Indeed. Plus, I had no idea how useful plants were until I started delving into it. Some homeschoolers put a lot of focus on studying botany, including our family 😊
I know this is 3 yrs old, but I did a small scale sap boiler out of a rocket stove made from bricks, a 6 gallon pot and tapped 2 huge trees, my 6 gallon pot makes 1 pint and takes about 6 to 7 hours to cook down. It was my first time and I was very successfull. My stove was about a foot to 14 inches high , 2 ft long and about a foot wide, Took a peice of portable dog fence for a rack and my pot. Before it turned into syrup, I would strain it and bring it into the house in a smaller pot to finish, and goes quick when getting close. I made that mistake the first time, but it made delicious candy. I am hooked and on my 5th batch. which works out great seeing my only 2 huge trees which i have 3 taps on each and 1 more smaller tree with 2 taps. I found that the sap cant sit for more than 2 days, it gets real cloudy, but I did boil cloudy sap and tasted fine. When i drank the cloudy old sap, it did make me feel like throwing up for 5 minutes but was fine after that. Drinking raw sap is extremely good for you. I am definetly hooked, thanks for the great info, cuz Im finding it difficult to locate more trees, they all look alike to me
Another good one Burly! The facts you presented about the buds will be useful in identifying young red vs. sugar maple trees. Less valuable when the trees are fully mature as the buds will be 30+ feet in the air and inaccessible. Can anyone comment on whether red maple limbs tend to fork much closer to the ground than sugar maples?
Hey David - that’s a good point. It is tougher to get the buds for large trees. The approach I took, was basically to find a smaller sugar maple by the buds, and then to look for larger ones nearby. Then doing the final identification of the larger tree by the opposite branching (which you can still roughly tell from a distance) and by the bark.
Regarding the red maple branches. I can tell you anecdotally, based on the trees near me, that they do tend to branch closer to the ground. I think a big part of this is just that the maximum height of a red maple is much less than the maximum height of sugar or silver maple. Hopefully that helps!
I love these explanatory videos. Thank you so much for these. Also, I checked out your website and noted how much info you have on there. You're really into firewood, it's a fun and interesting hobby to partake in. The science is also neat too :)
Thank you for your detailed educational video on trees without leaves identification You made mention in your video that you can also make maple syrup from a Box Elder tree. I realize the Box Elder is in the Maple Tree Family, but we need to be careful not to call Box Elder syrup Maple Syrup because it can give Maple Syrup a bad name. If I were to tap a Black Walnut tree for sap, that syrup should be known as Black Walnut Syrup. Same goes for Birch tree=Birch Syrup and so on with any tree we tap for syrup other than a Maple. I have made syrup from Box Elder Trees and while it is sweet, it has a distinct flavor letting you know it is definitely not from a Maple Tree. Another myth that is out there is that Silver, Red and other soft Maple Trees aren't worth tapping because they don't produce sap that is as sweet as a Sugar Maple. I've tapped Sugar Maples which yielded between 1-3 % Brix, and I've tapped Silver Maples which tested 4-5% Brix. You just can't always believe what people tell you, sometimes you need to check it out for yourself, which I encourage people to do. I hope that when you do another video or on your website, you would please set the record straight. Thank you! I would love for you to correct
I think I tapped other trees very similar and was wondering, but I havent seen any sap yet, maybe they run at different times. I did get sap from another kind, and I blended it with my other sap, taste great
Came into your Channel a few months ago. Working on watching the backlog of videos. Love your content! Please get keep up the identification of trees without leaves!
Good Morning! We live in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, not far from the Georgia Border. This past winter I dabbled with tapping a couple Black Walnut trees and successfully made a small batch of syrup. I have since purchased two dozen buckets and spiles, and will try to make more this season. We do not have many sugar maples down here, but at least now I know how to identify them more easily - THANK YOU!
Thank you for making these identification videos. Trying to learn my trees/plants and this video (as well as your other identification video) are incredibly helpful. Please keep them coming if possible 👍
@@burlybeaver6013 Wouldn’t want it any different. Your broad knowledge and ability to convey it concisely means each word is loaded with meaning. There isn’t any fluff. I appreciate it a lot. The little pictures are a fantastic supplement to help us appreciate the point. Side point: Your reference to what you learned from your dad is endearing. I truly appreciate the content of your videos and the manner in which you present them. 👏🏻
You're annoying because you take five minutes of information and stretch it out in 20 minutes of talking, so I thumbs down your video since you asked for a thumbs up.
Where I live in the woods, the trees buds are way up tens of feet out of reach. time to get my climbing spikes or my telescope out. lol!
Started studying botany last year. Feels like I was blind my whole life lol. So many plants that were right in front of me that I never noticed
Indeed. Plus, I had no idea how useful plants were until I started delving into it. Some homeschoolers put a lot of focus on studying botany, including our family 😊
I know this is 3 yrs old, but I did a small scale sap boiler out of a rocket stove made from bricks, a 6 gallon pot and tapped 2 huge trees, my 6 gallon pot makes 1 pint and takes about 6 to 7 hours to cook down. It was my first time and I was very successfull. My stove was about a foot to 14 inches high , 2 ft long and about a foot wide, Took a peice of portable dog fence for a rack and my pot. Before it turned into syrup, I would strain it and bring it into the house in a smaller pot to finish, and goes quick when getting close. I made that mistake the first time, but it made delicious candy. I am hooked and on my 5th batch. which works out great seeing my only 2 huge trees which i have 3 taps on each and 1 more smaller tree with 2 taps. I found that the sap cant sit for more than 2 days, it gets real cloudy, but I did boil cloudy sap and tasted fine. When i drank the cloudy old sap, it did make me feel like throwing up for 5 minutes but was fine after that. Drinking raw sap is extremely good for you. I am definetly hooked, thanks for the great info, cuz Im finding it difficult to locate more trees, they all look alike to me
Waaaaaaay too few visual aides in this video.
