Winter Forage : June 2024

A very pleasant early-Winter outing to a Canterbury riverbed.
Recorded at 4K Resolution (In case of 'buffering', to view at a lower Resolution just use the 'sprocket'/'settings' icon at the bottom of the youtube screen).
South Island, New Zealand
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[@meatavoreNana]

A little ginger in with the nettle.

[@antonyjh1234]

Great video, was only watching a video about truffles this morning and wondering if you have them in the area/ or if ever found?

[@DiarmuidNZ]

Thanks antonyjh. I know of two local truffle growers. My understanding is that trained dogs and pigs are used/needed to sniff-them-out (from underground). In my own experience - after experimenting with a number of whole ones - I don't consider them to be a food at all. I made a video about them at the time but chose not to publish any of it - so as not to upset any growers. They exude a definite pungent, sulphurous gas. Given the choice, I would choose the Kilo of supermarket button mushrooms.

[@trc8g]

​@@DiarmuidNZbingo bango

[@meatavoreNana]

😊yarrow to stop bleeding.

[@antonyjh1234]

Cut and paste from the internet but who knew uh ? Yarrow styptic is also anti-inflammatory, pain-relieving, antimicrobial, and wound healing so it is a good choice for shaving cuts, skinned knees, bleeding mosquito bites, and other minor wounds. For thousands of years, yarrow was used to staunch the bleeding from wounds inflicted during wartime. Deep wounds were packed with yarrow powder to disinfect, relieve pain, and stop the profuse bleeding. In times of war, yarrow was a lifesaver. One of its other names is Soldiers’ Woundwort (Grieves). A piece of information to keep in the back of your mind, if you are lost in the woods, and wounded. Stopping a bleeding wound is your first priority. Summer is the time of year to make natural yarrow styptic powder when the yarrow is thriving. Keep harvested and dried leaves in a small jar for when it’s needed. When you harvest it for herbal remedies cut it off and leave 2/3rds of the plant to regrow for next year. To make an herbal styptic you are just going to use the leaves. There are two kinds of leaves. At the base of the plant, you’ll find long fernlike leaves. Whereas growing up the stalk there are tiny fern-like leaves. To make styptic powder, you want to harvest the long fernlike leaves growing from the base of the plant. The leaves on the stem work, too, but it’s more work to harvest them. Gather a generous handful of these longer leaves, but don’t take more than 1/3rd from any one plant. The plant needs these remaining leaves to feed the root system and store up food for winter.

[@meatavoreNana]

@@antonyjh1234 yes ...An old Chinese guy I used to work for, bound up my finger with yarrow, when I cut it badly...it certainly stopped the bleeding.