I love how you have the cheekiest grin whilst you talk. It truly displays your deep passion and love for what you do and is a refreshing change to see nowadays amongst all the misery.
You deserve way more subscribers my friend. Your stuff is top quality: Easy to understand, loads of great info, clear and friendly presentation. You rock!
He does, and IMO so do many other wild edible channels, like yours as well. However this subject is always under served on TH-cam, at lest from my experiences unfortunately.
The Outsider AGREED on your statement to Adam. That said, YOU ROCK TOO!! I'm subbed to you as well and LOVE your videos! Adam has his own Niche', lol, HE'S ADAM! hahaha All the info packed in with smiles and cheer as well as enthusiastic LOVE for what he's showing. STILL, not EVERYONE cares to hear the medicinal info with studies and all, lol. (I do, haha) THANK YOU for what you do as well! YOU ALSO have your Niche'. *Everyone's an INDIVIDUAL!* Even the Orbs of Light/Nature Spirits, etc. are ALL INDIVIDUALS. Proof that WE'RE ALL "Heavenly Creatures" th-cam.com/video/-sfwsrDZYDY/w-d-xo.html&list=PLmQr1Jd2X7UKPAbBXAhp8yuuK57cIu0eT&index=7 *Blessings and Gratitude to You!*
The Outsider thank you for speaking about subscribing! I just did even though I've been watching for about six months. I always like and comment but forgot to subscribe🌸💐🌸
Adam, is that autumn olive the one that has the very fragrant flowers in about May? The olive I'm acquainted with is very invasive, grows generally around 10 ft tall with a 3D fan shape, drooping branches full of very fragrant flowers. When I moved to a different location where I didn't think they grew I found them by their aroma.
When I was a young kid, there was a grove of Autumn Olives in a field that belonged to a family with the last name of Broadbent in RI. We called them Broadbent berries and we would feast upon them daily. I’m 54 now and have been eating them ever since in SE MA. Instinctively I knew that they where healthy for me and sooooooo tasty. Thank you for all you do.
The amount of knowledge you flex in every single video is incredible! I'm REALLY GLAD I live relatively in the area (Toronto, southern Ontario in Canada) so your information is relevant. You need your own TV show!
We have a hedge of the eleagnus separating our property from my neighbor…once it took hold it went totally wild and I ended up pruning an opening and adding a fence…wishing now that I had planted two rows…I LOVE IT and just realized the fruits last year they ripen here in Savannah Georgia in January Early February and the massive hedge is 300 feet long and an incredible haven for birds…I have to say when they bloom the fragrance goes up to my back door so sweet and inviting from 300 ft away…it’s all in what you want and what you consider a weed…stay blessed
Fantastic video, I read the other day that they are starting to call the autumn olive berries just autumn berries. I will start swallowing the seed now too. They are growing in the empty lots on either side of us. Thank you.
Glad I’ve found your channel! I live in Japan, just south of Yokohama, and thanks to you I’ve learned that the tree separating my property from my neighbors is Cornelius Cherry Dogwood, Natsume in Japanese! I like the fruit and so do my Boston Terriers. 😋🐶🐶
@@diazcoelho Both of my Bostons, Bébé and Spunky, have since crossed the Rainbow Bridge 🐶🌈🐶🌈🙏🏿🥰. Hopefully soon, I’ll have a new companion to share life with. 😇🐶🐶
Excellent video, unlike one I saw recently where the lady narrator spent half the video showing pictures of her smiling grandchildren. This video is intelligently and informatively done!
I love your videos and all that you teach in them. I am also very delighted by your delight in coming across these wild plants. In the future I expect that we will be very grateful for food source and medicinal properties of these wonderful plants!
You are such a smart man. I wish you could come to Tn. and do a walk through our part of the country and educate us on all these wonderful plants.Really enjoying videos.
I am getting SO addicted to these videos! The passion, enthusiasm and knowledge of the natural world is second to none and I learn so much from each one even though I live in Scotland (but we do share a surprising number of species with Pennsylvania, although many are non-natives introduced to USA by settlers from Europe)....one tip concerning Cornelian cherry: make a syrup from the fruit, it tastes exactly like Grenadine (which is great if you live somewhere where pomegranates don't normally grow!)
