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Well it gives you something else to learn :) with over 450 species of spider and the 20,000 or species of insect (just in the UK) it'll give you something to do if you cant get out :D a wonderful quote from David Attenborough - "for every pound of people on earth, there are 300 pounds of...

You might also find this interesting, depends on your budget (same as everything else I suppose!) http://www.earthship.org/build/hybrid.php

whats next - "I don't know what happened, he must have slipped and fell out of the helicopter!" :) :P

Witchetty grubs is a universal name used by the Aboriginals to describe the wood eating larval stages of moths, mainly the cossid moth(Cossidae), but also the ghost moth(Hepialidae) and some beetles larvae.Though mainly the Witchetty (Wijuti) Grub is generally the caterpillar of Endoxyla...

To poach Time Team (it was quick ..ok!) Another important goddess was Eostre, goddess of the spring, dawn, new life and beginnings. She gave her name to the Christian spring festival of Easter, which was originally held on the same day as the festival of Eostre – 21 March, the spring equinox...

Your local pest control should be able to help, they don't shoot the gulls, they shoot the eggs - they are less likely to attack if they have no eggs and it also reduces the next population of gulls in a city. Of course if we were better at dealing with our rubbish, they wouldn't in the...

Well I'm in Nottingham, though I can't say I've chased up private owned land, but I do know that you won't get much response from the councils. I don't get chance to pop out as I'm busy working to much, that and a lack of transport. (Yes I'm an armchair bushcrafter!) There are several...

As I was browsing the old internet I came across this http://www.thecoolhunter.net/lifestyle/SELKBAG/ An interesting idea! http://www.musuchouse.com/ This is their main site, download the PDF to see the full characteristics of the bags. I'm not saying that they would be any good, I...

It's odd that some repellents work on some people and don't work with others. I think you have to start thinking like a midge! They hone in on heat and carbon dioxide, as well as scents I'm not aware off (In your breath and from your skin - this is probably where the garlic pearls comes in...

I keep finding them out in meadows, less so in woodland (up in Nottingham, Derbyshire and Liecester anyway) It's a good sign that grassland has been around for a while, if they are growing there. They apparently like acidic soil, so check out trees that like acidic soil it may give you a hint...

Sad news indeed,condolences to Ray and family. It appears she lived life to the full, something we all should do!

Just a note of caution, if you are popping 'out of work' to eat tree leaves - be aware of where the trees are, many are road side and absord all kinds of nasty things. (In fact some trees are planted for that very reason - london plane for example)

Rufford is an excellent place to go - through out the year. (Also, has a good spread of trees, rather than forestry land pines - a good place for false tinder fungus and free standing dead birch, as well as live ones :))

This one is from a thread a while ago, thought I'd save it, now I get to pass it on! :) http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/roche/rec.wood.misc/wood.toxic

You know I came to the same conclusion :D. ID island is it, when does Ricardo Montalban come out? Venger

Or this http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1860197760/202-7604724-6753447

Sorry, try here http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/archives/forestry/hough/index.html

Try checking your wood here: http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/archives/fo...ough/index.html You might find out what it is - which could help

I'm in Nottingham too, still havent found a an 'open fire' place yet

Yay! My turn. Lime - young leaves can be eaten, collect flowers for tea, good for colds Tea from inner bark is good for kidney stones,gout, and coronary heart disease (under medical supervision) Peach - Well the fruit of course! Peach - leaf infusion is good...