How to Identify and Pick Wild Onion

[@nataliemeyers2626]

After moving to lower Maryland a little over a year ago to be with my fiancée of 3 years I noticed that there was some yard grass that was prolific in the winter. When helping xeir dad with yard work I kept smelling onions, turns out his lawn was full of onion grass! I remembered this video and tested them by smell and taste, and knew that there was free food all over the place! So thank you Mr. Hansler for showing me a wild edible and spicing up my life~

[@five_star_images3019]

Natalie Meyers I just brought my house and it’s the same situation as me. Lol thought it was grass at first.

[@Son_of_a_ben]

I live in DC and we have wild garlic everywhere!

[@chadm2343]

trans... living near washington dc... sounds about right

[@pwnzindaface]

@@chadm2343 LOL facts

[@pwnzindaface]

@@chadm2343 even used xeir as a pronoun man this country is going downhill fast

[@kengamble8595]

Very good information for the folks that don't know ! When I was about five or six years old my dad showed me all of the wild onions in our yard and made sure that I knew what to look for, it made my mom mad at him because I would be out there grazing on them so much and smelled like onions all the time ! Loved them then and still love them now ! THANKS ! 👍

[@mikesmusic1990]

Ken Gamble Sounds like a wonderful childhood and one to cherish.

[@PantsOnTheCeiling]

I used to pick these all the time as a kid for fun and pretended to cook them into "soup" (which was just a bunch of weeds and water in a bucket). My mom discouraged me from eating them, but I think now I will start harvesting them for meals.

[@vice6996]

Crazy how much balance there is in nature. For every good food foraging plant there is a poisonous/toxic variety or 5.

[@RealitySurvival]

Great video. One thing I would add is that wild onion can also be easily confused with death camas which is much more poisonous than Crow's poison. Tasting it could leave you deathly ill. Excellent videos. Keep up the great work!

[@kennethmccluskey4688]

Wild onions are very good. I often dig some out of the yard to either put in a pot of beans or add to scrambled eggs.

[@missourihomesteader1611]

I had never heard of crows poison thanks for description and warning

[@krykun7457]

I just made some sauce with something like this but the grass was thick and hard

[@teddysalad8227]

There's a look a like plant called Death Camas. REALLY get to know your plants.

[@DowntownSound1]

Everybody: chop tomatoes, chop onions, squeeze bit of lemon, pinch of Salt. EAT !!!!!!!!!!!!😛DELICIOUS! Healthy and Raw !!!👍🏼 Learned that from my uncle Betto when I was a kid.

[@WillB-lv1xg]

I just found a wild onion growing right next to wild garlic along my neighbors driveway. There might have been more but hard to identify sometimes growing in the grass. Wild edibles are cool. Collected some black walnuts too.

[@tacrewgirl]

This is a well done video. You show the flower, describe the plant, you dig it up, and discuss toxic lookalikes. Bravo! Thanks!

[@LibertyGarden]

I pulled a small bunch this weekend. They caught my eye so I rubbed the leafs and they smelled like chives/garlic/onion. The bulbs, too, were not very pungent but clearly smelled like onion.

[@fernandovalenzuelamontanez8505]

Aloha amigo, i would eat these all the time in Harrisonburg,VA. very tasty with food.

[@kdccmb]

I ate my first wild onions yesterday. Wow, definitely smelled like onion, the taste was much milder than the store bought ones but so delicious. The leaves seemed to have much more fiber; they were much crisper which I found to be amazing. Later, I chopped some leaves & we had them on Omaha beef cheeseburgers with sauted mushrooms & fresh spring greens. What a treat!

[@lindafurr2404]

Wild onions are everywhere. They grow all over Arkansas.

[@confuciuswill1499]

I'm getting addicted to your videos . Very educational and interesting . So much to discover out there in the wild and I'm respecting nature even more .

[@BobHansler]

+Confucius Will (MsConfucius) That is my hope. Ill keep making them as long as I am able, Thank you for the kind words. Cheers.

[@patriciamulkey1286]

praying for a speedy recovery

[@tyelrschits8174]

It’s been several months since Ive seen anything, you have put out hansler.. truly enjoy all tour content.

[@hazelbrungard1623]

Appalachian Mountains up into Canada. Germina,PA area has ton of the e Old onions called ramps. The leaves are delicious to eat.

