Wild Edibles with Sergei Boutenko | Learn How to Forage for 25 Tasty Plants

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In this virtual foraging walk, Sergei Boutenko demonstrates how to find, identify, and eat 25 common weeds and wild edible plants. Wild crafting can be done safely and responsibly! Watch this video and learn how. For extra bonus points, watch this video on your mobile device while you look for these same plants in your backyard!
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CLICK ON THE TIMECODE TO SKIP TO DESIRED PART:
0:00 - Introduction / PCT story
9:00 - Plant Knowledge Quiz
16:10 - Plant Tour
16:26 - Wild Sweet Pea-Lathyrus latifolius
16:57 - Into The Wild (what really happened)
20:15 - Meristems Explained
22:03 - Grass-Poa spp.
24:12 - Wheatgrass / Ann Wigmore
25:35 - Sow Thistle-Sonchus spp.
26:17 - Dandelion-Taraxacum officinale
28:19 - Should you Worry About Oxalates?
31:48 - Sergei’s take on Supplements
32:45 - Pineapple Weed-Matricaria matricarioides
33:08 - Your Five Senses will Keep you Safe and Happy!
37:33 - Sergei’s Simple Rules for Foraging
39:56 - Dandelion Flowers
41:10 - Dandelion Stem Test
43:21 - Respect the Roots
44:00 - Horse Chestnut-Aesculus hippocastanum (don’t eat this one!)
45:00 - Sweet Chestnut-Castanea sativa (eat this one!)
46:48 - Blackberry-Rubus allegheniensis
49:08 - Common Mallow-Malva parviflora
53:56 - Purple Dead Nettle-Lamium purpureum
56:44 - Maple-Acer spp.
59:18 - Plantain-Plantago spp.
1:05:20 - Wild Mustard-Brassica spp.
1:08:34 - Hairy Bittercress-Cardamine hirsuta
1:10:20 - American Beech-Fagus grandifolia
1:11:40 - Chickweed-Stellaria media
1:15:28 - How to Identify Different Conifers (pine, spruce, fir)
1:17:10 - Conifer Needle Tea
1:18:19 - Birch-Betula spp.
1:19:00 - Miner’s Lettuce-Claytonia perfoliate
1:19:49 - Wild Edibles are the Best Supplements
1:22:43 - Common Daisy-Bellis perennis
1:24:06 - Clover¬-Trifolium spp.
1:27:20 - Harvesting Pine Pollen
1:28:00 - Yarrow-Achillea millefolium
1:30:06 - POP QUIZ (what kind of tree is this?)
1:31:02 - Spring Needle Harvesting
1:32:40 - Cat’s Ear-Hypochaeris radicata
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📚RECOMMENDED READING:
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Nature's Garden by Sam Thayer: amzn.to/2VDbDTb
Forager's Harvest by Sam Thayer: amzn.to/2YtHbrB
Incredible Wild Edibles by Sam Thayer: amzn.to/2YuR6Ny
Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods From Dirt To Plate by: John Kallas: amzn.to/2YuScZG
Discovering Wild Plants by Janice Schofield: amzn.to/2Q5ZRLh

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@BoutenkoFilms 2 жыл бұрын

New wild edibles video called: "Garden Foraging is up: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rpeBich9xNiwp6c.html 🌱

@rallindaley2994 2 жыл бұрын

good work

@allanebanks5328 2 жыл бұрын

Íi

@allanebanks5328 2 жыл бұрын

@@rallindaley2994 ok iii

@allanebanks5328 2 жыл бұрын

@@rallindaley2994 i8

@dandelion1627 3 жыл бұрын

This class should be given to all high schools and colleges. I am so glad this is on KZfaq. It is truly sad that most houses in the USA are so very often sprayed with toxic chemicals to kill dandelions and wild plantains, etc. Many beneficial pollinators like bees are dying in alarming numbers since the past decades. When there is no bee, human will be in big trouble.

@caroll6541 3 жыл бұрын

🇨🇦most provinces nowadays do not allow pesticides on our lawns for a few years now🌱

@shirleyrader21 2 жыл бұрын

@cindyhand5020 2 жыл бұрын

You are so right and it is truly sad that children are not taught this we should always keep our heritage and learn the ways of the land. Everything on this planet has a purpose and to kill off that purpose is an awful thing. We need to plant more milkweed for the monarchs butterflies and we definitely need more wildflowers for the bees. All this summer 2021 I have not seen one bee. 😔

@lindadechiazza2924 2 жыл бұрын

RoundUp the worst, agent orange of nursery green store

@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 2 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of borage in my garden, it self seeds and spreads everywhere so I gather seeds from it and other flowers and drive down dirt roads or areas where spray won’t reach and throw out seed. As long as it’s not a harmful invasive plant we should all be doing it. Bees LOVE borage !!! Hyssop, calendula, echinacea, rudbeckia, Shasta/wild daisy, milkweed, Lilly’s…….let’s replant the ditches now that they are cutting back on poisoning them 🥰

@foxdeer 3 жыл бұрын

I know you are talking about wild edibles but the horse chestnuts can be used for shampoo, dish soap, and laundry soap. I quarter them and chop in my vitamix and then put a handful in a quart jar with hot water to make soap. It works really well and it is free soap! I learned this at the Permaculture Convergence this year and happened to find 2 trees close to my grand daughters doctor appointment. I just takes about an hour to pick up enough for me to clean everything in my house for a year, including me!

