I LOVE chokecherry! I wait until they're darn near black before I eat them, this season I want to make a chokecherry pie
@danielsouders5553
2 жыл бұрын
My new all time favorite fruit is the Kousa Dogwood, they're planted in neighborhoods all around me and the fruit is so good! It taste similar to a pumpkin pie with extra cinnamon, although I have heard there is large variance in taste from tree to tree...which I wouldn't know as i hit the same tree continuously
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
What area are you in? Those sound pretty good!
@danielsouders5553
2 жыл бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager I'm in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware but I believe they're pretty much all over the east coast
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
A long way away from me!
@thefarmerswifecanada
2 жыл бұрын
Hey! I just subscribed to your channel. I am also in the Okanagan, in Salmon Arm! I’m looking up about chokecherries because my son and I just foraged some to go into our elderberry syrup.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! Thank you! I'm glad you found the channel!
@corrinaevans7622
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I just found this plant in my moms backyard! Bonus in Spokane!
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
Жыл бұрын
Nice! You're welcome! Hello from across the border!
@bridgetries1749
2 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video~I love your manner. I think I have these outside and I am gonna' go see about that.... They are in the back yard of my guest house and the bear here on the western slope of Colorado are coming down for food. I don't want to encourage the bear into my back yard. They are already enjoying the apples on the ground at my neighbors'. Sooooo...I am sending my boys to harvest my pears today too! Thank you!
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Good luck with the pear harvest!
@thekatt...
Жыл бұрын
They are delicious. I like them before they're dark. Super sour ! Chokecherry jelly is 👍 A staple of our northern Ontario diet. 🇨🇦
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Skitdora2010
Жыл бұрын
I read that the wild berries flavors will change plant to plant, and that full sun makes the best tasting. I read a few places that if you dry the fruit whole it gets rid of the cyanide and then you grind it whole into flour for recipes as needed. Some people say not to try it. That was how old-timers used to use them though. They also preserved them in alcohol. I am going to try drying them this year because somebody snagged me saying dried and then powered the wild cherries (choke and black) it makes a chocolate flavored drink. I always try everything said to taste of chocolate. I have yet to come across something that really does, just tried chicory root, chocolate mint plant, and Linden berry and flower mashed so far. I am suspicious of it tasting chocolate, but I will dry and then mash both whole fruit and pitted, so have the cherry/almond flavor and plain cherry flavor. I pick and preserve food every year, my grandpa used to do that with me when I was a kid, but the one thing I can count on using is teas. The frozen berries my mom will turn into pies when she visits me for Thanksgiving and Christmas and I have usually made jellies which she takes back with her. I love picking berries, not a fan of eating them.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
Жыл бұрын
Great comment! Thanks for all the info!
@deannelson9565
2 жыл бұрын
Those are definitely picked a bit early...best if near black and even better if they have gone through a frost. Easy way to spot berries you can eat is if they have the crown petals at their base where the flower used to be. Blueberries are one of the more obvious ones of this group.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
Good tips! Thank you!
@shoshanae3830
2 жыл бұрын
Why are my multitrunk Canadian chokecherries not fertile? Are they ornamental only? They don't get enough berries? The leaves turn purple in summer. Thank you.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
That's a good question. Is it a tree you have in your yard? There are lots of potential reasons why a tree might not produce fruit. I really like this channel, and I think this video could be helpful. kzitem.info/news/bejne/laavuKCXememZ3o
@hopea4346
2 жыл бұрын
Yum! Now I want pancakes with chokecherry syrup!
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds good to me, too! Thank you!
@mrzoinky5999
Жыл бұрын
Interesting. I grew up on that side of Okanagan lake - is that just North of Pixie Beach on Carrs Landing road? I think many decades ago they use to have a Boy Scout camp down below ... if I am thinking of the right place.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
Жыл бұрын
You're right about Carr's Landing Road! We were right near Kopje Regional Park. Thanks!
@mrzoinky5999
Жыл бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager Beautiful area - I do miss it from time to time; especially now in this heat - used to just run down to the lake every day.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
Жыл бұрын
@mrzoinky5999 definitely very beautiful! I'm very fortunate to live near lakes like that one.
@katieb.9174
3 жыл бұрын
We have this tree in our yard. Hello from Florida.👋🇺🇸🍒
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
3 жыл бұрын
Cool! I think it's a pretty nice looking tree. It's all around our neighborhood.
@katieb.9174
3 жыл бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager very neat. My sister and I were trying to figure out what it was so I did an image shot and boom there was my answer. We live near the suwannee river in North Florida. The flora never stops amazing me.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
3 жыл бұрын
There's isn't a lot growing around here this time of year. It probably looks very different where you are right now!
@katieb.9174
3 жыл бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager you're probably right. Our redbuds have already bloomed. Now the dogwoods, florabundas, wisteria and azaleas are in full bloom not to mention all the wild flowers.
