Appreciated the extra humour, it was "intense". It is a great series, good installment. Print off your harvest license for your managment zone and harvest your tree without cost from crown land in the Okanagan.
To elaborate, the inner bark layer you would be eating is the cambium.. the needles also provide beta carotene which your body then converts to vitamin A when injesting as a tea..
Wow that's really fascinating about the "tree breast milk", I think that might be why I see sometimes in the late summer I've seen yellow jackets swarming the tops of young doug firs, that is probably what they're doing, collecting sugar. The one time I made tea from douglas fir tips, I got diarrhea from it - I think too much vitamin C can cause that so I need to figure out the right amount of steeping time. Boiling destroys vitamin C, so you want to boil enough to kill pathogens and to reduce the vitamin C to a reasonable level, but not so much as to destroy all of the vitamin C and antioxidants. I think I under-steeped mine or used too many needles per amount of water.
Thanks for sharing this! I have a new found appreciation and interest in evergreen trees since i discovered essential oils. I am now obsessed with evergreen oils and douglas fir is a favorite. Do you happen to know if Siberian fir grows in North America, or are they only found in Russia/Asia?
Thanks for watching! It might be here, but I haven't seen it that I'm aware of. I would think if it's here, it would be an escape from somebody's yard or something. Sorry, I don't know!
Thanks, that was interesting. I switched on cc, and I noticed an awfull lot of "uh" in this recording. Just check it out, and maybe eliminate them from your vocabulary?
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager I used to do a LOT of public speaking, and I had to curb my habit of using those filler noises myself :) I'm looking forward to a new, fresh, uh and um free video :)
We have lots of Douglas Fir in NW Montana also, around Flathead Lake area.
I think you aren't very far away from where I am! The climate us probably very similar.
Didnt know the bark was so great many thanks!
You're welcome! Thank you, too!
Very cool info! Thanks for putting this fun and educational video together!
You're welcome! Thank you, too!
Appreciated the extra humour, it was "intense". It is a great series, good installment. Print off your harvest license for your managment zone and harvest your tree without cost from crown land in the Okanagan.
Thank you! That's how we will be getting our tree!
To elaborate, the inner bark layer you would be eating is the cambium.. the needles also provide beta carotene which your body then converts to vitamin A when injesting as a tea..
Thank you! That is great information!
You're welcome keep up the good work.
Wow that's really fascinating about the "tree breast milk", I think that might be why I see sometimes in the late summer I've seen yellow jackets swarming the tops of young doug firs, that is probably what they're doing, collecting sugar. The one time I made tea from douglas fir tips, I got diarrhea from it - I think too much vitamin C can cause that so I need to figure out the right amount of steeping time. Boiling destroys vitamin C, so you want to boil enough to kill pathogens and to reduce the vitamin C to a reasonable level, but not so much as to destroy all of the vitamin C and antioxidants. I think I under-steeped mine or used too many needles per amount of water.
Can’t wait to see what our Christmas Tree from the woods looks like. Hopefully you don’t take bites out of it!
I don't think I will. It didn't taste very good this time of year, but maybe I will decide when I see it!
Great stuff, I'm trying to learn all about edibles/medicinals in BC can't seem to find any good/old books with pictures but no luck. 🌲🌿🌱🌾🍀
Thank you! Are you specifically looking for old books? I can recommend some newer ones that I like if you are interested!
Thanks for sharing this! I have a new found appreciation and interest in evergreen trees since i discovered essential oils. I am now obsessed with evergreen oils and douglas fir is a favorite.
Do you happen to know if Siberian fir grows in North America, or are they only found in Russia/Asia?
Thanks for watching! It might be here, but I haven't seen it that I'm aware of. I would think if it's here, it would be an escape from somebody's yard or something. Sorry, I don't know!
Onward!
Onward indeed! Thank you!
Thanks, that was interesting. I switched on cc, and I noticed an awfull lot of "uh" in this recording. Just check it out, and maybe eliminate them from your vocabulary?
Thank you for watching and commenting! That is helpful feedback! I will try to pay attention to that for the next video.
@@OkanaganGardenerandForager I used to do a LOT of public speaking, and I had to curb my habit of using those filler noises myself :) I'm looking forward to a new, fresh, uh and um free video :)
Hopefully I did better in the most recent one! Thanks again!
I eat the sap.
Oh, cool! Thank you!
Norwaysprucetrees
Is that what you call them?