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  1. troy ap De skog

    "OH LOOK ORCHID!" and then came the bulldozer

    Hi guys... well im totaly infuriated and have been exstreamly busy the last week becouse; The place were you can always find me got bulldozed with out warning.. (http://harefield.uxbridgegazette.co.uk/local-authority/) over the summer i carried out an intesive survey of the flora of this...
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    sweet chesnuts

    wow this years crop was huge, just got back from the woods, with over half a 55l rucksack full.. so i know what im having every sunday till yule. mind you my collection method is great fun, sit wach the squirills see were they're opening the husks and were the burring them, then walk towards...
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    Glistning Ink caps

    i have loads of them all over my garden all year round, now im pretty sure their not poisonus, but dose anyone know if the're worth eating....
  4. troy ap De skog

    ultimate natureal tinder...

    couple of weeks ago, i diesided to drie out a carrier bag of thistel down in a billy over the fire.... then "woops" loads of smoke came from the billy, so burred it in sand... any ways all the down left in the billy was heavly chard, and will take the tinyist of sparks from my trad flint...
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    job needed for a woodland critter

    having a bad week looking for a job.. preferable in some woods or in a place were i can "exsperiment" with trandional crafts... like living in a cave/ shack somewere.. any one seen/ herd of anything going lately...
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    giant puff ball tinder issue...

    i have a pile of puff for tidner...about a year old. been trying to use with a flint and steel, mangeing to get sparks to land on it, the leave a little black dot, were they landed but none last longengh to get an ember... any one know what i can do to make it work?..
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    Knotweed

    we all want rid of it... but i for one know that these little insects realy are not the answer... derfa's sci nerds are being dumb.. my veiw is plant lots of hemp and hops in and around large patches of knotweed, as chemicals released by members of hemp family seem to reduce the growth and...
  8. troy ap De skog

    re-handled knife and new sheath(pic heavy)

    YEW HANDLE, WITH A ELM AND WILLOW SHEATH taken about 6hrs including collecting wood...
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    not so lovely grub

    after exsperimenting over last few days.. the emergencey peasent food of northern europe.. elm bark porrage is absoultly disgusting and not worth the effort in processing... any other wild foods tha you know of that are repulsive? i want to know, so i can try them, and see what owns are some...
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    sedge- good for the urban bush man

    well this grass of marshy ground, that you can grow relativly quicky in a bucket of water in the garden. is greate for praticeing skills and is often overlooked... i use it for makeing plated cordage..wich is resonably strong but is great for make waterproof thatch, and if made tight enought...
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    Why not try...

    Roughtly once a week I'm going to aim to give you an item of wild food that is in season to try.. This week it is COLTS FOOT My recipie is: colts foot and nettle soup small pan full of, colts foot leaves small handful, shepards purse seeds/ and or leaves cup of, diced nettel leaves...
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    oak tanned hyde

    im in the middle of processing some roe deer hyde, and was wondering dose any one know how much oak bark would be needed to tan the hyde.