How To Identify Mugwort (Wild Food & Foraging)

Mugwort is a commonly found wild food plant and was traditionally used to flavour ales, but there's a lot more to it than that. Learn how to identify it, where to find it and what you can do with this plant in the kitchen.
In this video Lea will break it all down for you and introduce you to this fascinating wild food and hedgerow medicine. Lea also makes a simple smudge stick using Mugwort.
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[@boop7313]

Thankyou so much for reminding me of how wonderful this plant is. Mugwort is one of my favourite plants but it's been a long time since i've seen it about as I moved areas. I used to make dream pillows and smudge sticks with it but the pillows were my favourite. I mixed it with other dreamy herbs. I was practicing being lucid in dreams and you know what? I got pretty good at it after some time of working with this plant and journaling routinely as soon as I woke up, I enjoyed many a flying dream!☺

[@malemouse198]

Love the way you explain things. A worthy channel

[@knucker4931]

The stems make my favourite hand drills too.

[@LAGW49]

Ive heard so much about mugwort and after this video i now know i pass it every single day!! I had no idea.

[@29sagittarius51]

Oh I feel so lucky to have come across your channel. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us all ❤

[@WoodlandClassroom]

Thanks Tamara that's lovely to hear

[@artworld9799]

Thanks for very details about that plants🌱! Great video👍👍 nice job👍👍greetings💕

[@rebekahaurie6252]

Well-done!😊

[@jackiecook1544]

Wort is the old english word for plant

[@gregoryjacksonsr7452]

What an attractive young lady. Knowledgeable healthy woman are so attractive. Great Vid❤❤

[@bonitakeay]

Ooh I’m in Leicestershire where did you find this? Looks like you are near a canal 🤔

[@celsius418]

The first rule of foraging 😉

[@MudHut67]

I've never been able to find mugwort, does it prefer water-logged ground? Hedgerows?

[@WoodlandClassroom]

We tend to find it in ditches along hedgerows and on disturbed soils. So it doesn't mind having wet feet.

[@ballinamoresquirrel]

You forgot to tell your viewers that it shouldn't be consumed if pregnant as it causes miscarriage. In olden times if a pregnancy was unwelcomed this is how it was sorted out - with strong mugwort tea.

[@WoodlandClassroom]

Thanks for sharing this.

[@tracimetcalf3374]

That is why I grow it , mugwort , pennyroyal and rue make excellent abortion tea.

[@notsayingc2192]

I have it in my yard and it says invasive in New England USA should I get rid of it?? Thanks

[@marthaj5466]

Yes! Mugwort is very invasive in yards/gardens here in the Eastern US; take action if you don't want it to take over the whole yard. Good luck!

[@notsayingc2192]

@@marthaj5466 I have been weeding it out and cutting back where I haven't yet . Thanks!