Wildcrafting Video

If you are from Colorado and want to learn to identify edible mushrooms in the mountains, let me know, I might arrange a group hike next August if everything is still going well.
This video is about wildcrafting and learning about the native edible species of plants in your area. You can get to know these plants and and start trying to selectively grow them. Make sure you are 100% sure the plant is edible before you eat it. You may even try to start planting regular leafy green vegetables around your area and see if they acclimate. Any source of food is better than none, think of it as insurance.

Yes, I do also ...
Yes, I do also enjoy? his videos!

AHHH!!! Another ...
AHHH!!! Another Green Deane lover!!! ? He's so great! <3

Green Deane is the? ...
Green Deane is the? bomb!

I'm amazed that if ...
I'm amazed that if you turn (disturb) the soil that many "wild" edibles? just come up that spring. I turned a small plot to put in Jerusalem artichokes and had common mallow, lambsquarters, chickweed, curly dock, dandelions, and some latuca species come in all on their own. I wish I had made a video of this. All of these plants out completed the surrounding grass. Amazing.

Hey! Thanks for ...
Hey! Thanks for your comment, I am subbed to you as well. LOL.. You know, I've unintentionally planted mustard greens and radishes all? over my property and have herbs everywhere. It is quite awesome, having let most of those go to seed last year, they just deposited themselves as they saw fit. Do you ever do watercress? I'm sketchy with those.. Their persistent presence is a testament to their life giving qualities I think. Burdock esp. so, it is quite the plant! And very tasty I think.

Thanks for the ...
Thanks for the video. Green Deane just inspired me to search for Elm trees, too. I just planted some burdock to self perpetuate, and? have been feralcrafting such plants for a few years now. Nettles, plantain, dandelion, salsify, calendula, cleavers. I love how eager these plants are to grow, and how much amazingness they give in return.

I think if I could ...
I think if I could find some, one of the very best wild foods is Stinging nettles. Even if I could cultivate some in a wild area and let them propagate near a stream and then go and harvest them that would be great! The trees in my yard, Siberian Elm also have edible bark and leaves. It is very interesting, Mushroom hunting is? loads of fun if you've never done it!

Well, it has been ...
Well, it has been winter since I made this video!!! I posted it in December, so even if I had wanted to I couldn't wildcraft in my area, everything is DEAD! LOL.. I have tried to germinate some seeds of wild currants I found unsuccessfully, I may have to scarify them first, already froze them. I? have just started dabbling in it, but as I mention in the vid, I'm a fan of Burdock root, I also like Boletus, but I may pick some usnea lichen for a tincture, horsetail for tea and water, catnip etc.

How's the ...
How's the wildcrafting been going since you created this video? I struck up a conversation at the local farmer's market late last year with a wildcrafter named Will Endres. Introduced me to the plants he thought were most useful medicinally. He was both a wildcrafter domesticating the herbs into his garden and? also a tracker of the plants. It was very interesting. Which plants have you personally found most useful and successful? Have you been able to bring any into a gardening area?

Cool info on the ' ...
Cool info on the 'shrooms - would love to see a video on collecting them, and especially details on identifying them. (Hmmm, always thought the ones that had "blue streaks" were, um, "ceremonial" - if you get my drift?) Re; Acne - The BEST remedy I ever used is a fresh cut lemon! Dab a? slice on the effected areas after you wash for bed and watch them disappear (or nearly) overnight! If it stings, splash on cool water after a bit. The combination of acid and vitamin C works wonders.

Hey homestead.... ...
Hey homestead....check out sprouts....you can actually live on sprouts alone since they are nutritionaly complete.....also...earthboxes...container gardening....trapping...snares....you cant beat potatoes for a survival food....a 50lb bag is seed? stock and survival food.....keep boullion cubes....you can make soup out of anything....even the leaves on your trees....lots of flour makes lots of gravy...great survival food

You seem to know so ...
You seem to know so much about plants, I thought I'd ask... I have 2 apple trees in my backyard that produced an abundance of apples our first two years of living here but produced absolutely nothing last year. But just down the street neighbors with the same type of apple? tree had a very good harvest. So I wouldn't assume that it's weather or condition related. It's very bizarre. Of course, maybe there's a simple explanation?

Thanks Swat, that ...
Thanks Swat, that is nice.?

Thanks Green, ...
Thanks Green, coming from you that? means alot! :) I only know 2 mushrooms really, so I'm no connoisseur but those two mushrooms grow here in abundance, making me a very lucky lady! I can't wait to make a video about them when the season is here.

are you like a ...
are you like a witch are you making a witches brew??

Good video... and ...
Good video... and mushrooms and self-sufficiency... I wish I knew more about mushrooms than I do. And thank you for mentioning my side.? By the way, I lived a year or so in Colorado...an interesting area...Green Deane

Yes, ...
Yes, HomesteadProvocateur. I like where? you're person is at. Thanks.

I don't think so, ...
I don't think so, do they have a somewhat slimy button top? These ones don't turn blue right away, it takes a? while for them to turn, by the end of the drying process they look black if anything.

By any chance was ...
By any chance was that blue stainer Gyroporus Cyanescens. We have them in? abondance here in Michigan. The only problem with them is it's hard to get the sand out of them.

I'd like to see a ...
I'd like to see a sauerkraut vid. I made some kraut this year;? it was edible, but not as good as store-bought, which to me means something must have gone wrong. I've got burdocks all over my yard too. Wonder if I could sell 'em...

Don't think so. ...
Don't think so. Haven't looked though??

can you get? them ...
can you get? them at walmart? just a though.

"A good cook has a ...
"A good cook has a good cookbook; a chef? has imagination!" ~~carefulcarpenter

The garden; the ...
The garden; the kitchen; the workshop; the studio; nature: this is the place to discover the WILDERNESS in today's world. Great access to information and knowledge has lead us? to the external world of war and economic strife; the WILDERNESS within is the place of peace. The heart within must be felt before its lasting deeds are manifest.

Yes, Muck, I've ...
Yes, Muck, I've been thinking about making a vid? on sauerkraut, and I can talk about enzymes in that video! Thanks for the suggestions, I don't know about the cookies though, that is kinda pushing it. Lol!

at the risk of ...
at the risk of being a pest.would you take request for topics to discuss. enzymes,seed? swaps,recipes,bake us some healthy cookies?plz?

i agree with ...
i agree with carpenter,but your rambles are not nonsense! hey if i send you a thousand pounds of burdock out of the pasture you could? get rich at 9.00@lbs. thats hilarious! farmers pay high dollar for weedkiller to poison them.

"In wildness is the ...
"In wildness is the preservation of the world" ~~John Muir Getting out of the mega-stores and into nature: now wouldn't that be a change that would bring us closer? to true wealth?

She did, but I've ...
She did, but I've long since forgotten... I'll have to get her 'recipe' when i see her at christmas! Peace?

Did she teach? you ...
Did she teach? you how to brew your own?