Harvesting Wild Hazelnuts (Ep. 32)

Hazelnuts grow in Minnesota? Somehow we never knew that! Follow along as we take a walk to harvest the many wild hazelnuts we found growing on our property. Squirrels haven’t been competition for the nuts so far, there are tons of them--and tons of mosquitoes, there are always tons of mosquitoes!
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  • @555Jordan
    @555Jordan Жыл бұрын

    Your family just about matches mine. we have 4 kids 7,5,3 and1yrs with one on the way! Love to see all the excess energy.

  • @highroad3580
    @highroad35809 ай бұрын

    Burdock when it’s big leaves like that, you can dig the root, peal, chop, dry for healthy tea, but the second year it flowers and makes the big bur seeds. Then it’s gone.

  • @AstonMartinStig
    @AstonMartinStig Жыл бұрын

    The fruit looks so lovely. Like small wrapped gifts.

  • @bettinah.7429
    @bettinah.74295 жыл бұрын

    I agree the big leafed plant is burdock

  • @camerondemelo742
    @camerondemelo7425 жыл бұрын

    that plant is Burdock, the root is used for Medicine and you can eat the stalks.

  • @fourdayhomestead2839

    @fourdayhomestead2839

    5 жыл бұрын

    Mango don't grow in Minn.

  • @skullrose.665

    @skullrose.665

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's mad me &my fella were trying to think what Burdock was.now we know.Dandelion&Burdock. Thankyou,honestly my heads like a sieve these days.

  • @chestnutplanter

    @chestnutplanter

    3 жыл бұрын

    Burdock root is known as "gobo" in Japan, I've had it at sushi places before probably pickled or something. It can be really tasty.

  • @aajlrrecruit

    @aajlrrecruit

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's the baby. Have you never made dandelion and burdock pop. You will find a recipe somewhere on the net.

  • @russsherwood5978
    @russsherwood59784 жыл бұрын

    thats a burdock plant- long tap root brings minerals up from the deep to help other plants like comfrey does, thank you for the vigeo

  • @berhart1865
    @berhart1865 Жыл бұрын

    that big leafed stuff is burdock. the bees love it.

  • @joejacobs7367
    @joejacobs7367 Жыл бұрын

    You can also use burdock leaves for a perfect bandage over a burn wound. It will not stick to the burned or new skin. You can harvest them in the spring and dry them, then in the winter, if you need one, you rehydrate by dipping quickly in boiling water, cool and then apply to burn. Just an FYI for another good use. (We would apply Burn and Wound Sauve to the wound and then cover with the burdock leaf. My husband had a huge “rug burn” or gravel burn from sliding into first base at a baseball game and burdock saved his skin! All other bandages stick and ripped the skin - he has no scar.

  • @mossystone2458
    @mossystone24582 жыл бұрын

    So lovely!

  • @FlannelAcres
    @FlannelAcres4 жыл бұрын

    My little hazelnut trees/bushes are dropping their first nuts right now! I'm excited to harvest as they are my favorite nut. Thanks for the video! :-)

  • @ljanderson7924
    @ljanderson79243 жыл бұрын

    Burdock root is a popular Asian vegetable. Roots and leaves also popular for tonics and medicine.

  • @TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles
    @TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles Жыл бұрын

    Nice video, thanks! You don't need to pick the husks, the nuts will come out very easily if they are ripe and then just leave the husk on the tree. If the nut doesn't drop out with hardly any effort, it's not ripe yet, and you might as well leave it on for the wildlife. Hazel is actually a tree rather than a bush, as they can grow to over 40 feet tall. But they often do look a bush when they are young.

  • @samlikely3201
    @samlikely32013 жыл бұрын

    Wow 4 times blessed you have a lovely family Mrs Sarah try two tablespoons of cider vinegar with one teaspoon or sugar in a glass of water it's not foolproof but is very effective for keeping mosquito away stay safe

  • @moovingon6868
    @moovingon68685 жыл бұрын

    I was in my mid twenties, before I knew about hickory nuts; growing in my local woods, in Illinois. Yet my family harvested black walnuts, every year, to add to candy and fudge, at Christmas time. I guess it just depends on what each families tastes are, and what they like. It can be a survival food in the wild, so it doesn't hurt to know what is edible and what is not. Way to teach the youngsters valuable knowledge.

