Recently I ran a 1:1 private day with a client and they forgot to bring a packed lunch. Not to worry, we made a foraged lunch instead, using lots of hogweed shoots and some dandelion bhajis. It was delicious! So in this video you can see me cooking hogweed shoots in a cast iron pan […]
Last weekend we ran our Bark Containers course and so I recorded some footage to show what goes into making a woven basket from sweet chestnut bark. The process is relatively straightforward – fell a sweet chestnut stem and cut it into manageable lengths; scrape off the outer bark; cut into strips; weave into a […]
Continuing with a look at some common spring time plants and their uses to us in bushcraft, here’s a video in which I talk about some of the many uses for ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea). We often talk about bushcraft uses for ground ivy on our1 Day Foraging course and our Herbal Remedies courses. You can see […]
As we’re in spring I thought I’d turn my attention to a few common plants that can be found at is time of year. So in this video I talk about some of the many uses for rosebay willowherb (Chamerion angustifolium). We often talk about bushcraft uses for rosebay willowherb on our1 Day Foraging course and […]
