How to Harvest Wild Medicinal Yarrow | Wild Edible Plants
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2019
- *Do not use this video as your guide, you are responsible to properly identifying any wild plant before consuming it. Please use multiple resources for identification.*
Are you curious about eating wild edible plants? Do you want to learn more, but don't know where to start? Making wild teas, is a great way to get started. This video will be the first, in hopefully more wild edible plants videos.
In this video, I cover how to identify and harvest wild Yarrow.
Yarrow has a variety of medicinal properties from healing wounds to curing fevers. By drying the wild flower you can access the tea all year round whenever you are starting to feel under the weather. I love making my own teas, because I get to use the most out of a plant before it dies in the winter.
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Thank-you I recently quit smoking and moved back home to northern Wisconsin so I started drinking tea from harvested plants. I started with mullien, I bought a juncture but found a whole patch where we go fishing. Now I'm collecting and learning about yarrow, it's along the road and there is lots of it. I bought a book with all the plants to pick and use. I hope to learn lots from you, thank-you
Yes, more!
Thank you for sharing, God bless you
Thank you!!! Your the first one who answered my question. Do yo was Yarrow. Lol
Please more videos like this...loved it...im new to forging
Direct concise and informative in picture/video and narration 😉
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That yarrow seems very short. Its at least waist high in North western Ontario.
Thanks
I have never heard of yarrow. How cool.
It's a nifty plant! You've probably seen it but never realized what it is. I walked by it for many years before learning what it was.
Wow this was so cool! I learned something completely new. Thank you so much for sharing! We don’t have much wild plants inLA just a lot of concrete but this was super interesting!
Thanks for your comment! I'm sure you can find some in nearby wilderness. Thanks for watching :)
Miss Moore Style agreed!!
Thankful to have recently discovered this is growing in my yard!
Great video. It’s summer here in the UK and it’s perfect outside for some foraging and hiking 🌿☀️
How exciting!
Thank you. Have fun!
thanks for sharing! did you separate the leaves for different teas from the flower or for easier drying? I love yarrow! collected some seeds today.
Additional information on uses and tinctures for Yarrow?
All yarrow where I live in canada is yellow flower with same lace leaves.
I’m in NW Indiana and the white kind are called Common Yarrow.
I was just about to go harvest some yarrow and wondered if others harvest it like I do. Just a sprig at a time!
I do that in the warmer months but I was preserving this for winter!
Never heard of Yarrow before. I bet it grows in Vermont
Totally does! I was in VT a few days ago, although be careful to not mix it up with Queen Anne's Lace!
We grow moonshine yarrow and it's yellow .
I’m a little confused as to why you took the leaves off before drying them when you said that they are edible. Or did you throw them away and only dry the flower? I need a visual of the final product, please.
Im confused too. She says she removes leaves and then talk about steeping leaves for tea🤔
You can use the whole plant for tea. For this batch, I was only focusing on drying the flowers & using the leaves in a tincture that I did not show.
More info would be good. Do you just use the flower? leaves and stems too? can you put in dehydrator to dry out?
i use my air fryer to dry herbs! you can use both the flowers and the leaves, unsure about the stems. also if you have an open wound you can rub yarrow leaf on it to stop the bleeding. :) (sorry im 4 years late)
Freeze Drying is best. HOWEVER 118 degrees F for 18 minutes is maximum heat for light plant fractions of phytonutrients and biflavinoids 105-110 F is best for drying. Takes a little longer but leaves many more nutrients.
Absolutely! Just working with what I have here.
I just saw this. I wish I could find that much yarrow. Queens Anne's lace is everywhere where I live, but yarrow not so much
Oh bummer! You can buy seeds and plant them as well.
Does it work with both common yarrow and chinese yarrow? Also: I've heard from multiple sources that thet smell fragrant but others say (and in my own experience) they kinda stink. Is it just the variety I have?
I’m not sure! If it is truly Yarrow, it should work. Yarrow to me was a subtle smell. Not stinky but also not pleasant? Idk if that makes sense!
I bought package of medicinal herb seeds and planted the yarrow. No flowers but leaves grew great. Can I use the leaves? If it comes up next year, maybe I’ll get the flowers. 🤞
Yes! The leaves are wonderful for tea. Wildflowers typically take longer to bloom.
I dried mine and they grew a fungus/white fluff? what did I do wrong?
Probably did not dry them enough and store them in a cool, dry place. Moisture got inside & contaminated the batch.
Can I eat the beautiful orange and pink yarrow I just planted?
I believe all varieties are edible, but double check!
Hemlock is extremely poisonous but queen Ann's lace is NOT!! Just fyi
You're so beautiful!
Great tips unfortunately where I live it’s all desert!
You might not find yarrow growing in the desert but I'm sure there are edible plants around you, I'm just not very familiar with that ecosystem. Thank you for watching!
I live in Las Vegas. Although it does not grow wild in the desert, it’s easily cultivated and grows year round in the garden if started by seed. It’s super easy to divide and multiply your stock year after year.
Blue Skye Ranch here in AZ we have to do use potting soil because nothing grows here
Disabled Disney I use potting soil to grow mine too. It’s all rock and sand here. Nothing truly grows in the native soil in Las Vegas. We dig a hole in the rocky and sand and fill it with potting soil, essentially. If you are looking for a way to grow Yarrow, just a tip 😬
Blue Skye Ranch thanks!