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Just tasted our lovely home made Amaretto, we made some apricot jam earlier in the year and wanted to use the stones for something so we added them to some brandy along with some syrup, we're well impressed with the results, also on the go is wild strawberry and cherry, elderberry and grape...

By rough terrain do you mean country/woodland tracks or serious mountain tracks, if it's the latter then the only way is a decent ATB, if it's for country tracks then a tourer would be your best bet as riding an ATB on the road uses a lot more of your energy than a traditional rigid. Others have...

We get them around here, even the dog has been bitten, we also get hornets, unlike wasps they are not usually aggressive, leave them alone and they will not bother you.

Got to be fish, love cod and monkfish and make a mean Basque style seafood stew with shellfish, oysters and scallops are always available here in season, even though we are far inland, to be honest the meat I would miss most is chicken, real chicken that is, not the cheap water filled...

Slaughter houses kill the animal as humanely as possible, I know there are bad ones, but they are breaking the law, and don't mention halal. Is it not cruel to deprive animals of food and shelter when we turn vast fields into monocultural food baskets? just because the cruelty is subtle and...

Don't panic, they will be killed off by the first frosts, burn the leaves as soon as they fall, as for eating the walnuts they should be fine, trust your eyes and nose.

We get quite a few veggies on our campsite and if the subject arises I will question their ethics, such comments as, I no longer eat meat because I don't believe in factory farming are shot down with, why didn't you just change to free range organic meat, as for land use I just point to the...

It seems people are obsessing too much over the name rather the activity, I can see nothing wrong in being prepared, if you have the means to stockpile a years supply of food and water, why not? along with skills such as field craft, agriculture/horticulture and medicine it seems the most...

A good supply of tinned food that you enjoy eating is essential, as the food gets close to it's sell by date eat it and replace it, some seeds can keep for decades, there is a huge seed bank in Iceland, the only reason bottled water has a sell by date is that it is a legal requirement, most...

Sounds like you have a high copper content, nothing to worry about, agro chemicals are more of a concern, but they are generaly invisible.

Some species of deer are classed as vermin in the UK, as are several other species of game, there are many loopholes and grey areas regarding hunting, a dog chasing a deer does not in it's self prove that you are hunting, as in many cases of law, intent has to be proved.

Lymes has so many symptoms, which means that in the UK it often goes untreated until it becomes serious, the symptoms can vary from flu like and pain or they can seem like clinical depression or M.E, the latter two symptoms are the ones that often go untreated in the UK.

There are hunter gatherers around the world living off less fertile land than western Europe, they still find time to play games, sing and dance and tell stories.

It's interesting that the latest diet fad is called the caveman diet, as for prehistoric life spans, skeletons have been aged at 70 years of age, the only thing we can be certain of is that we will never know how comfortable or uncomfortable life was for our ancestors. Our minds are full of...

Have you thought about yoga?

I would get rid of the bamboo, as it may put some people off, you usually have to burn the roots to get rid of it, it's quite a problem in Parts of France and Spain.

Comparing our own knowledge with the knowledge our distant ancestors had can lead to false assumptions, our ancestors were able to read patterns in their natural surroundings that only the most dedicated forager could come anywhere near, the distractions of modern life mean we spend little time...

You must inform the authorities if there is Knotweed, nasty stuff, it's actually an offence to sell a house without informing prospective buyers of the, if it is Knotweed it's unlikely you will have got rid of it, as for the Ivy, if you don't want to use chemicals cover the stump with salt or...

The cranes flying south in the Autumn and north in the spring, our house is on the flight route, the sight and noise is amazing, we must be on a turning point as they often circle before heading off to the south west, at the moment I'm enjoying the stag beetles flying around, very comical, the...