Foraging in Late Spring

[@TheRachelRabbit]

I can not thank you enough. When I was a young girl I lived in Wales and knew my stuff. Unfortunately with age/time I have forgotten so much. Watching your video brought many things flooding back. Thank you so much. This knowledge is needed. xxx

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Ah that's great thanks 😁

[@nicolatingey5265]

this is so informative and interesting. I will certainly take some of these ideas and use them. I saw some yellow dead nettle today and didn't know what it was until I watched this. I love getting wild food for free!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Yeah I love it too. Especially at the moment!

[@Sherirose1]

Thank you. I'm now hooked on your videos. So much good food surrounding us and I haven't got a clue.🤦

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks :)

[@GreencampRhodie]

Your videos & knowledge are brilliant.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks :)

[@HolyFreakinDragonSlayer]

When I see those crossform flowers.. I understand where Marc Jacobs got his inspiration from. Loving these videos. New subscriber ✌

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@nadaofnoved9049]

Love the channel mate, you're a gentleman. Keep up the great content buddy.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@mattneale3128]

Excellent video, thanks

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Cheers 😊

[@bellslinki]

Gold content! especially nowadays 💪😊

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@Londonfogey]

These videos are really helpful. I have Richard Mabey's book 'Free Food' but it's not always easy to tell from a book and a small picture what is what.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁. Yes I know what you mean. Food for free and other books are useful but often don't have enough information

[@Londonfogey]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS Your videos are excellent, I have wanted to go on one of those guided foraging tours for a while but of course they are all suspended during the national emergency, so this is just as good. One thing I don't think you mentioned is Fat Hen which I am told is very good but I have never been able to find it around my village.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Ta very much. Ah yeah fat hen is another. There's so much about this time of year the video could have gone on for hours hah. I'll do another part to it next spring 😊

[@TheMilnerbeam]

Excellent thanks

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Cheers 😁

[@HappyHungryHibby]

Absolutely brilliant guide & seasonal review, really interesting, thank you

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😊

[@emhavaemhava8029]

You are amazing, this is exactly what I was looking for !

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks glad you like it 😊

[@harvicultureprinciples1569]

So good dude

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Cheers 😁🤟

[@nomadnomad9109]

I'll be going hog found a load and nettle thank you ace channel

[@purestilton]

Brilliant video, thank you so much!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😊

[@Olan...]

Dam those kids....they hate being prepared for the BBQ dont they :)

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Hah 😆

[@ramthian]

Aberdeen ,Scotland ok 👍.

[@HazzM]

Brilliant video, thanks for sharing your knowledge. Do you give field talks/ courses?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. I don’t at the moment but I do plan to in the future

[@supernovacleaning5957]

Great effort and knowledgeable stuff. Could you please also talk about - 1. Which part of "each" plant is edible. 2. It's nutrition value and 3. Dos and donts. I have subscribed and pressed the bell button. Thank you for your great work. 🙏🙏

[@tracybourne8241]

Can you eat the subspecies of the yellow dead nettles with the verigated leaf. Love your channel

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. Yes you can eat the variegated dead nettles too

[@greyhound2432]

Great content, thanks really appreciated.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@countesscable]

I have never found Jack by the Hedge or Three cornered Leek here in South Wales. Is it commonplace? There is absolutely tons of Wild Garlic (Ramsons) though.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Hi yeah I do a lot of my foraging in south wales. Lots of jack by the hedge all around Chepstow to Cardiff area, I imagine it’s the same for the rest of south wales. Three cornered leek there’s a lot in Chepstow

[@Songguy1985]

Hey mate :) Awesome content! When you're talking about the Yellow Archangel there's a little white flower next to it. Is that also edible?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Just from a quick look I’d say it was wild chervil/ cow parsley, which is edible but easily confused with poison hemlock which is deadly poisonous. I’ve done a video on it kzbin.info/www/bejne/gnSwdKqXaK5kipY

[@Songguy1985]

@@UKWILDCRAFTS Thank you. Yes, I was watching some videos on hemlock and other poisonous plants. To be honest, for now, unless it's a dandelion or daisy, I'll avoid it. I'm learning slowly though. I find auntumn slightly easier. Large, flat firld mushrooms are almost unmistakable, epscially once you smell them. Elderberries and blackberries are also like that. Please, keep up the good work, dude. This kind of thing should be taught in schools.

