I love how he's so casual about not being able to smell anything

I had a boss who was diagnosed with renal cancer. He was very into desert survival and ancient practices. He read about creosote as a cancer cure. I gathered him a large bucket of clippings. He made tea and drank 4 glasses a day. When he returned to the doctor, the cancer was gone! The doctor was amazed. My boss lived, cancer free, for many years after that. But it sure does taste nasty.

Removing the top and upper root doesn't always kill the yucca. I did this with yucca glauca (I removed about a foot of root and top) and the next year a healthy yucca came out of the deep root that was left. They are very tough!

Your environment is totally different from the woodlands that I live in, so I really enjoy learning about plants and skills from the Southwest that are so foreign to me. Thanks for sharing.

Fellow El Pasoan and desert enthusiast here. Great channel! Its nice to see others utilizing our beautiful Chihuahuan desert. Keep up the good work!

Thanks so much for this information. We live off grid in the desert & I had no idea the plants that surround us could help keep us clean. Thank you & take care.

My aunt couldn't smell anything her whole life then she went to the top of some romanian mountains and she got her sense of smell back

Creosote is the best smell when it rains and something I missed when I lived outside of AZ.

You can use the smoke on your skin too, also bathing in it clears the skin of infections or sores. We drink it but we probably built a tolerance of it cuz we've used as far as we can remember.

That is very interesting James. The desert certainly provides helpful products. Give that rattlesnake a drink of water. He crawled up by your canteen

OMGosh I'll never leave a yucca root again .... I ended up pulling a few out while grading my road. Thanks so much, can't wait to give it a try.

Love these videos about utilizing plants around us

One thing that you didn't mention is that the creosote bush is a tire killer do not run one over the limbs will break off like little spikes and go right through a tire. Love your videos James keep them coming and have a great day! Be safe out there brother .

I love the desert content because it's the most difficult enviroment to live in and it's not seen as much as it should be on youtube.

I'm an old desert rat that's lived in TN for to long. Great info and video!!! Nothing better than the desert night sky.

My Goofy ass is trying to smell it!

Im so glad i found ur channel. I want to go off the grid for a while but im surrounded by desert so didnt know how im gonna survive but thanks to ur vids. Im gonna give it a try👍🙌🏻

Very fascinating! I’ve had a yucca root prepare as a meal by an El Salvadoran friend. But never Thought of it as a soap replacement.

I ❤️ that creosote smell. Definitely my favorite plant to talk about on hikes!

I live by Fort Sumner N.M half the time.My wife and I have twenty acres of land similar to yours. I have only heard of the things you know.We will look at our yard totally different now. Thanks for the info ….. Great Job!

Great video! Thank you for the information! I love the creosote bush. The smell is definitely my favorite!

I grew up all around those creosote plants and never knew what they were good for. Thank you so much for sharing this information on the yucca and creosote plants.

Thanks for keeping at it James, huge fan. Fantastic teacher.

We drink the tea for a multitude of ailments. Start by diluting it to your taste or mix a small amount with another tea, then work your tolerance up to full strength. 🌿💞

Great Information that you have taught me James and I grew up in South Eastern New Mexico and did not learn these things. Thank you and Keep on Keeping on.

Thank you for that information. I lived in the desert for several years, but never knew about that.

Thank you for another great video. Keep them coming brother! God bless

I absolutely LOVE this video. One of my most favorites so far. Thank you. Such great info.

Very informative video. You are clear and easy to understand.

Great video brother California has been having high 90-100+ days to can you do a video on hot weather clothing and possibly water procurement in these conditions.??

Thos is awesome, thank you for all you do. Im nomadic and live without power and this is just what i was looking for!!!

Thanks so much. I'm constantly looking for self sufficient methods to see to my family and my needs. In times of emergency, you never know when you may need this information.

Great video ! Thank you for sharing this beautiful knowledge 🙏

Wow, your channel is so very cool . Thank you for sharing! We live in the desert and have been trying to research what we may eat if we had to survive. It has been a beautiful journey. God provides everything we need . Look forward to watching many more :).

Love this video...It is a Natural flea dip for all farm animals... But Geese and Rabbits hate being dipped.

Awesome video! Our planet offers more than people know

This is actually pretty much what I was looking for since I live in North Texas near Dallas. So I have a weird mix of plants including a good amount of desert plants depending on where you look. Much appreciated great video!

Grew up in AZ..yes..excellent bug repellent..also from native friend s globe..was used as toilet paper.while hunting..had too use it once..it worked..oils also kept away any chaffing of area.

When I was a kid I used to run off at night and start up a fire with the creosote. I remember that smell.

Great information, James.. Thank you for the video

Another good one young man! God bless!

What a great video. I’m getting so many ideas for Burning Man.

Love this channel. Found you by accident and I’m an AZ local so this is amazing info!!!

Absolutely high quality video ! Excellent presentation, excellent informations ! Really neat, really clean (indeed !). I love the content you produce, i'm a great fan of both native amerindians and art of survival, so big cheers from France !

Awesome Video, James. Greetings from Fred, Germany / Europe.

