Huw Richards: You’re Missing 30% of Your Harvest | My #1 Garden Hack
Read the full list here: https://huwrichards.substack.com/p/master-list-of-additional-harvests
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Great video and love the channel so my critique is completely unrelated to Huw but I wonder if our mentality will ever change from how to make the most of something and quicker and easier and cheaper to how to slow down, use what you have and enjoy the process
Literally probably the best youtube garden video I've ever watched because even though this information is online everywhere, how you put it together with enthusiasm and positivity and showing, makes it truly accessible. I think you could make a whole series on this, highlighting a few plants at a time…maybe that are eaten/cooked/processed the same way – like pickling, or in salads/sauteed. I can't say enough how much I love this video! Thank you!
im definately going to pickle nasturtium this year , they ltrally give you three seeds per flower and so prolific its worth trying as i always have tons left over
I also use a whole lot of garden offcuts like leek leaves, squash seed mass, chayote peels, holey kale, carrot ends, etc., etc. as nutritious additions to a weekly pot of stew that I cook for my dogs with bone meal from the butcher's saw. The oldest dog in the world (32 last year) lives with smallholder farmers in Portugal and eats from their garden, as they do. So harvests for the animals are another addition to the list.
Stems! The stems of parsley, basil, mint, cilantro and more are all delightful and packed with flavor! Simply dice and toss stems into whatever dish you're cooking 5 or more minutes before serving and they'll be tenderized sufficiently while retaining loads of freshness. This increases my yields and decreases the number of plants I need to take foliage from substantially!
Lots of great input here! Too many gardeners toss away too much of their usable harvest.
This spring calendula showed up inbetween the asia salad mix; I cut asia salad with young calendula leaves it made a great salad! Different brassicas in flower are shared with my chickens, they love them as well! …and all the insects, sure.. A great video, Huw, thank you! Cheers from Austria… have you been around (because you mentioned Hagebuttenmarmelade ;)?
Wow what a brilliant video! 😅 i am a bit at loss with eating beans flowers, wouldn't then lose the harvest?! Btw, I have also learned that pumpkin leaves are edible, sweet potatoes stems and leaves, peppers leaves, green tomatoes if remained unriped, calendula leaves and flowers, fuchsia flower seeds (they look like cherries), grapevine leaves (when spring pruning) and unriped grapes (juiced as alternative to lemon juice), great perenials are horseradish roots and leaves (alternative to wasabi) lovage and sorrel then rose petals can be used to make jam, nettles beat hands down spinach per weight in nutrients and soo many that I have learned from my grandmother, such wisdom is forgotten and I am grateful that you are sharing it to be rediscovered! Thank you
Finally someone in the English speaking YT-world mentions Hagebutte! Love tea made from those. True classic in DE/AT, considered very old-fashioned, but it's my all-time favourite fruit tea 🙂
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I really hope this video shows you just how much food you can enjoy from your garden! You can get my very comprehensive list here: https://huwrichards.substack.com/p/master-list-of-additional-harvests
I wish I could find tree cabbage seeds here in the USA.
Rosemary stems can also be used as skewers (after the leaves are cleaned off) for barbecuing meat, like chicken.
Great video and love the channel so my critique is completely unrelated to Huw but I wonder if our mentality will ever change from how to make the most of something and quicker and easier and cheaper to how to slow down, use what you have and enjoy the process
Literally probably the best youtube garden video I've ever watched because even though this information is online everywhere, how you put it together with enthusiasm and positivity and showing, makes it truly accessible. I think you could make a whole series on this, highlighting a few plants at a time…maybe that are eaten/cooked/processed the same way – like pickling, or in salads/sauteed. I can't say enough how much I love this video! Thank you!
Can you eat crab apple blossoms?
Love it, thanks
im definately going to pickle nasturtium this year , they ltrally give you three seeds per flower and so prolific its worth trying as i always have tons left over
I tried broad bean tips for the first time recently, they were delicious!
I saw the extensive list in my email!! This must have taken you so long to put together!! Thank you 💕
I also use a whole lot of garden offcuts like leek leaves, squash seed mass, chayote peels, holey kale, carrot ends, etc., etc. as nutritious additions to a weekly pot of stew that I cook for my dogs with bone meal from the butcher's saw. The oldest dog in the world (32 last year) lives with smallholder farmers in Portugal and eats from their garden, as they do. So harvests for the animals are another addition to the list.
But if you eat the flowers of beans you wouldn't have any beans to harvest, right?
Stems! The stems of parsley, basil, mint, cilantro and more are all delightful and packed with flavor! Simply dice and toss stems into whatever dish you're cooking 5 or more minutes before serving and they'll be tenderized sufficiently while retaining loads of freshness. This increases my yields and decreases the number of plants I need to take foliage from substantially!
Lots of great input here! Too many gardeners toss away too much of their usable harvest.
I have several Thai recipes that call for cilantro roots! They have great flavor.
Maybe you should write a book about these veg and their care
This spring calendula showed up inbetween the asia salad mix; I cut asia salad with young calendula leaves it made a great salad! Different brassicas in flower are shared with my chickens, they love them as well! …and all the insects, sure.. A great video, Huw, thank you! Cheers from Austria… have you been around (because you mentioned Hagebuttenmarmelade ;)?
I share everything I grow with my laying hens 😊
Brilliant video and information!
Hi Huw, foraging in the garden, love green coriander seeds.
Wow what a brilliant video! 😅 i am a bit at loss with eating beans flowers, wouldn't then lose the harvest?! Btw, I have also learned that pumpkin leaves are edible, sweet potatoes stems and leaves, peppers leaves, green tomatoes if remained unriped, calendula leaves and flowers, fuchsia flower seeds (they look like cherries), grapevine leaves (when spring pruning) and unriped grapes (juiced as alternative to lemon juice), great perenials are horseradish roots and leaves (alternative to wasabi) lovage and sorrel then rose petals can be used to make jam, nettles beat hands down spinach per weight in nutrients and soo many that I have learned from my grandmother, such wisdom is forgotten and I am grateful that you are sharing it to be rediscovered! Thank you
Finally someone in the English speaking YT-world mentions Hagebutte! Love tea made from those. True classic in DE/AT, considered very old-fashioned, but it's my all-time favourite fruit tea 🙂
I make rosa ragusa marmalade all the time! TONS of Beach Roses growing near me.
I love you 😍. So many great tipsxxx🎉
Anybody recommend a book on this subject?