My favorite is whatever it is that's growing all over my neighborhood--haven't really ID'd it for sure yet, but I'll figure it out! If you send me any seeds, well those will be my new favorite, lol. Great video, btw. So much info I'll have to watch it a few times to make sure I get it all in my head. Thanks!
Hi, how do I tell which is best for making the Thick Lactucarium (?) from? I want to see if I could use this to get me off my current Pain Medications. A natural pain killer would be a far greater choice over the medication kinds. I'm very new to this and am quite afraid of doing something wrong. Thanks!!
@@jerrycranford268 the video covers distinguishing species. I mention that Lactuca serriola is generally the one I recommend to people for making an extract!
I have Lactuca Serriola. I made and bottled up some tincture out of some. It turned out great! Extremely relaxing and really helps my knee pain. I eat the leaves too and they’re great in pesto.
What strength alcohol did you use? I made some recently… some batches 80 proof, the others 100 proof and the most recent 190 proof (everclear)… I my 50 proof batches… that I shake every day. I noticed that some of them seem to sparkle like a soft drink…. Do you know what that means? It’s my first time making it. Can botulism live in any of this herb/alcohol mixture?
My property has wild lettuce growing everywhere , plants by the thousands , so much so I just mow it down keeping a few in select places ! I've yet to make a tincture from it , just let it seed out to ensure yearly crops ! I've also got purslane , henbit ( yuck ) , yarrow , asparagus , hackberry , blackberry , locust , chickweed and went all Johnny Appleseed on some stinging nettle this year !! Built up rabbitats that so far look promising ! Yard grass ..phooey ! I forgot about the thistle, wild pear and clover ! Yahoo it's food forest in my yard that sustains itself !
I don't know if you still have any wild lettuce seeds left, but I want you to know that the moment you mentioned them was the first time in my life I've ever actually clicked on anyone's Patreon link. A giveaway, what a great idea! Now I'm off to the other tab to see if I can get in on those! 🌿🍃🥗
Love how much I can learn from your videos. You keep'em coming brother. I'm all about growing my own food and and learning the knowledge man has forgotten over the years.
I appreciate your detailed explanations of plant varieties, adds a ton to my existing knowledge. You offer solid content with concise presentation. Thanks. New Patron.
Enjoyed the video. I come to your video your channel because of the lost way book. You put a lot of detail into this video thank you very much on the identification and points. Others may be overlooked or I was listening well. Keep up I’m gonna join your followers
Awesome i love how u comparing different species with images shown, u should keep doing that comapres too especially like berries can be edible other cant be edibles it has poisons, so not to get confused between them. Thanks man!
I like Lamium Purpurea and Amplexicaule for the work they do feeding early pollinators .. but yeah, not so good in the salad bowl. We are now in year two of my Lactuca Canadensis "breeding program" .. picking and eating leaves until the plant becomes too bitter, and culling the ones that turn first. Its a little too late for me to try the unopened flowers .. but I love the idea - why didn't I think of it? - I'll have to try those next year. I don't have Biennis or Floridanna here, but did a video on identifying Virosa, Serriola and canadensis last year. We incorporate a LOT of wild craft and forage foods into our garden design. These plant species are hardy and adapted to survive - and though some may be called 'weeds', each has a particular niche in the ecosystem to fill: I don't have to buy or fabricate pesticides, herbicides or fungicides .. and the system fertilizes itself .. just like a natural forest .. just tweaked a little towards providing the needs of human beings. When I'm in my 80s, I should still be able to work my garden. Hard to do that with soil disruption and chemical farming! I see you did a video on Albizia (mimosa for the non-botanist readers) .. I had never even considered eating it, we grow it for support purposes .. Now I have to go watch that one! Thanks for all the hard work you do, keep it up!
Young man, I wish you were my son. LOL Seriously, what is wrong with the young folks these days that could care less about this sort of thing? Kudos to YOU!! How did you become interested in this? I'm sure there is a story there. I bet I'm not the only one that would like to know. If you've done a video on it, I have missed it. I'm a relatively new sub. Thank you for what you do!!
