Mushroom book: geni.us/UHenUIB My Amazon review for the mushroom book: amzn.to/3WGLDlR Food For Free book: geni.us/pMOj8I This hunt was shared with my good friend Aiden and we both filled our baskets with lovely Porcini mushrooms from an area akin to a Fairy Grove usually only seen in remote Northern or Eastern European forests. It's been an incredible year for fungi so far and over the last few days 3 short hunts have yielded well over 20kg of this valuable fungus and I've now got all of them dried and stored in mason jars......ready for the 'Dark Winter'. Wicker foraging basket: geni.us/0g6dRi Dehydrator I use: ebay.us/Q5e11d On a serious note, it is very important to learn as many 'outdoor' skills as you can since you never know when you need them. Having knowledge of natural environments, shooting, trapping, fishing and foraging are literally life-saving skills since without them we die when the current system of on-demand food and easy shopping goes away.....and it will go away at some point - do you want to be the guy fighting a hungry 300lb man-monster or a bloated blue-haired screamer for the last packet of Super Noodles in a ransacked supermarket or do you want to be prepared? Do you want your pronouns to be Was / Were? ........ nope. It's a simple choice. Knowledge is power but we're 'educated' to exist in the system without being taught what the system is and how to navigate the (obvious) pitfalls. Knowledge costs nothing and can be carried in the mind, given away for free and used to combat ignorance - it's a great deal but takes time and effort to learn useful skills. Foraging is most definitely one of those useful skills. If you prefer a free speech platform to watch content then please check out my channels on Odysee and Rumble: Odysee: odysee.com/$/invite/@ThousandYardStare:e Rumble: rumble.com/c/c-1824507 To be honest I've not much idea of what Rumble is or does but it seems quite popular among people more tech-savvy than me....and somehow plenty of people have already found the videos judging by the views (and 'Rumbles'?). Both Odysee and Rumble have new videos uploaded to them as soon as they upload on TH-cam. Some of the links above may be to affiliate programs on Amazon and Ebay which generates a few pennies from those companies to help me keep the lights on. Anything you buy through links will cost you nothing extra.
Considering how few are around in my local woods 5 is a great haul for this year. I've found no more than that in total this year and I've gone to all the good spots including the place in this video.
@@trevorchase3804 The long dry Summer last year followed by decent rains in September seemed to have shocked the mycelium into fruiting but this year things have been much more settled. This year up here we didn't get Greta's email about the world being on fire, lol
0:56 in southern German they're called "Zwergerlfeuer" ("dwarve(n) fire") because according to myth they're put up by little forest people to guide the way.
Blimey that was a haul. I've never seen so many Penny buns in one place before. You were indeed blessed! I have heard this year is being called a "Mast" year as some species are producing a bumper crop. Coluld also be an indication of a hard winter to come but more probably the result of a hot dry summer?!
Most of Nature is providing a heavy crop and the hot Summer probably had a lot to do with the masses of fungi this year as they fruit when the mycelium is disturbed or stressed - as soon as we got the first decent rains at the end of September the wood floor exploded with fungi and even now we're getting lots of Wood Hedgehog, Horn of Plenty and Winter Chanterelle. While our govern-ments are doing everything they can to destroy the food chain Nature is doing the opposite so I'm making the most of Her generosity. I hope you're keeping well, man.
It is in North East England and the year this video was filmed was a real anomaly - this year I've found only 2-3 in all the local woods in many trips. It's been a poor year.
I live about 12 miles West of Newcastle in Nort East England but the chances of finding anywhere near this amount in the future is very small - I was just extremely lucky in this video and for the last 2 years I haven't found any in this area.
In a country where people are much more closely involved in Nature I can see why that makes sense. Over here there are few people who can even identify common trees and animals so foraging is only done by a tiny percentage of our population. It's a shame since the more people are out foraging the more seeds and spores get spread around the fields and forests.
I'm currently uploading a video where I find a good amount of wood hedgehog fungus from a week or so ago and I've since found lots more of them. With the recent cold nights I'm starting to see other fungi coming to bear fruit so I'm hoping that the Ceps will be coming up soon. Last time we were out we found some Chanterelle and Horn of Plenty but they were well past their best. They were on South facing valleys so the North facing valleys should start producing soon. I will get out today or tomorrow to see if there are any Ceps up and if so I will film that. Thanks for watching.
Good one - with the rain we've had there could be a good harvest this year. I'm hoping for another Cep bonanza but two years in a row may be too much to ask.
