“Little did I know … that we were going to be blindfolded, put into a van, and driven somewhere we didn’t know…” – Ashlynn Tibbot first published this account of her Wilderness Survival Trek on her Facebook page in 2019. We loved it so much we asked for permission to publish the following summary of…
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Join us for our last in the “You Healthy? Go Outside!” live daily broadcasts with Kim & Chris Chisholm, Wolf Camp & School of Natural Science at Blue Skye Farm. The farm is getting busy and we need to gear up for summer camps. If you are interested in pursuing Wolf Journey study experiences, email us…
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Thanks so much to everyone who has subscribed to our YouTube.com/WolfCampCollege channel, getting us over the 1,000 subscription mark which, according to youtube rules, enables us to live stream from our phones in the field – our goal before launching complimentary daily Wolf Journey Earth Conservation Course study experiences for those at home during the…
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Today we take a virtual tour along the Puyallup Riverwalk celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Our Mission: Investigate the Wild Edible & Medicinal Plants, Birds & Other Wildlife of the Lower Puyallup River. The city’s riverwalk is a 10′ wide walking and biking route from Tacoma-to-Tahoma (Mt Rainier) envisioned years ago by the…
We continue to celebrate Earth Week today by sequestering carbon via “biochar” and planting cedar trees correctly to ensure the greatest long-term sequestration possible. We’ll also check to see how much solar gain we achieved with our panels since yesterday, as well as starting fire by flint and steel. It’s part of our “You Healthy?…
Join us as we celebrate the start of Earth Week by setting up our portable solar array for the season, something that can be done with new equipment for the equivalent cost of one month’s power bill, or less if you search Craigslist and other sources for used equipment and batteries. Our goal is to…
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Live! Beekeeper Dave Dempsey installs HONEY BEES at Wolf Camp’s Blue Skye Farm. They were shipped in today from the Pierce County Bee Keepers Association who arrived back from California this very morning. We’ll also check back with the MASON BEES which are rocking and rolling. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening…
Watch at Wolf Camp founder Chris Chisholm demonstrates how to make and throw rabbit sticks and an at-latl (using the arrow made during yesterday’s broadcast) which is the very device which arguably helped humans dominate the planet tens of thousands of years ago. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family…
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Arrow Making Instructions Please note: Do not use wood arrows in compound bow. Also, investigate “spine weight” of arrow woods to ensure that the wood you are using is strong enough for your “bow weight.” You can do this in a survival situation by flexing a number of different sticks, both live (green) and dead…
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This post was originally published in February 2013 and last updated on in April 2020 with the above live stream video by Chris Chisholm. A. Harvest the Wood Quick Survival Bow: Start with a relatively straight section of sapling or branch that is as free as possible from knots and side branches, and without any…
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Acorns: the nuts from oak trees. When you read this post and watch the live video we add, you’ll realize that this seems like a lot of work, even with modern technology. That might be why very few, if any, societies use acorns nowadays, whereas acorns were a staple that built civilizations in the past….
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Watch the broadcast below which covers some of our Wildlife Tracking & Birding safety tips and “tricks of the trade” we haven’t shared over the last couple days for the greatest of success in the field. Once we’re done with that list, we sneak up a local creek looking for bugs, amphibians, birds, mammals and…
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Check out today’s live video (below) which begins with a quick review of yesterday’s animal tracking primer, then launches into the tricks of the trail as we follow fox, coyote, deer, elk and a couple other species which present themselves. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music &…
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In today’s video, we start with a quick review of yesterday’s animal tracking primer including awareness skills, then introduce the language of the birds which helps us find animals, make “plaster casts” to preserve tracks we found, and follow a coyote that showed up between yesterday’s broadcast and today. It’s part of our “You Healthy?…
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Where Do Trees Come From? Answer Today in the Live Stream below! Tour the Blue Skye Farm Orchard and then plant a cedar tree with us, the best way to reverse climate change. We’ll show you how to plant so a tree lives a long life. It’s a celebration to kick off the 50th Anniversary…
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Join us today for an introduction to the permaculture design of Blue Skye Farm, Mulching Lesson & Community Sidewalk Garden Installation. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim & Chris Chisholm.
Join us today for a deep dive into Mason Bees and how they pollinate the Blue Skye Farm Orchard. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim & Chris Chisholm. We’ll end today with the song “Lean On Me” in honor of Bill…
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Join us today for an “Amphibian Hunt” following the path of water from our roof, through rain barrels, rain garden, bioswale, pond, creek, and river to the sea. It’s part of our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim & Chris Chisholm. We’ll end today with…
Oh yeah! Join us as we find edible insects, bugs and grubs, beetles, flies and other insects as well as spiders. for our “You Healthy? Go Outside!” Evening Broadcasts – Family Friendly Music & Earth Skills Activities with Kim & Chris Chisholm. We’ll end today with the song “All God’s Creatures” or similar:)
Meet Kim’s 9-Year-Old Chickens of Blue Skye Farm! Moonbeam, Josephine, Junebug, Cassiopeia, Carolina are the sole survivors of various avian ailments that afflict laying hens. Hear what the results of 20 necropsies have revealed, and learn how Kim has protected them from predators all these years, while also letting them free range to fertilize our…
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