Speaking as a young person it’s really hard to get access to this stuff. I didn’t become interested in plants until my early adulthood because in the city my time was too consumed by school and I had essentially no access to the outdoors. Most of my friends are into plants and gardening now, but were actively discouraged by their parents when they were growing up. I had more than one friend who didn’t go on their first hike till their 20’s, explicitly because their parents were too scared of ticks
Speaking as a young adult, all my most fond memories are of being outdoors and exploring the plants my dad would tell us about. Definitely very blessed to have had that growing up. And I still continue it today. I even teach my dad some things now haha
I'm a young adult, so I hope I can share a little perspective on this. It is very difficult to invest the time needed into this kind of thing nowadays. Young people are working ridiculous hours, and our parents and grandparents didn't teach us much about the wild plants and their uses. I hear a lot from young people who find immense joy in connecting with the land and the plants and other living things, and just take a look at the popularity of iNaturalist to see how much of a desire there is to know the land around you, but it's not easy to put a lot of time into it. It's even more difficult if you lack ready access to abundant areas that haven't been converted to lawns or pasture or farmland or timberland. 99% of the prairies have been tilled up, 99% of the savannas were cut down, creeks and rivers are privately owned (at least, on the edges), and the roadsides are polluted with lead and herbicides. Everything has been enclosed and young people are exhausted from trying to make ends meet. There's a hunger to learn and connect but circumstances deny it being sated for most.
I have a serriola i found and potted. Its so bitter that I would liken it to denatonium. Its very very effective just raw, however. I found a virosa also that has absolutely no bitterness and almost tastes like spinach. Forage is such an adventure.
Aww; no saligna? The range is kinda spotty but it's a good one. It's another invasive but, as a pioneer style species, it tends to keep to disturbed areas like landscaping or relatively barren soil. It's an annual, oddly, and actually gets bushier with pruning or natural animal damage.
ive got a question for you. what is your all time favorite wild food? doesn't matter if it's a fruit and herb a nut what is your most favorite wild food you have foraged
I've grown leaf and head lettuce for some time. When it comes to harvesting a sweeter/less bitter lettuce, I pick it before sunrise. The white sap tends to drop down into the root system at night only to rise up for photosynthesis. I wonder if the same could be true for wild lettuce? Cheers!
I’m glad I stopped here, I’ve been making mine with what I believed was lactuca serriola (?) it’s bitter, works great and I don’t make a paste I make an infusion. 5 books said it was serriola, your plant is identical UGH
I've got to say, vehemently advertising your knowledge base and interactive calendar only for it to be gated behind your patreon is very off-putting, especially for such a small channel. I really love your content and the mission behind it but it feels quite contrarian to that message when you actively create walls for new foragers to surmount. The money we save from foraging based on your instructions shouldn't need to be funneled into your pockets any more than what you get from TH-cam and eventual sponsors or selling a premium version of the tool. Create the community around foraging and you by making the information and tools available so the community can grow instead of being another obstacle standing in the way. The TH-cam revenue will come when sponsors start to show up as the channel grows, since that's a guarantee nowadays, and ads will generate more alongside that. I understand you are pouring a ton of research and work into it and that's not free, not to mention hosting it. Yet you have to see how rampant patreon is and how this is only hurting you and us. We all follow hundreds of channels, every single one of which now has a patreon because this space demands it to keep up. I can't support myself and every content creator I enjoy just like I can't support my Uber drivers by giving them all lavish tips after a 15 minute 40 dollar car ride. Is it not enough that I've already got TH-cam premium and you're getting an extra slice from me having watched your video? Then when you hit a million subscribers we can all look forward to the constant ask to come pay to watch you on nebula instead. This content started out as me binge watching some feel good nature content with some real world positive impact and ended with me being disgusted with the world once again. Thanks so much!
🥬 Heyyy there! I'm relatively new at this, but I just made an amazing tea from a really tall & prickly (yellow flowered) wild lettuce. Not sure which one it is, but I loveee drinking the milk from it every time I walk by it! (Yes, I loveee the taste of the sap!---AND the leaves!) And sooooo I would have to call it my favorite, at least so far! Plz let me know what you think it is. And I'm also interested in trying the tinctures! 💜💜💜 ~ Lynn
What species of wild lettuce is YOUR favorite? Let me know! Look out for my video on how to GROW wild lettuce from seed next week too! 😄
my fav is canadensis
The one that volunteers on my farm!
My favorite is whatever it is that's growing all over my neighborhood--haven't really ID'd it for sure yet, but I'll figure it out! If you send me any seeds, well those will be my new favorite, lol. Great video, btw. So much info I'll have to watch it a few times to make sure I get it all in my head. Thanks!
Hi, how do I tell which is best for making the Thick Lactucarium (?) from? I want to see if I could use this to get me off my current Pain Medications. A natural pain killer would be a far greater choice over the medication kinds. I'm very new to this and am quite afraid of doing something wrong. Thanks!!
@@jerrycranford268 the video covers distinguishing species. I mention that Lactuca serriola is generally the one I recommend to people for making an extract!
I have Lactuca Serriola. I made and bottled up some tincture out of some. It turned out great! Extremely relaxing and really helps my knee pain. I eat the leaves too and they’re great in pesto.
