Hi Mlgardener, correction: the Vietnamese coriander ( rau răm) has a strong herb scent. We use it as often as basil for salad, etc. The one you’re mentioning is an actual weed, and has no scent at all, I think it can be toxic! Rau răm loves water and barely survive in the ground. They both look identical, as a native Vietnamese I cannot tell the difference until I smell them. Please beware! 🙏🙏🙏
Yeah, The plant in the video hasn't got any runners which Vietnamese mint has. Really nice in Vietnamese chicken cabbage salad. The mark on the leaf is also V shape.
@@zzzzz1432srsly. This is why there is so much racism towards Asian foods because content creators give their negative opinions on our foods instead of saying “it’s not for them” like do better. They out here making other wyt people scared to try our delicious food.
Just in case someone reads your comment and wants to know the difference the spurge weed has a milk substance in it when you break the leaf and / or stem. The purslane does not. Most, but not all things that have a white milky substance when you break the leaf or stem are toxic. The one exception is dandelion.
@@torriekolbeck5117 thank you for the reply. Wild lettuce also has a milky sap. It can be used in small amounts for pain relief, but if you eat too much it will make you loopy!🙃
Purslane is a part of turkish cuisine. We eat it as dish cooked together with sauteed onions, garlic, a little rice and tomatoes. It is delicious that way. It is slightly acidic and delicious that way. It can also be eaten raw as a salad when mixed with garlic yogurt.
It's called semiz otu in turkish right? My family eats it raw in yogurt with garlic, lemon and salt sprinkled on top. It tastes super fresh and delicious. We also eat the first weed he show. It's called kuzu kulağı or lambs ear in turkish. You put it in flat bread or tortilla's with other fresh greens some lemon and salt . It's really good and light.
Great video, I've heard people survived the depression because they knew what weeds to eat. Everyone thinks they should hate dandelion but don't know that it was brought here from Europe as a medicinal plant.
Thanks for highlighting some tasty garden weeds! Dandelions, lambs quarter, amaranth, and purslane would be worthy of planting and growing in a garden, if they didn't do that so easily by themselves. Lambs quarter is one of the best cooked greens, even compared to garden greens - and so simple to just saute for about 3 minutes with a little water, then top with a little salt. Don't weed the garden -- harvest an extra crop! : )
I am planning to do that exactly. I have no edible weeds in my back yard over-running with weeds. I hope my edible weeds can "beat up" the useless weeds growing there currently.
It is not vietnamese herbs. However it does have 99% look alike. I grew that vietnamese herbs in my garden and the key different is the smell. Vietnamese herbs have a wonderful smell to it and the look alike doesn't and The herbs also have a slimmer leaves and the look alike have a bit more round. Any with that being said i hope we can eat that look alike plant.
@@kellyrios8179 wild one is not Vietnamese coriander, smell different. Love Vietnamese one smell wonderful with raw rolls with fish sauce and annual, weed is perennial
This was very enlightening. I just weeded my basil bed and threw away Lamb's Quarter and wild Amaranth without knowing it. I knew to keep the purslane, though, and gave it it's own row in my cucumber bed. Hoping to see a lot of it.
I have NO weeds meaning of the word weed is unwanted plant. The sad part is in many places indengious food and healing plants are termed weeds and over time so much knowledge gets lost.Bless yall any everyone who is helping waking up people to our wild foods again.
It's because of corporate and pharma greed, they don't want people to eat healthy plants, they want them to give their money for poisonous dangerous drugs to keep people unhealthy and keep making profits off people.
Thank you so much for this valuable video ! I can't believe how much of these nutritious "weeds" I got rid of in the past when I could have been enjoying them with my children ! NEVER AGAIN !!!
Two comments: I want to thank you for taking the time to make your You Tubes. They are full of useful information. Also, the depth of your information gives a fundamental concepts of the garden.You explained the concept of burying straw and other fibrous materials to hold water under the surface of the growing area. Why not use mulch (straw, leaves, sawdust, etc.) to cover the surface of the planting area. To me, this would be useful to hold moisture in the ground, keep weed seeds from germinating, and would eventually be a source of organic matter. Again, you’re doing a great job. Congratulations on the new addition to your family.
I literally have palmers amaranth taking over my three sisters garden. I paused your video and ran out there and munched on a few leaves. Even the ones that are flowering are amazing!!! I'm so excited. Now to find out what to do with the grain! Thanks so much MI Gardner!
