Posted in Crafts, Fire craft, Food and Drink, Meetups and gatherings, Natural Materials, Plants, Primitive skills, Stone, Tools, tagged Bow-drill, cordage, deer, flint, food, jerky, stinging nettle on 16/05/2009 | 2 Comments »
After lunch there were more workshops including cordage making
and by mid afternoon we were preparing food for our evening meal. On both days the main meal was cooked in a pit. A pit had already been dug and into this we made a fire.
Once there was a good bed of embers a layer of wet [...]
Posted in Crafts, Food and Drink, Meetups and gatherings, tagged carving, cordage, green woodworking, spoon gouge on 13/07/2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been at Hardwick Wood near Cambridge today with other green woodworking friends.
Activities included bowl turning on a pole-lathe, spoon carving, cordage making and of course eating and drinking. I was carving as small cup using my spoon gouge.
Unfortunately it cracked before I had finished it!
Posted in Crafts, Food and Drink, Nature, Plants, tagged cordage, minerals, stinging nettle, vitamins on 22/02/2008 | 3 Comments »
Stinging nettles (Urtica dioica) are also starting to appear in reasonable quantities.
In spring when the leaves are young, if you grasp them confidently and roll between your fingers, you can remove the stings without getting stung and eat the leaves raw. They make a pleasant snack.
I like to gather lots of nettle leaves, place [...]
