Outer barks are a great resource for fire lighting and provide us with another tool in our bushcraft repertoire. In this video I talk about using a few outer barks as a tinder, including birch, cherry, hornbeam, honeysuckle and clematis. I’ve written about using outer barks as tinder in this post previously, take a look at […]
The rosette cut is a great little technique for cross cutting small rounds of greenwood such as hazel, ash, sycamore, willow etc. If I’m dealing with seasoned rounds it’s sometimes easier to just snap them, but often the green stems I’ve just listed will bend before they break, so it’s often easier to just cut […]
I often use various herbal ointments that we’ve made ourselves so in this video I show you how to make a herbal ointment using self heal (Prunella vulgaris). It’s a great little plant and the ointment made from it can be used on cuts and sores as well as aches and pains. The 2 ointments […]
Nicola had some spare self heal infused olive oil and so we thought we’d put together a quick video showing you how to make self heal cream. Self heal (Prunella vulgaris) is a small, low, creeping herb, a member of the dead nettles, and has the familiar square stem and a delicate purple flower. It […]
I wrote a post a few years ago about various fungi that can be used as a tinder, including King Alfred’s Cakes (Daldinia concentrica). They get their name from the legend of King Alfred who, whilst in hiding from the Danes, let some cakes burn, and they do indeed have that appearance. Here in Kent […]
