Foraging in August - UK Wildcrafts Foraging Calendar (Part 1 of 3)

[@starlight1867]

Nothing can compete with a Winberry pie - beats blueberries by a mile. Luckily I live on the side of a valley and our moorland is full of them. One of my fondest childhood memories is picking them with my mother 👌

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yes it makes a great pie 😋

[@starlight1867]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS my oldest grandson had never had one and thought I was exaggerating until he tried a piece. He raved about it as the best fruit pie he had ever tasted! He often asks me to make one if he is coming down to Lancashire to visit with his family from south Cumbria (if they are in season).

[@davidpinchbeck2134]

Absolutely the best fruit pie you will ever eat! It's a MUST try!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yep 😋

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Check out the UKWildcrafts Store- ukwildcrafts.teemill.com/

[@ramthian]

I am very lucky to lived in Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🎉🎉🎉xx thanks 🙏

[@tfSmudge]

Excellent vid, we're surrounded by food. Blackberry Pie ASAP! 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@samw9796]

Thank you so much for this information. I think with the current economic climate a lot more people will be thinking about foraging.

[@inkaacrowe8429]

I have started already on blackberries

[@AlissaSss23]

I'd start with plants (weeds) and fruits, but there are easily identifiable mushrooms too q😊

[@moochingwithminimoo9320]

You're the only person I e found doing an august foraging video, thankyou!!!

[@AlissaSss23]

If you keep looking , there are a few other videos, including foraging of plants and mushrooms, some British creators and some American ones

[@moochingwithminimoo9320]

@@AlissaSss23 should have said that I've found that I can watch, I feel it's explained more thoroughly on this Chanel compared to others, there's loads out there though for sure

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

I love picking fresh berry's and eating them on the spot truly nature's gift!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Agreed 😁

[@Edlandish]

Rowanberries make absolutely fantastic wine. Very strong flavoured but very similar in taste to sherry. Really easy to make too. Water, sugar, rowanberries, stick in a fermenting jar and add some yeast.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yeah that sounds great, I can imagine it tasting similar to sherry

[@skubbydankers]

The little crunching noise of the raw sea aster was so soothing

[@AlissaSss23]

Lovely to discover 2 new plants, angelica and the sea aster 😊 Thank you!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome :)

[@homesci3596]

UK is indeed a blessed country!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁

[@anniehosking2408]

I love bilberries. We used to pick them on the moors around Bacup when we stayed with my Granny in the summer holidays. Bilberry pie!

[@danyoutube7491]

I've never had bilberries (actually I might have had them in the occasional restaurant fruit pudding or a jar of jam), and hadn't imagined what they would look like or where they might grow. It certainly wouldn't occur to me that they would grow on the moors, I don't associate moors with juicy fruit :) They do indeed look very similar to blueberries, one of my favourite fruits, so to hear that they are possibly even tastier whets my appetite. Perhaps I need a miniature moorland in my garden, with mounds of acidic soil for bilberries and rowan trees... :)

[@dd7521]

My friends mum lived in Derbyshire and made the most amazing bilberry pies. 👍🏻

[@AndreaDingbatt]

Thank you very much for sharing this information with us All. I've always been a keen forager, I learned about it from my Nan, I think that a lot more people would do well to learn more about this now. I'm getting on in years, so I like to recheck plants ~Just in case!! Again, Thank You very much for sharing this information with everyone!! Andrea and Critters. ...XxX...

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you Andrea

[@simplestudio28]

Brilliant, thanks I passed by these plants a few times but wasn't sure what they were. Thank you!

[@outandaboutinnature]

Great stuff, as usual. Very informative, and the no-nonsense description of each flora, is the best. Well done, and thanks.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@octagon12011]

With regard to your belt mounted collector, I use a "neck trug". A 5 litre container cut down lower at the front with a neck strap. It is accessible to both hands and highly stable. Easily used up a ladder and will take about 4lb of fruit.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

That sounds pretty useful 😁

[@ramthian]

I love it so much you know ❤😊

[@ramthian]

Thanks 🙏 teacher ❤

[@Kermitthebadger]

here where i love in Norway bilberries are freaking everywhere lol along with wild raspberries and little wild strawberries

[@Suzitao]

lucky you! WIld raspberries yum...and those tiny wild strawberries are the best!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

I’ve heard Norway is very good for bilberries 😁

[@stevehead365]

I'll keep an eye out for the wild angelica, thanks for the linden tea.

