Foraging in July (Part 1 of 2) - UK Wildcrafts Foraging Calendar

[@mre8742]

mullien completely removed a nasty nightime cough my lad had. I brewed it and gave it him with some squash. the cough that had woke us up most nights for quite some time was gone completely in 48 hours from not a big amount at all. so yeah I couldn't be more grateful to that property considering the doctor was considering an inhaler. saved him so yeh thanks mother nature

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

That’s great. Mullein is a great healing herb 😁

[@sewingseeds]

Fresh is best

[@LaineyBug2020]

Youcan really see the rose family traits in those raspberries!

[@stevegoody3744]

Thank you, another terrific film. Very grateful for all your work.

[@rumples2698]

blimey , that was brilliant ! i'll be looking at this a few times well done and thanks Liverpool

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@debbiecurtis4021]

You're like my twin brother separated at birth. I love all of these plants. I've foraged rosebay willow herb June and July to make tea. I've made mullien tea and mullien tincture with vodka. Also made watermint tea, nettle tea, horsetail tea, and I've foraged wild fennel, dried it, and powdered it. I also got 100 broadleaf plantain leaves, dried them, and added avocado oil. I just added dried, powdered pineapple weed, (wild camomile), so that will be really healing. I might add yarrow too. I'll make that into salves. I got 200 wild garlic leaves. I made pesto, dried wild garlic, and wild garlic with Himalayan pink sea salt. And I've made rosewater from foraged wild roses. I'm sitting here drinking foraged watermint and nettle tea.

[@andreahodson7031]

i have been eating wild raspberries and cherries while walking the dog. natures breakfast 😋😋

[@julieedwards6937]

Brilliant thankyou, I’m learning a lot 🌱

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@KOKONIIRU]

I looked at the nettle seeds with great interest.

[@SkatingInYour40s]

Thanks, been looking forward to this 😊

[@gemmaparnell6027]

Wild raspberry will be so much more nutritious than shop bought, I'd be tempted to forage a cutting for my garden ❤️

[@balista9831]

just when i thought there was nothing left to pick.. one of your most interesting..thanks.

[@debbiecurtis4021]

There's so much to forage. I have to pace myself. I'm in North Birmingham.

[@balista9831]

@@debbiecurtis4021 me too !!

[@dukenegju]

Thank you for the valuable information! Love

[@emmetbyrne1102]

Best series on youtube

[@scotty5717]

Excellent channel to use throughout the year.. Very knowledgeable

[@JeffoJonJ]

..fantastic foraging fun 😇 Many thanks!!

[@lindacharles6581]

This is a great channel, thank you for sharing your knowledge. We live nearCannockChase and all the info you shared are freely available where we live.

[@dd7521]

Thank you so much for this video, I'll be off out this weekend collecting meadowsweet and hopefully mullein.

[@hellieflow8889]

Thank you so so sooo much :) For every single video! Much love from the lands and plants of Avalon xxx

[@sixtysecondsofstephens2386]

Love your knowledge as always. Never new that stinger nettles came as male and female.

[@nwoslothbite3077]

same as cannabis

[@PCongeries]

Nettle seeds that surprise me. Spring April- May Nettles in scramble eggs creating huge power for the body but I don't know that all this goods are accumulated in seeds later in the year .Lets try this.Thanks so much

[@katiepalfreyman1840]

Great video with clear straightforward information. Thanks!

[@sb-fc6uj]

Brilliant as usual thank you x

[@CF1091]

These videos are so good, thank you! 🙏

[@lilyformosa2709]

Thank you so much for the details of the plants and herbs and trees… as a beginner, the details are so important. I love all your videos so much as I have learnt a lot from you. ❤️🙏

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

That’s great thanks Lily 😁

[@EeeEee-bm5gx]

Raspberry leaves mixed with fruits are very good for colds with fever. A family mix is raspberry leaves, linden flowers and a bit of yarrow flower. They say yarrow is very good for coughs but it's so bitter, you can have a drinkable tea if a little bit is added.

[@carolclarke2932]

Thank you, very helpful and interesting.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@1Top_Banana]

Excellent information. I bumped into a rasberry bush behind our estate where there's a small woods yesterday. There's plenty of hawthorne and nettles, a few elderberry, and seen sorrel, so started foraging in 2020. It's fun and my kids enjoy a forage with me.

