is the sap rising neer you yet?
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Keep an eye peeled, I can get to kinver real easily as I have family there. Let me know and Ill come along when you get some.
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just been for another walk round, its not started yet but all the signs say its not far off..... i think
i had a look last week but that walk ended in a trip to A&E and a few stitches
why do people dump glass bottles every where? :aargh4:
anyone else been tapping yet?
i had a look last week but that walk ended in a trip to A&E and a few stitches
why do people dump glass bottles every where? :aargh4:
anyone else been tapping yet?
Whittler Kev
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Triesd a t the Norwich meet last weekend....nothing doing at all. How much longer do you recon? My daffs have just started to come through although no buds on anything this way as yet from my window anyway
Whittler Kev
Bushcrafter (boy, I've got a lot to say!)
Is sycamore alright to drink "raw"? I know they recon its good for utensils, pots, spoons, etc for its medicinal properties, but hadn't heard of tapping them.
If you want a "real" tapping kit, have a look here
http://www.tapmytrees.com/starter-kit-with-metal-buckets.html
Sycamore is a type of maple and its sap can be used to make maple syrup which is just boiled down sap. So yeah i reckon you could drink it but it wont be very sweet.
The sycamores and maples have finished here in cumbria. Poked a downy birch last week and the week before and it produced. Folks say don't bother with downy birch but it tastes ok. Had none from silvers and i've been checking for the last three weeks. End of feb 1st two in wks in march as a rule of thumb. Them rules seem to be changing just like the seasons and the rest of nature by the looks of things.
Yep you can drink it and its rather nice. Just like other saps don't drink loads or you'll get eased stomach flows.
Will probs get roasted for saying this especially by the equipment salespeople. If you bore into a tree and then plug the hole with either another type of tree branch or even a branch plug made from the same tree, it still leaves the tree badly open to infections, fungus, rot etc. Once you've breached the bark and the cambium layer its pretty much an open wound. Shoving a plug in only really stops the sap coming out and the tree bleeding to death. When the plug rots then what? I think you can guess. It doesnt always happen and yes the tree heals fine sometimes.The best way and the proper thing in my mind to do and if you really care about nature is to pierce the bark at an upwards angle with a knife etc and pop a peg etc in. Don't wack it in to hard. If you want more sap put more taps in. 2-3 up cut taps are ok per tree. Have more patience instead of big holes etc use lots of the smaller up cuts. Then when done push the bark back down and give it a squash. This helps the tree heal itself just like a human cut. The plug attracts fungus and bacteria as it is essentially now dead wood just shoved into the living tree. It makes my blood boil the amount of trees that are dead near me from impatient folks with no knowledge of the damage they are doing just for a drink. If you don't know the proper ways then stick to boiling water guys. The trees give and never want nothing in return. A constant source of materials and a home for many creatures. A little respect back wouldnt hurt. As you can tell i'm a tree hugger.
Littlebiglane is that a previous tap wound in pictures 3 and 5? Looks like it. The wood looks buggered even in that little hole and weeping from the bark n cambium. Thats all it takes to kill the tree fella slowly but surely or quickly depending on what fungus gets in.
thanks for the tips tallyho, i have followed you advice fully today. have go 3 on the go and have a friend collecting them for me 2moro, (going to hospital to have a baby in morning). i tried a tap on sat anoon till this morning and got bout 2.5 litres from it, and i cant believe how cool it tastes!
wahoo! free booze!!!
wahoo! free booze!!!
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