Useful Backwoods Tips On The Spruce Tree
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2020
- Lonnie shares some backwoods tips on many different medicinal, edible and utilitarian uses for the spruce tree.
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Hello my name is Lonnie and My wife is Connie.
Here at Far North Bushcraft And Survival you will learn about many long forgotten tricks and tips of the old time woodsmen. Not only will you learn about bushcraft / woodcraft but you will learn many things that will help you to survive in less than ideal "survival" situations as well. Come along and sit with me by the campfire as I delve into these subjects in a way that you can easily learn to then do yourself.
I will show you how to make shelters, gather food, use wild medicines as well as start fires with or without matches, lighters, ferro rods, etc - Навчання та стиль
Now that I have retired, it's pretty much a morning tradition to have a cup (or two) of coffee, , and watch a couple videos off UA-cam. It always makes my day, when I see you have posted a new one, although, if not, I often go back and check out some of your older ones.
You and Connie take care.
0:30 holy shit this guy reminds me of a woodland version of mr rogers, like his eyes look like Tom Hanks with a beard.
@@CircumcisionIsChildAbuse I can't tell if you are kidding or not. Dude, this IS Tom Hanks. It's a character.
In the army I used the semi hard resin on a cracked tooth to seal the nerve and stop the pain! Works a treat!
@Shawn Mendrek it really works buddy!
I use the fresh spring spruce tips for "spruce honey" or "spruce jam" .
And you can see me in spring eating the fresh tree tips like a deer or moose would....😜
But l NEVER use conifer wood to burn in a tent without an oben, because that resinous wood explodes and sends sparks anywhere!
I've also got an exposed nerve in my tooth. Thank you
Thanks for that tip, Djt; I use it for a lot of other first aid stuff, but never considered using it on a damaged tooth. Awesome!
I struggle to think of a man on youtube as useful to humanity as you sir!
So glad to hear you explain proper mineralized soil vs typical forest floor for safe fire... too many people don’t know that critical detail! (Former forest firefighter) 👍🏻🙏🏼
I wasn't aware of that, great information! That's why I love this channel!
Thanks for sharing! I appreciate your insight, and even more, your avoidance of any pseudoscience. You give excellent no-nonsense advice. Thank you for taking the time to do these videos.
I like you telling useful info that is true and practical.....joe and them say i do it this way but its not the right way..dont do what i do....great info
My 16 year old son was listening to this while I was watching. He said "is this guy the Bob Ross or bushcraft or something"? I about fell of my chair I was laughing so hard!
That's awesome, the Bob Ross of Bushcraft with his happy little spruce tree's. LOL
It has been said countless times on my video comments that I remind folks of Bob Ross. I had never heard of Bob R before I started getting these comments (We do not have TV).
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival It's great to hear from you! Bob Ross is a legend and so are you. Thank you and Connie for all your videos. I enjoy them very much and with you good health!
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival bob was an amazing landscape Painter,gifted man.you will like his work.
@@bensavage22 what's that mean?? ASMR?
Lonnie,
I want to Thank ya for sharing your adventures and for stopping to show the view that you have been Blessed to behold.
I was born in San Diego,Ca in 61 and raised in the Swampland of Eastern North Carolina .
We camped out along the rivers and Intracoastal Waterway as well while on hunting trips in winter.
There are so many memories of enjoying the outdoors, again Much Obliged "!
Its 4am here in buffalo but a new video from Connie and Lonnie just cannot go unwatched.....
Not only informative but also may be helpful in the future seeing the way our lives have been changing
I keep catching myself wanting to start my comments with "Another great video Bob!" Lol.
But seriously, you are the grandpa, best friend and science teacher I never had, 😄.
Your content is as timeless and kind, as the big heart from which it comes.
OK, HUGE GRANDPA HUG! until the next video!
Lonnie, It never occurred to me that the file on my multitool could be used to fire up my strike-anywhere matches. You've been an unending source of information to me over the years. Thank you, sir.
