I love this channel, please don’t stop making these, it’s an indispensable resource when so few people in the UK are aware of their local wildlife
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😁🌱
@Olan...2 жыл бұрын
Awesome video as always Lewis......I have forraged for several years already but always limited myself to the ones i am solid with however your channel has given me the confidence to try many more because of your detailed discriptions and excellent clear footage. The way prices have increased lately its become absolutely invaluable and far more nutricious to eat mother natures offerings than the shit that passes for food in the super markets at premium prices.Well done and keep them coming :)
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊. Yes I agree wild plants are much more nutritious
@rochellelewis29152 жыл бұрын
wonderful clear delivery allows it to sink in and really learn and remember. Big thanks so useful 🤩
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊
@lizohare17402 жыл бұрын
Brilliant . Have learnt so much from watching your videos. Thank you for taking the time to put them together.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Liz 😁🌱
@askapenguininja2 жыл бұрын
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 😁😜✌️
@tendfday2 жыл бұрын
Great plant identification tips. Wonderful cooking hints. Good close up shots of the leaves, flowers , stalks . A great guide to learning about UK edibles. Thank you . New subscriber. 😊
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊
@sammyj30482 жыл бұрын
I'm so pleased you did a video on wild fennel. I took my son fishing yesterday and found loads along the River Thames. I also found sea beet. Loving your channel and bought my son a couple of books you recommended for his upcoming birthday. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊. Great stuff I love fennel and sea beet
@wolfenstein66762 жыл бұрын
You're right about the cattail plant, Lewis, you could create a whole video on that plant alone, due to all of its uses :) . It even contains natural hand gel in the stem between the layers of growth, which I think is amazing, it's so common too, as you mentioned. The fennel looks a bit like yarrow leaves, but even finer in texture. Thanks for the new video, this series is top notch :) .
@Winston7T72 жыл бұрын
Thank you, fantastic series
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Cheers 😁
@CatepillarChrysalisButterfly2 жыл бұрын
Love your videos, they're so helpful since I've just moved out to the Scottish countryside. Thank you for all your work!
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊
@Banano91f Жыл бұрын
Stunning series, even I'm not even close to UK but this is highly informative and pleasant to watch, as most plants you showcase are all around Europe, maybe with different timing but still there! Thank you for sharing your knowledge
@UKWILDCRAFTS Жыл бұрын
Thank you 😁
@patdeletfan26622 жыл бұрын
merci encore genial.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
😁
@graemedevine96512 жыл бұрын
Thanks again I've been waiting on a new video, keep up the great work I'm sure you're subscribers are increasing as I and many others are sharing it. Can't wait for the book, you should collect email addresses for subscribers I'm sure they'll all take one when its published.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Cheers 😁 and thanks for sharing my vids
@UpToNoGood832 жыл бұрын
Another Brilliant video! Very well done! The best foraging videos by far. Keep up the Great work! Also. I would love it in the future if you could do some more wild edible cooking videos like.. how to cook them and how long and also you eating them and telling us what it taste like.
@ayupmeduck57082 жыл бұрын
Experiment. As wild edibles are generally widely available, there's no guilt factor in wastage. Research initially as some plants need a degree of cooking for various reasons.
@UpToNoGood832 жыл бұрын
@@ayupmeduck5708 yea I did think that. Cheers. Where you from. Your username sounds like where I'm from in Chesterfield.
@ayupmeduck57082 жыл бұрын
@@UpToNoGood83 Derbyshire born and bred, not Chesterfield.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Nice one cheers. Yes I’m going to concentrate more on wild cooking next year after this series 😁
@giacomomiglio24702 жыл бұрын
Simply amazing video and very informative channel!
