In addition to the smooth, purple splotched stem of Hemlock, it is usually a lot darker green than the wild carrots (Queen Anne's Lace) and has a very acrid, pungent smell, whereas all parts of the QAL, have that familiar carrot smell.

I'm so surprised this doesn't get discussed often at all in foraging content. It's so common (invasive where I live), much easier than digging roots, and it has more flavor than so many things people talk about more!

Thanks brother... I tilled a new garden about 5 years ago and there must have been seeds underground... I love that they are coming up and are dominating a section of the garden... So I love that they are edible and require nothing from me but to love and respect them... So leaving in the roots means I have free salad every year... Thanks for your passion... ❤🙏

Wow! I had no clue! I've never heard of a stem that tastes like its vegetable. That's nice to know!

the first time i tried queen anne’s lace i boiled the root and it was not a very pleasant experience because it was still too hard and woody even after boiling. but when i was watching this video i was so happy to realize that i CAN still eat queen anne’s lace without having to boil it or anything. thank you so much

Cow parsnip and a couple other poisoness look alikes are out there too .Also another key identifier is the purple spot at the center of the flowers of queen Ann's lace.yarrow can even be confused with this plant all though not poisonous.

Thank you 😎 God Bless 🙂

Thanks for keeping it interesting. Some of the foraging videos people make are boring and put me to sleep. Yours are good. Thanks!

🙏🏼 thank you

I am intrigued & appreciate the knowledge so now I can try it! Thank You! 🌈

Great video 👍 Now I have to find two dozen more videos about this plant. Thank you for turning me on to it .

Will have to try, I have lots of them! Love them!!! Just never ate the stems. You always teach me something new! I would save some roots to add to broth.

Thank you for this video.

Good to see another video from you. I've been following you for 4 or 5 yrs now but your vids are not coming up on my list. Thanks for this fresh info. Always good to see you do your thing brother.

I use these often, I like to flavor my soups with these. Good video good advice.

I had no idea!

Fantastic information. Can't wait to try it myself.

Came here looking for how to harvest the roots and found some really cool new info instead!!!!!

i love the smell when i mow it. tomorrow i will take your advice and eat it :)

I picked a 16 inch, still soft enough to eat without cooking, actual carrot yesterday. My daughter ate it. nearly as big as a cultivated one. my mind was blown.

Great vid! Good to know we can eat the stem!

Thank you and now I know I have wild carrot on my land 😂

Good informational video , thanks for sharing , God bless !

Thanks for sharing the poisonous lookalike, poison hemlock, of the wild carrot.

Thank you for the information. I was unaware that the rest of the plant was edible. I don't know anybody who lives close to me who gets into eating wild edibles, so I have been a little bit paranoid of poisonous look alikes. ** But, I did see on another video, a very easy way for me to remember the stem of Queen Anne's lace. "The queen has hairy legs." Now I'm not paranoid anymore to eat Queen Anne's lace. Thank you for your videos. I have learned a lot. **P.S. could you make some videos about winter time foraging for roots like curly dock. And different plants like that. I live in the mountains of Western North Carolina. There are a few wild edibles up here on the mountain. But for most wild edibles, I have to go into the valley. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. If you could make a book about it, you would make a million dollars. Thanks again for all of your videos. "Keep on foraging." Victor Green

On a common trail near my place there is a TON of Queen Anne's Lace and in it was a couple hemlocks. Someone had ripped them up and I thought that must have been a forager preventing a mistake.

Anyone else hear Dale Gribble?

Are home grown carrots stems the same?

You're only utilizing one section of this plant. You can also wat the roots. They taste like carrots but may be woody. I ate the flowers all the time as a kid.

Very useful, this plant is literally everywhere and in large quantity

How far into the summer do the stems stay delicious? Do they become bitter/woody later?

I heard that the flowers are edible, many people batter and fry them like fritters.

I am actually eating domesticated carrot stems right now 🥕

Is the flower poisonous

This edible, is it safe for children? 4 years old specifically?

I dried some leaves and broke then down and when I make soups or something I want a hint of carrot, I just sprinkle some in

Please I’d love to hear feed back on all who do this regularly. I live in the city. Any woods that I do know of ppl bring there dogs, which urinate on everything. Should I be concerned , or because I’ll wash them it’s fine???

Where can we find these? I live in pa do they grow in this area?

Isn't carrot the same family as hogweed?

Be careful with water hemlock. They are not necessarily very tall, of course. They can be short. And I never touch them. I use gloves to carefully remove the plant from my yard.

I used to be confused about wild carrot and poison hemlock but now that I have seen the two they are completely different. Well Karen has a hairy stalk well poison hemlock is not

Now, I've been told that this wild carrot is like a natural birth control is this true? I've also heard from locals that pregnant woman shouldn't eat this due to miscarriage. Anyone know of this is true?

Purple spots, eat it not! 💜

I don't think it's a good idea to teach people that are new at foragingg to forage a plant that looks identical to the most poisonous plant in America!!!!