@@racheec2398 yes, they're also nice just to chew...additionally though, papaya seeds (and unripe fruit, and leaves) contain a natural meat tenderiser so if you rub a steak with the seeds you get a nice peppery flavour AND tender meat
Autumn olive can be found in a range from very light yellow to dark red. The yellow has more of a lemon like flavor, while the dark red tastes more like prunes. They all have like a cranberry overtones also. The blossoms of this fruit are a major source of nectar for honey bees in the spring, and the honey from it is rich and earthy tasting.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad I found your Chanel. As soon I've heard about Cornelian cherry tree - I subscribed and clicked on Like.. I have been looking for this tree in USA for some time. from childhood time I had experience for these berries. In the woods of Caucasus - there many many along with others very valuable brush trees with berries and nuts.... You are very interesting young man, I'm saying this as a Senior woman... my favourite time is to walk through woods and eat wild fruit from trees. I hope I will find more interesting information about other species... Well Done!
You quickly brushed over something that's super-important to me. I grew up in West-Africa and especially in Ghana most people brush their teeth with - you guessed it, chewing sticks. I'm highly interested in plants that make for good chewing sticks living as I now do in NC. Now I know one such plant from this video but a series on plants with 'chewable sticks' would be awesome. Pro tip - chewing sticks especially shrubs with aromatic qualities are very effective for appetite control.
I enjoy learning from you. I get a bonus by watching. Three branches of my ancestors lived in Wayne Township Erie County prior to the Civil War. This way, watching you I get a good idea of the world they lived in.
+Learn Your Land whenever you can? Brother Ive never seen a vid when you didnt cite studies. Your the Man! Your wealth of knowledge is very inspiring sir, thank you. I live right near hartwood acres. One of these times Im gonna see you out in the woods man haha
I love these late-summer and early-fall gems. I just collected 16 cups of autumn olives and made a sauce. It was supposed to be jam, but hey, it's wonderful over wild applesauce cake, stirred into yogurt, or topped over icecream or pancakes or French toast. I'm in the Catskill Mountains, Delaware County. Thanks, Adam, for this highly informative channel!
I am in the capital region in the Helderbergs just north of the Catskills.. beautiful I l region! I am very new to foraging and excited about all of the potential finds here in NY!
Adam, I stumbled on Autumn olive being edible from a grad student that was helping me with a property baseline report (basically present conditions, habitats, features, plants and animals, etc.). I waited until late September to try them, while walking a partner on a conservation easement property we cohold. I mentioned I learned that Autumn olive is edible and popped a few in my mouth. It was delightfully tart and slightly sweet. He said, "We have an hour hike in front of us. If you aren't sick, or dead, by the time we get back, I'll try it." Needless to say, I didn't die and wasn't sick. Last year I stumbled on an Autumn olive tree, maybe 20 foot tall with THOUSANDS of berries. I carry clean garbage bags (to collect trash found in the field) and stripped branch after branch of leaves and berries. Separated out the ripe berries at home. Cooked them, put them through a food mill, added sugar to the juice and made an amazing jam. That tart and slightly sweet combination is tasty. I will have to try the spicebush, now. Eastern Ohio has loads... Thanks for all you do, Adam.
I discovered autumn olive this year and was amazed as to how good they are. And these bushes also had thousands of berries on them. What a sight! First they’re sour then they’re sweet, autumn olive is good to eat.
Stellar video, Adam and you've helped me identify Autumn olive tree and thank you so much fortalking about its lycopene content and medicinal property that may be in fact good for my condition. This is the highest rating video i have watched this year ! Bravo Adam for spreading the love of wild natural plants.
I love the fruits from Autumn Olive. I made fruit leather with them. After cooking, they taste a lot like cranberry. They are terribly invasive, though.
I’m glad you mentioned the tomato taste of autumn olive. I made juice and it definitely tasted very tomato-y. I was going to make Kombucha with the juice, but it didn’t seem it would taste good in booch, so I didn’t do that!
As a kid, I would bring a backpack of autumn olive home to eat. Probably the first "wild" fruit that I identified as a kid and began my love of learning my land :-)
I love autumn olive! I've picked it late august to early september because the astringency reminds me of lemonade. Nice end of summer treat. We moved and just recently found a few bushes along with going to be a fun harvest this year!
