Things are going better now that I am getting more videos edited and put out. I have a lot of footage to edit from the times when I've been absent from posting on TH-cam. So I hope you will enjoy them, too. Happy spring!
Amazingly delicious salad! 🥗 With all that wonderful knowledge, you’ll not only survive, but thrive! LOL, about getting the light… I hate having to use the light when I harvest at night due to all the flying bugs coming towards my face. Sometimes you do what you have to do! Thanks a million for all this much needed knowledge Holly! Take care, Peaches 🥰🌹👩🏽🌾
I'm glad you've been enjoying the good food growing around you, EugenePatti V! Even a decade ago, I had paid over $30 for salads at hotel restaurants while traveling for work, and I never had a better salad than the wild ones I picked for free. It really is amazing how delicious wild salads are. Happy foraging! :D
I've learned a lot watching your videos, but I can only wish that I had grown up around so much knowledge of all the plants growing, that are good to eat. That is why I watch your channel, I want to know. I want to say " THANK YOU " so much for making these videos.
I"m glad you've been enjoying my videos, Simple Man, and hope you find them helpful, too. I was fortunate, for sure, to learn some plants and mushrooms as a kid, from my Dad, who learned a lot from his grandmother. That taught me to see that there are key differences between different kinds of plants. That made it easier for me to learn more on my own as the years went by, from books and practicing on my own, and now from the Internet and comments that people leave on my videos, too.
@@HaphazardHomestead That is interesting you learned from parents and grandparents and then on your own. I wonder if that is why I am drawn to your video's. I find them much more relaxed, fun, personable and complete than educational video's I tried to learn from. I have learned from books but you put it all together for me and I am one happy wild edibles harvester now🥰 Thanks Holly!
My grandmother passed away a few years ago. But I'd love to have a knowledgeable elder in my life like yourself, because I feel like you're a woman after my own heart. My fiance always teases me about getting distracted by and eating from plants and fruits I find while walking along, but this is the bounty of nature we are supposed to connect with!! Also, haven't heard new updates from you in a while. Please make new videos.❤
Thanks for the warm welcome back, K King! I am so slow in video editing. My goal is to get caught up with the 50-100 videos worth of footage I already have. I'll appreciate positive thoughts about getting that done! : )
I'm always amazed by you, so I shared your channel on a Canadian foraging page on FB. I hope they come and discover all you have to share. Thank you so much!
What a lovely tradition! It's a great way to celebrate the arrival of the new year, feeding the body with natures own food. I love that idea and will try it. Although it will be interesting to see what I find under the snow and cold here in northern BC, if anything, lol. The detail in this video is awesome. What to watch for, how to pick, what to pick, how to separate & clean each species and how to prepare the nuts and cook them and the mushrooms, it's like we were celebrating with you! Had a laugh when I read Fred Sanford's comment as I thought the same thing. Love pulled pork and would dive in for sure. You really know how to live off the land, in your back yard yet! Most plants here die back when freezing temperatures arrive but I'm still going out to see if anything is hardy enough to hang in there till spring arrives. Thanks for another awesome video Holly and happy harvesting!
I'm glad you enjoyed my winter salad challenge, Tall Cedars, even though your winter is so different. When I lived in Michigan, sometimes I had to settle for wild tea of some sort from trees and shrubs, lol. But that always tasted good and hit the spot, too. Happy harvesting to you, too!
@@HaphazardHomestead I'll be excited for your new ones, i ate some young Yellow Poplar leaves yesterday and some Asparagus stalks I planted a few years ago. It's amazing how much just a little wild food seems to satisfy my energy needs. I found some Yellow Poplar flowers on the ground but was unable to find any online confirmation if any part of the actual flower is edible. Do you know ?
I love, love, love your videos!! While I don't you, I was starting to get worried because you hadn't posted in so long (TH-cam even unsubscribed me 😣). Hope all is well. ❤️
My wild purslane appeared last week when I planted okra seedlings. I love that stuff. Going to save seeds of it to get tons of next year in my herb beds 😋
All these plants have fed so many people throughout the ages. I hope more people can benefit from them, too. Wild food is real food for regular people. I hope you can enjoy them, too, no matter what the times are like.
This was a wonderful forging video. Actually, I don't know how to get better. You deserve a lot more subscribers. I am looking forward to more of your videos in the future.😃👍
I'm glad you are enjoying my videos, Una-Mingh. There are so many amazing plants and mushrooms out there. -- Holly (although one of my grandmothers always spelled it Hollie, lol).
