Thanks a lot Lonnie! I made up a batch of this for our group on a canoe trip this past weekend. Found a birch growing at the bottom of a cliff and was able to gather up some twigs from the top. We all loved it, I found it really mellowed me out and one of my friends with arthritis gave it a definite thumbs up.
I love learning this sort of thing. I try to suppliment as much as I can from the wilds when I'm out and about, means fewer things I need to carry. I've seen guys carrying different store bought teas, hot cocoa mixes, coffee, etc. I carry coffee to get me going in the mornings, but if I want something else, I find the ingredients. Sumac 'lemonade' when its in season, willow bark tea for headaches, and I love pine needle tea. Thanks for teaching me something new to add to my 'cookbook'. Your livingg a life I can only currently dream of, so enjoy every moment of it. Stay safe!
Paul Sheils Thank you my friend. The tea is one of my favorites too. As far as tree climbing skills lol I have got nothing on those coconut tree climbing polonesians. Those folks making tree climbing look like magic lol.
Paul Charron Thank you. This video was actually recorded several weeks ago. In the mean time I have dumped windows 7 pro off my computer and have been very busy installing the Linux operating system and getting up to speed on the new graphics programs as well as video editors before editing this video and uploading. The snow is all gone here now and the leaves are just on the edge of bursting forth on a new season of life. The leaves will be popping out probably in the next one to three days. It is supposed to be in the low 60s all week.
***** Gratulations to this very good decision !!! Windows is a waste of time... Andreas P.S.: Thank you for the time you spend on doing these great vids!
***** Thanks Andreas. Linux has been my main system since about the year 2000 and Redhat 6.? I however have had to use windows the last 2 years or so and am now glad to be back to linux
Great video Lonnie! I will try this soon. I think I will pick some buds and twigs to keep in a mason jar to enjoy laters. May have to dry them out before to keep them from getting moldy/mildewy.. I've never heard of using birch bark as tea; so I'll test that out too! We have a lot of birch and maple here on PEI. I tapped 6 maples this spring to try out maple syrup making. I got about 2.5 litres of syrup. Well worth the effort! In one batch of sap boiling I threw in a piece of chaga, Gave it a real dark colour, and healthier too, I should think. Next spring I'll tap 10 trees. I can't really tell sugar maples from other maples, but 2 of the trees I tapped produced about 70% of the sap I collected. Thanks again for the video!
Chris Collier Thank you. Hope you enjoy the tea when you do try it. That is awesome that you made all that homemade maple syrup. Connie and I have made Birch syrup in the past but both of us are very conscious now of our sugar consumption and limit it
I think everyone is concerned with their sugar and salt intake. But I think things like maple syrup and honey is way more healthier than that white processed sugar., Since I live on PEI, I'm going to make my own sea salt this summer. Just by boiling down salty sea water until only the salt is left. I seen it done by Mitch Mitchell, and it looks easy enough. Everyone needs some salt in their diet and I reckon sea salt is the healthiest! I visited an active salt mine in Austria, near Salzburg, (Salt City) and it was very interesting! Take care Lonnie and Connie!
I have yet to watch a video of yours that fails to educate me in some unexpected way. Not only did I learn how to make tea, I also learned that birch twig tea may have mild restorative properties. Thanks for all the amazing videos.
Hello, I have just now started watching your videos since I find them very good. Its extremly stress reliefing to hear your voice with your calm videos, thats how I spend my sunday. Cup of coffee and watching you to make food from wilderness :) Thank you sir
still young at heart I see. I need to try this. I've been collecting chaga and drinking it twice daily it has lowered my sugar so fast I stopped taking some of my diabetic pills
yoopersurvival When I stop being young at heart, well life won't be worth continuing. That is super awesome about the lowered blood sugar. Congrats. I'm happy for you.
Lonnie, Thank you for this video. After a long day of working in the city inside a warehouse building, it is a breath of fresh air to see someone like you, in a special place in the outdoors, living a life that has become unknown or forgotten by so many. I am sitting here drinking some "green tea" that came out of a box. I like to drink tea, hopefully I can try the birch twig tea someday. I enjoy ALL of your videos. Thank you for your hard work and for taking your time so that others like me can learn and somewhat experience what it would be like to be free.
grantlandneil Thank you for the encouraging words. I hope you do get a chance to try the birch tea someday. It is interesting that you describe my videos as relaxing to those of a busy hectic life. I will be trying a little different format to some of my future videos in an effort to help to "immerse" the viewer more completely into the video. I hope the results will be appealing to those who watch my videos to not only learn from but also to "escape" to the woods for a brief time of tranquillity and mental focus.
Darren Eddings Well you are due a big "Howdy" from Connie and I and welcome to our channel. We are glad you have dropped in. There will be plenty of videos to interest you both in the past as well as the future.
Mulys Cousin You are welcome. My wife and I were watching an Amish movie a while back and I made the comment to my wife, when hard times hit, those folks won't even realize that it is hard times since life will more or less continue as normal for them.
Great video. I am truly envious of your country up there. Miles and miles of nobody. Loved the tree climbing. You were right though, people are not raised today to take responsibility for their own actions and bad judgement calls. It is always someone else or something else problem. Tea sure did look good on a cool day.
dalton vickers Thank you my friend. I also very much love living here for the same reasons as you mention. During the summer out at our cabin we do not ever see another person (unless you want to count the numerous planes that fly overhead). It is that very peace and solitude that is the elixir that keeps me going. When I can not experience that peace, solitude and silence for a period of time I start getting more uptight and less pleasant of a person to live with. You gave an accurate description of today's society.
Thanks for all your video. Your channel is my favorite. Great informations, great skills. Thanks for all your job on. Canada is wonderful! ATB. Roberto.
Shawn Fazenbaker Thank you Shawn. Maybe it is time to take a little break for yourself and fix up a cup of thee ole tea again. Sometimes it is the simplest things in life that are the most important things we can do for ourselves.
i will be trying this out for sure. i feel pretty good with my hunting/trapping abilities in my area but lack knowledge in the wild edibles. Thanks for sharing!!
Dan Vicary The taste would depend on the variety of birch you are using. Some varieties have a wintergreen flavor. Their is a variety of birch that is indeed used as a substitute for wintergreen flavoring commercially.
I do it different. I went out there and took the new growths. Smooth, red springtime twigs, and snapped them off, and then snapped them into little segments, but left them in one piece.
