Recent content by Fenlander

If I have an itchy insect bite, I wash the area of skin with sphagnum and the itching will stop.

I was asked to make a credit card holder and I'm pleased with the end result. The leather is reindeer.

Swedish Lapland, March 2022.

A Wolf at a wildlife park in Finland.

Thanks Tony

I thought I would put up a couple of photos of an ice fishing rod that I made, using a broken fishing rod, reindeer horn and sallow root bur.

Yes it is Mesquite. The fishing line goes over the screw at the end, prior to going down into the ice hole.

Last Saturday was the premier for ice fishing in one of the lakes in our village. My 10 year old daughter was the first to catch a fish after just 5 minutes. An Arctic Char. I also caught 2, but mine were under the limit of 35cms, so I had to put them back.

It will be another 4 months before I can start planting Hei!

I'm doing ok thanks. Got divorced a few months ago, so I'm living alone in the forest now. My 10 year old daughter comes to stay every weekend. After a back operation a few years ago, I'm not as active as I used to be. How is life with you?

Hello Hugh!

I'm doing ok thanks. Got divorced a few months ago, so I'm living alone in the forest now. My 10 year old daughter comes to stay every weekend. After a back operation a few years ago, I'm not as active as I used to be. How is life with you?

Hi all. I used to be an active member here, but haven't been here for many years. I'm originally from the fens, but have been living in Swedish Lapland, 60kms inside the Arctic Circle for 14 years now. It's nice to be back

Over the past few days I've been based on a Woodland Trust site, where scouts from the jamboree were bused out to us, to learn a variety of practical skills. The first was charcoal burning and after learning to make charcoal, each scout drew a charcoal picture They...