Holly! You're back! You show up, and then disappear for months! I hope that you are okay...🤞 I'm glad to see you again, and hope to see you more often now, if it's possible for you... Be well🙏🏻💜 Edit @9:27am EDST: I commented before watching vid, and now watching, and eight minutes in, I just wanted to let you know that you've had me cracking up with your commentary!🤪🤣😉
Thanks for the welcome back, and I'm glad you enjoyed my weed harvesting challenges for this salad, Shush. The good news is that I have a lot of video footage from the times when I wasn't posting. I"m trying to go through it all, edit it, and get it up here, even if the lighting and sound aren't ideal. Happy spring!
@@HaphazardHomestead You're most welcome! I'm glad to hear you have a stockpile of footage accumulated! That's good news! I look forward to what comes next! Hopefully no more disappearing acts, okay?🤣🤞😊💜
A very belated New Year, (2 1/2 years later lol), for this salad that took so much effort. It sure makes us all appreciate the abundance of wonderful greens in the spring! Enjoy your breakfast greens and all the green growing so fast around your area this time of year. Happy harvesting!
It's so pretty in the Willamette Valley. We're fortunate to be here, you and me. I'm in the Eugene area. I haven't hosted any walks around here, but it's something to think about....
I want to see a video about mul berries. I have several plants growing in my yard, that I'm curious about eating! Just want to make sure they are safe to eat & how to cook them.
You might like my video on a great salad I made with mulberry leaves and berries, and grapevine tendrils (th-cam.com/video/Dim1ksiJeJc/w-d-xo.html). It shows some on how to tell if they are ripe. They will cook like any other berry, with the less-ripe ones having more pectin. But with mulberries, that little green stem goes all the way through, so people will have to eat them or you have to strain the berries and just use the juice. Mulberries are so great! I hope you can enjoy yours!
You got it, fred s. I roast them with potatoes, onion, carrots, celery. People cannot tell the difference from the dark meat of a turkey that way. I put them in the slow cooker, too, and then take all the meat off and shred it. It's just like pulled pork that way, so it makes a great BBQ sandwich. And the sidebelly of those big ones is something else, like the best pork cutlet you can imagine. They are legitimate food in places where they came from, and are worthy of any meat-eater's appreciation.
Love the abrupt time lapse on the consumption portion of video. Also, I've always had a strong stomach , and as a child , was no stranger to poke and wild onions, and I also have virtually no allergies; my question is this, are there any common undesirable effects on the g.i. tract, aside from gas, at least initially, upon making wild edibles one's primary food source?
That's an interesting question, Jery Dob. I've never had any g.i. issues with wild foods, and I've never heard any issues from any of my extended family (from grandparents down through great-nieces and great-nephews). Wild food is not inherently problematic compared to other fresh produce from the garden or store. But if a person is not used to eating greens, other vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, and so on, maybe that shift from what they are eating would be noticeable. I have seen problems, though, where somebody gets really enthused about a particular wild food and then starts to eat it too much, rather than keeping a balance of different kinds of foods. Or they start eating/drinking a specific thing every day for weeks and months. Variety and moderation still matters, even with wild foods.There is a huge variety of edible wild plants and mushrooms out there, so the more we know, the more variety we can get. Hope that helps!
Wow! Amazing how much you know and share with us, thank you! This salad is so interesting, I did not know you could eat Gingko nuts or those mushrooms. I'm letting g my backyard go wild, I have some grass but quite a few edibles, too, so it's my wild garden. I have sunflowers going crazy, too. I pick the sprouts and eat them, but now they are feet tall, are there any parts on mature sunflowers, before seed development, that are edible?
That's great you have a wild yard that's providing you with food, too, Donna Leveron. I have a video on eating sunflower buds that you might find helpful (th-cam.com/video/zL8uxij94mc/w-d-xo.html). Sunflower buds are so tasty, the plants are worth growing just for eating the buds. They taste like artichoke hearts and are easier to prepare than artichokes, too.
@@HaphazardHomestead thank you, I love artichoke hearts, can't wait to try, buds should be forthcoming soon. BTW, I'm in Texas, so growing season is in full swing.
I'm in Oregon's Willamette Valley. But most of these plants were brought to North America as food or by mistake, and have spread all over, in many other places in North America.
They stink, but I think in a way like strong stinky cheese, or when a poor little kid gets nauseous in the school hallway. They smell a lot worse when the weather is warm. The weather had been cold here and I kept my supply outside until I could process them all. By handling only a few of them inside, it wasn't too bad at all. I got them clean pretty quick!
