Yule, the wheel of the year keeps turning. December was known as Ærra Geola, Before Yule. The word 'Yule' comes from the Old English...

The Longest Night. "The Longest Night" by Angie Pickman aka Rural Pearl. A stop motion cut paper animation for the Winter Solstice.

The Deer Mother was a venerated spiritual figure since early Neolithic times. She was worshipped by early peoples from the British Isles,...

Wait for a quiet gap in your day or evening, pull up a chair, and light a few candles. If you like folklore, unusual tales, or learning...

If you're stuck for something to do to mark this special time of the year then this is a simple way to get involved. I think there's many...

Listen! The wind is rising, And the air is wild with leaves, We have had our summer evenings: Now for October eves! Humbert Wolfe - Poet...

Wishing you all a blessed harvest full moon

As most of our readers will know, Woodlarking is an offshoot of our main business, Spirit of Old. Over many years, we've built up a huge...

If you take a wander out there in the woods and green spaces, you'll see there's plenty of free food at the moment. There are some simple...

If there's one thing a woodlarker needs to keep them happy, it's warm socks and comfy feet in the colder months. If you've ever worn...

In this part of Wessex, today is known as apple pie day so every year in our house, we make an apple pie from our homegrown apples. Over...

Ripe damsons waiting to be foraged There’s something very soul-satisfying about ambling along ancient tracks, and even more so when...

Did you know there's a common plant growing in the UK which can be foraged and harvested for free, and that has superfood status? Those...

We had a trip to Salisbury today. For anyone reading this from afar, Salisbury (pronounced Solls-bury ) is a small city here in southern...

There are several Saxon yews dotted around the ancient woodland, and along the trackways and holloways of my local area. There's one very...

If there’s one certainty to everything in life it’s that time keeps ticking on. Amid the mad rush (or quiet stillness) of the everyday,...

An amble deep into the forest is always full of unexpected finds. Unless you leave the well-trodden path there's so much of the woodland...

Do you ever look at the land around you and imagine how it used to look thousands of years ago? Filter out all the modern clutterings and...

Looking to skip straight to the recipe for crabapple jelly? Click here :-) It's crabapple season here in the UK! We're lucky enough to...

Recounting discovering a Bronze Age arrowhead and two other ancient finds. Imagining the incredible stories these pieces could tell.