Yesterday saw me in the woods making a saw horse. Whilst not a particularly portable piece of equipment, in a semi-permanent or permanent camp setting they’re really useful for processing fire wood and provide a degree of safety by reducing the risk of cuts to the supporting hand. In this video I show you how […]
Winter foraging is easily overlooked. Whilst there aren’t as many species around, or indeed those species aren’t generally found in the same quantities, there are still plants around that we can forage. This video shows 8 plant species that I found within around 30 minutes in mid January. I easily found enough plants to make […]
I put together a video last year about using the ‘plumbers vice‘, and whilst this is a good technique to use when you don’t have a working platform to saw on, it has its limitations. I find that it’s fine for pieces of wood up to about the thickness of a drink’s can, but bigger […]
We regularly find ourselves foraging for ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria) as there’s a lovely patch near our ancient woodland camp. It’s a member of the carrot family and typically grows in shady spots. You might also want to take a look at this post which provides a few hints and tips for foraging. Depending on […]
Six months or so ago I did a couple of videos around improving your knife skills. This week continues that theme with a video on knife skills for making a spindle for use in bow drilling. To make the spindle I firstI baton a piece of sycamore, I’ve done a video in the past on batoning […]
In some of our recent videos you can see the bluebells in the background. And what a beautiful sight they make. For me our native bluebells in full bloom in an ancient woodland is one of the great spectacles of the natural wolrld and an event to treasure. We were asked by Adrian, one of […]