🌺AND AGAIN : LONNIE&CONNIE, COME THRU INNA CLINCH.. So much Knowledge and a Gentle soul to teach US ,the finer things in the woods. I can see the comfort level in your Videos : while you're in the woods LONNIE... I imagine the ladies would love his Approach to survival . I Kno I have..SEMPRE FI GUYS . Time for a summary of "LONNIES GREATEST HITS" , AND MAKE SURE YOU PUT IN THE SUPER SHELTER, SHOWER CURTAIN Sauna, DEMONSTRATION
LOL, that ending with Lonnie stretched out comfortably on the downed spruce was exceptional. Thanks Lonnie and Connie.
Old man's beard baby powder! Cool
As always, good, wholesome, natural knowledge freely passed along by a pair of large, open hearts.
Hello,
Thank you to sharing your passion. The first Europeans to arrive in America, here in Quebec, brought back an old French medicinal recipe that saved several colonists, from scurvy : the spruce beer. .Boil Spruce Branches until the bark separates. Add sugar and yeast, let cool and left ferment. You will get spruce beer (non-alcoholic). This beer is still being sold here in Quebec, and it's delicious. Kindest regards to both of you, from Québec, homeland of the first colonist. (Sorry for all the mistakes I made, I'm a proud Frenchie guy, using google translator).
The translation was excellent and easily understood.
Artik Nanook: thank you very much for that recipe. I certainly appreciate it, and hope to try it soon.
Your Google translator serving you very well. Not all of us make friends so easily with it. Lol. I’ve been making my own Gingerale lately in a similar fashion, but using honey. I wasn’t really sure that would work, considering that honey is antimicrobial, but I guess it gets on OK with yeast. Have you heard anything about the old timers using ripe juniper berries for the yeast? It’s something that I’ve heard about, for yeast being used in years past, but I’ve never seen it done, so I’m hoping that you’ll know something about that.
I can think of only one word to describe your video, inspirational. Only perhaps a bit younger than you, but my philosophy is that life is for the loving and the learning. Cheers. Jim.
Lonnie and Connie Love your videos..I've learned so much .Thank you from lower 48🇺🇲
That spruce pitch acts as a flexible bandaid- a protectant- as well.
Antibacterial and protectant for light wounds and cuts.
So much to know. I love trees as well. Not just what they can provide as a resource, which is awesome in itself, but also for their own intrinsic beauty. Large trees of any species are like elders, to be respected. Thanks for sharing Lonnie
Thank you Lonnie and Connie! God bless to you both!
Great to see a new video uploaded :)
I would love to see a comeback of your flute though. The old intros always put a smile on my face
It has been a long time since I have practiced much with the flute. I do not practice on the flute nearly enough to be public with the "tunes."
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival Ahh well I am sure we would appreciate it even when it doesn't quite sound as magical as it used to.
I remember you spending the night out in the shelter and eating that delicious looking johnny lake beans and rice. It felt like true peace and freedom when these sweet tunes reached my ears :)
Amen! The intro tunes are so relaxing. When I first heard them I didn’t realize it was Lonnie playing. I thought it was a Google sampling.
Hiya Lonnie & Connie, something I came across watching Ray Mars was pine tar, used by the partisans in Belarus during the 2nd World War which was known by them as Russian oil which was used for many uses by them and goes by quite a few different names.
Many thanks,
John 🇬🇧🏴
We do not have pine here but I do make my own oil from birch bark which is also quite medicinal.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival Wish you both all the best take care & stay safe (from what I can make out a variety of species can be used but this would require further research!)
When I was younger I found an old 15 inch vase made from the early Navajos. The base was covered with burnt pitch from pinion trees. You can smell the pitch still on the vase, I'm guessing it may be used for holding water.might be from the early 1900`s.
