Tree Root Bushcraft Camp: Building a Survival shelter | Perimeter Walls | Kitchen
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- Join us as we continue to build the camp in the woods. This time expanding the original perimeter walls to make the bushcraft camp bigger. I also add to the woodland kitchen and log store and grill some pork kebabs on the campfire!
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This camp is going to be Epic! Great comments so far on suggestions of what to do at camp. Keep them coming. Just uploaded a short Bushcraft vid to my new channel: th-cam.com/video/EyYWEKY6Ppc/w-d-xo.html lots of extra content coming on the new channel over the next few months! Cheers for watching! - Mike
So are those walls to prevent badger attacks? 😏
If you get some steel chicken feed pans, stone or clay, make a layer to protect the surface...you could do some precise Dutch oven cooking on your kitchen shelter. counter
Can't wait to see what you decide to build. I think you should make a brick 🧱 pizza oven!
Shout out from Texas! Love your content!! 💯
How fit is your dad!! I’m 35 and doing my garden puts me in a bun haha n he’s just digging out roots like nothing!!
It must be amazing to do all this with your dad cherish these memories buddy, keep it up 👍🏻
I have to say, I thought your Dad's makeshift post support was going to be a set of bushcraft nun-chucks and I got excited, but still useful nonetheless. I vote to dig out under the stump/trunk of the ash to make a subterranean shelter.
Too many roots.
I thought the same thing. Haha.
Nun-chucks...👍 Bruce Lee Bushcraft 😎 "Flow with nature. Let it guide you"
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Scientific studies have proven that symmetry is the key ingredient to beauty. I love the expansion!
Would love to see you and your dad doing a catch & cook episode. Cook your catch on your new bushcraft camp just like the first bushcraft camp you had. I miss those kind of videos and the theory time with your dad. Keep the videos coming Mike!
A suggestion for the open space: You could create very simple stools and benches as an area to relax, have a cup of tea and take in the nature. Love the work mate!
Really would make the photo/video shots keep featuring the main theme.
I lost my dad when I was 16, seeing you two together is a wonderful thing. Thanks for sharing 👍
I’d LOVE to turn a bowl out of one of those rounds you’ve got. It would look great in your Bushcraft kitchen!
At the right side of the trunk, there is a little alcove or grotto formed. Pack some dirt at the very back and under to seal the area from wind and rain. Then later when it is raining, you can add a tent roof over the area for a small sitting place. Thanks for the video. Jon
I was thinking it would be a nice place for a bed.
Maybe do something more to keep the stack of wood from the rain & snow. All looks good & creative. Neat!😀
Hello Mike. I absolutely love watching you and your dad in videos together. What an absolute loving bond❤️
you are so fortunate that you still have your father and he is fit to come out and help. Cherish this
Great camp! As for recommendations:
Trunk: Cut it at a diagonal to leave a strong foot support, and use the flat face for carving and charcoal drawing. Great project for small kids.
Back left of trunk: Small watchtower. Perfect for spotting and filming wildlife, and fits into the theme.
Right of trunk: A hammock. Sink an eye bolt into the trunk and make a tripod to string it between.
The out shoot from the tree roots, I think you should use it as a stable point to make a table to eat at. It would be right next to your cooking area.
For the two areas around the trunk, I'm thinking make one the main 'living' area, while the other is a store and working area, and keep the trunk height as part of the division. One of the other comments suggested carving shelves into it and I think that's a neat idea.
You could maybe look at using some of the clay you're on to make a kiln or similar for making bricks or slate, or possibly use some of the space for tanning or meat/fish smoking. Long term even you could make it a more elaborate workspace - maybe even something crazy like a forge, with a more elaborate sleeping and lounging area on the opposite side of the trunk.
Like this, great idea
Yeh, just trim back the top half of the log and keep the bottom the natural length. Maybe level the top out for a level bench, but don't do anything to stress the integrity of the base of it. Great work you and your dad are doing. Love watching your videos. Thank you for another great show!
For a later project you need to do a path out of your lot, the way you enter and leave. It would just look cool.
