Foraging For Plantain 🌿🔎

[@PeppersnGlowworms]

I love the concept of turning invasive plants into a ressource...

[@lorelynleisure4048]

I started learning about Plantain last year and just a few days later was stung by a bee. I thought of the plantain which grows all over my garden and yard. I grabbed a leaf and chewed it up, plastered it on the sting area and was amazed at how quickly the pain went away! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@Orpilorp]

Yay for plantain! I have been using it for years to speed the healing of cuts and scrapes for our little explorers. I just tore off a piece of leaf, squish it to release the juices, flatten it and cover it with a bandage strip. I believe it was the allentoin in plantain that brought quick healing.

[@BCAICulturalArtsHumanities]

This was one of the BEST intros to a foraging plant I've seen, thank you!

[@stephenleaf3848]

This is my favorite wild plant! When we moved into our current home we started to identify everything, out of curiosity I searched what it could be used for. Mosquito bites? Yep tested! Rashes yep! I started making a plantain salve we use all year long! We have both broad and narrow. The broad leaf seed shoots we found when cooked take on a bit of an asparagus taste. Only tried one stalk per person so mileage may vary ;)

[@eddimoreau]

Really pleased I’ve found your channel. A fresh, bruised plantain leaf held around a cut stops bleeding very quickly.

[@begoodbebetterbeblessedix3766]

Beyond detailed and insightful videos is why I cannot wait for more....let alone sure am going to try thus out myself. 50 sum years old and this old dog just learned new tricks. Thank You 👏👏👏

[@FreeAmericaChannel]

Great video! You can cook plantain like collard or mustard greens too. Boil up your smoked pork neck bones/turkey wings, what have you, add onion and then cook the greens. Not as tasty as collards or mustards, but can be mixed in to stretch your greens or eaten with a little cayenne pepper added.

[@kristinregine4798]

thank your for this extraordinary good video.

[@mult1coloured]

One of my favourite herbs! Keep meaning to harvest the seeds.

[@maxximumb]

We used plantain leaves for nettle stings when I was a kid. Much better than a dock leaf. I also remember sitting on the school playing field during playtime (UK version of recess) and shooting friends with the flower heads. We'd bend a flower stalk in half and then place that over a stalk with a flower / seed head. Then clamp the bent flower stalk loosely around the second stalk. Pull the loose stalk sharply towards yourself, the flower head will break off, and in accordance with one of Mr Newton's laws of motions, the flower head will shoot off away from you, lightly hitting any friend close enough. A silly game but it kept us 10 year old boys entertained during the summer.

[@zoerice4227]

I remember myself and my best friend using both the broadleaf and ribwort plantain almost every single day for nettle stings and thistle scratches. Scrunch some leaves up until they feel sticky then rub them on the sting, scrape, scratch ect. Mild pain relief, anti fungal, mild anti septic...she can do it all and more besides haha! I've also heard you can make a tea from it to help with hayfever symptoms, but I haven't tried it.

[@danielreiss3443]

Wonderful! I now know my front yard has the English variety (Bay Area CA) that is more than just pretty , as it matures! Worth propagating. In VA we had a "weed" that took over the garden area if we didn't keep up with weed pulling; it was called "lambs quarter", mom would steam it like spinach and had a mild flavor! The country people knew!

[@landofevolution9757]

Chenopodium berlandieri is native but chenopodium album is not. Both called lambsquarters.

[@breenbo8112]

just had some in my curry and it was delicious! It grows all over the place here in New Zealand too :D

[@C.L.Hinton]

8:51 This insert tells me that your editor is familiar with wasps, for sure! 😄

[@eliseville]

Been re-establishing our NorCal plot’s narrow-leaf plantain after over-aggressive decades of weeding this amazing gift. It’s now a nutritious addition to my pastured newbie flock-of-8 different Heritage chooks’ fermented feed, though they enthusiastically prefer that spikey wild & also medicinal lettuce! I’ve only munched a bit of either, raw in the field, but plantain chips look great.❤️ Thanks!

[@landofevolution9757]

Narrow leaf is invasive.

[@SilverFlint247]

It's not only in the US, I live in Canada and I have that all over my lawn and driveway.

[@user-si2bu8wt1j]

Thank so much

[@earthangel8730]

Did I miss you telling folks about the young green narrow leaf plantain shoots being harvested as a tasty asparagus-like side dish? Just be sure they haven't gone to dry seed yet. Sauté with your favorite oil and garlic Yum!

[@villagesteader3552]

I have never eaten it, yet, it’s all over my yard. I have both narrow and broadleaf varieties. The English variety I like the flowers that’s why they’re still in the flower beds!

[@bettyk3372]

My mom called this plantin. (County accent) It grew everywhere and I think she cooked it at least 3 days a week. Lol

[@wesKEVQJ]

You say that it doesn't matter how big the leaf is? Along the woods were I hike, there are Plantains with huge leaves. Just curious if the smaller leaves are better. Anything that stops air from getting to a sting will relieve the stinging. I use clear fingernail polish or superglue.

[@tsengfay4459]

Can smashed plantain leaves be applied onto the swollen parts of the body? I just grew some plantains in the garden. My mother used to boil plantain to cure urinary problem.

[@Elmo-the-Ohioan-62]

They are real stringy. So, they need cut down and chopped down to make it easier to eat. Taste great! Mix with dandelion greens!

[@IntoTheWildernessBushcraft]

New sub’ here. LOVE your channel!!! Thank you! 🥾🏔️

[@landofevolution9757]

Plantain pronounced plan-tin like captain. Some types that are native to America are Plantago virginica (Virginia plantain or Dwarf plantain), Plantago rhodosperma (Redseed plantain), and Plantago rugelii (Rugel’s plantain) Also Plantago cordata (Heartleaf plantain) is listed as endangered in Canada.

[@veranichole1981]

Foraging? Do you have a yard? You do. Cool. You have Plaintain.

[@ksbrook1430]

A horticulturist friend of mine introduced me to the plantain poultice for wasp stings. She worked outside and had made good use of it. Video on teas, please.

[@curtisf1120]

It is amazing in a smoothie with pineapple almost tasted like piña colada

[@eternalypissed]

I have this stuff growing all over the backyard! I can't wait to see the tea video🤤