Gardening Australia goes foraging

Gardening Australia segment about foraging, featuring Diego Bonetto and Costa Georgiadis.

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🌱 Weeds can be viewed in a different way and not just as something to be killed.

🌱 Weeds have different uses, such as being edible and used in cooking.

🌱 The speaker grew up foraging and has a strong connection to wild plants.

🌱 The speaker sees all plants, including weeds, as part of the natural salad bar.

🌱 Foraging in your own backyard is a good place to start and be mindful of poisons and pollution.

🌱 Observing over time helps to identify the right time to pick plants for foraging.

🌱 The best place to forage is your own garden, and the speaker nurtures the weeds that grow there.

00:09 Diego views weeds in a different way, seeing them as an opportunity rather than something to be killed.

00:20 Diego points out different types of weeds and their uses, such as wild oats and plantain.

02:08 Diego talks about his connection to wild foraging and growing up on a farm in northern Italy.

02:24 Diego explains the healing properties of plantain and its use as a natural band-aid.

02:31 Diego leads foraging tours and gives public talks to promote foraging as a food source.

02:50 Diego advises that the best place to forage is your own backyard where you know what's going on.

03:13 Diego nurtures the weeds that pop up in his garden and shows off his mulberry tree and other plants.

03:46 Diego spends time foraging and filling up his salad bowl with the weeds from his garden.

03:56 The video concludes that foraging is just another form of gardening and that weeds are a perception that can be changed.

Diego views weeds in a very different way, seeing them as an opportunity rather than a nuisance.