Oh my goodness yes. It is very tasty. The grain is even better. Amaranth can be ground into flour and added into anything that requires flour for added fiber, vitamins, and minerals!
I know this sounds crazy but I live on plant sandwiches. Dandelions are one of my favorites. That and a good protein and there is no weight problems and you save money because your eating natures gifts.
Also clover is a great one, you can identify it by chevrons on the leaves, the flowers are edible as well (But don’t eat to many as they can cause bloat).
Look for garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) in the woods, too - it's delicious and Americans consider it an invasive species. It is superb mixed with cream cheese or sour cream for spreads, dips, or sauces.
@@chezmoi42 Kalamazoo Nature center has 2 editions of cookbooks published just on how to use garlic mustard in different dishes. All the dishes were submitted by local chefs.
Thanks for posting. Finally found out what's taking over my garden this year(weed wise). It's the wild amaranth! Extremely invasive. There are so many in my garden.
That amaranth is great eating! You are missing a good bet if you don't pick it and freeze it just like you would chard or spinach. And if you don't like it, at least it's an annual and not a perennial that spreads through runners like some invasive grasses!
This information is so vital and wish it was taught more! I was born and raised in Hawaii and my father is from the northern part of Philippines. He’s Ilocano and there’s a running joke that Ilocanos are like goats because they eat any plant hahaha. There were so much amaranthus growing in our area my father use to use it in his dishes. He would wait till they flowered though and I loved eating the tips of the plant. I forget the name of it but there is somewhat of a soup with a few these “foragables” (is that a word?), especially amaranthus. He cooked it with taro stalks and root, and other veggies like squash flowers, and it would be an almost purple grayish soup. It had a nice tart too it, not sour, it was a savory flavor with a nice tart. It pairs amazingly with fried fish and of course rice! I miss these dishes and every time I visit home he cooks them!
All of these and more grow in my yard and the surrounding area as well as many edible mushrooms and small game/fish. It's a grocery store in the woods.
Actually the vietnamese coriander are used for porridge when you add them on top of meats and you can eat them with duck eggs as well. My family would eat those all time. Its very delicious.
Neato...I've seen some of those growing in my lettuce and herb garden that thrives in the shady side of the house. Spoze I'll just add some to my salads. Great info!
Purslane makes good coleslaw with mayonnaise and lemon juice and zest. It's good added to soup. You can make sauerkraut with it also. I got it from parks and transplanted it, at first.
I love lambs quarters and dandelions. My gram taught me the weeds to eat. I throw them in green smoothies and salads. It isd great to have free food and super nutritious food. I have several huge patches of pursulane and throw that in smoothies as well. I love your tips. Also my son is a Luke too!
I walk out of my garden straight into the Forest, to collect wild salad for my supper. Today I found some that I’m not sure about, so I needed to watch a video to find out if they are safe. So thank you for your help, and enjoy!
I would say purslane is by far the tastiest of all the weeds. I'd actually have it over arugula or spinach (or most other leafy greens) any day of the week.
Hey Luke, just so you know that second plant is not Vietnamese coriander however it does look alike 99.99% the key identification of the plant is the leaves and the smell. Vietnamese herb smells really good while the look-alike have no smell at all Vietnamese herbs leave is slimmer while the look alike is a bit more round I've been growing this plant and I do have the look alike also and I've been wondering if I could actually eat that as well.
awesome, I had heard of some of these being edible it's much more helpful to see what the look like on a video like this. Thanks! Going to try some purslane tomorrow.
Purslane and dandelion are in my garden every spring. I add purslane and dandelion flowers to my smoothies. I also have wild violets NOT the succulent house plants. The greens and flowers are also edible. Did my research 😊good to know survival foods especially if it's in you own garden😊
Super interesting. I quickly scanned the comments but didn't see my question asked already. Are these all edible raw or do any of them need special preparation?
Nope, they are all edible raw. Purslane is better raw. Amaranth is better sauteed up with garlic, onions, and added into chicken. Lambsquarter is amazing both ways.
Purslane is also good lightly sautéed, or added to stir fry. Or briefly steamed. Of course, light steaming is a good method of preparation for all the plants mentioned here.
Hi Luke, I’m Vietnamese and I believe the plant that you identified as “Vietnamese Coriander” is incorrect. It doesn’t have the same smell, it’s not bitter and it should not have the red center. If you want to compare it to the real “Vietnamese Coriander”, please go to a Vietnamese or Chinese supermarket and check in the vegetable aisles.
