Rare Tropical Fruits + Medicinal Plant Walk w/ Herbalist Sarah Wu

We bring you our final video from our latest travels to the Punta Mona Center on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica. If you missed our previous videos with Sarah Wu, be sure to check them out through this link here - bit.ly/2JQZ2CF
Sarah Wu is an herbalist & director at the Punta Mona Center For Regerative Design & Botanical Studies, an 85-acre wildlife refuge & permaculture hot spot for year-round learning through internships, PDC's (Permaculture Design Courses), herbal education programs, retreats & eco-tourism). Punta Mona has a ton of great educational experiences coming up, as well as other getaway/exploration possibilities. You can check out their calendar & learn more at the links below.
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It feels great to finally release our Costa Rica Permaculture Farm Tour 2.0! We had a lot of fun filming this trip back in April & we hope you enjoy the incredible content & breathtaking locations as well.
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[@ListenSilent121]

Forests, Gardens, Trees, Shrubs, Plants, Fruits, Veggies...all magical words. The sun, the rains, atmospheric gases, soil & mother earth. Wonderful ingredients 4 paradise on earth.👍

[@leemayjahs1]

She's just so knowledgable it's amazing. And Pete, great job with the editing, cinematography and music selection.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks 🤩

[@demonhunter6168]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL e

[@sweetness6048]

She has a great personality and a wealth of knowledge I could listen to her for days such a special individual cheers for the content

[@lisaphoenix9812]

Some People like to Look through windows rather than walk through doors .... that is spot on and beautifully put

[@movingnaturefilms]

I thought I knew a bit about plants. Sarah is a definite gem and wealth of knowledge.

[@milkweeddreams8828]

Plant spirits, the vocal message of the plants tapping into our being...I feel this as I walk in my gardens, some sort of communication...I love that she mentions this...us tree huggers that talk to our plants know this...I'll be watching these videos again, so much to learn...and eat, great stuff!!!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Milkweed Dreams this one is a classic!

[@din9771]

Here in philippines we call the banana flower the heart of the banana:) we cook it stir fry or boil it then we put coconut milk, a lil vinegar, onion, spring onion, tomato garlic and ginger. It taste really good:)

[@chickentender4037]

Coconut milk makes every taste rich and yummy.

[@priyashamueller9401]

Thank you.may try it.

[@vacantlandguys1787]

She is a gem! Just a wealth of knowledge here. More Sarah please

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

I’m working on it!

[@airamuniem.6805]

That’s kamyas in Tagalog. I used to eat that when I was a kid growing up with salt. Very sour, 🥴 but I love it! And the Banana heart is so yummy. We cook it with coconut milk. I think the other citrus is what we call Kalamansi. We use it as a side dip for fried fish. 😋 The pinkish fruit we also eat with salt. South East Asian use ALL parts of the Banana plants. I wish I was there with you guys. What a magical paradise. That’s it! I want to go back to our rice farm in the island 🇵🇭 and start my own fruit forest and leave my 9 to 5 job. 🤗

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

I’m with you! The rat race is no way to live. Heading back to CR next week, I’m so excited!

[@aaronbrooks6635]

WOW YAY. I can't get enough of Sarah! What a master.

[@superduperfriendship]

I ate alot of cacao when I was young. After we get through all the seeds my great grandmother would make them into tablea which is then made into tsokolate/sikwate a hot chocolate drink. Yum!

[@jonnydepp165]

Buwad suka sili sikwati sikwati

[@phinehasfenne]

Pete, I can’t stop watching these videos! Very calming, informative and addictive! I live in East Bay, CA we have great weather but there’s no room for a food forest. Please keep making these quality videos! Thanks Pete! 👍

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thanks 🙏

[@joeb8167]

Loved the series! Thanks!

[@Andrea-zh3zs]

Thank you Pete! This is a new understanding for me, that Sara Wu spoke about, that the plants are comunicating with us when we use or consume them. That is a very powerful understanding I think. God Bless.

[@jakep8678]

Love the Ayahuasca I'm growing yellow and red hopefully mine do as good as those

[@TheUncannykodiak]

She's so wonderful! I cant wait to get my wife to watch these!

[@TheDjman1106]

she is filled with knowledge

[@danielapettus7693]

Amazing and beautiful awesome video

[@erickrodriguez3938]

Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful! 🙏🌍🌏🌎🙏

[@harrykersey9086]

We have species relatives of this magic vine in Fla . I love how she acknowledges the friendship that Are between us and the plant world and that is more powerful than you know . Trees and plants are living things with a sense of being and know we're near them and probably want to communicate with us as we do them .

