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The Treehouse Diaries #1: Building ‘The Patch’
Six months living off wild food is no easy task, whilst planning my tree dwelling experiment; I felt it would be a good idea to take my inspiration from the transition of the Mesolithic to the Neolithic.
Nick and 'Bangers' / Photo by Nick Weston
Whilst probing the recesses of my mind for the archaeological knowledge stored away during my degree, I seemed to remember it was around 4000BC that the Neolithic kicked in, bringing with it the domestication of animals and crops.
As wonderful and diverse as the wild larder is, I felt it would need the support of a small, yet productive vegetable patch, carbohydrates for one. Burdock roots, dandelion roots and cattails are all very well, but why not have a glut of potatoes too? It would be good to have some crops to fill in the gaps where the wild foods are lacking. As far as animals are concerned, it would be wonderful to have some pigs and chickens, but I think that would be a step too far and a bridge I will cross later in life. Thus my meat larder will consist primarily of wild cuts, the fish, the birds and the beasts and maybe the insects too.
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Nick Weston
Nick Weston was selected as the resident survival expert for Shipwrecked 2008, based in the Cook Islands. He is a professionally trained chef, grows his own vegetables and often visits the country to source some wild food. Nick fills his blog, Hunter-Gathering: wild & fresh food with his passion for all things food related.
