How to Identify Turkey Tail Mushrooms ( and distinguish from false lookalikes ) Feral Foraging 2026-09-20 | How to Identify Turkey Tail Mushrooms ( and distinguish from false lookalikes )
Where I have been Feral Foraging 2025-08-20 | Download my foraging app! (Link in my bio)#foraging #wildfood
Why I Quit Making Videos Feral Foraging 2025-08-19 | My Foraging App: gatherapp.co (Try free for 2 weeks)If you are a video editor and you know anything about plants, please reach out! - jesse@feralforaging.comIn this video, I open up about the events that led to me stepping away from YouTube for so long, the project that I couldn't pass up, and the future of this channel. (This isn't my last video, I promise!)Timestamps:0:00 - Why I left2:05 - Part 1, Money10:48 - Part 2, The Project25:27 - Part 3, The Future30:19 - App Demo34:10 - If you are an editor please watch!#foraging #wildfood
Its Time to Rediscover Americas Wild Fairy Potatoes Feral Foraging 2025-04-08 | 📆 Never miss Fairy Potato season with my Foraging Calendar! 👇feralforaging.com/calendar🌿 Get the full Fairy Potato foraging guide 👇feralforaging.com/spring-beauty-guide👥 Join my foraging community server to submit your fairy potato photos! (and get ID help) 👇discord.gg/Cy4fuw4cq9Timestamps:- 00:00 - Discovering America’s Wild “Fairy Potatoes”- 01:23 - What is Fairy Potato?- 02:31 - Identification- 03:17 - Lookalikes- 04:22 - Finding Fairy Potato in the Wild- 05:11 - Why America Doesn’t Have More Fairy Potato- 06:44 - Seasonal Timing- 07:41 - Taxonomy- 08:27 - Gathering the Greens- 09:05 - Gathering the Tubers- 10:48 - Transplanting and Propagating- 11:46 - The Fairy Potato “Battery”- 12:46 - Cooking the Greens- 13:51 - Cooking the Tubers- 17:21 - How to Find the Largest Tubers- 19:49 - Why More People Should Forage Fairy Potato#foraging #fairypotato #claytonia
Why Americas Native Wild Plums Are All Dying Feral Foraging 2025-03-13 | America's wild plums populations have been steeply declining over the past 200 years. In this video, I'll show you why and more importantly, how YOU can take part in helping them recover!📆 Never miss wild plums flowering and fruiting with my Interactive Forager’s Calendar! 👇feralforaging.com/calendar📝 Don’t forget to download your free wild plum foraging guide! 👇feralforaging.com/wild-plum-guide🌿 Seasonal updates, guides, and more through my free newsletter, “The Forager’s Digest” 👇feralforaging.com/joinHuge thanks to Kyle from @NativeHabitatProject for helping out with this video. He's one of the best educators of native habitats out there. Be sure to check him out!Timestamps:- 00:00 - America’s native wild plums are dying- 01:24 - William Bartram’s account of wild plums from 1791- 02:55 - The biology and ecology of wild plums- 04:27 - Fire ecology in North America- 05:46 - Ecological benefits of wild plums- 06:34 - Explosion of invasive species- 09:44 - The problem with modern “environmentalism”- 12:36 - How to help wild plums- 13:18 - How to find wild plums the easy way- 14:38 - Identify wild plums in the spring- 16:22 - Wild plum habitat restoration with Kyle Lybarger- 20:31 - The easiest way to help wild plums- 22:39 - Wild plum’s pesky lookalikes#foraging #wildplums #nativeplants
The truth about Americas most invasive plant Feral Foraging 2025-02-19 | Learn how to find and forage kudzu (Pueraria montana), widely regarded as America’s most invasive plant, in order to extract the starch from the roots, one of the highest quality cooking starches in the world!📆 Never miss any kudzu season with Gather, my foraging app! 👇gatherapp.co📝 Get the printable kudzu foraging guide here! 👇feralforaging.com/kudzu-foraging-guide🍎 Kudzu processing tools - kit.co/feralforaging/wild-food-processingTimestamps:- 00:00 - America’s most invasive plant!- 02:13 - Identifying kudzu (Pueraria montana)- 04:21 - How to find kudzu (for starchy roots)- 06:50 - Precise calendar timing- 07:03 - Tricks for finding kudzu root crowns- 10:07 - How to dig kudzu roots- 13:01 - Cleaning kudzu roots- 14:38 - Processing the starch- 25:08 - Cooking with kudzu starch- 27:54 - What’s coming up!- 28:17 - Dangerous lookalike (don’t skip!)Medical Disclaimer:The information on this channel is for educational and information purposes only. None of the information on this channel is medical advice, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, or cure anything. You are responsible for anything you do related to foraging or the subjects of any of my videos.#foraging #kudzu #wildfood