[@charlesmahoney790]

I just came across her videos . I dont see things like most people and I thought I was alone in the way I think. like plant to me are another life form on this plaint like I am . I live in this universe on this plaint being bombarded by a near by star . plants do have a sense of being alive and may not be the way we feel it would. never the less . I am happy to see her she is a voice for the life we see as plants thank you Pete

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Glad you enjoyed! Sarah is so special:)

[@sunitabhandari7109]

Goodness, I got addicted with the way she explained about plants and fruits,amazing ❤️🌷👍💯🙏🌳🌱💚🌿🌲🍀

[@matthewrawson174]

Great set of videos thanks ....

[@terijean6351]

I feel so energized just watching. Totally mind blown 💥 Always love watching the tastings and how the different fruits each have a special impact on each taster. ❤❤❤

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Teri Jean thank you! Eating the chempedak was my favorite part :)

[@THEKOIBLUELOTUS]

love love love !!!!

[@mamarana524]

Very fun to watch

[@carolinekloppert5177]

Beautiful film and profound content from Sarah Wu !

[@feliciastewart1966]

I love this video... 👍

[@mausoomaali7167]

Very informative.❤️❤️❤️

[@debzyj376]

Thank you....Enjoyed.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Awesome! Sarah is amazing

[@romyenglish]

Amazing stuff

[@odinsediblegarden4791]

WOW! Great video! Sarah is so fluent in her ability to draw from her knowledge that it is very comfortable to watch. I will check out your channel. Thanks for the vid.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Odin's Edible Garden thank you! 🙏

[@cctvmath]

absolutely amazing video~

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Thank you! 🙌

[@CustomGardenSolutions]

Awesome. A couple of those aren't going to have to add to my list of goals to try sometime, maybe even grow. Thank you.

[@duncanmarlow]

Maybe I'm getting used to her, or she is getting used to the camera, but this was a wonderful video. Thanks Pete!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

duncanmarlow thanks!

[@romyenglish]

Hahaha. I had the same issue with the first video.

[@phinehasfenne]

Great video 👍

[@gregwilde1119]

She's in love with the ayahuasca plant. Pretty obvious she has more than just a superficial botanical knowledge of these plants particularly when she was talking about the universal spirit. What's that flower at the beginning of the video. Thing is mindblowing

[@phinehasfenne]

Great video! Very informative 👍

[@geraldfranz9085]

Dog on, just when I think this women can't impress me any more, BOOM !!! She knocks it out of the park. Just freakin awesome !!! Great video my friend, thank you so much for sharing. Be blessed & have fun !!!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Gerald Franz thank you! I’m just finding all these missed replies.

[@geraldfranz9085]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL it's not like you're busy or anything, LOL !!! It's all good brother, keep rockin !!! Peace 😎👍👊💥💥💥

[@kellyrad339]

Wow, so amazing. Very informative and Sarah is a legend. I've not seen any of those foods, plants etc. Feel like I'm living under a rock or a bubble actually. The food looks amazing. Thanks for this series Pete.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Kelly Radford glad you enjoyed!

[@doreenbucheler1274]

I love this a lot thank you 🙏🏾🌹🍀🐞

[@daiquiri_dan]

Fabulous video!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@jenniferward5216]

I really enjoyed this video.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Awesome! Thanks

[@permaculturemalaysia5991]

We cook the banana flower in turmeric infused coconut curry and also deep fry cempedak in tempura batter in Malaysia!

[@gordonsmit3396]

Wow... Awesome.... Sarah can talk for hours.... I promise I will absorb every word.... I hope there will be a visit again in near future. 😁

[@Superkittytube]

Fresh cocoa, wow!🦋

[@superduperfriendship]

In the philippines we boil or steam bread fruit then eat it with coconut caramel sauce. These are the flavors of my chilhood sooo good

[@luzdeluna7386]

@t 38:13 Achiote or annatto seeds, in my country (Panama) it’s used mainly for culinary purposes when the pods are dried, it’s used together with natural herbs and seasonings for meats, fish or poultry dishes, it gives a beautiful red color and awesome flavor, The seeds must be processed first to extract the ink. I have 4 trees growing here in central Florida. Xoxo Btw... I kiss, hug and talk to my plants too, I even cry when hurricanes comes through and I see the aftermath of it.. in 2019 I lost over 100 new avocados 🥑, but God bless me with much more from the same trees.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

You have a 100+ trees in central Florida?!? That’s awesome 👏🏻

[@luzdeluna7386]

Pete Kanaris GreenDreamsFL , lol no, I only have about 20 trees in my small backyard, I lost about 100 + avocados from my avocado trees after last year 2019 hurricane.😊

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Luz de Luna oh the fruit! I misunderstood that one. 🤣 20 is still better than most!!