Camp coming along great. Love to watch you and your father working together
That little cubby hole under the tree seems like it would make an excellent place to store a cache of firewood, just fill it up. It'll look pretty good too I think.
If the tree trunk is support, and you are considering making a table like surface, I would suggest leaving the trunk as it is, and build you table over the top of it. I'm thoroughly enjoying this series.
So amassing your Dad was so strong take care if him dont let him heavy carrying big wood.god bless to both of you
Graham was not messing around this video! Love these videos, love watching the progress and evolution!
Definitely you and your dad are some of the hardest working survivalist,making great progress men,I'm glad u decided to incorporate the tree root in this shelter
Love it so far. I like it when your Dad is giving you a helping hand.
So funny to watch you move those fences again, but I've gotta admit it does work better!
Where the trunk sticks out instead of cutting it, I'd use it to my advantage and use it as some sort of table-ish type thing. I would also put some sort of awning type deal in the crook of the tree root to keep you dry or shaded. Just something small to add to the character of the root.
Love coming home and seeing a new video from yourself featuring your dad, brings a loving warmth to my heart seeing you both enjoying time together.
It has occurred to me seeing as you have quite a large following do you ever get noticed out and about? If so would love to hear some.
Keep up the great work bud.👌
I'm glad you moved the left wall, I was silently yelling Don't stop there ( my OCD ). As far as ideas, how about 1. some vertical supports to run some ridge lines for tarps ( incase of inclement weather, or to block the sun on hot or bright days). 2. use that root sticking out as a table or bench. Anyways thanks again for the video, John S.
Can we have just an episode of footage from a GoPro attached to Jax? His perspective on the woodland is probably amazing.
I like that Idea German JP. Yes please Mike. Maybe not a full episode though ;)
Clear out some of the back of the tree roots so you can fit in a clay/earth oven and chimney. Then tarp it up or something a little bit and you'll have an awesome hermit hole.
If I owned that I'd be there 24/7. Full size tipi/lavvu, tarp covered work area, you name it. Loving the woodland living.
i think the left side of the root system, where there is the beam that you want to cut would make a good entrance/exit to the camp, and the right side would be a great place for a shelter.
Dad looks like he just came back from work and is spending time with his boy. 🥰
Personally, I'd be apt to leave that extended portion of the tree root system as-is. The green moss on it is striking, and leaving it more natural helps it maintain it's "wildness" and center of focus for your camp. :D You're already building all sorts of kitchen work area, and other features for comfort and to add options for use so it's not like you "need" to make it into a table, bench or whatever! :D Cheers from the USA
Love your videos, especially when your Dad shows up. I have to say though it always blows my mind to hear 20-30C as hot. We have been in triple digits here all week (37+C). Keep up the great work!
Love Graeme's home-made bushcraft nunchuks!
I would make sleeping quarters under that tree cave and maybe extend a roof like shelter out of it that would look really great
Brilliant Mike. One of my favourite things on TH-cam, is this series.
You could put two roofs one on each side of down tree and have bedding area for a few people. Then have them drain to down tree and collect water off both sides in middle of down tree
Hey... Dad's Mike... How are you? Here THE SHARK...🤣🤣🤣. How are you? Good health huh... Yeees... Doing things beside THE ENERGY you overcome, with the paralel gerund, LOVING, everything!!! See you!!!
Great job brother! I love watching father and son doing work! Thank you for the video! ☺☼♥
The camp is looking great Mike. You should definitely use that part of the stump as a table or bench! Are you considering making the hollow into a shelter, that would be awesome.
I was thinking you could make those circular cut offs into a bench or table? You could still holes into them then fix them all together with long threaded coach bolts. Your dad's ingenuity has no limits. Can't wait for more of this and life of mike.
If all you're using is a Canon 200d, then your content speaks loud to your eye and your cinematography. I've been a fan for both your bushcraft skills and your cam skills. Keep up the good work!!
The bushcraft camp is awesome! Amazing start to this project. Excited to see how it evolved! Best to you!
I think that small space on the left side would make a suitable little cubby sort of thing for sleeping. Perhaps you could drill some vertical holes into the protruding root section to put poles in for a slanted roof sort of thing. Love it!