Great content carnal- you really know what you're talking about. I appreciate it

Love your vids fox. Very well done. Cool topics.

For me these videos are grt. I don't live anywhere near a desert but it very interesting & I like to see what knives y'all carry when not doing a review. Get video

Very intersting video. Thank you very much James.

Looks like Apache land . Great video and thanks very much . Lefty Cat

Amazing video . Thanks for info

Good job young man. Thank you

Great!

I love these videos, so useful and interesting!

Great vids! Awesome channel! Wish there were more desert bushcrafters! I live in the desert near the California/Arizona border. No trees in the lower altitude desert, so we have to adapt like the first peoples nation! Follow their wisdom! Stay strong!

Great video keep up the good work James 😁👍🏻

From Rio Rancho New Mexico: thanks for the video!

Awesome 👍😎

Some people use it to put it inside the shoes to eliminate the smell, thanks for your video 👍

I live in Oklahoma and have a few yucca plants in my field. I always called them soup weeds.

Another awesome video!

I'm in Oklahoma and we have Yucca someone transplanted into the yard. i tried to move it because it multiplied and began to obstruct my garden shed entrance. i dug them up and made a hedge out of them along one side of my property. i left only a few small chunks of root. it turns out these plants are immortal. they grew back from the small root fragments and now i have more than i started with where i dug them up. even the ones left on top of the dirt grew new plants. The leaves are more like bear grass but it produces the same tall flower spikes and the same flowers as yours. i haven't seen it fruit though. it is in the shade so that may have something to do with that though. and the root looks the same except that it has nodules that look like iris or ginger roots though darker. and any one of those roots or any part thereof will make a new plant. In fact i broke a few off from their roots by accident and i planted just the above ground part of the plant and those eventually renewed growth too.

Very informative video. I have heard of plants that make suds like soap, when they are mixed with water.

very helpful and interesting! thanks for the great video James! greetings from Jordan ^_^

Absolutely loooove that plant I'm pima we do use it for medicinal tea as well as other purposes ❤the smell is beautiful

molto bello!!!

Great episode James

Thanks desert Fox! 🦊 I dig your boots bro!

New sub and awesome video and channel 🤠 I have 20 A down by Sierra Blanca TX 🤠 looking forward to using this video to gather the desert food 😀

Good info. Thanks for sharing the video

Excellent video.

As a Mojave desert native and explorer I am quite familiar with the Cerosote, I had also tried it as tea after reading some history on the bush but spit it out real fast! NASTY LOL Never thought about using it to wash up with though. Thanks for sharing this video, super informative and very sorry you cannot smell anything! Look forward to watching more of your vids!

Great job brother.. Really useful information. Thanks.

Creosote or chapparel has many medicinal properties as well.

very cool

Informative.

Great video 👍👍

Thanks

James is all for the ladies 😀 we all saw that little smirk ;)

Great content guys...

Im love my desert,even more!!!

Great video!

Super good content have wondered about this for a while,have a plant in Colorado that looks similar but sorry no soap in my experiment ,thanks again brother

Amazing

I apologise if this sounds corny but I have been searching for information like this for about 10 years. I too thought about mixing creosote and soap root together for a wash. Thank you for sharing.

Thank you God bless so beautiful

love those southwest videos James

Nice my friend

great videos

Amazing channel! Thank you!

Hey Brother Great Vid.. Wehave a fair amount of yucca up here in the North East particularly in sandy areas by the coast (also ornamental) (yucca filimentosa)locally know as Adams Needle, I;ve used it for cordage, and the stalk is probably my favorite spindlle for friction fire.. I have never made soap from it however! Time to try something new! Thanks for the vid and for sharing! Blessings BCB

Tried Mormon Tea once for a cold. Was much sicker after that.

I'm going to try that creosot

Very informative video...thanks dude. I love Bob Hansler's channel. The man has skills...to be sure. You're now my #2 GO TO for Texas survival. Sorry...but 2 is quite respectable 🤠

Nice vid.

Thinking that if I intend to get lost in a desert I will need to drag a shovel along ;)

Yucca is originally from your region, but one strain (at least) has globalized and is used ornamentally. I walk past Yucca and see them around the office every day here in South Ontario Canada. The leaves are not an easy thing to process into string, been giving that a go this year, and the flower spikes are just starting to show may have to confound my coworkers this year and make myself a bowl of Yucca on Rice.

Wow your background is so beautiful and of course love your videos

I tried the yucca root and washed my babies clothes, it sure did work. But it's really tedious to dig out the root. I'd probably use it more often if they sold yucca root because i had a hard time. It smells like jicama, not unpleasant but not a neutral smell. Sincerely yours , Laura from El Paso

Hi Mr Desert 🐶 Dog (Complimentary, not a put down 😉), if you let the yucca root dry up/out for a while before pounding to make a soap powder, will it still retain as many sapponins, or do they get dried up and away with dehydration? I have plenty of Yucca Elata on my property, but also arthritic fingers/hands. Enjoying your ventures so much, thank you for bringing them to the public.