[@tavosman4564]

thank your for information . I have both of them in my yard. the Crows Poisons look beautiful and smell like perfume.

[@seriouslyreally5413]

Onion and garlic releases its oniony flavors by cutting or crushing the tissue cells causing a chemical reaction with the air. The more the bulb tissue is cut or crushed ( think of garlic press or chopping onions in the kitchen) the more aromatics are released. A true test of alliums vs anything else. Take the flat side of that knife blade and smack the bulb to crush it. Smells like garlic or onion? Then dig up the rest.

[@bigrichard660]

Thank you so much for the information about Crows Poison. We found what we thought were onions so I did a quick google search and came to this video. We smelled them and smelled nothing but grass, no onion smell whatsoever. Thank you!

[@Другсобака-й5ж]

Ah, this will do me well, comrade. I was planning on possibly finding some wild onions and trying them out.

[@jessemunoz9342]

Thanks for this video! I'm from beeville texas and I was able to teach my younger brothers about the wild onions we had growing in our yards all this time and I even found one of the look alikes in the same area and was able to also teach them about the bad onions to.

[@garyoconnordbaairrepair7775]

I live in a mobile home park in Sacramento. And about 11 years ago, Spring Onions started to grow. At that time I had lived in here for 22 years. I did not plant any and neither did my neighbor. They start growing in September, they flower in March and die in April. They had flowered and are starting to die. I use some once in a while. They are not strong in the onion taste but they do smell like onions. I never water them. I let Mother nature water them with rain.

[@Jackalopefriday]

We live in North Texas and have these in our yard, I've always wanted to try eating them (since they smell like food) but was always nervous to. Thanks for the video, I've dug some up and am at least going to give them a taste!

[@DowntownSound1]

🤣🤣🤣👍🏼👍🏼lol! Sonething told you for years "this is food"....and poor thing was scared to eat them .lol I'm happy for u ! 😁👍🏼

[@blossom1643]

Hey thanks! I’ve lived in the country all my life & I didn’t know that. We have the good ones (little baby ones) all over & I’ve probably seen the other ones just didn’t know what it was! Thanks ♥️

[@karlatshahan1023]

Thank you for the warning portion. If it doesn't smell like an onion, it's not an onion.

[@tonynapoli5549]

Thank you for this very interesting video Bob, 🇬🇧

[@earthcitizen4405]

Thanks for the information. Wild onion, solo garlic or bawang lanang (boy's garlic). Good for blood circulation and reduce bad cholesterol.

[@sammis1755]

Love your videos, appreciate your effort and sharing this valuable knowledge. Keep up the good work!

[@Tremyne-kg2st]

Very good content and your explanation is very thorough. Good job.

[@toki89666]

The ones I have in my yard are very tough and fibery. Hopefully I can find a better type further out on the farm. (Kentucky)

[@CentralOregonSurvival]

Cool, they are very good... We have some up this way as well!!

[@wayneandrews1933]

Great job my friend in Ontario we just have one wild onion that I know of

[@tinkmarshino]

Blades are tools.. and if you can't keep one sharp then you may just as well keep it in its sheath.. you look so grown up with it on though.. I love wild onions.. my wife never had any until we went on a trip to the rockies and I dug some up for our dinner that night.. and yes I used my knife to dig them up with.. Now she is a big fan of them.. we use them a lot now... Dang that is some nice soil thee..

[@CreativelyShannon]

I have a plant that I can’t tell if it’s wild onion or something else. There is stuff that oozes out of it when I cut the “grass” part and also when I cut the onion part. I wish I could share pictures on here. Not sure where to take it to get help figuring out what it is. Definitely don’t want to get sick.

[@jimcarden3809]

Do wild onions grow in Georgia i have never found any

[@allengrant]

It’s ya boi Meme boi : Yes. My property is full of them. NE GA Mtns.

[@Lumberman2011]

Nice tip on cooking and gaining calories/carbs with wild edible onion & garlic. Another great vid..kudos!

[@BobHansler]

Lumberman2011 Going to go ahead and start spreading wild garlic across the property this year. Hope to have a good followup video with it.

[@Entropian2012]

Is it possible find wild onions as big as the ones you see in the store?

