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That's why I posted up a link to the details containing public health advice from the UKs Chief Medical Officers to be broadcast during a national power outage. I saw a few stories about these details, but no links, so had to track them down. They should be publicised now rather than waiting...

Another hazel glove photo, this one growing on a hazel tree planted about 35 years ago when the woodland was first established, so it isn't only found on ancient woodland. Looks like a crowd of tiny muppets clapping...

Found the first small tick of the year scuttling across my jumper today...

No, I would have said home grown beans as the most flavoursome cooked dried beans I've tasted are the seeds from our runner beans. We don't use sugar or salt in them. I know most people wouldn't grow their own or even cook dried beans themselves but some tinned or packet beans have far more...

I think I must be an odd one out but I've never felt the need to add sugar if quality tomatoes are used. If anything, if decent onions are also used things might get a bit too sweet. I also don't like using things like Worcestershire sauce as dishes tend to just taste of it. I do like smoked...

Yes, the Wickwell NT wick is much better than other wicks I've tried. I dont know if its the best but will be ordering some more as I've used up two spools of 5m and that's quite a few candles we've used. I think I will go for the NT14 as its worked well for dipped as well as 'household' sized...

In no particular order... 1) Build a large workshop I obtained planning on last year 2) Start loading home cast subsonic 303 rounds 3) Plant a few hundred more trees around our house 4) Cultivate more of our garden and grow all our Christmas veg.

I doubt there will be any difference between dipped and moulded candles, if the size, wax and wick is the same. I've not compared them but I have compared different thicknesses of the same make of wick and that doesn't make any noticeable difference. Make of wick does make a difference, I've...

I think we're drifting away from Bushcraft. Whilst there's a certain appeal to the Underworld series of films I would expect a true Bushcraft Werewolf hunter go use something like a 45/70 with solid silver, after all you could dig out the bullet and reuse the silver. Then there's the question of...

Are you sure, I thought that was vampires? You need a backup plan with them as I expect there'll be a 2026 consultation on banning pointed sticks, with no thought about the surge in vampires. There are other options, of course, but I'll not mention them in case this post gets moved to 'fair game'

It is a worry though, the cost of making up a decent silver bullet. I know they've been extinct in the UK for decades but, along with things like beavers, people illegally import them and 'rewild' areas. OK in somewhere like Portsmouth but it becomes an issue when they spread into the wider...

Going back to the reintroduction of wild cats, living not too far away from the proposed areas, I can't help but think it's very wishful thinking. The stray/feral cat that we decided to feed to save it from eating too much of the local wildlife looks quite similar to the wildcats. I've realised...

It may well depend on where you are. Many of the the smaller farms around here may well disappear in the next decade as the larger, more industrialised farms expand. One medium sized farm near us has just sold and the new owners have set about enlarging the gateways, clearing a large number of...

I've know people badly affected (red blisters from the sap sprayed up onto bare skin via a strimmer) by plain hogweed, Heracleum sphondylium, even though that's edible. I always advise people to be careful of the sap.

It's that time of year when I need to clear up some more of the fallen / dangerous trees. This alder has gradually fallen over due to the stream behind it eroding the bank. The top was partially hung up so I was a bit unsure of the compression and tension in the trunk. The trunk also had a split...

I assume they are called dead mans fingers because the roots can look like a hand, not because they are poisonous. Personally I would not use glyphosate and never near water. I've just been down to our stream and there's plenty being washed out of the banks. Here's a quick photo, it's not the...

The ditches, streams and boggy land around here is covered in hemlock water dropwort and I've never seen anyone control it. Roots can often be found in the streams and it washes up on the beaches all year round. Although worth being able to identify it, personally, having owned a four legged...

It's worth a read through. It specifically mentions private and second hand sellers as being covered to avoid a 'gap in the law', I can't see them allowing gifting even if it is genuine. I would expect many people to ignore the law or be unaware of it but those with something to loose like FAC...

I wasn't sure where to post this but it might be useful to read through. Not really bushcrafty although some of the advice could be applied. It would be sensible to keep this thread for useful comments and info rather than getting side tracked. There's some details there that many may not have...

You wouldn't be able to keep chickens as there wouldn't be people left in the government to process all the paperwork poultry keepers are required to do these days. Joking aside, it does almost seem if someone is trying to deskill us, making it difficult to be independant. Anyway, I dislike...