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊
@DANDIIDAY11112 жыл бұрын
Great informative video This gives me plenty to look out for on my next walk
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊
@sixtysecondsofstephens23862 жыл бұрын
Always learning watching your videos.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
😁
@hairyaries12 жыл бұрын
This is really amazing info, thanks a million mate 👍
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Cheers 😁
@hfern125 Жыл бұрын
So good! I am watching this rather than the usual **** on TV. Tomorrow I will go out into the wild and see what I can find, as my stocks are low. Thank you :)
@UKWILDCRAFTS Жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊
@christinehodge36086 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing ,interesting facts
@anthonyjacobs67902 жыл бұрын
Wonderful, thank you.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Cheers 😁
@dukenegju2 жыл бұрын
Great, thank you! Love
@amerruru24432 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much 🌻
@honorata19352 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Ireland.
@maxibake93232 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, I Love these week by week series, of a Month. 👍🌱 TFS UKW, & take care too everyone. ❤🙂🐶
@northernwarrior71772 жыл бұрын
Another brilliant video.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊
@adrianbarker11302 жыл бұрын
Good job well done 48 and still learning
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊. And yeah there’s always more to learn 🌱
@mango13812 жыл бұрын
I love aniseed 💚
@johndaniel61687 ай бұрын
brilliant advice
@hellieflow88892 жыл бұрын
Thank youuuu once again :)
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
😁
@jenniferpetrie85402 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, thank you.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
😁
@ruthsmith23672 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video, very kind to share your knowledge ❤️
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ruth 😁🌱
@ReginaRulesRoss2 жыл бұрын
Your videos are some of the very best I’ve come across , I’m looking forward to the rest of this series
@stevegoody37442 жыл бұрын
Agree, it really is a superb channel.
@matthewmclaughlin74722 жыл бұрын
Also agree. Fantastic vids.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thank you 😁
@stefheartsyou2 жыл бұрын
SO EXCITED TO WATCH THIS!!!
@djanarchy5085 ай бұрын
i am amazed all the food i been walking past in south UK i am in purbeck area .. we have nearly all the wild foods you have shown .. now i realise as i walk out side and everything looks edible lol :) .. thanks for the insight tommorow i am going to forage many of the things you have shown here and try them .. big thanks keep the good info up and big respct !
@UKWILDCRAFTS5 ай бұрын
Yes there’s so much good food all around us 😁
@mrbultitude2 жыл бұрын
Loving your videos, so informative, thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge!
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊
@jackduffyjones629 Жыл бұрын
Cool intro
@stevegoody37442 жыл бұрын
Thank you once again for all your hard work and time on this excellent series. Has got to be the best wild food channel on you tube. Great close ups and descriptions. Are the leaves and flowers of Herb Robert OK to eat raw. I've just checked my wild food books on this and it seems they are.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊. Yes herb Robert is fine to eat raw, can have quite a strong aftertaste though
@debbiecurtis40212 жыл бұрын
I got wild fennel yesterday.
@riffhurricane2 жыл бұрын
Another great video & I learnt some new things today (love the ash catkins bit - I will definitely try pickling them!). I also really like the month by month format you're doing - your videos get better & better mate. You really deserve 10x times the subscribers you have - particularly in a year when so many people will be struggling with food price inflation & supply disruptions. Interestingly I've a Florence fennel in my veg garden that's now three years old & it seems to have reverted to a more wild type as you have there. It doesn't produce the big bulbs anymore, but all year I'm harvesting the tasty leaves from it. Herb Robert I have huge swathes of it growing. It's one of of my least favourite wild herbs to eat (though I like Coriander), but its so pretty its always welcome here. I'll resume my search for cattails this year. I've never managed to find any near here but perhaps I'll get lucky this time around. A couple of wild veg have moved in the last couple of years though & I've tried to give them a helping hand - now they're both growing all over the place: Ladie's Smock & Fat Hen. The former has seeds that go great in bread making & the former has become my favourite wild 'spinach'. I'd actually take it over the real thing. Also I noticed under that Burdock plant you had Cleavers & Wood Avers growing. It'd be good to see a bit about those. Cleavers taste bad but I'm told the seeds make a passable coffee substitute. The Wood Avers roots are a great medicinal & have a clove like taste. Anyway, great stuff as usual - wishing you the best, cheers!
