Spindle (Euonymus europaeus) is a small tree native to the British isles. It’s regarded as an ancient woodland indicator species but can also be found in the hedgerow. Spindle berries have a very distinct look to them but are poisonous and to be avoided. We look at spindle berries on our 1 day foraging course as well […]
Here in Kent field mushrooms (Agaricus campestris) are in plentiful supply. And whilst they’re relatively straightforward to identify, they can be confused with yellow stainers (Agaricus xanthodermus). So here’s a few pointers on figuring out if it’s a field mushroom or yellow stainer. We look at telling if it’s a field mushroom or yellow stainer […]
Earlier this year I put together a post on charring birch polypore for tinder and it works really well. Which got me thinking about other fungus that could be charred and used as tinder. Last week I found a chicken of the woods and decided to give it a go. So here’s a short video […]
I’ve written posts previously about ash die back in our ancient woodland. Over the last 3 winters we’ve felled in the region of 300 ash trees in and around our main camp. Generally speaking they’ve been small diameter trees and relatively easy to deal with. But we had a bunch of ash along the woodland […]
I always like to find the easy way to do things when I’m practicing bushcraft. Firewood is a good example, why saw if you don’t need to. Here’s a couple of alternatives to sawing firewood. We talk about cutting firewood (or not) fire on our 1 Day,2 Day & 5 Day Bushcraft Courses as well as the IOL Bushcraft Competency […]
2024 has been a busy year for us so far with very few places not taken on our bushcraft, craft and ancestral skills courses. With that said, we have a few places left on some of our remaining 2024 courses and so we’re running a fantastic end of season sale and offering a massive 25% […]
