Apothecary - Gathering Sweetfern

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hey its machinery survival say when I grab some plants to add them to our apothecary this time sweet burn hey look Scott yeah poop yep okay so if you look right here it comes to a point yeah that means it's from an animal that eats other animals okay so that means it could be a fox or a coyote something like that now this is pretty big so I think it's too big for a fox now let's see and make sure that it has hair and things like that inside of it because if it eats other animals it's going to have things like that and it's poop hair and bones and things like that so let's see oh I see some hair right there you see it yeah you see the hair right there yeah yeah yeah so this's I would guess this is coyote poop yeah and some white hair in it and some brownish hair in it and its moist on the inside but it actually rained this morning so it might just be from that is you can also tell how old it is but held rides pretty dries I think it's pretty old yeah it's not from today oh it from yesterday before Oh lots of hair and there yeah you break it open to look inside lots of hair so I think this is coyote poop so happy all right so we have a huge patch of sweet fern right here mmm smells great what smell yeah do you think think it smells good yeah you too alright so I'm gonna take a bunch of these leaves their own my rock alright just filling and pop in my truck got a good handful here this is a rucksack that I my buddy Derek gave me as a gift good stuff thank you for helping okay so now we're gonna bring them back home dry them up absolutely loves the woods loves mud and water in dirt rocks my brother find a puddle nice that was a good one alright so I'm just spread it out please stand up much as I can which are filling the gaps smells absolutely amazing let's return it from my favorite plants help sepoys an IV makes a fantastic key and it's incredible to smoke so I go through more of this plant than others that's why I have so much and my plan is to harvest this much again sleeping so whatever I need more my harvest want as long as the plants can withstand it and absolutely there is a ton of sweet fern patches around here and the patch is a very dense ok so now it's just a matter of time they might dry a day they might dry in two days three days you never know it depends on how well they're spaced out depends on their mass depends on how much moisture they had on them when they were collected things like that so tons of variables going on having to do with the size and how they're collected things like that so some of these will be done before others they'll be drawing in different stages so you have to keep testing them keep an eye on them and once you get to the right consistency either you're all set all right nice and crispy perfect let's keep my apothecary at the blog my bookshelf all right sweetheart hey you are alright sweet fern yeah not a lot left they're almost done one of my favorite cheese and probably my favorite thing to smoke so yeah doesn't last long around here oh they're going to be doing a few harvests of this stuff but let's see where this harvest gets me I was able to hold out from last year because obviously my my stash in harris from last summer so it was full manda stuff smells great

like the clock that when it turns purple as well later in the season the leaves turn purple is pretty cool I'm not sure the difference is between green and purple but obviously there's a chemical change so I like to have both on hand see that this right here was not sweet firm I found it right on the edge over here so as you're here so as you're filling up and you're doing grabbing all the leaves and everything make sure you look to see what you're actually grabbing mushy grabbing the right thing because last thing you want is to mix herbs so you look at that right in the middle of my sweet friend collection goldenrod flower a single pillow nope it's a fantastic or up to have on hand makes a good poison ivy wash in New Hampshire is a little general store did I go too sometimes I'm camping up to there I'm my way in and on my way out like a stop at it I had some really interesting things in there and they sell a little pouch paper like an envelope and seems to be like like a homemade thing and they saw some herbs there and stuff and it's a poison ivy wash the only ingredient is sweet fun that's pretty cool you know they actually sell like herbs and stuff you know it's not like your normal like convenience doing only me not all night and clothes get a big wooden porch in the front and all that you know all right look at that yes yes I had just a tiny bit at the bottom jam-packed love it alright sweet fern boom thanks for joining me today we're stocking sweet fern in the Apothecary appreciate views come see sport seen the next one take care