05/06/2026
Tribe Teenz were wonderful as always!
Today was a woods session and we took advantage of the abundant elderflowers to identify, learn about the history, forage for and process a whole bag of elderflowers! Great knowledge and skills shown by all.
We learned the forking method of processing the elderflowers and then made a cold infusion to add to our sugar syrup, adding some lemon juice in for extra tang. We did a quick 5 mins of plant ID finding out about yarrow and beach rose as well
The fire was lit and we warmed up our veg soup for lunch and then made elderflower head fritters with tempura batter. Our Teenz polished the whole plate off in record time and all agreed that elderflowers are just magical
Next up was starting our arrows and spears. These will take a few weeks as we plan to do some flint knapping for the arrow/spear heads and use real feathers and pine sap glue to make the arrows. Mal then gave everyone a quick sword fighting lesson and he and Dom battled it out with sticks. Thanks, Mal for sharing your wisdom!
Teenz spent the rest of the time doing their own thing and hanging out. The main thing that was heard today throughout was laughter from the Teenz - that is what it is all about, supporting this wonderful group to thrive