Apache women made pitchers from yucca fibre and covered that completely with pinon pitch over the fire. The resin melted and covered the spaces so it could be used as a water Container .
You live in a Great state for bush-crafting videos and I have learned a lot. Blessings.
I did not know spruce produced pitch, I thought only certain pines. Lots of knowledge. I haven't done much with spruce, mainly because we dont have it around here. The spruce, pine, and birch are probably my favorite types of trees that our creator has made. So many uses. Thank you for sharring this. Blessings, and Shalom🙂
I can not Invision living with out spruce! They do well any where in NY. Peace Chris
Spruce tip sugar is ground up spruce tips cured in cane sugar. Great as a topping for desserts or as a drink rimmer.
'Lonnie the wise' with another amazing video
You should wear a wizard hat. You can be Gandalf of Bushcraft.
Always excellent videos,very informative plus Lonnie and Connie are adorable souls.I wish you the best .
Thank you Lonnie and Connie for these wonderful videos! Cheers from AUSTRALIA. (SNOW, what is snow?) LOL.
I'm from Estonia, but I spent 2 years in Australia and saw snow there. Queensland, Stanthorpe.
Great my friends! Thanks for sharing! We make honey and cough syrup out of spruce tops. Take care!
👍 Great video as always. Lonnie you are a true wealth of survival information.
Appreciate learning from you both. Thanks so much for sharing. You're of great value to the future generations❣👑🕯🌹🎼🗽
This is the best channel on youtube....
This guy is like a real life Gandalf the grey. Awesome videos man I’d go with you all the way to Mordor.
My wife and I are right in the middle of watching that series again on VHS. Every evening we watch a movie from our collection of dvd's and vhs's and we are watching that series now in the evenings.
Far North Bushcraft And Survival Thats awesome. Game of thrones is another great one, if you haven’t watched it I highly recommend it.
Glad to see you are wearing a Tilley hat. They are the best.
Actually it is not a Tilley though it is very much like them. It is the "Flinders Reef" model from "Outback Trading Company." I have heard much good about the Tilley hats for many years though I personally have never owned one.
Hi Lonnie and Connie great video keep up great work bless on your family
Great tips as usual and lots of them. Connie, that was some GREAT camera work because it was very bright out and zooming in on the dust in Lonnie's hand, well I didn't think that was going to work until you made it work. The tip about where you light your fire or the antiseptic properties of what we in NY call sap was my favorite. Thank you both.
Thanx for another entertaining and informative video... Spruce and Birch are my most loved trees in the back country.
Seriously dude I have watched this video about 6 times and all your others at least 3 times each, I love the forest and your videos all the same!!
One thing you did not mention is using spruce needles as a seasoning in campfire cooking. I like the flavor added to meat by spruce needles. It is as valuable as flavoring as is sage when camping.
Your voice is very pleasant and soothing to listen to .. Thanks for your bushcraft wisdom sir ..
Greetings from France
Lonnie, I bought some teabags (large) that come with a draw string (Amazon)
The idea is to collect the spruce needles stripped from the stem and
then make your spruce, pine needle tea and it's little more savory than with the bark stem.
These bags are inexpensive, biodegradable, and can be bought in quantity of 300's.
Useful for any other teas or coffee in customizing your hot drinks (single cup) at home or in the woods. (minimizes filtration)
Connie and I enjoy the "Folgers singles" occasionally when wanting a quick almost instant type of coffee. It is basicaslly coffee grounds in a tea bag. It might be handy to have some of those bags you mentioned for just that purpose.
Im so glad your videos are worth watching multiple times I always hear and see things I previously didn't catch as I usually just watch playlists and let things run in the background. :)
Thanks brother and our sister Connie too. U guys make a great team. Wise information. Thanks u 2.
Connie is very good with the camera. Great video Lonnie.
Every spring I cook some spruce tip jam.
Yummy with breakfast toast.