[@TheGauchoAmigo]

Is foraging allowed in most countries?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Every country I’ve been to yes although there are slightly different laws in each country/area. Each country should have info on there government website. Like gov.uk

[@CoiledBooties]

Loving this content! Keep it up

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@typower9]

Is that subspecies of nettle edible? (The one with the white on the leaves)?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

The subspecies of yellow deadnettle is edible too yes

[@julianmarsh2758]

Mate I have spent years studying this and I gotta say your excellent, your attention to detail is superb, all the best.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😊

[@stokeyone]

Thanks for the tips man I love learning new found foods in the wild 👌

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You're welcome 😁

[@stephenpennell]

lot of work gone in that cheers

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

It did 😉. Thanks

[@samcad-ho3ze]

I’m obsessed with this channel.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@Amanda-ro3gw]

So informative, thank you. Will continue to look for the fennel but have never seen the yellow dead nettle. Great video.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You're welcome 😁

[@br4mble]

I've been growing red clover to use as green mature. When I could have been eating it all this time...

[@Dystopia2023]

Was that pignut next to the Archangel? The root makes a nice little snack. In your early summer vid, try a tea from meadowsweet, it has a lovely, refreshing slightly cucumber taste. Delish.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Very possibly there were pignut around there. Agreed I like them too. Yes live meadowsweet too, I've already got it listed for my summer video 😉

[@knm4life1]

I love your videos! By the way, aren't they few flowered leek, not three cornered leek?

[@herbalvision2134]

I really like your videos, It is full of information :-)

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁

[@peterm7915]

I am told water-mint was crossed with spearmint, to create peppermint.

[@anonymous-or3uk]

Great video is the fennel growing wild the same as you find in the shops as in you can use the bulbs at the bottom?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Ah no that's florence fennel. The type you find growing in the wild doesn't produce the 'bulbs' that the cultivated kind does

[@rhiannon3168]

Love this channel, thank you for producing this amazing content :) I've now discovered that I have cleavers and dead nettle in my garden as well as common stinging nettle and dandelion. Do you know if you can eat copper beech tree leaves as well as common beech? Theres a massive one in the garden but I cant seem to find out whether it's ok or not.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. Yes they are, copper beech is just a natural variant of the European beech

[@rhiannon3168]

About to have some payback for clearing up a blanket of dead leaves every year 😊 thank you!

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

You should try making Noyau with them, should make a nice dark liqueur

[@rhiannon3168]

....I do love gin 🤔

[@laurab1804]

Excellent video. Thanks

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@Ladysarauk]

Im very new to foraging and have learnt so much from this video, hugs sara

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Great, glad it helped 😁

[@patdeletfan2662]

super merci

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😊

[@ws256]

Great and informative video, thank you for the effort put in making it! Can't wait to forage my way through Leeds and see what it has to offer 🙏

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. Have fun foraging

[@claremaidofthewave251]

Brilliant vlog, pleased to find you today. Please can you tell me if you can eat young “copper” beech leaves? Thank you. 🙏🏻

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊. Yes copper beech leaves are edible too

[@claremaidofthewave251]

Thank you for getting back so promptly, this is fascinating news, tomorrow there is going to be some experimenting! Tonight was garlic, dandelion, daisy, dead nettle fritters 😋. They were great. Nature is blessing us.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Sounds great. They might not be too tasty now, probably a little too old. But you might be lucky

[@claremaidofthewave251]

I’m in the Scottish Borders, the trees are just leafing now, so yes, fingers crossed.

[@hikokomorifilms]

These videos are great - thank you! Just wanted to say that I think it's allium paradoxum.

[@billiverschoore2466]

yes it is; i was unaware of this for toooo many years...

[@mandil.7255]

Great video cheers. Can one eat the invasive brother of the dead nettle?

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

The one with variegated leaves? Yes that's edible too

[@braintree7502]

great video

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😁

[@lucythompson9198]

Thank you! SO much information

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks glad you liked it 😊

[@countesscable]

Thanks. I’m by the Gower Peninsula. I’m going to have to have a serious root about!

[@llflatty]

I would love you to make more videos 💕

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Hopefully I’ll be able to put more time into it in the future, I’d love to too. Very busy with work etc unfortunately haha. Thanks :)

[@ramthian]

❤️❤️❤️

[@DirtyLesion]

kzbin.infoUgkxRH0-116PRkdlcJWa99lMD1xLab__eW4C I love this moment we all have as foragers, were we just look insane.