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊. Yes I agree fat hen has lovely greens
@debbiecurtis40212 жыл бұрын
I'm drying my wild fennel to make tea.
@BalkanCrusader2 жыл бұрын
Do you have locust trees in UK? We used to climb on a tree as a kids and eating those white flowers..
@TreforTreforgan2 жыл бұрын
My girlfriend heard you say ‘basal’ and thought you were saying basil like a yank, and was taking the piss out of you accordingly for doing so. So I said to her ‘it’s basal, as in the base of something’ and then I took the piss out of her. I thought I’d share so as you could do the same if you wanted. No need to hold back either. Worse thing is she’s a teacher!
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Haha 😆
@guitarnotator2 жыл бұрын
Are there any poisonous lookalikes to daisy's? Thanks Aidan
@justalitttleun2 жыл бұрын
I conquer with up to know good👍
@ArtichokeHunter2 жыл бұрын
Does cooking cattail shoots actually alleviate pollution concerns? Or it just helps with levels but you still need good water quality?
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
So cooking them will remove the danger from potential water borne parasites, but yes always make sure it’s from a clean water source
@MrCt402 жыл бұрын
Love your channel - re : burdock can you eat the stalks / roots in may ?
@riffhurricane2 жыл бұрын
Yes, you can eat (the roots at least) all year round. Burdock is a bi-annual, & the first year growth is much tastier. If you find a big (two year old) one the chances are you'll find the younger ones around it.
@ayupmeduck57082 жыл бұрын
Stalks are edible. I chop them and use an apple corer to remove the middle edible part. They're on the bitter side, something akin to brussel sprouts to a child.
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
The roots are edible all year but will be very woody. As Rafe said the first year roots are best, in the autumn of the first year. Or in the spring of its second year before it’s starting to develop the main stem
@debbiecurtis40212 жыл бұрын
I know where to get ox eye daisies. I'll get some this week.
@ayupmeduck57082 жыл бұрын
It's not recommended to harvest burdock root in its second year as all the energy is put into the flowering stem and the root becomes woody. I'm looking forward to meeting fennel and horseradish leaves. I've met herb Robert and I'm sure it gives birth to stink bugs.
@Nathanhiggerz6 ай бұрын
Can you make vinegar out of the ash keys?
@OriginalMariAnnaWolf Жыл бұрын
Dang it! I thought herb Robert was a weed and I rip them out and was big bushes fffuuuudddgggeee
@hoohargh9945 Жыл бұрын
😂 .. stinky bob they're also called... Good for minor wounds use the leaves , their sap is pale pink , and so many other herbal uses 😊
@woodnugget13012 жыл бұрын
Superb. When’s your book available 😀👍
@UKWILDCRAFTS2 жыл бұрын
Thanks 😊. Hah I’m working on it but will probably be several years 📖
@debbiecurtis40212 жыл бұрын
Is cat tail a bullrush?
@mariecompany14675 ай бұрын
No wonder so many women got accused of being witches if they knew about all these plants. I wonder who discovered that they were edible 😮😊😊
@paulpatterson2991 Жыл бұрын
bump
@mango13812 жыл бұрын
As always another excellent information
@debbiecurtis40212 жыл бұрын
I didn't know Herb Robert. It grows everywhere in my garden.
@maitegonzalez1261 Жыл бұрын
Hi Herb Robert smells horrible when I pick it up, maybe I have the wrong plant? My husband agrees about the smell, we tried and taste horrible too and we do like coriander herb in cooking, does it smell bad for you when you pick it up? It behaves like a weed too, is this what they do? Please don’t get me wrong I like your videos this is an authentic question, when you touch the plants they don’t smell well at all, agreed? They maybe taste like coriander in cooking?