5 Wild Edibles In Your Yard and How To Use Them

Sometimes when I find a patch of garlic mustard that has bolted, I'll pick a hundred or so tops and dice them into an omelet. The long skinny seed pods are quite tasty that way. For lunch today I just had a mizuna, garlic mustard leaf, garlic mustard seed pod, and thai chili pepper omelet over Jasmine rice. Sometimes in the spring, I'll have grocery money set aside and realize I don't really need anything from the store that week. I am so thankful for the mushrooms and wild greens that are all over the place. Inflation doesn't affect the price of wild food. The cost stays the same. Go out. Reach down. Pick it up. Say thank you. Take it home and eat it. Just a side note. I work 45 to 55 hours a week. I take the time to learn the plants. Once I know them, and have learned how to use them, I am able to be an opportunistic forager. I have plastic bags with me because I am always finding something I want to take home and eat! Peace.

I used to always use garlic mustard leaves as pretend food when playing outside- Who knew it was real food, too!

You can eat the roots of garlic mustard as well. Tastes like mild horseradish. Delicious! I have used the stems in soups.

you should have done 6 wild edibles in your yard and how to use them. because dandelions are a wild edible. the roots can be used to make tea or coffee. the leaves can be used for salads. and the white stuff in the stem can be used as a natural wild glue

awww I had tones of these little violet in my grass, thought they were so cute . Now I know I can eat them yeah 😍

About violet flowers: when almost boiling water is poured over about a cup of flowers and allowed to cool, strain the liquid, which makes a great tea, but even better that dark liquid is a pH indicator. Lots of fun with children can be had testing different substances in tiny amounts around the house.

I have a ton of those wild violet plants. I was picking them and making cute little vase bouquets all over my house. That’s crazy that they are also edible!! 🥰

Great stuff😀I'm never mowing my yard again😃🌱

Great info Josh. It's ironic that they call these weeds you need to eradicate with poisons.

Very useful stuff to know. ☘️🌼

Thanks I always love a straight forward messaging video.... I.e. no dogs, kids or 3 minutes of word salad..

Greetings to you Josh and thank you for sharing this informative video upload with us my friend, continued blessings to you there in your garden and a bountiful harvest this year!

So glad that I found this video! So looking forward to watching all your videos!

Thank You, I have just started to learn these things. Very valuable information.

I like the way you shared how to use the plants.

Great information, clear view of the plants so as an amature this will help me to recognize those plants

Awesome video! I didn't know that white clover fixates nitrogen and other nutrients into the soil like beans. I also didn't know what pesto is until you mentioned it here and I goggled it, and i'll be 30 this year hahaha. I've still haven't found a common violet yet either. It's turning into an awesome year already. I'm going foraging tomorrow, thanks for everything, always looking forwards to the next video from you!

Great videos. Really good knowledge and practical tips.

Awesome 👍🍃👩‍🌾 Thank u for sharing

Glad I found your channel! There are three plants in my backyard that I will be nibbling on later today. This is an older video so you might be doing this now : please keep the plant names on the screen for longer (10 seconds? I don’t know). I take screenshots for my plant digital library and also am usually doing other things while I learn on YouTube. I took a glance at your playlist and am really happy to spend the next seasons with you. I am a small city plot permaculturist in Minnesota