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Bushgear’s Guide to our Best Christmas Gifts

The Bushgear Team have compiled a new list of gift ideas for Christmas 2022! This curated list contains many different gifting ideas, to suit a wide variety of budgets and tastes. We hope you find ...

The Wilderness Gathering 2022

The Wilderness gathering began in 2003 and is now in its 20th year of existence. (Mr R Harrington) Organised by Mr R Harrington (founder and owner of Bison Bushcraft UK), the gathering is a large, ...

A Guide To British Fauna - The Wild Boar

Scientific Name : Sus scrofa Common Names : Wild Swine, Eurasian Wild Pig, Wild Pig Photo:Jerzy Strzelecki, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia C...

The Lockdown Kitchen – Flour Shortages and How to Bake Bread the Easy Way.

When England first went into lockdown as a result of Covid 19, many of our local supply chains were affected, including bakeries and supermarkets. Luckily, there was always a sufficient supply of b...

A Guide to British Fauna - Edible Dormouse

Scientific Name : Glis glis, Myoxus glis L., Sciurus glis Common Names : Edible doormouse, Fat doormouse Physical appearance : The edible dormouse is the largest dormouse in existence. Its combine...

Tropical Wild Edibles- The Sapodilla

Botanical name: Manilkara zapota Common names: Sapodilla, sapota, Chikoo, Chico, Naseberry, Nispero, mispel Family: Sapotaceae Physical appearance:  A tropical evergreen tree growing to a maximum ...

Tropical Wild Edibles - Taro - A yam like tuber

Botanical name: Colocasia esculenta Common names: Taro, Kalo, Dasheen, Madhumbe, Marope, Magogoya, Patra, Godere Physical Appearance: A perennial tropical plant which is cultivated as a root vege...

Wild Poisonous Plant Of The Week 14 - The British Larkspur

The Larkspur - a commonly occuring perrenial growing naturally throughout the UK. It is also highly toxic, particularly to animals. Please read the full article for more information.

Our Chosen Charity For 2021

Each year, we here at Bushgear help support a charity. We are proud to announce that we have chosen to support the UK homeless charity "Shelter" for 2021. Shelter is a registered UK charity which p...

A "Cutting" Review of our Lems Boots

Lems Boots Review by Rose Anvil