Pick one of the challenges below and set yourself a clear goal to complete it, either on your own or with others.
As your nature table grows, think about how to store similar items so they are easy to find and enjoy.
Take a slow walk and look for something that catches your eye, such as a pattern of bark, the shape of a leaf, the colours of a sunset or the curve of a shell.
The red fox mentoring compass has four points, Be, Notice, Wonder and Invite.
Find a small, straight stick that feels comfortable in your hand, about fifteen to twenty centimetres long.
Forage or purchase dried plant materials such as herbs, including lavender, sage, rosemary, thyme or mint, flowers such as chamomile, calendula or rose petals, and resins such as pine resin, correctly
As you spend time outside, listen for the baseline sounds of an area, the calm everyday chatter of birds, and notice when this changes into an alarm.
Imagine you are a male or female bird of prey.
Buff your chosen tinder material between your hands, in the same way you would scrub socks by hand, to expose its finer fibres and help it catch a spark more easily.
As you tend your fire, remember that the type and size of wood affects how hot and quickly it burns, and that wood left in the round burns slower and hotter than split wood.