[@elijahbennetta1204]

from what ive seen. i'd say no just a little cute bulb of wild onion

[@k1n63d]

Beautiful bulbs! If it's white it's right! 😋

[@goodcrazycreeper]

I remember finding a carrot plant growing outside in middle school and it being yanked out of my hand a few seconds later after I picked it up. Now I have 4 onion plants growing in my backyard in a patch of dirt. I have a question, is there any way to tell how big an onion is?

[@LK-fz7vr]

Good video and great tip on the cooking part

[@aaronstarr1471]

Can you do a video on meadow garlic?? I think thats what it is. I live in San Antonio and found what i thought was bunching onion at espada and i transplanted them and they grew into something that i think may be called "meadow garlic" i cant find much info on them tho. They have "bulbettes" on the top near the flowers. I would like to know more about the plant.

[@nathalierocquin5603]

Hello, I live in Louisiana. 18 months ago we bought a hundred year old home. In the back yard of the house I keep finding what I believe to be wild onion/garlic. It has a very strong aroma. A few months ago I dug them all up and transplanted them in my vegetable garden near my store bought onions. a few weeks ago I decided to try and make a onion based stock with all my greens of the onions wild and store bought, yet when the stock was tasted it was awful like sipping boiled grass! I'm wondering if it was the way I cooked it or if it is not wild onion at all. to be safe my husband and I went back through our garden and removed the wild onions. could you give me some more information on how I can know the difference? I can provide photos of the wild onions that are still growing in the yard. They are actively growing next to my newly planted citrus trees. Would the wild onion have any flavoring effects to my citrus trees? Thank you in advanced for reading all my questions.

[@BobHansler]

+Nathalie Rocquin Have you tried chewing s piece of the "onion" raw. Taste and smell should be distinctly of onion, no question. The taste you are describing makes me think that you have one of the harmful analogs. I also hesitate as most of my wild onion transplants fail, and yours seems to have made it. It shouldn't affect surrounding plants, but definitely positively id these guys before incorporating them into cooked food where their nature can become masked.

[@nathalierocquin5603]

+Bob Hansler Thank you very much. I did try one earlier. It tasted like an onion yet had a awful aftertaste. Yet after watching a few different videos I think that I might of mixed more than one variety when cooking that day. Thankfully we never ate the meal after one smell of it and taste. I have some that have flat steams and others tight by it with round hollow steams. Thank you for responding so fast. It's actually my Children's school Garden so we decided to be safe rather than sorry after reading up more about this topic. Thank you again.

[@nathalierocquin5603]

We tossed them after tastings. Just to be safe.

[@beckymarie4936]

I have a question does wild onion always have a flower on top? My apt complex has a gardener who come by and trims the plants. Just found out about the onion smell outside my window last night😅 its pretty gross.

[@TheWoodedBeardsman]

Nice.

[@cbtmaster4360]

👌🏻

[@dugagjindervishaj3440]

Here in Kosovo we have a lot of Wild Onions but noone eats them .. what can I do with them ?

[@Jlind9335]

Wow just saw this flower outside and didn't know what it was. So strange just today. Then this video comes up for me. I didn't even finish, went outside to dig it up and look. Sure enough little bulbs, put it in a cup to save for later. Thanks. What is that called providence, fate, luck of the Irish or the hand of God.

[@Pencil-b4m]

Jo Lind it's called you making up stories for attention. 🙄🤔

[@hughjanus7589]

love this vid, definitely gonna sub if you're still making vids like these! i see a lotof foraging tips on tiktok but none from anyone in Texas

[@katanaburner]

After viewing this one vid you have another subscriber. Well done and I look forward to seeing your other past and future vids.

[@olchat2012]

All those three-leaf plants around those onions are edible too.

[@danofiremano]

I haven't seen them in my travels through Western Nebraska, but I'm going to look a bit harder now!

[@BobHansler]

We find them in the most unexpected places at times. Once you get good at spotting them, you start to see them everywhere.

[@bettycoffey671]

my childhood home in Ohio they grew wild in shaded areas with little sun... under a large oak tree. I don't recall anywhere else they grew besides there on our yard.

[@bettycoffey671]

+Betty Coffey ps... with this species you could smell the onions many feet away and especially after mowing the lawn.