Thanks Lonnie. It looks alot like my pack. I really enjoy your videos. would like to see alaska one day. I live in Texas. You and ms. Connie have a great day.
I always learn so much and have also tried so much from your channel, but sometimes just when I want to relax your videos are great, they are always very calm and the light background music always helps, God bless, -Kyle
Hi Lonnie and Connie from Peace Country. This video popped up and I am glad it did as I would like to try it sometime. It's hard to find Birch trees in this area now but I know where there is still some young trees to harvest a few tips from for a tasty tea. It's been cold for a week with north winds but it's finally broken and we have some nice temperatures. Hope winter is treating you ok and you are staying warm. Take care and see you when we see you.
Yep, we are staying warm. We now have maybe a foot and a half of snow with another 8 to 16 inches forecasted for tomorrow and Monday. Out temperatures overall have been about average I guess for this time of year. We had 2 degrees below zero Fahrenheit this morning which I believe has been our coldest so far. You folks stay warm and have a great blessed Christmas.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival Our winter so far as less snow and cold than usual. About 6 inches of snow so far when we normally have 2 feet or there abouts. One week of -extreme cold was enough tho, its getting hard to cope at my age, lol. It's not bad if I bundle up looking like the Pilsbury Dough Boy. Merry Christmas and blessings to you, Connie and family too.
Great video. Since birch is as scarce as hens teeth around here, you have me wondering which, if any, local deciduous trees would work. Have made pine needle tea, but nothing else from trees. Maple & possibly tulip poplar come to mind. Anyway, as always thanks for sharing.
Oldtimer Lee I have never heard of anyone drinking poplar tea for pleasure although there are medicinal reason for doing so. I would guess that maple tree tea might be a viable option though I don't know that for sure since we do not have maples up north here. Our birches are the "maple" of the north
***** We don't have birch or sugar maples (sigh), although we do have some other maple varieties. Thanks for your thoughts on poplar. I need to look it up, as I'd never considered it for anything other than bark & wood. Thanks.
Hey Lonnie, made tea from young birch leafs but never tried to use the budds and twigs. next time i will have a go on that. thanks for showing. atb oakleafNL
Now birch buds , is actually used for a pain reliever, so this would act as a pian releiveing tea as well i assume. I know if this tea tho only tried it once. This is supposed to give you a quick pick me up, i heard that long ago bro. Glad you made this video thanks again man.
Hey buddy, if you get the history channel up there , check out the new tv show Alone, it airs in june. I'm on that show. Think you might want to see it. I uploaded a video called big announcement. in the description i have a couple trailers you can watch of the show.
Kullcraven Bushcraft No we don't have television. I have however seen your vid on it. Congrats. I have been asked to be on the show as well but I have not got back with them as I don't feel "up to it" physically. Emotionally and skill wise I feel like I would have a great chance since I am so at home in the woods by myself and spend a lot of time there anyway. I wish you well and hope you are able to give it your best.
Am definitely tryin this tomorrow. Will be durin ma horticulture college course. Hopefully give me an anyone else that's brave enough to try it a wee boost. Its a shame how natural on the spot ingredients are scoffed at these days. Thanks again, Birch is one of my favourite trees.
Kerr Paton I know what you mean about birch being one of your favorite trees. Birch is a very very useful tree in so many ways. Give it a try if you get the chance.
Thanks for the great vid Lonnie I truly enjoyed it and learned a lot from reading through the comments. Btw do you have aFacebbok for your page I can go like?
I never heard of birch twig tea until I found this video. I brewed some today with black birch. It was tasty but I thought it was better cold than hot. It's early spring and birch sap will be running soon. Can you make this twig tea any time of year or is it best when sap is running? Also, can twigs be dried and stored for making tea later? I will be removing a huge white birch from my yard in a couple weeks and want to use as much of it as possible. That tree could supply enough twigs for a year of tea.
I use pine needles for tea all the time but I have never tried birch twigs, but I will. You got any other wild teas to share? Would love to learn more. Thanks Lonnie
haven't had birch tea since I was a kid in Northern Ontario - no birch to speak of in this country -- rely on spruce tea for refreshment and willow bark tea fer a headache -- thxs Lonnie nicely done
Grim Reaper How do you arrive at a "dosage" level for your willow bark headache tea? I make an alcohol extract of willow and have used it effectively for headaches.
its kinda a hand me down from my Pa - how he showed me - use red willow bark from the saplings - about a small handful -- if I equated it to a measuring cup - bout 1/8 to a quarter maybe --- sorry im not more precise - when ya bin doin it fer 60 plus years u kinda do it by feel -- if I git a minute - ill go git some and send u a photo - mite help and txs
Nice my nick name is Capt Tbag my sister gave me the name because I always have some sort of tea with me but I've never tried that style yet going to try it out thanks for the idea
Hi ya Lonnie! Good save coming down that tree Lonnie, I caught my breath, glad u didn’t fall on ur behind, got all scraped up like I might have. I read a few Q an A. Have Questions??? I assume it’s the inner bark that is dried and ground for tea??? I doubt u have Redbud trees, never heard u say, I know buds r edible, and thought if the buds r edible maybe tea could be made from the twigs ( then again u can eat parts from one plant but not other parts) have u heard anything on redbud twig tea??? ( I meant flower buds) I’ll make a tea next spring from them. Thank u Lonnie
it is the birch twig tips that are preferable. The buds as well as the outer bark is the majority of the flavoring. I do not believe that i have ever heard of Redbud and so am not familiar with it.
+Adam R No. I would not discribe this paper birch as a wintergreen flavor. I understand that the black birch I think it is, can have a more wintergreen like flavor.
Like the new intro,,,love to see mountains,,,Hope Connie's shoulder is all better, she is steady on the camera,,,This may be a dumb question, but does birch twig tea taste anything the flavor of birch beer soda,,I've had that before. No birch trees where I live, oak and pine forest. Great relaxing video, as always, I learned something new,,,,,Mary from south Jersey
Mary Nelson Thank you Mary. Glad you like the new intro. I just migrated from windows 7 pro to the linux operating system. Some of my old files got lost in the transfer and I had to make a new intro as a result. That is fine though as I have been wanting to make a new intro and ending anyway. I don't know if the birch tea tastes like birch beer soda since I have never tried it. I can say though that it is rather pleasant tasting in a woodsy sort of way.