LOL ! The “coriander “ in this video is a yard weed! The Vietnamese rau răm is a mint, popular throughout Southeast Asia in many authentic delicious dishes. It’s a rare find in winter months and more expensive than basil.
Vietnamese coriander is also known as painted lady's thumb. Notably, the dandelion roots make a really useful medicinal tea.. helping everything from bad eyesite to anti-cancerous properties.
This is a great video. I really wish you would revisit this topic and add to or embellish it. I love growing Lamb's Quarters, White Clover, Dandelions and Purslane.
My backyard is almost only weeds and hardley any grass, we dont really care though because they serve a similar purpose to grass in holding the soil in place and all the little flowers that come from them look nice too.
Sir I'll just say you have completely impressed me in 48 seconds I agree so far.. I'm sure I'll like the video THANKS! I just have to find things that are not "against" the weeds
Planting purslane outside your chicken run and allowing it to invade gives your chickens regrowing snacks and the crazy part is the Omega-3s get passed into the eggs. Eggs from hens who eat purslane are healthier than from hens that don´t eat purslane.
I've known about the dandelions for awhile now but those other four are totally new to me. I am going to be spending quite a while staring at my weeds tomorrow. I know for a fact I have Lambsquarter everywhere. I'm pretty sure I've seen Palmers Amaranth, and Purslane around as well, but I don't know if I have Vietnamese Coriander. But since that one's the bitter one, I won't be complaining! I have such horrid luck with leafy greens that these "weeds" will most likely become my go to crops!
There is also perilla, aka sesame leaf (actually not sesame, just translated that way.) There is Japanese Shiso and Korean Kkaenip, which are used differently because of the taste. Farmers hate it because it's toxic to cattle. But it's really good for humans and has a basil/minty taste. I recommend looking it up since I hear it's pretty abundant, especially in the southeast US. I grow my own in a pot since I don't think it's where I live and I'm not very good at distinguishing edible wild plants hahaha
Looks like you're having a hard time with all those weeds in your new beds. Have you considered trying the back to Eden method? You don't have to go all out but if you put a nice top dressing of wood chips, it would help a lot.
I have none of these except dandelion. In fact I planted purslanne and couldn't get it to grow in SC. Ofcourse I have a million other weeds and I routinely eat myself out of the 1/2 to 3/4 acre to the point where I have to add store bought greens to it, ofcourse I also have 3-4 boxes of boiled out greens at any time sitting in the fridge for various uses. But I need to get all these growing, purslanne especially.
So awesome to learn that a weed easily found can be used for chicken feed. I've saved the information for when I move to the farm, so I can put it to use. Thanks Luke! Dandelions can also be used to make jelly! 😜 I want to try it, but haven't gotten enough dandelion petals yet. 4 cups of petals only is a lot of dandelions. 😵 Thanks for the info Luke, hope everyone is doing well. ~Green Blessings to you & your family
Wow, the fireweed makes such a gorgeous jelly! I love the pink❣️ You're so lucky to be able to find such a lovely flower to make jelly with. Surely would be gorgeous to have, I doubt we've got enough growing anywhere to do jelly. I'll have to find seeds I guess... Enjoy your jelly, it looks stunning. 😍 ~Green Blessings
Wild lettuce is another one that can be found in gardens,also poke weed,though with poke weed it has to be picked while it's young and cooked a certain way otherwise it's toxic.
Are you sure Vietnamese coriander? I found in the wild by the back garden road side. It does not give the same aroma as Vietnamese coriander or daun kesum but it has the same exact look like Vietnamese coriander.
There must be a couple different kinds of Vietnamese coriander. I've seen the ones that you have in your garden as well as mine and yes they are kinda bitter. And I've seen the ones that are sold at Asian markets. They do look very similar but the true Vietnamese coriander has a great taste. I wish it would grow wild here but its a tender tropical plant. I did manage to propagate one from a store bought bushel.
Agree! The flavor of true Vietnamese Coriander (Rau Rum) is not bitter at all and gives off a very beautiful scent/flavor. We use it in a lot of our Southeast Asian dishes.
