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Reconnecting to the Landscape

Reconnecting to the Landscape

by Angus, 28 June, 2010, 1 comments

Huw Woodman is a man with a mission - to "reconnect to the landscape" and that is the strapline of The Bushcraft Magazine. Read more...

Survival !

Survival !

by Tracy, 29 May, 2010, 2 comments

Why in the world would we pay to go and camp in a woodland with absolutely no facilities? Because it is a Wilderness Weekend course, run by Landrock Survival Training and it is a brilliant course! Read more...

Bee Friendly! - Part 4: Examining the Hive

Bee Friendly! – Part 4: Examining the Hive

by Paul Hirons, 30 April, 2010, 1 comments

In the final part of Bee Friendly, Paul Hirons checks his bees before closing up the hive ... The Queen Excluder and Brood Box I look down and see the Queen Excluder. This stops the Queen laying eggs in the honey super above the brood box. I look down onto the Queen Excluder and see the colony of bees. I reach for my smoker and gently smoke them and hear the humming noise go loud again. They are gently murmuring. I use my hive tool to gently prise up the Queen Excluder and I peel it off gently. I don’t want to create any fuss. Read more...

Bee Friendly! Part 2 - Smoking the Hive

Bee Friendly! Part 2 – Smoking the Hive

by Paul Hirons, 2 April, 2010, 1 comments

Paul Hirons, beekeeper, continues his visit to his beehive. He's got his gear on and the smoker is ready.... I move over to the hive and stand away from the entrance. I see bees flying in and out of the colony so I stand to one side; I don’t want them flying into me. They don’t care about me; they are busy. My kids used to play in a sand pit in front of one of my hives and never batted an eyelid when the bees flew past them and around them. Read more...

Big Trees, Little Trees - a video presentation with Julian Evans

Big Trees, Little Trees – a video presentation with Julian Evans

by catherine, 2 April, 2010, 1 comments

Another reason to get your boots on and take a walk in the woods this Easter weekend ... Learn how to gauge the maturity of trees in this video clip from the "Walking in the Woods" series with Professor Julian Evans. Read more...

The Ghost of Workers Past Pt 6, Vegetation : Delving into the history hidden in your woodland

The Ghost of Workers Past Pt 6, Vegetation : Delving into the history hidden in your woodland

by David Brown, 26 March, 2010, 0 comments

In all the talk of ground archaeology I haven’t made any mention of the trees and the ground flora. They provide important clues to past use and help to improve the picture you build up of the wood’s history. Read more...

Small Woodland Owner Groups

Small Woodland Owner Groups

by catherine, 19 March, 2010, 0 comments

Watch Alex Bienfait discuss his personal views of the benefits of Small Woodland Owner Groups or SWOGs in the latest WoodlandsTV video: Read more...

Grey Squirrel Control - a video presentation with Julian Evans

Grey Squirrel Control – a video presentation with Julian Evans

by catherine, 19 March, 2010, 6 comments

Following on from his video on grey squirrel damage, Professor Julian Evans discusses ways of controlling them. Read more...

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