This Week I Learned to Find Water in the Forest

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In this episode I learn to find water in the forest. An ancient bush craft technique, tapping birch trees can produce litres of drinkable hydration if you know how. Please only try this on trees that you own.
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Next week “I learned to find water in the desert” The week after that “I learned to find water on Mars”

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I learned to be the water

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I Learned to breath water

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"I learned to create water from nothing"

[@Halfrican]

3:45 We now know that Mike is an optimistic person

[@de_soot]

barely half empty*

[@davidmalka1693]

People always get this wrong. If you pour water into a glass and you only pour it half way then it is half full because you added substance instead of when you where to drink a glass of water you are taking away so it would be half empty, he said it the literal way of saying it not metaphorically.

[@MP-35]

@@davidmalka1693 Thank you, finally see someone else than me explaining this

[@TheAkagami]

@@davidmalka1693 yes and also if you're not adding or reducing the cup of water i'll just call it half.. half cup of water.. i dont understand why do we need to say either its empty or full.. its just half

[@Mecal21]

@@de_soot same thing

[@MathasiaJ]

for those watching, Mike didn't go too deep into this part but the best way to protect the tree and make sure it survives is to plug up the hole after you're done using it! Use some wood from the tree itself, maybe a branch that's fallen off, strip it of bark, and hammer it back into the hole.

[@keanusabine6335]

Didn't he say and show everything you just said?

[@MathasiaJ]

@@keanusabine6335 he really brushed over it with a "I plugged the tree" and moved on. He didn't specify how to do it, or what he made the plug from

[@itsmanzr7004]

I don't think you are suppose to plug the hole. Its better to just leave it. It will repair eventually

[@MathasiaJ]

@@itsmanzr7004 you should *absolutely* plug the hole. The reason being that if left to its own devices the tree will scar itself, and the resulting tissue will not pass water and nutrients through the tree properly. This is especially important if you accidentally drill too deep into the tree trunk, because if the core of the tree scars, then the branches of the tree can wither. Plugging the tap hole ensures that there is standard plant tissue inside the space, so the tree rebuilds itself safely without the chance for scarring.

[@MrHappy3feet]

@@MathasiaJ thanks Matt. That’s good information. It is important to preserve the trees, like everything in nature, you can take what you need but harming unnecessarily is just being a jerk

[@aadammohiuddin6844]

First he conquered the fire Now he conquered the water Mike is halfway there from becoming the avatar

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He then learns how to hang glide and mine ore and we got em.

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Well he conquered water back when he held his breath for 4 minutes straight but this proves it I guess

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Drink treejuice, it’ll quench ya!

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[@25inches]

"Fresh birch sap, with a little bit of mud in it" Ah yes my favourite drink

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This litterally takes like 2 minutes to "learn" tho

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[@alecboss8646]

Hey guys! First off I love the video and your channel but I wanted to share some important advice I have learned from my survival school (The Tracker School) regarding this method particularly on the tree and the drinkers safety. Not only is this method absolutely viable and effective, there are actually a few trees that have the ability to give you fresh water during this time of year. Birch is obviously one, but also Maple, Sycamore, Walnut etc. although Birch and Maple tend to taste the best. Something to note that’s important is for the trees whose sap has more sugar (such as maple) the water will not store for more than a day or two as without refrigeration as it will get bacteria FAST and you can get sick, Birch I believe keeps a little bit longer, but you should still really try and drink it sooner rather than later . Second I love the advice you gave about warning of the dangers to the tree, something else I’d like to add on the subject is that when selecting a tree you are limited as to how many taps you can make before you kill the tree. If it’s a one foot diameter tree you can only have one tap if it’s two to three feet in diameter you can have up to two. It’s also worth noting that you shouldn’t just let it drain constantly but give it a break after getting one liter or so. When you’re done make sure you plug the hole with a hardwood plug and try and cover the outside of it with mud. This will help protect the tree from bacteria and pests while it heals. The water you get from these trees also have huuuge amounts of vitamins, calories, and nutrients and they are amazing in a survival situation and you really should only use this method when there is no other means of water or if you can effectively heal the tree afterwards. Some other methods of getting fresh water are sphagnum moss, as well as dew, you can also dig a couple of feet in from a water source to access ground water that is partially filtered although you still need to purify it. Anyway great video, I just wanted to share some advice on the method and ways to keep the tree safe haha. Can’t wait for more if your stuff!

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[@dragonslayer1st]

i want to also mention for anyone who was interested enough to read your comment, birch water contains a large amount of manganese and the limit is 11mg per day for an adult, that means 1l a day of birch sap/water contains your daily manganese intake and you should be weary of drinking more. children should drink no more than 300ml a day Further, those with asprin(salicylate) allergies should also stay away as birch sap contains small amounts of Salicylates although not as much as the twigs and bark. Methyl Salicylate is essentially apsrin and also falls in vapour from the plant in a sort of tree to tree communication network via the wind, and crazily enough people with asprin allergies have died just living near a batch of birch trees as its slowly poisoned them over time with vapour.

[@alecboss8646]

@@dragonslayer1st this is amazing and super important info, thank you so much for your comment as I had no idea about this. I really appreciate it!

[@GeoDave]

In Canada, it's the same principal that we use to collect maple water and boiled it to make awesome Maple syrop

[@frothyfrappuccino9623]

Yeah. Every good Canadian should know how to tap trees. When he was telling us about the slight sweetness, it was easy to imagine as maple sap with a slightly different flavor.