@duxdawg 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@wamuthandi 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome 👍🏾

@rodzorger1860 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Darcy. This is exactly the kind of thing I'm here to look for. Wild edibles and medicinal and practical uses for weeds and plants. Thanks so much for your contribution oh, I'm going to look into it.

@blueunicornhere 3 жыл бұрын

Nice. Thank you

@lenafranklin7262 3 жыл бұрын

This is WONDERFUL

@LaLaLonna 3 жыл бұрын

My great grandmother would make a dandelion salad! She was from the mountains outside winchester, va. She would saute dandelions and then make a "dressing" of apple cider vinegar and sugar (she would heat this up to combine, a hot dressing) and add chopped egg whites to the finished dish. It was so wonderful, I will be making it this spring. Her name was Maime Every (maiden name Boyce).

@raymondbickham7861 3 жыл бұрын

You pick the leaves and prince them real good and cut them in about 1 1/2 size in a bowl and take 3 strips pl a of bacon and cut into small pieces and fry them in a small amount of bacon grease and chop some onion add to the bowl and when the bacon is doen pore bacon and grease over the greens stir add dash salt&pepper and garlic powder stir again and add vinegar and serve !!!

@MsZeus49 3 жыл бұрын

That sounds good! We learned so much from our grandmothers! My granny took me in the woods to show me all the edibles that are available, way back in 1958! I remember them still!

@angiemartin9920 3 жыл бұрын

My great grandmother made a similar dish but would add hot bacon grease to the dressing of apple cider vinegar and a little sugar....soooo delicious! I miss the good ole home cooked meals and sides of the wise ole timers.😒

@cheezheadz3928 2 жыл бұрын

@@angiemartin9920 Ruined a healthy, nutritious meal with a dead animals fat....yum!

@AB-kg6rk 2 жыл бұрын

cheesedick: if your eating a bowl of greens the addition of a little animal fat will only help the nutrition content. Dont be such a judgemental vegan nazi.

@rightdecisionhere 3 жыл бұрын

I went to a seminar held by his parents about 25 years ago. At that time, they spoke about raw food and vegan recipes. It was great.

@outdoors-university 3 жыл бұрын

One of the most valuable videos I 've ever seen on KZfaq! Great job my brother! Stay safe and have fun!

@happyhomestaymukteshwar6461 3 жыл бұрын

True that.

@crystalwhitaker2679 3 жыл бұрын

I absolutely agree👍🏾

@reithchase7784 4 жыл бұрын

So cool! Foraging is changing my whole perception on health, abundance and community, thanks Sergei you Rock!

@KeniaTaylor 4 жыл бұрын

The purple flower you mentioned is in the mustard family is actually Moonwort, it is also known as silverbloom. The roots are edible and so are the young leaves before they flower.

@liztorres3539 3 жыл бұрын

I am 50, My husband is 52 and my son is 20, we started a plant based since 2015 DUE TO SEVERED AND DEADLY ILLNESSES plus insane pains!!! and since then I threw away all vitamins and supplements, we have no need of any pharma, treatments or even any over the counter stuff. Recently started foraging beside of healthy plant base lifestyle due to getting shingles, the first plant I identify when I got the singles, was the plant that save me from pain and itching!!! It was pennyworth!!! Since then started identifying 1 to 2 plants a day plus adding them to our daily foods since I found they were all magically healing plants!!!! Just had as brunch like a pound of mixed "weeds" or better said: EDIBLE WILD PLANTS! Even with a healthy plant based lifestyle I still had rheumatoid, arthritis, and myalgia but thanks to the shingles (few months ago) started eating my front and back yard "edible" plants and BINGO! Rheumatoid, neuralgia, and arthritis IS GONE!!! in only 2 months of eating green plants almost daily!!! Learning about mushroom and trees, and collecting samples, seeds and propagating the medicinal ones in our yard. I found only 1 wild lettuce in the forest, brought the seeds and now we have like 10 amazing wild lettuce plants, which we eat their leaves almost daily in soups, sauteed, sandwishes along with like 10 more plants LOL I learned recently to never eat them all at once and to try little by little but got carried over and luckily instead of getting sick eating these real mecicines, we got stronger and healthier. I am 50 and have zero pains, zero illnesses, I can run, I can jump, I play a lot with our 6 dogs everyday, life is amazing when HEALTHY, nothing matters more than HEALTH and I consider myself the wealthiest human ever at my age! HEALTH IS WEATLH. Been several months that I stopped buying greens, salads, condiments and even some veggies as we have massive amounts of FREE real foods at home!!! Thank you for your TEACHINGS AND WISDOM!!! Wish ALL HUMANS BE HEALTHY too!

