Primitive Harvest of Wild Seed with Bushcraft Tools

It is harvest time for a number of wild edible plants in my region so I am making good use of my recently completed coiled baskets and clay pottery to collect and process these nutritious natural foods. In this video I use very primitive techniques to harvest and process ripe black sage seed (Salvia mellifera) from wild plants that grow abundantly in this region. Black sage seed is very nutritious and the leaves and stems can also be eaten. It is in the same family as the commercially available “chia seed” that is sold in markets. In my opinion, black sage seed tastes better and contains more oil than chia seed however, I was not able to find any information online regarding the nutritional content of black sage seed.

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Usually I use just one camera. When I have underwater scenes then I also use a GoPro camera. I get different angles by moving the camera around and repeating the action to create a more cinematic viewing experience for the audience.

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In order to protect the integrity of the natural landscape I prefer to be very vague about the locations I use. There are places that I used to visit that were so beautiful and untouched but the consequences of social media brought all kinds of people to visit and sadly some people do not respect nature and have badly damaged these places. Therefore I do not share exactly where I go.

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I wish I could maintain my health on a primal diet that does not include animals but unfortunately that did not work and I ended up with health problems as a result of those attempts. From my studies, observations of nature, and personal experience I have come to believe that the best diet for optimal human health is a primal diet (paleo).

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