How to collect WILD HERBS like a GREEN WITCH

[@elegnar2283]

My tip would be to get a local hiking map and go on a "fruit and plant hunt". Everytime you find a fruit tree or plant or herb on your discovery hikes you can mark it with a specific symbol on your hiking map to always find it again. I also like to apply the "rule of one": never take the first one you see because it could be the only one around and important for the little ecosystem it's part of. I use this rule for everything I collect from nature :) Dein Video ist unglaublich schön geschnitten! Soviele wertvolle Informationen in so kurzer Zeit und absolut gut erklärt zeigt wirklich Talent und Kreativität. Deine Videos inspirieren mich green witchcraft wieder mehr in mein Leben einzubauen. Zudem bin ich auch sehr inspiriert meinen eigenen kleinen witchcraft channel zugründen! Thank you for sharing your practice!

[@Thewitchescookery]

I love that map idea - it would be like a little treasure hunt 👏👏😊 and yes, that rule is actually very important to consider. That's what I meant by making sure that there is plenty more around 🌱 I would loooove to see some videos from you! I am obsessed with good witchy channels - let me know when you put a video or channel up 😍 und vielen lieben Dank für deinen Komplimente - es freut mich total, wenn jemand die Mühe und grauen Zellen wertschätzt 💚

[@EasyPeasyDelicacy]

The outdoors look beautiful , I have never gone picking herbs but would love to do! Great informative video! ❤️

[@Thewitchescookery]

Thank you so much 💚

[@itslikewhaa419]

I love listening and learning from you.

[@erinenger3091]

Thank you so much for all of your informative videos. I love to watch them!

[@argentmoon9342]

Sorry for necro posting. I just recently found your channel. I'm a solitary green witch and my wife recently accepted that she is a kitchen witch. So my pursuit of knowledge was rekindled and desire to help my wife along her's led me here. I gotta say the videos you and one other really speak to me and I've learned a good bit thank you.

[@-avril2643]

the aura in this video was so strong and calmimg .

[@Thewitchescookery]

Thank you so much 🌼 that's so kind of you to say 🙂

[@-avril2643]

@@Thewitchescookery no problem, blessed be

[@Ladysarauk]

Absolutely love this video, hugs sara

[@dawnredman3645]

Thank you for sharing. Sending love

[@jnuy764]

Thank you so much for the tips 👍

[@Spicylicious]

This is really great! The outdoor looks so beautiful and the presentation is so nice. Informative & Simply awesome!

[@Thewitchescookery]

Thank you so much for your kind comment 💚

[@shepherdessofskymeadow]

I really appreciate your wise words about being mindful never to take more than you need, or take too much from an individual plant community. Another thing I like to do when harvesting roots specifically is to propogate the plant while I'm there, as an offering back to Mother Nature. Leaving even just a little piece of a root behind in the ground in many cases will allow a new plant to grow in its place. So you can leave one or two for every root you take and ensure that that plant community stays healthy. (I keep that in mind too when I dig and dig and still don't quite pull the whole root up and get disappointed lol.)

[@Lekcjewkuchni]

I am fascinated with wild herbs, they are so powreful, I should know more about it! Beautiful and informative video!

[@Thewitchescookery]

Thanks so much 🌱 wild herbs are amazing for cooking (or tea!) - can only recommend it

[@MyWaywardLife]

Beyond brilliant! Saved to my private Research playlist and definitely sharing in IG stories! Thank you so much Bex! I have always loved in the city so wild harvesting wasn’t an option for me. Sadly, the soot from cars and planes would coat my balcony so I wouldn’t grow anything on them (some would say just wash them well, but I consider the spirit of the plants, and how they would be suffocating out there 😢🌱♥️🙏🏽), so just grew houseplants. There were a few tips I knew, but a number I hadn’t considered for this reason. Very grateful for this video! Honestly it was more than 10 tips as you provided several tips under each category!!

[@Thewitchescookery]

Thank you so much 💚 totally get what you say about herbs in the city! Especially in cities with lots of traffic it is not really appetizing to grow them outdoors and they will also not necessarily like their toxic place. Most of the times I had balcony gardens in the city, my green babs died 😕 glad you found it helpful! 🌱

[@RaineyRaine]

This is the video I have been taking ages to find! Thank you so much ❤️

[@PaddyJoeCooking]

I would probably need to drive about 50 kilometres out of town to be able to do this wild foraging! Such beautiful country side that you live in. I find the whole idea of foraging for plants, herbs and flowers fascinating!!!

[@Thewitchescookery]

We just moved here from downtown Madrid so it is definitely a nice change of scenery 😄 if you get the chance, definitely try it out. I am sure you come up with an awesome recipe to use some wild herbs

[@MsCapi]

Liebe deine videos

[@Thewitchescookery]

🤗❤️❤️

[@Lunaleodrune]

Absolutely love your channel, so glad I found you! :)

[@Thewitchescookery]

I am so glad you enjoy the content :) Welcome on my channel

[@mariamia2472]

Das Video erinnert mich an die Zeiten als ich die Kräuter für meinen Tee noch selbst gesammelt habe 🍵, danke für das schöne Video!