@terfar5195 4 жыл бұрын

God gave us ''NO'' Short supply of food we just have to know what to eat, and Thank God Everyday for this Beautiful planet!! .. and take care of it. ''Save Our Planet'' Thank you Sergei

@organicdudranch 3 жыл бұрын

yes, we have lost the knowledge. i have been doing the wild plants for 2 yrs and eat and use over 300. the good earth is rich. the biggest problem i have found is people are fearful. they can't seem to get past fear. guess what cures corona, or covid ?? have you studied germ theory ? BeChamp and Pasteur would argue . this is totally hidden.

@brendacharleston4593 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@survivallife7401 2 жыл бұрын

Cannabis is one powerful herb that people are doing serious time for. Wouldn’t it be silly if our government locked up people because we started using wild edibles and Herbs to treat illnesses? Same thing with Cannibis God put it here for a purpose and I try to use Gods Lettuce as much as possible.

@greenghost6416 2 жыл бұрын

@@survivallife7401 The problem with people who only think about cannabis is that there are so many other plants that are better. Basically the whole "cannabis is good for you" argument is from people who just want to be high all the time.

@UndergroundOverground 4 жыл бұрын

That was simply inspiring. I was shown this link on KZfaq because I had been looking at dandelion coffee, and fully intended to fast forward this video to the dandelion part. Well after 1 hour 34 minutes I'm hooked on foraging greens rather than buying supermarket ones. As a bonus the best part is the vast majority of these plants are common in England. You have caused my hunter gatherer juices to flow. Thank you.

@Lrsherwood 4 жыл бұрын

All of my life (72 years), I never knew how to differentiate among the evergreen trees, until I watched this video. Thank you, for making it easy. I really appreciate the detailed descriptions and the close-up videos of the edible plants. Great job!

@amouramarie 2 жыл бұрын

I know! For forty years, I'm just like, "It's an evergreen with needles? It's a pine tree." "It has cones? _It's a pine tree."_ I feel so much less useless now that I can at least differentiate between pine, spruce and fir. XD

@georgesarpong762 2 жыл бұрын

@@amouramarie ū

@sthavoc8 Жыл бұрын

1950 was a good year 😊 Also 72 years young.

@alexvlaxos6620 4 жыл бұрын

In Greece,grandmas still know much of the wild edibles,their uses and make salads or amazing 'weed pies'!If you go to a tavern in Greece,70% of the time they have a weed salad with olive and lemon :))

@patriotamazon189 4 жыл бұрын

My YAYA taught me what to eat here. Most are the same as in Europe because they came here with their own seeds.

@alexvlaxos6620 4 жыл бұрын

@@patriotamazon189 never knew that but imagine!coming with no money but the seeds..well :p.Greetings from Greece πατριώτη! < 3

@expressyourvocals Жыл бұрын

Sounds amazing lovely 😊

@nikoulph 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just seeing this now... I can say, people like you are a gift to humanity. We need more. Your test was eye opening on how indoctrinated we are, and how little we know about what keeps us alive.

@cantfindamerica877 3 жыл бұрын

This video took me back as a child, my mom and dad could go out in the yard and pick greens several times during the summer and mom would incorporate the greens in are meals. This is an important channel thanks guys. God Bless

@realexcelmusicsanctuary7172 4 жыл бұрын

This is THE BEST video on edible plants I have seen so far. I love all the tips on how to recognize them, how to eat them, their properties and uses, and LOVE the close-ups with clear view of the plants. Thank you Sergei 😃🙃😎

@sjt4689 4 жыл бұрын

Phenomenal teacher. I plan to modify my own teaching style based on his after watching this video. Even though I teach whatever I know, and I'm also Russian myself and grew up with my grandmother / Baba teaching me outside on the garden, AND I'm probably nearly two decades older than this guy, he is teaching ME. Would love to go walking through a forest with him!

@VeganV5912 3 жыл бұрын

Gallstones 😲 kzfaq.info/get/bejne/f7eXf7p3nZ7Ro4U.html One minute !! Dr Greger, Science !!! Hint hint, plants are the king ✅❤️😬💪👍

@denisebilby4947 3 жыл бұрын

Plant medicinal herbs and weeds now. Don’t wait and start community gardens as well. Go organic make your own soil. Advocate for ORGANICS. Bayer Monsanto is now the new agriculture secretary head as Biden Harris pick. Bad very telling choice

@tlvdatsi12 4 жыл бұрын

I found a new hobby. Thank you for introducing this to me.

@turtlelake5560 4 жыл бұрын

Dandelion Pesto is a BOOM! what a great recipe.

