Edible Weeds

[QUEENATHAND]

It's something' how the Government doesn't inform us of these things. Going natural no chemicles included :).

[cuntrytrash]

My father who grew up during the great depression once told me that any weed is edible if you put vinegar and pepper on it. However, aside from the poison ones, it's true.

[ahamatmabrahman]

Thank you for posting I would have liked a real close up of each leaf though as I think i have the violets here but I'm not completely sure if that's what they are

[cypresspeter2008]

Where are they? Where is "here?"  Miner's Lettuce grows in the central valley in California.

[mintusdime]

you americans get a lot better weeds than we do all we get are fucking dandelions. Cat-tails aren't too bad though (but i dont find them in my garden)

[ellie3637]

no salad dressing?

[LatinoNinja98]

U can also eat garlic mustard, clover, and cattail roots.

[nemo220901]

@LatinoNinja98 how amazing...NOT

[Maird79]

that salad could have been so much more, maybe a little dressing and a touch of seasoning 

[ahamatmabrahman]

@Maird79 I think the sorrel would serve as a lemon or vinegar substitute and you wouldn't have to add mustard powder/paste but I'll be adding some oil, salt and maybe pepper to mine Thanks for posting

[Maird79]

@ahamatmabrahman i said a little (dressing) = salad dressing of your own choice taste etc, and i said (seasoning) = salt & pepper and whatever else you want to funk it up with

sorrel is nothing like lemon or vinegar. and why would you add dry musterd powder to a salad?

i am a chef and i have knocked that many salads out to the customers over the years trust me my freind i know about larder/starter section work

thanks for posting

[ahamatmabrahman]

@Maird79 Where live sorrel is sour. Whole grain mustard is better than mustard powder I guess in mustard vinaigrette I was thinking of the wild mustard in the salad mix maybe giving a mustard flavor. Then again salad dressings are unlimited. Maybe the people who made the video are just not as spoiled and particular about perfection as chefs like you and I Maybe they just eat to live rather than live to eat

[workwithnature]

It's great to see that nature is the most giving of all. How else did we get this far :)

[appositiongh]

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[louisgjordan2]

watch?v=urW7_s6g8_8 Which of these are edible?

[heavenspaw]

Notice he doesn't take a second bite...

[20125150]

Wow I just checked for myself and got good results and Im gonna pick'em in the morning.

[20125150]

Hey, uhh Im very interested in this subject and I have a question about a mulberry tree in my backyard that's growing and producing berries but they're white and ripe, I have eaten them before and they are very sweet. Is this normal or a defect from chemicals?

[topgunXXXI]

are hemlocks edible?

[DeAnDiStRuCtAbLe]

@topgunXXXI yes you have to eat alot of them to get full tho.. haha NO im kidding! :D

[islandmamma]

You can "chop" your greens with the scissors :D

[sweetnlight37]

man i hope you washed those first!...cats, dogs, people, pollution etc.

[qualqui]

Wow, Weed Salad,...imagine walkin' into some restaurant and askin' the propietor if they have any weeds in their salad bar,...lol....Many thanx for sharin' your knowledge GardenGuy06 and sendin' ya 5 shiny stars! = )

[purespirit9]

Hi qualqui, amazing isn't it...my back yard is spread with many different kinds of weeds so i guess i have a salad yard...lol...just go out any time and muster up some greens eh....lol. :D

[lulubuddy1]

yeah don't eat the flowers of dandelions

bugs hang out there, little frickers

i just cut the flower and roots and wash inside the stalk of the plant

[TrueGreatness73]

so is all the weeds in my back yard edible?? I live in CA.. I have tons of Dandelion and other sharp weeds that I was curious about.. thanks

[420bmxer]

Ive been eating flowers off the dandelions for the last few days

every time i feel more aware, but now im going to start eating the leaves

[tim3jones]

Dandelion are good to eat!!!

[MushuPork13]

pesonaly i think thier too tart!

[ZOOleemah]

The only edible weeds I had known before watching this were Clovers and Stinging Needle.

[aredditor]

Miners lettuce grows in southern California, so it's not just found in the Northwest.

[fox20012]

very nice public speakers, i wish i was a good public speaker

[jameslikebond]

you are:)

[HiWay69s]

I feed the same weeds to my GOAT!!!

[initcirc]

I love eating cooked violet leaves or the leaves in salad. Cooked they are a little okra-esque and as a former Texan I can appreciate that!

[initcirc]

I loved the video!

I never heard of eating Daisy greens. I thought they might be off limits, no? How much experience have you had eating daisy greens?

[Sionadi]

is the dandelion flower edible?

[GardenGuy06]

if it isn't sprayed with anything, yes!

[Sionadi]

cool! thanks alot

[garden333]

@GardenGuy06 my aunt would make very good dandelion wine with the flowers.

[sonucdoubIes]

Yup.

[jdelphin]

@Sionadi

yep every bit of the dandelion is edible even the roots !

[wonderfulJo]

yes it is

[AssholeBlogger]

@Sionadi yep, but it's a bit bitter, unless you blanch it.. I got a video on my channel on dandelion greens and how to cook them

[gasdorf]

dont eat the green one's thier not ripe yet

[mungcray]

dandelion is the only one i'd recognize off the bat. they should of shown popular ones that are edible.

[NWforager]

2months ago i said the same thing, now the only 1 i missed was ox-eyed daisy. when you say popular ones ,what do you mean mungcray?

[intrepidxxx]

Beautiful! Harvesting local plants for food and whatever should be part of a standard education. Thank you for sharing [08!

[guest2424]

I agree, why isn't this standard education requirement in all high schools? For optimum safety, it is best to grow them yourself. Their weeds, so their easy to grow. If not I would think it best to eat them out far away from maintained land and buildings, in a secluded area that you know will not have been sprayed with chemicals or toxic wasted dumped or vehicle exhaust fumes. To get seeds, just harvest anywhere, growing them will contain no poisons or very little, or grow the next set of seeds.

[jntroisi]

@intrepidxxx Agreed. I'm a secondary teacher.

[stargateproductions]

Ty for the vid

[sunshine885]

You might get more hits on this if you spelled it right - edible (not eat-able)

Great video though!

[skanicum]

Nice job guys! Those herbs are tasty! If you are out of food you can live on roots and Herbs (as long as Herb doesn't mind)