[@maxibake9323]

Thankyou for sharing, I'll keep my eye out for Billburies. I've picked Blackberries for the last 3 Sundays, they're everywhere, I have 7 kilos, half frozen & half dehydrated. I'd better stop now. Lol. 🤗 Take care too everyone. ❤🙂🐶

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Nice. You’ll be enjoying them all winter

[@maxibake9323]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS Yep, we certainly will. 👍🤗❤️🙂🐶

[@musicalmarion]

You make such excellent videos, great descriptions and plenty of information, thanks so much for uploading it all 🌿

[@manumerino]

Thanks for sharing this interesting video. I have enjoyed watching it. Like 337 Greetings

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks I enjoy your channel too 😊

[@jonnyramsden1161]

You got some good sized hazels there. I'm a big fan of them green - I like the fresh pea like flavour 😋 Normally just crack them in my back teeth!

[@hellieflow8889]

Thank you so much, my friend :) Thank you for blessing us with your knowledge and beautiful energy

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks Hellie hope you’re well 😊

[@proverialka_ya]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS Hello.. Can I take part of your video for my video. I tell people about different bites and your video will help people. I'll tag you in the description of the video.. Can I use bro????

[@twenchtowers3894]

The blackberries are lush this year. I have already made two batches of bramble jelly - usually doesn’t happens until end August/beginning of September in my part of England.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yes it’s been a good season I’m still getting really nice ones

[@jasongreen6447]

thanks for the video, great info and the blackberrys made my mouth water, and yes I have been picking and eating them 😀

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

They were some of the nicest blackberries I’ve found 😋

[@wolfenstein6676]

Great plant descriptions as always, Lewis. I'll be keeping a look out for that 'wild angelica' plant, yet another new plant for me and I'll remember your warning about the hemlock water dropwort plant you mentioned, I don't want to be munching on one of those :) .

[@PlanetZhooZhoo]

I remember picking bilberries up on Cannock Chase when I was a little girl.

[@NorthernCitrusParrot]

Rowan trees looking particularly good this year.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yeah they do in my area too

[@dd7521]

Another great video, thanks for passing on your knowledge.🙂

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@aabbushcraft]

Great video 👍 must get out and start picking 🤗

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@KeiteiVentures]

This was great ✨👍😀🌱 thank you for making this video - bilberries are super common in my area :D!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@ruthsmith2367]

Thank you for the video ❤️

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome Ruth 😁

[@davidpinchbeck2134]

Bilberry pie that is!

[@honorata1935]

Thank you for sharing.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁

[@graemedevine9651]

Amazing thank you!!!!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You’re welcome 😁

[@nwoslothbite3077]

I'm on the look out for hazel nut and walnut - i have found sweet chestnut already.

[@val6112]

I've picked at least 15lb of blackberries so far. Made syrup, 3 gallon of wine brewing and more to get for blackberry port😄

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Blackberry port, that sounds amazing 😋

[@Roo986]

That's it, I'm heading for the hills!

[@modestadventurers]

My son was on the Mynd last week and came down almost completely purple. I’d be amazed if there any left 😋

[@thaiinscotland179]

I love bilberries

[@anguillaanguila7255]

great

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@LeoMaidelis]

There is also other berries such as lingonberry vaccinium vitis ideas crowberry empemterum nigrum and cloudberry rubus chamaemorus in uk hills there is even a hill in Scotland called beninn nan oighreag which translates to hill of the cloudberries

[@liamcadwallader939]

The Sugar Loaf is the best place for Bilberries!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yeah it’s great 😊

[@keithadams1538]

Lots of Bilberrys on the Shropshire hills

[@Gik1618]

The bilberries near to me start appearing in late June - I've had a box-full in my freezer for weeks. I didn't realise they fruit over a month later further South. I'm still yet to get my year's bumper crop of blackberries!!!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Ah really. We do get some earlier but nothing worth picking until late July/ early august

[@Observing-the-World]

Im very glad to have found your channel. Just the format alone, and Ive only listened to 1.24 so far, and I like it a lot. Thank you very much. I would rate this as probably some of the most useful and important information on YT. Another, if youre a truth seeker, is Theoria Apophasis. From this channel I have learned the truth of physics/metaphysics, or body/spirit, hot/cold. sound/silence, induction/capacitance, actual/potential, ying and yang etc. Peace and love from Ireland

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks glad you like it 😁

[@proverialka_ya]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS Здравствуйте. Как можно связаться автором этого ролика? могу ли я взять с вашего канала ролик на пару секунд.. Чтобы показать у себя в ролике? я занимаюсь как избавиться от различных укосов? Я вас укажу в описани ролика под видео.

[@proverialka_ya]

@@UKWILDCRAFTSHello.. Can I take part of your video for my video. I tell people about different bites and your video will help people. I'll tag you in the description of the video.. Can I use bro???

