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Collecting thistle heads to use as a tinder | downy flower heads | tinders | bushcraft | fire lighting | Kent | south east | London — This article on downy flower heads was originally published in The Bushcraft Journal issue 17 published in October 2017. Tinders […]

Downy flower heads

This entry was posted in Fire Plants Trees and tagged fire lighting on 01/10/2018 by Gary (updated 178 days ago)

bramble cordage | bushcraft | south east | Kent | London — I’ve written posts previously on making cordage from nettles, lime bark and sweet chestnut. This time it’s brambles. […]

Bramble Cordage

This entry was posted in Cordage Plants and tagged natural cordage on 05/06/2018 by Gary (updated 220 days ago)

foraging | Kent | London | south east — Lords & Ladies (Arum maculatum) is a plant commonly found in British woodlands and often along verges and […]

Lords & Ladies – Arum maculatum

This entry was posted in Plants and tagged foraging wild flowers wild foods on 16/04/2018 by Gary

bushcraft | herbal remedies | Kent | south east | London — Note : Please don’t send me photos or ask me to identify trees, plants, berries or mushrooms. We’re […]

Edible fruits and berries (and some poisonous ones too)

This entry was posted in Foraging Plants Trees and tagged foraging trees wild flowers wild foods on 24/08/2017 by Gary (updated 74 days ago)

ramson soup | foraging | wild foods | Kent | south east | London — Ramsons (Allium ursinum) are one of our favourite springtime plants. We’re fortunate to have a couple of very […]

Ramson Soup

This entry was posted in Plants Recipes on 14/04/2017 by Gary (updated 211 days ago)

Foraging for wood sorrel | forage | south east | Kent | Sussex | London — Foraging can be daunting to anyone first starting off. So I’m going to get you going with 5 […]

5 easily identifiable plants to forage

This entry was posted in Foraging Plants and tagged foraging wild flowers wild foods on 04/04/2017 by Gary (updated 189 days ago)