11 Desert Plants For Survival, Bushcraft & Primitive Skills- (Desert Bushcraft)

On this adventure, I discuss 11 desert plants that have many bushcraft and survival uses, from food like cactus fruit and mesquite cakes, to primitive shelters, medicine and more.
including prickly pear cactus, ocotillo, buffalo gourd, yucca, creosote, agave, wolf berry, cattails, mesquite, tasajillo cactus and Texas madrone berries

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Survival, Self-Reliance, Bushcraft, Camping, Making Fire, James Harris. Original music by Cuervo Negro. Junkyard Fox

[JunkyardFox]

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[willownation]

I'm new to new Mexico, I'm really glad I never cleared off my land and decided to keep 100% of the plants on it.

[viva_am]

Earth provides everything we humans need. Protect the lands and live with it.

[LordHolley]

Native Arizonan here. It's great to see a channel that focuses on desert survival, I'm really enjoying the content.

[suj]

Outstanding video! Too often content creators can produce content, which is not thoroughly researched. As a scientist, I love how you implement science into the videos. Lastly, having growing up in New Mexico, a lot of these plants are very familiar to me, I love botany, and this video adds so much information to the things that were common around me growing up, which I never knew about so thank you!!

[lnds]

I am a native American your comments you presented on plants was very good enjoy very much

[jmora]

Thank you for showing this video. My great-uncle used the pear cactus to feed his cattle. My great uncle and my grandpa's brother were taught by their old traditional indigenous Mexican dad how to survive in the deserts of Mexico. I remembered him burning cactus and feeding his cattle with the edible cactus. I remember and since my dad retired in Mexico the weather is not raining in the middle parts of the farmland in the desert of Mexico.I told my dad and grandfather that they. Could feed the cattle using the cactus you showed by burning off the spines. And I saved my grandpa's cattle by telling my dad to use cactus to feed the cattle. Good thing my indigenous family passed down the traditional knowledge to me.

[bensabelhaus]

I became addicted to nopales after getting some tacos in Mission Beach. My local grocery store carries both pads and fruits when in season. Pads are year round and buy them almost weekly for tacos and feeding my bearded dragon. I've even grown them from seed sources from the fruits up here in Seattle. I normally don't like most vegetables, but I eat nopales regularly.

[WARRIOR.QUEEN.]

I LOVE THE DESERT... ESPECIALLY THE SMELLS & THE

[carlajowebb]

My favorite pillow as a child was one my great-grandma and stuffed with the soft fluff from cat-tails on her pond.

[natoflores]

Correct way to peal a tuna
1. Cut both ends off
2. Slice the peel lengthwise down to the fruit
3. Unroll the peel off
4. Eat the fruit

[JudithMongtomery]

Buffalo gourds dried can be used to create interesting Christmas ornaments.

[Paparoxx]

As an old, retired radio and TV man, I would like to say to you. Your program is very well done. I enjoyed every minute of it. And a lot of great information. Thanks carry on.🤙🏼🧙🏻‍♂️

[howitstartsmm]

First time viewer here.
Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge.
I've lived in the Sonoran Desert for over 50 years and have truly come to love this area.
Years ago I was in the military and trained in survival. Noted was that when considering protein per acre the Sonoran Desert is number 1.
I also really enjoy watching the desert blanketed in flowers every 5-6 years or when awhile back when all the Century plants bloomed.
I also love how boiling cactus pads down then using the slime as a water proofing when added to clay for a mortar and applied to the exterior like in the Spanish missions.
Anyway I could go on and on.
Again thank you.
I can picture you 80 years old still roaming the deserts teaching the next generation.
The world desperately needs men like you.

[BanduTheGreat]

Creosote is also a powerful diuretic. You use it to treat uti's. In addition to that, many people use it as a foot soak to get rid of foot odor.

[AXNJXN]

Having lived in the AZ territory most of my Military career being stateside, it's videos and survival videos like these that are ABSOLUTELY worth their gold in what you are sharing! The information is HIGHLY useful and extremely appreciative for basic survivability and as a prior Military individual, I appreciate you sharing this from a tactical standpoint. It's what the early peoples of this territory learned over thousands of years ago and you present it in a positive and educational form. Job well done!! Became a Subscriber and will be reviewing your other videos too. Thank you!

[NicksHEAT]

James this was back to form. What an excellent and informative video like the ones you always used to do years back when I became a huge fan. Please keep these coming and also the overnight survival ones as well.

[brittongolfwang]

Fort Stockton/Alpine native here. Thanks for the information, ill keep this stuff in mind when I'm out in the boonies. Such a rich and beautiful place.

[inezwatson]

It's good to see someone teaching about the wild edibles, especially of the Texas area.. thank you for this great info..

[samurguybriyongtan]

In Southern California there are still many pits up in the hills used for roasting many Agave hearts that the native folks used. The dried stalks of some larger Agave and Century plants were hollowed out and stopped up and could be used as a container, especially a simple quiver.