Popular Science asked us about Fire Starters
Whether building a fire outdoors or starting one in your wood oven or fireplace, a fire starter makes it easy to get a small flame going. You can’t just hold a lighter to a log and wait.
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Whether building a fire outdoors or starting one in your wood oven or fireplace, a fire starter makes it easy to get a small flame going. You can’t just hold a lighter to a log and wait.
In Tips From An Instructor we share useful snippets of knowledge to make outdoor skills that little bit easier. In this episode Richard explains why fingers are no good for land navigation.
If you plan on transplanting snowdrops from one location into another, the best time of year to do this is as the leaves are fading away or even gone entirely, this is after the bulb has absorbed the nutrients created…
Snowdrops are a beautiful, with their nodding white bell shaped flowers which secret away the intricately green lined centre underneath.
To many people the humble snowdrop is a sign of rebirth and overcoming obstacles in life, perhaps because of the difficulties they overcome in their short flowering period.
In Ask An Instructor we take questions from our audience and answer them with a video. For this instalment Richard tackles the controversial topic of flint and steel or ferro rod.
Buying gifts for your loved ones can be tricky, particularly if you are looking to gift something which will last for years to come and enrich their lives in some way. Below we have put together a list of some…
The fruits are easy to identify and collect in large quantities and can be used to make fruit leathers (another name for a fruit roll-up), a fruity jelly which is a good accompaniment to game meat, and even to flavour…
North Wales is a fantastic place to look for fungi, with a wide range of habitats and ideal climate. If you’ve been out to a local woodland, parkland or ungrazed grassland recently you have probably noticed some colourful mushrooms and…