[@maenaturezaterramae1635]

Excelente

[@eazypeazy33]

I pray I find a companion as beautiful, cool, and in tune with the planet as her. #goddess

[@jamerican_usnavy]

love this woman

[@househasfruits7090]

Another Banger.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

househasfruits 👊

[@househasfruits7090]

👊

[@katrinaharvey9952]

I love it.❤

[@raphaeldsp7361]

The diospyros is best when left on the tree to ripen as much as possible and is then a much softer, more edible 'apricot' tasting fruit which.

[@sherinsavier5071]

I went thrrough the comments and made notes of the recipes and names, all in my note book now :-). So many new plants i like to plant in our food forest now. I wish there were more videos with her, was so great to listen and learning. I love all your videos. Amazing, amazing work, Pete! I wanna make a t'shirt that says "What's growing on?" and pictures of plants.. I wonder if you already sell some 😊.

[@superduperfriendship]

22:13 we call that kamias/kamyas in the philippines we use it to flavor a soup called sinigang

[@IchbinAmy]

Remember we was colonized by spanish too thats why most words are common .

[@workshare9207]

Yes! CHEMPEDAK (a jackfruit variety) is my all time favourite. Nice vidz gyus.

[@khydo]

It’s a not a variety of jackfruit, it’s a relative. Calling it a variety would mean that it is 100% jackfruit

[@mra6308]

Yoooo that pink fruit is a fave of mine from the Pacific 😍 I havent seen those in ages!

[@jahmallajaima]

Best way to cook breadfruit is cook over fire till it gets black, then cook in coconut milk with nutritional yeast and spices. I used noni to get rid of ukus( lice) but not by boiling the leaves. First time I’ve heard that. I got a very ripe noni and put da ripe fruit on my hair left it on for awhile then washed it out. Boy does it stink.

[@PiaTheNumberPi]

I love to hear her talking. Thank you for taking the video and shearing it! This is very valuable!!!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Awesome, thanks!

[@jamesbarron6454]

Somebody let one rip at the 18:48 mark. Did anyone else hear that tear in the space/time continuum?

[@cookingsherry8784]

It sounded like an elephant, but I know there are no elephants in Costa Rica! lol

[@jenniferward5216]

We call the pink fruit Pomerac the also come in a bright red color

[@eltoncarvalho9456]

WE have this Achote in Brazil too, here they are called Urucum, it's used mainly as a food coloring here

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Elton Carvalho interesting fruit! This was my first encounter with it

[@eltoncarvalho9456]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL some things in Brazil love it, we grind it with a little oil to make a powder, then it's used to cook chicken and fish usually. It dissolves in oil, some people put the seeds in oil to cook with it too

[@savedandsanctified4126]

annoto in English

[@mariovizcaino]

Look up Cochinita Pibil from the Maya Yucatan penninsula. A real pig delicacy made with a thick sauce of Achiote (as is known here) and sour orange juice.

[@sadiqhawz841]

I want to live there

[@EstebanZavalaF]

The one as coconut is being used to make like bowls

[@lourdesgutierrez649]

Hermosa herboristería natural. Por favor si hacen vídeos o cursos en Español

[@harrykersey9086]

The flame bush she's talking about is if I'm not incorrect is a Firebush as we have in Florida the same leaf and bloom ,

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Yes!

[@Lichinha87]

We have it in south texas too and it does exceptionally well.

[@johngjerry1892]

We need more rare and never seen it yet ? We have these too.

[@mospitbullsbullysonftyello8906]

I love your video and plants although I don't eat them

[@PrinceCharmingNY]

wow , she knows so much ! show me the way Sarah

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Sarah is something out of this world! Enjoy:)

[@cepsixty9]

try Cempedak Goreng - Malaysia

[@DiscoveryDuo]

♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Discovery Duo she’s the best!

[@vernealleyne2124]

I would love to do a tour with her

[@dillwill1813]

Classic

[@deancooper7043]

Lemon and water for the banana heart as well.

