Wayfarers Outdoors
'Going to the woods is going home.' (John Muir)
Learning and living in nature
Why Buddleia are Bad News
I suspect many of you have been raised with Buddleia (Buddleia davidii, Buddleia sp) being described as the Butterfly bush. Most of us will have seen Buddleia bushes covered with all sorts of butterflies and moths. 'Ah lovely! That's so beautiful!' Only it's not. Buddleia nectar is akin to giving butterflies, and other . . .
The Wild Bread Blog
Thoughts on what can be used when we're short of flour.
Read on for a mixture of anthropology, archaeology, a smattering of current affairs and a perhaps a little bit of prepping. The thread running through all these is our daily bread.
The news from Ukraine got me thinking about what would happen if we had a flour shortage. Some eighty-five percent of the flour used in Britain is grown . . .
The Wild Bread Blog
Thoughts on what can be used when we're short of flour.
Read on for a mixture of anthropology, archaeology, a smattering of current affairs and a perhaps a little bit of prepping. The thread running through all these is our daily bread.
The news from the early stages of the war in Ukraine got me thinking about what would happen if we had a flour shortage. Some eighty-five percent of the . . .
Pleasures from Pines
Pine needle gifts
Pine tree gifts
It's February and a bit bleak. There are some greens to be found: the start of garlic mustard, cleavers, some nettles and the omnipresent bittercress. The true bounty of spring is yet to happen though so I thought that maybe a sweet, vitamin C rich treat from an evergreen tree might be welcome.
Pines in . . .
Glittering Glow Worms
In the faded tall grasses of field corners, cricket pitch margins and churchyards a tiny wonder lies. Late in the evening, after the sun has waved a rosy farewell to the day, sometimes you may be lucky enough to see twinkling yellow-green lights amongst the grasses.
Lampyris noctiluca, glow worms are not a particularly common . . .
Treasures of the Night
Some simple stargazing ideas
Sometime back I promised I’d write a blog about stargazing. Clear, frosty nights with the prospect of a deep velvet, star studded sky are magical for studying the heavens. This brief introduction describes the Northern hemisphere night sky.
When is Best for Stargazing?
If possible, choose a moonless night; wrap up warmly, take a . . .
The Benefits of Den Building
I remember when I was a small child, aged five or six, building dens on the margins of the school field. There was a long privet hedge which had a series of well- worn gaps in it; children would vie for control of one of these dusty hollows in order to build a home for the play times during that day. Long grass would be plucked and used as a . . .
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