Wild edibles in the backyard

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dead nettle, common mallow, violets,broad leaf dock, burr dock, clover and plantain. are all common plants found in the backyards of the eastern woodlands

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hi guys today this is William honors today words in the backyard looking at some plants that on the backyard yeah you don't have to be miles into the woods to learn about wild edibles you know just don't mother yard for a week or two go out back see what you can find don't go away alright guys so let's talk about this one first and what we got here is dead nettle purple dead no socks no cold

I'm sorry also called purple Ark Archangel and it's called that because I believe in Europe it was named that because it blooms over there in the Julian calendar it was March or may sorry May 28th and that was a dark angel Michaels Day in the Julian calendar so that's why it's called that here usually blooms around April 21st through the 28th somewhere around there so a set date it's not like you know you could set your calendar to it oh the purple nettles are getting ready to bloom they bloom whenever they want to anyway this is in the mint family it is a loony CA it's got a square stem almost like cleavers but obviously doesn't have the the barbs that basically the stickers that that uh cleavers has you could you know identify this from the way the leaves droop you know it like I said it is in a mint family so it has those kind of wooly hairy leaves that some of the leaves in the mint family house we're going to pick this one get it really close into the camera or better ID let that zoom in hopefully you guys can see that really square stem there you get that pull this whole plant is edible you see those flowers there you know and this is one of those things where you know somebody's like oh god I have these all over my backyard I've had them I've seen these things for 30 years yeah you know you just walk over these things until you know what they are and then you're going to see them everywhere maybe drives 65 miles an hour on the freeway Hey look there's dead middle a dead nettle is really high in iron and vitamin C and other vitamins as well that was just a - that stick in my mind you'd have to research the rest on your iron the whole plant is edible that being said the whole plant does not taste very well all right like I said this isn't a mint family and it is edible the entire plant is edible leaves flower stems everything is edible the taste of this I mean in my opinion it's really strong grassy I really don't like the taste of it it is okay if you boil it this about two tablespoons of leaves boiling water poured over those two tablespoons don't go very far from a bathroom because this is a pretty strong laxative so just keep that in mind um you know this was used to cleanse the kidneys and things like that if you read anything from Culpepper who was a 17th century writer they used to use this for hemorrhaging especially in women but you know I don't really think that there's any true scientific background to that but that's neither here nor there I mean that's just from my research but if you bruise these leaves and you put them on like a cut or scrape it's going to staunch the

and it's going to help with the healing process so that's good to remember that's dead nettle alright guys what you're looking at obviously I just turned the camera about two inches because right there is common now though and I use this plant for a lot of different things but the leaves are very mutagenic actually is pretty good for putting in like a bearing block in a bow drill set you know getting that greased up so the friction in the in that sockets not very much these are edible they taste alright they're not bad the real prize is for what this plant is actually nickname for a lot of you may know this is cheese's some people call that cheese's the reason why it's called cheese's is because the seeds and the pods come up they look like little cheese rounds and the wheels of cheese and when I was a kid and I seen those man I was in the garden and you know in the field all day long picking them things they're like it's almost like a nut if you could say it's real crunchy it's really really really good has almost like a sesame seat or not sesame seed a sunflower seed taste to it I guess you could call it if you're going to describe it text your aunt taste it's really really good so definitely check that out all right so we're still in the same general location right over here is the dead metal and the mallow the weird is filming now we have to move very far don't need to move very far because right here we have the violent alright guys so yeah like I said this is violet and you know my grandmother used to always look for these to come up and she would pick these flowers next yeah they almost look like how jewelweed hangs in my opinion

I don't know I have to research it I don't think the relative it'll but uh you can always tell these from the five petals and see if I can't get a close-up on that really try to get close-ups on all these identifying key identifiers of these plants but the fifth petal it's always going to have that even oh man won't focus come on damn you there you go

step fifth bottom petal but the way it sits what hangs off of its own stem is really key but these flowers and stems are really really good really edible think I'm making a little trauma the violet stems get you on camera here all right so I gave Megan on stem from a violets her first time trying one go check it out yeah I always remember seeing my grandma going through the yard picking violets and those wonderful little springtime springtime treats not bad

sort of got like a yeah sweet sour almost not as bad as what's a little which was a little bit more pungent a little bit more powerful yeah pretty good all right all right guys so the violet leaves like I said leaves stems and the flowers are all edible I know the the leaves have been steeped I've read some things saying that they were steeped all night sometimes and then that was a kind of a tonic for relieving throat cancer you know the pains of throat cancer I know it's been used for skin and walsh's but uh you know I'm sure you guys have seen like candied violets and things like that before you know these this is one of the plants it doesn't last very long it's not up for very long the leaves are up a little bit longer but the flower petals and the stems they're not around for very long so you know it's one of those things where you can take advantage of it when you they're pretty good wild edible to eat make teas out of things like that all right here's a pretty good opportunity to show you guys something that's really common is two different species that are right next to each other and you know I get people with this all the time to your right of your screen is broadleaf doc to the left your screen is burdock and I'm not even going to begin to tell you the medicinal values of both these plants there's just there's so much I really want you guys to look this up on yourself good and google this get a book something especially burdock root you know there's just so much that can be done with this plant you really need to research this yourself broadleaf doc the one that's on the right here it's also called butter doc settlers and the American pioneer times used to wrap butter in this to hopefully give it a longer shelf life there's I could go on and on and on for days about doc you know spatter doc yellow dot curly doc broadleaf doc but you know burdock I mean there's so much and so many of them I'm going to do one video of nothing but burdock and broadleaf doc and that's coming up really really really soon and I'm just going to fill up the whole video of nothing but the medicinal and edible practices and uses for these two plants all right guys so we're still in the same general location I have done all the things that I have done is went about 180 degrees in and a half a circle that's the only thing that I've done for all the plants that you've seen on camera right now and right here is red clover and obviously red clover and white clover both of them are going to have these little V's the white V's in them red clover is the one that is way bigger you know from anywhere from the size of your thumb to even up white clover and I'm sure I got some around here