  • @sarwahangelborumunthedijerman
    @sarwahangelborumunthedijerman3 жыл бұрын

    Happy that i have seen nice family 😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰😍😍😘😍🥰😘🥰😘

  • @CreatingEssence
    @CreatingEssence5 жыл бұрын

    Oh my goodness, what a neat find!

  • @OurTreasuredHome
    @OurTreasuredHome5 жыл бұрын

    What a great find. Hazelnuts are my favorite. Thank you for sharing.

  • @dorisgreenberg2811
    @dorisgreenberg28114 жыл бұрын

    We had a farm in Livonia township here in Minnesota. Growing up on an eighty acre farm we found hazelnuts growing along the dirt roads and some in the pasture. Then one year they seemed to all die out. I am so happy knowing you have found them again in Minnesota,

  • @fourdayhomestead2839
    @fourdayhomestead28395 жыл бұрын

    Catching up on your videos. It's nice to see newer homesteaders learning about wild edibles. Burdock is a tough plant to get rid of. Hazel nuts are a favorite of wildlife. Hope to meet you at one of the homestead get togethers (I'm a bit north west of Big Family homestead)

  • @theultimatenonebelievr9379
    @theultimatenonebelievr93793 жыл бұрын

    Nice family. wishes all the best for all the family.

  • @A10TOES
    @A10TOES5 жыл бұрын

    Roast the raw hazelnuts for 15 minutes in a 350 degree oven. I am roasting some now, they'll taste better & the brown husk will come off pretty easily when rubbed with a terry towel.

  • @beckyr4558
    @beckyr45585 жыл бұрын

    Hey ! I am 63 ,grew up Hazelbrush every where and never knew they were producing my favorite nuts . Thanks for the information .

  • @bigboresledder
    @bigboresledder2 жыл бұрын

    Nice video!

  • @pennywelsh4366
    @pennywelsh436610 ай бұрын

    The big leaf you’re asking about. burdock. As in dandelion and burdock

  • @TheMaineWoods
    @TheMaineWoods2 жыл бұрын

    Cool video, well done man 👍

  • @official180degrees

    @official180degrees

    2 жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed

  • @skullrose.665
    @skullrose.6654 жыл бұрын

    Just found your channel.was looking up about hazelnuts, just found out we've got them by us.but I'm in the uk.my chap showed them me.i am super excited lol.so I'm trying to find out about when they are ready to pick & that.by the way thanks for sharing your amazing vid.love the quality family time you guys shared.thankyou.ive subscribed.

  • @cazyoung5887
    @cazyoung58875 жыл бұрын

    Super lucky to have nuts so near to your home tfs xx

  • @JBWolfe-di5xm
    @JBWolfe-di5xm9 ай бұрын

    I got 100s of acres of hazil nuts all wild love branches and sourwood we have family stead in NC mountains

  • @callumimeson7370
    @callumimeson73704 жыл бұрын

    A great video.

  • @azathenazach2945
    @azathenazach29452 жыл бұрын

    Wow, I had never seen hazelnuts & now I want some hazel brush!

  • @kieranroberts9119
    @kieranroberts91193 жыл бұрын

    Burdock mate if it has leaves like that and the stem is the profile of rhubard with fuzzy hairs it's burdock Root can be harvested in autum from plants that aren't producing pods and it can be used as dirdct replacement for potato I believe I'm trying some this year for sure

  • @maryjemisonMaryjay1936
    @maryjemisonMaryjay19364 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful Hazel nuts the children don’t mind those Mosquitoes 🦟 Lawrence quite the boy seems very smart

  • @michaelpriest6242
    @michaelpriest62424 жыл бұрын

    Great video and a wonderful family! I was hoping to learn from you how to ID hazel brush before the squirrels get all the nuts around me. It's probably too late since you were harvesting a month ago! Could you please show more details to ID the brush, height, bushiness, fall colors, shade or sun, undisturbed or periodically mowed, anything that will help a guy who sees everything else in the woods, but never hazel brush. Thanks a heap!