That's too bad, you should never _ever_ click on a suspicious link, even (well, especially!) in your own email box. Do you use an antivirus? If you don't, tell me right away, and I'll help you get it installed. If you have a good one, it will sound the alarm and prevent any virus attack.
I hope things are going well at your place, things are going better here because of your videos. Thanks Holly.
Things are going better now that I am getting more videos edited and put out. I have a lot of footage to edit from the times when I've been absent from posting on TH-cam. So I hope you will enjoy them, too. Happy spring!
Amazingly delicious salad! 🥗 With all that wonderful knowledge, you’ll not only survive, but thrive! LOL, about getting the light… I hate having to use the light when I harvest at night due to all the flying bugs coming towards my face. Sometimes you do what you have to do! Thanks a million for all this much needed knowledge Holly! Take care, Peaches 🥰🌹👩🏽🌾
Missed your videos I learn so much With food prices soaring I have foraged many salads Thank You!
I'm glad you've been enjoying the good food growing around you, EugenePatti V! Even a decade ago, I had paid over $30 for salads at hotel restaurants while traveling for work, and I never had a better salad than the wild ones I picked for free. It really is amazing how delicious wild salads are. Happy foraging! :D
I've learned a lot watching your videos, but I can only wish that I had grown up around so much knowledge of all the plants growing, that are good to eat. That is why I watch your channel, I want to know.
I want to say " THANK YOU " so much for making these videos.
I"m glad you've been enjoying my videos, Simple Man, and hope you find them helpful, too. I was fortunate, for sure, to learn some plants and mushrooms as a kid, from my Dad, who learned a lot from his grandmother. That taught me to see that there are key differences between different kinds of plants. That made it easier for me to learn more on my own as the years went by, from books and practicing on my own, and now from the Internet and comments that people leave on my videos, too.
@@HaphazardHomestead That is interesting you learned from parents and grandparents and then on your own. I wonder if that is why I am drawn to your video's. I find them much more relaxed, fun, personable and complete than educational video's I tried to learn from. I have learned from books but you put it all together for me and I am one happy wild edibles harvester now🥰 Thanks Holly!
Just so enjoyable!
I needed to unwind and this really fed my soul, thank you so, so much for these videos!
My grandmother passed away a few years ago. But I'd love to have a knowledgeable elder in my life like yourself, because I feel like you're a woman after my own heart. My fiance always teases me about getting distracted by and eating from plants and fruits I find while walking along, but this is the bounty of nature we are supposed to connect with!! Also, haven't heard new updates from you in a while. Please make new videos.❤
So Happy your posted~! I had missed you and thought something must have happened to you. Glad you are back~!
Thanks for the warm welcome back, K King! I am so slow in video editing. My goal is to get caught up with the 50-100 videos worth of footage I already have. I'll appreciate positive thoughts about getting that done! : )
I'm always amazed by you, so I shared your channel on a Canadian foraging page on FB. I hope they come and discover all you have to share. Thank you so much!
What a lovely tradition! It's a great way to celebrate the arrival of the new year, feeding the body with natures own food. I love that idea and will try it. Although it will be interesting to see what I find under the snow and cold here in northern BC, if anything, lol.
The detail in this video is awesome. What to watch for, how to pick, what to pick, how to separate & clean each species and how to prepare the nuts and cook them and the mushrooms, it's like we were celebrating with you!
Had a laugh when I read Fred Sanford's comment as I thought the same thing. Love pulled pork and would dive in for sure. You really know how to live off the land, in your back yard yet! Most plants here die back when freezing temperatures arrive but I'm still going out to see if anything is hardy enough to hang in there till spring arrives.
Thanks for another awesome video Holly and happy harvesting!
I'm glad you enjoyed my winter salad challenge, Tall Cedars, even though your winter is so different. When I lived in Michigan, sometimes I had to settle for wild tea of some sort from trees and shrubs, lol. But that always tasted good and hit the spot, too. Happy harvesting to you, too!
I love this lady! She gives me motivation to get up and go. Thanks so much for this post!
Thanks for the kind appreciation, song lyon. At least for this salad, I washed those greens! ; )
Hooray hooray you are back. Don't be a stranger now. I am going to get some wild greens and watch and enjoy the show. Thanks.
Thank you so much, I always look forward to and get excited when I see the Dandelion notification pop up for another one of your videos 😊
Glad you're enjoying my videos, Anthony Burdine! I'm working on more of them and hope you enjoy them, too! Thanks for commenting!
