Foraging Wild Edible Plants with Mark "Merriwether" Vorderbruggen

[@poppykok5]

I have such especially fond memories of MANY years ago when my Nature loving Grandfather would take me deep into the forest to forage for wild Watercress...After my Grandmother would fix the Watercress to eat with our lunch, we'd walk back into the forest to look for birds, deer, rabbits & even Salamanders (in the streams or under rocks & leave piles) Every once in awhile we'd even spot (big) wild hogs...I credit my Grandfather for instilling in me a great PASSION for Nature & wildlife...

[@beccaharden7041]

I’ve learned a lot by identifying plants around me! That was a great tip.

[@muffawuffaman]

thank you for including links to the books he recommended!

[@laurabennick]

I can always count on you for great quality and informative videos!!

[@WaterGirl49]

That was so interesting I would love to see more of Mark.. love his vest and attire : )

[@txdcmurray]

I have been to one of his class's and it was good, but going out doors with him has to be better. Thanks for sharing.

[@normaastx.9359]

Thank You for sharing this Awesome video.

[@mealbla7097]

Man I had no clue that this was that guys that does forage Texas! That is my fav reference to learn about plants! So Awesome

[@B1gHagar]

Ha! I've got some Crepis/Japanese Hawksbeard in my front yard right now. Good video.

[@Jefferdaughter]

'Bay leaf' is not merely an 'Italian seasoning', but is widely used in cooking throughout Europe. No pot roast or beef stew is complete without it, but it has been used to flavor many different foods 'forever'. In Europe, and in your grocery store, the bay leaf will be Laurus nobilis, related to but not exactly the same species pointed out here. Thanks for the upload!!

[@HurairaHerbals]

its used in food in the middle east as well, not just europe

[@jhoo1309]

Thanks David. I have read Mark's blog for years and always wanted to hear his wild plant talk. Good job! Boy, if you are prepared to learn the edible and medicinal plants all around us, you shall not be afraid if there is a prolonged breakdown in civic order and organized healthcare delivery! (Sorry... couldn't resist!) ; -)

[@lilkitten4839]

Thanks for introducing me to this Jerry Hoover . Hope you are well my friend.

[@mothersmarchforpeace7571]

This is wonderfully useful info!

[@kevingoats]

Thanks David, I have wanted to take Marks class for along time and haven't made the time. Waterville asked about sweet gum. I thought he said a replacement for antibiotics. I have used the leaves to fight bloat in our goats. Don't know if it would work on people but does miracles on goats.

[@kevingoats]

Watergirl not Waterville, I hate autocorrect some times.

[@shawhit3462]

Now that was so interesting. I wish someone was with you that could have picked different things and you took them home and showed us how you used them in salads, cooked or in teas....But that would be a whole video series....hope someone does one!

[@christianpainters]

Thank you very much for publishing this excellent video. I have been Dandelion for over 20 years. I've been wanting to become more knowledgeable of wild foods.

[@jimsmij]

Great video. What wealth of knowledge.

[@evanross1582]

Thanks, dude. Good times.

[@SpiritofWildWings]

Really nice stuff here!

[@whycuds]

Very informative, thanks for the post.

[@stacyhanson1271]

great video! I learned alot, and took many notes. Thank you!

[@HilltopHomestead]

This is a great video. I have such an abundance of potential wild plants here on our property and yet I was cautious to try most. I live on family property and sadly last year 3/4 of the woods were logged. All my holly trees are gone not to mention so many other useful plants and trees. We will have to watch this video again to extract even more that we might have missed. Thank you for taking the time to shoot it and upload. - G

[@jljones2270]

Thanks much for sharing

[@Jefferdaughter]

Would someone please tell Mark Vorderbruggen that Rudolph Diesel designed the engine that carries his name to run on plant oil. Peanut oil was one of the fuels he used, if memory serves. Way back in his day, Mr. Diesel was concerned about destruction of the environment - and the growing power of the oil barons (now the giant multi-national oil corporations). During the Great Depression, many farmers ran their tractors on straight plant oil. Some farmers today are growing a few acres of canola or another oilseed plant to run their tractor(s), and heat their machine shops, etc. With good crop rotation practices particularly through a period of pasture, cover crops for the dormant season, and growing crops in roller/crimped cover crops, pasture cropping (growing annuals no-till drilled (w/no herbicides) directly into heavily grazed pasture), and other appropriate techniques - this can be done successfully, economically, and eco-logically.