yeah that's right behind me white clover is way way way smaller and we're going to be showing that yet here in a little bit but this red clover it is I believe that's April what is it thirtieth today's date April 30th you okay so this hasn't bloomed up hasn't come up yet but you know everybody knows red clover comes up it's got the purple heads on it those purple heads are really really sweet really really good eat right off the vine the leaves are kind of not that great it helps if you boil them and then change the water boil it again you know kind of a if you really play had to eat it I guess tinctures can be made of the flowers and leaves and again that same thing with the burdock I'm going to do a video on nothing but that we're actually to make a red clover tincture this year so stay tuned for that video alright guys well this is a plant I'll go actually this is a broadleaf plantain and one of the real easy ways to identify this plant if I can get that in the camera is you see the stem it's got that almost like canoe shape to it and what that does now this sits in a rosette and the water has two leaves and though that canoe just really channels the water straight into the root and you know obviously the veins on the back even with narrow leaf plantain same thing most plantain species that's a really key identifier to that as well you know this plant is really really important to know because it can relieve the itching stinging from poison ivy it can actually prevent poison ivy it and you know it has worked on me that's all I can say I've had I've had people say that it doesn't work on them I am allergic to poison ivy and I've been through poison ivy before and I've been able to find jewelweed but plantains everywhere I mean they call it white man's foot for a reason everywhere you step it's there so I've rubbed plantain and instead of stringent on where I believe I've been exposed to poison ivy before and I haven't gotten poison ivy before and I am highly allergic to stuff uh-huh see the plantain especially broadly plantain grows a rather probably like a six to eight inch long seed pod you know and it's one of those things again these are all over your front and back yard you'll know when you see it and you'll know the seed pod when you see it those seeds can be crushed up and thrown into low levels of water to use as it has juggling in it so you can be used as a fish shock to collect fish which it doesn't hurt you so just basically removes the oxygen from the water broadly plantain has incredible drawing powers and it's really known especially for those drawing powers this can be chewed up or pulverized in some way and put on beestings splinters anything that you want to draw to the surface of the skin you know let it be a bee sting venom the toxins from that I've even heard cases of people putting them on copperhead bites here in the Eastern woodlands obviously if you are a bit by any kind of a poisonous snake get to a hospital don't go grab them plantain and thinking you're really okay obviously I know you guys aren't stupid but I just have to put that disclaimer out there plantain absolutely can be eaten raw in my opinion it has like an earthy mushrooming taste to it it's not really that bad I find it rather pleasant early in spring it's better later in the summer the the plant takes on more of this astringent properties as a defense to the bugs that are attacking it so then it has more of an astringent dry your mouth out taste but right now especially it's rather it's pretty decent uh the smaller leaves is what I would especially that bad boy right there that's good go and uh you know that would be alright I think meg is in the background picking bunny food some are broadly talk what you got there broadly stock a lion plantain and when it's a clover happy bunnies happy bunnies oh yeah here at the Myers ranch the bunnies are very sad and happy until the day they are not happy anymore alright alright well there's plant chain let's kind of do a little bit of walk I'm not going to show you guys dandelions I'm sorry but everybody knows what Daniel Owens are dope making got one in there magus Megan's going to show Daniel on she don't care ok so right on top of the bunnies I have some great barn and if I pull back here actually it's funny that right there that is wrapped up in that grapevine right there that is a dead pokeweed berry colony but we look in the background here we can see all kinds of little grape starting this sad truth this is that one we won't get any of these grapes the birds attack all of these and you know I'm not going to put a net over me like that that's what the birds have it alright guys so this is the only marshmallows like I said this has been pretty book a quick video showing you guys some of the plants that are just in my backyard you know I get a lot of questions of what are the best places for me to go out to identify certain plants and nine times out of 10 I say we'll walk out your back door near these plants are just as well in the woods and in the edges of fields and entry lines as they are in your back yard

the edge of your garage right your fence line or in the new looking yard well what have you you know these plants are out there for you to identify and use you know we don't know our lawn in certain areas

because we use a lot of medicinals out here we use the violin music jock used burdock broadleaf dogs so that's LeMond for a second chicory grows in my backyard goldenrod I mean there's so many things that grows right in my backyard was that clovers connor-san cloggers clovers clovers you know obviously we feed our rabbits clovers on the docks the plantains make the dead metals and things like that we don't feed them too much of the mint family will initiate it's not great form every now and then it's okay but again like I said this is been William Myers Mass outdoors I hope you enjoyed the video and if you did click Subscribe it helps me out a lot like in my video also helps me out a lot appreciate all reviews comments and support and hopefully we'll see you out in the woods hi how you guys doing this William Myers from Mass outdoors today we're background looking at some well background finches in the background hi egg I got down I died daughter does what I - hey guys there today

mm-hmm this is the Australian Leah miles how you guys doing today this is William Irish mass outdoors and say we're just in the backyard and I can't talk a steered I could all talk get it mmm 3 2 1 seriously are you kidding me how about you do alright guys here's a plan taco actually this is broadleaf dark prolly talk this is ha hey let's do that again good job plant do green this one doing that qu plantain is a really good plant to know as kind of a mushroom and he brush good a little 3 2 1