Harvesting Devils Club and Birch Bark ( How to make your own tinctures)

[@cathyjones3403]

Excellent video by mom and daughter 👏👏👏👏. I’ve never heard of this before and I’m old. I’ve led a sheltered life 😂

[@Alaskan6pack]

That's ok. I never knew about it either until I moved here a few years back! (Don't feel too bad) ! Lily is prescious and such a little herbalist in the making! Love passing down the knowledge to her

[@cathyjones3403]

@@Alaskan6pack she is a doll and a fast learner. Love her sweet smile ❤️. Thank you for the information

[@Alaskan6pack]

Absolutely we love sharing it!

[@jewels7832]

Nice job you two. It's awesome that you guys can harvest so much in Alaska. Lily made me yawn 🥱 when she did...lol 😆

[@Alaskan6pack]

I know..mom gets boring after a while!😀lol That's ok, at least she hung in there most of the day with me...she loves herbal and natural remedies.

[@oscartheg6674]

I really like your videos thank you for the content and thanks for the information about what your harvesting I didn't know that. If it is a real katana be very careful it is a very large razor blade.

[@Alaskan6pack]

Thank you!! We will be careful, it is super sharp you are correct...! We will also make a video in a month or two on making the salves. That should be good too. So much natural medicine right out our back door

[@maryhall6584]

Great teaching, keep building the property out

[@Alaskan6pack]

thank you! There are not many videos on this stuff so just wanting to give folks some options. Today we are planting our potatoe garden if it doesn't rain The greenhouse garden is doing great as well...

[@lismos100]

Interesting! I’ve never heard of this process before! Sounds good! Greetings from Switzerland 🇨🇭

[@Alaskan6pack]

Greetings!!! Yes it's such a neat thing and it works. That's why we process it every year. Thank you for watching!!

[@littlegriffoffgridalberta6837]

Awesome video ! So many uses out in mother nature & nice you could share some of your methods, Teaching our children what we can so hopefully they can teach the next generation ! health choices & lots of fire starter :)

[@Alaskan6pack]

I completely agree. Thank you. I feel like this information gets suppressed and not promoted like it should be! I feel fortunate to be able to share and spread the word on natural remedies. We use them for 100% of our sicknesses. We do not visit doctors, we heal ourselves with herbs and plants. This is how it used to be...and I love teaching our kids the " old fashioned " ways !😊

[@YouretheMan-r6h]

I make a lot of Devils Club Salve. "Always, always" dry the product before bottling it for an infusion. If it is wet there is a potential to mold. If it molds you will have to throw away the infusion and start with a new batch. There is always water in the bark so it needs to dry out first and have no water. Same as for tinctures you should dry that product first to so there is no water in it. Dry the product by hanging it up for a week or so or dry it in a dehydrator. Be safe.

[@Alaskan6pack]

Oh soooo great to know! We are not experts by any means ! Thank you for taking time to teach us that! We appreciate it 😊

[@jasondavis1816]

Great video love that land it’s almost 95degrees down here in Louisiana and summer is not even here have great one up there great state Alaska to live in be safe

[@Alaskan6pack]

Oh wow!!! 95 degrees! Whew you are a brave soul... I bet you have good air conditioning hopefully. Thanks for checking in....stay cool

[@BradyinAlaska]

G R E A T video

[@Alaskan6pack]

Thank you!!

[@veronicavanderver7270]

Awesome

[@Alaskan6pack]

Thank you very much. We love love love learning about medicinal plants and herbs.... knowledge is power! Thank you for watching us! I will do a salve video 6 weeks from now also...

[@veronicavanderver7270]

@@Alaskan6pack yay I hoped you would. I got me a book with all kinds of herbs and photos of the herbs and what they are good for. Found it at a library sale after I had been researching. With a plan to grow me a herb garden. I was wanting a book for reference . I know we have access to the modern way to get information. But still good to have books in my opinion for reference in a s h t f moment.

[@veronicavanderver7270]

@@Alaskan6pack there are three other books I'm wanting as well.

[@Alaskan6pack]

You speak our language. We get books NOT ebooks for a reason! Lol. Totally agree. Yeah for an herb garden!!! Sounds fun and smart to do 👌

[@lovenlife72]

Does it spoil? I've read to let it dry then add carrier product.

[@Alaskan6pack]

Amazingly no spoilage! I have done the same with spruce tips and birch bark, never any spoil...( yet). Today I just made a huge batch of spruce tip salve. The spruce tips were sitting in oil for 5 months, no mold. It smelled amazing too!...😊

[@OffgridAlaskaliving]

Why is the state requiring you to clear 16 acres? Do you have a video explaining this?

[@Alaskan6pack]

Greetings! Yes we do talk about this through multiple videos. It's state agricultural land, so it's a requirement for the state. They require you clear 10% of your land for ag purposes. We have 2 more years to meet this requirement. We knew this when we bought the land. We are trying to meet the requirements other creative ways such as birch tapping, fencing hogs, etc...so we don't have cut down so many trees.

[@OffgridAlaskaliving]

@@Alaskan6pack that’s interesting do you mind pinning the videos I would love to look into this.

[@Alaskan6pack]

I will try to remember for you...I do a couple land buying videos that may be helpful if you are interested in moving here to Alaska. Are you one day thinking of moving here? That will help me pick the right videos for you

[@markteaney8381]

Great video but that is not a katana or a wakizashi it is a tanto just so you know.

[@Alaskan6pack]

Oh my goodness I did not know that! Thank you for letting us know...! Oops... glad you liked the video😊 We planted our 45 LB of potatoe seeds today..we are exhausted. Was a good productive day today ☀️