Bushcraft Blog

I was thinking about the names of the months the other day, and one of those little things that you probably don't normally question suddenly stuck in my mind. September,...

A rich, woodland treat made from roasted Tilia seeds which has mocha and hazelnut undertones. Have you ever wondered whether a familiar British woodland tree could produce something that tastes...

Have you ever stopped to think about some of the names we give our plants? I spend a fair amount of time looking at plants, whether I’m teaching foraging, walking...

Elder is a deciduous shrub or tree reaching 10 metres and is native and widespread in the UK, liking fertile ground in woodland, hedgerows and waste ground. It is also...

At the entrance to my parents' back garden stands a small tree. I know it has been kept compact because of its close proximity to the house, but on my...

This spring my lawn turned into a carpet of yellow, a proper bumper crop of dandelions. My mind wandered through all the different ways I could use this abundance, and...

It’s no secret…I love Brambles! And with good reason. Don’t get me wrong I have lost count of how many times I have turned the air blue because it has...

As many of you know, last year (2025) I finished an epic project attempting to live completely off the land for a year. Here, I would like to share how...

There’s a moment, somewhere between striking a flame and the first quiet roll of a boil, where the woods stop being somewhere you pass through and start becoming something you...

When most people think of spring blossoms, they imagine the showy petals of a Cherry Tree or the hedgerows of Blackthorn. However, some of Britain’s most vital trees—Hazel, Birch, Alder,...

Yarrow is an amazing plant, and one that caught my attention when I was dipping my proverbial toe into the world of foraging and natural medicines. However, I mistakenly believed...

Language is such a powerful tool; the way we phrase things, intonation, body positioning, facial expressions, the list of “language” styles we employ in our daily lives is extensive. I’ve...