I eat a lot of weeds and can attest to how the dandelions, purslane, lambs quarter, and amaranth are great to eat. They can be real food for regular people. I have videos showing how to pick and eat a bunch of them. I think lambs quarter is better than spinach and way better than chard. Even people that don't like dandelions will like lambs quarter. And amaranth is right up there, too - easily in the top 10 of wild greens. Even bigger dandelions are tasty, if the leaves are lush and fast-growing, rather than scrawny and stressed. Just strip out that middle rib like you would on kale or chard. You aren't "weeding" if you are "harvesting" from a "multi-crop bed". : )
Hi Mlgardener,
correction: the Vietnamese coriander ( rau răm) has a strong herb scent. We use it as often as basil for salad, etc. The one you’re mentioning is an actual weed, and has no scent at all, I think it can be toxic! Rau răm loves water and barely survive in the ground. They both look identical, as a native Vietnamese I cannot tell the difference until I smell them. Please beware! 🙏🙏🙏
Yeah, The plant in the video hasn't got any runners which Vietnamese mint has. Really nice in Vietnamese chicken cabbage salad. The mark on the leaf is also V shape.
Yeah he has no idea what he’s talking about
@@JK-mq8ji fr i was bouta say cus ive ate vietnamese coriander leaves and therye so tasty
@@zzzzz1432srsly. This is why there is so much racism towards Asian foods because content creators give their negative opinions on our foods instead of saying “it’s not for them” like do better. They out here making other wyt people scared to try our delicious food.
Thank you for this info. We will all be needing this sooner or later!!!
Sooner, I think......
Just a suggestion, you may want to show a spurge weed next to purslane. Some people get them confused. Spurge is toxic.
Just in case someone reads your comment and wants to know the difference the spurge weed has a milk substance in it when you break the leaf and / or stem. The purslane does not. Most, but not all things that have a white milky substance when you break the leaf or stem are toxic. The one exception is dandelion.
@@torriekolbeck5117 thank you for the reply. Wild lettuce also has a milky sap. It can be used in small amounts for pain relief, but if you eat too much it will make you loopy!🙃
th-cam.com/video/9PznvR3aFGA/w-d-xo.html
THANK YOU FOR THE WARNING I HAD NO IDEA
@@torriekolbeck5117 thanks
Purslane is a part of turkish cuisine. We eat it as dish cooked together with sauteed onions, garlic, a little rice and tomatoes. It is delicious that way. It is slightly acidic and delicious that way. It can also be eaten raw as a salad when mixed with garlic yogurt.
It's called semiz otu in turkish right? My family eats it raw in yogurt with garlic, lemon and salt sprinkled on top. It tastes super fresh and delicious.
We also eat the first weed he show. It's called kuzu kulağı or lambs ear in turkish. You put it in flat bread or tortilla's with other fresh greens some lemon and salt . It's really good and light.
I’m not a Muslim
@@ronaldraygun5089 But You have garlic & yoghurt as well in your coulture...
I eat yogurt and have garlic as a topping sometimes with fries
🙂😎..Thanks for the recipe!💞
Great video, I've heard people survived the depression because they knew what weeds to eat. Everyone thinks they should hate dandelion but don't know that it was brought here from Europe as a medicinal plant.
My grandmother used to make poke salads. She grew up in the great depression.
People have eaten wild plants for thousands of years - they have sustained us both as food and medicine.
Thanks for highlighting some tasty garden weeds! Dandelions, lambs quarter, amaranth, and purslane would be worthy of planting and growing in a garden, if they didn't do that so easily by themselves. Lambs quarter is one of the best cooked greens, even compared to garden greens - and so simple to just saute for about 3 minutes with a little water, then top with a little salt. Don't weed the garden -- harvest an extra crop! : )
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*Except for you shouldn't plant them unless they are native, because they can be very very bad for native species!
Love this comment 😊
I am planning to do that exactly. I have no edible weeds in my back yard over-running with weeds. I hope my edible weeds can "beat up" the useless weeds growing there currently.
Aw. Look at little Luke! Ain't he the cutest?! He's all grown up now. And so has his garden and seed vault lol
Vietnamese here, the Vietnamese Coriander is one of my favorite herbs. It's great with chicken dishes.
Thank you for information..Will try with chicken👍🙏🕊️
It is not vietnamese herbs. However it does have 99% look alike.
I grew that vietnamese herbs in my garden and the key different is the smell. Vietnamese herbs have a wonderful smell to it and the look alike doesn't and
The herbs also have a slimmer leaves and the look alike have a bit more round. Any with that being said i hope we can eat that look alike plant.
This herb is also similar to the ones they serve at the Vietnamese restaurant with egg rolls.
