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Fantastic thank you. I'm weeding someone's garden, they asked me to get rid of this. I thought I'd check it out for edibility and bam. It's delicious when young. Don't let the idea of it being like parsley put you off. It's better than that, or milder at least in my experience. 💚
l had this for years.. and thought it was a weed... the long stringy rootes kept it spreading... no matter how hard l tried to dig and get rid of it... all these years never took note of the shape of these leaf... Thank you so much for explanning in detail....
Very informative video.. I'm currently trying to ID some to include in my tortoises diet and this has helped and put my mind at ease that I can ID it correctly now. Thanks
@@RathwulvenBushcraft not particularly other than it being relatively nutritious and safe to feed daily. Providing a wide variety of natural plants weeds is essential so the more I can add to my forage list the better 😁👍🏻
I have spineless prickly pear that I grow for friends and family who have tortoise...I would love to trade some pads (which are super easy to grow) with some starts of the ground elder.
Hi..am new to your channel. That was very informative thank you. Not tried this plant yet. Which country are you based in? I am UK based...do you know if there is alot of crossover plants wise if you are based elsewhere? Thanks. Ps. I do know we get ground elder.
Hi and thanks for the comment - well you definitely find the ground elder in the UK. Just make sure to do proper research as a lot of doublegangers are toxic (and some even lethal)
This plant is everywhere and covers the ground uniformly as a monoculture. Everyone who's been outdoors knows what it is. It tastes like carrot. It think it is in the carrot family. There is another weed that grows even better. I don't know what its name is but we call it Director's Flower. It is a tropical looking plant with a liquid filled stem and normal round leaves with mixed green and red colors. It grows into dense fields about 1.5 meters tall and retains water during hot summer. You can take one stem to your enemy's garden and it will grow roots and spread.
Hi there and thanks for that excellent question. Like many other wild edible plants, ground elder is best when in the early growth stage. That has to do with several factors, one being that with age, plants like these get rich in tannins and other compounds which - at a certain dose - can upset the stomach. I did eat late ground elder before without issues, yet it tasted horrible compared to early ground elder.
True, once you got that plant in your garden it is hard to get rid of. Which is only good if you know how to use it :) Thanks for your comment and the view.
I understand why this plant why useful in the treatment of gout in the past but modern medicine could not prove it. I grew up in Egypt, where a diet very high in animal products caused a lot of harm to gout patients. They greatly improved on a diet rich in leafy greens and low in meat and animal products. Goutweed may bring about similar effect. But the human diet in the past century has drastically changed that any effect from such leafy greens would simply not work. Many years ago, people ate meat once a week. Now, we eat it several times a day.
Thanks for your comment and your additions to the video: I agree, there are "folk culture medicines" which have not been thoroughly proven to be scientifically effective, yet often the effect seems to be there according to countless experiences of users. :)
Yo that other plant isn't hemlock is it? Its stem is both hairy and furrowed (indented) - hemlock has a round stem and is hairless. I think what you picked up was either cow parsley (anthriscus sylvestris) or sweet cicely (myrrhis odorata) or one of the similar ones?
Hi there - I think this rather was an Aethusa cynapium (fool's parsley), not quite sure. I guess the main issue is the translation here, both the poison hemlock and Aethusa have the same overcoupling name in German. Thanks for pointing that out, just proves yet again why one should not take any chances with plants resembling parsley.
@@RathwulvenBushcraft I agree to an extent, certainly for beginner foragers. There are further identifiers..more clear ones at certain stages...for instance with sweet cicily..there is an aniseed like smell from the seed and leaf. Sweet cicily is a great addition whe you are a confident forager as there are not many wild plants with a sweet taste...as I am sure you are aware! Which others do you know..please?
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Fantastic thank you. I'm weeding someone's garden, they asked me to get rid of this. I thought I'd check it out for edibility and bam. It's delicious when young. Don't let the idea of it being like parsley put you off. It's better than that, or milder at least in my experience. 💚
Thank You for this information!
You are welcome, Janice. Thanks for watching!
very great ID video!
Thank you Petr!
Great Identification and very educational 👍🏻
Hi Michael, thanks for passing by again and for commenting - appreciate it :)
l had this for years.. and thought it was a weed... the long stringy rootes kept it spreading... no matter how hard l tried to dig and get rid of it... all these years never took note of the shape of these leaf... Thank you so much for explanning in detail....
It is a very invasive weed. Hard to destroy. Chokes out other plants.