Why cavemen ate these strange berries (and you should too) Feral Foraging 2025-01-10 | Learn how to find and forage Hackberry (Celtis occidentalis/laevigata) using NEW harvesting methods that I developed to make this incredible wild food accessible to more people!📆 Never miss hackberry season! (& dozens of wild food species) 👇feralforaging.com/calendar📝 Get my printable Hackberry foraging guideferalforaging.com/get-hackberry-guide📦 Foraging filters in the videogeni.us/ylNTHackberry energy bar recipe -Ingredients:- 1 cup of hackberries- 1/2 cup of hickory nuts (or pecans)- Maple syrup or honey (optional)- Chocolate chips (optional)Instructions1. Roast your hackberries until they are completely dry and brittle on the outside (3-4) hours, use a dehydrator or an oven on low2. Blend the hackberries until they are a fine powder, optionally filter the powder through at least a 1/40th inch mesh for an extra fine product3. Blend the hickory nuts until smooth overall4. Mix the hickory nuts and hackberry powder together5. Optionally add maple syrup or honey to get everything to stick together better6. Form the material into a ball or your preferred shape7. Optionally, melt chocolate chips to dip the hackberry bars for an extra decadent finishTimestamps:- 00:00 - Evidence of early human fruit consumption- 00:31 - Why you should eat hackberries too!- 02:09 - Agenda- 02:41 - What is hackberry?- 03:53 - Identification- 05:17 - Lookalikes- 05:51 - Where to find hackberry- 07:17 - Gathering efficiently (my favorite part)- 10:36 - Process and clean (also my favorite part)- 11:48 - Cleaning the berries- 12:29 - Storing- 13:32 - Hackberry “milk”- 15:25 - Hackberry energy bars (my favorite)- 17:44 - How to get the last ingredient for the barsArchaeology references:linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0305440314004233linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0047248499903834scientificamerican.com/article/peking-manNutrition references:ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5217915Disclaimer:The information on this channel is for educational and information purposes only. None of the information on this channel is medical advice, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, or cure anything. You are responsible for anything you do related to foraging or the subjects of any of our videos.#foraging #hackberry #survival
Wild persimmon from start to finish Feral Foraging 2024-12-02 | Foraging and processing American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana)#foraging #persimmon #asmr
Why Native Americans made this wild drink (and you should too) Feral Foraging 2024-11-29 | In this video, we’ll learn how to make Hickory Milk, a delicious and nutritious traditional drink that humans have been making for thousands of years!📆 Never miss hickory foraging season with this! 👇feralforaging.com/calendar📝 Get all the essential notes from this videoferalforaging.com/hickory-milk-guideThe best powerful blender for hickory milkgeni.us/8ck40rHere is the stainless steel blending container (don’t skip this!)geni.us/BeHsqHere are the nut milk bags that I use in the videogeni.us/m30LSam's book on hickories (I highly recommend!)geni.us/ClYjTimestamps:- 00:00 - What is hickory milk?- 01:44 - What is a hickory?- 02:46 - Where to find hickory nuts- 03:50 - Understanding different species- 04:26 - Hickory milk species 1- 05:29 - Hickory milk species 2- 07:11 - Hickory milk species 3- 07:35 - Don’t use this common species- 08:46 - Common hickory nut lookalikes- 09:46 - When to find hickory nuts- 10:05 - The biggest pitfall- 12:00 - Float testing nuts- 13:34 - Cracking- 16:21 - Crushing- 18:24 - Sifting and preserving- 21:38 - Brewing- 24:27 - Filtering for a smooth finish- 26:34 - More wild food species#foraging #hickory #carya