Mary Nelson In re-reading your comment i see I forgot to reply about Connie's heath. She is doing very well. Life is pretty much back to normal but she doesn't have 100% total range of motion from her arm yet. The range of motion continues to improve slowly however
***** You guys are such a great couple, I'm glad Connie is better,,,I just rewatched your cooking edibles video and I might just try checking out lily pads this year.
You know, i bet that is good for you. There are lots of claims about the birch tree and its sap. Of course there must also be a psychological effect of getting a fire lit and putting something warming into your body too. Thanks Lonnie, I'm going to try it first chance i get.
Stefan Sandberg That is just one more advantage to having a beard like mine that I hadn't thought about along with a ready source of tinder (off the face of course) lol :O)
I will try this, thank you! What is your favorite tasting wild tea? I've tried Sitka Spruce buds in early Summer and did not much care for it. We only have Kenai Birch here but I'll give it a try.
I personally really enjoyed the Sitka Spruce needle tea that I have had a couple of times. It tastes/smells better than our white spruce tea here locally. However our black spruce is closer to the Sitka Spruce flavor/aroma and is very good. The white spruce is good as well but not as good as the other two mentioned. So I would say that spruce tea is my favorite Alaskan wild tea. The birch twig tea is also very good but does not seem to be as flavorful as the spruce teas. A friend of mine just told me that him and his wife have been enjoying rose hip tea from the rose hips that they have just harvested. He says that it is very good but I personally have not tried any that I remember. If you have any wild roses growing there you may want to give that a try since he so highly recommends it.
Good climb there, my friend!!))) I have a question and would be grateful if you could answer... can you make this tea from any birch? Thanks for sharing all this info))
+Grimrippa1 Yes you could use any birch. The different varieties may have a different flavor but I am not aware of any birch varieties being toxic in any way.
lurches21 No, actually the pack is the "Rush 72" by 5.11. I really like it. It is not 100% perfect but it is a good solid rugged pack that has held up extremely well over the many miles travelled and several years of owning
Thanks Lonnie, 1 question ! is it the buds, the twigs or a combination of the 2 that you get the flavour from, leading on to... can you use the twig and leaf in summer to the same end,atvb Ken
rasputin0452 The simple answer to both your questions are "yes". It is both the twigs as well as the buds. Yes you can make tea from the leaves and the twigs in the summer. Many people make a tea from even just the dried bark. ATB to you and yours as well, friend Ken
Jim Koz I did do a bit of a slip there. You know how some times your mind can think in lightening speeds. At the time of my slip I was thinking "not now, I'm on camera I have to be calm cool and collected just as if I knew what I was doing" lol
I too like birch tea here in the uk people tend to think me I little odd for that until they try it themselves nice vid your vids really relax me to watch love it and your pretty nimble on ya feet for a twenty one year old? Keep them comming thanks enjoyed it. Si.
Simon Smith Thank you Si. awe for the days when I **was** 21 :o) Glad you enjoy the vids. I am going to try a little different approach to many of my upcoming videos that you *may* find appealing since you find my vids relaxing to watch. It is interesting that quite a few people have had similar remarks. Many have felt that they were almost right there with me in real life and that they find the videos a very refreshing break from their hectic busy lives. I am going to try an experiment where I record the videos in such a way as to try to encourage the viewers feeling of immersion into the videos but yet still try to teach important tips tricks and values. Hope you folks enjoy the change.
this guy name Lewis used your name a lot made a skype chat site called off the grid survivable. so I wanted to see this video you did on. I do say I am relaxed how you talk on here thanks, fir to help others learn how to survive.
Does it make a difference if it’s only when buds are on the end? Wondering if this is something you could do in spring and summer or only late winter / early spring?
Haha, loved the comment about the political situation where you need to be careful what you say. =P 20 years ago I was a real monkey, and climbed everything. Trees, mountains, road signs, flagposts, and people where encouraging it. Nowdays they would call the social on a kid like that...
Mr Spades lol. I'll bet that would raise some eyebrows for sure now days. What is depressing is that in the not too distant future, we will look back on *now* as the "good old days".
Rob Collette Oh yes. I have both the Labrador tea as well as spruce tea and enjoy them both. My Tlingit friends call Labrador tea "swamp tea" it is used traditionally here to help fight colds
***** Could you do a video on the Labrador Tea? I understand it can be toxic if not prepared correctly. So do you pick fresh and allow to dry or do you pick dry (during winter). How many leaves for a pot?
Rob Collette Labrador tea is another one of my favorites. I understand that the best way to make the tea is in an open pot so that the toxins can evaporate. It is fine to consume in a tea though I would not have many cups a day everyday over a long period of time. The leaves can be used both fresh off the plant as well as dried for future use. I once received a bag of dried leaves that were gathered by a Tlingit Indian friend of mine that were some of the best and most flavorful I have ever tasted. It is probably best to pick during the growing season and dry rather than pick during the winter. If you pick during the winter it will still work but i don't think it is as flavorful.
trevor parsons Thank you. That is a good question but one that I really don't have a definitive answer for. The reason is, is that I like several different teas and have them all at different times with out really having any of them that I prefer more tahn the others. I guess though that If I had to pick one, the nod would go to birch sap straight out of the tree. it tastes like water with a very slight sweet taste to it.
ive had the birch sap recently....its very energizing....I was just wondering,if there was polution around, being metal in the ground,rubber ect.....would the tree itself filter it enough to make it pure enough for human consumption?
trevor parsons Well I'm not a chemist and am unable to take samples and analyse them but my thought is that i would not do any foraging in that type of area. I would much prefer to get my wild products from good clean natural surroundings. All the good books on foraging say not to get your plants close to a road or other places of possible contamination. So I guess my answer would be that maybe birch sap might be okay in a situation like you mention but I would not take the chance personally.
bill j it is a stainless cooking "tea" pot by GSI. www.amazon.com/GSI-Outdoors-Glacier-Stainless-Kettle/dp/B004N5WFII/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432585185&sr=8-1&keywords=camping+stainless+tea+pot
I know this video is old but can I use twigs that have leaves already sprouted on them. Do I need to use the leaves as well as the twigs? Any help would be greatly appreciated
I didnt know you had monkeys in Alaska! Just kidding Lonnie. Good work. I have to try that tea, it will give the sap tea a little more flavour I think. Are the bears comming out from hibernation now a days? Thanks for sharing another great natural recipe Atb, Odd
***** Lol Yes the twigs would give the birch sap more flavor. The flavors ought to go well together. Yes the bears are out of hibernation here. I have never seen a bear while I am out roaming around but I know that they are there since I see their foot prints and excrement. When I used to fly my ultralight aircraft I would see bears occasionally from the air.