[@DeepSouthBamaGRITS]

I find that to be true with most other wild edibles, too! Once you are familiar with finding them and their natural habitat, you will see them sometimes without even looking. LOVE your vid's. New subscriber & THANK YOU for the clarification on the look-alike onion Crows Poison. Never heard of it, never saw it but now know what it is and it being toxic. I love the fresh (FREE) wild edibles of NATURE"S FINEST GROCERY...the WOODS! PS Have you ever heard of or seen Egyptian Walking Onions? They are apparently wild and can be invasive. The bublets form as the flower that falls over from the weight, roots and makes another plant. Found a field of them at an old homestead location, picked some tops, dug up a few as samples to research on the internet and once I found out what they were, I planted the ones I dug up but unfortunately it was the wrong time of year for maturity of the bublets (which are actually STRANGE LOOKING but BEAUTIFUL!) I hope I can get permission to go back later this summer when they are mature to gather more to plant for my homestead. The guy that owned the property had no clue what all those 1,000s & 1,000's of strange flowers were so now that I know, I WANT MORE!! I have a section of my 40 acre homestead southern AL) where I plant WILD EDIBLES that I LEAVE NATURAL (including wild onions/garlic/ stinging nettle, wild lettuce, wild yams etc.,) so regardless of how invasive they are, I will ALWAYS have fresh onions, garlic and greens to eat as well as the wild edible mushrooms. Mushroom still scare me as there are so many LOOK ALIKES that are highly poisonous with many that will kill you if eaten! Let me know if you know anything about the Walking Egyptian Onions. Thanks again for your fab vid's. I know this comment is possibly not going to be seen unless people have signed up to get notifications of comments but it will be here for others that find your vid's just as I did (3+ yrs after you uploaded it!)

[@DowntownSound1]

@@DeepSouthBamaGRITS 40 acres?😀👍🏼nice! I'm in Gainesville. You as well!???

[@chaniatreides9513]

I love these videos!

[@3000gtwelder]

I think that Crows poison is similar to a bulb here in California that the Indians used to use to smash up and put in the water to fish with. You can also pound it into a suave and use it for poison oak.

[@BobHansler]

+3000gtwelder Goingt to have to look into that. I know buckeye and yucca root have been used. Going to make some calls to TPWD to see if I can somehow demonstrate these properties... without going to jail.

[@tonynapoli5549]

Got to know your onions! Home you are on the mend mate, Regards to you and your family from my family. Don’t go stepping on snakes again.

[@rick31869]

SO CROWS POISON IS THE SAME AS DEATH CAMUS ?

[@pattiannepascual]

no. Death Camas can make you sick or dead with a little taste of them.

[@Gullrica]

Good one. Oh I wish there was something like wild onion here where I live.. Good video! Thumbs up!

[@Timanator]

Cant stop watching these videos Bob!

[@dennism5565]

is the crow's foot what some people call "death canna?"

[@john3_14-17]

No, Death Camas is far more dangerous, a bite can send you to the hospital. Doesn’t smell like onion either.

[@matthewcollins4764]

When my family came visited from Texas I showed them that they can eat dandelion flowers. Then we looked through my foraging book and noticed that there were some wild onions in our Arkansas field. We all ate some and used the chives on sweet potatoes. They are pretty bitter I hope cooking them will make it easier to eat.

[@alanheadrick7997]

I have something in our yard in the Florida panhandle, they looks like green onions. Some smell a little like garlic. I have tasted a couple and they pretty much taste like onion, just didn't know if they really were.

[@sleepystar1638]

Could be wild garlic too

[@elusivepower1640]

So the ones that I grow are kind of a ball and oval shape so what’s that mean and for me there are no flowers

[@sirsimp9096]

Miss you my man

[@sylviamurray7587]

I do need an answer very quick please

[@mountainlaurel5264]

Hi, I was wondering what the 14 different species of Texas wild onion are

[@grandmasstories3418]

Someone in another channel says those are poisonous and the others that are very thin and have kind of a succulent stem are edible

[@TheRaistlinMage]

Awesome video! Thank you. I'll pass this knowledge onto my kids. Keep the vids coming! Sub'd and liked!

[@DanielKim2024G]

strategic! awesome!

