Dr. Mark "Merriwether" Vorerbruggen Wild Edible Plants Foraging Expert our Guest This Week on Rifleman Radio

Dr. Mark "Merriwether" Vorderbruggen, author, forager and  edible wild, (and some not so wild) plant expert joins our show this week on Thursday night at 7:00PM CST, to discuss foraging for edible wild plants that  grow all across the nation. I have been telling folks that they have a duty to be prepared for any kind of a rough spot in life including dealing with disasters, food shortages etc. And being able to identify edible plants that are growing wild in the woods, vacant fields, in your own backyard, is a skill we should all have.

Dr. Merriwether

When not running scientific experiments for his paying job at his lab, Dr. Merriwether can be found in the woods and fields across the nation identifying and studying edible wild plants.
Dr. Merriwether devotes a great amount of what spare time he has teaching foraging courses to the public at different locations around the state, and he has a website and a blog page dedicated to bringing this information to to the public.

Do you know that there are hundreds of plants you can make use of year around. And that some plants are supposed to be eaten at different times of the year, or that you can use plants that you might not be able to see in some parts of the year if you have marked their locations in your mind or on paper. And they do not always have to be in a forest. They can be in a parking lot, behind an apartment building, in a vacant lot in your neighborhood, almost every piece of earth not covered in concrete or mowed and manicured can be a source of edible wild plants. Even the ornamental cactus growing in a Chic Filet parking lot could be harvested an eaten in needed.

A Sunflower

    
Food prices will soon be at a level Americans have never seen before. If you can help stretch your grocery dollar by foraging for a bit of your food, you might be able to shift those saved dollars over to ammunition. Dr. Merriwether will be talking about what you can do to help put some food on your table, in all seasons,  by foraging, on the plains, in the woods, the mountains and swamps, even if you live in a city, there are still ways to supplement your diet by foraging. Be sure to listen and find out how.

To start your course of learning, read the info right from the source, go to Dr. Merriwether's Website
"Merriwether's Guide To Foraging Texas"
http://www.foragingtexas.com/

-Scout

Michael Metzger, Patriot and Author of "Freedom's Forge" our First Guest in 2013

There is an Appleseed Instructor in Ohio who not only does his bit by instructing on the line at Appleseeds in Ohio and elsewhere, but has now decided to take his passion for "Telling The Story", as we call it at Appleseed to a whole new level. Michael Metzger, who writes under the pen name of "Nelson Abbac", has written a novel which covers the events surrounding the Boston Tea Party and detailing the many events the people of Boston were involved in during the run up to American Independence.

Michael Metzger is a father, a husband, an ex-SWAT Officer, an Appleseed instructor and a Patriot. With all of his spare time, he decided to write his first novel. Metzger's first published effort at historical fiction spins an exciting tale of intrigue, action and romance set during the tumultuous days leading up to the birth of our nation. Metzger does a great job of explaining and helping us to understand the intricacies and framework of New England politics that ruled Boston during the 1770s.

The events and the background details surrounding the characters in the story have been very well taken care of. The characters are believable and the historical details have been well described and researched. Actual historical figures Paul Revere and John Hancock along with many others, have been artfully entwined with Daniel Ferguson, a tavern girl named Megan and Lieutenant Wainwright of His Royal Majesties Light Infantry to create a tale that could as well be true as not, since so much of what we know about this time period has been lost and because Abbac does such a smashing job at making them real for us. Anyone who gives this a read will not be disappointed. My wife and my ten year old both read it while I was reading it,(we had paperback and a kindle editions) and they both enjoyed it.

Michael Metzger will be our guest on Rifleman Radio, "Live" 7:00PM CST, Thursday January 3rd, 2013. Be sure and tune in for a chance to hear about the characters and events of Boston during the times leading up to the birth of our nation. Be sure to call into the show and ask questions and make comments. That is the whole reason I do a live show.

To purchase a copy of the book, go to- https://www.createspace.com/3933169  

-Scout