@@real_wakawaka I think the long dry Summer caused some stress to the mycelium as the first flush was after the first noticeable rain followed by a huge second flush after a decent amount of rain. Once the ground was moist they were popping up everywhere like magic. Although I like variety I'd take another late season session without the Spring / Summer harvest just to get the best varieties again. The Ceps make a great base for a gravy and it is really good with beef.
I've been back there so many times this year and found none which is a real head scratcher. To be honest in that whole woodland I've only found one tiny Porcini which was half eaten by the slugs. What a difference it can be from year to year.
What an incredible find! I enjoyed the video :-), but you should explain to your friend how to pick mushrooms properly (not cutting them off with a knife) :-D
I seldom use a knife unless I'm harvesting the likes of Hedgehog fungus which can grow in clumps but most people I see in the UK do use a knife to harvest all their fungi.
Hey I sent a message on your short video but I would absolutley love to ask you in a dm if you don’t mind where this location is!? I live in Northumberland and I am an agronomist who absolutley loves mycology and porcini mushrooms for cooking Mediterranean dishes! I found a huge patch in Staley last year but would love another site with plenty of firs beeches and oaks to pick these beautiful nutty delicates! I’m a fair person a basket would last me and my family a season and that’s all I would take! If you don’t mind k would appreciate it and will help you out with any agronomy questions! :)
Last year they were everywhere and it would be easier to point out the few woods which weren't covered in fungi after the late Summer rain. Even in my own small wood around the house there were Ceps. This year there will probably be bugger all. Give me a ring any time on 07772848730
We would probably have the same over here if many people went out and picked edible fungi but it's very much a rare event to see anyone out foraging in the UK. We're pretty much like the US as far as fast food and processed crappy genetically modified 'food' goes so it's no wonder most people are too fat and lazy to leave the house, lol This year was really poor for fungi but I did find a couple of new spots for Horn of Plenty which was nice. Best of luck next time you're out hunting.
If there arre not that many people picking them why are there 10000000 video's of it op youtube? ( also many from the UK)Seems to me it has been getting more popular these days. Here it's mostly forbidden and only little can be picked it some forrests, then again, we don't have so much woodlands here. @@ThousandYardStare
Bloody foreigners, lol To be fair they often have a much greater appreciation of Nature and are prepared to get out into the woods to look for mushrooms. Most 'British' people are too lazy to educate themselves and get out into the woods and that is a real shame - a total lack of education about the outdoors. No wonder so many of them believe in the climate change nonsense. I'm English and I'm ashamed of most of my fellow Englishmen.
It was round about this time of year (early to mid September). The Summer was very dry then there was a lot of rain for a couple of days - that's what caused such a number of fungi to pop up. It's been similar this year with regard to the dry Summer but the ground is still dry so there are limited amounts of fungi. I was out a couple of days ago and found only 1 Porcini but there were loads of Hedgehog fungi out - I could have filled a basket with them easily. Hopefully after the rain we've had and the rain we should be getting this week there will be a decent flush of fungi in the next few days (in my area).
This site was everywhere in the country last year as there was a bumper crop in the right woodlands. My local woods had next to nothing for many years then last year it was a bumper harvest for all types of fungi - this year it could be crap. It's total pot luck and the flush of Porcini lasted a week or so and then it was gone.
@@markhaddon6737 Yes, I live in the North East, about 10 miles West of Newcastle but I had reports from all over the UK saying there was a bumper crop of fungi after the dry Summer followed by a couple of days of heavy rain. That caused a major flush.
@@ThousandYardStare Nice video! Amazing Boletus edulis! Could you clarify a site where people share information about mushrooms news in UK? There are a lot of special forum in East Europe including Ukraine
@@WaKloq I'm not a member of any forums or groups but there are a few websites dealing with UK wild food. The one I sometimes check out is here and it has links to their social pages: www.wildfooduk.com/ I was out searching yesterday but there were only wood hedgehog and a few monkeys ears as edibles so I left them since I've already picked a nation of hedgehog fungus this year. In the next few weeks we will see the main crop of edibles appear so I will make a few videos when I'm out.
@@stephen-truthseeker I reckon so as the first sustained rain showers were making fungi pop up all over the place. However, whenever we're going to have a harsh Winter there is a nation of fruit produced and this year is no exception. The Winter weather probably isn't going to be exceptional either way but the political climate and the continued war on food will cause chaos globally. Nature is simply providing for that but through the enforced idiocy of 'education' and the distractions of media we're blinded to the bounty She provides. Learning outdoor skills has never been more important than it is now but so many people have no idea how to grow food, forage, fish, shoot or hunt anything - those skills would have been known by the youngest of children back in the day.
