Monthly Archives: January 2013

Nettle bruschetta

This entry was posted in Foraging and tagged bushcraft foraging wild foods on by (updated 2883 days ago)

Nettles are incredibly healthy, containing high levels of many vitamins and minerals as well as 4 times as much iron as is found in spinach.  On top of that they are very tasty!  We tend to pick the tips of nettles, just the top two pairs of leaves.  This delays the flowering process and encourages […]

Nettle bruschetta
knife sharpening | bushcraft

Knife Sharpening

This entry was posted in Bushcraft Skills and tagged knife sharpening on by (updated 864 days ago)

A sharp knife is absolutely essential for bushcraft so knife sharpening is therefore a key skill.  A lot is written about knife sharpening that can make it sound much more complicated than it really is, so as with many aspects of bushcraft, keep it simple! The description below is for a method of knife sharpening […]