@rebeccaw8820 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sergei we actually went to high school together and although I didn’t know you I do remember seeing your face around so it’s super cool to see you on KZfaq now, and nice to hear your story too

@onelittledropintheocean 4 жыл бұрын

Hello from Australia! Thanks for an excellent video packed with information. And the way life introduced you to wild foraging is so cool & good on your parents for taking you on an adventure in the school of nature! You are very refreshing & inspiring in this sleepy plastic world so thanks again ✌🏼🙏🏼🕊

@dr123hall 2 жыл бұрын

Ok, Sergei, I’m calling you the reincarnated Euell Gibbons ( Stalking the Wild Asparagus-66?)… informative, easy and sincere! Great effort! Don Hall,N.D. Kentucky

@zbbmike7614 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome Introduction PLANTS EXPAND YOUR LIFE. As a 49 yo learning to grow plants is truly life giving.

@carolinekloppert5177 Жыл бұрын

Another plus with a diversity of wild food is that the microbiome on all the different plant surfaces increases our own gut microbiome diversity. A hallmark of people with good immune systems and longevity is gut microbiome diversity.

@YevgeniyShcherbakov 3 жыл бұрын

When I go to the parks, my favorite thing to do is to identify edible plants. Now I know more! Thanks! Please do more of these videos. How about a video of common weeds that grow in our backyard that are edibles?

@bobbofly 4 жыл бұрын

#1 thing I love about living in the PNW - between the wild animals & edible plants, the food all but jumps onto your plate.

@GronVag 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, I Read your Mum's book on a backpack travel through Europe, found it in a closet in the beachappartement in Kalamata we borrowed from a friend. I loved the book, fantastic story, pics althrough of the family while on the trip, fantastic book!

@melodyellysse4377 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing, please share the title.

@natalieklassen9775 3 жыл бұрын

Me too! I read his mom's book years ago when he still was a teenager and lived at home. I think the book was called "The Green Revolution".

@natalieklassen9775 3 жыл бұрын

@@melodyellysse4377 I think it was "The Green Smoothie Revolution". You can google Victoria Boutenko.

@celinepariente189 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Sergei. There are the same wild Edibles in France and I just can't wait to forage them..in my garden! Céline

@Mrbfgray 4 жыл бұрын

Little by little I'm gaining confidence in some of these weeds. Just created small patch of Purslane from random volunteers in my back yard. I have Common Mallow everywhere. This is the best I've seen on the topic. WELL DONE!

@palliaskamen5722 Жыл бұрын

I've had Purslane growing all over my garden bed for years. I had no idea what it was.

@Italynette 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this video. We just moved out to the country last year and so many of these plants are on our property…. it makes me feel better to know that some of the “weeds” in my garden are actual plants I can put in my salad :-)

@janebadon3988 4 жыл бұрын

I love how you incorporate using our 5 senses in ID'g plants...identification is everything,and you have some nifty ways of remembering!

@growwiththejoneses379 4 жыл бұрын

You are a great teacher! I learned a lot and will not be afraid to explore forging any longer.

@rebelbecky276 3 жыл бұрын

I learned some stuff😉 next time on my camping trip I'm going to make a wild salad 🥗

@HaphazardHomestead 5 жыл бұрын

I like how you put the time for each plant and topic in your video description. It is amazing how much great food is out there, just waiting for us to get to know the plants around us. Between weeds and trees, there's enough for a meal almost anywhere in the springtime. Here's to a great season of foraging for everyone -- there's plenty of weeds to go around! :D

@think2086 4 жыл бұрын

Plantains seed stocks are PERFECT for making veggie burgers. There was a bunch of plantains growing my backyard so I harvested them and made veggie burgers with the seeds and used the greens as well in the burgers, and again as lettuce. You just need a binder, which it provides some of, but add an egg or chia as well into your food processor or blender, and you got a burger patty that you can shape into a small bowl and then cook (either in the microwave or in the oven). I also mixed in mustard bits and other wild edible into these patties.

@jakedogfish241 5 жыл бұрын

I am from Tacoma and I found this to be incredibly informing. The identifying features were demonstrated in a much easier way to understand. Thank you!

@BoutenkoFilms 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

@kathmahoney1287 3 жыл бұрын

@@BoutenkoFilms From Whidbey Is/Everett love the KZfaq had to share the URL link and will be getting the book. I wish everything could be taught the way you did: outdoors, hands-on, using all the senses, great descriptions, examples of uses. The information's retained. Schools should incorporate this style of learning in everyway possible, for most subjects. I think kids might be more interested in learning, have more innovative ideas AND be more environmentally conscience... Thank you, I will be getting my grandkids out for some "picnic" FUN!

@diy5729 3 жыл бұрын

@@BoutenkoFilms Lectins from plants over time cause brain damage and Alzheimer's. Proceed with caution.

@samjones2790 3 жыл бұрын

I wish I could live with you for a year. So you can teach me and my children how to live a better life and better environment for the future. I think everyone should live like you!!! I’m not a good baker cooker, I could learn so much from you!