Cool! A motorized big paraglider. Interesting choice of aircraft. Personally I would have prefered a motorized hangglider, less lines to tangle :) I guess this one is pretty smooth in the air.
***** The powered parachute is "safer" than the hang glider type powered ultralights. The powered parachute is very forgiving when operating and there is virtually no manuever that can be done that the aircraft can not recover from. I am speaking of the days when we only used the rectangular parachutes. The elliptical parachutes are being used now much more and are more efficient but also somewhat less forgiving of operator errors. The safety of this aircraft is what attracted me to it. If the air currents are turbulent then it can be a rough ride in this aircraft. I have gone through some very frightening turbulence several times but the aircraft continued to fly.
Trayer Wilderness oh, just wanted to let you know that I subbed your channel and am looking forward to your future videos. You've got a great channel. My wife discovered your channel a while back on her own and watched a few of your vids. She enjoyed your videos enough and they made enough of an impression on her that she asked If I had ever heard of you folks and your channel. Keep up the great work
Trayer Wilderness thank you sir for the sub glad you like it hope things are going good for you up their praying for you and your asthma God bless Glen
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You're like the Bob Ross of outdoor! Very calming to watch and tons to learn from :D Thank you for the great video!
THAT IS THE PERFECT description for Lonnie!
C McClellan 😊
Only Lonnie climbs not paints the happy trees.
Well Bob Ross was stationed in Alaska.
Thanks a lot Lonnie! I made up a batch of this for our group on a canoe trip this past weekend. Found a birch growing at the bottom of a cliff and was able to gather up some twigs from the top. We all loved it, I found it really mellowed me out and one of my friends with arthritis gave it a definite thumbs up.
Alex Haney That is awesome. Glad you folks enjoyed it. Thanks a bunch for letting me know how it went for ya'll.
Thanks for the honest, homespun videos on self reliance. Rare on youtube these days. Be blessed,
Joe
1fanger Second that!
1fanger Thank you Joe for those encouraging words. ATB to you and yours as well.
Oldtimer Lee Thank you for the kind and encouraging support my friend
I love learning this sort of thing. I try to suppliment as much as I can from the wilds when I'm out and about, means fewer things I need to carry. I've seen guys carrying different store bought teas, hot cocoa mixes, coffee, etc. I carry coffee to get me going in the mornings, but if I want something else, I find the ingredients. Sumac 'lemonade' when its in season, willow bark tea for headaches, and I love pine needle tea. Thanks for teaching me something new to add to my 'cookbook'. Your livingg a life I can only currently dream of, so enjoy every moment of it. Stay safe!
Good one for newcomers to try as birch are easy to i.d. Will have to get down to the beach with my alcohol stove and a few twigs! Keep 'em coming!
Never thought of this. thank you very much for your video's. They have opened my eyes to ALOT of nature's goodness that I have passed up.
Awesome channel ! Thank you Lonnie. You share so much incredible knowledge.
I always enjoy your videos. Thanks for taking the time and sharing your expertise.
Randy Chadwick You are welcome Randy. It is time well spent in making these videos when I know that folks like you are enjoying them.
Nice video Lonnie, I happen to like birch twig tea myself. Great tree climbing skills!
Paul Sheils Thank you my friend. The tea is one of my favorites too. As far as tree climbing skills lol I have got nothing on those coconut tree climbing polonesians. Those folks making tree climbing look like magic lol.
I thankyou very much for posting these videos. They are extremely helpful!
Great informative video as usual Lonnie.
I can't believe how much snow is still there.
Thanks for the video
Cheers!
Paul Charron Thank you. This video was actually recorded several weeks ago. In the mean time I have dumped windows 7 pro off my computer and have been very busy installing the Linux operating system and getting up to speed on the new graphics programs as well as video editors before editing this video and uploading. The snow is all gone here now and the leaves are just on the edge of bursting forth on a new season of life. The leaves will be popping out probably in the next one to three days. It is supposed to be in the low 60s all week.
***** Gratulations to this very good decision !!! Windows is a waste of time...
Andreas
P.S.: Thank you for the time you spend on doing these great vids!
***** Thanks Andreas. Linux has been my main system since about the year 2000 and Redhat 6.? I however have had to use windows the last 2 years or so and am now glad to be back to linux
Great video Lonnie! I will try this soon. I think I will pick some buds and twigs to keep in a mason jar to enjoy laters. May have to dry them out before to keep them from getting moldy/mildewy..
I've never heard of using birch bark as tea; so I'll test that out too! We have a lot of birch and maple here on PEI. I tapped 6 maples this spring to try out maple syrup making. I got about 2.5 litres of syrup. Well worth the effort! In one batch of sap boiling I threw in a piece of chaga, Gave it a real dark colour, and healthier too, I should think. Next spring I'll tap 10 trees. I can't really tell sugar maples from other maples, but 2 of the trees I tapped produced about 70% of the sap I collected.
Thanks again for the video!
Chris Collier Thank you. Hope you enjoy the tea when you do try it. That is awesome that you made all that homemade maple syrup. Connie and I have made Birch syrup in the past but both of us are very conscious now of our sugar consumption and limit it
I think everyone is concerned with their sugar and salt intake. But I think things like maple syrup and honey is way more healthier than that white processed sugar.,
Since I live on PEI, I'm going to make my own sea salt this summer. Just by boiling down salty sea water until only the salt is left. I seen it done by Mitch Mitchell, and it looks easy enough.
Everyone needs some salt in their diet and I reckon sea salt is the healthiest!
I visited an active salt mine in Austria, near Salzburg, (Salt City) and it was very interesting!
Take care Lonnie and Connie!
Chris Collier That would be awesome to harvest your own salt from the wild. I will look into that. Thanks.
I have yet to watch a video of yours that fails to educate me in some unexpected way. Not only did I learn how to make tea, I also learned that birch twig tea may have mild restorative properties. Thanks for all the amazing videos.