I have to say that I really like your energy and your authenticity. You are clearly very knowledgeable and kknow what you're talking about. That come through in your manner and the fact that you are doing each species in one take and not switching it up between camera angles, etc., to enable editing. Well done. Your enthusiasm for the subject is infectios and that's one of the particularly desireable characteristics of a good instructor/teacher. A really good job overall. Inspirational. I have liked and subscribed.
Subscribed. I plan to plant a few Spicebush this year underneath my huge Sycamores. I hear they do okay in the shade, and my yard needs a little bio-diversity.
@Douglas Jonah I am fortunate to have them already in the wooded parts of my property, but I'd like to get a few cuttings from the ones in the woods and plant some in my yard - maybe start a native garden as well.
Autumn Oliver makes great jam. Unlike in the US, it doesn't spread and make a nuisance here in Ireland. Great videos, and hope you cover Pawpaw. (and though not wild or native, Feijoa is gorgeous)
You have the best informative videos. And I love that you don’t drag on and on and on, I love how you get to the point, but don’t go so fast that I have to wonder what on earth you were talking about! You are my go to guy!
Cornelian-cherry dogwood, spicebush, and autumn olives. It's September 21, 2018, and I'm going to look for all three of these when next out on the trail. Thanks so much for spreading your knowledge!
surprised and glad the youtube algorithm actually suggested this 5-year-old video right before the end of September! I wonder if I'll be able to find any of these in my area
I've never known autumn olives were their proper name. I've been eating these since a child child. I'm almost 21 now but I'm just happy I know the name and it's actually edible I've always just told people/friends that they're really good like cherries!
Not to mention that beavers love to consume this shrub during the winter months. I love autumn olive berries. We have a large population of autumn olives on my family farm,especially around our strip ponds in southern Illinois.
Love your videos! Been sharing with my husband and son. We enjoy foraging around our property in Eastern Pennsylvania and your videos are a great source of information! Thank you! 💕
I really liked this video. It was very informative in regards to Autumn olive shrubs. I was only aware of the edibility for jellies and jams. Not the medicinal purposes. TY Adam.
Wow, Adam! Today while hunting for mushrooms, I noticed this small tree full of beautiful hanging red fruit, I didn't know why it stood out to me and now I suspect it is the Cornelian Cherry Dogwood. I can't wait to return, I'll bring you a photo! About your Spicebush fruit, you may be able to flavor some oil, like Olive oil with them, they may be full of rare oils for the body. Your Autumn Olive is a wonderful find, it seems to mimic the classic olive tree in fruit and leaves. I have powdered Olive leaf that I use for alternative medicine, but Autumn Olive leaf may have the same or different properties. The fresh Autumn Olives may also be able to be preserved like regular olives are, I know some people who do this. I have to do some searching on all of these trees. I can't wait to report back to you. I lost my be-loved Dogwood, now I would love to replace it with a Cornelian Cherry Dogwood, if I can. Thank you!!!! Sara
I just discovered autumn olive for myself when I was walking through the woods and saw it. I used Google lens to identify it and check if it was edible. Omg! It was SOOO delicious!
I've known about Autumn Olive for a few years. I never saw this shrub as a kid... Its not native to Western PA... Its highly invasive and takes over if not controlled... Its hard to control, because of wild life eating it. So? I guess, we just embrace the fruits that it produces... after all... Its great for us! Love your videos! You're a great teacher!
A really great berry that my friends think I'm crazy for picking and eating when they see me do it the first time, is the *"Strawberry Tree."* The berries on the tree are those little red/yellow spiky balls that grow on a dark-green leafed tree. These berries get ripe in the winter when they turn red, and they're really sweet, but have a ton of seeds! You could compare them mostly by taste and inner texture to a grape! The spikiness of the berries are actually the seeds, and you do eat it! They're really good and I love to juice them to put in smoothies! I get a large haul every year since the neighborhood I'm in loves these trees for their pretty look, but don't realize that they can eat the berries! This year, I found an untouched tree so ripe, that I kicked the trunk and half the berries fell off the tree!
I assume you're talking about Arbutus unedo. I've heard about this tree but according to some people the fruit is gritty and/or not flavorful. What do you reckon of this?
@@john3_14-17 Yes that’s the one I mean! Have you ever had this berry btw? Because if you have, then you’d know the grit is just the seeds that people eat with it. If you eat it when it’s ripe, then it has flavor. Same with just about any unripe berry.