@matildamarmaduke1096 2 жыл бұрын

Like a supper nanny call him super foraging teacher IDK just being silly happy new year 1/2/2022

@nulekjennings6980 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your kindness by teaching us, I do learned many Wild Edible Green. This is will save us a lot of money by using Wild Green Vegetables. Thanks God for His providing all thses delicious food and thanks to you for helping us to learn, great job 👌 👍

@nancyfahey7518 3 жыл бұрын

It's only 28 min and I'm ready to buy your book. There were 2 things I wondered about for years and you just answered them. Excited to learn more.

@terfar5195 4 жыл бұрын

I was raised in the woods in the mountains of KY, and eating the berries, weeds of the hills i learned that if you smelled cucumber it meant a snake was around. (stay away). this is what my Cherokee family taught me. I learn to pick Poke, other greens to eat.. tea, . I could write a long letter hear but I wont., If you ever meet an true old timer ''Kentuckian'' ask her to make you some ''blackberry dumplings''(Not cobbler) completely different....All the best. stay safe. 2020.

@maryrackauskis759 4 жыл бұрын

And stupid early settelers were trying to kill off native's and not break bread. We've come a long way baby! Amen.

@DT-wl3qw 4 жыл бұрын

Do not eat the pokeberry berries, but the young leaves and greens are okay to eat! Young leaves and stems when properly cooked are edible and provide a good source of protein, fat and carbohydrate. www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/plant-of-the-week/phytolacca_americana.shtml#:~:text=The%20berries%20are%20especially%20poisonous,%2C%20poke%20salad%2C%20and%20pokeberry.

@terfar5195 4 жыл бұрын

@@DT-wl3qw Poke.. we ate all the time.. :)

@joybickerstaff194 3 жыл бұрын

Dawn Thompson Hello, I cannot remember my age, but I was n grade school when my grandmother took leaves from a Polk as big as me, she cooked up as spinach. I read an article on the berries, a remedy for an ailment I cannot remember, dry berries, swallow 3 a day for a month, then 1 a month for a year, I did the one month, I have even swallowed fresh berries, I had no ill effects. I read that juice use to be made from berries, that only 1 known case of a child died (I believe age 7) due to the broken seeds of the berries that passed through the strainer. When Polk started growing n my yard years ago, I only remembered eating it as a child, nothing else, so I searched for information, I read that the plant was poisonous, don’t eat, or, u can only eat from those no bigger than, I think 7”, ( not much to get from that size to make a pot of greens to feed a family, but a bigger plant, bigger leaves would) or don’t eat those with red stalks, red on the underside of leaves, most of my plants have red, also to boil n several changes of water, a man of around 60 said he ate it his whole life with only 1 change of water, (his words make me think of people back n the day who had limited water) I could not remember if the plant I ate as a child had red on it or not, (I don’t understand why most of my plants have red stalks and red underneath leaves) not to eat leaves when the berries start to form, I had a lot of doubt and fear, but wanted to eat this free food, I could not ask my grandmother questions cause she has passed, I could not take what all those people said to be true, cause the plant we ate from was n feet, not inches. I’m 59 now, and have eaten only from solid green plants (which don’t give me much) or eat after berries form, I think next year, I’ll sample the plants with red, (the least that will happen from sampling will be minor) I’m into dehydrating now, and what few plants I have with no red, won’t give me anything to dehydrate to eat n the winter months. I love Polk, it’s delicious! U have a wonderful day

@annfuller9044 3 жыл бұрын

No poison snakes where he is.

@sarahbell2566 3 жыл бұрын

I literally wish I had known about you doing this in 2019, I just downloaded your book. I live in Marysville (50 miles north of Seattle), Tacoma isn't that far. I am so glad you live here I want to learn so badly and that you're doing this here is so amazing. Do you do this stuff more? I'd love to come to listen to you sometime.

@AlanKidd4life 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Sergei. I just received your book today. Thanks for all the info! In this video, around 43:00, you mention that you respect the roots of the plants. In 2011, my mom moved and I took small sections (about 2”) of lilac and yucca, and I planted those root sections in her new yard. Both of the roots have grown into full plants...and the yucca actually grew into 5 separate plants from just that one piece of root. So I’d invite you to experiment with roots. Still harvest them, but replant small sections that can grow a new plant, or multiple plants to replace/replenish what you have utilized. I hope this helps. I’m quite new to foraging, and have enjoyed learning from you. Thanks again!!!

@teperikaetr 3 жыл бұрын

I just found this plant. Wild pineapple weed. in my garden last year and harvest them for tea. The tea tastes soo good.

@olgakuchukov6981 3 жыл бұрын

This walk tutorial is fantastic, thank you for making it available to all. I know plants and I learned a lot anyway. Very enjoyable. I love your family story. On a personal note, it’s good to hear about cool Russian families. I come from urban intellectuals who don’t know plants, I’m the black sheep in the family who finally escaped to the country to learn and grow, and I was doing a bunch of foraging in my former urban home as well. We know that Russians know a lot about foraging, it’s how many survived the various economic meltdowns, the collapse of the Soviet Union being the most recent and the ravages of out of control greedy capitalism being the current one. Teaching Americans how to recognize food in their landscape is a great deed!