[@JeffoJonJ]

..magical..cheers I think some dead nettles can be laxative 😨😨

[@jr5156]

Your videos are good but could you look in to normalising your sound levels. The volume jumps up and down so much

[@christinaward161]

Hi, i have only recently found your fabulous youtube videos. They are brilliant. I have lots of books on wild edibles but , for me, i find it so much easier by sight. So your videos really help. I too feel i knew alot of this from my early childhood but it got lost along the way, it is so lovely to learn it all over again! Thankyou so much for all your information. I love your accent too, you sound just like another youtuber called Joshx !

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Ah thanks glad they have helped 😁

[@Redchilly-s2e]

So glad you popped up on KZbin about foraging. I was looking for something UK specific and I can safely say that this channel is my number one go to channel. I never realized there was so much out there, I really enjoy your content and after just 2 vids I was hooked and subscribed, I look forward to the summer autumn and winter months with you. I reccomend your viewers download the plant snap app and the leaf snap app, that's a help, thanks again

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Ah thanks glad you’re enjoying them 😁

[@shirinkherumuchiri1666]

Thank you so much for your work and knowledge and also the time you take to explain things,It is people like you that give us courage to go out there with confidence. I am glad I found this channel.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😊

[@clairegillen8229]

Thank you so much for your videos which I've only just found - especially this one. Your images of the plants are clear and so are your explanations. I doubt I would ever get the ID wrong. Better than any book on foraging (and I've tried a few)! Thanks again

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😊

[@wolfenstein6676]

9:39 Three-cornered leek.

[@kieranroberts9119]

Cheers mate I'm. Just getting into this picked some nettles for tea the other day and found some garlic mustard which is lovely I think. I found some burdock too but need to identify it more before I dive in great video much appreciated 👍

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thank you 😁

[@pippamiddlemiss9612]

Very informative. Thank you. Will share with friends.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@carbootseller]

Thanks for the very interesting and informative video, I never knew there was so much to eat in the woods

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks. Yes there's free food everywhere 😁

[@rokzila]

So natural! 🥗

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😊🌱

[@kevinbrindley7275]

I found some wild garlic yesterday and tried it for the first time and I found it to be very nice. 👍

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Nice one. I eat it most days this time of year 😋

[@AlexWindsor]

Hi there - thanks for these amazing videos - I have been picking nettles for years now in parks around inner London and now I live next to a really important common in London. Was thinking to pick cow parsley because it would be really useful to pick that instead of buying parsley from the shops, but was concerned about mistaking it with Hemlock and after looking at lots of videos and comparing it with the plants I see on my common, I am really shocked. Firstly, as a beginner at foraging, I realise there is a lot of plants where the leaves and flowers are very similar to both but the stalks suggest that it could well a different species altogether. But there are lots of big plants so close to where I live that are clearly Hemlock (because of the crimson spots on the stalks) and others that are Cow Parsley (because of the celery-type stalks), but I will not take the risk! .I will be giving this one a miss, but have had a good success with: (nettles, obviously), .Goose grass makes great tea but is disguising fried or raw in large quantities .White Dead nettle, fried, boiled as tea, anything - is quite tasteless but can bulk up a meal full of nutrients .Yarrow, I really like the taste - was great with an omlette .Hogweed - I am scared of getting involved with it because of the risk to your skin if you get the giant hogweed and I had thought that there couldn't be any Giant Hogweed in central London, but then I have now seen lots of Hemlock all over this great common, so I think that I will give hogweed a miss until I learn more about it. The hogweed I have cooked very interesting and might take a bit of cooking skills to get the most out of it but seems like definitely worth the effort .Garlic mustard - my next study - there is a lot of it so I should pick some of it soon?

[@jagodatok4743]

Thank you so much! The lockdown got me into foraging and your videos are so helpful! I’ve picked stingy nettles (made a soup), sorrel (I’m from Poland and a sorrel soup it’s quite a thing, you just have to add an egg to not upset your stomach), wild garlic and the leek from this video. Looking forward to pick more, especially elderflower, my gran used to make elderflower fritters when I was a child.

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

It's a great time to get into foraging. I love sorrel soup! I've not had it with the egg though. And yes elderflower is great, soon we'll have all the summer fruits to enjoy too

[@anthonyjacobs6790]

Another great video, thank you

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

Thanks 😊

[@taherchalabi2056]

great work

[@UKWILDCRAFTS]

😊