One benefit of insomnia is I can take on a lot of projects. Here is my latest, a guide to wild edibles. It currently focuses on plants in the Houston area but it'll grow to encompass other...things.

It's still a bit rough on the edges but I'll tkae better pictures and such over time. Let me know what you think so far.

Thanks,

-Blast

Nice.

Suggestions:

Ethics – use your holes to plant seeds or shoots

Collecting tools – green bags
Tool belt
Walking staff to move stuff aside, and to “hook” high stuff into reach

Stuff obvious you use but not on list:


Camera
Notebook
Tape measure

Have fun with it!

I see you have cattails. Have you tried them yet?

Yes, the roots are undoubtedly edible as you pull them up. To someone. But I don't know many people who can keep them down without some hardcore work to turn them into flour. They are the only thing that has ever tasted better going up than going down, IME.

Yes, cattail roots "as is" are definitely in the "nothing left to eat" category. I've always thought they tasted like white paste gone bad. Um, not that I ever ate paste...

-Blast

Thanks for posting this info!!! I have been looking and learning more about plants for a while and now you've given a great addition to add to my printed material.

Thanks again.

Nice! The menu: Extremely fresh chicken, assorted bugs & grubs, and gathered greens; what's for dessert?
Note to self: Politely decline any invitations to progressive dinners in Blast's neighborhood.

Some of my favorites not on your site yet, maybe not n Houston area:

Purslane - raw. salad
Yerna buena - tea
Manzanita "berry" - cider
Miner's lettuce - raw, salad
Wild fennel - raw or cooked

You never fail to entertain (and enlighten) us.

Best digging tool I ever had was a M-16 bayonet. Not much good for anything else tho...

Cool Beans.

I can't wait to check it out.

Thanks!

Oh c'mon OBG...the bayonet is just dandy for bending the barrel of the m16/m4 if you use it for its intended purpose *rolls eyes*

-Bill Liptak