overcoming warrior. Your compassion touches my heart. I'm 62 now and had to do my own discovery and lead my medical professionals to hear me and get informed. At least i have answers that people didn't get in the past. Challenges build strength, depth, and character 💪🏻 we can relate in ways others cannot when we power through, letting us offer a hand up. Also a biblical principle, the book of James, chapter 1, verses 2,3, and 4. Testing of a person's faith produces endurance and completes their strength. I'm thankful, believe it or not 💖💪🏻⚔️

[@wendymixell7717]

As a child ,my father took me into the timber and taught me what was edible! I love fried dandelion blossoms and sautéed wild mushrooms. We also made our own sassafras tea which is real work as it’s made from the roots! The aroma of digging and cutting the roots made my mouth water! Cat tail was another winter staple we loved! Love your info videos!

[@silversprout8974]

This was one of the best wild foraging videos I've seen. Thank you for taking the time to be this specific about these edible plants. I've been foraging wild edibles since last year and am so happy to see other people interested in this way of living.

[@shastafog2516]

Great idea to break these plants down for a unsure future

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Thank you Shasta.

[@benfaust]

I would LOVE to see a series of videos showing one wild edible at a time being incorporated into a meal!

[@janiebankston2003]

Thanks so much , my grandmother would walk us through the park and name every green thing around us and tell us what it was and if it was good or bad , Your very inspiring 😀

[@margarertstewart9121]

Hi, I'm from New Brunswick, Canada. I recognize all of these edibles. I get inspired whenever I see shows like yours with such excellent teaching and practical learning experience. Thank you. I am 71 years old and am foraging away! I too would like your suggestion of one herb and take it all the way to the cooking experience and also medicinal knowledge about it. I was just introduced to the new spruce tip experience for syrup, tea, and salad. Can't believe it took so many years to experience such a delight. Thank you again.

[@tracerickard9860]

Love foraging for wild edibles, I find easiest way to eat them is put them in a smoothie with some fruit, it masks the bitterness of the leaves and you still get all that leafy goodness. I look for wild edibles that much that when I saw frost on the hedgerows and verges last winter, my immediate thought was " mmm frozen veg" lol😂

[@BoutenkoFilms]

I like your style! Cramping new/diverse foods veggies into your diet in smoothie form. That's both easy and effective. 🌈

[@jules-marcdavis6843]

That's the way to think! I always think it's time to go get my supply of wild rose hips for tea!

[@laurafrancis7694]

Yes! Yes! Yes! Please do the wild edible cooking show! Been watching for a while. Love your videos.

[@jerrykimbrough9295]

I'm an old woman, my husband died 14 months ago . my yard has not been cut since then.people have come by and said things like WOW you need to cut your yard . As a joke I've been saying no,there might be something out there I can eat.people have been laughing, but I see now that it's the truth.thanks.

[@michelleboyle6497]

Sergei, I have appreciated your family’s plant wisdom for years, starting with your mom. I would definitely be interested in your forage-to-table program. I think that it would be a unique offering in the foodie and the plant ID spaces. BTW, even when times are not so hard, the prospect of increasing one’s nutritional profile by cultivating these plants in the garden is very appealing, especially since so many of our domesticated cultivars have been bred for appearance, sweetness, uniformity,and ease of mass harvest rather than nourishment.

[@noahwahee4798]

Credit to your mother for raising a brilliant son. Your content is amazing. I WOULD like a series of plant identifcation, harvest, kitchen prep and use.

[@dss9775]

Excellent teaching skills. I have a sea of clover, some dandelion, stinging nettle purple, and plantains., persimmons, muscadine, wild strawberries, and still learning. I know I have mushrooms that my Arkansas forager friend has taught me to pick and these are all found on my property right out my front and back door...free food.

[@steveflorez1865]

Yaateeh (hello) I am from Navajo nation. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I would like to see if you did a video on Nopal cactus and it’s benefits. I’m Native American from Navajo nation and watched some tv shows on serving in the wild and I literally watched people walk by Nopal cactus while they were hungry and dehydrated 😂😂. I live in Southern California and you wouldn’t believe how many people people here do not know they can eat this cactus and it’s fruit and it’s medicinal benefits 2nd to none. There are so many different ways to eat this cactus from salads also in soups or even a mixture of eggs and also with meat… This kind of cactus has been used by my ancestors for thousands of years. It would be an honor if you could share this on your videos and it’s benefits for everyone to see. Have a fantastic day and blessings to you and yours. 🐺

[@patriciafisher1170]

Love the way you show us how to identify these plants. I am going to show this to my teenage granddaughter who lives on a farm and loves plants. She has a disability though where she cannot learn to read so this is perfect for her. Thankyou

[@KO-dz2zj]

Great video! It's amazing how many plants grow in our backyards for free and without chemicals. Our society in general has become so dependsnt on grocery stores that we forget that great things grow in the wild!