User Prime Thank you for the kind and encouraging words. Glad you enjoy the videos.
Hello, I have just now started watching your videos since I find them very good. Its extremly stress reliefing to hear your voice with your calm videos, thats how I spend my sunday. Cup of coffee and watching you to make food from wilderness :) Thank you sir
Glad you have found my channel. Enjoy.
Cool and nice Lonnie. Good tree climbing, great camp! Take care my friend.
A very cool and peaceful video . --> Love that dog .
Master Tracker Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video. Our dog Buck is the best dog I have ever had by far. He really is a great dog
Sir, I have just got to say, I envy your view. I could only dream of waking up to those mountains. Absolutely beautiful.
still young at heart I see. I need to try this. I've been collecting chaga and drinking it twice daily it has lowered my sugar so fast I stopped taking some of my diabetic pills
yoopersurvival When I stop being young at heart, well life won't be worth continuing. That is super awesome about the lowered blood sugar. Congrats. I'm happy for you.
I unfortunately have the opposite problem. My sugar drops quickly and randomly on its own. I always have to carry something to bump it back up.
Lonnie, Thank you for this video. After a long day of working in the city inside a warehouse building, it is a breath of fresh air to see someone like you, in a special place in the outdoors, living a life that has become unknown or forgotten by so many. I am sitting here drinking some "green tea" that came out of a box. I like to drink tea, hopefully I can try the birch twig tea someday. I enjoy ALL of your videos. Thank you for your hard work and for taking your time so that others like me can learn and somewhat experience what it would be like to be free.
Alaska is a big state, property is cheap. Plus you can camp on public land.
grantlandneil Thank you for the encouraging words. I hope you do get a chance to try the birch tea someday. It is interesting that you describe my videos as relaxing to those of a busy hectic life. I will be trying a little different format to some of my future videos in an effort to help to "immerse" the viewer more completely into the video. I hope the results will be appealing to those who watch my videos to not only learn from but also to "escape" to the woods for a brief time of tranquillity and mental focus.
I can't wait Lonnie! Thanks again!
Just recently subscribed to your channel. Enjoying your videos and the view of the mountains there.
Darren Eddings Well you are due a big "Howdy" from Connie and I and welcome to our channel. We are glad you have dropped in. There will be plenty of videos to interest you both in the past as well as the future.
Thanks a lot.
The older I get, the more I like the old ways.
Mulys Cousin You are welcome. My wife and I were watching an Amish movie a while back and I made the comment to my wife, when hard times hit, those folks won't even realize that it is hard times since life will more or less continue as normal for them.
***** I'm curious about the shotgun, I assume a Mossberg, but how long is the barrel ?
It’s the little things in life that turn out to not be so little.
Great video. I am truly envious of your country up there. Miles and miles of nobody. Loved the tree climbing. You were right though, people are not raised today to take responsibility for their own actions and bad judgement calls. It is always someone else or something else problem. Tea sure did look good on a cool day.
dalton vickers Thank you my friend. I also very much love living here for the same reasons as you mention. During the summer out at our cabin we do not ever see another person (unless you want to count the numerous planes that fly overhead). It is that very peace and solitude that is the elixir that keeps me going. When I can not experience that peace, solitude and silence for a period of time I start getting more uptight and less pleasant of a person to live with. You gave an accurate description of today's society.
Lonnie, I learn something new from each video. And another good use of that fire tripod. Thanks.
Tom M Glad you liked the video Tom and that you have learned from it.
Great video my friend. I'll have to give this tea a try. Thanks again for your advice on my bow drill experience
Deranged Survival You are welcome. Thank you.
Definitely going to try this. thanks for the video!
Joey Jones you are welcome. Hope you enjoy it
I haven't been around for awhile.... quality video as usual. I like the added music.
bergbryce Glad to see you drop by again. Thanks
Im about to try my first batch today. Great video as always
Thanks for all your video. Your channel is my favorite. Great informations, great skills. Thanks for all your job on. Canada is wonderful! ATB.
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Survival Sniper You are welcome. I am really glad you like our channel.
that is very cool i have never seen that before. I can't wait to try it sometime.
Jeremy Gagne Thank you. Hope you enjoy it when you do get a chance to try it.
Oooh going to try this. Thank you.
Well I found a Silver Birch with low branches. I thanked the tree. It is truly delicious. THANK YOU from Northumberland, North East , England.
Love this, thank you
Great video!
I have been making that tea for a long time it is great tasting. Haven't had it in a while thanks for the reminder great video as always.
Shawn Fazenbaker Thank you Shawn. Maybe it is time to take a little break for yourself and fix up a cup of thee ole tea again. Sometimes it is the simplest things in life that are the most important things we can do for ourselves.
***** for sure I need some dirt time to get away, practice and just enjoy the outdoors. Do you have a email that I can ask a few questions?
Shawn Fazenbaker Check your RUclips messages for a private message from me.
great a tonic for energy
i will be trying this out for sure. i feel pretty good with my hunting/trapping abilities in my area but lack knowledge in the wild edibles.
Thanks for sharing!!
+Adam Craig There are many many edibles as well as medicinal palnts. I really personally enjoy this subject. Hope you enjoy your tea.
A good spring tonic!
Wintertrekker Yes it is. I find though that it is a pleasant drink anytime of the year as well.
Dan Vicary The taste would depend on the variety of birch you are using. Some varieties have a wintergreen flavor. Their is a variety of birch that is indeed used as a substitute for wintergreen flavoring commercially.
Thanks for another interesting video, always enjoy watching, take care...!!!
***** You are welcome. I'm glad you enjoy watching my friend.
Well done buddy, got to try some!!!
joesneon Thank you my friend and you are welcome
Ah just like an arctic ninja. Nice moves. Great vid. I always learn something new.
Kraven Moorehead An "Arctic Ninja" lol. Well I don't know about that. I have been fortunate enough to have grown up climbing trees.
I do it different. I went out there and took the new growths. Smooth, red springtime twigs, and snapped them off, and then snapped them into little segments, but left them in one piece.
I learned of this from the "edible plants of north america" book. :) Making it rn, after i remembered how good it is.
Thanks Lonnie! I will give this a try!
TomsBackwoods When you do get a chance to try it, I hope it becomes one of your favorites as well
That's pretty awesome
spoonwitz Thank you.