@@HaphazardHomestead I'll be excited for your new ones, i ate some young Yellow Poplar leaves yesterday and some Asparagus stalks I planted a few years ago. It's amazing how much just a little wild food seems to satisfy my energy needs. I found some Yellow Poplar flowers on the ground but was unable to find any online confirmation if any part of the actual flower is edible. Do you know ?
I love, love, love your videos!! While I don't you, I was starting to get worried because you hadn't posted in so long (TH-cam even unsubscribed me 😣). Hope all is well. ❤️
My wild purslane appeared last week when I planted okra seedlings. I love that stuff. Going to save seeds of it to get tons of next year in my herb beds 😋
Even my dog Claus loves purslane with a little ranch dressing
We tried lambs quarter that I let grow in my garden last week and it was unbelievable! So happy for another video from you! Thank you
I'm so glad you liked the flavor of your lambs quarter, Chris G. You have a lifetime of good eating ahead now! :D
Lambsquarter are my spinach, with or without nettles. Free and my spinach would always bolt on me, gave up on sowing and just use the free greens!
I’m elated to have discovered your channel recently. Very informational and homey. All killer no filler :)
Welcome, Joey Chow! I'm glad you found your way here. It's amazing what's growing out there. I hope you can find some of these plants around you, too!
I ❤️ your videos! I Lear so much. You inspire me to pick wild😋.
Post more!!
Thanks, Churra. I'm glad you are enjoying nature's bounty. It's pretty amazing what all is out there, waiting!
So glad you’re posting again! I discovered you last year and learned so much. THANK YOU Holly for sharing your knowledge.
my husband and i were just talking about you and hoping you were well glad to see you on line
Maybe that's what helped me get this video finished! ; )
Thank you for your videos. So much I learn watching them...🌹
today and days to come your skills will be highly needed we are in that time the bible told us about God bless you
All these plants have fed so many people throughout the ages. I hope more people can benefit from them, too. Wild food is real food for regular people. I hope you can enjoy them, too, no matter what the times are like.
that was very challenging and it looks yummy
That is a beautiful salad. Much healthier and nutritious than from a store.
Awesome! Thanks for the amazing video! God bless! ✝️💗
This was a wonderful forging video. Actually, I don't know how to get better. You deserve a lot more subscribers. I am looking forward to more of your videos in the future.😃👍
Thanks, Robb! Coming from a long-time content creator like you with a lot of nice videos that have taught me a thing or two, that's a real compliment.
Thank you so much for your videos Holly / Hollie!! (please correct me on the spelling) - I love your videos so much
I'm glad you are enjoying my videos, Una-Mingh. There are so many amazing plants and mushrooms out there. -- Holly (although one of my grandmothers always spelled it Hollie, lol).
Finally a new video yay!
I say "Yay!", too, for getting this one finished, finally, lol. Thanks for watching and commenting!
Holly! You're back! You show up, and then disappear for months! I hope that you are okay...🤞
I'm glad to see you again, and hope to see you more often now, if it's possible for you...
Be well🙏🏻💜
Edit @9:27am EDST:
I commented before watching vid, and now watching, and eight minutes in, I just wanted to let you know that you've had me cracking up with your commentary!🤪🤣😉
Thanks for the welcome back, and I'm glad you enjoyed my weed harvesting challenges for this salad, Shush. The good news is that I have a lot of video footage from the times when I wasn't posting. I"m trying to go through it all, edit it, and get it up here, even if the lighting and sound aren't ideal. Happy spring!
@@HaphazardHomestead
You're most welcome!
I'm glad to hear you have a stockpile of footage accumulated! That's good news! I look forward to what comes next!
Hopefully no more disappearing acts, okay?🤣🤞😊💜
HAPPY NEW YEAR'S my friend. Yummy. You are a very, very patient woman. Have a great day. On my way out to pick my morning breakfast. :0)
A very belated New Year, (2 1/2 years later lol), for this salad that took so much effort. It sure makes us all appreciate the abundance of wonderful greens in the spring! Enjoy your breakfast greens and all the green growing so fast around your area this time of year. Happy harvesting!
I live in the Willamette Valley, Lebanon. If you would host a forage walk or something sometime, I'd absolutely attend.
It's so pretty in the Willamette Valley. We're fortunate to be here, you and me. I'm in the Eugene area. I haven't hosted any walks around here, but it's something to think about....
I want to see a video about mul berries. I have several plants growing in my yard, that I'm curious about eating! Just want to make sure they are safe to eat & how to cook them.
