Foraging 10 Spring Wild Edibles! Ramps, Stinging Nettle, Morel Mushrooms Hunting 2023

I cover ten wild edible mushrooms and plants you can forage in the spring. I share identification and foraging / hunting tips on how to forage these wild edible and medicinal. I foraged these mushrooms in the southeastern region (north carolina, tennessee, south Carolina, georgia, Virginia), but these information is also useful for the Northeast (New York, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire) and midwestern ( Oklahoma, Ohio, Illinois, Michigan, Kentucky) forests as well. I also practice bushcraft / wilderness survival skills to cook and brew the plants.
00:00 Intro
00:08 Stinging Nettle
01:17 Red Dead Nettle
01:56 Henbit
02:16 Morel Mushrooms
03:13 Ramps / Wild Leeks
04:57 Foraged Market
5:36 Dandelion
6:20 Wood Ear
6:51 Amber Jelly Roll
7:22 Chickweed
8:15 Wild Onions / Wild Garlic

[@nickk4653]

Your ethical explanation about ramps made my day. The first time a chef introduced me to these I noticed his entire batch had bulbs. The next time I saw them at a grocery store… the same thing. I knew they were special but years later I found out why. Thank you for sharing the detailed explanation. Ethical foraging is the way to go ❤

[@sonofabear]

You can find my Mushroom extracts and Herbal teas on foraged: foraged.market/foragers/son-of-a-bear/

[@ScottWConvid19]

That was the biggest wild leek patch I've ever seen. Thanks again for the timely info. I think chickweed is one that I commonly see, but hadn't identified yet. I'm definitely gonna check this Spring!!!

[@sonofabear]

I found some bigger ones that I didn't capture on video. I want to create a massive one when I get some land!

[@Medietos]

@@sonofabear How come "grow" is not good enough? People misuse "create" so much. God creates plants, we just grow them. And that is great enough. What a fine feeling for nature, and the way you camp. Aren't you afraid of wild swine or something disturbing you? Or is there a door, gate, grid? I'll seek a video on how you made it. I have severe disease with 28 years sleep deprivation and consequent malnutrition etc, +freezing. But camping does much good. Thank you also for your beautiful fire. I mostly make just tiny ones, 3-4 inches of fire-wood inside a tiny fire-place of stones to steer the flames, protect it from weather, make safe for flyíng glows and not heat up the environment more than necessary. Also, every picture we make and send, taxes the deadly net of EMFs, aggravated now by all those satellites. How do you view this, please? And is there a biography on you? :-)

[@fredrickkinkton1466]

Really Graceful sent me, I can’t wait to dive into your videos.

[@terrymayberry]

good video

[@lalagarden]

It's spring! I enjoyed the video. The food looks delicious too.　Thank you！

[@sonofabear]

Thank you for watching!

[@natureisallpowerful]

Well I didn't know that about the seeds of wild garlic(ramsons,I'm in the UK)'m definitely going to practice this. I've just made a nettle, wild garlic and potatoes soup. Springs first meal.

[@kbjerke]

Can't *wait* for the snow around here to disappear! Thanks for the video!

[@sonofabear]

Me too! It just snowed yesterday in North Carolina

[@kbjerke]

@@sonofabear The entire world is now enjoying (?) unpredictable weather conditions. I'm in South Central Ontario, and the Maple sap started flowing last week, only to be cut off by a sudden drop in temperature and yesterday's fairly heavy snowfall. No matter what happens weatherwise, we will be able to grow *something* in the garden, and also do a bit of foraging. Last spring, I had two beautiful morels appear in my back yard! I hope more return this year. I also have a large bloom of Turkey Tail, and hope to harvest that soon, too. Thanks again, and best wishes!! ETA - the morels were *delicious* ! My wife is a skeptic at this point, so I had them all to myself. 🙂

[@barakobamadubai]

Hello, i came across your channel today, it is such an amzing channel, very interesting, you doing great keep ot up bro.

[@sonofabear]

Thanks Abdel! I'm glad you are enjoying the channel

[@mak2665]

You have the same physiognomy as James O'Kief that's awesome

[@sonofabear]

Yes! Me and James O'keefe have similar irish ancestry

[@h34lth01]

niceeee

[@donnacovel4460]

Thanks for all your videos.Where I'm from in Pa.we call ramps leeks. 👍🌱

[@WalkingWithNature418]

Very informative. I enjoy your videos! Thank you!

[@jenniferg6818]

Great video. Very informative, interesting and well presented. Appreciate you talking about sustainable foraging. I like the more in depth facts as well. Thanks a million. Cheers

[@rubbnsmoke]

Good video, informative and too the point.

[@keptleroymg6877]

Good job

[@barefootforager5588]

My favorite mushrooms are black trumpets ,oysters,chanterelles,comb tooth and many more 🍄

[@hughesis]

I know the video is a bit old, but for those foraging wild onion you need to watch out for the poisonous look alike. Death camus looks very similar to wild onion and i suggest you look up the differences between the two before eating them

[@mariaavila7367]

My favorite mushroom are Lions Make ... tincture 💞

[@wendymomof4954]

Thanks for your videos! We've learned a lot from you!! Have you ever found any matsutake mushrooms in North Carolina?

[@KennyP88]

Thanks, I enjoyed that video. Only this last fall I started foraging mushrooms (carefully) with some success. I've eaten 7 different fungi and feel somewhat confident in recognizing them. I'm on the hunt for Morels now (I know it's a little early) but I really want to learn more about edible plants too. The fauna in this video looks very similar to where I am in Cherokee Co. NC

[@sonofabear]

Awesome! Keep going and try to just learn 1 new plant or mushroom at a time. It can be overwhelming to try to learn them all at once. I'm in Buncombe county Nc, so it should look very similar!

[@ScottWConvid19]

Congratulations! I would certainly caution you in your confidence level. Especially with fungus. Many kinds have toxic look alikes that must be identified by spore prints and a microscope. I would recommend multiple sources of information as one or two might not have look alkes in them. I've gotten sick twice and once it was so bad for 36 hours death seemed like a great escape. If you can, join a mycology group that goes out and learn from veterans. Adam Harriton has a KZbin channel called "Learn Your Land" and he's a great wealth of knowledge in mycology and botany.

[@TheSkyHive]

You should get into indoor and outdoor cultivation,talk about a interesting hobby. I've been doing since I was a teen I. The 90s. If you have any questions ask away!

[@KennyP88]

@@ScottWConvid19 thanks, I do triple check, spore samples etc. Also, I watch Adam and a few others along with sharing photos with identification groups on FB.

[@KennyP88]

@@TheSkyHive I have plugged a few logs in hopes of some Oysters. Some of the wax caps I put on my plugs have washed off, maybe 30%. Do you think that will be a problem?

[@diane520]

Loved the video. You are living what was my dream. Can you give the web address for Foraged Market? Do you know any foragers in the Rocky Mrs. From Colorado to Montana, including Idaho? Answer what you have time for. You have some of the best information.

[@davetherave303]

Great video, i've heard more & more lately that mushrooms should not be eaten raw which ive done quite a bit in the past, might explain my stomach issues, but not with alcohol, is new to me, could you elaborate please, is this none at all so like not even with a glass of wine at dinner or...?

[@sonofabear]

Yes just certain mushrooms like Morels and Shaggy Ink Caps should never be consumed with alcohol. But you can consume alcohol with most other mushrooms.

[@gjett5537]

Lions main