Bushcraft

[kittygrrl]

Originally Posted by homoe

Any helpful tips concerning this would be GREATLY appreciated.........one wrong decision could mean curtains for homoe...

1st rule-even if you are certain you KNOW a mushroom. Never eat the whole thing. Eat a small bit of it and wait an hour. If nothing goes wrong, it might be ok. Get a good guidebook>>, join a wild mushroom club..i'll post some other things i'm learning as i go along

[homoe]

Thank you kittygrrl that sounds like excellent advice and I shall follow it to the letter................

[homoe]

Sometimes it’s not enough to master every bushcraft skill if your mental state isn’t suited for the outdoors.


I'm thinking this just may apply to me.........

[kittygrrl]

Originally Posted by homoe

Sometimes it’s not enough to master every bushcraft skill if your mental state isn’t suited for the outdoors.


I'm thinking this just may apply to me.........

not every skill, but surely mushroom hunting would be fun?..besides it could come in handly

[homoe]

Yes perhaps mushrooms indeed.....

[homoe]

In bushcraft, matches and lighters are luxury, but not unheard of entirely. Other methods should always be in your arsenal of knowledge. Bushcrafters learn how to make fire from a fire drill, striking rocks to form a spark, and the use of a mirror to reflect sunlight on tinder until it smolders...

Who knew there were so many ways to play with fire.....

[homoe]

Originally Posted by homoe

In bushcraft, matches and lighters are luxury, but not unheard of entirely. Other methods should always be in your arsenal of knowledge. Bushcrafters learn how to make fire from a fire drill, striking rocks to form a spark, and the use of a mirror to reflect sunlight on tinder until it smolders...

Who knew there were so many ways to play with fire.....

It’s not much good starting a fire if you can’t keep it going, so it’s essential to first collect some materials that will both set alight and keep burning. You’ll need both tinder and kindling. Tinder is what is used to start a fire and kindling keeps it burning.

Tinder
Cotton wool, paper, dry leaves, straw and dry grass, pine needles, dandelion head, jute twine fibers, alcohol-based sanitizing wipe, cattails, tinder fungus
Kindling
Twigs leaves and branches, logs, dry leaves and bark

[kittygrrl]

Originally Posted by homoe

Thank you kittygrrl that sounds like excellent advice and I shall follow it to the letter................

(nodding head vigorously) yes, of course homoe..i can imagine you writing down every word........