[@squito94]

Would you ever grow it from seed so you don't take any from the wild?

[@tonywilkins8381]

squito94 they are everywhere, not going to hurt taking them from the wild.

[@DowntownSound1]

Just grab a few, and plant them at home. They'll grow.👍🏼

[@reiancanoy4394]

Are that wild onions native only in texas?

[@BobHansler]

No, Texas has close to a dozen species of wild onion alone.

[@reiancanoy4394]

Its a very informative sir. I really like ur videos even though I'm here in the Philippines.... Pardon me for my english sir. We only have here a wild ginger that basically grow near a river and also small. Compared to a regular one.

[@reiancanoy4394]

Sir is it ok 4 u i send a u friend request on facebook?

[@Dynasty_]

I have had these growing in my yard for years and recently started harvesting and growing them with my wild garlic

[@pattiannepascual]

what's the difference between wild onion and wild garlic? mine have hollow stems. Every site says something else. One guy said if stems are hollow,don't eat them. Another said the hollow stems are garlic, yet another site shows garlic having flat leaves. what the heck?

[@ehatley]

as you said onions smell like onoins, and garlic. False ones do not. If you cut the root off, leave it in the gound they'll grow back next year.

[@patriot267]

Siri wanted some learning! haha..... I think she's a sub :p. Thanks for the tip brotha!

[@MD-cd7em]

THANKYOU BUD

[@therealunclassified]

Does the crow poison smell like an onion?

[@kristin972]

This is awesome...how do you know so much??

[@BobHansler]

+kristin ellis Glad to hear it :) I was given responsibility at a young age... I was trained up to be a horseback guide and leader of men in the Desert Mountains of West Texas. The duties increased over time to the point that I was the director over a program consisting of over 50 horses and ran all logistics included the trench-work of running / managing two week-long trek groups each week for ten weeks at a time. I became obsessed with learning as much about the land, the horses, the people... I studied the history of the area, the geology, the plants, learned to repair and maintain the saddles(own a leather shop now), learned to shoe the horses(own a blacksmith shop now), became trained in advanced first-aid and took as many courses as I could when erver I could, developed the menues, developed the outback camps, built and maintained the trails, led the pack mule strings for supplies, trained and functioned as the first responder for the various Search and Rescue situations that arose... I have had enough time out in the wilds to have encountered innumberable situations that required innovative on the spot assessment and a quick bush fix / assertive action. I've been able to survive my mistakes, think on them and better prepare for that eventual repeat. Thank you for watching my videos, be ready for this spring because it's about to be taken to a new level : ) If you;ve any ideas, throw them my way. Cheers.

[@jamesgaul3544]

Thanks, very helpful info.

[@dhooter]

Just out of curiosity what do you do for a living?

[@dhooter]

6 months later still no answer??

[@zolathemagician1187]

Buck Shot he's been having some health problems, if u watch his recent videos

[@goodoljoshua]

Buck Shot Dude. He went blind. Literally. He's been in and out of several surgeries in the hopes of restoring his eyesight. Meanwhile, his saint of a wife is trying to take care of everything in their daily lives, put food on the table, transport him long distances for Drs appointments, help her blind husband do just normal stuff like dressing and eating, AND she's trying take care of his YT channel on top of it including responding to viewers like you (probably not the highest priority right now). Send a prayer or good mojo their way. They have REAL problems to deal with.

[@dhooter]

goodoljoshua Honestly was just a question. You literally responded to a simple question with a type of reasoning like I've been hounding the guy for some time now. I find it bizarre in the fact that the question wasn't directed to you. I am aware of the guys ailments. Maybe he is better now? Maybe he can answer it when he is capable to do so? Are you answering on behalf of him? You'll have to excuse me for finding your response inappropriate for a lack of better words.

[@tonywilkins8381]

Inappropriate is the response, 6 months later still no answer??

[@sylviamurray7587]

Do these happen to grow in Eastern Oregon?

[@jonathanmoreno3224]

Im eating dandelions and pecans with wild onions and i feel great..my 60 yr old bro in law just died from food addiction.

[@mikebur2325]

thanks brother

[@dylanmartinez3829]

How would you eat the onion? Would you just boil it in water or put it over a fire then eat it?