You might like my video on a great salad I made with mulberry leaves and berries, and grapevine tendrils (th-cam.com/video/Dim1ksiJeJc/w-d-xo.html). It shows some on how to tell if they are ripe. They will cook like any other berry, with the less-ripe ones having more pectin. But with mulberries, that little green stem goes all the way through, so people will have to eat them or you have to strain the berries and just use the juice. Mulberries are so great! I hope you can enjoy yours!
Darn, I thought it was going to be a new video.
Oh well, worth re-watching.
Your videos are fascinating. Thank you 😊.
wonderful
Thanks, JR! Glad you could stop by and comment, too!
I'm so glad I subscribed to your channel. I have learned so much from you ❤
adoro scoprire piante nuove, questo e il canale giusto, bravo amico mio😀🤓🤓💯👍
Thanks for your work. If the nutria eat your veg then eat the nutria. Do you have any good nutria receipts?
You got it, fred s. I roast them with potatoes, onion, carrots, celery. People cannot tell the difference from the dark meat of a turkey that way. I put them in the slow cooker, too, and then take all the meat off and shred it. It's just like pulled pork that way, so it makes a great BBQ sandwich. And the sidebelly of those big ones is something else, like the best pork cutlet you can imagine. They are legitimate food in places where they came from, and are worthy of any meat-eater's appreciation.
Curly dock is edible? I have been told it’s not good for my horses to eat,and,they don’t want to. Thank you,this was interesting.
Such a great video!! Thank you for sharing!
Love the abrupt time lapse on the consumption portion of video. Also, I've always had a strong stomach , and as a child , was no stranger to poke and wild onions, and I also have virtually no allergies; my question is this, are there any common undesirable effects on the g.i. tract, aside from gas, at least initially, upon making wild edibles one's primary food source?
That's an interesting question, Jery Dob. I've never had any g.i. issues with wild foods, and I've never heard any issues from any of my extended family (from grandparents down through great-nieces and great-nephews). Wild food is not inherently problematic compared to other fresh produce from the garden or store. But if a person is not used to eating greens, other vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, and so on, maybe that shift from what they are eating would be noticeable.
I have seen problems, though, where somebody gets really enthused about a particular wild food and then starts to eat it too much, rather than keeping a balance of different kinds of foods. Or they start eating/drinking a specific thing every day for weeks and months. Variety and moderation still matters, even with wild foods.There is a huge variety of edible wild plants and mushrooms out there, so the more we know, the more variety we can get. Hope that helps!
Wow! Amazing how much you know and share with us, thank you! This salad is so interesting, I did not know you could eat Gingko nuts or those mushrooms. I'm letting g my backyard go wild, I have some grass but quite a few edibles, too, so it's my wild garden. I have sunflowers going crazy, too. I pick the sprouts and eat them, but now they are feet tall, are there any parts on mature sunflowers, before seed development, that are edible?
That's great you have a wild yard that's providing you with food, too, Donna Leveron. I have a video on eating sunflower buds that you might find helpful (th-cam.com/video/zL8uxij94mc/w-d-xo.html). Sunflower buds are so tasty, the plants are worth growing just for eating the buds. They taste like artichoke hearts and are easier to prepare than artichokes, too.
@@HaphazardHomestead thank you, I love artichoke hearts, can't wait to try, buds should be forthcoming soon. BTW, I'm in Texas, so growing season is in full swing.
I'd love to come spend a summer with her & learn just ⅕ of what she knows.
Awesome
That's awesome
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Can I use rose petals in my wild salad? Also what are the different ways to use rose petals, as in jam?
Here in eastern Europe you could only have frozen roadkill for new year's eve.
Can someone please tell me what part of the country is this?
I'm in Oregon's Willamette Valley. But most of these plants were brought to North America as food or by mistake, and have spread all over, in many other places in North America.
I don't blame you I would be mad if something was eating my weeds.
Dont the ginbkgo nuts smell horrid
They stink, but I think in a way like strong stinky cheese, or when a poor little kid gets nauseous in the school hallway. They smell a lot worse when the weather is warm. The weather had been cold here and I kept my supply outside until I could process them all. By handling only a few of them inside, it wasn't too bad at all. I got them clean pretty quick!
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You timed it right, sheepy leepy! ; )
@@HaphazardHomestead 😄👌
can you deleat the bot comments please i got a virus on my computer from them xx
I delete them, but I can't defeat them. Thanks for the heads-up!
That's too bad, you should never _ever_ click on a suspicious link, even (well, especially!) in your own email box. Do you use an antivirus? If you don't, tell me right away, and I'll help you get it installed. If you have a good one, it will sound the alarm and prevent any virus attack.