Gonna have to try this. Luckily where I live we have lots of birch to use.
Very nice and informative video.
Rustic By Nature Thank you. Glad you liked the video
Great video as always Lonnie. Thank you for sharing, I will have to give this a try.
Peace,
Shane
Awesome video
Pennsylvania Shane If you do get a chance to try this out Shane I hope you enjoy it. It is amongst my favorites.
William Tell Thank you
Thank you lannie, for take the time to pass on more knowledge peace always. bob
+bob taylor Thanks Bob. Atb to you and your loved ones as well.
Thanks Lonnie. I'll try it real soon.
John W MacDonald Hope you enjoy the tea when you do get a chance to try it.
Thanks Lonnie. It looks alot like my pack. I really enjoy your videos. would like to see alaska one day. I live in Texas. You and ms. Connie have a great day.
lurches21 You are welcome. Alaska is only 8 - 10 hours away (including layovers) from Texas via airlines :O) You folks have a great day as well.
I always learn so much and have also tried so much from your channel, but sometimes just when I want to relax your videos are great, they are always very calm and the light background music always helps, God bless, -Kyle
Hi Lonnie and Connie from Peace Country. This video popped up and I am glad it did as I would like to try it sometime. It's hard to find Birch trees in this area now but I know where there is still some young trees to harvest a few tips from for a tasty tea.
It's been cold for a week with north winds but it's finally broken and we have some nice temperatures. Hope winter is treating you ok and you are staying warm. Take care and see you when we see you.
Yep, we are staying warm. We now have maybe a foot and a half of snow with another 8 to 16 inches forecasted for tomorrow and Monday. Out temperatures overall have been about average I guess for this time of year. We had 2 degrees below zero Fahrenheit this morning which I believe has been our coldest so far. You folks stay warm and have a great blessed Christmas.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival Our winter so far as less snow and cold than usual. About 6 inches of snow so far when we normally have 2 feet or there abouts. One week of -extreme cold was enough tho, its getting hard to cope at my age, lol. It's not bad if I bundle up looking like the Pilsbury Dough Boy.
Merry Christmas and blessings to you, Connie and family too.
great video will have to give it a try thanks for sharing atb John
Turtle Bushcraft Yes give it a try John. You just might enjoy it. Thank you and you are welcome.
Now I'm thirsty for some thanks for sharing Lonnie.
Awesome, Thanks! I wish you had described the flavor.
Nice video friend, thanks.
Rogerio Reckel Thank *you* my friend for watching and commenting. You are welcome
Great video. Since birch is as scarce as hens teeth around here, you have me wondering which, if any, local deciduous trees would work. Have made pine needle tea, but nothing else from trees. Maple & possibly tulip poplar come to mind. Anyway, as always thanks for sharing.
Oldtimer Lee I have never heard of anyone drinking poplar tea for pleasure although there are medicinal reason for doing so. I would guess that maple tree tea might be a viable option though I don't know that for sure since we do not have maples up north here. Our birches are the "maple" of the north
***** We don't have birch or sugar maples (sigh), although we do have some other maple varieties. Thanks for your thoughts on poplar. I need to look it up, as I'd never considered it for anything other than bark & wood. Thanks.
great video. i shall give that ago. thanks for sharing.
darren kawasaki You are welcome and thank you Darren
Nice.
Carlos Sepulveda Thanks
Hey Lonnie, made tea from young birch leafs but never tried to use the budds and twigs. next time i will have a go on that. thanks for showing.
atb oakleafNL
+oakleafNL B You are welcome Hope you do get a chance to try it out someday.
oakleafNL hello! Could u tell me how the young birch leaf tea tasted like and was it a one time try or have u drake it often??? Thank you
Now birch buds , is actually used for a pain reliever, so this would act as a pian releiveing tea as well i assume. I know if this tea tho only tried it once. This is supposed to give you a quick pick me up, i heard that long ago bro. Glad you made this video thanks again man.
Kullcraven Bushcraft Yes this has been used as a pain relieving tea. Thanks my friend
Hey buddy, if you get the history channel up there , check out the new tv show Alone, it airs in june. I'm on that show. Think you might want to see it. I uploaded a video called big announcement. in the description i have a couple trailers you can watch of the show.
Kullcraven Bushcraft No we don't have television. I have however seen your vid on it. Congrats. I have been asked to be on the show as well but I have not got back with them as I don't feel "up to it" physically. Emotionally and skill wise I feel like I would have a great chance since I am so at home in the woods by myself and spend a lot of time there anyway. I wish you well and hope you are able to give it your best.
Thanks man, yes i have heard they are casting for season 2. . I will be on season 1
Kullcraven Bushcraft I never knew you were on the show, I'll keep an eye out for the series for sure! Congrats!
i dont know whu but i love your voice hahaha
I've got a lot of birch in my back yard I think I'm going to have to try this in the morning
Am definitely tryin this tomorrow. Will be durin ma horticulture college course. Hopefully give me an anyone else that's brave enough to try it a wee boost. Its a shame how natural on the spot ingredients are scoffed at these days. Thanks again, Birch is one of my favourite trees.
Kerr Paton I know what you mean about birch being one of your favorite trees. Birch is a very very useful tree in so many ways. Give it a try if you get the chance.
I love you my king
Nice vid For a second I thought you were going to land on your but coming down lol Take Care my friend
excellent video Lonnie like always question Lonnie does the Birch twig tea have a sweet flavor on the palate
+Dave Petro Thank you. No, I wouldn't call the taste sweet. It is not unpleasant at all however.
Thanks for the great vid Lonnie I truly enjoyed it and learned a lot from reading through the comments.
Btw do you have aFacebbok for your page I can go like?
Thanks Lonnie , I will try some cheers ️atb martin
Outlander Bushcraft You are welcome my friend. Hope you enjoy it.
I never heard of birch twig tea until I found this video. I brewed some today with black birch. It was tasty but I thought it was better cold than hot. It's early spring and birch sap will be running soon. Can you make this twig tea any time of year or is it best when sap is running? Also, can twigs be dried and stored for making tea later? I will be removing a huge white birch from my yard in a couple weeks and want to use as much of it as possible. That tree could supply enough twigs for a year of tea.
