Yikes. I guess I did. No disrespect intended. That perimeter wire can come up quick if one gets too eager. I'll adjust course and take advantage of the situation in another tangent. ("Eyes on" means...
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Yikes. I guess I did. No disrespect intended. That perimeter wire can come up quick if one gets too eager. I'll adjust course and take advantage of the situation in another tangent. ("Eyes on" means...
There has been a lot of mention of tick prevention and removal on this thread, and all good stuff. I left Lyme Disease in the Pine Barrens of NJ in 1989 only to watch it spread into Maine and...
"I'm not worried about having the experience to teach i worried about the documentation" By the initiator of the thread, JG
Respectfully, that is the most frightening comment I have read on this entire site, and I make it a point to read here at least once a day. Without experience you will be feeding false information...
Is Maine out? XXXXXXXX has a wide variety of courses and specialty skills year round.
A knife makes things faster. All around and for the most diverse landscapes, a knife would be a safe bet. If it were here in Spruce/Fir boreal type forests from November to Early April, (northeast...
Wilderness is everywhere. Our temporary overlay of pavement and structures is mere static to the prevailing winds, flow of water, and forces of nature. In fact, many sub-rural and even urban areas...
Have you tried inuit strap drill? It can be done in your lap or on a fallen log in the bush. I made an old video, let me see if I can dig it up... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN7Vf1Hr3fc In the...
We use pine resin from all of the Pinacea in our region, including balsam fir (a nearly clear liquid resin easily gathered from sap blisters), Spruce, and Hemlock. Here, the carpenter ant is our...
We are sustaining ourselves on 60% wild foraged food on good years. A tight calorie budget is one of the laws of the land. Human law is rife with excessive calories, unnecessary energy expenditure,...
Not by chance, but defiantly seasonal. I like LowKey's caooments because they are mostly valid. He has the right approach to cultivating bounty on the landscape as our collective ancestors did. That...
Same boat brother. Remember that sugar is an addiction comparable to heroin and opiod addiction. Worse, our culture is hooked and sold on "food" that will kill us. I ballooned to 230 twenty years...
1) Describe your life (day-to-day) routine as a wild food forager.
Baseline; foraging is a daily behavior that has become so ingrained we don't think about it. We just do what is needed. Winter...
Acorns have been a staple food for our family and our community of instructors and apprentices over the last two decades. We use red oak because the shells float and the meat sinks, making mass...
There are a LOT of good permaculture resources that will take you deeper than even this amazing forum. Having said that, we've been working for twenty seven years full time on developing a...
Nice job! Take pride in the calluses you will develop. As a member of the friction fire guild it will be a the next fire that works your edge and keeps you sharp.
A gentlemen I worked with in the nineties still holds the record in my opinion, but that is based on rock tools, natural cordage, off the landscape in any environment and weather Maine has and...
Exactly! Most folks don't make it passed the ten year mark because they can't adapt to either long term woods skills development or the modern business world.
I agree with druid. If you enter winter without preparing for it the other three seasons (Building a Passamaquoddy style Bushcamp or Sami/Cree Style Earth Lodge) a fire dependent lean-to type shelter...
A slightly curved and shaped ash sapling roughly one inch in diameter tapering to roughly 3/4 inch at the tapered end which is shaped like the hull of a cigar boat. By casual observation a simple...
You have a valid question, it is just irrelevant if you are going to be eating a wild diet. Tooth decay is rampant in white flour cultures because processed white flour, corn syrup and other simple...
It stops being primitive when it no longer connects you to the land and the wisdom of your ancestors. It stops being primitive when you depend on something out of a big box store more than the hours...
Your mix is important. We are using a clay and sand mix for areas that need to be resilient to cracking and can absorb and radiate heat. Some folks put straw in their mix. It seems to bind well. We...
While I was in recovery from a tree related incident I modified my bow drill form by bracing my hand hold UNDER my knee and used a spindle just long enough to take advantage of the weight of my leg...
Hand drill off the landscape is originally a desert technology. Knowing this helps, even in humid areas. On clear days, or in winter when the cold makes the air dry, we can have greater success with...