Thank for showing 👍🇨🇭
beemcbike: That sounds heavenly. Would you mind sharing your recipe, please?
theres tons of them here in canada . i had forgotten many of these uses in the last 30 or so yrs. i love relearning these things from you so thank you both for takin time to share your knowledge. im livin proof that if you dont use it you loose it ! so Thanks again its appreciated . Take care
Another great and informative video. It is a blessing that you are willing to share this knowledge with us and I thank you for it.
Dreaming about hanging out in the woods with Uncle Lonnie and Aunt Connie. :-)
Thank you for the video, all the best!
Thank you. I was only aware of one or two uses for Spruce trees. I enjoyed learning about more.
Nice, informative and well-covered. Love the pose at the ending 🤣
Lonnie is the most respected Bushcrafter among Bushcrafters (I believe). His and Connie's picture should be put on a plaque somewhere.
Awesome video. Please do more on other trees.
Great info Lonnie,I like this kind of info
We make it into syrup this is one way you can make it, its not a real syrup because you need more sugar in it.
50 grams of young pine needles 1 liter of water 100 grams of raw cane sugar You can use the young buds or needles of the Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris), Corsican pine (Pinus nigra) or other European pine species (Pinus). The Norway spruce (Picea abies) can also be used. put them in a pan and pour 1 liter of water over them.
Bring to a boil and simmer gently with the lid on for 30 minutes. Remove the pan from the heat and pour the pine water through a sieve into another pan. Add the sugar and dissolve it while stirring. Bring to the boil again and let it simmer for another 15 minutes. Pour the syrup into a clean bottle.
Best time to make it is March April,also good to put in water and drink it as lemonade,pure on pancakes or waffles, or for a soar through .
Stay safe
Steve
Hi Steve. Thanks for posting your recipe, look forward to making it soon, all the best. BTW, haven't seen any of your new video's lately so will check to see if I'm still sub'd, just in case I've been removed by cyber coyotes, lol.
@@tallcedars2310 my pleasure my friend,hope all is well,
This is one of the easiest recipes that you can make,it's normal for medicinal uses.
I learned it from the elderly generations.
Feel free to check it out,you tube has his flaws sometimes
Stay safe out there my friend
So Steve. Thank you very much for this recipe. It’s at the right time of the year exactly! I hope you be trying this recipe very soon. Have you ever tried substituting the sugar for honey? I’m thinking that if it’s to be used for sore throats, the antimicrobial properties of honey white work really well with all that vitamin C extracted. But I don’t want to take a chance on wasting product To experimentation if somebody else already knows about this. So, I check with you first, just in case you’ve got some insights. Thanks again for the awesome recipe! :-)
@@daphneraven6745 you are more than welcome Daphne,
This is a very old recipe from our ancestors.
we have been taught to pick the pine needles and cones in the spring when they are green.
Honey is perfect in itself, we use 100% honey, usually recognizable with the honeycomb still in it.
The honeycomp is perfect edible as well.
But I don't use honing for the pine needle syrup, because if you heat the honing above 45C or 113 F, the proper properties /the good qualities break down
Honey loses its viscous consistency and some of the enzymes, vitamins and minerals present in the formulation are lost by heating.
If we have a painful throat we take a spoonful of honey to ease the pain.
@@sosteve9113 Thank you very much. I appreciate that. We have a lot of the same traditions here regarding honey. :)
I have not gotten a notification for your channel at all. I was scrolling through and found you again. I've had the notification bell rung since day one I subscribed.
awesome bro.
Great camera work Connie. Great info Lonnie. Love your channel.
Lonnie and Connie ... Love all your videos!!! I’m a subscriber, and don’t miss an episode!!! Particularly loved this one; great info for Alaska and the northern wilderness. I’m still chuckling at Lonnie’s reclined position at the end of the video!!! Man after my own heart; making comfort in the most remote of areas. In any event, hoping all is great and good with y’all in these trying times!!! Y’all are in prayer; God bless you and yours from me and mine!!! Chuck Knight from Buffalo, Texas, USA. 🤠🐩🙏
Another fabulous video - thank you Lonnie and Connie!!!
