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Hello. It's been the best part of a decade since I was last on here... wow, looking at my old posts, it's like a glimpse back at another world. Oh, 2011, whatever happened to you? Come back! All is forgiven! Back in 2011 there was not a Homesteading forum! How very cool :cool: I suppose this...

Hi. I haven't posted much in a long time but am still interested... honest! However, what has dragged me back is a dilemma I'm having about whether to intervene in what might seem an inconsequential situation. Nevertheless, I would appreciate your informed opinion. I live in Cheshire in...

Question: before there were conveniently shaped metal knives, how did people make cups and spoons?

But before I go on... because I do rather go on... I have a confession to make. This is not just my first attempt at making cordage. This is my first attempt at hands-on bushcraft at all! Before today I inhabited the lofty world of the Theoretical Bushcrafter: one who inhabits libraries or...

... thinks the king penguin chick in the image below, submitted for the One Earth Award. Full article at Footprints I put this here because it's not a question about photography, just a thought that seems very relevant to many discussions here that touch on the impact of our activities...

Mine is helicopter seeds :D I just spent a productive half hour standing in the garden flicking them over the edge of the patio (which sits about 3 to 4 feet higher than the lawn, so makes a cool launching platform). I've discovered that if you position one upside down (sail/wing pointing...

I was inspired to write this over-long post by the How to become a survival instructor thread, but I didn't want to hijack bushcraftsman's thread, especially as I have a verbosity problem! ;-) My own interest in Bushcraft is still at a very basic stage, but in idle moments I've day-dreamed...

Hi folks. Not been here for a while. I have a question about my tomatoes and I'm justifying posting it here because gardening is a form of urban bushcraft! ;-) Most of my outdoor plants, for the third year running, have become chutney because most couldn't win the race between ripening...

We live in interesting times and households the land over are looking at their monthly consumption and trying to figure out ways to reduce the outgoing. I'm assuming that this includes bushcrafters and that you don't all live under tarps or in badger sets or squat beneath bushes in your hermit...

I considered setting up a poll for this question, but there doesn't seem to be the facility, so will have to judge the results from replies instead. There are a lot of bushcraft schools around, it seems. To support this many schools, there must be plenty of takers (and plenty wealthy ones...

I have a copy of 'How to Survive' by Brian Hildreth (Penguin, 1976) which I liberated from my Dad's book shelves many years ago. So far this book, and a copy of Wild Food (Mssrs. Mears and Hillman), constitute my entire bushcraft library, unless you want to count a book on sailing and...

Hello. I know nothing about bushcraft. Well, I've encountered some occasionally, and my Dad has tried to teach me his knot tying skills (but it keeps leaking out again), and obviously, I've watched Ray Mears' programmes. But in reality, I know nothing about bushcraft. My first...

Hello. I've posted here once or twice before, but am not a regular. Nevertheless, I thought I might suggest a topic for discussion. I've been watching a few Ray Mears repeats on cable recently. Now and then, something jars, whether it's the three or four wagon-loads of modern kitchen wear...

What do folks think of this idea? http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/safe-house/survival-cocoon-lets-you-hang-out-in-emergencies-298932.php

Hello again. Thread two up and running already! I came across this http://www.ctraders.com/greatcoat.html and was intrigued. Would such a garment be of value today, in comparison with the vast selection of modern garments (which often as not cost as much if not more), composed of...

Hello. I was watching what they call a "series stack" of Ray Mear's Wild Foods series http://uktv.co.uk/documentary/episode/listing_id/67444665/channel_id/3844 The thought occured to me that he was using a lot of modern conveniences (including what looked like a rather nice set of le...