Shelter and fire.

[Asger]

Hello everybody
Today i had a blast building my first shelter (In the garden )
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The only tool used was a saw.

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I put some pieces of apple and pieces of salami on a small twig. I also made coffee (Sadly no bacons )

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I used barch to light the fire, but i had quite a hard time keeping it going since it has been raining this entire week.

Edit: I just saw the big pics, im sorry about that

[crashdive123]

Very nice. Are you going to spend the night in it to see how it works for you?

[Asger]

Thank you sir. I'm afraid not, it is too rainy, i lack firewood and it is simply not rainproof enough, nor is it isolated enough, to sleep in it. I can't wait for my first night, though.

[Justin Case]

Very Cool, Well Done

[Rick]

Good stuff. Practice is always a positive thing. Even when I've done something really dumb in the woods or done something poorly I've learned from it. It's hard to replace practical experience for life's lessons.

[Asger]

Justin, thanks alot. I enjoyed working on it.

Thanks Rick. Yes indeed, i wanted to not only practice a bit for when it really matters, but also wanted a shelter in the garden so i could feel like being in the wilderness.

No matter how you twist it or turn it, practice will always improve your ways

[maker_of_fire]

Great job bet if it was all you had it would be a castle. Allways loved building shelters most leaked some had a dry corner to stick my head in
make time for the things you love time will run out without warning

[IA Woodsman]

Way to get out and practice, even if it is in your back garden!!!

[Asger]

Thanks Maker of fire, i also enjoyed building it, it was great fun!
IA, i really just wanted a shelter, and even though a forest would have been better, you gotta stick with what you've got

[hunter63]

The best way to learn is to "Just do it".

Nice job, brings back my childhood days of "old canves over the cloths line in the back yard" shelter, as well as hundreds of other over the years.

Fun....... isn't it?

[Old GI]

At times during my misspent youth, that would have been the Taj Mahal. Great job and good training.

[Asger]

Hunter63, i found it very fun to build, and i enjoy relaxing there. I'm glad it brings back memorys

Old_gi, thank you sir.

[Alaskan Survivalist]

Wet wood requires you build a slightly larger fire than normal. You can also stack some wood next to fire to dry it some before throwing it on fire. Agree with all that said "get out and do it". I don't think where is as important as some think. The backyard is the same as the middle of the wilderness without the bugs for learning things.

[Asger]

I never thought about stacking wood next to the fire, thank you AS, i'll do that the next time!
I know i should have made it a tad bigger, but i was afraid that the cloth caught fire. Tried today with dry wood, nothing bad happened, however im kind of afraid about my insolation catching fire (Its dry pine needles)