  • @gingeradams1389
    @gingeradams13893 жыл бұрын

    Watching video with my Dad . We have receny discovered a bush growing in the woods near or house . Very excited! You asked about the plant growing and if anyone knew what it was - my Dad says it is wild ginger

  • @arynoster642
    @arynoster6423 жыл бұрын

    Hazel leaves are super soft and make GREAT toilet paper when camping/backpacking in the woods!

  • @ruthmaxwell60
    @ruthmaxwell605 жыл бұрын

    My mum is 91 and she still gets excited to go gather the hazelnuts in Autumn. We would wait until the nut is darker brown and falling out of the husk. Unfortunately I don’t see too many here in Monaghan, Southern Ireland this year. It was lovely watching your wee ones having fun, tfs. 🐢

  • @official180degrees

    @official180degrees

    5 жыл бұрын

    This was our first time picking hazelnuts, and now that we know what to look for I can see it becoming a fun family tradition each year!

  • @kaitlinsfamilyfarmstead
    @kaitlinsfamilyfarmstead5 жыл бұрын

    Awesome guy's, so lucky to figure out what they are. I think that plant might have been a burrdoch

  • @ohhhjacquie8923
    @ohhhjacquie89235 жыл бұрын

    I believe the mystery plant is Burdock.---Great video. I notice the editing and camera skills getting better!!

  • @official180degrees

    @official180degrees

    5 жыл бұрын

    Hmm, I'll have to pay attention to see if that plant flowers at all. I think all burdock plants flower and create the bulb shaped burs? To me the leaves look similar to rhubarb, but the stalk is different. Thanks for the compliment, editing isn't an easy process! ~Sarah

  • @ohhhjacquie8923

    @ohhhjacquie8923

    5 жыл бұрын

    180° From Average Burdock flowers in early summer up here so even earlier for your zone. search " wolfpack survival how to identify burdock"here on youtube if you get a chance

  • @floyddempsey9987

    @floyddempsey9987

    5 жыл бұрын

    I think burdock is a biennial, so it will probably flower next year.

  • @kgs2127

    @kgs2127

    5 жыл бұрын

    @@official180degrees could be wild rhubarb which is poisonous...it grew prolifically here (midwest michigan) this year!

  • @kgs2127

    @kgs2127

    5 жыл бұрын

    We have only been on this property 2 full years (beginning at end of Aug 2016) so still identifying what grows here but the wild rhubarb was new, or at least way more noticeable, this year.

  • @acornhomestead3575
    @acornhomestead35755 жыл бұрын

    We do that here in northern Ireland in Sept. Yuuummm cobb nuts!

  • @jenthrasher5056
    @jenthrasher50563 жыл бұрын

    Burdock, O blood type attracts mosquitoes, use so lemon or lavender oils, it helps.

  • @saraorodriguez2374
    @saraorodriguez23742 жыл бұрын

    I just watched a video of hazlenut harvesting in Oregon- they are very big trees and they dont pick them instead the nut falls to the ground and they collect them with machinery. 🤷‍♀️

  • @annisayob5141
    @annisayob51413 жыл бұрын

    i am eating my cadbury hazelnut rn and think i never see how hazelnut look like. i enjoy watching your video!!

  • @robertpaulis439
    @robertpaulis4392 жыл бұрын

    Big leaf looks like my squash

  • @yunusemrekeskin4786
    @yunusemrekeskin47865 жыл бұрын

    Lovely video I am writing from province of Turkey in Ordu the capital of the hazelnut

  • @ThatWeirdDude40

    @ThatWeirdDude40

    4 жыл бұрын

    So Ordu is probably the main hazelnut deliverer for Italy's Ferrero corporation. Ferrero uses almost 55% of the world's hazelnut production, and Turkey producing itself almost 70% of the worlds hazelnuts, so I'm pretty sure they must be the main deliverer.