5 TOP WILD Foods to Forage to Keep You From STARVING! Feral Foraging 2024-11-02 | 📆 Never miss the vital wild food species in this video with my Interactive Forager's Calendar! 👇feralforaging.com/calendar📝 Get your FULL guide with all the important details for the species in the video 👇feralforaging.com/dont-starve-guide👇 If you've been on the fence about getting a good blender, now is the time! The one I recommend below will work for both acorn and hickory nut blending.geni.us/8ck40r👇 And don't forget the stainless steel container to go with it!geni.us/BeHsq👇 Get your Grandpa's Goody Getter Nutcracker $10 off with code "feral24" (made in America! 🇺🇸)grandpasgoodygetter.com/products/black-walnut-nut-cracker🍎 Wild food processing tools I use - kit.co/feralforaging/wild-food-processing📚 Top foraging books I recommend - kit.co/feralforaging/best-foraging-booksTimestamps:- 00:00 - What is a staple wild food?- 01:12 - Staple wild food #1- 06:14 - Staple wild food #2- 10:02 - Is wild food worth it?- 11:36 - Staple wild food #3- 14:02 - Staple wild food #4- 19:16 - Why I made this video- 20:27 - Staple wild food #4- 24:54 - Bonus staple wild food #6Medical Disclaimer:The information on this channel is for educational and information purposes only. None of the information on this channel is medical advice, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, or cure anything. You are responsible for anything you do related to foraging or the subjects of any of our videos.#foraging #wildfood #survival
How to gather and clean THOUSANDS of black walnuts, fast and easy Feral Foraging 2024-10-17 | 📅 Never miss black walnut season with Gather, my foraging app! 👇gatherapp.co📝 Get your ridiculously detailed workflow guide here!feralforaging.com/black-walnut-guide🔨Get my recommended black walnut nut cracker here! (use code “feral24” for $10 off!)grandpasgoodygetter.com/products/black-walnut-nut-cracker📦 Check out Hammons if you want delicious wild black walnuts shipped straight to your door! (With my code “feral” for 10% off your order 😄)hammonspantry.com/collections/wild-black-walnuts/products/fancy-large-wild-black-walnuts⚒️ All the products mentioned in this video can be found below.kit.co/feralforaging/black-walnut-gathering-and-cleaning-gear👥 Join my foraging community group for ID help and good foraging discussion!discord.gg/Cy4fuw4cq9📚 Foraging books I recommend - kit.co/feralforaging/best-foraging-booksTimestamps:- 00:00 - Why you should gather black walnut- 00:59 - Black walnut lookalikes- 01:32 - What is black walnut?- 02:22 - Where to find black walnut- 03:10 - When are black walnuts ready?- 03:47 - Testing nuts (don’t skip this!)- 05:01 - How to efficiently gather black walnuts- 05:57 - What to do after you’ve gathered them- 06:27 - What should the hulls look like?- 07:12 - The fastest way to hull (without power tools)- 09:33 - Cleaning (without power tools)- 09:54 - The FASTEST way to hull and clean- 13:46 - Uses for the black walnut hulls- 15:02 - Black walnut BONUS method- 15:47 - How to cure black walnuts- 17:51 - Next steps!Medical Disclaimer:The information on this channel is for educational and information purposes only. None of the information on this channel is medical advice, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, or cure anything. You are responsible for anything you do related to foraging or the subjects of any of our videos.#blackwalnut #foraging #wildfood
I ate a mouthful of black nightshade, heres what happened to my body... Feral Foraging 2024-10-11 | 📅 Never miss black nightshade season with Gather, my foraging app! 👇gatherapp.co🌸 Learn how to recognize the nightshade family and 9 other vital families for foragers! 👇youtube.com/live/6yesaVeDj0g🎥 Full UNCUT version of me eating the black nightshade berries from the beginning 👇patreon.com/posts/uncut-eating-of-113824037Check out Sam’s book “Nature’s Garden” and others I recommend here 👇kit.co/feralforaging/best-foraging-booksStudy on Solanum nigrum nutrition - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6394153Timestamps:- 00:00 - Eating black nightshade- 00:32 - The aftermath- 01:04 - Black nightshade is not deadly nightshade- 01:36 - Why you should know black nightshade- 02:08 - The myth of black nightshade toxicity- 04:43 - What exactly is black nightshade?- 06:21 - Identification- 07:49 - The nightshade family- 09:15 - Gathering and eating black nightshade- 10:38 - Understanding fruit ripeness- 11:20 - Black nightshade season- 11:56 - How to test ripeness- 12:42 - Lookalikes- 14:43 - Another misunderstood plant- 15:09 - Fun outro🌿 Join "The Forager's Digest," my biweekly newsletter for wild food knowledge, seasonal tips, and more!feralforaging.com/join👥 Join my foraging discord group for ID help and good foraging discussion! - discord.gg/Cy4fuw4cq9🍎 Wild food processing tools I use - kit.co/feralforaging/wild-food-processingMedical Disclaimer:The information on this channel is for educational and information purposes only. None of the information on this channel is medical advice, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, or cure anything. You are responsible for anything you do related to foraging or the subjects of any of our videos.#foraging #blacknightshade #solanum