@patriciawalker7190 3 жыл бұрын

Takes on a whole new meaning, "Honey, I picked up a little something on the way home." Enjoyed the detailed video!

@debomaskus6938 4 жыл бұрын

my 3 year old granddaughter was picking what she called "juicy greens" from her moms flower garden, and she invited me to come and snack on them. while i pretended to eat mine, i niticed that she was actually eating hers. I told her she must not eat them because they could make her sick. Then i went home and looked the creeping bell flower up on my computer. it said all parts were edible and high in vitamin c. I wonder if we are more intuitive when we are young when it comes to recognizing edible wild plants.

@ThatFatMom 3 жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. I've been wanting to get into foraging, but have been so afraid of misidentifying something and poisoning myself. But watching this video made me realize I used to eat many of these plants as a kid just off of pure instinct, like dandelion, clover, sorrel, daisy, conifer buds, and the maple 'helicopters'. No one ever told me they were safe to eat or what the names of them were, I just ate them. Up until last week I didn't know the names of red clover or yellow sorrel, but I've picked and eaten them every time I've seen them outdoors for years based on memories of sitting in the grass eating them as a child. Something about the sour tanginess of sorrel that I absolutely love and crave.

@shirleymurphy1958 3 жыл бұрын

Did you tell her it was ok after you found out? You should she may be one who will keep the lost info going.

@theresak.7475 3 жыл бұрын

That’s adorable! I smile to this day thinking of how my now grown daughter told me - when she was very little - that she liked to eat “the hot grass”. What??!! Then she let me know about the CHIVES in the yard!!

@cherylschumaker1366 3 жыл бұрын

Yep going back 7 generations edible and medicinal plants have been passed down through the generations.....My 3 year old Grandson, has his own garden and also loves to pick wild greens for tea ...Yes tea... And to put on his salads He says it's way better for you than Candy Grandma!!! Hahahaha !!! Although If he gets a sweet treat .....he will forget about his plants for the moment. Hahahah!!....I have also made him homemade sweet treats and lemon drops...... Oh I have shown him already to mix warm honey and apple cider vinegar ...the two compliment one each other very well, and a herbs, edibles we have all gathered It is a great way to preserve your herbs , it is wonderful as a salad dressing....hahahhah!!! I love when my Son and My Grandson and myself all go to the bush together.....Also mushrooms/ fungi , are a wonderful way to explore especially Morels in the spring and Puff balls in the fall ! More Power!!!!

@survivallife7401 2 жыл бұрын

@@theresak.7475 Ha Ha hot grass… I used to eat that stuff as well. Of course I used to make mud pies as well and no one would even try one ha ha…. Funny story thanks.

@suzannesanford3993 3 жыл бұрын

As of the end of the end of the month I will have no where to live. And has always been my dream to live among the cows and chickens, and around good people who appreciate all the wonderful things God has given us. It's so refreshing to watch your videos and see all the wonderful activity on your spread... I could almost smell the fresh mowed grass. God has blessed you richly!!!

@vickievans6853 Жыл бұрын

Just read your post / txt , hope and pray that things are alot better for you now, i am going to be remembering you in my prayers as i pray for many as well as all my heavenly brothers and sisters around the world, and often with another lady that lives many miles away from me, but in the same state.Father God where ever she is right now send people Into her life to bless encourage and lift her up.Send people that will truly bless her , and minister true Godly love to her heard, .ind and soirit, be with her wherever she is and put a headgear of protection around her send your Angel's to watch over her, Father send and over flowing of the Holy Spirit to her to protect, lead and guide her in Jesus's Holy,Powerful and Mighty name.

@100BlaQRaok.el_1 3 жыл бұрын

Listening to him I learn much more than just his teaching.

@DaisyHirata101 4 жыл бұрын

This is precious! If you haven’t watch it yet, you’re missing too much. You could learn a lot from it. TREASURE INFORMATIONS!

@14lou 3 жыл бұрын

*A top production, very valuable information, beautifully shot and edited*

@ccsretreat1513 4 жыл бұрын

I just want to say thank you! Can't get enough. I'm ready for a change.

@BoutenkoFilms 4 жыл бұрын

Your welcome Celia!

@CrazyCrawlers 4 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Spokane.. This is the resource ive been looking for, for years!

@davewelbylivinginhistinyti4796 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you sir, for opening up my primary or primitive eyesight. Your teaching methods are excellent, and with much compassion... all the best 🌲☘🍀🌱🌿

@rogeers2167 3 жыл бұрын

Nuts and Dandelion smoothies are my favorite. I blend a stalk and 4 glazed doughnut and it's delish 😁

@rogeers2167 3 жыл бұрын

@@iglockman1555 that is so wrong in so many ways. I can't believe how strict that is. The only thing you can do is to not vote people like that in office. That makes me mad and I don't even live there. Seeing how someone is over controlling people like that is upsetting.

@adlozi 4 жыл бұрын

dandelion roots are very medicinal, good for alcohol infusions, but they should be harvested when they are at least 2 years old, and of course some of the plants should be left to grow for later years. It is an amazing plant, we should respect it, not to poison it as we do for decades.

