For me bushcraft is about exploring and understanding the natural world. I often try to imagine life for our hunter gather ancestors, looking out of their shelters into the forest and knowing that the supermarket, DIY shop, chemist and clothes shop are all out there, it’s just a case of what to look for, where […]
In this video I take a look at preparing a pigeon for eating. The breast meat is the best part, in fact there isn’t much left once the breasts have been removed. Pigeon is one of my favourite meats and is surprisingly versatile. Take a look at this recipe for pigeon spring rolls for example. We […]
It’s that time of year to get out and about foraging for rosehips. So here’s a short video looking at rosehips, why you need to be careful eating them and a couple of ideas on what to do with them. Here’s the recipe for rosehip syrup and another for rosehip and crab apple jam. Depending […]
A short video where I talk about beech masts, or nuts and why not every year is bountiful. Beech nuts are one of the many things we talk about on our 1 Day Foraging Courses and our 2 Day Fruits & Fungus Forage. You can see photos from both of these courses, as well as […]
A short video where I talk about blackthorn, sloes and sloe gin! How to make sloe gin Freeze 500g of sloes for a couple of hours before pouring into a jar Add 1 litre of vodka and 250g of sugar, put on the lid and put in a dark cupboard Shake daily until the sugar […]
When it comes to foraging for nettles, I find that picking nettle tips is best. We forage nettles regularly from the same few patches around our ancient woodland camp on the Kent Downs and by just taking the tips it seems to encourage new growth so that we can keep going back and harvesting right […]