[@bethcravenconnor2586]

Thanks for identifying wild mustard. It made a first appearance in my yard this year. Now I know not only how to identify it but how to use it as "free food". Thanks, Sergei!

[@bjbobbijo5066]

Batter & fry those dandelion flowers up like you would morel mushrooms and they taste similar to them. Some precooked bags of lettuce sold at the store will have some chopped up dandelion leaves mixed in with the lettuce. My mom battered and fried up the dandelion flowers the old fashion way. It was good. She saved bacon grease and then battered and fried them in that. After soaking them in salted water for about 20 minutes I rinse them and pat them dry like my mom does. Then since I have celiac disease I use either almond or rice flour, mixed with salt, to batter the dandelion and fry it up with coconut oil. Taste sooo good! 😅Hey, you are sitting on some Creeping Charlie which is edible. It is in the mint family but looks totally differant than other mints. When it gets walked on or mowed over it releases a pleasant smell that is very nice. It taste ok.

[@aprildegele1510]

Yes, please make the series! GREAT advice about adding one new edible at a time to be sure you have no allergy. Eat it for a week to a month without adding anything new to make sure. You can develop allergies over time. I also find that you are very careful in identification. Thank you for showing different variants in plants. I also appreciate that you're defining what the public land management will kill if you don't eat it. Watching this with the grass, I said "what?". I went outside and pulled a few and it worked. I took a bite of that light bit (all of our grass is organic) and yes, it tastes like grass, but sweeter. I'd throw it in a salad. I already knew that dandelions are everything. Don't eat too much of the root at one time though or you'll pee yourself silly. During the depression, folks used to forage regularly for dandelions to make a salad. I learned that from my great grandma, who actually did that. Personally, where I can leave them to propagate, I do, so I always have a source of food high in calcium. They're little calcium pumps. I have plantain growing about 10ft out my front door. Can you dig them up and move them? They're in a place I'm going to be going scorched earth because I need defensible space for fire season. I live in a forested part of Oregon in Polk county and it's just a matter of time before we have fire here. We were really concerned when Detroit and all down 22 burned, and then coming the other way through Otis. We're half way between both. Have to make way for rock/cement, and I'd love to keep these little guys somewhere, either potted or away from the house. I also have clover all over. It has a wonderful aromatic that's pleasant, but I can't quite identify. Local clover honey has been a staple in my home, and it reminds me of that but WAY stronger. Again, I'd put it on a salad. For me, NO SLIME. NO okra, ever. I lived in the south and I've had it every way possible and I can't do the snot. Not even fried drowned in Ranch. It's a texture thing. I'm a retired nurse, not a respiratory therapist. Where are you in Oregon? My plants are way smaller than yours. Also, we're at 1k ft. so that could be the difference. Everything is later here. Our cherries are just now blooming when those in Salem have already lost all of their flowers

[@Bubbaluv8]

Yes please! Do it!! I've loved nature for 50+ years, and most plants benefit from thinning/pruning, as long as we always leave some of the patch for bugs, animals, and future growth. Share our Earth responsibly - thanks for your education in this!

[@BoutenkoFilms]

I couldn't agree with you more. Share our Earth responsibly indeed!

[@lovingmyselfeelingu]

Yes recipes with the wild greens would be awesome

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Groovy. Thanks for your input. 🤸‍♂️

[@valeriejensen983]

Oh my goodness you are such a FANTASTIC teacher of forging wild food. Would like more forges and how to prepare in salad, soups, stews or stir fry. Thank you very much!♥️👍

[@lindapaxman7788]

TOTALLY AWESOME!!! THANK YOU FOR THE KNOWLEDGE I'VE BEEN WANTING FOR, for YEARS! AND WE, here in So. Alberta, Canada 🇨🇦 have ALL THOSE EDIBLES!! I even potted DANDELIONS for our back deck...and NOW, I KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH OTHER "EDIBLES"!! My friends get a kick outa me being the lady who potted Dandelions!! It's SO COMFORTING, to go out and get another Dandelion flower 🌼 and some baby leaves, and garnish a salad, or just take the bitter under leaves off, and eat a dandelion or two! Even my "farmer" husband misses them if they're not on a salad 🥗 😃 😊 I have made beautiful Plantain/Beeswax Salve, which has helped our family with skin ailments! GOOD'AY AND PLEASE "KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON" 🙏 ✨️ 👍

[@GLN14659]

I learned about 5 new plants today. Yeah. Thank you, loved teaching style very much. And yes, a cooking show would be fabulous! I'm in! Thank you sergei

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Weee, it’s happening, I’m taking all the necessary steps and preparations now. 🤟

[@Kwash56]

I let my yard do it own thing for two years, then I learned all about the ‘weeds’ that grew there. Everything you showed us grew in my yard. This video would have made my search so much easier when I was first learning. I’m going to definitely share this video!

