Wild Garlic - Plant Identification, Uses and Folklore

[@ForBritannia]

This is an absolute fantastic idea not only for entertainment but also educational purposes please keep this playlist going :)

[@pondguru]

Yes I am intending to do loads more in this series. Some plants will not be edible but they will have other uses and rich folklore surrounding them.

[@leannvlewis]

Excellent information. Here in the Appalachians we tend to call them Ramps. We also have garlic that grows wild. Looks just like the bulbs you buy in the market, only smaller. Also in the spring when the Ramps & garlic are fresh & abundant, the turkeys will eat them & there's definitely a strong garlic flavor to the meat if you eat spring turkeys.

[@pondguru]

I bet that tastes incredible and I'd love to give that a go.

[@kieryweery1]

You really do like smelling those leaves haha. Enjoying the series so far, thanks for the video!

[@pondguru]

I smell and eat all sorts of leaves when I'm out and I reckon it would take some sort of potent poison to kill me now, lol

[@wayoflife6222]

Great video my friend. I love the flavor of wild garlic thanks for sharing

[@pondguru]

No worries and happy cooking.

[@popelangy]

Great video mate, hope to see more of these from you, i seem to find a lot of these kind of videos from channels in different countries, but not too many here in the uk so it's nice to see videos like this that may actually be of use rather than talking about a bunch of plants etc that we don't really see in this country.

[@pondguru]

Yes that's what I thought too and although some channels from the UK do a great job of their plant videos the lore surrounding them is never brought into it yet that is often the most interesting part.

[@ironix1]

Great one Richard. A well put together video. That Allium Triquetrum plant was one of my first wild picks back in the day. I am sure they appears to ne more of it around now.

[@pondguru]

They are all over the place up here in the wooded stream valleys and I've got a few growing around my pond although they don't do very well as the ground isn't rich enough and there isn't enough shade.

[@AmericanCoinHunting]

Great part 2 of your new series Richard . I love onion and garlic mixed together . My favorite potato chip was that mix , but I can no longer find it . I hear that is how Chicago got it's name back in 1687 when Robert De La Salle wrote about trying to open a fur trading post here . The Native Americans of this area called it Shikaakwa , and La Salle borrowed from that . Calling the area (Chicagua) . For the Garlic , onions and Leeks that grew wild here around the Chicago River . Loved the Folk Lore about the Cross Roads as well . I'm not all that sure about that either though ...lol

[@pondguru]

Chicago is twinned with my local town - at least I joke that it is as Consett is right on a hill top and always windy, lol It is always interesting to hear how places got their name so thanks for that, man.

[@Jps3bs]

Very cool video on wild garlic Richard. Now I know more than I ever did about the plant and its folklore. Love garlic😉

[@normanscout1148]

I have a lot it growing next to my camp,like you say it doesn't last long dies off very quickly, the woods is nature's supermarket its a good subject to pick up on everyone will learn from this, blackberries roots and leaves good anti.inflammatory, birch bark leaves good for certain infections the list goes on will be following this subject with keen interest thanks for sharing

[@pondguru]

There will be so much I'll miss out in these videos as some uses beliefs regarding plants are country specific or even regional but it is a fascinating subject.

[@benjackson9876]

Great video! I'm going out tomorrow looking for some tomorrow and I'm now well excited

[@waikarimoana]

Awesome video as usual, very informative, thanks for the ride, a 5 * vide, and best regards from Down Under, Tony.

[@pondguru]

Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching.

[@dorianzulic9369]

I love wild garlick. Useful for making sauces and spreads. Great series of videos!

[@pondguru]

The wild garlic has just started sprouting up here in NE England so soon the valleys will all smell of garlic, lol

[@dorianzulic9369]

Already? Poor vampires :)

[@pondguru]

They weren't affected by the garlic because round here the werewolves ate all the vampires.

[@dorianzulic9369]

So where's the little red riding hood gone then? Was she eaten by a bushcraft survivalist? You didn't make any videos about that...

[@theepicjack0543]

My favorite and most reliable wild edible is mulberry trees they are delicious and abundant along with wild blackberry

[@karlforrester3522]

Great video rich ,love the smell and taste of Ramses garlic especially with fresh court wild brown trout all the best Fubar

[@pondguru]

Garlic and fish goes very well.

[@666themadrussian]

You've gone full on wiccan on us with your magical plants!

[@pondguru]

While I can't say that I practice Wiccan or any other system beliefs it is definitely interesting to learn more about the links to plants as that is the knowledge the Wiccans, Pagans and practitioners of the ancient beliefs have carried forward through history when certain other systems chose to suppress or destroy it.