@@pennypearls5030 No I have not. I haven't seen this plant in my area (southcentral PA & northern MD). I've read about it online though and find it interesting due to its late-bearing properties, perhaps it is worth growing at a later date. When you say winter, do you mean December or so? What region are you in?
@@pennypearls5030 I see. So do you get fruit mainly in January and a bit in the other two months? I wonder what a colder and likely wetter climate (USDA Zone 7, January average of 31.5 F, 45" precipitation annually) would do for the fruit ripening.
Autumn Olive is #1 on my list this fall!! I thought I saw some last year wasn't 100% certain and am going back there next week...As always thanks for sharing the wonderful information, Adam!
So cool. Those cornelian bodytree cherry..i had it in an asian dried funghi.and berry and other wild and healthy veggies for soup!! Very original.. There is a nature rule with picking eatable berries...you have to leave some for the wild animals too..like foxes and birds..its their medicine too..;-)
Thank you. I can't wait to forage for some of these I have someone I know that has a whole hedge of these planted just for like a natural privacy fence
Seriously, you'reike the Steve Irwin of foraging. Your enthusiasm for living off the land is contagious and captivating.
Thanks! :D
He's more like Saul from pineapple express
I love how you have the cheekiest grin whilst you talk. It truly displays your deep passion and love for what you do and is a refreshing change to see nowadays amongst all the misery.
This should be taught in school. You are a humble master of traditional knowledge.
I do live in Bulgaria (zone 7b) and I do have a Cornelian Cherry in my garden. Last year I made delicious liquor and syrup from it.
You deserve way more subscribers my friend. Your stuff is top quality: Easy to understand, loads of great info, clear and friendly presentation. You rock!
The Outsider you rock too! Dont comment much but always love watching your vids
He does, and IMO so do many other wild edible channels, like yours as well. However this subject is always under served on TH-cam, at lest from my experiences unfortunately.
The Outsider AGREED on your statement to Adam. That said, YOU ROCK TOO!! I'm subbed to you as well and LOVE your videos! Adam has his own Niche', lol, HE'S ADAM! hahaha All the info packed in with smiles and cheer as well as enthusiastic LOVE for what he's showing. STILL, not EVERYONE cares to hear the medicinal info with studies and all, lol. (I do, haha) THANK YOU for what you do as well! YOU ALSO have your Niche'. *Everyone's an INDIVIDUAL!* Even the Orbs of Light/Nature Spirits, etc. are ALL INDIVIDUALS. Proof that WE'RE ALL "Heavenly Creatures" th-cam.com/video/-sfwsrDZYDY/w-d-xo.html&list=PLmQr1Jd2X7UKPAbBXAhp8yuuK57cIu0eT&index=7 *Blessings and Gratitude to You!*
The Outsider thank you for speaking about subscribing! I just did even though I've been watching for about six months. I always like and comment but forgot to subscribe🌸💐🌸
Adam, is that autumn olive the one that has the very fragrant flowers in about May? The olive I'm acquainted with is very invasive, grows generally around 10 ft tall with a 3D fan shape, drooping branches full of very fragrant flowers. When I moved to a different location where I didn't think they grew I found them by their aroma.
When I was a young kid, there was a grove of Autumn Olives in a field that belonged to a family with the last name of Broadbent in RI. We called them Broadbent berries and we would feast upon them daily. I’m 54 now and have been eating them ever since in SE MA. Instinctively I knew that they where healthy for me and sooooooo tasty. Thank you for all you do.
The amount of knowledge you flex in every single video is incredible!
I'm REALLY GLAD I live relatively in the area (Toronto, southern Ontario in Canada) so your information is relevant.
You need your own TV show!
Kaze , I agree. In one video I feel like I read one chapter of trees and fruits..:)
Kaze I agree, I live in Ohio and I am learning so much info!
Thanks! Yes... Toronto and Pennsylvania have lots of overlap when it comes to plants and fungi. Glad you're enjoying the videos!
Kaze I live in Toronto too lol not many people our age are even remotely interested in this type of stuff
Kaze yes he does need his own tv show!
Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts with us and your love for natur. You knolig is so much better than others
Absolutely love autumn olives. I’m going to grow one next year in my backyard.