Don't let your Dad over work, keep an eye 👁️ on him! I want to see both of you together in videos for many years to come! God bless you both! 🙏
Honestly he enjoys the hard work. He’d rather do that then sit around doing nothing. But yes need to make sure he doesn’t over do it!
@@TheresaPowers Have a blessed day!🕯️🙏
About the trunk, I'd jack the middle two main pieces up to horizontal and block up in place. This could make a high bench.
The third piece I would cut back further as you were saying.
Nice to have a larger camp. good work.
Make a bar . Outstanding Job on camp ! Nicely done. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🪓🔪👍👍
I heard your dad talking about "all this clay". Could you incorporate a kiln (made from said clay) into the newly opened area near the ash tree? You could make your own vessels, mugs, pottery or even bricks.
In below the big trunk is a ready made shelter. Would be great to enhance it. Love the videos. Also love to see the relationship that you have with your dad. Keep up the great work 👍
6:07 Integrate the trunk into a sleeping area. Could you imagine waking up in the morning with the trunk of the tree as your ceiling? And then make it kind of a fold-away kinda deal so you can still use the space for other things during the day or when you're not there. If you want to get closer to nature, sleeping under a tree is about as close as you're going to get, lol.
Ooh... or better yet... depending on how much work you want to do... Build yourself a small bunker with timber/wood supports and have the entrance be under the tree trunk... That would be really cool, but a LOT of work...
17:54 The only comment I've got about the kitchen is to overlap some planks over the cracks in the little covering so you don't get water through the cracks if you're trying to cook in the rain...
19:27 Instead of cutting all the way down to the split on the root, figure out a good sitting height and cut into the top section to make it level where it'll be most comfortable to sit on. You could then adjust your fire position so you can tend it while sitting on the tree root bench. :D
Trimming down the LH trunk section would make a nice bench or work top. As you say removing it may destabilise the whole root/trunk. A camp hut on either side would be cool. 👍
I hope one day to be as talented as you guys are. I just can't figure out how to bushcraft nails yet. I'll get it one day maybe. In all seriousness love what yall do. Just stop making dad work so hard. Jeez man be glad you have him as I lost my dad when I was 12 so consider yourself lucky my friend
Most (probably all) of the folks complaining haven't a clue. Thanks for the update.
I love the videos btw. As for the open space by the ash tree, I'd personally like to see that be the living sleep area as the tree provides some great natural protection.
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The tool created to hold the post, EPIC!!!
I continue to LIKE your thinking on this project. Taking the top section of that root and seeing what happens is sound. I might shorten the bottom root for ease of getting around it when the project is finished. You seem to be creating an unusual structure: roofing it should be a challenge, as well. Beds and benches need the focal point of a fire. This could be your chance to build a 'professional' one with your day, proper mortar/cement, and firebricks for the lining.
Would have thought you guys would make use of the hazel and make you walls from that like you made the walls for the Saxon house on the other property. Also I'd call the camp the Ash Grotto because the stump of the ash tree reminds me of a cave.
Gday Mike, just wanted to mention that the feature ash tree looks like you could almost hole up in! Is there any chance of putting some sort of covering out the front of it (a makeshift verandah or roof) and turning it into a shelter? Just a suggestion, it would be a great way of utilising what’s already there! Keep up the great work bud 👍💪
Great job, I liked it. Excellent cinematography and excellent directing. Thanks for the quality content! Grretings from Belarus tourist.
I love Xero1of1’s idea of the round section being a ‘portal’ to an underground shelter! I’m picturing steps and a back entrance as well. It would be magical!
Great viewing tonight, TAO and TAF. Thanks, lads 👍
I wouldn’t cut that part off of the big stump. I would flatten it out and make a side table of it for your seating there.🐝🤗❤️
I certainly appreciate the clunk of that hardwood ! Good for cooking on a cold rainy night!