[@RicTic66]

It makes fabulous 'Garlic Butter' melted on grilled fish or seafood, Jersey Royal new potatoes or anything else you fancy... Delicious! 😊

[@virginiacopeland108]

Can't do without garlic! Thanks, Clark

[@ScottishWanderer]

wild garlic is one of my fav wild food as you said i dont know much about wild foods atb stuart

[@pondguru]

Yes its the one most people will try first and I had to include it in the series so I thought I would get it out the way early on. Some of the plants I'm going to cover will have no culinary value but many other interesting uses and beliefs.

[@ranjitrathod5316]

Please give me the deep knowledge of the wild garlic I am very interested to know about it

[@billyc2010]

The more you know :) Great vid, I've seen this stuff tons of times when out and about, always just walked right by it. Now I know that I can stick it on the bbq with a nice steak and a bit of pepper, lovely!

[@pondguru]

It certainly does go well with beef but garlic goes well with anything I reckon, lol

[@davejones4269]

Great work

[@ColinTonkasdad]

have a wacking great bunch in me garden , love it and i scatter the seeds about !! when travelling .cheers

[@fpvcarlislecumbria6229]

Yay keep them coming mate, love the wild food forages :)

[@franciscorrigan2320]

hi jim ireland have a lovely book on wild plants its yours verry verry ol JIM thanks.love your series keep up good work. should come to wild atlantic way some time u would love it.kilcatheren beara bantry co cork good luck,fair blay jim.

[@pondguru]

Ireland is a place with a nation of folklore and somewhere I would love to visit one day. All our holidays now are to warm beaches which I like but definitely miss the holidays we used to have up the West coast of Scotland.

[@davelowery2992]

I all ways like to get the flower bulbs they taste so good.

[@alya4064]

Hi, how many days does wild garlic need to harvest from the date of budding or planting?! Can he handle high scores?Its seeds have been found sold on websites! Do you recommend growing it at home or not?!

[@cronkthecrunk]

Thanks for all the help I'm on the same ideology I want to know them all

[@pondguru]

No worries, glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for watching.

[@Thebigmanmetaldetecting]

great video Richard and I fully agree with your comment that information should be shared freely I wish other you tube channel were like you done are just out there to rip people off and beg for money lol

[@pondguru]

Yes it is a tricky one and the norm now seems to be for channels to have a 'donate' button, even when they will be more than self supporting from advertising. That's just not for me and won't happen here. I have one friend on KZbin who has a donate button on their channel and I can see that is justified as his channel is not yet self-supporting and he goes on all sorts of varied adventures into the wilds on his own money. His videos are excellent and a full 180 degrees from the channels who are earning a tidy profit yet still want more for bashing out the same old videos week in week out. I'm just happy to get information out and if there is something entertaining in there its a bonus - even after all these years KZbin is still very much a hobby for me as I have a real job which pays the bills. Glad you enjoy the videos, man.

[@gemhunter99]

We were always told that eating garlic helps keep the black flies and mosquito's away, and I must say it does seem to help.

[@pondguru]

I can see why that would work, yes.

[@godsgift42020]

great video rich! keep em comin.

[@jmber27]

Great video, thanks for sharing 👍

[@ablack6873]

Can you get wild garlic with more bell like flowers (almost like a bluebell but white)? I've seen some that smell like garlic but the leaf more like the one you dug up towards the end,

[@pondguru]

Sounds like a white (albino) bluebell - you do get them occasionally and the than the leaf and flower they look similar to wild garlic at a glance. They also have a similar bulb but it doesn't taste of garlic and is non-edible.

[@clivelathwell3919]

great video mate I love wild garlic it's lovely in a salad 😉HH clive

[@donnakantaris2287]

While you say it doesn't grow up in the Highlands and Islands I can confirm it is definately up in Orkney

[@TomWoodCHESHIREMETALDETECTING]

Hi Rich, can you do a vid on puff balls, its a fungus the size of a football, me and my brother had one years ago, we just sliced it and fried it, it was like steak, but some people said they are poisonous, so if you could do a vid that would be great. cheers mate Tom

[@pondguru]

If / when the puffballs come out round here I will do a video no worries. As long as they are harvested when they are white right through they are nice to eat.

[@TomWoodCHESHIREMETALDETECTING]

Pondguru Outdoors Cheers Rich, look forward to it

[@CyberCurtainTwitcher]

Great video.

[@tjoutdoors5921]

Brilliant video!!

[@Thebigmanmetaldetecting]

couldn't agree more buddy couldn't agree more

[@funkymonk3y944]

Awesome video! Are you going to make anymore fly fishing videos?

