Foraging in May (Part 2 of 3) - UK Wildcrafts Monthly Foraging Calendar

Foraging in May part 2. Learn some more wild edibles in late Spring
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00:00 Wild edibles in May
00:15 Wild fennel leaves and stems (Foeniculum vulgare)
03:42 Greater reedmace/ cattail (Typha latifolia)
07:38 Herb Robert (Geranium robertianum)
10:16 Ash keys (Fraxinus excelsior)
12:11 Oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare)
14:17 Horseradish greens (Armoracia rusticana)
17:20 Burdock greens (Arctium sp.)

[@erinthomas5463]

I love this channel, please don’t stop making these, it’s an indispensable resource when so few people in the UK are aware of their local wildlife

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😁🌱

[@Olan...]

Awesome video as always Lewis......I have forraged for several years already but always limited myself to the ones i am solid with however your channel has given me the confidence to try many more because of your detailed discriptions and excellent clear footage. The way prices have increased lately its become absolutely invaluable and far more nutricious to eat mother natures offerings than the shit that passes for food in the super markets at premium prices.Well done and keep them coming :)

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. Yes I agree wild plants are much more nutritious

[@ReginaRulesRoss]

Your videos are some of the very best I’ve come across , I’m looking forward to the rest of this series

[@stevegoody3744]

Agree, it really is a superb channel.

[@matthewmclaughlin7472]

Also agree. Fantastic vids.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😁

[@askapenguininja]

Hey dude... Simply thank you so much!!!! I have watched all of this series and waiting for the next episode to come out. I am now 3 videos in (April) and re-watching in detail while taking note. I am 32 years old and haven't made notes since Uni lmao. I am going to put this on every video along liking for the algorithm 🤣. I have some Mugwort and Lavender drying out and just made the wild garlic butter. Outstanding effort my friend, keep it up. Peace, love and positive vibes 😁😜✌️

[@rochellelewis2915]

wonderful clear delivery allows it to sink in and really learn and remember. Big thanks so useful 🤩

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@lizohare1740]

Brilliant . Have learnt so much from watching your videos. Thank you for taking the time to put them together.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks Liz 😁🌱

[@tendfday]

Great plant identification tips. Wonderful cooking hints. Good close up shots of the leaves, flowers , stalks . A great guide to learning about UK edibles. Thank you . New subscriber. 😊

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@sammyj3048]

I'm so pleased you did a video on wild fennel. I took my son fishing yesterday and found loads along the River Thames. I also found sea beet. Loving your channel and bought my son a couple of books you recommended for his upcoming birthday. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. Great stuff I love fennel and sea beet

[@Banano91f]

Stunning series, even I'm not even close to UK but this is highly informative and pleasant to watch, as most plants you showcase are all around Europe, maybe with different timing but still there! Thank you for sharing your knowledge

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😁

[@wolfenstein6676]

You're right about the cattail plant, Lewis, you could create a whole video on that plant alone, due to all of its uses :) . It even contains natural hand gel in the stem between the layers of growth, which I think is amazing, it's so common too, as you mentioned. The fennel looks a bit like yarrow leaves, but even finer in texture. Thanks for the new video, this series is top notch :) .

[@graemedevine9651]

Thanks again I've been waiting on a new video, keep up the great work I'm sure you're subscribers are increasing as I and many others are sharing it. Can't wait for the book, you should collect email addresses for subscribers I'm sure they'll all take one when its published.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Cheers 😁 and thanks for sharing my vids

[@UpToNoGood83]

Another Brilliant video! Very well done! The best foraging videos by far. Keep up the Great work! Also. I would love it in the future if you could do some more wild edible cooking videos like.. how to cook them and how long and also you eating them and telling us what it taste like.

[@ayupmeduck5708]

Experiment. As wild edibles are generally widely available, there's no guilt factor in wastage. Research initially as some plants need a degree of cooking for various reasons.

[@UpToNoGood83]

@@ayupmeduck5708 yea I did think that. Cheers. Where you from. Your username sounds like where I'm from in Chesterfield.

[@ayupmeduck5708]

@@UpToNoGood83 Derbyshire born and bred, not Chesterfield.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Nice one cheers. Yes I’m going to concentrate more on wild cooking next year after this series 😁

[@CatepillarChrysalisButterfly]

Love your videos, they're so helpful since I've just moved out to the Scottish countryside. Thank you for all your work!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@Winston7T7]

Thank you, fantastic series

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Cheers 😁

[@hfern125]

So good! I am watching this rather than the usual **** on TV. Tomorrow I will go out into the wild and see what I can find, as my stocks are low. Thank you :)

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@debbiecurtis4021]

I didn't know Herb Robert. It grows everywhere in my garden.

[@patdeletfan2662]

merci encore genial.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁

[@honorata1935]

Greetings from Ireland.

[@debbiecurtis4021]

I'm drying my wild fennel to make tea.

[@hairyaries1]

This is really amazing info, thanks a million mate 👍

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Cheers 😁

[@mango1381]

As always another excellent information

[@giacomomiglio2470]

Simply amazing video and very informative channel!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@DANDIIDAY1111]

Great informative video This gives me plenty to look out for on my next walk

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@dukenegju]

Great, thank you! Love

[@anthonyjacobs6790]

Wonderful, thank you.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Cheers 😁

[@christinehodge3608]

Thank you for sharing ,interesting facts

[@amerruru2443]

Thank you so much 🌻

[@northernwarrior7177]

Another brilliant video.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@sixtysecondsofstephens2386]

Always learning watching your videos.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁

[@debbiecurtis4021]

I got wild fennel yesterday.