I use pine needles for tea all the time but I have never tried birch twigs, but I will. You got any other wild teas to share? Would love to learn more. Thanks Lonnie
RedDogBushCraft I also frequently do spruce tea much like your pine tea. Also labrador tea is another favorite
haven't had birch tea since I was a kid in Northern Ontario - no birch to speak of in this country -- rely on spruce tea for refreshment and willow bark tea fer a headache -- thxs Lonnie nicely done
Grim Reaper not sure why it blanked out "no birch in this part of the country
Grim Reaper How do you arrive at a "dosage" level for your willow bark headache tea? I make an alcohol extract of willow and have used it effectively for headaches.
its kinda a hand me down from my Pa - how he showed me - use red willow bark from the saplings - about a small handful -- if I equated it to a measuring cup - bout 1/8 to a quarter maybe --- sorry im not more precise - when ya bin doin it fer 60 plus years u kinda do it by feel -- if I git a minute - ill go git some and send u a photo - mite help and txs
Grim Reaper Thanks for the info. That is good enough to give me a rough idea.
Nice my nick name is Capt Tbag my sister gave me the name because I always have some sort of tea with me but I've never tried that style yet going to try it out thanks for the idea
Hi ya Lonnie! Good save coming down that tree Lonnie, I caught my breath, glad u didn’t fall on ur behind, got all scraped up like I might have. I read a few Q an A. Have Questions??? I assume it’s the inner bark that is dried and ground for tea??? I doubt u have Redbud trees, never heard u say, I know buds r edible, and thought if the buds r edible maybe tea could be made from the twigs ( then again u can eat parts from one plant but not other parts) have u heard anything on redbud twig tea??? ( I meant flower buds) I’ll make a tea next spring from them. Thank u Lonnie
it is the birch twig tips that are preferable. The buds as well as the outer bark is the majority of the flavoring. I do not believe that i have ever heard of Redbud and so am not familiar with it.
Great video as always! Does it taste like wintergreen?
+Adam R No. I would not discribe this paper birch as a wintergreen flavor. I understand that the black birch I think it is, can have a more wintergreen like flavor.
Like the new intro,,,love to see mountains,,,Hope Connie's shoulder is all better, she is steady on the camera,,,This may be a dumb question, but does birch twig tea taste anything the flavor of birch beer soda,,I've had that before. No birch trees where I live, oak and pine forest. Great relaxing video, as always, I learned something new,,,,,Mary from south Jersey
Mary Nelson Thank you Mary. Glad you like the new intro. I just migrated from windows 7 pro to the linux operating system. Some of my old files got lost in the transfer and I had to make a new intro as a result. That is fine though as I have been wanting to make a new intro and ending anyway. I don't know if the birch tea tastes like birch beer soda since I have never tried it. I can say though that it is rather pleasant tasting in a woodsy sort of way.
***** Birch beer is a little diferent than root beer,,,I'd say woodsy is the word I'd use.
Mary Nelson In re-reading your comment i see I forgot to reply about Connie's heath. She is doing very well. Life is pretty much back to normal but she doesn't have 100% total range of motion from her arm yet. The range of motion continues to improve slowly however
***** You guys are such a great couple, I'm glad Connie is better,,,I just rewatched your cooking edibles video and I might just try checking out lily pads this year.
Mary Nelson if you do try the lily pads, I hope you enjoy the recipe as much as we do. Good luck
You know, i bet that is good for you. There are lots of claims about the birch tree and its sap. Of course there must also be a psychological effect of getting a fire lit and putting something warming into your body too. Thanks Lonnie, I'm going to try it first chance i get.
Don't worry about climbing in trees Lonnie. Your beard will act as a parachute... ;) Thx for Your videos!
Stefan Sandberg That is just one more advantage to having a beard like mine that I hadn't thought about along with a ready source of tinder (off the face of course) lol :O)
I will try this, thank you! What is your favorite tasting wild tea? I've tried Sitka Spruce buds in early Summer and did not much care for it. We only have Kenai Birch here but I'll give it a try.
I personally really enjoyed the Sitka Spruce needle tea that I have had a couple of times. It tastes/smells better than our white spruce tea here locally. However our black spruce is closer to the Sitka Spruce flavor/aroma and is very good. The white spruce is good as well but not as good as the other two mentioned. So I would say that spruce tea is my favorite Alaskan wild tea. The birch twig tea is also very good but does not seem to be as flavorful as the spruce teas. A friend of mine just told me that him and his wife have been enjoying rose hip tea from the rose hips that they have just harvested. He says that it is very good but I personally have not tried any that I remember. If you have any wild roses growing there you may want to give that a try since he so highly recommends it.
@@Far-North-Bushcraft-Survival Ok thank you. I will experiment some more. I wish they had caffeine! Ha! Enjoy your Fall up there.
Good climb there, my friend!!))) I have a question and would be grateful if you could answer... can you make this tea from any birch? Thanks for sharing all this info))
+Grimrippa1 Yes you could use any birch. The different varieties may have a different flavor but I am not aware of any birch varieties being toxic in any way.
***** thanks for your reply, my friend... I'll try it and let you know))
Lonnie great video. Is that a field line pack you carry. If so how do you like it. I have the same pack.
lurches21 No, actually the pack is the "Rush 72" by 5.11. I really like it. It is not 100% perfect but it is a good solid rugged pack that has held up extremely well over the many miles travelled and several years of owning
Thanks Lonnie, 1 question ! is it the buds, the twigs or a combination of the 2 that you get the flavour from, leading on to... can you use the twig and leaf in summer to the same end,atvb Ken
rasputin0452 The simple answer to both your questions are "yes". It is both the twigs as well as the buds. Yes you can make tea from the leaves and the twigs in the summer. Many people make a tea from even just the dried bark. ATB to you and yours as well, friend Ken
Nice vid I thought for a second you were going to land on your but lol Take Care my friend
Jim Koz I did do a bit of a slip there. You know how some times your mind can think in lightening speeds. At the time of my slip I was thinking "not now, I'm on camera I have to be calm cool and collected just as if I knew what I was doing" lol
thanks Lonnie
Paul Henry You are welcome.
I too like birch tea here in the uk people tend to think me I little odd for that until they try it themselves nice vid your vids really relax me to watch love it and your pretty nimble on ya feet for a twenty one year old? Keep them comming thanks enjoyed it. Si.
