I've havested black spruce, balsam fir, some hatmatak- some not alot of hatmatack but some, but the most abundant, and largest collections came off the unpopular Norway spruce. Old stands secrete large large tallow looking globs of resin-y pitch sap. I collected to use when I was experimenting making a birch bark dome.
Thanks for this video Robin! I'm glad you left the stumble in your video too😁 I just found your channel tonight so I'll be checking your other videos in the coming days. It looks like you've got a bunch of interesting ones😀
Don’t know the tree. I wonder if you can pierce the bumps in the bark and press out the resin like you can with balsam fir trees. Then you have less risk of damaging the tree
It's the same thing. Sap is more watery and, generally, from deciduous trees if that's what you mean and the thicker pitch/resin is created from conifers.
Just be careful with the balsam fir pitch horseflys and certain other bugs moths like to lay ah larval in side of the barxk to protect or feed that larvae until it hatches 😊 yummy extra protein
Thank for this video,that stumble and recovery was hilarious. Thanks for the info and chuckle.
No problem, gotta show the blooper reel.
I've havested black spruce, balsam fir, some hatmatak- some not alot of hatmatack but some, but the most abundant, and largest collections came off the unpopular Norway spruce. Old stands secrete large large tallow looking globs of resin-y pitch sap. I collected to use when I was experimenting making a birch bark dome.
Cool!
@@swallowtailculinary whoops, edited me initial reply. This keyboard on my tablet screen is horrible with the heavy duty case and screen protector
Thanks for this video Robin! I'm glad you left the stumble in your video too😁
I just found your channel tonight so I'll be checking your other videos in the coming days. It looks like you've got a bunch of interesting ones😀
Thanks! I'll try and put more up.
Wow. Thank you!
Thanku
cool
Real 101 stuff
Don’t know the tree. I wonder if you can pierce the bumps in the bark and press out the resin like you can with balsam fir trees. Then you have less risk of damaging the tree
What is the difference between tree pitch and tree resin?
It's the same thing. Sap is more watery and, generally, from deciduous trees if that's what you mean and the thicker pitch/resin is created from conifers.
you are such a sweetheart :)
Well thank God that extremely hot pitch that was dripping didn’t land on your hand or arm while you were moving it all around.
Yup, phew
Pitch and sap are not the same thing at all. Pitch is a healing agent in a coniferous tree. Sap is tree food that travels from the roots to the crown
Good point!
Just be careful with the balsam fir pitch horseflys and certain other bugs moths like to lay ah larval in side of the barxk to protect or feed that larvae until it hatches 😊 yummy extra protein
Yummm. I've def eaten bugs before:)