What 5000 Years of Wood Chopping Taught Me

June 2025 Out Takes

The myth of burning wet wood: learn the importance of drying firewood!

Hazel, the pup, shares her thoughts on making YouTube videos!

The Swedish Torch: An ingenious 400-year-old invention

Turn a field into a forest with super charged trees. Become self sufficient in firewood!

Halloween pumpkin carving with Hazel the pup!

Hazel helps us destroy our dodgy deer fence!

The right way to check your firewood - don't fall for these myths!

Shelterbelt Secrets: How to protect your trees!

Use peanut butter on badger gates to stop badgers destroying your fence!

Grow 8X more potatoes with this no dig Christmas potato technique!

Ice bubbles and next-level dog sledding!

The best thing you can do with willow sticks!

Willow vs alder coppice for free firewood forever!

Polytunnels are magic!

Hard cider is really easy to make and tastes amazing.

Simple way to germinate horse chestnut conkers to grow more trees!

Willow is probably the best firewood in the world...!

Coppice willow for free firewood forever! It’s crazy simple!

How to build a fantastic smoke free fire pit from an old washing machine for free!

Tow anything with a lawn mower! A simple way to fit a car tow ball to a lawnmower.

Easy way to grow the best potato crop! Fresh potatoes from the ground for Christmas dinner!

Is it possible to make green tomatoes turn RED?

Can you make an old hedge even longer and still look good?

Simple method using string to propagate strawberries in hanging baskets for an infinite supply!

Hay meadow restoration for more wildflowers and greater biodiversity with a secret helper!

The fantastic puss moth caterpillar looks like something from a rainforest!

Laurel propagation - the best method revealed!

Simple tips for how to prune an apple tree