@smallfootprint2961 3 жыл бұрын

I felt bad for all those people standing in the sun while you talked, but good info. I have several of your family's books, but had to check to see if I had your edibles book. I think you made some KZfaq videos back then about foreaging. Your family's efforts helped get me back on a whole foods plan that I had moved away from after many nice years of enjoying Macrobiotics; which is a wonderful way of eating whole foods. I learned a lot about greens, etc. I eventually took back dairy, got sick, and gained 80 lbs or so. You never know when you're on a path like your family was on, what influences you might be having on others, but as time went by, and I got more and more desperate, I started doing raw, lost the 80 lbs, and got off the dairy which helped me get well. You were in Ashland; I was in Brookings, and now in Medford. At 82, I'm so glad I learned to enjoy the greens, and whole foods that you all were discovering, and teaching about. I knew when my mom died of colon cancer, that I wasn't ever going back to eating any animal products or highly processed foods. I discovered a whole community of whole food proponents, so thank you and your family for leading me to this healthy way of eating. I love the idea of foraging, so now that I found you again, I might look into it further. I'll look for your books. Thanks, Sergei.... Edit: Mwahaha... At 82 I'm finally learning that those fuzzy, prickly 'dandelions' aren't really dandelions. I have to live way longer... so much to learn... Thanks, Sergei.

@rebeccaperson8581 3 жыл бұрын

You Are a Wild Edibles Superhero Sergei !

@KittyFooFo0 4 жыл бұрын

good food is important. when grocery gets so expensive, it's more important to eat more natural than artificial ingredients. so subscribed!

@bioinformatics73 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sergei! In the morning I'm going exploring in my backyard to see what I have growing. 🙌

@denisebilby4947 3 жыл бұрын

Dandelion great

@tpotts4 3 жыл бұрын

Watching videos like these is always time well spent👍🏻

@iryssiaOof 3 жыл бұрын

Hi! i'm 15 years old, and i find plants very interesting. I wish to live to survive one day, maybe i could survive in a forest alone, or something interesting! And this video is helping me, thank you (:

@lisasmith516 3 жыл бұрын

Study "Bushcrafting." Good fortune!

@notmyworld44 4 жыл бұрын

Oxalates are neutralized by cooking. Oxalic acid can cause kidney stones, and prevents absorption of calcium, but also kills cancer cells. Best cooked. I hugely enjoyed this video! Спасибо!

@midsouthhomestead7527 3 жыл бұрын

I gave my husband PLANTAIN LEAVES for an abscessed TOOTH. He came home on a Friday with his jaw swollen and couldn't get an appointment til Monday. On Saturday he was in so much pain. I gave him some leaves. He chewed it up. Put on that tooth for a couple of hours. The swelling and pain was GONE! He kept his appointment. The dentist looked at the tooth and says, "I thought you had an abscessed tooth". My husband said, " it was but my wife doctored it". The dentist freaked out because you don't just have an abscessed tooth be healed! He did have it pulled because it was dead.

@mariabatlles7032 3 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened to me last year. Even antibiotics didn't work. Plantain did!

@christinareimann2472 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a million for this valuable info and all the effort you put into sharing this content!! Such a wealth of knowledge. My walks with my daughter will be a lot more interesting from now on. Cheers mate!

@mrgevans5126 4 жыл бұрын

@ 1:09:00 Dog barks, "Hey I just marked that plant!" =D

@tlbirdsong1 4 жыл бұрын

I love this video!!! Please make more videos like this.....absolutely impressed 💜

@barryminor616 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing our healthy tips with our FRIENDS

@blossomchaplin-williams4267 3 жыл бұрын

Such a good teacher. If you were ny math teacher I would be good at it. God bless you. I live in Canada I will sure try to get one of your books.

@lisa30red 4 жыл бұрын

Fantastic I really enjoyed the presentation the knowledge not just about wild edibles but a life lesson too. Thank you so much I will be sharing this love and peace 🙏

@tolletstalesandtrails6051 4 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t travel with wild dried tea leaves to certain countries. But I will to eat the young shoot.

@kellyheckphotography 4 жыл бұрын

This was great!! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.

@proverbs31living97 4 жыл бұрын

Very fun walk! I very much enjoy foraging wild food. I live in Northern MN and we just got done with our Maple syrup making for the year. I think 30 hours is a little long for boiling sap but you were probably remembering the number 30 because that is how many gallons of sap that you need to make 1 gallon of syrup. We have a lot of the broad leaf plantain around here but I have never seen the lance leaf plantain.

@marisak5301 3 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel. I love your personality and the way you encourage the group to participate in the learning. That is how newbies stay interested and engaged. Your enthusiasm is contagious. Great video! Very, very informative. May 26, 2021.

@ellanola6284 4 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a teacher!!! Loved every minute of it. Thank you so very much.

