For a long time now I've been saying how much I'd like to build an earth oven. The trouble with saying it lots, that doesn't me...

 For a long time I've been keen to take the girls camping, but something always comes up or gets in the way. That's why I was please...

This is from a few weeks ago, before the close down on social gatherings due to Corona Virus.  It was my week to plan it and I'd ...

I managed to do another Bushcraft lesson with the school today.  This was with Year 1, my younger daughters class. I did a similar le...

After moaning that the school my two daughters go to doesn't do enough outdoor stuff, I ended up volunteering my services to go in and ...

Over the summer I had an unusual opportunity come my way.  I talked about this in a previous post where I was preparing to teach my f...

We were lucky enough to be invited to a friend's for tea the other night. They cooked some amazing pizza in this cob oven they had b...

When I barbecue I'm somewhat of a purist, I think it should be over hot charcoal (locally sourced of course), so the meat takes on the ...

On Monday night a friend and I decided to experiment with building a really simple rocket stove as we both have ideas to incorporate one in...

If you've read this blog for any length of time you'll know that I come from a practical family.  My brother has been putting t...

I've been doing my usual of taking on so much work that things here fall to the wayside, but we have managed to do some things lately. ...

I know that this is the wrong time of year to be talking about this, but with the garden wall nearing completion it's made me think abo...