[@adrianbarker1130]

Good job well done 48 and still learning

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. And yeah there’s always more to learn 🌱

[@djanarchy508]

i am amazed all the food i been walking past in south UK i am in purbeck area .. we have nearly all the wild foods you have shown .. now i realise as i walk out side and everything looks edible lol :) .. thanks for the insight tommorow i am going to forage many of the things you have shown here and try them .. big thanks keep the good info up and big respct !

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yes there’s so much good food all around us 😁

[@mango1381]

I love aniseed 💚

[@maxibake9323]

Brilliant, I Love these week by week series, of a Month. 👍🌱 TFS UKW, & take care too everyone. ❤🙂🐶

[@hellieflow8889]

Thank youuuu once again :)

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁

[@ruthsmith2367]

Thanks for the video, very kind to share your knowledge ❤️

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks Ruth 😁🌱

[@jenniferpetrie8540]

Brilliant, thank you.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😁

[@johndaniel6168]

brilliant advice

[@jackduffyjones629]

Cool intro

[@stevegoody3744]

Thank you once again for all your hard work and time on this excellent series. Has got to be the best wild food channel on you tube. Great close ups and descriptions. Are the leaves and flowers of Herb Robert OK to eat raw. I've just checked my wild food books on this and it seems they are.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. Yes herb Robert is fine to eat raw, can have quite a strong aftertaste though

[@BalkanCrusader]

Do you have locust trees in UK? We used to climb on a tree as a kids and eating those white flowers..

[@stefheartsyou]

SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS!!!

[@mrbultitude]

Loving your videos, so informative, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@riffhurricane]

Another great video & I learnt some new things today (love the ash catkins bit - I will definitely try pickling them!). I also really like the month by month format you're doing - your videos get better & better mate. You really deserve 10x times the subscribers you have - particularly in a year when so many people will be struggling with food price inflation & supply disruptions. Interestingly I've a Florence fennel in my veg garden that's now three years old & it seems to have reverted to a more wild type as you have there. It doesn't produce the big bulbs anymore, but all year I'm harvesting the tasty leaves from it. Herb Robert I have huge swathes of it growing. It's one of of my least favourite wild herbs to eat (though I like Coriander), but its so pretty its always welcome here. I'll resume my search for cattails this year. I've never managed to find any near here but perhaps I'll get lucky this time around. A couple of wild veg have moved in the last couple of years though & I've tried to give them a helping hand - now they're both growing all over the place: Ladie's Smock & Fat Hen. The former has seeds that go great in bread making & the former has become my favourite wild 'spinach'. I'd actually take it over the real thing. Also I noticed under that Burdock plant you had Cleavers & Wood Avers growing. It'd be good to see a bit about those. Cleavers taste bad but I'm told the seeds make a passable coffee substitute. The Wood Avers roots are a great medicinal & have a clove like taste. Anyway, great stuff as usual - wishing you the best, cheers!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. Yes I agree fat hen has lovely greens

[@guitarnotator]

Are there any poisonous lookalikes to daisy's? Thanks Aidan

[@TreforTreforgan]

My girlfriend heard you say ‘basal’ and thought you were saying basil like a yank, and was taking the piss out of you accordingly for doing so. So I said to her ‘it’s basal, as in the base of something’ and then I took the piss out of her. I thought I’d share so as you could do the same if you wanted. No need to hold back either. Worse thing is she’s a teacher!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Haha 😆

[@justalitttleun]

I conquer with up to know good👍

[@maitegonzalez1261]

Hi Herb Robert smells horrible when I pick it up, maybe I have the wrong plant? My husband agrees about the smell, we tried and taste horrible too and we do like coriander herb in cooking, does it smell bad for you when you pick it up? It behaves like a weed too, is this what they do? Please don’t get me wrong I like your videos this is an authentic question, when you touch the plants they don’t smell well at all, agreed? They maybe taste like coriander in cooking?

[@debbiecurtis4021]

I know where to get ox eye daisies. I'll get some this week.

[@ayupmeduck5708]

It's not recommended to harvest burdock root in its second year as all the energy is put into the flowering stem and the root becomes woody. I'm looking forward to meeting fennel and horseradish leaves. I've met herb Robert and I'm sure it gives birth to stink bugs.

[@MrCt40]

Love your channel - re : burdock can you eat the stalks / roots in may ?

[@riffhurricane]

Yes, you can eat (the roots at least) all year round. Burdock is a bi-annual, & the first year growth is much tastier. If you find a big (two year old) one the chances are you'll find the younger ones around it.

[@ayupmeduck5708]

Stalks are edible. I chop them and use an apple corer to remove the middle edible part. They're on the bitter side, something akin to brussel sprouts to a child.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

The roots are edible all year but will be very woody. As Rafe said the first year roots are best, in the autumn of the first year. Or in the spring of its second year before it’s starting to develop the main stem

[@woodnugget1301]

Superb. When’s your book available 😀👍

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. Hah I’m working on it but will probably be several years 📖

[@OriginalMariAnnaWolf]

Dang it! I thought herb Robert was a weed and I rip them out and was big bushes fffuuuudddgggeee

[@hoohargh9945]

😂 .. stinky bob they're also called... Good for minor wounds use the leaves , their sap is pale pink , and so many other herbal uses 😊

[@Nathanhiggerz]

Can you make vinegar out of the ash keys?

[@ArtichokeHunter]

Does cooking cattail shoots actually alleviate pollution concerns? Or it just helps with levels but you still need good water quality?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

So cooking them will remove the danger from potential water borne parasites, but yes always make sure it’s from a clean water source

[@debbiecurtis4021]

Is cat tail a bullrush?

[@mariecompany1467]

No wonder so many women got accused of being witches if they knew about all these plants. I wonder who discovered that they were edible 😮😊😊

[@paulpatterson2991]

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