[@grammagray4394]

I’ve studied for years and still learned some things today. Thank you.

[@sarahbahr1273]

Thank you for making this video with asking people how to identify and remember how each look! Also, using your 5 senses is a great tip too! Great content! :)

[@debbiekaroly6835]

Yes, please! I love your idea of taking one plant telling use all about it and then show us how to cook with them. That's a great idea!

[@catherinepierre5893]

Amen bro

[@flyswapple]

Yes, any tutorial is helpful. Thanks for all you do! This is so helpful for vegans!

[@cherylidler2386]

So amazed! ,this was more interesting than I could have imagined!.. my childhood was spent out doors in a small village in the 40’s& 50’s ..weeds grew everywhere.. most of which I could name by sight.. however, now I know what is edible, although, now the “ wild” areas no longer exist as they did years ago.. (unsightly things are mowed down early in cities, towns etc. So…we no longer see them growing at all.. unless we go out into wild areas and forage!! OR … WATCH YOUR SUPER GREAT VIDEOS ON KZbin,! i thank you for this.. I learned so much!.. BEST..CHERYL🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[@PeaceGoddess211]

The interactive aspect of this video is the best part for me. Thanks.

[@nickthecrip1]

Brilliant video, you're such a good teacher. I've been eating some of those for years now, so glad you're spreading the word and teaching others, top job 👍

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Thank you Nick for your words of support! 🙌

[@shannonstreiff]

Please make videos sharing recipes with foraged plants

[@BoutenkoFilms]

You've been heard Shannon! 😜

[@debraslee7004]

There is power in self preservation. Thank you for sharing this lost knowledge, it’s such a comforting gift.

[@sharenbrunner168]

Thank you , great to have these plants identified on camera. I’ll be looking for more videos.👍🏼😃☘️

[@freshstarts1618]

Yes!! The Series!! One edible at a time!! Yes yes yes!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Awesome, thanks for weighing in.

[@teyolee]

Your book wild edibles just came in the mail the other day! We're so thankful to come across your book in your videos. They are super helpful! I think you should, for sure, make that little mini-series you're talking about. We need it!

[@NihouNi]

Thanks for all your knowledge, and for talking so clearly. I was brought back to a childhood memory when I used to find a particular grass in my parents' garden and pull blades of it out, and eat those meristematic bits. I thought i was being a bit odd, but clearly something within me knew it was good!

[@aviewer390]

AMAZING! I am a teacher during the school year, but in the summer I run a homesteading camp up at the farm that has been in my family for hundreds of years! I had already planned to use my recycling to teach my campers hydroponic gardening this year, I will def include foraging now that I’ve seen this video!

[@korlock3000]

Love the video! As a newcomer to foraging and fellow Oregonian I would love to see a series focusing on individual plants!

[@debbiecurtis4021]

I'm using nettles and dandelions from my garden. I've also grown Good King Henry, a herb.

[@tracerickard9860]

same here Debbie, got loads of dandelions growning in my garden, I'm sure my neighbours think I'm nuts lol😆, it's one sure way of guaranteeing no dog pee on them unlike on the trails I walk lol, also got a fair bit of Herb Robert growing too, good stuff 😊

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Way to go Debbie!

[@deloresporter-loftin2173]

Wow my interest in wild weeds has grown in this past year. Now I am excited to go outside to find & try these healthy free greens & nutrition. Thank U Jesus Christ for providing this important info for me to learn healthy eating for free. Amen

[@llamadeus11]

My favorite part of a Dandy is the flower bud when it's tight and close to the leaf base. So sweet and juicy! Wonderful video and info, thank you!

[@freeman47]

Great to see you. Great idea on doing a foraging and cooking combo. Love it!

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Boom, I'm on it.

[@constancebruns3887]

More and more people are getting on board with this. Now, more than ever, we need to interact with Nature and stop consuming chemicals/toxins. Much love, joy, and peace to you and your precious family.

[@TinyHomeCookingwithSherlei]

Yes a single plant series would be great love your videos thx

[@crystalcleartruth221]

This was Entertaining and informative. A pleasure to watch. I fixed a really fancy wedge salad 🥗, and then consumed it while watching and learning.

