06/17/2026
Every Vorderbruggen is related so if that’s your family name and you’re in Houston for FIFA, contact me! I want to meet you at a bar here. You’ll love it, they have a live alligator! #
Merriwether's Foraging Texas
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What did our ancestors eat and use as medicine? Find out here! Free food and medicine which surrounds you.
Because plants don't follow government-imposed boundaries most of these edible and medicinal plants & mushrooms grow all across North America, not just Texas.
06/15/2026
What happens when you’ve put up a wedding tent and 30 mph winds hit a few hours later? Nothing, if you know the right knots! Four knots in particular will cover 95% of your non-fishing and non-rock climbing needs? What are they and how do you tie them? Check the comments.
06/12/2026
Oyster root! Also known as salsify (Tragopogon porrifolius) root tastes vaguely like oysters but more like artichoke heart to me. They have a special place in my heart because mom would use the large puffballs in flower arrangements after spraying them with her hairspray to keep them intact.
06/11/2026
Miniwether, married. 🥲💕
06/08/2026
Like most if not all members of the Malvaceae (mallow) family, woolly rose mallow aka southern marsh mallow has edible leaves, flowers, flower buds, tender young seed pods, and seeds. If you have a damp but sunny spot in your yard consider planting this Texas native for lots of food!
06/06/2026
06/06/2026
Looking for a source of gluten free flour? Grind up dock seeds! Harvest when the seed husks turn dark, rusty brown. You do need to remove their husks which is easily accomplished by rubbing them between your hands and letting a light wind carry away the chaff.
06/01/2026
Sometimes you just want a young child to fall asleep. Native American herbalism uses tea from the roots of lizard tail (Saururus cernuus) as a sedative for both children and adults. Look for its distinctive white flower spikes resembling the scaly tails of lizards in low, wet, swampy areas of dark woods. Keep in mind it’s the roots which have the potency and digging them up💀the plant.
05/28/2026
I love the rain for the food it brings!
05/25/2026
What if there was a wild plant that tastes like and can be used in all the same ways as asparagus, but it didn’t make you smell funny?
There is! The tips of large, thorny Greenbriar (Smilax bona-nox) vines kind of resemble asparagus and are harvested the same way, just bend the end of the vine and whatever snaps off you can eat raw or cooked.
These vines have alternating leaves with two tendrils growing at the base of each leaf, sharp thorns on older parts of the vine, and grow in fully shaded woods. It’s time to gather them and if you have, what’s your favorite way to prepare them?
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