We have a hedge of the eleagnus separating our property from my neighbor…once it took hold it went totally wild and I ended up pruning an opening and adding a fence…wishing now that I had planted two rows…I LOVE IT and just realized the fruits last year they ripen here in Savannah Georgia in January Early February and the massive hedge is 300 feet long and an incredible haven for birds…I have to say when they bloom the fragrance goes up to my back door so sweet and inviting from 300 ft away…it’s all in what you want and what you consider a weed…stay blessed
I discovered autumn olive this year and I was surprised as to how good they taste. My friends thought I was crazy for eating them. Their loss.
Fantastic video, I read the other day that they are starting to call the autumn olive berries just autumn berries. I will start swallowing the seed now too. They are growing in the empty lots on either side of us. Thank you.
We’ve got silverberries in our front yard. They grow and spread everywhere that the black raspberry canes don’t.
Glad I’ve found your channel! I live in Japan, just south of Yokohama, and thanks to you I’ve learned that the tree separating my property from my neighbors is Cornelius Cherry Dogwood, Natsume in Japanese! I like the fruit and so do my Boston Terriers. 😋🐶🐶
Your Boston terriers must be very happy that they can share a snack with you while on a walk. 😋🥰
Greetings all the way to Japan from Upstate NY.
@@diazcoelho Both of my Bostons, Bébé and Spunky, have since crossed the Rainbow Bridge 🐶🌈🐶🌈🙏🏿🥰. Hopefully soon, I’ll have a new companion to share life with. 😇🐶🐶
Excellent video, unlike one I saw recently where the lady narrator spent half the video showing pictures of her smiling grandchildren. This video is intelligently and informatively done!
I love your videos and all that you teach in them. I am also very delighted by your delight in coming across these wild plants. In the future I expect that we will be very grateful for food source and medicinal properties of these wonderful plants!
You are such a smart man. I wish you could come to Tn. and do a walk through our part of the country and educate us on all these wonderful plants.Really enjoying videos.
I am getting SO addicted to these videos! The passion, enthusiasm and knowledge of the natural world is second to none and I learn so much from each one even though I live in Scotland (but we do share a surprising number of species with Pennsylvania, although many are non-natives introduced to USA by settlers from Europe)....one tip concerning Cornelian cherry: make a syrup from the fruit, it tastes exactly like Grenadine (which is great if you live somewhere where pomegranates don't normally grow!)
Thanks Adam Haritan... Very good explanations on the overlooked Wild Edible Fruits ! ❤🙏
I dry the spicebush seeds and grind 'em to use as a pepper replacement. Really good replacement!
Agreed!
Chuck U Farley thanks for the tip!
Has anyone heard of using ground up papaya seeds as a pepper replacement ?
@@racheec2398 yes, they're also nice just to chew...additionally though, papaya seeds (and unripe fruit, and leaves) contain a natural meat tenderiser so if you rub a steak with the seeds you get a nice peppery flavour AND tender meat
@@clarsach29 thnkyou😄
Autumn olive can be found in a range from very light yellow to dark red. The yellow has more of a lemon like flavor, while the dark red tastes more like prunes. They all have like a cranberry overtones also. The blossoms of this fruit are a major source of nectar for honey bees in the spring, and the honey from it is rich and earthy tasting.
Autumn olive is my favorite fruit! I mostly eat it as a trail snack. Last fall I made autumn olive jam.
Excellent!
Thank you so much! I'm so glad I found your Chanel. As soon I've heard about Cornelian cherry tree - I subscribed and clicked on Like.. I have been looking for this tree in USA for some time. from childhood time I had experience for these berries. In the woods of Caucasus - there many many along with others very valuable brush trees with berries and nuts.... You are very interesting young man, I'm saying this as a Senior woman... my favourite time is to walk through woods and eat wild fruit from trees. I hope I will find more interesting information about other species... Well Done!
Intelligent,interesting, informative and even well edited! You are doing a great job on these videos.
Thanks Bill!
You quickly brushed over something that's super-important to me. I grew up in West-Africa and especially in Ghana most people brush their teeth with - you guessed it, chewing sticks. I'm highly interested in plants that make for good chewing sticks living as I now do in NC. Now I know one such plant from this video but a series on plants with 'chewable sticks' would be awesome. Pro tip - chewing sticks especially shrubs with aromatic qualities are very effective for appetite control.
I wish to become as knowledgeable as this guy, Adam. His intelligence is impressive. I've learned so much from him already!
I enjoy learning from you. I get a bonus by watching. Three branches of my ancestors lived in Wayne Township Erie County prior to the Civil War. This way, watching you I get a good idea of the world they lived in.
