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Hi all, I have a little rustic cabin the countryside. I'd like to build an outdoor fireplace patio area. Something maybe like this https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/k92ubbp16bjbh9597p3qv/patio.png?dl=0&rlkey=xa2vcm4rkwdwlagjm6hwr7411 Any thoughts on how to go about building this or any other...

hey guys, I have a 1.5 acre site with about 30% forest that I use for camping. I'm looking for ideas for things to make. A couple of quite large ash trees have come down so ideas to use those would be great. Maybe a raised fire pit or some sort of table? I'm nots sure. Open to all sorts of...

Hey guys, So I've acquired a piece of land, but unfortunately not yet acquired any diy skills. Looking to build an outdoor type kitchen, Thoughts and ideas appreciated! Thinking of this one (), but have a few questions: - how easy would it be build something like this. A few breeze blocks, some...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12933729 We already have far too few forests here in NI, so I really hope this doesn't get much worse.

just curious if you guys tend to just use your stove when on an actual hiking/camping/bushcraft trip or does it get used to cook the evening tea!? Lately I have found myself opting out of the wife's cooking to instead go off to some remote local spot to use my hobo stove to make my own tea...

just curious what type of forest you guys tend to camp in? What do you like about camping in each?

I've only ever camped in a tent, but a mate has convinced me to camp in the woods via tarp + sleeping bag and an army goretex bivvy bag. My sleeping bag is a snugpak with a -7 deg temp rating. How likely is it i'll be lying in the woods awake all night cursing the idea!? Any tips?

As the title says, where would you choose and why? Personally, even though I've never been, I quite like the idea of Sweden, due to thousands of lakes, right to roam laws, BC culture and respect for the countryside they seem to have and also the beautiful scenery. What about you guys?

http://www.dolectures.com/speakers/speakers-2009/gabriel-branby Thought this might be of interest to you guys.

My knife has sliced so many cuts of wood now that I thought I need to get into this stropping business. I've sharpened with japanese waterstones, but want to check a few things regarding stropping. I've stuck down a piece of soft leather to a board. Is this okay to use? Does it matter what...

Hi guys, thinking of making a willow basket some time soon and just wondering if anyone here has made one and has any tips. The plan is to follow this excellent tutorial http://www.bushcraft.ridgeonnet.com/basicbasket.htm. One Q I have is. How long do you have to let the willow dry for...

Having recently started carving a few kuksas, spoons and bowls I'm keen to start using them. One thing I never really thought about, which someone mentioned to me the other day, was the level of hygiene! Obviously with wood there is much more potential for germs to get trapped inside the utensil...

Love the look of these wee fellas so decided to have a bash and quite please how they turned out. The first one was a disaster due to the soft wood, but think the other 2 aren't bad. The woods I've used so far are still a bit 'flaky' so would be interested to hear what wood other people use...

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/03/old-tree-gallery/all/1?npu=1&mbid=yhp wow. Didn't realise trees could survive that long!

Just thought these were too cool not to share: http://gordonswoodspirits.com/Archive-Gallery.html

It seems a lot of you guys have found some great camping spots out in the woods. How do you find your places to go camping? I mean given wild camping isn't allowed outside Scotland (I think?) so do you just head off into any old wood where you know you won't be disturbed? I guess the reason...

Inspired by the enjoyment I got from my kuksa, I decided to have a go at a few spoons. Really surprised how easy and quick it was to carve these bad boys out (about 40 mins each). I guess the kuksa training is paying dividends lol. Anyhows comments and ideas for improvement to my carving...

I've only just started getting into carving, but already I seem to have strange symptoms of what can only be described as some form of carver's disease. Everywhere I go and there are trees I can't stop looking at them and eyeing up their various attributes and what possible spoon or kuska could...

I took this photo looking in a shop window in a small town in California a few years ago. http://img.skitch.com/20101024-rw77gdw2nkebpcnmnpsq87r8ja.jpg Just came across it again and was wondering if something like this would be achievable for a beginner!? If so what wood would you...

Maybe not the best thing to start with, but love the look of these so thought I'd give it a bash! Came across a log of sycamore in the wood today so its my wood of choice although I think they are usually made from birch. I'm using a cheap mora knife at the moment along with my laplander saw...