What strength alcohol did you use? I made some recently… some batches 80 proof, the others 100 proof and the most recent 190 proof (everclear)…
I my 50 proof batches… that I shake every day. I noticed that some of them seem to sparkle like a soft drink…. Do you know what that means? It’s my first time making it. Can botulism live in any of this herb/alcohol mixture?
My property has wild lettuce growing everywhere , plants by the thousands , so much so I just mow it down keeping a few in select places ! I've yet to make a tincture from it , just let it seed out to ensure yearly crops ! I've also got purslane , henbit ( yuck ) , yarrow , asparagus , hackberry , blackberry , locust , chickweed and went all Johnny Appleseed on some stinging nettle this year !! Built up rabbitats that so far look promising ! Yard grass ..phooey !
I forgot about the thistle, wild pear and clover ! Yahoo it's food forest in my yard that sustains itself !
Omg it is all going to waste? You've got a gold mine of pain meds to be made.
I don't know if you still have any wild lettuce seeds left, but I want you to know that the moment you mentioned them was the first time in my life I've ever actually clicked on anyone's Patreon link. A giveaway, what a great idea! Now I'm off to the other tab to see if I can get in on those! 🌿🍃🥗
Love how much I can learn from your videos. You keep'em coming brother. I'm all about growing my own food and and learning the knowledge man has forgotten over the years.
I appreciate your detailed explanations of plant varieties, adds a ton to my existing knowledge. You offer solid content with concise presentation. Thanks. New Patron.
Welcome! I'm so glad to hear that.
I fully thought your community post was talking in code about weed
Right on, in the middle of making my first batch as we speak.
In Greece we eat it as a boiled salad
And I have lost count how many species we have
Enjoyed the video. I come to your video your channel because of the lost way book.
You put a lot of detail into this video thank you very much on the identification and points. Others may be overlooked or I was listening well.
Keep up I’m gonna join your followers
Awesome i love how u comparing different species with images shown, u should keep doing that comapres too especially like berries can be edible other cant be edibles it has poisons, so not to get confused between them. Thanks man!
I like Lamium Purpurea and Amplexicaule for the work they do feeding early pollinators .. but yeah, not so good in the salad bowl. We are now in year two of my Lactuca Canadensis "breeding program" .. picking and eating leaves until the plant becomes too bitter, and culling the ones that turn first. Its a little too late for me to try the unopened flowers .. but I love the idea - why didn't I think of it? - I'll have to try those next year. I don't have Biennis or Floridanna here, but did a video on identifying Virosa, Serriola and canadensis last year.
We incorporate a LOT of wild craft and forage foods into our garden design. These plant species are hardy and adapted to survive - and though some may be called 'weeds', each has a particular niche in the ecosystem to fill: I don't have to buy or fabricate pesticides, herbicides or fungicides .. and the system fertilizes itself .. just like a natural forest .. just tweaked a little towards providing the needs of human beings. When I'm in my 80s, I should still be able to work my garden. Hard to do that with soil disruption and chemical farming!
I see you did a video on Albizia (mimosa for the non-botanist readers) .. I had never even considered eating it, we grow it for support purposes .. Now I have to go watch that one! Thanks for all the hard work you do, keep it up!
My favorite green is wild mustard greens and the immature sees pods are wonderful
Young man, I wish you were my son. LOL Seriously, what is wrong with the young folks these days that could care less about this sort of thing? Kudos to YOU!! How did you become interested in this? I'm sure there is a story there. I bet I'm not the only one that would like to know. If you've done a video on it, I have missed it. I'm a relatively new sub. Thank you for what you do!!
Speaking as a young person it’s really hard to get access to this stuff. I didn’t become interested in plants until my early adulthood because in the city my time was too consumed by school and I had essentially no access to the outdoors. Most of my friends are into plants and gardening now, but were actively discouraged by their parents when they were growing up. I had more than one friend who didn’t go on their first hike till their 20’s, explicitly because their parents were too scared of ticks
Your generation didn't raise us....
@@MonkeyBoy-sd9vc My oldest child is 36. My youngest is 27. Gen Xer did raise him I bet. He can't be over 30.
