Snow, Air or Water??

We all know that old saying that snow is 9/10ths air and 1/10th water, but never ones to believe everything we hear we put it to the test..

 

so, fill the trangia with snow

 

 

set it beside the fire to melt !

 

 

and the result, well about 1/5th of the trangia was water so it's a case of about 4/5ths air 1/5th water, not quite what we've all been led to believe!

 

 

oh yeah, remember what they say about the yellow snow!!

 

Paracord Belt

This is a very simple idea with many possibilities, it can be a belt or baldric to hold a parang (this is the traditional way to carry a parang) a knife, a possibles pouch or anything else, although not traditionally made from paracord the concept is the same.

 

you will need, a knife, some cordage and a stick!

 

 

first, carve yourself a simple toggle

 

 

cut about 4 feet of paracord and in one end form a loop and tie an adjustable knot

 

 

tie the toggle onto the other end with a constrictor knot

 

 

and that's it !! It's that simple..

 

 



to adjust the size,simply slide the knot to as tight or as loose a fit as you require, works as a belt...

 

 

..or a baldric. The heavier the item suspended from it, the more secure the rig becomes.

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Duck Dynasty Delight

A good friend of Buzzards from Atlanta ,Georgia was fortunate enough to meet the cast of Duck Dynasty, even better Joshua was baptised by Willie Robertson, a more memorable day you could not have!! So we would just like to wish him all the best and thank him and his family for sending us the photo's, we really do appreciate it. Congratulations Joshua!!!

From left to right, Phil Robertson, Kay Robertson, Joshua, Bob and Sheila (Dad and Mom)

Willie Robertson and Joshua

Joshua and Uncle Si Robertson

Jason Robertson and Joshua

REDNECK AND PROUD, BROTHER!!!!

Wild Food in Snowy Wood

There's been a great fall of snow lately and it always provides a challenge for the bushcrafter, after all it becomes a different terrain needing different skills and challenging us from the norm, so what can be found to eat in a survival scenario if you find yourself out in just such a case..

on the look out..

Rosehips, nice and sweet and a good source of vitamin C, helps ward off colds, so anice find, make sure to discard the seeds!

wood sorrel, a nice sharp taste at this time of year

Yarrow, a great medicinal plant and makes a great tea

Tri-corn garlic, one of my favourites and a nice find on such a day.

Early This Year !!!

Now We don't believe in man made climate change,we believe it's simply a thing the earth goes through every 10 thousand years or so, after all there was an ice age 10,000 years ago and it all melted, obviously because the earth heated up.....naturally!!!!

We are probably going through something similar right now, ice is melting at the polar caps, animals are migrating at different times and as we can see below the wild garlic is starting to show already..in January!!! In all my outdoor years gathering my favourite wild green I've never seen it out this early, but I'm not complaining, I'll soon be looking for other alliums to devour too..

Spring in January..I have no problem with that!!

Oatmeal Cookies

These are a great trail food snack, you can enjoy them as is or add peanut butter, dried wild fruit, gathered hazlenuts, coconut or anything that takes your fancy or that you've foraged, the basic ingredients are as follows

2 cups oats
1 cup flour
4 oz butter
1/2 cup sugar
1 tablespoon syrup
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon bicarbonate soda

mix all the dry ingredients together

slowly melt the butter and honey and syrup together

mix all the ingredients together and shape into cookies or cereal bars

bake at about 180*c for about 10 minutes

makes about 16 cookies and they keep for about a week!