@@kellyrios8179 wild one is not Vietnamese coriander, smell different. Love Vietnamese one smell wonderful with raw rolls with fish sauce and annual, weed is perennial
@@lionolee5480 can we eat US invasive weed look alike Vietnamese herb or very poison as its master?
This was very enlightening. I just weeded my basil bed and threw away Lamb's Quarter and wild Amaranth without knowing it. I knew to keep the purslane, though, and gave it it's own row in my cucumber bed. Hoping to see a lot of it.
I have NO weeds meaning of the word weed is unwanted plant. The sad part is in many places indengious food and healing plants are termed weeds and over time so much knowledge gets lost.Bless yall any everyone who is helping waking up people to our wild foods again.
There are many edible wild plants, all for free, as Bishop weed/elder ground 😲. Here recipe 🙏 : th-cam.com/video/N1JHR5RCZvc/w-d-xo.html
It's because of corporate and pharma greed, they don't want people to eat healthy plants, they want them to give their money for poisonous dangerous drugs to keep people unhealthy and keep making profits off people.
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People will be wanting these wild plants when food prices continue to soar!
@@valeriesanchez3074Hemp and Cannabis are very nutritious
More info on foraging the wilds please. This was a great start. Thanks!
Thank you so much for this valuable video ! I can't believe how much of these nutritious "weeds" I got rid of in the past when I could have been enjoying them with my children ! NEVER AGAIN !!!
Two comments:
I want to thank you for taking the time to make
your You Tubes. They are full of useful
information. Also, the depth of your
information gives a fundamental concepts of the garden.You explained the concept of burying straw and
other fibrous materials to hold water under the surface of the growing
area. Why not use mulch (straw, leaves,
sawdust, etc.) to cover the surface of the planting area. To me, this would be useful to hold moisture
in the ground, keep weed seeds from germinating, and would eventually be a
source of organic matter.
Again, you’re doing a great job. Congratulations on the new addition to your
family.
This is amazing!! How crazy and lovely!!! Thank you Mother Nature ❤️
I love the plantain and purselane for sure. I plan on eating more of the yard wild goodies every year as I get to know them better
I literally have palmers amaranth taking over my three sisters garden. I paused your video and ran out there and munched on a few leaves. Even the ones that are flowering are amazing!!! I'm so excited. Now to find out what to do with the grain! Thanks so much MI Gardner!
Oh my goodness yes. It is very tasty. The grain is even better. Amaranth can be ground into flour and added into anything that requires flour for added fiber, vitamins, and minerals!
Awesome, thanks so much. I posted about you in a local Texas organic gardening page on facebook and so many people were excited. Thanks again!
Kristin Morris Thank you! That is what we need a lot more of! Keep spreading the word!
Will do!
i have lots of them on my field its really delicious here in subcontinent
I just spent 2 hours yesterday picking out every single weed you just outlined. Gosh I may have to just harvest them and try them in my dinner salads!
I know this sounds crazy but I live on plant sandwiches. Dandelions are one of my favorites. That and a good protein and there is no weight problems and you save money because your eating natures gifts.
Also clover is a great one, you can identify it by chevrons on the leaves, the flowers are edible as well (But don’t eat to many as they can cause bloat).
Lambsquarter and wild mustard are my favorite weeds for taste. Dandelions are my favorite to keep healthy.
Look for garlic mustard (Alliaria petiolata) in the woods, too - it's delicious and Americans consider it an invasive species. It is superb mixed with cream cheese or sour cream for spreads, dips, or sauces.
@@chezmoi42 Kalamazoo Nature center has 2 editions of cookbooks published just on how to use garlic mustard in different dishes. All the dishes were submitted by local chefs.
@@PartTimePermies That's good news. It's lovely to hear of chefs giving attention to our wild plants. 😊
So helpful!!! Embrace these edible plants.
Thanks for posting. Finally found out what's taking over my garden this year(weed wise). It's the wild amaranth! Extremely invasive. There are so many in my garden.
That amaranth is great eating! You are missing a good bet if you don't pick it and freeze it just like you would chard or spinach. And if you don't like it, at least it's an annual and not a perennial that spreads through runners like some invasive grasses!
I feel like I should be following you around with a vinegaret dressing, a salad bowl, and a beer! Lol
LOL!
Lolol
Wood sorrel is another great one, they look like a miniature clover without the chevrons, they have a lemony taste.
I found this to be “another exciting episode.” Also, I let purslane provide ground cover, discouraging other, less tasty weeds.