[@pondguru]

I have tried to make one over the last couple of fishing sessions but the stretch of river near me has been pounded by poachers, herons, mink, otters, cormorants and goosanders. Last time I only saw 2 fish rise.

[@funkymonk3y944]

+Pondguru Outdoors Dang that sucks!

[@pknewsheadlines1813]

Where I can find wild garlic

[@yackfzay6224]

It's fascinating about plant's. Learnings to distinct from the poison and edibles is so important. Such knowledge are lost now a day.

[@pondguru]

Yes and some of the plants I will cover later will not be edible but will have lots of interesting uses and beliefs surrounding them.

[@danpedro3948]

Garlic is a member of the onion genus

[@romski9665]

Hi! So I'm curious, what is the name of that song in the very beginning? It seems familiar to me. :^)

[@thegrantclan]

Enjoyed 🎓

[@sidclark1953]

I don't mean to be rude but what regional accent is that you are speaking?

[@Thebigmanmetaldetecting]

that sounds like a good one who is it? and I was more referring to the leech of the detecting world

[@pondguru]

The channel which is good is Andy's Fishing. He's in Australia and really goes out of his way to make great videos and interact with the viewers so is definitely worth checking out. I have been following his channel since it was first set up. As for the parasitic creature you're referring to I've no idea what he or his find faking associates are up to as I just absolutely ignore them. I tend to support a variety of smaller genuine channels who love the hobbies they are showing in their videos as their real enthusiasm is great to see and really refreshing to watch in a world of greedy, fame craving morons, lol.

[@englishwoodsman]

I have my fareshare of wild garlic this year love in on my wild camping meat

[@Waldhandwerk]

Nice and good! ;)

[@11robert11]

do love garlic never tried the wild stuff. you ever tried truffle hunting

[@leannvlewis]

oooo there's a plant I wish he'd cover. Truffles. Great idea.

[@RoCkCrAwLeRz86]

Ive never been truffle hunting, but I hunt for morels when the season is here!

[@pondguru]

I haven't done that but we have some decent ancient woodland near me where they may be found. Problem is I haven't got a dog or pig to sniff them out.

[@mattc675]

Garlic

[@christopherellis2663]

Puzzlewood is Ramson Heaven

[@ratroddiesels1981]

is wild garlic as tasty as reuglar bulb garlic

[@pondguru]

Yes although the strength varies wildly from plant to plant and is dependent on time of year it is harvested.

[@ratroddiesels1981]

thank you sir:

[@YouAreNotFree.]

I have right at 4000 plant's documented here with near 40k uses. Most is lost knowledge that the Natives refused to show outside of the culture.

[@pondguru]

Native knowledge which has been passed down through the generations is more valuable than all the gold in the world and the problem we have in the UK is that much of that was lost during the witch purges back in history.

[@hotelsierra86]

Ant eye?

[@SoldierDemps]

Next plant Dandilion please 👍🏻😂

[@pondguru]

Next one will be an interesting tree but dandelion will be coming along too.

[@Jabinho]

are you planning to get a herd of cows?

[@pondguru]

lol, only if I ever buy a farm but that is unlikely.

[@Jabinho]

you and a heard of cows would make for some great youtube!

[@grandwonder5858]

Hey bud, why is your wild garlic look nothing like the wild garlic that are being shown by other KZbinrs? I mean, most other wild garlics being shown have narrow stalks like the domesticated green onions we typically see at grocery stores. And they also have these clusters of small oval-shaped cloves that grow at the top of the onion stalks. But yours look nothing like the ones I mentioned. Check this video out to see the kind of wild onion I am talking about: m.kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5PLfWucr7CNgq8

[@pondguru]

The link you gave me is for a guy in the US so their garlic is simply a different type. Even in the UK we have a few different types but the one with big leaves and bold white flowers like the one shown here is by far the most common so videos from UK will typically show this type.

[@MiniWingZChannel]

Why do you disable likes and dislikes?

[@pondguru]

They still register but are not viewable on the videos. Its not that I get many dislikes (this video currently has 87 likes and 0 dislikes) but even when there are a couple of dislikes it brings about comments pointing the finger at individuals who think its funny to hit the dislike on every new video and that degenerates into a chain of stupid comments. I really appreciate the viewers I have as they are willing to be open to new hobbies and experiences so making the thumbs up / down stats private is one way to maintain that quality.

[@MiniWingZChannel]

hmm fair enough

[@cos6718]

I am wondering what if a dog has peed on it? It always puts me off! 😒