It's frustrating since they are either there or they're not - the last 2 years have been hopeless around here for fungi of most types and what is shown in this video probably only hapens once every few decades. I just happened to get lucky. Best of luck on your hunts.
@ThousandYardStare Good Morning, Well thank you for your honest reply & it's warming to know that ! I'll never give up the hunt & am looking forward to my reward........ I'll keep you posted!!!Appreciated Kind Regards 🍄🌿🌰🍁 Kind Regards
@@tokorirosting1688 Just look everywhere - while they're most likely to be found in Beech and Oak woodland the massive haul in this video were on the fringes of a pine wood. Anywhere with deep leaf litter and mossy ground seems to be good.
Mushroom book: geni.us/UHenUIB
My Amazon review for the mushroom book: amzn.to/3WGLDlR
Food For Free book: geni.us/pMOj8I
This hunt was shared with my good friend Aiden and we both filled our baskets with lovely Porcini mushrooms from an area akin to a Fairy Grove usually only seen in remote Northern or Eastern European forests.
It's been an incredible year for fungi so far and over the last few days 3 short hunts have yielded well over 20kg of this valuable fungus and I've now got all of them dried and stored in mason jars......ready for the 'Dark Winter'.
Wicker foraging basket: geni.us/0g6dRi
Dehydrator I use: ebay.us/Q5e11d
On a serious note, it is very important to learn as many 'outdoor' skills as you can since you never know when you need them.
Having knowledge of natural environments, shooting, trapping, fishing and foraging are literally life-saving skills since without them we die when the current system of on-demand food and easy shopping goes away.....and it will go away at some point - do you want to be the guy fighting a hungry 300lb man-monster or a bloated blue-haired screamer for the last packet of Super Noodles in a ransacked supermarket or do you want to be prepared?
Do you want your pronouns to be Was / Were? ........ nope.
It's a simple choice.
Knowledge is power but we're 'educated' to exist in the system without being taught what the system is and how to navigate the (obvious) pitfalls.
Knowledge costs nothing and can be carried in the mind, given away for free and used to combat ignorance - it's a great deal but takes time and effort to learn useful skills.
Foraging is most definitely one of those useful skills.
If you prefer a free speech platform to watch content then please check out my channels on Odysee and Rumble:
Odysee: odysee.com/$/invite/@ThousandYardStare:e
Rumble: rumble.com/c/c-1824507
To be honest I've not much idea of what Rumble is or does but it seems quite popular among people more tech-savvy than me....and somehow plenty of people have already found the videos judging by the views (and 'Rumbles'?).
Both Odysee and Rumble have new videos uploaded to them as soon as they upload on TH-cam.
Some of the links above may be to affiliate programs on Amazon and Ebay which generates a few pennies from those companies to help me keep the lights on. Anything you buy through links will cost you nothing extra.
Bloody hell, picked up 5 today and thought it was a good haul, this is something else!
Considering how few are around in my local woods 5 is a great haul for this year. I've found no more than that in total this year and I've gone to all the good spots including the place in this video.
I can't believe how many there were in such a small area. Find of a lifetime!
!00% - and do you know how many were there this year?
Zero, lol
@@ThousandYardStare Now that is a mystery on your hands.
@@trevorchase3804 The long dry Summer last year followed by decent rains in September seemed to have shocked the mycelium into fruiting but this year things have been much more settled. This year up here we didn't get Greta's email about the world being on fire, lol
Wow freaking WOW!!!.
Yes, it was a really good year. Last year nothing, this year nothing in the same place.
0:56 in southern German they're called "Zwergerlfeuer" ("dwarve(n) fire") because according to myth they're put up by little forest people to guide the way.
Blimey that was a haul. I've never seen so many Penny buns in one place before. You were indeed blessed! I have heard this year is being called a "Mast" year as some species are producing a bumper crop. Coluld also be an indication of a hard winter to come but more probably the result of a hot dry summer?!
Most of Nature is providing a heavy crop and the hot Summer probably had a lot to do with the masses of fungi this year as they fruit when the mycelium is disturbed or stressed - as soon as we got the first decent rains at the end of September the wood floor exploded with fungi and even now we're getting lots of Wood Hedgehog, Horn of Plenty and Winter Chanterelle.
