Our son, David, and I recently took the course Edible Wild Plants by Dr. Mark "Merriwether" Vorderbruggen who hosts the website www.foragingtexas.com. I am excited to say that, with the exception of areas where sprays or fertilizers might have been used, we are SURROUNDED by food out here!
We have Turk's Cap (which is DELICIOUS - flower and leaves), yaupon trees (caffeine in the leaves, ohhh yeah), and wild plumb trees to name a few. Of course we also have some pretty poisonous plants and David accidentally ate a portion of a leaf of a tree that is basically cyanide, so BE CAREFUL if you forage. It was my fault, but he lived, so it's okay.
really good stuff
ReplyDeleteYeah - During the course I was remembering the tea Grandaddy would always make us kids every time we came to the ranch. Do you know from what plant the leaves came? He told me as a kid, but I forgot.
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