birch sap
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Yep, me too. On my list of things to do this year and tried a speculative one (Where I met you, Jonnie) and it ran a little but in my inexperieced view I do not think they're quite there..........
BTW, I just took a knife blade in on an upward angle so it was easily repaired as per a couple of youtube vids I have seen. Could anyone put any advice my/our way for the inexperienced?
Thanks in advance
Marc
BTW, I just took a knife blade in on an upward angle so it was easily repaired as per a couple of youtube vids I have seen. Could anyone put any advice my/our way for the inexperienced?
Thanks in advance
Marc
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Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
The Park Rangers are hosting a Birch tapping event in Newcastle upon Tyne in March. All welcome. Bring your own bottles, we'll provide drills, and tubes.
hi marc 
are you wanting to know how best to repair or to tap the trees?
I'm not sure of the best way but we used to drill or cut the tree then tack a small sandich bag tight to the tree with a small twig just propping the bag open so all the liquid runs into it then come back a few hours later and filter the liquid collected. Dead quick way of doing it and you can set up as many as you like, no tubes or hefty containers.
are you wanting to know how best to repair or to tap the trees? I'm not sure of the best way but we used to drill or cut the tree then tack a small sandich bag tight to the tree with a small twig just propping the bag open so all the liquid runs into it then come back a few hours later and filter the liquid collected. Dead quick way of doing it and you can set up as many as you like, no tubes or hefty containers.
i use a small hand drill, a bit of car windscreen washer pipe, a pop bottel and brown parcel tape (parcel tape is not sticky enough to cause damage) drill a hole the same size as the pipe, stick the pipe in there, cut the pipe long enough to reach the bottel (i use about 6 inches) and tape the bottel to the tree. swap the bottel every 24 hours and when im done i plug the hole. No one could tell the trees been taped unless you know what your looking for
many thanks CW
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