Foraging for Fiddleheads~Ostrich Fern (How to Find, Identify & Harvest them sustainably!)

Come along with me as I harvest wild fiddleheads from the ostrich fern! I will show you when and where to locate them and how to properly identify these wild edibles! Also included in the video, harvesting & safety tips as well as how to prepare them to eat!

Time Stamps:

00:00 Introduction
01:09 Safety Tips
01:50 Tools Needed
02:46 Where to find them
03:23 When to find them
03:44 About the Ostrich Fern
05:36 Identifying Features
06:37 Sustainable Harvest
07:43 Warnings
08:11 How to Harvest
10:46 How to Clean & Prepare
12:06 End

[xo]

Thank you for this video! I recently had to move into a campground, I noticed abundant fiddleheads around (though they're a bit different. These are hairy, no brown paper and the stems are round, unlike a celery) so I think my new hobby will be foraging and learning about wild edible plants. This is the first video I watched about it. So thanks!

[billtodoschuk]

Very informative! Thank you for the time spent to create this video. Your focus on sustainability was certainly a bonus. Many people choose to ignore this. Thank you!

[patrickwolf]

Hi from WI, USA Alana, and new to your site. What great information, and your words on harvesting sustainably and utilizing our harvest are so true! I am now one of your ardent followers, thanks to your great content!

[kelvingravel]

Hi Alana excellent video again, when you are explaining things it's like listening to a natural program, it's fascinating to watch and very interesting, looks like the weather with you is warming up, you will soon be in the garden, the weather in the UK has been very warm, so everything in the garden looks amazing, hope you all are in good health take care and stay safe 👍 😊.

[elizabethargue]

Excellent .Thank you. Very clear precise video. Look forward to more

[RemsFamily]

Great video! We are still a week or two away from fiddle heads here. I love them so much I can't wait to go!

[kathi]

This piqued my curiosity. What do fiddleheads taste like? I did some research and the do grow in northern Italy along waterways in shaded areas. Unfortunately, I live in central Italy where we do have ferns, but of a different variety. It's probably too hot here in this area for ostrich ferns. Thanks for the video, though, it was interesting!

[MadRiverReggie]

Bigfoot in the background at 2:23??? 🙂 thanks for the informative vid,

[billyshumate]

Good evening alana. Nice video. Instead of waders or boots just take your shoes off and roll your pant legs up and go for it 😂🤣. Take care and have a blessed day and I'll see you on your next video.

[momsmushroomsjodyfoster]

I'm wondering about drying them for preservation? Either in a regular dehydrator or freeze drying? What are your thoughts concerning this

[brotheralec]

Is there a way to collect seed from fiddleheads?