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Yeah its surprising what is classified as "invasive" and folks often don't realise that if you have certain plant species on your land, you have legal obligations to prevent spread. My day-job is in railway safety & compliance, and in the past I've had to put control measures in place for...

No, they are not seeking to stop genuine martial artists, There is still the ability for such persons to obtain iaitos, either the soft blunt practice version or the sharp steel version. The UK specialist supplier for Kendo and Iaido kit is still selling "professional quality alloy and steel...

Interesting development. Has (successful) parallels in H&S law. Making it work when the responsible persons don't live in UK might be a challenge though.... ... better funding of inspection of imported goods and more Trading Standards persons would (a) probably achieve more and (b) also catch...

Sashiko. GC

Indeed, which was why I mentioned checking that the specific plant was not invasive. The place I am renovating, I have removed a HUGE rhododendron ponticum planted by the previous owner, the root ball was so enormous the builders large excavator could barely lift it..... also been dealing with...

You can also get the "Apple Pi" and "Pumpkin Pi" multifuel burners from Ekol, they can be specced in various combinations- with a hotplate on top, or with a little oven above the firebox...... The place we're renovating had an old solid fuel Rayburn Royale in working condition, so I've had it...

Yeah, various species/cultivars of Magnolia grow all over south Wales- I've just never managed to get one established. Admittedly they were all pot-grown rather than bare root, but still..... the conditions should have suited them.... GC

Also consider: when you're not about, locked shed = "something valuable in here." When I had an allotment, I inherited a ramshackle shed from the previous user. I reattached the door, covered the leaky roof and parts of the walls with biggest holes in with pond liner (I had some lying around)...

Myrica pensylvanica. Some azaleas like wet ground (all are acid-lovers). Flag iris (and other iris). Hydrangea (various types). https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/for-places/wet-soils Loads of possibilities. All depends on what you want it to look like and when and the aspect/how exposed it is...

Asgard sheds come in bits but the bigger the shed, the better the surface required (flatness, solidness) for successful build. The smaller bike store ones can be assembled by one person in spite of what the instructions say. The big ones really do need 2 people. You could carry the bits one at...

I have far too many billhooks..... some I have finished refurbishing, and I use. Others are "projects" that I chip away at. My current favourite is a 10-inch "Fussels improved" from the 1950's or so. Also I have tried the 2 types of Fiskars brush-hook, and Skrama, and kukri. The billhook...

First of all, you need to understand what the different species of willow are used for. Varieties of Salix viminalis, Salix alba, Salix purpurea and Salix triandra are the main ones used in basketry, but there are several more. Here's a useful summary of basketry willow species and varieties...

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Yesterday. Ordered some more Welsh heritage variety apple trees from Ian Sturrock plus a Welsh grapevine. They had run out of the ones I wanted last year, this time I got in at the start of Bare Root Season. GC

You're looking in the wrong place then. Here's a couple of links I posted earlier: biofuel : https://westwaleswillows.co.uk/product/src-kit/ kit with 200 cuttings of fast growing hybrid plus sheets and pegs and manual for £230. basketry selection...

@bushcraftlearner83729: I mentioned Planning because in some authorities, putting hard core down for vehicle access needs permission. What local authorities don't typically like is anything which they feel might potentially lead to breach of a policy such as "no new dwellings outside designated...

Yeah but there's also laws about not polluting watercourses.... ..... you shouldn't use feces raw, need to aerobically compost feces properly first, then use on fruit trees rather than leafy veg. Urine is much easier to deal with. (There's a book about doing "humanure" properly, if I can find...

They drank from the local stream/river/spring- as they still do in many parts of the world today. Typically had worms and other intestinal parasites as routine. (There is a suggestion by some that allergies in the modern world are at least in part due to us not having a parasitic load to keep...

This is good advice: From previous posts on another thread, I get the impression you are living in a van on a piece of land in Wales that you've recently acquired. On one hand, if you have woodland, then fuel for a decent firepit that you use for boiling water shouldn't be an issue, but...

Natural pond, just dug out: (The trees behind are on our side of the boundary- it's the old hedge grown up a lot. Needs some work to thin the canopy a bit and regenerate a boundary but that's a job for a specialist). There is an overflow pipe built in, the water naturally sits a couple of...