@rnupnorthbrrrsm6123 2 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe I just watched a video for 1hour 34 min and 49 seconds 😳…………captivating and great !!!!! Thank you ! I made a “weed” salad for a potluck at work several years ago and people were holding up leaves and asking “what’s this”? Everybody loved it !!!

@LaLaLonna 3 жыл бұрын

You def found your calling teaching this. This video is amazing. Saving it for sure.

@basketballfan5763 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing vid!! Love the BlackBerry leaf info and the grass info is amazing! I can pick blackberry wild eat them on the cliff walk from Bray Wicklow Ireland to Greystones if it re opens after lockdown. Narrow path. People come from both directions so they closed it!! I knew plantain and dandelion. Sad we know no leaves tho we did them in primary 4-12 age school. Ireland. I forgot them!! This is lovely vid!!! Thank u tons !!

@victoriaoshea4865 4 жыл бұрын

Very comprehensive and easy to understand. Thank you

@carrierobinson8046 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome, awesome!!! I love foraging in my yard but I want to expand to more plants, this helps. You answered your own question about why we need supplements-- because we eat a small variety of commercially grown hybrids designed to look good thereby sacrificing nutrients, and grown in nutirient- depleted soils. So awesome to know we should be eating hundreds of varieties of plants! I will try...

@isabelramirez0809 4 жыл бұрын

Love the explanations. I'm not totally knew and learned a ton!

@sarahbell2566 3 жыл бұрын

This video was so great and literally was what I was looking for, description, that's how you remember

@darrelllee7946 4 жыл бұрын

Its a blessing to see someone share there knowledge of what they love ,Thanks very enjoyable !

@Anthony-sn9kl 3 жыл бұрын

What a pleasant human. Thanks for this.

@goodintentions1302 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so blessed to stumble upon your videos, and to have so many of these plants in my own yard. Thank you for sharing your experiences and information! As always, I wish you well.

@JenniferVerdin 3 жыл бұрын

wow! I learned so much! Totally picking up your book and some of those other ones you mentioned. Great for our homeschool nature study. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@plantz4u214 3 жыл бұрын

Wow, this video is off the chain!! I love it!! Do this more often!! It's a mini movie which is clever and neat. Cool!

@jumpstartwellness4life571 5 жыл бұрын

Super stoked to watch this!

@nutragardens6632 3 жыл бұрын

I used to do the pull grass thing 2 when I was a kid . Wow . . GREAT VIDEO ..

@thederb720 4 жыл бұрын

Greetings from Massachusetts; many of the plants you featured grow here too. I believe the unidentified mustard @1:07:37 is common name: Honesty, scientific name: Lunaria annua or other spp.-the seedpods gave it away. When i make pine needle tea, I don't boil in real hard & I cover the pot to prevent volatile Vitamin C from escaping.

@kdavis4910 3 жыл бұрын

Yarrow is also an amazing blood coagulant. Army docs would find yarrow leaves and crush them, shoving them into and over battle wounds to stop the bleeding. Yarrow is also reported to keep insects out of dwellings. Just place yarrow in the corner of rooms on the floors and just within or outside doorways leading outside. Yarrow is a very good plant to know. So is pine pollen which is known to correct hormonal imbalance too, in men specifically I believe it is.

@elizabethsummermeado Жыл бұрын

Never knew that about the story Into the Wild!! I'm feeling a lot more relief that's actually what happened! Wow you are so gifted with your knowledge!

@laineyfrances2402 2 жыл бұрын

Sergei has been so inspirational to me! This video has really re-energized me to learn more about my "weeds" and eat them!

@sanjeetsingh3854 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tour Sergei.

@BoutenkoFilms 5 жыл бұрын

No problem!

@angelapower9570 2 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more!! What a fresh breath of air to hear this!

@jermaineholley5893 4 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for posting this video I've been wanting to learn this skill.

@BlackWolf-di9gq 4 жыл бұрын

A very knowledgeable guy. Fascinating video.

@carollollol 4 жыл бұрын

I love your enthousiasme!

@carlajoguthrie6498 5 жыл бұрын

Loved this! I live in Utah, but there is still a lot that is the same. You are a great teacher! Thank you.

@kittykat717 4 жыл бұрын

thank you for your amazing video that is so well done. Will purchase your book and then cannot wait to see what i can find.

@mercedesdc2508 5 жыл бұрын

Great tour, thank you! 💚

@msbonz4145 3 жыл бұрын

Wow 😳 thank you so much for all your knowledge on plants. I'm going to share this with my grand kids so they learn. I may just buy your books too so they can follow along with your videos as you speak about plants. Its nice to see how you litteraly just walk around the parks and find nutritional foods we would never think to eat. And plants that can be very helpful if injured or sick. I watched this whole video and you are so interesting and kind and really put value to every answer weather right or wrong of the people you encourage and that is so important. I'm so gonna show my kids and grand kids your videos. Thank you so much. I'm gonna try to buy your books if I can, I'm on a fixed income. So I will have to save. But I want to really thank you because I so injured this video that I thought I was with the group. Lol 😆