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Last weekend myself and Marty launched ourselves into the Big Smoke in search of wild food.  This is not as silly as it may first appear, as Londons many small pieces of disturbed ground and warm microclimate create an ideal environment for many of our favourite edibles. The fact is, wild edible plants are often…

Chances are you’ll have seen this common wild hedgerow and woodland edge plant about.  In April, its ghostly phallic flower sheath of white about a long pollinating part, giving off a whiff of urine to attract flies.  In autumn bright orange red berries bunched on a stem.   ‘Maculatum’ means ‘spotted’ as its shiny deep…

What I love about Hardy’s classic is that you end up accidentally gaining knowledge on woodsmanship activities through reading the romantic fiction, set in ‘Little Hintock’ hundreds of years ago. We meet Marty South making ‘spar gads’ for thatching, by smoky candlelight; we witness Melbury’s wood yard where waggons are laden with ‘ash-poles, sheep hurdles…

Shamefully, got into a spot of retail therapy after long suffering mate Sara drove me and my infant to World of Bushcraft last Sat, and ended up forking out £42 for a leather Crocodile Dundee style hat, also a greenwood carving blade (Mora) and two back copies of ‘Bushcraft’ magazine.  Observed the crazy prices Woodland…

My first ever birch tapping session with friend and baby in a quiet wood atop a hill, a feral place with the remains of a small polite fire showing others had used this space for another illicit communion with nature. I say illicit because it is very difficult to find anywhere that will give permission…

Last Sat trekked with Marty squirming in pram to abovementioned  bushcraft supplies and gun shop.  There were a lot more guns than other bushcraft items, however two very helpful gentlemen argued over the finer points of how to show me how to sharpen a Scandi grind Condor knife (and one showed me pictures of his…

Have noticed some lovely flowers on the pines at my local lake, they arent mature yet ( you need to wait until the male parts are extended (ahem, blush) and they shower yellow dust everywhere (corr ;)) ok, thats enough now, this is a serious blog.  But they are chock full of testosterone and excellent…

After procrastinating for ages over where to get birch bark without shamefully nicking it off trees at the local nature reserve (am already in their bad books for putting up a hazelpole bender for local kids to get drunk and light fires in), i realised that the wood dumped on my boat roof  several months…

Hello my name is Kat and this blog is dedicated to bushcraft and off-grid skill-sharing.  The future, through learning from the past, is going to be fun even if it gets tough, this is all about getting together, sharing ideas and getting outdoors in nature. Enjoy! xx Hedgewitch Kat