Harvesting Wild Sumac with Dave (for juice & wine)

Everything you ever wanted to know about harvesting SUMAC for tea/juice/wine. :)

[@metro747go]

I love this. I just found a massive tree in the field out back. I never knew what Sumac was but I make red wine. I am going to try this. Thanks!

[@KittyKeypurr]

If you enjoy pickled onion, try adding sumac to the mix 😉 yum!

[@benshivd]

"He knows how to do stuff" made me spit my drink out lol

[@davidfinkledrums]

Yes indeed we mustn't take ourselves too seriously right? Lol

[@baneverything5580]

I have several of these growing in a corner of my yard in Louisiana. I made a garden trellis pole out of half of a tall one.

[@rikiray3370]

I been wanting to know this for several years. And boom.... here you are. Earned my sub and a share

[@radagast6682]

The trunk of the tree you showed at 5:33 looks like a black walnut. The nuts are oval until later in the summer when they become round. Count the leaflets on the petiole. (15 to 23 on walnut) (11 to 17 on butternut)

[@KittyKeypurr]

I've got my buckets, snips and drying stacker already loaded in the car 🤭 I see those cones forming and darkening getting ready to bloom 🥰

[@Avocado740]

Wow. Ive never aeen this plant before. Cool.

[@MissyVButterflyHill]

So glad yt decided to put this in my recommended feed! I have so many of these and thought they were weeds.

[@snowjammma]

just picked a plastic tub yesterday!! shout out from Vermont, had them over growing my yard and cut down a bunch of trees

[@davidfinkledrums]

Shout out right back from Canader' EH! :)

[@adastraperporci8829]

Biggest complement! You said, I leave these videos for the.. "bush craft people. You know, people who got respect" THAT'S ME!!! I RESPECT THE EARTH 😍😍😍 I'm a bush folk!! 😍😍😍 Thanks for your videos. I just harvested a bunch of wild grapes here in Halton. Thinking of getting some sumac too. 🌱💚🌎

[@davidfinkledrums]

Aw thanks yeah I am always trying to be careful and leave small footprints!

[@davidfinkledrums]

Halton is so beautiful too I go there couple times a year to get my DEER HIDES to make my drums! :)

[@PowerModzOfficial]

Butternut is endangered (species at risk) in Ontario because of the Butternut Canker - a fungal disease, not so much from people cutting it. Awesome video!

[@davidfinkledrums]

Hey awesome thanks for the info...wonder if that fungal disease is related to global warming possibly?

[@wooddelfarm]

tree with nuts are black walnuts tree.

[@MsCherokee70]

I have a few of these beautiful sumac trees. I have let them grow naturally for about 5-10 years now. I wanted to let them multiple. This fall, I will be harvesting my 1st bucket full. 😊 I knew they was useful, but YOU JUST showed me another amount of information, I needed to know. Thank you! ⚘

[@toribenita_kyo]

Apparently poison sumac has white berries that hang in clusters and is a wetland plant. I've got to try this... the sumacade, at least. Apparently sumac is in the same family as poison ivy, mango, cashew, poison oak, and pistachio... a family that has given us some of the most loved and most hated of plants. Hello from Whitby, ON.

[@davidfinkledrums]

It's true! :)

[@frankcowan6625]

I think the tree is Black Walnut.

[@Loveus00]

I liked your video. Thank you for sharing.

[@davidfinkledrums]

My pleasure. All my family and friends love the subtle sweet flavor of the Sumac wine. I give most of it away. It is always better to share! :)

[@user-oc9vh6bk7z]

Greetings from a fello Ontarian in Peterborough. I REALLY enjoyed your episode! I subscribed!👍

[@davidfinkledrums]

Oh cool hey thanks...you got lots around there fersure'...

[@user-oc9vh6bk7z]

@@davidfinkledrums Yes, we have lots here. Fersure!

[@meowjanet]

Black walnut trees aren’t endangered in Ontario according to the government website Butternuts are

[@emtgreenie1418]

Awesome amazing tips thank you

[@davidfinkledrums]

Glad you like them!

[@virginialochowicz8560]

This is fascinating, is this the same sumac as in Middle Eastern cuisine? The citrus/sour/sweet description sounds like it.. very interesting. I wonder if it can be grown in Australia. Can’t wait to see the wine.

[@maecarpenter6735]

Yes, this is the same sumac used in Middle Eastern cuisine.

[@katrinabulkowski1404]

Beech nut! We have a bunch in Kingston!

[@radagast6682]

7:24 stink bug

[@radagast6682]

I see you are harvesting Staghorn Sumac. I prefer the Shining Sumac.

[@joel2112]

Great video! How'd it turn out?

[@davidfinkledrums]

Like Angels pissin' on yer' HEART! ;) (I'm famous for my Sumac brandy round' here.) I bump it up by freeze distillation...but...that's...another story.... ;)

[@TheSouthernLady777]

Are those not walnut trees around the sumac? When I was a kid, we used to suck off the sour stuff and spit out the seed. Do you eat the seed?

[@Hello-kr8gj]

The Butternut Tree (juglans cinerea) is in the same family as Black Walnut (juglans nigra) so they do look similar but the former looks more oblong and the Walnuts are much more evenly round there are pictures that compare them if you do a quick search.

[@TheSouthernLady777]

@@Hello-kr8gj thanks 😊.

[@pamelahawn9300]

Inslways thought sumac was poison...

[@brianeaton3734]

Butternut

[@TomMegginson]

They're butternuts.

[@sandraburke1258]

I believe there is a version of a sumac look alike that is toxic

[@leoniebelcher1680]

Yeah, but the staghorn isn't. We know the difference, the poison one has white berries.

[@robertjanez7467]

thanks for posting, which tree did you say was endangered in Ontario at 3 min 54 sec? Is that Black Walnut?

[@robertjanez7467]

never mind, you answered butternut at 5:24

[@lauraleonard2819]

That’s actually butternut.

[@willmartin4477]

Earwigs are awesome. They eat fleas,ticks and such.

[@monicaclark9581]

Really? Their good for something other than eating up your plants. 😊

[@carfvallrightsreservedwith6649]

So do you already know the starting S.G. that the 4# of sugar creates?

[@davidfinkledrums]

Failed Algebra! (But I can skin a deer tho'! lol) But to be serious for a moment, I think you mean the starting Gravity reading? I used to but now I don't do that anymore...I just do it so it tastes good. A bottle of it at the beach though will make ya' wee bit wobbly...lol

[@lauraross2732]

How do you tell the difference between the male and the females tree when they are tall trees

[@davidfinkledrums]

The Staghorn Sumac is dioecious, meaning that it develops male and female flowers on separate plants. Both male and female flowers are cone-shaped, but they differ in their color and length of blooming. Male flowers bloom between May and June, while female flowers last much longer, from June to September

[@lauraross2732]

Thank you

[@monicaclark9581]

Ticks on sumac? Sorry I don't want them hitching a ride on me.

[@Hartwig870]

Eat a little bit louder, I wasn't quite grossed out as much as I could be.

[@davidfinkledrums]

Yay! Finally. I was actually really confused as to why with all these views and comments, the comment section hadn't completely gone to crap yet! Congrats! Get this person a trophy! The first pissy comment! Phew. I can finally relax now cuz' all is right with the world now. ;)

[@briandale8386]

⁠@@davidfinkledrumswho’s pissy now . 😂😂😂

[@davidfinkledrums]

Ha ha ha no I love it! For a while there I thought I was doing something wrong! I was actually relieved.

[@briandale8386]

@@davidfinkledrums I remember a golden rule when a kid . Never chew gum on tv.