[@riddimchef1]

Thanks for the video very informative and relaxing as usual The fermented fireweed tea is well worth doing. Tastes amazing to me 👍🏾

[@kennethnormanthompson2740]

Thanks - now tell us how you did it.

[@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 😁😜✌️

[@kwicher]

Thanks!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks. Really appreciated 😁

[@alastairmcbricky3456]

thanks for the great info enriched entertainment, really really appreciate you making these as I've learned so much, it really does send the fun levels of the great out doors flying up through the sky and so honestly can not thank you enough.

[@jaredbrookman6393]

Thank for these videos mate! Brand new to foraging and been up to a local reservoir today to just look around. Came across meadowsweet, hemlock and the bad water-dropwort! Looking forward to getting my books and kit together to do some foraging soon!

[@paulas1542]

I've got loads of wild strawberries in my garden they are prolific! I've given loads away too from runners I've established in pots.ive noticed in certain places the strawberries are actually getting quite large on them! I've had some decent sized ones from mine this year!

[@richardlilley6274]

Thank you for sharing

[@gestucvolonor5069]

I'll give the nettle seeds a try 👌🏻

[@SU-452]

excellent as always

[@deborahforster4284]

Coltsfoot keeps my COPD in check. I don't need inhalers and steroids. It's incredible.

[@lauralucy1]

Conflicting views on collecting nettle seeds when green or brown. I know you said to collect when green but have you any thoughts on collecting when brown idea? Many thanks ☘️

[@ruthsmith2367]

Thank you, your brilliant you are hope you are feeling better ❤️ you just cleared a point up for me to. I knew there were male and female nettles and I know the difference but I couldn’t figure out when the female went from flower to seed as I couldn’t tell the difference, but the female never flowers so when it’s hanging down I shall pick away, thank you so much. Then I can go back in a few weeks when there is new growth for the leaves is that correct thanks x

[@raphaelmann]

Excellent stuff as always! Hope you're feeling much better now, Lewis! I've discovered that what I thought was fireweed growing everywhere near me is actually great hairy willow herb... The shoots looked very similar, but now the flowers are out the difference is obvious. Apparently that one is responsible for some of the reputation that fireweed sometimes has for being intoxicating, and slightly toxic, etc., because the great hairy willow herb is, and people often mix them up... I'll leave that one be I reckon...

[@AndreaDingbatt]

Really?!! I've been foraging for over Fifty years... Not Any of the Willowherbs have Ever caused Any problems!! Rosebay Willowherb (Fireweed) are a much Sweeter flavour, and I will eat them as well as Drying for Tea's.. The pith is v. starchy and that's what thicken the soups.

[@raphaelmann]

@@AndreaDingbatt Hi Andrea, it's just what I've read... There was an interesting blog about how the two types are often conflated in the herbal medicine guides and so on... I can try to find the link if you're interested?

[@AndreaDingbatt]

@@raphaelmann Yes please, that would be really kind of you!! Andrea and Critters. ...XxX....

[@chrysalis72]

i have wild raspberry in my garden planted on purpose for birds.

[@Victoriam4074]

There's a wild strawberry variety that's small but bigger than those too, the alpines are always tiny.

[@unclepigg]

I've noticed wildlife eats nettle seeds as they turn brown but not green. That's maybe a good indication of when to pick? They're probably more toxic when green (lectins etc)

[@andnowi]

Not expert here, but I think they're just not as good green. You can make 'coffee' with them brown.

[@bonnielyrae6971]

Thank you. x

[@AndreaDingbatt]

An interesting Fact,,,(*Depending, I suppose!!) Those Wild Strawberries are a New Wild Variety!! The Wild Strawberries we used to pick, have a less rounded fruit. Rather than the more pointed berry, , like the Wild Alpine Strawberry,,, which were very sweet, creamy and much sweeter-smelling,,, than this New Wild Strawberry!! We used to pick the Original, Wild strawberries along the old disused railway tracks, dry,sndy soil. but these rounded fruits are now more common and apparently an unexpected new type, nd can grow in long grass, with much damper conditions. Possibly theyre due to cross-breeding with garden varieties, although not quite s nice,,, ~ they still taste better than them bought from the Supermarkets though!! If I can find the link,to the article later, Ill leave it here. ...XxX...