  • @williamburnett6616
    @williamburnett66165 жыл бұрын

    I went bear hunting in Northome Minnesota my guide pick a large bag of Hazelnut he put them in vinegar water for three days the skin came off easy. Yes I got a 361 lbs bore bear in 2008 , I'm getting to old to hunt Im 70 but I love Minnesota . Remember safety is number one on your homestead.

  • @mikeking453
    @mikeking4532 жыл бұрын

    That big leaf plant is wild rhubarb

  • @youngprepperuk2012
    @youngprepperuk20123 жыл бұрын

    Here in the U.K. we have Hazelnut trees 🌳- I have one in my back garden! 😂

  • @bobinmissouri
    @bobinmissouri5 жыл бұрын

    so you follow off grid with Doug and Stacy I just subbed to your channel I also have over 200 bushes of hazelnuts but I sell mine to tree nursery

  • @MichaelSchiewer
    @MichaelSchiewer4 жыл бұрын

    at 1:42 to the right of your head you have some delicious looking sumac berries!

  • @WendyK656
    @WendyK6564 жыл бұрын

    We were given a hazelnut bush, and we did not know how to pick them Thank you

  • @alizanderson02
    @alizanderson025 жыл бұрын

    The big leaf is not eatable as far as I know. Love finding other Minnesotans homesteading as we are just starting to get into it.

  • @bobinmissouri
    @bobinmissouri4 жыл бұрын

    are you going to this year 2019 confernce ? my hazelnut bushes are loaded heavy this year

  • @wanderly9950
    @wanderly99505 жыл бұрын

    Catching up - that plant looks like a wooly burdock. It is edible & often used topically for minor skin inflammation.

  • @deirdrecurtis3043
    @deirdrecurtis30434 жыл бұрын

    If you cut the stem and its hollow it's most like burdock(edible roots) if you cut the stem and its solid it is most likely rhubarb(edible stalks)

  • @sirhilambasgivel
    @sirhilambasgivel4 жыл бұрын

    you can make burdock root soup

  • @karenrice5144
    @karenrice51445 жыл бұрын

    Wrong about the cocklebur, realized it after reading your comment section. Burdock it is, and useful it is....John rabeler, my friend planted 8 hazelnut bushes and we are going to prune them back to 4 or 5 stems to try to get them to fruit.

  • @karenrice5144
    @karenrice51445 жыл бұрын

    That big leaf looked like cocklebur. It sends up flower s that have smaller leaves, flowers, then the burrs form and stick to the hair of hairy animals for dispersal and your clothes and shoelaces. There may be uses for the root, check it out, ...John rabeler

  • @TheTinkerersWife
    @TheTinkerersWife5 жыл бұрын

    I live in Oregon and Hazelnuts are my favorite nut so I had to check out your video. Around here the squirrels plant the seeds of the hybrid nuts and we get what are called Hazelnut weeds. The nuts aren't as good and I don't know anyone who harvests them. Our big problem here is the hazelnut blight that came in on trees brought into the US. I am curious to know if the type you have are suseptable and wonder ifvanyone here grows them. Time to do a little research. Oh and I make these amazing shortbread cookies with fresh rosemary, roasted hazelnuts that are dipped in bittersweet chocolate too. Yum...I need to make them today...this made me hungry.

  • @TheTinkerersWife

    @TheTinkerersWife

    5 жыл бұрын

    Correction...the blight our trees here get is the Eastern Filbert blight.

  • @official180degrees

    @official180degrees

    5 жыл бұрын

    Oh my goodness, those cookies sound AMAZING! ~sarah

  • @TheTinkerersWife

    @TheTinkerersWife

    5 жыл бұрын

    They are pretty tastey. I am refining my recipe a bit this winter which is fun to do. I can send you a copy when it's done via email if you like.

  • @official180degrees

    @official180degrees

    5 жыл бұрын

    I would love the recipe if you are willing to share!

