Firefly Gathering 2014 at Bell's Cove, a 300-acre, private lot in Barnardsville. The Gathering will be held here for the 3rd year. Photog: Oliver Fleming. Last summer, Diana Parra, a Colombia native ...

BACK TO BASICS: Todd Elliott makes music around the campfire at the Firefly Gathering. Photo by Mike Bellame If you’re looking to learn how to make your own bow and arrow, weave a belt or carve a ...

LEICESTER -- When Natalie Bogwalker started the Firefly Gathering as a 20-something, she wanted to share the primitive and survival skills she had come to love with the whole of Asheville. Fast ...

Starting a fire with sticks probably was blasé for people living 100,000 years ago and more, but it can feel like a spectacular breakthrough for people who master the timeless skill today. "You wouldn ...

“This is a great opportunity for kids to learn about the outdoors and get more involved in hunting, fishing and recreation vs. sitting at home playing on iPads and iPhones. I have grandkids and kids.

HEDGESVILLE, W.Va. — Skinning a rabbit, dying cloth with red onion skins, growing medieval mushrooms, growing vegetables in straw bales and other homesteading skills were demonstrated this weekend at ...

Brain tan buckskin -- Primitive fire & cordage -- Makin' meat (1 & 2) -- Primitive wilderness cooking methods -- Deer from field to freezer -- Containers 1 -- Containers 2, Primitive pottery -- ...

The Stone Age will come to life this weekend at an educational survivalism event in Cantonment. Anthropologist Justin Cook is hosting a “Primitive Living Skills” class this Saturday at Pensacola ...