Thanks a lot for this super interesting video!
Make spruce needle syrup: fill a kettle with new growth branch tips, add water, boil, sieve, add sugar or honey and keep on boiling till it became syrup. Very delicious with ice cream, cakes, juices, desserts.
You remind me of Gandalf the Grey here sir.
As always, excellent episode!
Adirondacks mountains of ny . Adirondack means bark eater . Mohawk Indians called the Algonquins this since they would often get through hard winters by incorporating certain barks into their diet .
Awesome as usual. Thanks for sharing, keep up the good work!
Another splendid video you guys. Nice back drop with chunky trees or you might say fat wood. Loved the demo fire-starter with Usnia, nice a relaxed no sweat. A classic thank you both👍
Master Loda. Info packed video. Awesome as usual. Take care L & C.
Your channel and videos bring such a peaceful vibe, i absolutely love it!
I always enjoy visiting with Lonnie and his wife!
Thanks for the informative video Phreshayr. I see your hand-made wool blanket over shirt is still serving you well.
Thank you for annother great Video ! Atb from Germany 🤠🌲
Thanks you Lonnie & Connie new video, good bless you from to Poland
..thanks for the tips on one of natures sources of medical healing and relief..great vid,.... keep safe you two....
Connie your awesome!!! You support Lonnie in so many ways! Your both blessed you found each other!! Great video. Lincoln from florida
Thanks Lonnie! A pharmacy in the bush! Be safe!
HE REALLY LOOKS LİKE GANDALF THE GREY
thx Lonny, love the end.
Lonnie and Connie, 🌲 great information 🌲 I hope this finds you well , thanks for sharing, stay safe, God bless !
Thanks for the info!
WOW , now I've lived in the north for many years among the spruce and had never heard of half of these great uses..
Thank YOU Lonnie and Connie...!!!!
TRUE BUSHMAN..!!!
Lonnie & Connie ...... you’re my kinda folks !!! I really hope you two keep posting videos for a long time to come. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and your kind nature ......... and a little bit of your lives with us. It’s my pleasure watching your videos 😊😊😊😊😊
As always very interesting!
Great work, love the Gandalf look. Keep safe to you and your wife
Thanks for the tips. Learned alot about Spruce trees properties. I'll make sure to experiment some of them at my forest here in Quebec :-)
Looking great you two! Love the videos!
Awesome! 👍
Awesome, dood. Thanks.
Excellent tips from the master bushcrafter
Good information!! Thank you!
So much useful knowledge... Thank you for sharing.
And now I got my down home fix. Thanks Connie and Lonnie!
It's always good to see you and Connie out and about, but especially so right now. Doubly so when you are dropping some outdoors knowledge on us, too. I hope you're both well and getting better every day. Much love to y'all from the Midwest.
Wow! Great info. Thanks.
thanks Lonnie & Connie for the very useful info. always enjoy your videos!
You too are amazing with your knowledge. I have been trying to find books that will give medicinal properties of trees And third usage. Unfortunately I have not found much out there without having to buy mini books to get a little knowledge out of each. Have you ever thought that you and Connie might possibly write a book?. You’re right if it’s not a book but you put together in a booklet form or PDF for the Internet some information on different uses of trees, lichens, plants and so on. And then maybe let us download them or buy them for a reasonable cost. I have no problem paying you or anybody else for good knowledge. Just a thought. Great video and Connie you are so awesome on the camera
I do not have any books published. Knowing myself, I doubt I ever will have either. I just am not ambitious enough to do everything that I do plus write a book/s as well. Sorry.
Thank you Lonnie and Connie for these wonderful videos! Cheers from Argentina 🇦🇷
Another great video!
Another great video with info. Thanks for sharing this video.
Great video - lots of good things to know.