Speaking as a young adult, all my most fond memories are of being outdoors and exploring the plants my dad would tell us about. Definitely very blessed to have had that growing up. And I still continue it today. I even teach my dad some things now haha
I'm a young adult, so I hope I can share a little perspective on this. It is very difficult to invest the time needed into this kind of thing nowadays. Young people are working ridiculous hours, and our parents and grandparents didn't teach us much about the wild plants and their uses. I hear a lot from young people who find immense joy in connecting with the land and the plants and other living things, and just take a look at the popularity of iNaturalist to see how much of a desire there is to know the land around you, but it's not easy to put a lot of time into it. It's even more difficult if you lack ready access to abundant areas that haven't been converted to lawns or pasture or farmland or timberland. 99% of the prairies have been tilled up, 99% of the savannas were cut down, creeks and rivers are privately owned (at least, on the edges), and the roadsides are polluted with lead and herbicides. Everything has been enclosed and young people are exhausted from trying to make ends meet. There's a hunger to learn and connect but circumstances deny it being sated for most.
We only have prickly wild lettuce where I live in AZ
❤ ur research and info
Thank you for this video!!!!
Here in Western SoDak >>specifically around The Badlands Nat'l Park
I have a serriola i found and potted. Its so bitter that I would liken it to denatonium. Its very very effective just raw, however. I found a virosa also that has absolutely no bitterness and almost tastes like spinach. Forage is such an adventure.
I have LOTS of Tall Blue Lettuce....make sure you have it guarded from critters!! It gets chomped up fast! 🙄😢😂
Aww; no saligna? The range is kinda spotty but it's a good one. It's another invasive but, as a pioneer style species, it tends to keep to disturbed areas like landscaping or relatively barren soil.
It's an annual, oddly, and actually gets bushier with pruning or natural animal damage.
Saligna is one of my favorites! Super cool species as you say. It just wasn't common enough to include in this video.
Thank you 🙏🏿
I wanted to get your calendar. I just wish you said it was for patron members only. It's not worth ten dollars a month. I'll pass.
ive got a question for you. what is your all time favorite wild food? doesn't matter if it's a fruit and herb a nut what is your most favorite wild food you have foraged
I've grown leaf and head lettuce for some time. When it comes to harvesting a sweeter/less bitter lettuce, I pick it before sunrise. The white sap tends to drop down into the root system at night only to rise up for photosynthesis. I wonder if the same could be true for wild lettuce? Cheers!
Does sow thistle latex oxidize quickly or does it stay white.
Do all the wild lettuce latex stay white?
My second love of weeds, second only to plantain.
I like dandelion in stir fry
Do some have little stickers on them?
What about Lactuca sativa? Do you not have that around your area? Has it been renamed?
Would you say it compared to Kava?
I'm having trouble finding sizable enough sassafras and it's bumming me out.
I’m glad I stopped here, I’ve been making mine with what I believed was lactuca serriola (?) it’s bitter, works great and I don’t make a paste I make an infusion. 5 books said it was serriola, your plant is identical UGH
Lactuca Camadensis doesn't grow here.
❤🎉🙏🏻🙌
Let us be confusing. ;)
I've got to say, vehemently advertising your knowledge base and interactive calendar only for it to be gated behind your patreon is very off-putting, especially for such a small channel. I really love your content and the mission behind it but it feels quite contrarian to that message when you actively create walls for new foragers to surmount. The money we save from foraging based on your instructions shouldn't need to be funneled into your pockets any more than what you get from TH-cam and eventual sponsors or selling a premium version of the tool.
Create the community around foraging and you by making the information and tools available so the community can grow instead of being another obstacle standing in the way. The TH-cam revenue will come when sponsors start to show up as the channel grows, since that's a guarantee nowadays, and ads will generate more alongside that. I understand you are pouring a ton of research and work into it and that's not free, not to mention hosting it. Yet you have to see how rampant patreon is and how this is only hurting you and us. We all follow hundreds of channels, every single one of which now has a patreon because this space demands it to keep up. I can't support myself and every content creator I enjoy just like I can't support my Uber drivers by giving them all lavish tips after a 15 minute 40 dollar car ride.
Is it not enough that I've already got TH-cam premium and you're getting an extra slice from me having watched your video? Then when you hit a million subscribers we can all look forward to the constant ask to come pay to watch you on nebula instead.
This content started out as me binge watching some feel good nature content with some real world positive impact and ended with me being disgusted with the world once again. Thanks so much!
he spends the whole video trying to sell you junk, watch something else, waist of time
Hmmm. I'm halfway through and don't see him trying to sell me anything. And by the way, the word you are looking for is "waste," not "waist."
Sell wtf u talking about this grows for free? Plants are medicine NPC
🥬 Heyyy there! I'm relatively new at this, but I just made an amazing tea from a really tall & prickly (yellow flowered) wild lettuce. Not sure which one it is, but I loveee drinking the milk from it every time I walk by it! (Yes, I loveee the taste of the sap!---AND the leaves!) And sooooo I would have to call it my favorite, at least so far! Plz let me know what you think it is. And I'm also interested in trying the tinctures!
💜💜💜 ~ Lynn