The Primitive Naturalist

Basketry Blog Post 10/29/19 Here are the results of a pack basket making workshop at the Cambia Community in Louisa, VA the weekend of...

I started with a large batch of sticks for fuel. They had been cut live from mulberry, willow, tulip poplar and pear trees, and allowed...

Each year, once the annual plant stalks die, I go hunting for an important resource. I use a lot of dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum) for...