We’re right into foraging season now and will be running courses regularly for the next couple of months. We often get asked by our customers for tips on foraging so here’s a few things for you to think about and hopefully find useful. Foraging and the law There are a number of laws that you […]
I wrote a post a couple of years back on 5 easily identifiable plants for foraging and it’s turned out to be remarkably popular. On that basis, and to provide a little more help, here’s another 5 easily identifiable plants to forage. I’ve included plants that are around at the time of writing, or will […]
For me a big part of bushcraft is connecting with the natural world, it’s an exploration and appreciation of the marvels that mother nature provides. And for that reason when I’m sleeping in the woods I prefer to use a tarpaulin, it gives me a feeling of immediacy, of being a part of the woodland, […]
Another awesome article by Jules Bristow; this one was originally published in The Bushcraft Journal in 2016. While there is much debate over the precise meaning of the term bushcraft and its overlap with the term survival, to my mind bushcraft is the set of skills necessary to live comfortably and enjoyably in the wild […]
We’ve written about comfrey in the past but this time we’re focusing on how to make comfrey oil. We’ve picked enough leaves for a couple of jars so far, but as comfrey is an early plant to come through we’ll be able to get many more prepared this spring. Pick the comfrey leaves on a […]
If you haven’t already, take a look at this post on setting your tarp up. Packing your tarp away I said previously that how easy it is to put up your tarp is determined by how you put it away, so now it’s time to look at that. Undo your lines from the pegs and […]
