Watch "What Can You Build WITHOUT Planning Permission? (UK)" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/QYsOqzuZejs

Middle Yard: Our native word for Earth.

Today, many of us say Midgard, but to English-speakers, this is inaccurate. Midgard is an English approximation of the Old Norse term, Miðgarðr. The Anglo-Saxons, the fore-elders of most in the Anglo-sphere didn’t copy the word from another language; they had their own, native word: Middanġeard, which in English is Middle Yard, with Yard being a reference to the physical earth. Some may recognize this word from Tolkien, but he didn’t make this word up, rather just utilized his native English. Why convert a foreign word into English when we have the same word naturally occurring in our native language? Middanġeard (mead-ahn-yeah-ard) or Middle Yard, take your pick.

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Victory garden layout and crop rotation.

I have finally finished the renovation of the back of my allotment. This part had been a strawberry patch for the last three years and the plants had become old and overgrown. I pulled up the plants a couple of weeks ago and I turned the soil as I went. I then sprinkled gypsum over the area and let the coming frost break down the clay. The frost and gypsum have created soft and crumbly area that is now perfect for planting.

I have now planted lots of flower bulbs in hopes of finally finishing the flower garden I have always wanted. I was a little late in planting them, but I'm hopeful that we will still get a nice display this year. I will add more flowers as the years go on.

Growing my own food and flowers has taught me patience. It has reminded me that things don't happen over night but can be achieved with a goal and hard work.

https://youtu.be/vmPIg7wY0Uk

A short but interesting video on the recent ruling about wild camping in Dartmoor.

On the cusp of spring.

The new revised second edition of The Woodland Warrior is now available on Amazon and our website or eBay shop.

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Complete with a new cover design and editing by Henry’s partner Kate along with updated exercise demonstration photos, it’s a perfect introduction for those that want to combine foraging and fitness.

Campsite owner and author Henry explains how to maximise muscle mass and strength using only the environment and resources provided by a woodland.

Wild edibles such as the wood ear mushroom and the humble stinging nettle are given a full analysis on how they can help improve your overall help and performance for physical activity.

A 12 week exercise programme is also included that will have you pressing heavy logs overhead and performing hundreds of pull-ups from the nearest branch like a swole hobbit.

While the headline is correct; this article is a joke.

They call the Notting Hill Carnival a good example of folklore and try to tie the concept of English folklore to Wicca and (for some reason) Extinction rebellion.

The final irony though, is claiming "these customs are not nationalistic" while the thumbnail is the Abbots Bromley Horn dance, where the only people who can take part have to come from 2 ancestral Abbots Bromley families.

As it's Valentine's Day, which honours the martyrdom of the Roman, St. Valentinus, and which has since become associated with many folk traditions around courtly love and romance, here's how to say "I love you" in Old English;

Ic þē lufige

That is pronounced "ich thee luvye", literally "I thee love" or "I love thee."

If you wanted to say it to many people, you would say;

Ic ēow lufige

That is pronounced "ich yow luvye", literally "I you love" or "I love you."