Tapping for Birch Sap... A Kinder Way?
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- Опубліковано 30 бер 2022
- Its Spring! Lets head for the woods and gather birch sap!!!
Enjoy
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Thankx Neil
Thanks Neil I remember doing that on a field craft course in cadets. The taste is so amazing. A very simple way. Thanks Tom
Great tip Neil keep coming up with the gems m8 it's a win win for us viewers 👍
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Thanks Neil, that was a great tip...it also prevents the birds from drinking out of your filling billy can an activity that runs the risk of one of the birds turding in sap while sitting on the end of the billy.
Thanks Neil, really enjoyed it. Got a neighbor I might be able to try this with.
BRILLIANT!!!!!!
I literally just walked the dog and saw some sap seating and wondered about it then boom your video pops up lol perfect
Thanks Neil...but I did whince a little when you punched that first hole into the bottle ...I envisaged the blade going through the other side and into your hand..😧
Not just me then!
Great idea!!....Keep em comming, I quite enjoy your takes on many aspects of wood craft
Great idea, low impact on the tree!
Neil , good tip , thanks for sharing ,God bless !
Hi from Syracuse NY USA brother
what a really good idea 👍, not seen that trick before. I just learned something. 😉👍
I do similar to tap birches, minor differences,.
1/ i take a longer and slightly thicker branch (just fits bottleneck with ~2mm clearance) and tie it so it points down towards the ground,
2/ i tie a string to bottleneck and tie this to the branch so branch is about 30-40mm into the bottle
3/ i use 1.5 liter bottles mostly and freeze them for use later in the year.
Ok, so you're collecting the sap into your plastic bottle. What do you do once the bottle is full ? Is there something you do to stop the flow of sap when you have removed the bottle from the branch you have cut ?
Use a band aid
Gonna try it today. Awesome.
Nice 👍 I will use this this spring
That's a very nice way of tapping the tree Neil! But: How do you stop the bleeding of the tree after you're done tapping it this way? Plugging the tree won't help using this method...
Thought someone might of raised the question first, so thanks for saving me the bother!
Trees don't have blood, therefore can't bleed.
@@michaelvoorhees5978 that's what it's called ;)
@@gerardwijnsma7560 bleed is derived from the word blood so its wrong. If it doesn't have blood then it can't bleed....;)
@Tai Chi Tube that's not a plumber. That would be a mechanical mechanic. I do all of my own mechanic work so that's irrelevant anyway. You don't bleed a radiator anyway.
Neil that’s a top notch way of doing it spring maybe here but my cousin sent me a video of his outside in clacton on sea was snowing 👍🇮🇹🐾🦊
Yep....I can confirm we had every conceivable weather by lunchtime. This proved a great opportunity to test out that I had taught my students how to light an all weather fire!
Neil nice job 👍 🐾🦊
Hi, there are two more things you can do with birch sap.
One is to use it for making wine. I remember a women's institute book on home made country wines contained a recipe.
The other thing is to boil it down into birch sap syrup which is what the Russians do or the Canadians for Maple syrup.
Thank you Neil .Going to have to give that a go . How long into the year will it work ?
How do you stop the brunch from dripping after you have finished?
Keep putting bottles on until it has stopped (usually the following day).
@@greencraft4783 is there any way to stop it faster?
Cut the tree down..
@@stephenbailie2086 why would you? You realize a tree is not an animal don't you ? It's damn sap... not blood!!!!!!!
@Tai Chi Tube he's trolling mate, he cant be that dense really:-)
Harrogate Spring water? I thought it tasted sulphurous, it does from the tap outside the Spring House!
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Certainly a more environmentally ethical approach.
Famous TV bushcraft personalities take note!
I’ve never seen that done before. Thanks for the lesson. Do you think the same thing works with maple?
What does it taste like and what are the benefits ?
Wot a simple idea 👍🏻Wot stops the flow once you've removed the bottle?
Nature . The flow stops by the following day normally.
@@greencraft4783 👍🏻
How do you stop the sap afterwards. it's not good for the tree to be losing sap constantly.
It doesn't, the flow stop after a day or so. It's like when you cut your finger.
HOW.. DO. YOU.. STOP.. ..THE.... BRANCH... FROM...... DRIPPING ???......you don't want to be hanging around so if you can't plug it what do you do
Hi Neil.
Does it have any nutritional value?
Regards
High in vit C and probably other bit and bobs!👍
Wait... Your drinking sap?
Neil I think your insta has been hacked.
Hi Neil
hope you're well mate .
I think your Instagram might have been hacked I'm getting some weird messages .
Have you been sending me messages this evening if you haven't you've been hacked
It's not me Ed. Report it to Instagram
@@greencraft4783 I did mate and blocked 🚫 for the minute , they new my phone number and were sending me links asking me to click on so I could vote for you to become an influencer etc
@@greencraft4783 Hi x I’m contesting for an ambassadorship spot at an online influencers program can you please vote for me? That was the first measge I got