[@jwwm2]

I've been a forager for more than 40 years. I have 2 pieces of advice for anybody that wants to forage. 1) Get a good book, and use it. 2) Always double-check any plant you don't have extensive experience with. One mistake with wild plants can kill you, and that goes double for mushrooms. Be careful.

[@Jefferdaughter]

Plants must be foraged from (relatively) pollution-free areas, too. People can be poisoned by the toxic residues of herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, and areas where synthetic chemicals have leached or been dumped. Some plants are excellent at accumulating certain minerals, too - including toxic heavy metals. Pollution is a huge issue along highways, old dumps, near buildings, etc. (Old buildings mostly only had lead as a potential issue; now many thousands of toxic synthetic chemicals are found in and around every modern house).

[@nickglass12]

Great info. Thanks much!

[@reebok3d]

freakin awesome vid! i liked it, watched the whole thing, thanks for the upload, very educational!

[@invisableobserver]

Mark, you have the wisdom of knowing how to be harmless; a rare trait in this world of evil. East Texas is not so great for foraging, too many extremely dumb east Texas people kill everything with glyphosate (also shoot any animal they see). Love the roid rage info, I'll have to try it; what about the catkins from oaks? Great video & website.Thank you

[@navigator9940]

Such great info

[@victorwadsworth821]

I have identified four or five useable weeds in my yard.

[@itsnotthesamething]

I always thought the prickly ash was just a pain in my thumb. Or arm, or where-ever it caught me. Good info to know. :)

[@shannon2227]

great post

[@PAFloridian]

priceless intel

[@TheVegetablegardener]

Great explanation. Would like to know the toxic lichen on the West Coast since that's where I live.

[@KM208Y120]

cool stuff thanks

[@isac0014]

I love your foraging satchel. Where did you get it?

[@gooutside6055]

Very good video. I just did a review of Merriwether's new book. It' a great book

[@WaterGirl49]

what did you say the sweet gum tree/ fruit /sap ? was used as a replacement for? sorry I couldn't understand.

[@LDSPrepper]

novocaine

[@WaterGirl49]

oh LOL.. ok thank you.. well good to know for a burn or scrape..

[@HilltopHomestead]

LDSPrepper - Prickly Ash is for the Novocaine. The seeds of the sweet gum are like clove for numbing. Not exactly the same thing but similar. - G

[@lummoxlewis70]

. Thank you

[@victorwadsworth821]

I wish I could get out I knew Mushrooms.

[@mealbla7097]

The compound is sweet gum is shikimic acid

[@schlaznger8049]

You you or anyone you know offer a book for plant identifacation in central Texas?

[@christianpainters]

If you find one please let me know? I've been eating dandelion for over 20 years. I want to increase my knowledge of wild foods!

[@schlaznger8049]

Christian Painters I agree with you

[@adobewalls2008]

Edible Wild Plants of Texas, Mark Suter; Edible and Useful Plants of Texas, Delena Tull; Wild Edible Plants of Texas, Charles Kane; Medicinal Plants of Texas, Nichol Telkes; and of course, Idiot's Guide to Foraging, Mark Vorderbruggen, PhD

[@skippymagrue]

In your description, it's palmetto, not palm meadow.

[@utubemouse]

❤

[@victorwadsworth821]

Remember Euel Gibbons?

[@Jefferdaughter]

Other resources on wild edible plants: KZbin channel & website EatTheWeeds. Green Deane also teaches classes in Florida. KZbin channel Blanche Cybele Derby. And KZbin channel Arthur Haines. Haines is a botanist and one of the most knowlegeable people anywhere on the uses of plants by the American Indians (a people 'en Dios' - or a people in God - from Columbus' admiration of the character of the first people he met in the New World, who lived harmoniously with each other and Nature).

[@jimcottle01]

Focused close-ups would be nice.

[@Naturecraft645]

Good stuff! But the thing about pine needles causing a miscarriage has been shown to be a myth on a flawed study.

[@TrippedTheFuckOut]

"...there is no rule about red"

[@pandacommanda1]

Yeah don't look up "Natures Harvest" on google it leads to the wrong book smh

[@JustOneAsbesto]

Dude seems pretty knowledgeable, but it's hard to take him seriously with that outfit.