Wild elderberry from start to finish #asmr Feral Foraging 2024-10-02 | This is the fastest way to de-stem wild elderberry.#elderberry #foraging #sambucus
Wild rice from start to finish with @samuelthayer378 #asmr Feral Foraging 2024-10-01 | #wildrice #foraging #zizania
Can I eat these berries that look like Easter eggs? 🐣 Feral Foraging 2024-09-11 | #peppervine #ampelopsis #foraging
Can I ate these strange purple berries? 💜 Feral Foraging 2024-09-05 | #foraging #beautyberry #callicarpaamericana
Can I eat this wild tropical fruit? 🥭 w/ @WildFed Feral Foraging 2024-08-27 | #pawpaw #foraging #asimina
Can I eat these strange plant lanterns? 🏮 Feral Foraging 2024-08-26 | #groundcherry #physalis #foraging
The Incredible Uses of Americas Wild Passionflowers Feral Foraging 2024-08-08 | Learn how to find, forage, and use Purple Passionflower (Passiflora incarnata).📆 Never miss passionflower season with my Interactive Forager's Calendar! 👇feralforaging.com/calendar🙏 Look out for a passionflower seed drop in the future! 👇patreon.com/feralforaging💜 Purple Passionflower products I recommend - kit.co/feralforaging/recommended-passionflower-products🌿 Join "The Forager's Digest," my biweekly newsletter for wild food knowledge, seasonal tips, and more!feralforaging.com/join👥 Join my foraging discord group for ID help and good foraging discussion! - discord.gg/Cy4fuw4cq9🍎 Wild food processing tools I use - kit.co/feralforaging/wild-food-processing📚 Foraging books I recommend - kit.co/feralforaging/best-foraging-books📝 Field guides I use - kit.co/feralforaging/my-favorite-field-guidesTimestamps:- 00:00 - Introducing Purple Passionflower- 00:52 - Historical uses of passionflower- 01:47 - The chemistry of passionflower- 02:31 - Modern clinical studies- 03:18 - What is passionflower? (Passiflora)- 04:25 - How to eat passionflower vines- 06:12 - Gathering passionflower vines- 06:50 - Native ecology of purple passionflower- 07:23 - Medicinal preparation of passionflower- 08:54 - My personal experience taking passionflower- 09:37 - Safety and dosing of passionflower- 10:51 - Where to find passionflower- 11:35 - When to look for passionflower- 12:03 - What if it doesn’t grow near me?- 13:25 - Passionflower identification and lookalikes- 15:15 - Another herb you should knowReferences:- mdpi.com/2223-7747/13/2/228- henriettes-herb.com/eclectic/kings/passiflora.html- prairiemoon.com/passiflora-incarnata-purple-passion-flowerAttribution links:- Passiflora edulis - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Passionfruit_and_cross_section.jpg- Sea Anemone - commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Haeckel_Actiniae.jpgAffiliate Disclosure:Feral Foraging participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to amazon.com and affiliated sites.Medical Disclaimer:The information on this channel is for educational and information purposes only. None of the information on this channel is medical advice, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, or cure anything. You are responsible for anything you do related to foraging or the subjects of any of our videos.#passionflower #passiflora #foraging
The most deadly water hemlock I’ve ever seen! ☠️ Feral Foraging 2024-07-26 | #waterhemlock #deadlyplants #cicuta
Can I eat this strange lily plant? ☠️ Feral Foraging 2024-07-23 | #deathcamas #botany #poisonousplants #zigadenus
Can I eat this strange hairy berry? Feral Foraging 2024-07-22 | #woolyhuckleberry #foraging #huckleberry
Can I eat these dark purple nightshade berries? Feral Foraging 2024-07-18 | #blacknightshade #deadlynightshade #foraging