[@xperimental1974]

Had bramble in my backyard, i think it is Rubus rosifolius... I wish I had Raspberry or other berries, unfortunately I am in tropical climate .. so ya no chilling hours :)

[@millie4ever504]

Great video thank you

[@tomosheffski]

love your videos, but what's this covid malarky?

[@maxibake9323]

I've definitely walked past some Wild Raspberries. Oops. 👍 Wishing you continued healing from Covid. TFS UKW, & take care everyone. ❤🙂🐶

[@randolphfuller4681]

I'd love to know where I could get mullein in Middlesbrough. I am looking around but I haven't seen any. Sandy areas aren't easy to find. However, I have noticed in your video that they are growing next to the road. I have a phlegm problem that the NHS won't help me with. They would rather put me through their dubious routines starting with an X-ray and so on...I just can't trust them anymore.

[@debbiecurtis4021]

A kindhearted forager might post you some. I've got a bit spare. It's dried.

[@kayoss11]

You can get it off ebay it's not dear, and will do wonders for your chest.

[@SocietyOfTheSpectacl]

You can buy Mullein leaves to smoke in a good tobacconist, but the best is to make a tincture ( use vodka ) from the flowers. The best cough syrup you can find.

[@randolphfuller4681]

@@SocietyOfTheSpectacl thanks for the advice. I am looking for an alternative to tobacco.

[@randolphfuller4681]

@@debbiecurtis4021 A friend down in Great Yarmouth has promised me some. But I'm still waiting. Mind you, July is the appropriate month to forage it. I'll give her a ring.

[@indicatorhunter4500]

Hey mate, love these videos. I read somewhere not to use stinging nettles once they begin to seed as it is bad for your kidneys.

[@andreahodson7031]

they can be cut back then the new growth is fine.

[@indicatorhunter4500]

@@andreahodson7031 so cut them back and then it is OK to use the seeds? I have a few in my garden that I've been cutting back. But eventually they seeded anyway, so I stopped using them.

[@andreahodson7031]

@@indicatorhunter4500 you can use the seeds you collect, then if you want to use the leaves, cut the plant right back and the new growth will be ok to use.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. So it’s only the leaves you want to avoid when the plant is flowering, they produce crystals (calcium carbonate I believe) which can upset the urinary tract. The seeds don’t contain this though so they are fine to eat. As Andrea says if you cut a plant back you can eat the fresh growth of leaves before it flowers again. Hope that makes sense :)

[@SMTRodent]

I had no idea rosebay willowherb was edible! We grow tons. They're too pretty to just kill.

[@wotsthisay]

only just started foraging, going out with a herbalist - saw and picked some medlars ,found out rather rapidly that July is far too early - can they be stored in any way - thank you

[@kennethnormanthompson2740]

Ivan tea: you ferment the leaves and make tea - sounds easy but it is not. I have tried several times and can see the potential but have not succeeded yet.

[@AndreaDingbatt]

Ferment, then Dry fully. In a paper bag, Cool Dry place. Then in a Jar with a desiccant, and store in a dark place. Oh, when you ferment then due diligence and have sterile everything that you would be doing in All Fermentation process. I hope this helps. .XxX..

[@oscar6487]

Good with weetabix

[@emmaphillips2265]

Damnation! It was all going SO well, until you mentioned "recovering from Covid". Put me right off trusting your judgment. Oh well! moving on.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Ok :). I was recovering from the flu like symptoms. I think covid was totally overblown but I was ill for a few days. Unless you are saying it didn’t exist at all?

[@oscar6487]

Bramble can be poisonous

[@JuiceFastCoach]

Living alongside the land....Still believes in covid lol....detox my man. Detox.

[@oscar6487]

Don't hear that word often! Clever man 😴

[@naughtyskyline]

mullein can also be made into a salve/balm as it is very soothing to heal cuts and scrapes , a quick bandaid if youre out and about also :). our irish ancestors would dip the large flower stems into beeswax to make candles for the winter months. i havent seen the Rosebay willow here in Japan, so ill have to keep my eye out. Nettle is not common in our area also Or meadow sweet to be honest sadly

[@debbiecurtis4021]

Could a friend post you rosebay willow herb seeds?

[@naughtyskyline]

@@debbiecurtis4021 I guess i could look online! good point! thank you x

[@naughtyskyline]

question, when you say bramble, do you mean what we might call blackberry?

[@naughtyskyline]

@@davegnidaer572 cheers!