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Wednesday, 29 August 2018

Another Vasa Cannon Found. Stockholm, Sweden.


Lisa MÃ¥nsson, head of the Vasa Museum, in front of one of the ship's guns. Photo: Tomas Oneborg/SvD/TT

What You Need To Know About Eating Bracken Fiddle heads!!!


As woodsmen & woods women we spend a good deal of time in the woods whenever we can, one of the things many of us do is seek out wild edible foods to supplement foods that we are carrying. Bracken fiddle heads are widely known to be an edible food, BUT, they can also be dangerous to eat! These fiddle heads are carcinogenic, they are less so if cooked/boiled, but never totally safe! My advice is to not eat them at all unless it was an emergency & there was no other sources of food available. Personally I can't see this happening, we nearly always have the option of eating fresh game. You can survive up to roughly three weeks without food depending on your health, your exertion levels & you must have a good drinking water supply.




Sunday, 19 August 2018

Debarking Dead Trees, Shelter Roofing, Cordage Material & Bush Tucker B...




Debarked standing tree using a steel hatchet. This could have been done by a Woodsman or an Aboriginal.




At least two sheets of bark were removed from this standing tree using a stone axe, probably done by an Aboriginal.

Thursday, 9 August 2018

Jacobites will descend on Fort George this weekend .

The Jacobite soldiers will share their stories on Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 August, based on the tales that inspired the Outlander novels.

This 18th century sealers cottage on KI is as original as they come. Australia.

PRE-DATING the first settlement of South Australia, an original stone cottage on Kangaroo Island is believed to have been built by seal catchers who occupied the island in the early 18th century.

Friday, 3 August 2018

Wilderness Living. Therapeutic Uses & Other Benefits and Claims of Agave Americana/Century Plant.

Image credit & copyright Author.
This plant can also be found growing wild in Australia.
The inner core of the flower stem makes excellent tinder.
SWEETENER
MEDICINE
SOAP
NEEDLE AND THREAD
ROPE
FOOD
PAPER
FIREWOOD
TINDER from the inner core of the flower stem.




Thursday, 2 August 2018

Hudson River Maritime Museum welcomes 17th century vessel.

The Kalmar Nyckel, a 141-foot reproduction of a 17th century Swedish explorer’s ship, will be docked at the Rondout waterfront in Kingston through Sunday, Aug. 12.