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Gary

About Gary

Lead Instructor at Jack Raven Bushcraft, teaching bushcraft, wilderness and survival skills to groups and individuals.

fruit and nuts | foraging course | Kent | south east | London — We ran one of our 1 Day Foraging Courses at the weekend and found lots of haws in […]

Finding haws in the hedgerow

This entry was posted in Foraging Herbal Remedies Trees and tagged foraging hawthorn herbal remedies wild foods on 13/09/2019 by Gary (updated 258 days ago)

collecting downy flower heads | bushcraft | Kent | south east | London | survival — A few days ago I spent some time collecting downy flower heads for tinder. At this time of […]

Collecting downy flower heads Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Fire Plants and tagged downy flower heads ember extenders fire lighting tinders on 09/09/2019 by Gary (updated 24 days ago)

splitting wood with an axe | bushcraft | Kent | south east | London | axe skills | axe courses | axe workshop — Take a look at this short video where I demonstrate splitting wood with an axe, firstly using a […]

Splitting wood with an axe Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Tools and tagged axe axe skills bushcraft green woodworking on 04/09/2019 by Gary (updated 24 days ago)

foraging for giant puffballs | wild foods | Kent | mushrooms — Foraging for giant puffballs (Calvatia Gigantea) is a straightforward endeavour, they can be found in meadows and fields […]

Foraging for giant puffballs

This entry was posted in Foraging Fungus and tagged cooking foraging mushrooms wild foods on 01/09/2019 by Gary (updated 378 days ago)

woodland pottery | Kent | bushcraft | primitive pottery — Come to our ancient woodland camp on the Kent Downs for an awesome Woodland Pottery day, gather wild […]

A woodland pottery day Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Camp Craft and tagged ancient pottery courses craft woodland pottery on 28/08/2019 by Gary (updated 24 days ago)

collecting goosegrass for tinder | using cleavers as a tinder | Natural tinders for bushcraft | other natural tinders | bushcraft | fire lighting | Kent | London | south east — I’ve written previously about using cleavers (Galium aparine) as a tinder, but recently as I was pottering around […]

Using cleavers as a tinder Recently updated!

This entry was posted in Fire Plants and tagged bushcraft fire lighting tinders on 20/08/2019 by Gary (updated 24 days ago)