Agreed. It's good info nonetheless, but a visual would make it even better.
If you have ash and maple trees on your property, you can build a Fender Stratocaster!
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Another good one Burly! The facts you presented about the buds will be useful in identifying young red vs. sugar maple trees.
Less valuable when the trees are fully mature as the buds will be 30+ feet in the air and inaccessible.
Can anyone comment on whether red maple limbs tend to fork much closer to the ground than sugar maples?
Hey David - that’s a good point. It is tougher to get the buds for large trees. The approach I took, was basically to find a smaller sugar maple by the buds, and then to look for larger ones nearby. Then doing the final identification of the larger tree by the opposite branching (which you can still roughly tell from a distance) and by the bark.
Regarding the red maple branches. I can tell you anecdotally, based on the trees near me, that they do tend to branch closer to the ground. I think a big part of this is just that the maximum height of a red maple is much less than the maximum height of sugar or silver maple. Hopefully that helps!
I love these explanatory videos. Thank you so much for these. Also, I checked out your website and noted how much info you have on there. You're really into firewood, it's a fun and interesting hobby to partake in. The science is also neat too :)
Thank you for your detailed educational video on trees without leaves identification You made mention in your video that you can also make maple syrup from a Box Elder tree. I realize the Box Elder is in the Maple Tree Family, but we need to be careful not to call Box Elder syrup Maple Syrup because it can give Maple Syrup a bad name. If I were to tap a Black Walnut tree for sap, that syrup should be known as Black Walnut Syrup. Same goes for Birch tree=Birch Syrup and so on with any tree we tap for syrup other than a Maple. I have made syrup from Box Elder Trees and while it is sweet, it has a distinct flavor letting you know it is definitely not from a Maple Tree.
Another myth that is out there is that Silver, Red and other soft Maple Trees aren't worth tapping because they don't produce sap that is as sweet as a Sugar Maple. I've tapped Sugar Maples which yielded between 1-3 % Brix, and I've tapped Silver Maples which tested 4-5% Brix. You just can't always believe what people tell you, sometimes you need to check it out for yourself, which I encourage people to do. I hope that when you do another video or on your website, you would please set the record straight. Thank you!
I would love for you to correct
I think I tapped other trees very similar and was wondering, but I havent seen any sap yet, maybe they run at different times. I did get sap from another kind, and I blended it with my other sap, taste great
Don’t ask me to like before you proves yourself valuable
Wow, I read the other comments, I say, if you dont have anything nice to say, just move on. What was wrong with what he said?
How would I get to a twig /bud if they are all so high?
Thank you. you explained this so very well and it was nice to hear it explained through the look of the twigs and bud shapes, Cheers Mate
Came into your Channel a few months ago. Working on watching the backlog of videos. Love your content! Please get keep up the identification of trees without leaves!
Hey John - glad to have you here on the channel, and thanks for the comment! I love to hear from folks here.
FANTASTIC information. I really enjoy and appreciate your time, effort and great content. Always so professionally done!
Good Morning!
We live in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, not far from the Georgia Border.
This past winter I dabbled with tapping a couple Black Walnut trees and successfully made a small batch of syrup. I have since purchased two dozen buckets and spiles, and will try to make more this season. We do not have many sugar maples down here, but at least now I know how to identify them more easily - THANK YOU!
Thank you ! Excellent presentation
You’re amazing
good video. another useful phrase for opposite branching is MAD BUCK (Maple which includes boxelder, Ash, Dogwood, and Buckeyes includes chestnuts).
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This is the best tree channel I have found. Explanations of features is awesome. I found white pine needle tea is loaded with vitamin C
I think thats my next project
Thank you for making these identification videos. Trying to learn my trees/plants and this video (as well as your other identification video) are incredibly helpful. Please keep them coming if possible 👍
Thanks Cheefer! I’m learning more myself, so it’s fun for me to do these ID videos. Glad you found them helpful!
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Good info. Much to process. Will need to watch this several times. Thanks!
Hey Steve - what do you think, is it too much to process? I rewatched the vid earlier and was like “hm - maybe I got a little TOO detailed this time”
@@burlybeaver6013 Wouldn’t want it any different. Your broad knowledge and ability to convey it concisely means each word is loaded with meaning. There isn’t any fluff. I appreciate it a lot. The little pictures are a fantastic supplement to help us appreciate the point. Side point: Your reference to what you learned from your dad is endearing. I truly appreciate the content of your videos and the manner in which you present them. 👏🏻
Thanks Steve - super kind of you. Glad you get so much out of the videos.
OK, 99.9% of the video is how to identify dozens of OTHER trees.
I Appreciate u thanks Joey from Indiana ...
Very useful! Lots of info. Thank you! You do show examples but more of them would make a world of difference!
I love trees I just think they are beautiful. This channel is helping me identify them.
I think I got a silver maple
thankyou
You're annoying because you take five minutes of information and stretch it out in 20 minutes of talking, so I thumbs down your video since you asked for a thumbs up.