Tinder
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Bark, moss and spruce gum
Plants and Trees
What the woods hand you for free: tinder, bedding, cordage, patching and a bit of rough medicine.
Cattails
Plants and Trees
The tall marsh plant with the brown seed head. Something to eat in every season, and fluff that catches a spark.
Fire in wet weather
Fire
Getting a fire going when it has rained for three days and everything on the ground is soaked.
Fire without matches
Fire
Getting a flame when the matches are gone or soaked.
One match fire
Fire
Getting a fire lit on the first match in wet woods.