After purslane flowers, I get to town scattering seeds everywhere for a big crop the next year. :)
This information is so vital and wish it was taught more! I was born and raised in Hawaii and my father is from the northern part of Philippines. He’s Ilocano and there’s a running joke that Ilocanos are like goats because they eat any plant hahaha.
There were so much amaranthus growing in our area my father use to use it in his dishes. He would wait till they flowered though and I loved eating the tips of the plant. I forget the name of it but there is somewhat of a soup with a few these “foragables” (is that a word?), especially amaranthus. He cooked it with taro stalks and root, and other veggies like squash flowers, and it would be an almost purple grayish soup. It had a nice tart too it, not sour, it was a savory flavor with a nice tart. It pairs amazingly with fried fish and of course rice! I miss these dishes and every time I visit home he cooks them!
Thanks for the wonderful video, now I learned that the weeds that I hated very much actually are good for us.
Thank you, simple and to the point. PRO TIP, Purslane pickled is one of the most delicious sides you can have with your dinner!
Palmer's Amirith is called COLLARLOU in Jamaica..... it also relives stings from jellyfish.... Be blessed
All of these and more grow in my yard and the surrounding area as well as many edible mushrooms and small game/fish.
It's a grocery store in the woods.
Actually the vietnamese coriander are used for porridge when you add them on top of meats and you can eat them with duck eggs as well. My family would eat those all time. Its very delicious.
Its actually Vietnamese mint not coriander.
These are not Vietnamese whatever that US dumb weed taste bitter n look ugly n invasive all over the world in Vietnam too n we kick them out for good.
Neato...I've seen some of those growing in my lettuce and herb garden that thrives in the shady side of the house. Spoze I'll just add some to my salads. Great info!
Purslane makes good coleslaw with mayonnaise and lemon juice and zest. It's good added to soup. You can make sauerkraut with it also.
I got it from parks and transplanted it, at first.
Marc Mallary Very interesting! Thank you for sharing that!
I like videos that are short and straight to the point! Thanks!
I love lambs quarters and dandelions. My gram taught me the weeds to eat. I throw them in green smoothies and salads. It isd great to have free food and super nutritious food. I have several huge patches of pursulane and throw that in smoothies as well. I love your tips. Also my son is a Luke too!
"A weed is a cheeky plant growing in the wrong place in my garden" Grandpa Pig
Its so funny how people think that weeds are bad because plant were weeds before humans could talk
And plants have feelings
There are many edible weeds, all for free, as Bishop weed/elder ground 😲. Here recipe 🙏 : th-cam.com/video/N1JHR5RCZvc/w-d-xo.html
Snort, snort. I watch with my grandchildren 🐷🐷
I walk out of my garden straight into the Forest, to collect wild salad for my supper. Today I found some that I’m not sure about, so I needed to watch a video to find out if they are safe. So thank you for your help, and enjoy!
Purslane seekers should be aware of a toxic look alike: spurge. The leaves from the spurge exude a milky sap when twisted off. Spurge is also bitter.
Thanks
My mom would put purslane in soup. Purslane is like an african violet or jade leaves it looks like it holds water.
Purslane can also be eaten raw, its so good!
I have been digging out "purslane"(?) from my garden all season! I will try it in a salad this week! Thank you!
Make pesto
I put it in smoothies
Very tasty!
I would say purslane is by far the tastiest of all the weeds. I'd actually have it over arugula or spinach (or most other leafy greens) any day of the week.
Nice, right now I have lots of Purslane in my garden. Thanks and take care.
Hey Luke, just so you know that second plant is not Vietnamese coriander however it does look alike 99.99% the key identification of the plant is the leaves and the smell. Vietnamese herb smells really good while the look-alike have no smell at all Vietnamese herbs leave is slimmer while the look alike is a bit more round I've been growing this plant and I do have the look alike also and I've been wondering if I could actually eat that as well.
I recently started foraging and it is so addictive! Great video
I’m grabbing my colander now! Rain has stopped so, harvest time!
Thank you!
awesome, I had heard of some of these being edible it's much more helpful to see what the look like on a video like this. Thanks! Going to try some purslane tomorrow.
Purslane tastes great and has more nutrition that store-bought produce!
vietnamese coriander is amazingly delicious. it has a lemon/citrus type flavor and great in salads.
