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    paper

    does anyone know how to make a papyrus like paper substitute from plants existing in England?
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    Mushrooms

    I know you are able to preserve plants by pressing them. I would not have thought that that would have worked with mushrooms so could you keep them whole and spray them with sa clear varnish of PVA?Would that preserve it or would it just go off?
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    wooden jars

    I had a thought yesterday. Could you carve a wooden jar, coat the inside with a few layers of birch or pine resin tar, put fruit in side, and seal the outside with more resin. Would the contense of the jar stay fresh if it was something like plums in sugar water?
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    Drop spindle

    Does anyone know how to make a drop spindle or how to useone?
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    Paper

    I was wondering whether therewas any plant that we could use to make paper like the Egyptians used Papyrus, and if so, how would you turn it into paper.
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    Fish skin

    How do you get fish skin to be able to be used like leather?
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    Soap

    If you dry plants like soapwort or chestnut leaves, do they still work as soap?
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    Rabbit skins

    I was just wondering, Whether you needed to do brain tanning on a rabbit skin, if you want to keep the fir on, Or what do you do if you don't?
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    Fossils

    Does anyone know any good places to find fossils around chichester?
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    Spoon knife/ crooked knife

    What is the difference? and which is better?
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    Stargazing Live

    I was wondering whether you watched it? Very Quickely before i have got to go to bed, When did it say the meteor shower, eclipse and satern and venus are?
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    Good Wood

    Has anybody ever camped/done bushcraffty things there, and do you know whether Lord March lets people do that sort of stuff there?
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    nordic runes

    I have read that they were used up until the dark ages, but i was wondering how you read words aloud. do you say each indevidual letter?
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    old belts

    I have got a old leather belt. i was thinking i could make some sort of sheath, but i was wondering how, and whether there was anything else i could make.
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    Nettle cloth

    I was wondering whether anyone had tryed making cloth from the twine and how it was done. and i was also wondering whether you had to water proof it and if so how.
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    Sweet Cicely and Cow parsely

    Do they look the same? is so how do you tell them apart? and is cow parsely poisonous?
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    honey cuts

    I have hurd of putting honey over a acut to stop infection, but i was wondering whether it hurt and stung, or whether you could not feel it.
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    Birthday

    It was my birthday on tuesday and i got two ray mears books that are signed, a raymears dvd and a flixicut knife. does anyone know basic things to make with the knife. also the knife did not come with a sheath, does anyone know how to make one that is not leather?
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    ancient telegraph machine

    Found this and thought you may like it. http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010/11/building_a_telegraph_from_scratch.html
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    pumpkin gourd water bottle

    I have found this website, which is quite good, but i was wonderng wether anyone has got some propper experiance making one. Also i was wondering whether a pumpkin would work very will becuase it it round instrad of tall...