Simon Smith Thank you Si. awe for the days when I **was** 21 :o) Glad you enjoy the vids. I am going to try a little different approach to many of my upcoming videos that you *may* find appealing since you find my vids relaxing to watch. It is interesting that quite a few people have had similar remarks. Many have felt that they were almost right there with me in real life and that they find the videos a very refreshing break from their hectic busy lives. I am going to try an experiment where I record the videos in such a way as to try to encourage the viewers feeling of immersion into the videos but yet still try to teach important tips tricks and values. Hope you folks enjoy the change.
this guy name Lewis used your name a lot made a skype chat site called off the grid survivable. so I wanted to see this video you did on. I do say I am relaxed how you talk on here thanks, fir to help others learn how to survive.
Does it make a difference if it’s only when buds are on the end? Wondering if this is something you could do in spring and summer or only late winter / early spring?
Yes, I have made a tea from the birch leaves and it is good.
Haha, loved the comment about the political situation where you need to be careful what you say. =P 20 years ago I was a real monkey, and climbed everything. Trees, mountains, road signs, flagposts, and people where encouraging it. Nowdays they would call the social on a kid like that...
Mr Spades lol. I'll bet that would raise some eyebrows for sure now days. What is depressing is that in the not too distant future, we will look back on *now* as the "good old days".
The old dog was laughing because that was the patch of snow where he just hiked his leg.
Hello Lonnie, can silver birch be used to make that tea ? Nice video ️atb martin
Outlander Bushcraft Yes, the Silver birch can also be used to make a tea from. Thank you
Thank you for sharing. Is it best to use birch twigs in the winter when the buds are still?
Bridgette Brown You can enjoy birch tea year round. In the summer many folks will use the bark as well as the leaves.
It is springtime here in NH. I will have to try it. Thanks again.
Watching this in 2020 locked down
Which mountain range is this in your video. Beautiful. Be safe.
It is a mountain range here in Alaska. Sorry I do not give out private info. Since this is near my home I will not be saying where this is.
Far North Bushcraft And Survival totally understand. Thank you!
Great video as always Lonnie. How about Labrador Tea or Spruce needle tea, ever try those?
Rob Collette Oh yes. I have both the Labrador tea as well as spruce tea and enjoy them both. My Tlingit friends call Labrador tea "swamp tea" it is used traditionally here to help fight colds
***** Could you do a video on the Labrador Tea? I understand it can be toxic if not prepared correctly. So do you pick fresh and allow to dry or do you pick dry (during winter). How many leaves for a pot?
Rob Collette Labrador tea is another one of my favorites. I understand that the best way to make the tea is in an open pot so that the toxins can evaporate. It is fine to consume in a tea though I would not have many cups a day everyday over a long period of time. The leaves can be used both fresh off the plant as well as dried for future use. I once received a bag of dried leaves that were gathered by a Tlingit Indian friend of mine that were some of the best and most flavorful I have ever tasted. It is probably best to pick during the growing season and dry rather than pick during the winter. If you pick during the winter it will still work but i don't think it is as flavorful.
Out of all the natural drinks that you have made....which do you prefer? Another great video btw👍🏻
trevor parsons Thank you. That is a good question but one that I really don't have a definitive answer for. The reason is, is that I like several different teas and have them all at different times with out really having any of them that I prefer more tahn the others. I guess though that If I had to pick one, the nod would go to birch sap straight out of the tree. it tastes like water with a very slight sweet taste to it.
ive had the birch sap recently....its very energizing....I was just wondering,if there was polution around, being metal in the ground,rubber ect.....would the tree itself filter it enough to make it pure enough for human consumption?
trevor parsons Well I'm not a chemist and am unable to take samples and analyse them but my thought is that i would not do any foraging in that type of area. I would much prefer to get my wild products from good clean natural surroundings. All the good books on foraging say not to get your plants close to a road or other places of possible contamination. So I guess my answer would be that maybe birch sap might be okay in a situation like you mention but I would not take the chance personally.
Hi, what is that tea pot kettle you are using? Where can I find them?
bill j it is a stainless cooking "tea" pot by GSI. www.amazon.com/GSI-Outdoors-Glacier-Stainless-Kettle/dp/B004N5WFII/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432585185&sr=8-1&keywords=camping+stainless+tea+pot
I know this video is old but can I use twigs that have leaves already sprouted on them. Do I need to use the leaves as well as the twigs? Any help would be greatly appreciated
Yes you could use the twigs with leaves already sprouted. You could use the leaves and / or the twigs. Either or both are fine to use.
Far North Bushcraft And Survival
Thanks so much
Do You also know the healing efects from The birch mushroom piptoporus betulinus?
I know that the birch polypore is medicinal but have not personally studied it.
What about using a birch branch and scrapping the outside cover off and then slicing the orange cuttings as a tea.
Yes that will work as well for a tea.
I didnt know you had monkeys in Alaska! Just kidding Lonnie. Good work. I have to try that tea, it will give the sap tea a little more flavour I think.
Are the bears comming out from hibernation now a days?
Thanks for sharing another great natural recipe
Atb, Odd
***** Lol Yes the twigs would give the birch sap more flavor. The flavors ought to go well together. Yes the bears are out of hibernation here. I have never seen a bear while I am out roaming around but I know that they are there since I see their foot prints and excrement. When I used to fly my ultralight aircraft I would see bears occasionally from the air.
Your a pilot? Wow you impress me more and more. What ultralight do you have?
Odd
***** My ultralight aircraft is a "buckeye" 2 seat powered parachute with a 582 Rotax 2 cycle engine
Cool! A motorized big paraglider. Interesting choice of aircraft. Personally I would have prefered a motorized hangglider, less lines to tangle :) I guess this one is pretty smooth in the air.
***** The powered parachute is "safer" than the hang glider type powered ultralights. The powered parachute is very forgiving when operating and there is virtually no manuever that can be done that the aircraft can not recover from. I am speaking of the days when we only used the rectangular parachutes. The elliptical parachutes are being used now much more and are more efficient but also somewhat less forgiving of operator errors. The safety of this aircraft is what attracted me to it. If the air currents are turbulent then it can be a rough ride in this aircraft. I have gone through some very frightening turbulence several times but the aircraft continued to fly.
thank you sir for the vid hope you are doing well God bless
Trayer Wilderness We are indeed doing well. Could be doing better but could be doing a *whole lot* worse as well.
Trayer Wilderness You are welcome. May God bless you as well my friend.
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