[@breaksbassbleeps]

Off to get some bilberries soon. What do you think of the berry pickers you can get off Amazon? I've also got about 12kg of blackberries in my freezer right now too 😃

[@zoeward4555]

That's good going on the blackberries!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

I’m not sure about ones on Amazon as I haven’t seen them, but in general yes those berry combs are great

[@amandaarmstrong5871]

I'm just south of Bristol (near you I think judging by the video?). Can you tell me where you found the bilberries as I'd like to collect some but haven't seen them around here? Many thanks

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Hi Amanda I’m from Bristol but you don’t really get bilberries round there, not the right sort of habitat. South Wales is best, I got these ones from Sugar Loaf mountain but that whole area is good for them

[@Suzitao]

Great video as always. Thank you. I had a few of the first brambles off the bush today for the first time this year, funnily enough. The ones on the end seem to be ripest and sweetest, I notice. Lots of bilberries about now too (North UK-calderdale). Do you get hazlenut trees growing this far north, do you know? I haven't seen one yet, though I have only been foraging for a few years. I am also interested in developing recipes using foraged foods- do you know of anyone also doing this for inspiration? Thanks.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😊. Yes hazel grows pretty much all over the UK

[@starlight1867]

Hi Suzi, I recently bought “The Foragers Kitchen” book by Fiona Bird for £5 on eBay (retail £16.99) with over 100 recipes savoury and sweet and it’s a great book. There are others on there but you need to watch for discounted ones to come up as a few are nearer to the retail price you would pay.

[@bertieschitz-peas429]

I usually just pick my nose these days but i did harvest some chicken of the woods for the first time last week, it was bright orange and had the mouth feel of chicken but i put it in a curry so the taste was lost on me.

[@mikaellindqvist5599]

Do you have a different name for them than everyone else or are they just closely related to blueberries? I would have picked them as such without a doubt.

[@caidodds1216]

I have a question regarding foraging on the Bristol channel. I live close to the River Severn and am aware of the multiple nuclear power stations on its banks. Could you speak to my concerns around bio accumulation of radiation? I lov your content and very much appreciate what you document.

[@ben_5e4]

They emit very little radiation so I wouldn't worry about that if I were you however if there are power stations, refinery's, heavy industry or busy shipping lanes nearby you should be careful as heavy metals can build up in the area.

[@christophergenther3517]

Coal mines are more radioactive than nuclear power plants, so unless that would concern you too, its nothing to worry about

[@patrickrose1221]

Good video but , you should be aware that when picking winberries especially in the brecons that " sheep winberries " grow among the genuine ones , these are poisoness and should be avoided at all cost! They are smaller and darker with lots of tiny white points at one end . PLEASE AMEND THIS VLOG INCLUDING THIS INFO ! Keep the videos coming pal , best regards to thee and thine : )

[@dasja9966]

Do you by any chance know the scientific/latin name of the 'sheep winberry'? I'd like to read some additional info about this plant, and google just gives me links to 'proper winberries'. And sheep.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Hi Patrick. I’ve checked all my resources and none of them mention a sheep winberry or anything toxic of that sort, and no information on them on the internet. As above could you provide a latin binomial of the species, thanks :)

[@patrickrose1221]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS I've only ever seen them on the Blorenge mountain overlooking Abergavenny , and I only know them as ' sheep winberries ' . They're smaller and darker but that's the only name I have for them . I will try to find out though.

[@alexiswilkins3532]

hi again :) wondering if it is safe to forage by the roadside? i've been told different information from different foragers but would love to know your opinion!

[@chrissywales6575]

If it's quite a busy road, then there will be a lot of nasty things absorbed into the plant. This is unfortunate for me as the only elderberry tree I know of local to me is on a busy main road.

[@patreddy3673]

Called fraughans in Ireland and found in boggy mountains here

[@thegelf]

The bilberries in Surrey had all dried up by the last week of July, I was gutted.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Ah really that’s early :(

[@influentialgurning]

Are there any indigenous wild cows that starving people could forage, as all the farmers' ones seem to be getting pulped so that everyone who doesn't have a private island with panic submarine starts crying out for cockroach milk and juicy gnat sausages. The grey squirrel surely is the NATO of all the squirrels.

[@The4thDensity]

We call them Whimberries in South Wales. Blueberries taste like water compared to these.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Agreed I’ve always found blueberries pretty tasteless

[@shaunboo2532]

I was dumb I live near loads of these bilberries I thought they was real blueberries because they red inside with black seeds all blueberry I seen in shops are white inside with no seeds

[@PeteRed-ig3fp]

U near BRIZZAL?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yep! I live in brizzle

[@PeteRed-ig3fp]

​@@UKWILDCRAFTSme also

[@neil1261]

Get yourself a berry picker off Temu lol

[@clipped_magpie]

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[@dpne9117]

Probably an informative vid but this voice is so dull slow and boring I kept nodding off.

[@christamac5456]

Rude. This voice belongs to a real human.