How to grow wild lettuce, the greatest medicinal and edible plant on the planet Feral Foraging 2024-07-18 | Learn how to find and gather wild lettuce seeds to grow your very own wild lettuce plants! We’ll cover starting, germination, timing, transplanting, and more.📆 Know exactly when to find wild lettuce and other herbs with this! 👇feralforaging.com/calendar🙏 Get wildcrafted wild lettuce seeds directly from me! 👇patreon.com/posts/wild-lettuce-107003242🧪 The only wild lettuce products that I recommend (code "feral" for 10% off your entire order!) 👇wildlettuce.com🍎 The foraging filters that I used in the video are in this kit 👇kit.co/feralforaging/wild-food-processing🌿 Join "The Forager's Digest," my biweekly newsletter for wild food knowledge, seasonal tips, and more!feralforaging.com/join👥 Join my foraging discord group for ID help and good foraging discussion! - discord.gg/Cy4fuw4cq9📚 Foraging books I recommend - kit.co/feralforaging/best-foraging-books📝 Field guides I use - kit.co/feralforaging/my-favorite-field-guidesTimestamps:00:00 - Why grow wild lettuce?00:27 - How to gather wild lettuce seeds02:09 - Dealing with thousands of seeds02:43 - How to clean the seeds05:18 - More wild plant growing videos?05:39 - Starting wild lettuce seeds06:14 - Transplanting the seeds07:32 - Planning for future growth07:56 - Different species to knowAffiliate Disclosure:Feral Foraging participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to amazon.com and affiliated sites.Medical Disclaimer:The information on this channel is for educational and information purposes only. None of the information on this channel is medical advice, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, or cure anything. You are responsible for anything you do related to foraging or the subjects of any of our videos.#wildlettuce #lactuca #foraging
Grocery vs wild tomato 🍅 Feral Foraging 2024-07-17 | Learn the difference between tomatoes from the grocery store and their wild ancestors!#tomato #foraging #blacknightshade
Can I eat this strange purple flower? Feral Foraging 2024-07-15 | #passionfruit #passionflower #maypop #foraging
Everyone uses the BEST wild lettuce WRONG! Are you? Feral Foraging 2024-07-11 | Learn how to utilize the best species of wild lettuce (Lactuca) and distinguish different species of wild lettuce from each other!📆 Know exactly when to find wild lettuceferalforaging.com/calendar🌱 Get wildcrafted American wild lettuce seeds from me!patreon.com/posts/wild-lettuce-107003242🥬 This is where I get wild lettuce products from (use code 'feral' for 10% off) 👇wildlettuce.com🌿 Join "The Forager's Digest," my biweekly newsletter for wild food knowledge, seasonal tips, and more!feralforaging.com/joinReferences:- Forager Chef's wild lettuce article: foragerchef.com/wild-lettuce- Native American Ethnobotany, MoermanTimestamps:- 00:00 - The best wild lettuce species- 00:51 - Good wild lettuce as an extract- 01:42 - How to use American wild lettuce- 05:28 - Can you use this species for an extract?- 06:31 - What if Egyptians had access to American wild lettuce?- 07:10 - The best species for wild lettuce extract- 07:47 - How to distinguish common wild lettuce species- 10:53 - How to distinguish wild lettuce from lookalikes👥 Join my foraging discord group for ID help and good foraging discussion! - discord.gg/Cy4fuw4cq9🍎 Wild food processing tools I use - kit.co/feralforaging/wild-food-processing📚 Foraging books I recommend - kit.co/feralforaging/best-foraging-books📝 Field guides I use - kit.co/feralforaging/my-favorite-field-guidesAttributions:- Ancient Egypt photo: commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maler_der_Grabkammer_des_Sennudem_001.jpg- Lactuca biennis sap: inaturalist.org/observations/91867417Affiliate Disclosure:Feral Foraging participates in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to amazon.com and affiliated sites.Medical Disclaimer:The information on this channel is for educational and information purposes only. None of the information on this channel is medical advice, nor is it intended to diagnose, treat, or cure anything. You are responsible for anything you do related to foraging or the subjects of any of our videos.#wildlettuce #lactuca #foraging
Grocery vs Wild Blueberries 🫐 Feral Foraging 2024-07-02 | What do blueberries look like in the grocery store compared to the wild?Thank you @jklovett for their USA vs.South Korea series that inspired this video! 🙌#blueberry #wildblueberry #foraging