While our govern-ments are doing everything they can to destroy the food chain Nature is doing the opposite so I'm making the most of Her generosity.
I hope you're keeping well, man.
wow! where is this? i would love to have a hunt myself!
It is in North East England and the year this video was filmed was a real anomaly - this year I've found only 2-3 in all the local woods in many trips. It's been a poor year.
Hi from Italy, here are Porcini😊, next summer ill be in un, where are u from so if u want we can organize a hunt😊😊
I live about 12 miles West of Newcastle in Nort East England but the chances of finding anywhere near this amount in the future is very small - I was just extremely lucky in this video and for the last 2 years I haven't found any in this area.
Hi looks amazing. Here in switzerland allowed 2 kg each person to take home. 🤓
In a country where people are much more closely involved in Nature I can see why that makes sense. Over here there are few people who can even identify common trees and animals so foraging is only done by a tiny percentage of our population.
It's a shame since the more people are out foraging the more seeds and spores get spread around the fields and forests.
Goodness me, it just keeps getting better and better! 😁
Nature is certainly providing well this year - almost as if She knows it's going to be a tough Winter.
Man oh man. Subbed and liked! Have you had any luck again this year?? Weird summer but lots of rain recently...
I'm currently uploading a video where I find a good amount of wood hedgehog fungus from a week or so ago and I've since found lots more of them.
With the recent cold nights I'm starting to see other fungi coming to bear fruit so I'm hoping that the Ceps will be coming up soon. Last time we were out we found some Chanterelle and Horn of Plenty but they were well past their best. They were on South facing valleys so the North facing valleys should start producing soon.
I will get out today or tomorrow to see if there are any Ceps up and if so I will film that.
Thanks for watching.
Just tagging on a thanks for that. I will add a post when the Welsh Ceps show…I hope 😂
@@MarkDaviesThailand yes please mate. I found some last year in late September, but get the feeling the season is coming a bit later this year :/
@@ThousandYardStare any good news on ceps? I'm out in the new forest tomorrow... crossing fingers...
@@thomasthetankengin7722 Nothing in Gower up to yesterday evening…very close now!
Bloody hell that's a right harvest👍 I managed to find some field mushrooms the other day made a creamy garlic soup with them
Good one - with the rain we've had there could be a good harvest this year. I'm hoping for another Cep bonanza but two years in a row may be too much to ask.
Out of interest what part of uk you in? In in West mids and that kind of a bumper crop is very rare. Was a good year though last year
I'm in the North East and there was indeed a bumper crop of fungi for most of the UK last year - it was incredible.
@ThousandYardStare thanks 😊. Yeah bumper it was indeed! It might be a good year just spread out instead of all in September this time lol
@@real_wakawaka I think the long dry Summer caused some stress to the mycelium as the first flush was after the first noticeable rain followed by a huge second flush after a decent amount of rain.
Once the ground was moist they were popping up everywhere like magic.
Although I like variety I'd take another late season session without the Spring / Summer harvest just to get the best varieties again.
The Ceps make a great base for a gravy and it is really good with beef.
sweet jesus
I've been back there so many times this year and found none which is a real head scratcher. To be honest in that whole woodland I've only found one tiny Porcini which was half eaten by the slugs. What a difference it can be from year to year.
What an incredible find! I enjoyed the video :-), but you should explain to your friend how to pick mushrooms properly (not cutting them off with a knife) :-D
I seldom use a knife unless I'm harvesting the likes of Hedgehog fungus which can grow in clumps but most people I see in the UK do use a knife to harvest all their fungi.
Cantvwait to see the cooking video 👍
lol, when we get our kitchen done next year I'm going to start making cooking videos and most of the produce will be from the garden.
@@ThousandYardStare can't wait 🤘
Hey I sent a message on your short video but I would absolutley love to ask you in a dm if you don’t mind where this location is!? I live in Northumberland and I am an agronomist who absolutley loves mycology and porcini mushrooms for cooking Mediterranean dishes! I found a huge patch in Staley last year but would love another site with plenty of firs beeches and oaks to pick these beautiful nutty delicates!
I’m a fair person a basket would last me and my family a season and that’s all I would take! If you don’t mind k would appreciate it and will help you out with any agronomy questions! :)
Last year they were everywhere and it would be easier to point out the few woods which weren't covered in fungi after the late Summer rain. Even in my own small wood around the house there were Ceps. This year there will probably be bugger all.