I love that you usually add scientific studies
Thanks... I try to whenever I can.
+Learn Your Land whenever you can? Brother Ive never seen a vid when you didnt cite studies. Your the Man! Your wealth of knowledge is very inspiring sir, thank you. I live right near hartwood acres. One of these times Im gonna see you out in the woods man haha
Years later but I am here now. Thank you Learn Your Land and Adam
Thank you so much for your teachings. May the good energies of this earth reward you abundantly.
I love these late-summer and early-fall gems. I just collected 16 cups of autumn olives and made a sauce. It was supposed to be jam, but hey, it's wonderful over wild applesauce cake, stirred into yogurt, or topped over icecream or pancakes or French toast. I'm in the Catskill Mountains, Delaware County. Thanks, Adam, for this highly informative channel!
You're welcome, Amy!
I am in the capital region in the Helderbergs just north of the Catskills.. beautiful I l region! I am very new to foraging and excited about all of the potential finds here in NY!
Familiar with all three visually but learned so much about each. Thank you! You're awesome!
Adam, I stumbled on Autumn olive being edible from a grad student that was helping me with a property baseline report (basically present conditions, habitats, features, plants and animals, etc.). I waited until late September to try them, while walking a partner on a conservation easement property we cohold. I mentioned I learned that Autumn olive is edible and popped a few in my mouth. It was delightfully tart and slightly sweet. He said, "We have an hour hike in front of us. If you aren't sick, or dead, by the time we get back, I'll try it." Needless to say, I didn't die and wasn't sick. Last year I stumbled on an Autumn olive tree, maybe 20 foot tall with THOUSANDS of berries. I carry clean garbage bags (to collect trash found in the field) and stripped branch after branch of leaves and berries. Separated out the ripe berries at home. Cooked them, put them through a food mill, added sugar to the juice and made an amazing jam. That tart and slightly sweet combination is tasty. I will have to try the spicebush, now. Eastern Ohio has loads... Thanks for all you do, Adam.
I discovered autumn olive this year and was amazed as to how good they are. And these bushes also had thousands of berries on them. What a sight!
First they’re sour then they’re sweet, autumn olive is good to eat.
@@meetthecassiani 😊
all 3 of these sound so good.
They sure are!
I'm heading to one of his seminars in Michigan this Saturday and doing some foraging as well. I can't wait!
Awesome, Todd! Look forward to meeting you.
Hi does Adam have some sort of degree in this field . Something to back up his knowledge?
Cornelian cherry has always been a favorite of mine since as a young horticulture major in college I learned of it...love your videos.
I make wine out of the Japanese silver berrys and the autumn olive.
Stellar video, Adam and you've helped me identify Autumn olive tree and thank you so much fortalking about its lycopene content and medicinal property that may be in fact good for my condition. This is the highest rating video i have watched this year ! Bravo Adam for spreading the love of wild natural plants.
Excellent videos, I am hooked! Hands down the best spoken, and educational videos I have found on these subjects!
I love the fruits from Autumn Olive. I made fruit leather with them. After cooking, they taste a lot like cranberry. They are terribly invasive, though.
I’m glad you mentioned the tomato taste of autumn olive. I made juice and it definitely tasted very tomato-y. I was going to make Kombucha with the juice, but it didn’t seem it would taste good in booch, so I didn’t do that!
love in the sharing of your knowledge another great foraging experience 👍👍👍
I Am Once Again OVERLY impressed, With EVERY Aspect of Your CONTENT ...From One PA BROTHER to ANOTHER THANK YOU !
Hey thanks!
Love the channel. I watch a few videos before I walk through the woods to get me in the right headspace.
Awesome, thanks Adam!
As a kid, I would bring a backpack of autumn olive home to eat. Probably the first "wild" fruit that I identified as a kid and began my love of learning my land :-)
thanx your so cheerfull.hope to get lost up north someday and remember your teachings.
I love autumn olive! I've picked it late august to early september because the astringency reminds me of lemonade. Nice end of summer treat. We moved and just recently found a few bushes along with going to be a fun harvest this year!
I am so glad to find your Chanel.
I find the south side of the tree produces sweeter fruit. More sun? Hmmmm. Delicious!
awesome video. Dude is so easy to watch.
