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I was wondering if anyone has a good online resource for these. In another thread here there was talk of how our ancestors got a full range of there dietary needs, and also an age old thread regarding the ability of a vegitarian to survive such a lifestyle which though not a vegitarian myself i...

im back dudes, got me lekky back four weeks ahead of schedual, place is still a bomb site, but atlast ive got the net back, thank god i was getting withdrawral, worse than having no cigs. how we all been keeping, any tales to tell?

im going to be off for couple of months, be back after crimbo, with a backlog of nattering, daft ideas and social whinges lol, got next phase of me plans starting monday which means my house and contents are going to resemble a bad day in beirut for the run up to crimbo, hopefully back after...

As far as british wild life goes, what species ( about 10 ish if poss) are most threatened with extinction? any help greatly appreciated thanks steve

who would rather skip work tommorow

ray mears explained in one of his programes how the people hiding in woodland in what i think was belarus minimized smoke from there cooking fires in order to avoid it betraying there location. Does anyone remember seeing this and how it was done. Many thanks for any help

I do not own a cat, but several of my neighbours do and ive had a cunning plan to use it to my advantage, i need to train the local cat population, to bring anything they kill to my front door instead of my owners, theres two local cats i have in mind as i know they have a murderous past, and im...

I wanted to start a thread about foraging that hopefully will sprout, into a kind of ultimate foragers list. The idea being that we all list one species/type per reply and the ways we know how to cook, pick, use said species. Things to include could identification tips, locations best found...

If there is one already id like to tag along please, if not id like to start one, im in calne near chippenham. anybody interested pm me or list yourselfs below. cheers big steve.

i should have worked, if ihave to work we usually win things, im trying not to swear grrrrrr.

i want to start a thread about generating your own power, as freely and cheaply as poss any ideas or experiences most welcome.

I dont know if this belongs in the loverly grub section or here. I live in a place called calne in wiltshire and there is a six mile cycle route from calne to the next town chippenham and from there a five mile cycle route along the canal to a place called melksham. All i can say is if you...

A huge part of me longs to leave modern society and live a hunter gatherer lifestyle full time. Is that an impossible dream in todays world.

Im interested to find out about wild foods in britain that are perfectly fine to be eaten raw. ie give it a quick rinse and scoff away. In particular leafs roots flowers and seashore foods. Thanks for any help cheers stiggy

this may be a daft question but here goes anyway, are there any types of wood that are edible ? there ive asked it. I expect a right royal no but in this world you never truely know until you ask the question cheers for any info

any recipes cooking tips or experiences of the above. thanks for shareing

you have to survive a year in the wild, i wont specify where you choose. you can take a medium sized rucksac of luggage/possesions. what would you pack. Ive just started to put a kit together (im a newbie) dont want to waste my money on the useless. just wanted to pose this hypothetical...

is clover edible.cheers stiggy

ive been reading about cow parslet recently, the book mention the herb useage of it, but considering the vast quantitys available in this country i was wondering if there was anything more substantial that can be done with it. ie use of the root or treating it so it could be used as a green...

Ive got two basic questions, is clover an edible food stuff, and also i was wandering what ways and recipes you guys had for nettles, im sure these have been asked before a million times, thanks for any info guys, cheers stiggy