36 Wild Edibles & Medicinal Plants In 15 Minutes

In this video we go through thirty six wild edibles and medicinal plants in fifteen minutes. There a lot of different plants to learn and you never know what wild edibles or medicinal plants will be around the corner. Plants like Garlic Mustard, Chickweed, Boneset, Trilliums, Violets, Black Eyed Susan, Wild Carrot, and many more can be found easily. We will cover some of the uses of the edible plants and medicinal plants as well a talk a bit about their habitat and what they look like. Sometimes there are areas where the are plants that are both edible and medicinal so it's important to learn as many as you can so you don't pass anything up while foraging in the wild.

Plants like the large Trillium are uncommon and should generally be left alone, where as plants like the Black Eyed Susan are regularly found in gardens and parks. The uses of these plants an range from inflammation, pain, poison ivy, salads, teas, cooked greens and more. In a place you might find wild edibles like the violet you might also find the stinging nettle or wood nettle. Then some spice bush twigs could be gathered for tea. The diversity of wild edibles and medicinal plants is truly show in this fifteen minute video.

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[TrilliumWildEdibles]

This video contains a mistake on wild lettuce. IT DOES NOT CONTAIN OPIATES. This mistake was made by my using outdated information, and has been corrected in newer videos talking about this plant. I sincerely apologize for any confusion this may have caused.

[dbrant]

Please go into more detail on one plant at a time so we know how to use it and how to identify it

[MrIB]

As a fellow forager I enjoyed your video, especially how you show people how densely everything grows together. There's a garden beneath our feet, we just need to stop mowing it.

[divinehammer]

Don' forget to warn people about dangerous lookalikes! Like Poisonous Hemlock! Sometimes mistaken for wild carrot or yarrow.

[joshuarankin]

Thanks for the info! This is the kind stuff the educational system should focus on! Teach kids about the real world around them!

[stevepenney]

Ive been harvesting and studying wild plants for 50 years.This is absolutely excellent quick study vid on various wild plants.

[machapuis]

Be careful with wild carrots, they can look very similar to poison hemlock to the untrained eyes.

[relicreapers]

Nature is incredible isn't it? This is awesome

[garland]

Indiana seems to be one of the most prolific areas for wild plants for food and medicine. I am sure there are many of them here in New England that I have not had a chance to encounter. Thank you for this quick overview of the wonderful plants the Lord has created for our use.

[metrikal]

A note about jewelweed, this plant really shines as a treatment for nettle stings and in my area they grow in the same habitat.
My story, I got a pretty good nettle sting by accidentally grabbing one. It was hurting pretty bad, ruining my day, and I remembered about jewelweed. I only had to look for 5 mins and I found some plants. What you want is the juice, so I took a handful of leaves and rolled them between my hands, really beating it up. Once it started to feel wet from the juice, I put it on the nettle sting. I did not expect this to work as well as it did, almost immediately I felt the pain subsiding. I kept working the leaves, rolling them, and tearing at them, getting more juice and applying it, and unbelievably it nearly cured my sting, afterwards, all that was left of the pain was a slight tenderness to the skin, almost nothing.
I don't think I'd use it for poison ivy, since that's an oil, best thing is dawn dish soap, maybe after that it might help. But it works like magic on a nettle sting

[controlfoodcontrolthepeopl]

Thanks to you Josh your contagious excitement has me collecting wild edibles again

[MyBabyReads]

This is amazing! Thanks for covering everything in a broad sweep, informative and interesting, leaving plenty of information for researching more on each item on our own. THANK YOU AGAIN! Excellent vid.

[birddog]

So many of these plants were eaten or used by me and my Family when I was a kid. I didn't remember all of them but you have been a big help. I used to love helping my mother pick wild greens In the early spring. I Always love the flavor of the tasty Greens cooked with a little butter and salt.

[boostmobile]

Thank you SO MUCH! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🥰🥰🥰🥰. MORE MORE MORE. PLEASE MORE VIDEOS!!!!

[damageincorporatedmetalv]

I was @ my friend's house, he had Elderberries growing in his backyard. I asked him if they knew what they were, I told him they were a medicinal plant... He thought it wasn't in his interest he was going to mow it down! Thanks to him just listening my friend now has a new way to look @ the way his Father looked @ the Land.

[richmikesell]

So much to learn! So little time! Thanks for the great instructional videos!!!

[peggyhall]

Thanks. I know some planys from growing up, so much to still grasp.

[redfernfarm]

Very good enthusiasm, but it would have been better to spend more time with the plants. It's not helpful to folks to point at a plant and say it is edible without explaining what part is good to eat or cautions on the time of year to harvest. For example you gave no warnings about the toxins in Jack-in-the-Pulpit. I'm glad you enjoy the wild edibles and that you are spreading the fun we can all have with them. It is important that we all provide accurate information. - Kathy D.

[pinedock]

Very useful information. Thank you very much for this video. :)

[guloguloguy]

Raspberry, Blackberry, Strawberry, or Rose, Leaves make EXCELLENT Tea!