Bushcraft has a strong and tangible link to natural history. For our hunter gatherer ancestors, the forest was […]
Trees
Under most circumstances I’ll use a saw to prune a tree, you can see a video on the […]
Removing a hazel stem with a knife
I’m not a big fan of using leaves as tinder, they’re often damp, take a bit of work […]
Using leaves as tinder
I’ve written previously about pruning cuts in this post but as we were gathering some hazel today I […]
How to prune a tree so that it can heal ...
After previously posting a video on collecting and processing sweet chestnut inner bark, I thought I’d make a […]
Lighting sweet chestnut inner bark
We don’t have many conifers around our ancient woodland camp, but recently we were gifted some fatwood by […]