  • @LeeCraftyHomestead
    @LeeCraftyHomestead5 жыл бұрын

    oh wow! did you save any seeds ? I would love to have a few seeds pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

  • @larrykluckoutdoors8227
    @larrykluckoutdoors82275 жыл бұрын

    Drive safe

  • @knockingstar
    @knockingstar3 жыл бұрын

    I wonder if you can put them in a dehydrator oven to speed the process, Or do you think that will ruin the flavour?

  • @snidely2065
    @snidely2065 Жыл бұрын

    we always called the plant with the big leaves pigweed, kinda looks like rhubarb but isn't edible.

  • @stuartoneill2663
    @stuartoneill26634 жыл бұрын

    4:43 looks like doc leaves,

  • @phillippelling3316
    @phillippelling33164 жыл бұрын

    Cobnuts do grow on trees also not just bush

  • @whiteranger0505
    @whiteranger05054 жыл бұрын

    You should downolad the Minnesota Wildflowers ID app.

  • @auttocarcom
    @auttocarcom4 жыл бұрын

    What if I wanted to plant them, when should I pick them, Thanks

  • @official180degrees

    @official180degrees

    4 жыл бұрын

    You would still harvest at the same time, in the late summer/early fall (depending on where you are located) when they just start to turn a little brownish. I haven't planted any from seed, but from what I've read it seems as though they should typically grow well. Here are some basic instructions that I found: Submerge your seeds in water, any that float are bad. Plant them about 2" deep in a bucket of potting mix, water well, and leave out for the winter. In the spring keep seedlings moist, but not over-watered. The first summer they should be in partial shade and planted in the ground in the fall. Good luck and happy harvesting! ~sarah

  • @auttocarcom

    @auttocarcom

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thank you @@official180degrees

  • @Bassoproductions
    @Bassoproductions Жыл бұрын

    looks like burdock

  • @larrykluckoutdoors8227
    @larrykluckoutdoors82275 жыл бұрын

    How is the house coming??...never tried them (hazelnut)...

  • @official180degrees

    @official180degrees

    5 жыл бұрын

    They are also known as filberts, look around for some wild ones or pick some up at the store, yummy! Progress is slowly being made on the first of our house projects. We'll be getting a video out on that sometime in the coming weeks. ~Sarah

  • @larrykluckoutdoors8227

    @larrykluckoutdoors8227

    5 жыл бұрын

    180° From Average.. remember if you need some help. Text me

  • @gregorythomas333
    @gregorythomas3335 жыл бұрын

    I'm with you on the mosquitoes! I can sit on the porch at my mom house with her & they eat me alive but don't bother her at all. She is O-Neg and I am A-Neg. So I guess they do like the my blood more :)

  • @gelwood99

    @gelwood99

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am O-positive and they love my blood! They never touched my dad though.

  • @TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles

    @TheAmazingAdventuresOfMiles

    Жыл бұрын

    I am O-neg and they very rarely bite me ^_^

  • @SikderDiamond
    @SikderDiamond4 жыл бұрын

    are those nuts :p hahaha

  • @jamesdavis5096
    @jamesdavis50963 жыл бұрын

    I think its arrowroot

  • @tomthumb1941
    @tomthumb19414 жыл бұрын

    Crush them and put on vanilla ice cream.

  • @peachykeko2855
    @peachykeko28553 жыл бұрын

    4:25 burdock

  • @isismommy1019
    @isismommy10195 жыл бұрын

    Your mystery plant looks like an elephant ear to me....

  • @silentgamer7575
    @silentgamer75753 жыл бұрын

    Looks like rhubarb

  • @paulinelarach938
    @paulinelarach9382 жыл бұрын

    Old video for now is Aug. 2021, if you didn't find name of plant, look under family Malvaceae family plants, If you read this want to add that don't find you all on you tube so how are you and family these days?

  • @official180degrees

    @official180degrees

    2 жыл бұрын

    We're doing well! Check out our most recent video for a status update: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gamb0LCkl6eTkaw.html

  • @timperry2870
    @timperry28709 ай бұрын

    Burdock

  • @jorgequillo3143
    @jorgequillo31434 жыл бұрын

    4 hazel dislike this video