[@Thewitchescookery]

Na, da werde ich mir noch ein paar Inspirationen von dir holen 😄

[@Tanglelegs]

Really enjoyed this, I'm in the middle of a sprawling city so this was helpful, may have to take more country walks.

[@Thewitchescookery]

I am so happy to hear this! Countryside walks are the beeeest😁 spring just started here and this comment reminded me that foraging season starts soon - can't waaaait 😄

[@SimplyWitch]

Ahhh! Great subject!!! Looooove that! Great tips on how to find an expert to go explore! I love how you explained well the aspect of not taking a lot from a place, to remember the wild life that (like us) depend on nature. It's beautiful. I'm learning to fast calculate what to take from an area an that a good percentage would be 25% and no more than that. I'm also marking places in my maps and taking photos of what I could use as a reference to go next year (sometimes is super tricky to get a reference, so used I am to live in a big city) I try to photograph the biggest tree near the place I'm harvesting, for example. This way I can locate the same place next year and see if the plants are developing or having a difficult time. With a teacher from a course I took last year, I learned that we can reforest an area with an specific community of plants is having a hard time to grow, but first you need to check if the plants in the place are healthy and try to know if there is not other people harvesting as well. I already wrote a lot! Thanks for this video! Lovely, as usual! ;)

[@atomickiwi]

I love your videos! So beautiful and relaxing.

[@Thewitchescookery]

Thank you so much for that lovely comment! I am glad you enjoy them and can relax while watching ☺️💚

[@liengeets7003]

A very interesting video Thank you for sharing !

[@Thewitchescookery]

Thanks so much - glad you enjoyed it!

[@kimicope_]

I went foraging last week in shorts 🙈 came home with a lot of uninvited friends 😂

[@Thewitchescookery]

Haha Yes I am also the worst in following my own advice. Somehow I always end up deep in the highest grass field with the shortest dresses 🙈 I hope you had some great green finds!

[@Anna-jr8gu]

Awesome, I'm doing the same these days! I'm baking some bread with oregano & listening to your video, thanks! 🍀☘️🌼🌻🌻🏵️🌺🌾🍁🌷

[@Thewitchescookery]

Oh yummmm - freshly baked Herby bread is the best 🤤🥖💚

[@NightfallHomestead]

I want to do this so bad but I'm terrified of consuming something toxic. I am planting lavender, chamomile, basil and some other common kitchen things this Spring. Baby steps.

[@Thewitchescookery]

I feel yah! It really requires some practice and a really really good book and maybe someone to ask 😄 because a lot of things do look very much alike and if you don't know how they are supposed to smell it gets tricky. But yaih for planting your own herbs - that is wonderful ☺️🌱

[@stephanieholloway8100]

Thank you so much!!!🌿💚🍃

[@Thewitchescookery]

☺️ My pleasure! I can't wait to get out and go foraging again - I can't believe we are only one month away from the first herbs being ready to be collected 🤩

[@sonofagungourmet8276]

This is very helpful, I only do a little foraging for things like Ramps, Morels and fiddle head because I know where to find them and I know I'm not accidentally pick something that's going to make me sick lol

[@Thewitchescookery]

That is actually really nice! I am always a bit afraid to pick anything other than herbs 😄🌱

[@user-bh5mq8qn5m]

Do you recommend any books / encyclopedias for herbs and stuff? I really love your videos by the way, you inspired me ❤

[@juliecooper2625]

Be mindful, in Australia it is illegal to pick wild plants of any kind.

[@alexandersweetboyo4242]

Seeing this in winter D:

[@Thewitchescookery]

Spring is right around the corner 😄

[@tracy9492]

I wished I lived near, somewhere with herbs. I don’t have any 😭

[@Thewitchescookery]

I feel your pain 😄 I used to live on IG cities with no greenery around for most of my adult life. But that is when I started to grow my own herbs indoors and it is so rewarding!

[@TiffanyWhitt45]

Is there something you do behind the scenes to make sure you're harvesting the correct herbs or are you just very familiar and comfortable with them? As a beginner, I'm worried about making myself and my family sick.

[@Deryatari]

If I may ask, in what area do you live, that there are such high radiation levels? I live close to a "Chempark" (Ineos, Bayer & Curenta) though we also have a lot of strawberry, asparagus and other vegetable fields. Would the plants in the small forests around the town be (majorly) affected by the factories?

[@Thewitchescookery]

The radiation levels are still from the accident in Chernobyl in 1986 - my area was affected and mushrooms apparently hold onto that quite a bit. I don't know about factories - but I guess you could read up or ask directly there, if it is of any concern. Usually they have to adhear to strict guidelines (well, depending on where you live 😄)

[@BubbleBunnyy]

I wish I could do this but I live in the city with hardly even any parks :(

[@Thewitchescookery]

I feel you - when I lived in the city I felt the same. What helped me was to grow a little indoor / balcony witch garden though ☺️

[@BubbleBunnyy]

@@Thewitchescookery I love growing my own plants I have too many although most are house plants I have been slowly growing my herb collection tho and I have a few pepper plants! I feel like caring for plants is what is keeping me sane since I can't go be in nature much because of where I live.