I have to say that I really like your energy and your authenticity. You are clearly very knowledgeable and kknow what you're talking about. That come through in your manner and the fact that you are doing each species in one take and not switching it up between camera angles, etc., to enable editing. Well done. Your enthusiasm for the subject is infectios and that's one of the particularly desireable characteristics of a good instructor/teacher. A really good job overall. Inspirational. I have liked and subscribed.
Adam, you are an excellent presenter
Subscribed. I plan to plant a few Spicebush this year underneath my huge Sycamores. I hear they do okay in the shade, and my yard needs a little bio-diversity.
@Douglas Jonah I am fortunate to have them already in the wooded parts of my property, but I'd like to get a few cuttings from the ones in the woods and plant some in my yard - maybe start a native garden as well.
i just ran across your channel and I am happy. Enjoying the knowledge.
Autumn Oliver makes great jam. Unlike in the US, it doesn't spread and make a nuisance here in Ireland. Great videos, and hope you cover Pawpaw. (and though not wild or native, Feijoa is gorgeous)
Love your videos! Also love that I live in south west Michigan so everything that's featured is pretty much available here and at the same times!!!
Thank you for posting these videos. Love watching and sharing your knowledge with my friends.
You're welcome!
You have the best informative videos. And I love that you don’t drag on and on and on, I love how you get to the point, but don’t go so fast that I have to wonder what on earth you were talking about! You are my go to guy!
Cornelian-cherry dogwood, spicebush, and autumn olives. It's September 21, 2018, and I'm going to look for all three of these when next out on the trail. Thanks so much for spreading your knowledge!
surprised and glad the youtube algorithm actually suggested this 5-year-old video right before the end of September! I wonder if I'll be able to find any of these in my area
I was thinking maybe you are Euell Gibbons great grandson! Thanks for teaching us!
I've never known autumn olives were their proper name. I've been eating these since a child child. I'm almost 21 now but I'm just happy I know the name and it's actually edible I've always just told people/friends that they're really good like cherries!
Thanks for adding in the medicinal information.
Feeding the TH-cam algorithm. Informative video. Thanks.
Will you do a video on the Paw Paw?
Id love that too.
Is that a cherry too? What's that?
Not to mention that beavers love to consume this shrub during the winter months. I love autumn olive berries. We have a large population of autumn olives on my family farm,especially around our strip ponds in southern Illinois.
Love your videos! Been sharing with my husband and son. We enjoy foraging around our property in Eastern Pennsylvania and your videos are a great source of information! Thank you! 💕
I really liked this video. It was very informative in regards to Autumn olive shrubs. I was only aware of the edibility for jellies and jams. Not the medicinal purposes. TY Adam.
I love Spicebush and have covered it in several videos because of how good it is. Absolutely love chewing the stems in the woods! Good video Adam!
You've got great videos on Spicebush! And yes, they make for excellent chew sticks.
Thanks Adam, that's awesome to hear! Oh yeah, some of the tastiest!
Dude you're fricking fascinating. Not even my professor at Temple U was as knowledgeable as you. I'm subbed.
I dry the spice bush and autum olive… I put the dryed fruit into mason jars and use them in every thing from tea to stews💜
I found autumn olives while scouting for deer! I've been trying to find out what it was and your video helped me figure it out!! Thank you so much!!
Wow, Adam! Today while hunting for mushrooms, I noticed this small tree full of beautiful hanging red fruit, I didn't know why it stood out to me and now I suspect it is the Cornelian Cherry Dogwood. I can't wait to return, I'll bring you a photo! About your Spicebush fruit, you may be able to flavor some oil, like Olive oil with them, they may be full of rare oils for the body. Your Autumn Olive is a wonderful find, it seems to mimic the classic olive tree in fruit and leaves. I have powdered Olive leaf that I use for alternative medicine, but Autumn Olive leaf may have the same or different properties. The fresh Autumn Olives may also be able to be preserved like regular olives are, I know some people who do this. I have to do some searching on all of these trees. I can't wait to report back to you. I lost my be-loved Dogwood, now I would love to replace it with a Cornelian Cherry Dogwood, if I can. Thank you!!!! Sara
I just discovered autumn olive for myself when I was walking through the woods and saw it. I used Google lens to identify it and check if it was edible. Omg! It was SOOO delicious!
I so enjoy your presentation. Your knowledge is outstanding and your demeanor is warm and inviting. ❤️Thank you.