Nice one mate! I had the same thoughts on the last episode on integrating that big trunk more. Glad you did it! On the left side of the trunk i can already picture a small shelter with one bed, tucked in at the side of camp. The piece of the trunk that sticks out could be utilized for a low front wall of that shelter to kind of frame it in or as support for the bed. Looking forward to the next episode, I´m personally hoping for a clay pizza oven ;)
I like the moss covered bit of the trunk. So if you decide to cut it, I'd try and find a nice new spot for it. Also, when you were pick-axing your way into that rough but nice forest soil, all I could think is how that top bit of soil would be awesome for plants. So try and save/collect it, perhaps to make some raised beds in a sunny corner of the camp and grow tall peas and runner beans in it, with some spinach and shade-tolerant decorative plants (foxgloves are probably native in your woods and those with ferns look beautiful). The sooner you start on the gardening bit, the better, because it takes time to grow (and foxgloves are biennial).
Just some ideas from a plant lover.
5:08 your Dad hurriedly putting on the hoodie for the shameless plug, hilarious!
E.T.- Entrenching Tool. That NATO tool your dad was using. Still in use and very handy.
Please be careful what you do near the trunk, Over time rot could shift the weight dangerously. Great videos as always mate
The changes are awesome! If purpose of fence is to deter critters, why not stack half circles of wood into the openings next to tree trunk? For cutting outrigger of trunk, you are wise to be careful of removing load bearing sections. A flat bench would be a great way to make useful without removing too much wood. And don’t do it without spotter in case it splits while cutting!
I recommend going for a Sony camera. They are excellent in low-light conditions and will definitely help in conditions like these.
I would cut that broken section of the trunk level for a bench and leave the full length. Or add an angled piece to the top to level it off higher for a camp dinner table.
I think I would cut the tree back a bit more. Then cut a tapper about half way through and make a natural chair out of it. Cool camp.
I would leave the tree now it adds character. Make a area on the left for splitting wood or something and use the the rest for what ever you like cooking or a shelter? Idk haha but I hope you make a free house in the future!
Always a pleasure seeing you both spending quality time together, great video :)
The whole thing looks like a fireplace really. 👍😁
Interesting build. Great that you have your dad can do it together.
Hi I think the bit near the root would make a great wood store too you could fit about a cord of wood in there if you put a big roof on the whole lot. Hope your having fun looks like a blast. Keep up the great work mate and can’t wait to see the progress. 🍻💪👍🏼👌🏼🙏👏👏👏👏
Perfect spot for a raised bed for yourself or a guest on that left hand side where you moved the barrier back.
Great camp upgrade. I would do something like seats around the campfire to hang out with friends near the fire or cooking place. 🤠👍 I fell you , Mike about the camera lighting. I hate also when it's sunny. Perfect when it's cloudy 🤠✌️
You could try building a frame that goes across to the trunk and make it the main sleeping quarters. Awesome videos keep it up!
That should be Jax's little bedded area. Looks comfy!
Like the light with it's high contrast
The root system should be turned into a back wall with w window/chimney and then that big piece coming out into the camp into a bench and then under neath center into storage or chimney
Those slabs of wood could make good sitting ares or tables to eat at, could use one to chop wood on; thank you for sharing this with us
I can't wait to see what's next! I thought you were going to make a water gathering system with the trough the trunk makes.
Add a nice big picnic table in the new open area!
That little area where the trunk sticks out would be perfect for a bunk, sleep area
That post holder your dad made could also be used as tongs. Like when getting coals from the fire for things.
You could make a dugout shelter under the trunk with a roof/wall leaned up against it to give more horizontal space. Either tarp it over or cover it in dead leaves and such to make it breathable and water resistant.
The area by the trunk/roots would make a nice covered seating and sleeping area.
You guys have help me and inspired me so much . Love you guys,
The ash tree trunk needs to be part of camp 11:50 now you can build a rest area under the trunk of 🌳.
The camp living 15:32 area is more inviding.
Will you be allowing hikers/campers 17:44 to stay in nature preserved forest?
The area made on the second day is definitely the place for the camp toilet in my eyes 😂😂 natural hide away.
I like the idea and what you are doing, very good, I look forward to your next videos.
Great work! I'd love to see all that clay put to use in the camp, an oven/fireplace and some pottery would be awesome!
Absolutely love this series!! I think you should utilize that clay and make an outdoor oven.
Well done getting that root out..
Everything looks so good.