A day in the life of British Red......

[British Red]

In answer to the thread of how people spend their weekends, I carried my camera today. So...

Went here

Lots of these

Got deeply pi***d off with lazy anglers who leave this stuff hanging in trees and fouled in reeds. As a hunter I'm careful about non prey species - can't believe how these people leave hooks an line all over the place (I've cleared up that patch now - there are moorhens all over it)

Nice to see some of this

a bit tentative of my ID on this so didn't forage

Enjoyed the sights of Autumn - loved the colours of this

And the textures of this

Tired now, time for one of these

Although BB is snuggly warm and prefers something like this

Time to go home - can't spend all day bimbling I have to turn these

into this

Thankfully its also game season and my knives are sharp so this

can be trimmed into lean strips like this

And be seasoned like this

And left to marinade overnight like this

Tomorrow I'll be running the dehydrator and doing other stuff.

Not sure if any of it is Bushcraft though

Red

 

[Tubbyfraser]

Looks great except for the anglers' mess. Cleared up a good bit of their s***e when in me canoe. Forgive my ignorance but what's them there berries? Look marvelous!

 

[Rhoda]

Looks like a really great day out. Fantastic idea to take your camera out, I really like the idea of a photo story of your day. :You_Rock_

 

[British Red]

Fraser,

Them Berries is cranberries. I got into growing my own this year and have filled out my "high mountain" cranerry bushes nicely. I got a few pounds of them this year and have learned how to layer and propogate them. That said these are about the last third of mine comined with some bought (local) ones. They made about a dozen 4oz jars from about 2lbs or so of cranberries. I only use raw cane sugar and my own brewed "midnight port" as other ingredients. It seems to go down well and I was offered two litre of Spanish brandy per pound of sauce (four small jars) from a lass who works with me but lives in Spain. I love barter

Red

 

[Shewie]

Looks like an enjoyable and productive day out Red.

Our 4 year old cranberry bushes are yet to fruit, any advice ?

 

[Dan1982]

Thanks for sharing BR! Great post and pics as always!

Dan

 

[British Red]

Our 4 year old cranberry bushes are yet to fruit, any advice ?

They HATE any alkali. I have to pot grow mine in erricaceous compost living on the high chalk. Since we use well water (tap water is as bad round here - really chalky), I throw all my coffee grounds and tea leaves onto the pots - it really raises the acidity

Red

 

[Shewie]

I think ours went straight into multi-purpose compost in pots. I can`t for the life of me remember which species they were and it`s too cold to go down the garden for a look, but all we ever get are scruffy stringy lengths of growth which just trail on the floor. No flowers and certainly no fruit.

 

[AndyW]

Looks like you had a great day out Red.

Andy

 

[British Red]

Well, finished processing bambi today

Put the marinaded venison in this

and after a few hours we had this

whilst I was doing that BB turned this

into three more of these (last of the current batch)

Also got to grips with a Vapalux lantern...

Thanks to Rik for all the guidance!

Red

 

[Womble_Lancs]

Get a bit of floor cleared for my airbed, willya, Red? I feel a food tasting session coming on!

 

[drewdunnrespect]

make that to spaces i agree with womble

 

[Mistwalker]

Great photos, thank you for sharing! and thank you for also reminding me I need to make my preserves soon..., and thank you for making me hungry..., lol, that's just what I didn't need.

 

[SimonM]

Looks like a good time was had... the private pond near us is always surrounded by discarded fishing line and hooks. You find it inbranches and just lying on the floor.

I keep meaning to take photos and send them to the angling club chair, but in the mean time I'll just keep cleaning it up I suppose.

Simon