Recent content by jem seeley

Received my copy today(have eagerly awaited the post each day since the weekend) Looking forward to my bedtime read-have only flicked through it so far! Glad to see Barry Scott has moved on from the 'Cillit Bang' adverts! :D Why does he need to shout? Anyway thanks team for another great...

"too far for some to travel"?with the greatest respect Rappleby the 'East Anglian Group' was never intended to be a group that only met at one venue.Kevin,& to a lesser extent myself,kick started this by organising weekends around the Bury area because Kevin had found a suitable site that was...

Have a look at the Permaculture Magazines site www.permaculture.co.uk .There's quite a few books on the subject dealing with growing food using the ecological principles of a natural woodland.Not sure how useful it will be for where you are but it's a good starting point.There might even be some...

Well computer is fixed.....still waiting for baby!

Sounds great.Spent some wonderful days in the Boundary Waters in the Fall a few years ago.Saw plenty of signs of Moose but unfortunately no actual sightings! I would love to go back to Minnesota & explore the wilderness areas in the winter months.Awaiting those photos!

I wouldn't need to travel far to see the animal I would most like to see in the wild at the moment.I've seen signs of otters just 1/2 mile from my house.I've found tracks & spraints under a road bridge by the local river & some neighbours have found half eaten carp left by their small lake about...

Thanks for all the leads,folks.I'll have another look at the dog chews.I bought a selection including a rather nasty one made up into a moccasin/slipper which I thought would be easier to spiral cut into long strips but it kept snapping.I'll give the knotted bone a try next.Should rawhide be...

Anyone any idea where I can get rawhide? I'm wanting to use rawhide to fix a flint spear head (just been on a flintknapping workshop with John Lord) onto a shaft.I've looked at the rawhide petshops sell as dog chews but this seems to be of variable thickness & is too weak.

Start them young!My son(5yrs) is quite happy sitting with a small pen-knife taking the bark off sticks & sharpening.We've talked about the dangers together & he is never allowed to use his knife when I'm not around.Yes,he has cut himself once so far-this in itself is an important lesson after...

Perhaps the question should be which 'style' of Dutch oven.Some have domed lids like a conventional cookpot & were more intended for use on a stove others have dished lids so that you could cover then with embers for outside use.Some even have short legs making them suitable for standing in a...

Well done,Biddy.Like the way you've carved the back of the handle-nice!! :D

Our local game dealer is still advertising for rabbits......Noticed a fair few rabbits about with myxamatosis so I guess the local population is going to take a dive again anyway.Had just finished rabbit fencing my garden last year when myxi last struck-went from being over-run to none in a few...

Getting a free source of rabbits at the moment thanks to local hunters.They seem to be coming round every Monday evening.After the first time they came round shooting in my local fields I found that they had just left everything they had shot.Unfortunately my initial discoverys were a little...

I like my spoons,bowls,etc.to have some character therefore cherry has to be my fave wood for carving at the mo.I've been using sections from the same fallen tree in my local woods for the past 3 yrs.Yes, it is harder to carve than some other woods but I find the finish & end result very...

Not a sufferer Kimboko!Unfortunately I didn't take any shots of your lovely floral display though you were a picture leaving on Sun. with them sticking out of the top of your rucsac :lmao: As for the rest of the photos-patience!!!