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Yo! another article ive written... A bit out of season but nevertheless I wanted to share this anyway... I have updated an old article on my website showing how to make another design of berry picker; the 'Berry Scoop'/ 'berry comb'. They are excellent...

Hi everyone, I wanted to share this with you. I've just finished making this stove from a '50 Cal' ammo can. I made it as a source of heating for inside my canvas bell tent, it should be ideal for winter camping when temperatures drop below zero. Also, I just thought it would be a fun...

I am planning a trip to Scotland, just by myself for a week, I've decided on the location etc, but one of the final things I am wondering about is where to park my car when I get there. I've been on Google maps and all the roads where I plan to go are single track roads with fences and ditches...

Hi guys, I see these every year and am wondering if they are edible... I thought they were 'Penny Buns' (Boletus Edulis), but having checked my ID books i'm now not sure... Please only reply if you are experienced in mushroom ID. I would really appreciate any help! Cheers!

My Third Skin on Frame Canadian Style Canoe... The following story will be updated as and when I complete new stages... Some of you may remember a couple of skin on frame canoes i made a few years ago. Well i'm making another and thought i'd share the process...

I finished this little piece yesterday, thought you may like a look. It's a carving of a leaf from a Red Oak tree, i think they are so elegent. I've under-cut the wood so that the leaf looks like it is floating and ive only coated the leaf with linseed not the background. The wood ive usde is...

I finished this wood carving today and thought i'd share it with you. It has taken many days to carve and a lot of hard work but im very pleased with the finished carving. Its carved from Ash wood, finished with Linseed and measures 30cm x 42cm. This carving would make an excellent feature in a...

Hi, i just wanted to make people aware of my new 'Introduction to wicker baskery course' here in warwickshire. see here for details: http://www.jonsbushcraft.com/basketry_courses.htm I have designed the course to guide total beginners step by step through each stage of the basket making process...

Hi, i've just finished putting together this tutorial. I beleive it is the most comprehensive guide you can find on the internet. Hopefully it will be an inspiration to many people. I feel certain that anyone following the tutorial will be able to achieve the end result if they have the time and...

There are plenty of young Willowherb shoots arround at the moment. However i cant tell weather the shoots are of the Rosebay Willow herb or the Great Willowherb. Does this matter? Are the shoots of both kinds edible? And how do you tell them apart at this early stage?

i have found references saying that the vegetative shoots of Lesser Stitchwort are edible like in the Ray Mears Wild Food book. But is the Greater Stitchwort edible too? They both seem pretty similar...

Hi, finished this at the weekend and thought you'd be interested to take a look. Its all woven from Willow using a method called 'Twining'. I also made some wooden hoops to fit on the inside to make the structure strong and rigid, these are Willow wood too. I havn't tested it yet, but i'll...

I discovered from the Plants For a Future website that the Common Reed is a very good food source. It has a rating of 5/5 http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Phragmites+australis It says that the roots and new shoots are edible. I am mainly interested in eating the shoots and cooking...

I made this salad up today from as many things as i could find. in total there are 12 different plants sude in the salad which are: Red Dead Nettle Cleavers (the tips) Chickweed Wood Bitter-cress Nettle (tops) Altrenate leaved golden Saxifrage Wood Sorrel (small quantity) Ground ivy...

I have been wanting to ask this for a long time because it could potentially could be a good bit of grub considdering how many there are about. Although the seed inside the main helicopter is only about the size of a pea you could collect a lot in a short ammount of time... in the autumn the...

I finished these two baskets off yesterday. Thought some people might like to see them. All the baskets i make are from natural materials that i have harvested myself from the woods and fields. I now have quite a collection of baskets that i have made, you may have seen some of...

Just finished making my very own Igloo! Inly about 4 or 5 inches of snow on the ground but i piled it up and then compacted it with a shovel, then let the snow settle and re-freeze for about 30mins or so. I could then cut blocks from this pile of snow with a hand saw. Hope you like the story of...

Im planning a trip to Scotland in the summer. I would like to go away for a week and take with me all the food i need plus sleeping bag system, tarp, spare clothing etc. In your experience what size of rucksack do you think i will need? What Litre capacity would be best? And also, how much would...

I made this shelter today, i never thought it would turn out this good. Suprising what you can do in Britain... To make the shelter i just kept on piling up the snow into a big domed mound. I didnt have a snow shovel so i had to use a kids sled to shift the snow. Once the mound was big enough...

Doesn't seem long since last years christmas wreath thread. I made this one today and thought it would be nice to see what other people have made... If you havn't made one yet, it's obviously not too late! Have fun!