Hornbeam (Carpinus betulus) is one of my favourite tree species, which is good because we have lots of it in our ancient woodland in Kent! Here’s a short video where I discuss some of the identification points for hornbeam and also some of the bushcraft uses for hornbeam. We take a walk around our woodland […]
Last week I did a video on using bluebell stems as a tinder for fire lighting with emphasis on the fact that the stems can be found in December. This week I thought I’d stick with that theme and look at other materials that we can use as a tinder and can be found in […]
Bushcraft is about knowledge and not kit and often that knowledge revolves around the natural world. If you want to make that journey into natural history, trees are a good place to start. So in this video I discuss some of the bushcraft uses for goat willow (Salix caprea). We take a walk around our […]
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 […]