Give me a ring any time on 07772848730
Yeah, we have law preventing to pick so much in the Netherlands
We would probably have the same over here if many people went out and picked edible fungi but it's very much a rare event to see anyone out foraging in the UK. We're pretty much like the US as far as fast food and processed crappy genetically modified 'food' goes so it's no wonder most people are too fat and lazy to leave the house, lol
This year was really poor for fungi but I did find a couple of new spots for Horn of Plenty which was nice.
Best of luck next time you're out hunting.
If there arre not that many people picking them why are there 10000000 video's of it op youtube? ( also many from the UK)Seems to me it has been getting more popular these days. Here it's mostly forbidden and only little can be picked it some forrests, then again, we don't have so much woodlands here.
@@ThousandYardStare
too many foreigners musseling in on our mushrooms now.
Bloody foreigners, lol
To be fair they often have a much greater appreciation of Nature and are prepared to get out into the woods to look for mushrooms.
Most 'British' people are too lazy to educate themselves and get out into the woods and that is a real shame - a total lack of education about the outdoors. No wonder so many of them believe in the climate change nonsense.
I'm English and I'm ashamed of most of my fellow Englishmen.
What month is this??
It was round about this time of year (early to mid September). The Summer was very dry then there was a lot of rain for a couple of days - that's what caused such a number of fungi to pop up.
It's been similar this year with regard to the dry Summer but the ground is still dry so there are limited amounts of fungi. I was out a couple of days ago and found only 1 Porcini but there were loads of Hedgehog fungi out - I could have filled a basket with them easily. Hopefully after the rain we've had and the rain we should be getting this week there will be a decent flush of fungi in the next few days (in my area).
Where is this site
This site was everywhere in the country last year as there was a bumper crop in the right woodlands.
My local woods had next to nothing for many years then last year it was a bumper harvest for all types of fungi - this year it could be crap.
It's total pot luck and the flush of Porcini lasted a week or so and then it was gone.
@@ThousandYardStare is that in the uk
@@markhaddon6737 Yes, I live in the North East, about 10 miles West of Newcastle but I had reports from all over the UK saying there was a bumper crop of fungi after the dry Summer followed by a couple of days of heavy rain. That caused a major flush.
@@ThousandYardStare
Nice video! Amazing Boletus edulis!
Could you clarify a site where people share information about mushrooms news in UK?
There are a lot of special forum in East Europe including Ukraine
@@WaKloq I'm not a member of any forums or groups but there are a few websites dealing with UK wild food. The one I sometimes check out is here and it has links to their social pages: www.wildfooduk.com/
I was out searching yesterday but there were only wood hedgehog and a few monkeys ears as edibles so I left them since I've already picked a nation of hedgehog fungus this year.
In the next few weeks we will see the main crop of edibles appear so I will make a few videos when I'm out.
That's some hall that lot. 🤣
There were so many more still there - it's an incredible spot.
@@ThousandYardStare must have something to do with the high temperatures and lack of rain this summer?
@@stephen-truthseeker I reckon so as the first sustained rain showers were making fungi pop up all over the place. However, whenever we're going to have a harsh Winter there is a nation of fruit produced and this year is no exception.
The Winter weather probably isn't going to be exceptional either way but the political climate and the continued war on food will cause chaos globally.
Nature is simply providing for that but through the enforced idiocy of 'education' and the distractions of media we're blinded to the bounty She provides.
Learning outdoor skills has never been more important than it is now but so many people have no idea how to grow food, forage, fish, shoot or hunt anything - those skills would have been known by the youngest of children back in the day.
Holy S#%t..... How Bloody wonderful 😀😮.... Im yet to find my first bolete in Northamptonshire 🫠
It's frustrating since they are either there or they're not - the last 2 years have been hopeless around here for fungi of most types and what is shown in this video probably only hapens once every few decades. I just happened to get lucky.
Best of luck on your hunts.
@ThousandYardStare
Good Morning,
Well thank you for your honest reply & it's warming to know that ! I'll never give up the hunt & am looking forward to my reward........ I'll keep you posted!!!Appreciated
Kind Regards 🍄🌿🌰🍁
Kind Regards
@@tokorirosting1688 Just look everywhere - while they're most likely to be found in Beech and Oak woodland the massive haul in this video were on the fringes of a pine wood.
Anywhere with deep leaf litter and mossy ground seems to be good.