With the spring cleanup of the landscape underway, I’ve realized that there is an abundance of good fire starting tinder all around. The river birch out front drops a lot of small twigs all winter (actually year round). It also provides an amble supply of loose birch bark which I can save for months worth…
I’ve recently stumbled upon another really cool podcast, Outdoors Aloud! The podcast is available on iTunes or via the Woods Monkey website. This is a relatively new podcast, with just eight published weekly episodes (at the time of this writing). The podcast is hosted by Garrett Lucas of Woods Monkey.com and Adam Francis of Equip2Endure.com. They have…
I was pleasantly surprised when I opened the mailbox today to find the package with my new Mora Clipper. I finally have a Mora in my knife collection! I’ve been thinking about adding a fixed-blade bushcrafting knife to my collection for months. As a novice bushcrafter, my first choice could be none other than a Mora. After making a…
Follow-up to yucca cordage video…
I posted the first in a series of Suburban Bushcrafting videos- Making Yucca Cordage, on YouTube today. Here’s the link… [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OKDqEwr8S8&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x234900&color2=0x4e9e00] update- 20100110- updated post tags