I used to think like that, but i learned some things and know better now. Thanks for the upload!

Always wonderful tutorials.

You made some GREAT POINTS! People will always find someone to complain about due to having too many time on their hands. I've never heard of foragers collecting plants, fruits or fungi without being properly educated/ informed on the subject

People tend to be dramatic and intense-something is wonderful or horrible, for instance. Three seconds only to decide, and you have all these false dichotomies fed to you constantly on social media, conditioning you to think that way. It’s neither dangerous nor safe to forage, but it’s quite safe to forage logically and responsibly. It’s not incredibly effortless, nor unbelievably difficult. It takes a little effort and time, some patience and consideration. But to people who have never used logic or done any research, I suppose it might be difficult. I’ve told people who were panicking about my foraging that if you look at it more like bird watching-like a nature study hobby, you might understand it a little bit better. It’s not ever wise to just go eating random stuff that you don’t know what it is-obviously. If you make a salad out of poison ivy, you’re going to be sorry. But if you understand what you have, you’ll be fine. Much more dangerous to drive or play soccer. Pay attention and know what you’re doing, yes. You had to learn to drive and play soccer, too.

Great explanation of Wild Plants and the Stigma around them. There has been a great Knowledge Dump and, I believe this was done in the name of Control. Our Governments around Our World wants a dependents on them. What better way of Control is to Control Food. This Knowledge of Wild Foods has been, Basically destroyed. Unless more Folks want to Learn and Know the Old ways of Survival, then it’s only going to get worse 😢. Thanks for sharing your thoughts and knowledge with me. It’s definitely appreciated.😊

Thank you sir! I look forward to your videos each week. Do you have any foraged food cookbooks you recommend?

Your best video yet.

Amazing video!

you have a very healthy way of thinking. 👍👍👏👏❤❤

Thanks as always!

Long time watcher first time poster: You're awesome and thanks for this video. I decide if I'm going to like someone based on how many native trees growing in their yard.. does this make me a bad person..

Well said!

Good video thanks for sharing YAH bless !

I just watched a survival guy (about 120 years old) say only cut okra crosswise. Cutting it lengthwise makes it poisonous. 🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️. Oi Vey

Totally agree with you

They also don't complain about the land clearing for restaurants, shopping, and subdivisions. Yeah, it can be dangerous for those who do not take it seriously, like those who rely on visual match ID apps instead of looking at the entire plant and being observant and using varified and trusted sources to make a positive ID. I have seen so many incorrect IDs from apps, and just people guessing in general, it makes me sick. Someone had talked about getting elderberry syrup from someone who foraged the berries and made it themselves. When they visited they noticed polkweed growing on the property and made a comment about it. The person said those were the elderberries they were using for syrup. I tell my kids never to eat anything momma or daddy didn't give them first or tell them they could get, and I always make sure they are grabbing the right thing before they eat it. There are so many things people believe are toxic when they are perfectly edible, some only when properly cooked (no different than raw meat). I see an image circulate every year about "toxic false morels" where they show a picture of a verpa and describe a half free morel, both of which are edible. Or another that says verpa with a picture of a gyromitra, some of which are also edible, but need caution when IDing. But raw elderberries, green elderberries and their leaves, star of bethlehem tubers, polk berries, tomato leaves, cherry pits, black nightshade keaves and ripe fruits, and more are enjoyed by some group of people in the world yet described as toxic in others. And I think those saying it is difficult are the ones who are not serious about it, or have no interest in it whatsoever. If you legitimately want to learn foraging, it is only as easy or hard as the sources you choose and your learning style.

whats the name of the plant your pointing to in the first seconds of the video?

Good one!

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Foraging is only destructive to the environment when you pick everything in an area entirely so long as you leave some of the berries some of the plants some of the leaves some of the flowers some of the roots it should be fine you don't take more than you need like you don't need an entire forest full of the blueberries when all you're doing is making one pie And you can always buy some extras from the store you have 4 in some for the flavor and then buy some extras for you know the filler trust me a blueberry pie made with mixed berries of agricultural and wild berries is a really good combo and it tastes delicious the big cultivated berries give you the body of your pie or is the small little ones in the wild give you the absolute spicy fantastic flavor Did you get by eating wild berries Because the flavor is concentrated because they're small just because it's big doesn't mean it's flavorful small cherry tomatoes contains much better than large beef stick tomatoes. small eggplants can have more flavor than the big large ones. the small grapes that you can get for wine production have much more flavor than do the big giant green and bread ones But you take a little bit of each to give you the full bodiness Of what you're eating and to import in part to your cooking.

I was just talking to an 83 year old today about foraging and she seemed game to try some lawn salad!

All true in my experience.

Where is your video on trillium? 😊***

Did the raspberry story actually happen?

People that have never eaten anything other than what is readily available at grocery stores, think anything not found in stores are poisonous. Take wild sweet peas . I've foraged the young tender shoots of wild sweet peas all of my adult life. I'm 52 now and I'm still alive and well. I've never gotten sick eating it. As a matter of which, I've even collected seeds from it and now have my very own patch on my property. They're delicious just like their domesticated cousins

I could name few of those but maybe about all 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️idk

I could name some of those off

yeah, life itself is dangerous if one does not pay attention! I only forage plants I know- well to tell the truth, I have most plants thriving in my garden. I am not fami9liar with mushrooms so I do not go collect them. However, if I find one on a walk I will pick it, look it up, do a spore print - and find out it is not an edible one LOL. I bet your raspberries, Josh, were better than the storebought ones!!!!

Foraging is NECESSARY for the environment. Never take more than 1/3 of what you see. Find more, don’t do it! If everyone followed that rules, it allows someone to come behind you and enjoy or survive and still allow the patch to reseed. This is a standard native rule.

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