[@mariateran4238]

interesting to know, thanks I already put a reminder

[@BoutenkoFilms]

Groovy, see you on Sunday!

[@bswyeldell]

You are an excellent teacher! I've just started foraging and only now have just found your videos. I will be looking forward to seeing more from you!

[@lcinflorida8728]

I started this video with it just in the background as I was doing house chores... I had to stop and take notes. Excellence presentation and I have subscribed!!

[@jasondiana6448]

Thumbs up for the new proposed series. Looking forward to it.

[@BoutenkoFilms]

I'm listening to your feedback Jason.

[@Sunnytrailrunner]

Who Hoo‼️

[@mlowe7245]

Thank you so much Sergei

[@jez770]

Excellent introduction to foraging. Im not new to it, but massively appreciate how you bring people closer to it. This is our largely forgotten human heritage, abd thank you for helping to keep it going and hopefully expanding ✌️

[@conradfranco-kk6xx]

I knew you were repeating on purpose. I appreciate how you teach. Thank you

[@freshstarts1618]

I know deer here in MT eat some of these.. they don’t eat grass. I don’t blame them

[@slicc36phxbaby79]

Literally the best video on wild foraging iv seen on youtube. So informative and very easy to follow. Thanks alot for this invaluable information I'm deffinatly going to subscribe to learn more from you as this is one of my major hobbies next to growing edibles in my garden.

[@pamelaheggestad3168]

Many thanks for sharing your plant knowledge--I've seen a few in my childhood in Canada, and will search further in my MN neighborhood and beyond!

[@alyson2065]

Thank you for this. Very detailed without being overwhelming for new foragers like myself. Subscribed!!

[@JesusSaves86AB]

Awesome video, just started experimenting with foraging last year and have been very pleased. There's no better or fresher food than the wild options set before us in abundance. God bless.

[@shastafog2516]

Great Teacher, repetitive information helps

[@crystalskeie9747]

Super awesome that you're getting this vital information out there. More people need learn and know about these things! :)

[@barbararoyal6139]

Love the idea of adding cooking demonstration to the identification of the plants!!🕊

[@jillmaga7904]

So glad that I found your channel! Foraging has been interested of mine for few years now. I live on suburban street of about 30 houses...only about 3 of us do not treat our lawns. I have tons of dandelions and feel that I'm being judged by neighbors.. though I don't care as I will never use chemicals! I did identify at least 8 edibles in my yard! I did buy your book too and can't wait to receive! Enjoying all the videos and your sense of humor!!

[@cjd5255]

Well without a calendar or time..you and your other 2 neighbors know when spring is here 😉 Daffodils start March at the equinox along with spring beauties. April is dandelions, purple dead nettle, chickweed, and cress 🤗

[@galeparker1067]

Dandelions are SO important for pollinators!! Plus they're beautiful and nutritious!! Your neighbours are idiots and lawns r evil, IMHO. 👃✌️🥰🇨🇦

[@tsugima6317]

You are probably going to be the one person in your neighborhood who won't starve. I've been a Euell Gibbons reader since the sixties and have never regretted anything I've learned.

[@elisalight]

My favorite way to eat/drink dandelion leaves is to blend them with coconut water, then strain and drink. The combination of bitter and sweet makes them quite intriguing and even enjoyable. Now I am thinking that I might try this with some of the other bitter greens. I also juice the dandelion leaves and take small swigs of the juice once or twice a day. Not as yummy but definitely feels powerful and good for me. You didn't mention milk thistle seeds in this video. They are great for the liver and I also feed them to birds. I like to chew a few now and then, too or grind them to use in various nut-seed concoctions. I believe curly dock is the same as yellow dock, which I was taught to use for blood cleansing, an easily assimilable form of iron, and good for the reproductive system, though I think it is the root that is mainly used. (Maybe you can't say medicinal uses of herbs here?)

[@bluecreek6036]

I can hardly wait to look at the rest of your videos and to get my hands on your book

[@tarakempf-fullmer8237]

Yay I love the idea to start a series of how to identify harvest ~ preparation videos for wild plants😮

[@nannygranny9534]

Watched your video for the first time. Love it!! Please, I am a total novice in the field and would love to see one plant at a time and how to preserve it. Thank you for sharing.

[@helpwhydidimakethisaperson7686]

can’t wait 😊

[@TeraStJoyhn]

Yes, go for it. Your idea of one plant per video is great. Complete follow through, all the way to the table. Thanks

[@FabrayeM]

Thank you for such valuable information. I would love to see a series of how you prepare what you have foraged. Looking forward to it!😊