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Survival Skillset

Lesson 7 of 12

Reading the land for resources

40 min

Two people arrive in the same valley at the same time with the same kit. One stops at the first flat spot, then spends the evening walking back and forth: twenty minutes for water, half an hour for dry wood, another trip for bedding. The other spends the first half hour walking a loop, looking. They notice the line of alders marking the beck, the hazel coppice at the wood…

In this lesson

  • Walking the land in zones
  • What each zone typically offers
  • Common mistakes
  • Trees as indicators of soil, water and light
  • Indicator plants of people, animals and nutrients
  • Wet ground indicators
  • Bracken, rushes, reeds and grasses
  • Making a resource map
  • Check yourself
  • Key points

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