Purslane and dandelion are in my garden every spring. I add purslane and dandelion flowers to my smoothies. I also have wild violets NOT the succulent house plants. The greens and flowers are also edible. Did my research 😊good to know survival foods especially if it's in you own garden😊
My list of except I have a patch of lambs quarter too
Thank you, dandelion leaves make lovely pesto
Lambs quarter grows all over my backyard. I love eating the really small ones that pop up in my containers and beds.
Super interesting. I quickly scanned the comments but didn't see my question asked already. Are these all edible raw or do any of them need special preparation?
Nope, they are all edible raw. Purslane is better raw. Amaranth is better sauteed up with garlic, onions, and added into chicken. Lambsquarter is amazing both ways.
***** Awesome! Thanks.
Purslane is also good lightly sautéed, or added to stir fry. Or briefly steamed. Of course, light steaming is a good method of preparation for all the plants mentioned here.
Jefferdaughter My wife is going to be mad that I know that. She's going to wonder where her plants are going.
I don't pull weeds anymore I find that they help me keep moisture in the soil.
Hi Luke, I’m Vietnamese and I believe the plant that you identified as “Vietnamese Coriander” is incorrect. It doesn’t have the same smell, it’s not bitter and it should not have the red center. If you want to compare it to the real “Vietnamese Coriander”, please go to a Vietnamese or Chinese supermarket and check in the vegetable aisles.
LOL ! The “coriander “ in this video is a yard weed! The Vietnamese rau răm is a mint, popular throughout Southeast Asia in many authentic delicious dishes. It’s a rare find in winter months and more expensive than basil.
Vietnamese coriander is also known as painted lady's thumb. Notably, the dandelion roots make a really useful medicinal tea.. helping everything from bad eyesite to anti-cancerous properties.
Lamb quarters are nice when you put them in a hot pan with oil. Cook for like 10 seconds while stirring. Season and serve, simple and delicious.
I've been eating purslane & dandelion since I was a kid.
Wild plants have more nutrition than store bought produce!
This is a great video. I really wish you would revisit this topic and add to or embellish it. I love growing Lamb's Quarters, White Clover, Dandelions and Purslane.
I cooked purslane with brinjal & potato, it's testy.
I've found when I purposely picked to eat my weeds they no longer could keep up with spreading. So I have a bed just for edible weeds
I love edible weeds so good
I told my mother in law, "Don't touch my weeds! I gottem just the way I like em!".
Lol
My backyard is almost only weeds and hardley any grass, we dont really care though because they serve a similar purpose to grass in holding the soil in place and all the little flowers that come from them look nice too.
We are trying PURSLANE tonight. I figured we had so much might as well. It was a favorite of Henry David Thoreau apparently.
It is delicious! You won't be sorry. How did it taste?
Very mild. Hubby says the raw stuff has a lettuce like taste.
Sir I'll just say you have completely impressed me in 48 seconds I agree so far.. I'm sure I'll like the video THANKS! I just have to find things that are not "against" the weeds
Hubby and I learned something new! Thank you!
Planting purslane outside your chicken run and allowing it to invade gives your chickens regrowing snacks and the crazy part is the Omega-3s get passed into the eggs. Eggs from hens who eat purslane are healthier than from hens that don´t eat purslane.
Peter Sedesse great thank you!
I have to buy purslane for my garden it’s a great living mulch and tasty
I love to use the lambs quarter in my scrambled eggs!
I've known about the dandelions for awhile now but those other four are totally new to me. I am going to be spending quite a while staring at my weeds tomorrow. I know for a fact I have Lambsquarter everywhere. I'm pretty sure I've seen Palmers Amaranth, and Purslane around as well, but I don't know if I have Vietnamese Coriander. But since that one's the bitter one, I won't be complaining! I have such horrid luck with leafy greens that these "weeds" will most likely become my go to crops!
Yay We eat 3 of those 5...now I know amaranth! thanks....
Thank you so much! This is going in my playlist..
Thank you for this informative video. These gems are all over my yard. It's a love hate relationship in some cases lol.
Bitter is not always bad. I believe it is a cancer fighter. They are using dandelion in cancer treatment now, but no one talks about it.
Go go ml gardener!! Youre the best!!
Heads up for the detailed info. We have more common food grown around. Love from India.
