Learn about foraging for wild edibles with expert Lisa Rose, author of Urban Foraging.
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39 Comments
Chiggers
We grow black rasphberries in Northern Minnesota. In fact we have a town called Black berry.
What is the sticky grass that grows wild around plants?
Happy to see you back. ❤
Prickly pear is amazing. You can make food from the cactus and the fruit. You can make juice, jams, main dishes, deserts, suave, ointment and probably other things I don't know about from it. They eat it a lot in Mexico. You can also get water from different kinds of cactus. If you haven't had the fruit of prickly pear, I would suggest going easy on it right at first. I ate a lot of it the first time and I was fine but it felt different. It didn't make me sick, just felt different in my stomach. Makes sure to be extra careful around the Jumping Cholla cactus, that is especially dangerous. When I was growing up the neighbor's had a huge black mulberry tree. My mom took us mushroom hunting.
Happy memories picking tea berries, chewing their leaves, also huckleberries, black raspberries. Great discussion, and information. Val C ❤️🙏🏻
I love the relaxed conversation and seeing the personalities come out.
Where first moved to ourhomestead, i didnt know alot about what grows here I quickly learned what looked like mint was stinging nettle. Around the house we dug it up. And this past year I've picked dried and stored the leaves and powder. Using it for tea to help my allergies to adding the powder to casseroles and soups.
Awww Carolyn, is this from this morning as in April 15? Good to see you back 🙂 if even for one morning for a while still.
Good conversation! Some interesting points. I like my foraging. I do agree that far too many people are putting stuff away like they are preparing for a vacation rather than a lifestyle change. But with the current supply chain issues, I feel that it certainly forces, or should force, one to look at what they are buying and from where. But also, I can't help but think that what it is doing, or should be doing, is forcing people to look at solely eating seasonally (in season or preserved in some manner) for a person's area – I am not sure that any of that is such a bad thing. Just a thought.
You and your family do my favorite av cast, I learn & trust what info you give
I find it a bit ironic that people are afraid to forage near the roads , but have NO problem paying good money to buy sprayed vegetables in the grocery store that are old when you purchase them and totally contaminated by the growers. Wouldn't a foraged item be as good a choice being totally fresh and touched by no one but you? Just a thought. It goes back to doing your own homework and thinking for yourself.
I started foraging 3 years ago, this year will be my 4th year. I have learned so much, made some mistakes and learned from them. I appreciate the gifts God has given us. I have a medicine cabinet now and we use it and it works better than anything at the drugstore. Very enjoyable video
I like her. She has a happy sense of humor as she is conversing.
While visiting my sister, after my father passed away, we went for a walk and we talked about foraging. Something we were both just getting started in. It was a way to connect and get us out of the mental drudgery of a funeral. I love when I’m taking a walk around town and discovering new things to forage.
Chemtrails are everywhere and were not considered in this video
I was hoping for a little more about actually foraging. I have foraged black raspberries, mushrooms, cherries etc in the past but the park no longer allows you to pick these things and the mushrooms no longer grow around by the bagfuls liked they did in the past. We now have a black raspberry patch in our yard since I can't forage them any more. The main apple trees in the neighborhood where I foraged have been cut down. I do forage dandelion greens, violet leaves and plantain from my yard. but other sources seem unavailable.
Thank you Sister's this was a fun video. I might have to buy a book. Just so I can read book and grow a garden tomorrow. Hell I might read a How to hunt and fish in the Midwest. Again Thank you for your time. God Bless.
Because of this post I bought two of Lisa's books. Your conservation reminded me of the times I spent with my grandfather in the woods, where he taught me about fishing, hunting, and many edible plants, especially Tea berries which I smell even now (more than forty years later) as I think about him. Thanks!
I enjoyed this conversation. I learned some things about foraging (which I love to do). In the Yukon we foraged quite a bit. The wilderness was literally out our back door, so even a daily walk out in the bush was a great opportunity to forage for something!
Did you go get your baby yet?
Wow! What an informative conversation! Thank you both.
Are these people you are chatting with the same? Looks like a different person. I'm interested in the grocery vs home growth. Thank you.
How many kids does homesteading family have now? I think 11! What a wonderful blessing
Our favorite thing to forage was Creesey Greens
I've been foraging from my own garden for a solid 2 years now, it's the best way to keep the "weeds" down! Even transplanting the wild into it; I can't wait to see if the plantains come in strongly this year.
Great interview, plus entertaining! So much wisdom! Thanks for sharing! Blessings to all🤗💜🇨🇦
Great program, thank you both.
Hi I am in Australia and would love to get a frezze dryer please but I don’t trust many people can you help me get one please thanks
Great job, although I am a bit chicken to pick things I don’t grow myself.
Lisa rose or Whitney webb?
What an awesome talk! Thank you!
How do you know where you can forage? Private property and state parks don't permit it.
Wonderful video. Loved hearing Lisa talk about foraging. I enjoyed hearing that she is a fellow Michigander. My grandchildren are now in their 20's and when they were little, I took them to the farmer's market where they would talk to the farmers and have discussions about the food they were selling; they had little (both are girls) purses that they would put gathered flowers and petals off the ground and we would take them home and talk about them. I taught them about dandelions and how they were edible. Thanks for bringing those memories to mind.
I wrote my dissertation a few years back on traditional Eco knowledge from Bosnia & Herzegovina. All of the people I interviewed remembered foraging as kids to prepare 'zimnica' which was the collective name for 'winter stock/food'. What made it fun for the children was: 1. Doing it together, children from different families got together and sort of competed in picking 2. Knowing they were contributing to the family and community as a whole. 3. Eating their foraged fruits and berries in jams and pies during the winter. Seeing the results of their efforts and being praised for it 🙂 so amazing!
I just saw your video abbout " cured bacon the old fashion way" and you say that the meat can be kept indefinitely, Isnt the fat in the bacon going to get rancid at some point maybe after quite long time but still ?
I picked huge amount of blackberries in Humbolt redwood state park in central/ northern California with my wife back in 1999 and they where so perfectly mature and good…
Amazing conversation. Thank you both
There's actually going to be a huge issue with crop yields this year and next year. Worldwide. Plus things like rice are being demonized as bad for the environment.