[@jahmallajaima]

Best way to cook breadfruit when it’s green is cook it over a fire till it’s gets black. Then cook with coconut milk and nutritional yeast and spices

[@chickentender4037]

Cempedak is the better version of jackfruit. And up there with durian. Remove the cempedak seed and fry in a light crispy type batter, like you would with bananas and thin slices of sweet potatoes.

[@thinkforyours3lf]

You inspire me sooo much Pete! Going perma in the future💪👌

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

patrick sandström thank you!!! 👊

[@user-iy9em7wj9b]

I love jackfruit

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Me too!

[@jenniferward5216]

It's called Rooku

[@landonjackson3064]

Sarah is lovely 🙏

[@abigailjulierbeliveau2875]

I think that the smaller native cocoa relative is actually T speciosum, not T cacao. I could be wrong, but T spesiosum is the only Theobroma species that is small and looks just like cacao.

[@jeff6899]

Piperine is significant. I actually use as a treatment for mild hearing loss. I chew on the full seeds. Haven't attempted to grow it yet. Not only a good brain compound, but apparently good for mitigating the effects of further hearing loss & may even help in a small way towards repair. Here is one article: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0955286307000058

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Hey Jeff! Interesting, I’ve never heard that. Thanks for sharing buddy 👊

[@gud6823]

I like her. I want a younger version.

[@curious5218]

We, in India, use black pepper for preparing Kashayas (kind of tea) for cold, fever etc. We consider it has cooling effect to our bodies. What are the medicinal uses you guys use it for in that part of the word?

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

I can’t grow it in Florida. I’m not sure what else they use it for...

[@curious5218]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL you can grow it in a pot as a bush as well. By growing like this you can keep it inside, warm, during frosty seasons. Just check it if you don't know already.

[@user-to3lg9oc6c]

How do you keep fire ants out of a food forest they are a pretty big problem for me in central Florida

[@soilbellefarm3710]

Yeah I feel you I have any mounds. Here in North Florida

[@terrya1252]

Prepare to have your mind blown... Think I just found one of my new teachers!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Yeah Sarah is next level!

[@rineric3214]

There is a video example of it on "Pinocle Patriarch" on KZbin

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Cool, thanks!

[@rineric3214]

Organic! I said it! I finally said it myself. Thank you all for saying it!

[@lindahodgkinson9458]

👊

[@jenniferward5216]

In Trinidad that fruit you're calling dye I out tumeric we cook with it to give food color

[@-jank-willson]

Sarah is flirting hard with that one guy at the end lol

[@cosmic243]

Wisdom drop.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

For real! Sarah is a wealth of knowledge

[@cosmic243]

@@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL I was so impressed when she discussed the ideas of plant consciousness as its been at the front of my mind for a long while. The idea that we are related to all life through DNA and evolution. I want to learn more. Thank you for showing me that their are teachers out there if I'm patient.

[@wlcsp]

Cempedak is originated from Indonesia

[@aileensengupta7493]

I love her, she is the kind of person I really want to friends to...

[@lisagarrett6966]

Hi What is the best herb for anxiety and it's botanical name? Is TILo the best ?

[@rineric3214]

Try frozen persimmons! You will thank me!

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Whoa! Never thought of that one 🤔 ❤️

[@rineric3214]

Try it!

[@dillwill1813]

Thanks for the tip! I got a ton of em right now.

[@rineric3214]

@@dillwill1813 Thank you! My teeth have gone bad since then and I can't eat them that way anymore, so knowing that I DID manage to turn others onto the delight makes me feel wonderful vindication. Thanks again! Enjoy! I'm going to use some of mine this year as the sweetening agent in pumpkin pie. Instead of sugar or even honey. Thank you!

[@may_maria]

I can taste the sourness of the belimbing from here >.

[@PeteKanarisGreenDreamsFL]

Rose hahah I fell ya! They’re really good pickled 😉

[@azhamabdul4081]

That is belimbing buluh, the other belimbing is the star fruit that what we call it here in Malaysia

[@TheDjman1106]

bro bring her to florida

[@brianlaufer6758]

Whats this music

[@veganchiefwarrior6444]

when i hear people talk about herbs and what they can heal im always just like naaaaaaah, but then i think if i got a parasite or even head lice or something, id probly change my perspective pretty quickly lol or id deny i had a parasite and think it was something else, how do people even know when they have things, not sure i want to no, ill stay inside lool

[@lbdeuce]

how do you spell crazy?