There is also perilla, aka sesame leaf (actually not sesame, just translated that way.) There is Japanese Shiso and Korean Kkaenip, which are used differently because of the taste. Farmers hate it because it's toxic to cattle. But it's really good for humans and has a basil/minty taste. I recommend looking it up since I hear it's pretty abundant, especially in the southeast US. I grow my own in a pot since I don't think it's where I live and I'm not very good at distinguishing edible wild plants hahaha
My fav backyard weeds are hairy bittercress and wood sorrow :)
Looks like you're having a hard time with all those weeds in your new beds. Have you considered trying the back to Eden method? You don't have to go all out but if you put a nice top dressing of wood chips, it would help a lot.
I have none of these except dandelion. In fact I planted purslanne and couldn't get it to grow in SC. Ofcourse I have a million other weeds and I routinely eat myself out of the 1/2 to 3/4 acre to the point where I have to add store bought greens to it, ofcourse I also have 3-4 boxes of boiled out greens at any time sitting in the fridge for various uses. But I need to get all these growing, purslanne especially.
Sweet episode Luke. Loved it when you said weeds are not as picky... Nice pun there... 😏
I love purslane but have never, ever found it in the wild or as a weed. It is so delicious!
It grows in the sidewalk cracks here
Thanks.
Thank you for this! I had No idea! not bad at all!
Purslane is actually really tasty. Im indoor growing some because of its fruity flavor.
Yes purslane is good for salad with natural lime taste.
💜Thank you! (& great fertilizer)
I go around what I planted for the purslane.
You can make coffee out of the roots of Dandelions. Roast them, ground them and brew time
So awesome to learn that a weed easily found can be used for chicken feed. I've saved the information for when I move to the farm, so I can put it to use. Thanks Luke!
Dandelions can also be used to make jelly! 😜 I want to try it, but haven't gotten enough dandelion petals yet. 4 cups of petals only is a lot of dandelions. 😵
Thanks for the info Luke, hope everyone is doing well.
~Green Blessings to you & your family
we make jelly with fireweed in Alaska.same concept collecting petals.
Wow, the fireweed makes such a gorgeous jelly! I love the pink❣️ You're so lucky to be able to find such a lovely flower to make jelly with. Surely would be gorgeous to have, I doubt we've got enough growing anywhere to do jelly. I'll have to find seeds I guess...
Enjoy your jelly, it looks stunning. 😍
~Green Blessings
you can make wine from dandelions also
Yeah, I haven't tried it yet. But I will be doing the jelly first. Then maybe the wine. I'm not much of a wine drinker. LoL
+Sansa Stark it wasn't very good, at least for my taste
Wild lettuce is another one that can be found in gardens,also poke weed,though with poke weed it has to be picked while it's young and cooked a certain way otherwise it's toxic.
Are you sure Vietnamese coriander? I found in the wild by the back garden road side. It does not give the same aroma as Vietnamese coriander or daun kesum but it has the same exact look like Vietnamese coriander.
Can you show the Plantain weed? I use it for burns,cuts and tooth aches. I use it on animals too, works great!
Vietnamese Corriander is delicious! It’s super expensive at the Asian markets.
Great info! Thanks.
thank you so much for the video!!! :D highly informative.
There must be a couple different kinds of Vietnamese coriander. I've seen the ones that you have in your garden as well as mine and yes they are kinda bitter. And I've seen the ones that are sold at Asian markets. They do look very similar but the true Vietnamese coriander has a great taste. I wish it would grow wild here but its a tender tropical plant. I did manage to propagate one from a store bought bushel.
Agree! The flavor of true Vietnamese Coriander (Rau Rum) is not bitter at all and gives off a very beautiful scent/flavor. We use it in a lot of our Southeast Asian dishes.
I love your title. "Eat your weeds."❤🙉❤🙉❤
I wish you would have done slower close ups. And btw spurge is a DANGEROUS plant ppl often misidentify as purslane.
Good info... Thanks Luke ... Notice Cindy said use the gloves.... Lol.. Gotta love the little one!!!!
Can you make a video showing how to prepare them for eating?
great idea!
He should
I eat a lot of weeds and can attest to how the dandelions, purslane, lambs quarter, and amaranth are great to eat. They can be real food for regular people. I have videos showing how to pick and eat a bunch of them. I think lambs quarter is better than spinach and way better than chard. Even people that don't like dandelions will like lambs quarter. And amaranth is right up there, too - easily in the top 10 of wild greens. Even bigger dandelions are tasty, if the leaves are lush and fast-growing, rather than scrawny and stressed. Just strip out that middle rib like you would on kale or chard. You aren't "weeding" if you are "harvesting" from a "multi-crop bed". : )
Shlomayo I can send you some bro
I love purslane in my scramble eggs..