[@BobHansler]

+Dylan Martinez I would boil them if I were making a soup or stew. Practically in survival I would bake them slowly to allow them to carmalize and release the greatest amount of sugar/carbs. Baked onion is easy and gets you the nutrients that you need. Onions are going wild this year already. They are blooming everywhere now!

[@DowntownSound1]

I eat them raw. Delicious. And good for ya! 👍🏼

[@Buttergirla]

I had no clue these were wild onions!

[@williamwerner8118]

thanks for the info

[@3000gtwelder]

Actually the bulb I'm thinking of is called Chlorogalum

[@quelorepario]

Is it safe to taste the onion without washing it? Isnt the soil full of microbes?

[@BobHansler]

Washing is always wise, but soi that is far from human habitation will be far less likely to contain specifically dangerous microbes.

[@bettycoffey671]

+Bob Hansler you gotta watch out for pesticides especially round up that folks spray. it can be deadly to eat anything. small amounts of dirt is healthy to eat, and back in day nobody really ever rinsed foods because it use to be filled with everything our bodies need, but due to pesticides, chem trails and pollution etc... soil has lost most nutrients and often is a key factor why organic farmers need to go extra lengths to keep their garden healthy. b-12 was a known source in dirt.... I'm not sure if it can be found there today or not although few claim so. just bottom line.... observe area if it's sprayed or not... never eat food next to a road or highway. observe area for any signs of companies illegally dumping toxic wastes. ( very common!!!) if you see all kinds of weeds besides grass.. it's a good indicator the soil may be safe.

[@curious5218]

I think if your immunity is strong enough it can efficiently fight against them. People who live and grow naturally will have more immunity to fight against the microbes you mentioned. Nothing happens to them by tasting.

[@instinctivearcher6146]

KZbin keeps recommending this video to me in the hopes that I will eat something poisonous.

[@teamrocco1736]

They are everywhere in my backyard

[@jayanthivittal2428]

Great useful information, explanation and demonstration.

[@constancelovejoy7308]

Are wild onions also called wild chives? If not, what's the difference? The roots often grow clumped & dense. Why is this?

[@pattiannepascual]

I want to know the same thing. I have what smells and looks like chives. clumps of very thin onion grass,tiny bulbs underground. Then I have fatter,taller ones,taste like onion,but stems are hollow. So I go online and KZbin, and seems everyone says different things. One guy said if the stem is hollow, you have the wrong plant. He did not differentiate between onion and garlic. Basically called them both the same plant. Then I look up wild garlic and it seems garlic has flat leaves not round,that don't fold in half easily, like the toxic death Camas does. All this is so confusing. I can't find one place that properly identifies wild chives, onion and garlic all in one place to finally know what I am dealing with.

[@TyngsongTangsong-c7x]

In our place very costly this, we call , state onion.

[@gunmen14]

Great information.

[@rickpetersen41]

Hey Mister Bob would it be possible to show the wild onions in California! Or the far west.

[@BobHansler]

Perhaps in a few years. Ranging out of Texas has its logistical limitations these days.

[@meredithchapman2009]

Am I crazy or does he sound a bit like Mathew McConaughey

[@XaViEr3520]

Meredith Chapman well he is in Texas 🤔

[@andyrix54]

He's a Texan.

[@lightdrivr8857]

Hahah I couldn’t help thinking the same thing the whole time watching. Possibly Family member or role model! Dude sounds spot on just like him

[@utsandstone]

Well, that's nice.. don't say anything about the tuber end looking round which definitely distinguishes it from the edible one. Oh, it's so obvious.

[@renzcowboyvlog]

Nice video

[@rodrigotellez467]

Nice vid sir!

[@shivushnkarshivu792]

How his cost plz ser

[@AlphaYTang]

Thanks for the vid sir. Just to be sure, Crow's Poison flowers are also white with six petals/stamen?

[@myeager91]

those were crows poison in the beginning of the video. wild onions have a a stem that has a green bulb at the top that will bloom and has white flowers with seed pods and the pods will turn purple over time as the flowers wilt. go to google and type in "wild edible onions" and see what they look like and do the same for crows poison i guarantee crows poison will look exactly like the ones in the begging of video those are slightly toxic and causes stomach aches.

[@MrDn110]

I done subed this one

[@sylviamurray7587]

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