Wild chervil, or cow parsley, (Anthriscus sylvestris) is a plant we use regularly at this time of year. It has a dangerous lookalike in hemlock (Conium maculatum), so take a look at this post to help tell them apart. Alexanders (Smyrnium olusatrum) were intoduced to the British Isles by the Romans. It’s most often found near the […]
The Evenk knot, also known as the Siberian hitch, is a great knot for putting up a tarp or hammock and has the great advantage of being able to be tied whilst wearing gloves. I use the Evenk knot to give a fixed point on one end of my ridgeline. On the other end of […]
We’ve been clearing the freezer of the last of the foraged fruits we collected last year, by turning it into jams and jellies, when we found some nettles that we’d forgotten about. We eat nettles a lot over the course of the year in many different ways, such as these puff pies. A couple of years ago […]
In this post I want to take a look at using fungus as tinder. The ones that I discuss here, as best I can tell, can be found all year round, they don’t appear to be particularly seasonal. When ignited they create an ember and not a flame, so you might want to take a […]
I’ve written previously about how to light a fire but haven’t really mentioned much about what makes good firewood, or indeed what isn’t so good. Hopefully this post will put that straight., As a heads up, I’m focusing on being in the woods and sourcing firewood rather than ordering it up for your wood burner at […]