I've known about Autumn Olive for a few years. I never saw this shrub as a kid... Its not native to Western PA... Its highly invasive and takes over if not controlled... Its hard to control, because of wild life eating it. So? I guess, we just embrace the fruits that it produces... after all... Its great for us! Love your videos! You're a great teacher!
You must be like a novice herbal medicine doctor. Probably already there!!! Keep up the good work!!!
spicebush leaves make the most excellent tea. i keep them dried for tea during winter, which helps me get over the dark sky blahs
A really great berry that my friends think I'm crazy for picking and eating when they see me do it the first time, is the *"Strawberry Tree."* The berries on the tree are those little red/yellow spiky balls that grow on a dark-green leafed tree. These berries get ripe in the winter when they turn red, and they're really sweet, but have a ton of seeds! You could compare them mostly by taste and inner texture to a grape! The spikiness of the berries are actually the seeds, and you do eat it! They're really good and I love to juice them to put in smoothies! I get a large haul every year since the neighborhood I'm in loves these trees for their pretty look, but don't realize that they can eat the berries! This year, I found an untouched tree so ripe, that I kicked the trunk and half the berries fell off the tree!
I assume you're talking about Arbutus unedo.
I've heard about this tree but according to some people the fruit is gritty and/or not flavorful. What do you reckon of this?
@@john3_14-17 Yes that’s the one I mean! Have you ever had this berry btw? Because if you have, then you’d know the grit is just the seeds that people eat with it. If you eat it when it’s ripe, then it has flavor. Same with just about any unripe berry.
@@pennypearls5030 No I have not. I haven't seen this plant in my area (southcentral PA & northern MD). I've read about it online though and find it interesting due to its late-bearing properties, perhaps it is worth growing at a later date.
When you say winter, do you mean December or so? What region are you in?
@@john3_14-17 I’m in SoCal! So when I say winter, I mean December-February. January is when they’re really good!
@@pennypearls5030 I see. So do you get fruit mainly in January and a bit in the other two months? I wonder what a colder and likely wetter climate (USDA Zone 7, January average of 31.5 F, 45" precipitation annually) would do for the fruit ripening.
You are a real treat, Adam! Thanks so much for your informative videos.
You're welcome, Nancy... and thank you for watching!
Autumn olive tastes almost exactly like red currant to me, maybe a bit sweeter!
I gathered so many Autumn Olives last year. I made fruit leather from them and i hope to make more this year.
Autumn Olive also puts out a wonderful sweet scented flower in the spring that my bees LOVE!!
Yes, I love the aroma as well!
My chickens love autumn olives. We have them growing wildly in our backyard.
They're quite tasty!
Autumn Olive is #1 on my list this fall!! I thought I saw some last year wasn't 100% certain and am going back there next week...As always thanks for sharing the wonderful information, Adam!
You're welcome, Rick! Give them a try and see what you think. I have a feeling you may enjoy them!
The flowers of the autumn olive are also very aromatic, and remind me a bit of honey suckle! They are a pretty plant, even if they're invasive
Bees make some very good honey from the Autumn Olive blossoms.
This is great. I have so many of these on my land.
Thanks Adam Over looked is right. Wow thanks so much for this.
dude - your videos are awesome. Good info and well spoken
Your voice is so soothing
Love your videos. I ate this as a child. Love them. We called them smurf berries because they remind us of those berries the smurf picks.
Wow you're full of nature knowledge. You're on my youtube radar :)
So cool. Those cornelian bodytree cherry..i had it in an asian dried funghi.and berry and other wild and healthy veggies for soup!! Very original..
There is a nature rule with picking eatable berries...you have to leave some for the wild animals too..like foxes and birds..its their medicine too..;-)
The autumn olive on my property in Maine grows huge clusters of berries by the thousands. Almost like bunches of grapes.
Just found this video September 2022 and subscribed immediately! ❤️❤️
Thank you!
Spicebush is a powerful anti-fungal as well! Thank you for this excellent info.
I want to thank u for all ur info. Ur wissom has help me out so much. Thank u
You're welcome! Thanks for watching.
Thank you. I can't wait to forage for some of these I have someone I know that has a whole hedge of these planted just for like a natural privacy fence
Your videos are ALWAYS great!
Good one to know Adam!! Thanks! Been wanting to see what Autumn Olive looked like.
Thanks for watching and commenting!