@marcellawynja2372
2 жыл бұрын
there are two kinds of chokecherries, the red and the black. I pick them every year. Like the black colored ones for taste.Got the red ones in front of house and big black ones in the back.Don't have far to go and pick. Us natives pick them every summer.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you! It's nice to have options!
@marcellawynja2372
2 жыл бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager love your information about the choke cherrie.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@danknitz9679
Жыл бұрын
Boy... Id like to have one near the corner of my home in northern ohio but Im not a big fan of the cherries. I guess I would plant that more as a ornamental tree then anything else. They don't make a variety that don't produce many cherries do they?
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
Жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if they do, but they are nice looking. I could see why you'd want one.
@seanhankerd1549
3 жыл бұрын
Hey so i have canadian red choke cherry hi from michigan
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
3 жыл бұрын
Nice! Are they ripe yet? They aren't ready yet here.
@seanhankerd1549
3 жыл бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager almost they get a little more darker then the one you showed but the leaves are a full red already.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
3 жыл бұрын
Cool! I'm keeping an eye on them here. There are quite a few in my area.
@jacquelinelefebvre2395
2 жыл бұрын
I have been eating chokecherry since I was a kid! I wash them up in a cup of water then salt them! I swallow the pit and all and I haven’t died from it yet, or taken sick in anyway from it!
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
That's awesome! Thank you! Do you leave the salt on when you eat them for flavour?
@jacquelinelefebvre2395
2 жыл бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager yes, the table salt is for flavor! I chew up the cherries and swallow the stones whole. No problems whatsoever! Many people in Ontario eat them this way, not just me...lol!
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
@@jacquelinelefebvre2395cool! I think I'll have to try them that way!
@jacquelinelefebvre2395
2 жыл бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager lol..You’re welcome.. I hope you like them! But a lot of us folks in Ontario eat them this way, not just me! When my sister was in the nursing home she would always ask me to bring her some salted chokecherries, when they were in season! I like to let them get really dark first. When you put them in a cup or a plastic glass you can just pour them into your mouth! A big mouth full at a time!
@melindacash1268
3 жыл бұрын
I found huge patches in Monzano mts of New Mexico at 9300 elevation
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
3 жыл бұрын
Wow! Did they still look the same?
@melindacash1268
3 жыл бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager they looked exactly like this.....
@melindacash1268
3 жыл бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager we also have a Red leaf maple only in this part of the country
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
3 жыл бұрын
Cool!
@Beautifullyanointed69
Жыл бұрын
That's awesome I live in Albuquerque New Mexico.. how did you go about finding this location?
@sheilabehan8433
2 жыл бұрын
They also make delicious wine.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I've heard that but haven't tried it yet. Thank you!
@sheilabehan8433
2 жыл бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager My grandmother used to make great chokecherry wine, It tasted a lot like Port.
@ulsimon2893
3 жыл бұрын
Nice I want have this But country is tropical weather
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
3 жыл бұрын
Too bad, but I bet you've got all kinds of other good stuff growing where where are!
@WildernessGrandpa
Жыл бұрын
Those chokecherries you ate at 4:33 aren't ripe. They need to be dark, dark purple before being eaten.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
Жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree. They're better when they're darker.
@PaulyGuy1
Жыл бұрын
I picked them in Montana
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
Жыл бұрын
Nice! I'd like to visit Montana one day. Thank you!
@emmalee478
4 жыл бұрын
Why was I not informed of this upload??
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
4 жыл бұрын
Now you know!
@retirednavy8720
2 жыл бұрын
Bear like them. If you have these around and a bear tag that is a good place to stake out.
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
That sounds like a good idea. Thank you!
@verone272
4 ай бұрын
I think that if the pit is swallowed round it will just pass down the digestive track with no problem
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
4 ай бұрын
Yes, I think you might be right about that. Thanks!
@verone272
4 ай бұрын
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager I’m really not sure just a random thought :) I have a milion of them scattered everywhere in my village so I assumed they are ate round and pooped by a lot of birds 🤭
@L3tankette
2 жыл бұрын
From my knowledge "Virginia" was an old-timey way of describing the entire North American contenent. But I could be wrong:/
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
You might be right! Very interesting. Thank you!
@jolanda9947
3 жыл бұрын
loved them as a child turned teeth yellow
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
3 жыл бұрын
I didn't know they were edible when I was a child. Thank you!
@qianye4249
2 жыл бұрын
1:44 they look like grapes to me :/
@OkanaganGardenerandForager
2 жыл бұрын
Yes, I agree they look like grapes. Thank you!
@tobykd2022
11 ай бұрын
THE DARK ONES ARE NOT AS GOOD AS THE RED ONES.. RED ONES SMELL LIKE CHERRIES..
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