Thanks for your comment - and you are welcome.
Ground elder is indeed really persistent, but we can, of course, use this to our advantage. :)
@@audracyrulik2416 .. true.. it gets into the roots of other plant roots... hence very difficult to dig out...
Very informative video.. I'm currently trying to ID some to include in my tortoises diet and this has helped and put my mind at ease that I can ID it correctly now. Thanks
Glad to hear that the video is of use - any particular reason why this herb is needed for a tortoise’s diet? 😅
Thanks for your comment!
@@RathwulvenBushcraft not particularly other than it being relatively nutritious and safe to feed daily. Providing a wide variety of natural plants weeds is essential so the more I can add to my forage list the better 😁👍🏻
I have spineless prickly pear that I grow for friends and family who have tortoise...I would love to trade some pads (which are super easy to grow) with some starts of the ground elder.
Very interesting video. I always thought those were bad weeds, we removed them. Will give them a try. Thanks for sharing
You are very welcome. Let me know what you think of the taste. :)
In a sense not great if they are in your garden as they spread so much!
great information
Thanks, glad to hear that
Thank you for this information
You are very welcome, thanks for watching. :)
Verhelderend. Dank je voor deze les in herkenning! ;-)
Graag gedaan :)
Hi..am new to your channel. That was very informative thank you. Not tried this plant yet. Which country are you based in? I am UK based...do you know if there is alot of crossover plants wise if you are based elsewhere? Thanks. Ps. I do know we get ground elder.
Hi and thanks for the comment - well you definitely find the ground elder in the UK. Just make sure to do proper research as a lot of doublegangers are toxic (and some even lethal)
This plant is everywhere and covers the ground uniformly as a monoculture. Everyone who's been outdoors knows what it is. It tastes like carrot. It think it is in the carrot family.
There is another weed that grows even better. I don't know what its name is but we call it Director's Flower. It is a tropical looking plant with a liquid filled stem and normal round leaves with mixed green and red colors. It grows into dense fields about 1.5 meters tall and retains water during hot summer. You can take one stem to your enemy's garden and it will grow roots and spread.
Great video, I have some in my garden, I'll eat it
Thank you - did you like the taste?
Do you eat it from spring time until fall even after flowering? From what I have read, after flowering, the leaves cause diarrhea. Your thoughts??
Hi there and thanks for that excellent question. Like many other wild edible plants, ground elder is best when in the early growth stage. That has to do with several factors, one being that with age, plants like these get rich in tannins and other compounds which - at a certain dose - can upset the stomach. I did eat late ground elder before without issues, yet it tasted horrible compared to early ground elder.
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Danke!
Thanks shared
Awesome, thanks Terry!
I got this from some tubers I planted from a friends garden. Cannot get rid of it. So I'm looking to use it.
True, once you got that plant in your garden it is hard to get rid of. Which is only good if you know how to use it :)
Thanks for your comment and the view.
I understand why this plant why useful in the treatment of gout in the past but modern medicine could not prove it. I grew up in Egypt, where a diet very high in animal products caused a lot of harm to gout patients. They greatly improved on a diet rich in leafy greens and low in meat and animal products. Goutweed may bring about similar effect. But the human diet in the past century has drastically changed that any effect from such leafy greens would simply not work. Many years ago, people ate meat once a week. Now, we eat it several times a day.
Thanks for your comment and your additions to the video: I agree, there are "folk culture medicines" which have not been thoroughly proven to be scientifically effective, yet often the effect seems to be there according to countless experiences of users. :)
Yo that other plant isn't hemlock is it? Its stem is both hairy and furrowed (indented) - hemlock has a round stem and is hairless. I think what you picked up was either cow parsley (anthriscus sylvestris) or sweet cicely (myrrhis odorata) or one of the similar ones?
Hi there - I think this rather was an Aethusa cynapium (fool's parsley), not quite sure. I guess the main issue is the translation here, both the poison hemlock and Aethusa have the same overcoupling name in German.
Thanks for pointing that out, just proves yet again why one should not take any chances with plants resembling parsley.
@@RathwulvenBushcraft I agree to an extent, certainly for beginner foragers. There are further identifiers..more clear ones at certain stages...for instance with sweet cicily..there is an aniseed like smell from the seed and leaf. Sweet cicily is a great addition whe you are a confident forager as there are not many wild plants with a sweet taste...as I am sure you are aware! Which others do you know..please?
They smell like celery, but taste like parsley.