[@konjotin]

@@frothyfrappuccino9623 except birch sap has such a little amount of sugar that it realistically cant be used to make syrup

[@Roflmao0001]

@@konjotin Birch sap is boiled down to syrup but is at a ratio of 100:1 as opposed to about 40:1 from maple. You can also tap Black Walnut

[@jyesucevitz]

today I learned: how to properly care for my knife by not letting it get rusty.

[@harmonic5107]

Damn! Beat me to it. For real though, that poor knife is looking pretty bad.

[@jgclark45]

he should be embarrassed to show that in a video

[@AloneintheLight96]

maybe he wants to learn how to renew a rusty knife for a next video lol

[@harmonic5107]

@@AloneintheLight96 good point, I hope that's what it is.

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lol first thing i thought and i knew id find this comment! :D

[@aminra4843]

1:50 "That's a horrible noise" I construe that...

[@user-tb5ns7hc5i]

Boil down and reduce that healthy birch water mike, and you’ll get a sweet syrup concentrate you can use as a sugar substitute. Great on pancakes!

[@wictorious3925]

Props for you doing this exactly the right way! I have done this multiple times before and as long ass you plug up the tree it will recover. The bigger the tree the less harm this does for the tree. If you are careful and do this the right way the tree will likely not take any harm from doing this. Great work Mike.

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I use white noise for studying to not hear people around me or if the house is making to much noise. It’s like brown noise but louder.

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I do exactly the same, my headphones lack of noise cancellation so white noise does the job really well

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White noise is OK, but brown noise is more colorful. And have you given pink noise a try?

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Sometimes I use crowd noise like kzbin.info/www/bejne/f3ylZISfnNGsqNE

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@@qwertyferix What the hell Edit: brown noise gang

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@@gavart4509 wow studying with crowd noise sounds ridiculous to me, but I see in the comments section of that video that there's a whole gang of people who study listening to this, wow, so interesting and funny! P.S. a friend of mine laughs at me every time I put on headphones to hear to white noise to focus. 😂😂

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Mike in 2020: donating money to save trees Mike in 2021: so anyways I stole water from these trees

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Lol

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Mike giveth and taketh away apparently 😂

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The duality of man

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It's not even that bad for the tree, so

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Okay that brown noise thing actually helped me to concentrate in my Maths hw. I am really amazed by this.

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I have been listening to brown noise for years. Glad you are getting the word out to others.

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At this point I think he's the most universal person on the planet

[@DaniilHomyak]

We call it “birch juice” here in Russia. And it is quite good to drink it with vodka! Fresh birch sap, some skewered meat and vodka - probably the best spring vacation you can get

[@TheRotundRider]

I have a weeping birch in my yard, and a year ago I lopped some non-producing branches off. Each Spring the weep a surprising amount.

[@just_ty88]

These are my fav kinds of Mikes videos! Love watching him learn how to survive in the wilderness😁

[@thecapacitor1395]

I've been tapping birch trees in Scotland for over 10 years now, great wee springtime hobby. Never got to collect any last year or this year, mainly due to the lockdown restrictions, gonna try next year though. I've tried many methods of extracting the sap, best way I've found is to stick a flexible plastic pipe in there. Good thing you mentioned sealing the hole up afterwards, leaving it exposed can cause infection and eventually cause the tree to die. As long as you plug it up though it should be fine, because of this every tree I've tapped is still alive and well :D You should try boiling the sap down to a syrup next time, it definitely has a unique flavour to it, far different from maple syrup. You'll need litres of the stuff though, you get about 1 part syrup from every 100 parts sap.

[@UpbeatGoth]

I absolutely love all your videos and how educational they are and interesting, and the fact that you have a Scottish accent makes it so much enjoyable to listen to you 🥰

[@Dennis-de1ji]

Really glad you disclaimed the dangers of harming the tree... Happened just in time also because that far into the video I started wondering about it!

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It makes my day when I see the titles of these videos pop up in my notifications. Thanks for making my day Mike Boyd

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Have you ever considered learning how to launch a model rocket? I think that would be interesting to watch.

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I love how you blended the advert and the video almost seamlessly

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i love these videos because ur getting involved with nature, plz keep these vids coming!🙂🙂

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In the future its going to be: "Surviving on mars with only a spoon"

[@noborienten8713]

I'm learning the handstand now, it would be nice to see you try to learn it too

[@droussel7359]

Here in Quebec, we have "sugar shacks" were whole maple tree plantations are tapped to make maple syrup. Collection systems can get quite sophisticated, with piping running from tree to tree and back to a central collection reservoir; waiting to be boiled and evaporated into maple syrup.

[@nhumph1375]

Looking forward to that Pyraminx video. One of my favorite events.

[@AntonioVivaldi1678]

Fun fact: The reason why maple wood looks cool is because people tap it to get syrup. The dark stripes are cells that died because bacteria got into the tree when they tapped it. The the reason why it is stripes and not just a circle of dead cells, because the tree compartmentalizes the decay of it’s cells.

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HE UPLOADED !!!! 😀😀😀😃😃😃

[@ryanmonty12]

Nice video! Just wanted to say that your such a inspiration for me! I decided to learn things on my channel

[@liamtory6081]

Hey Mike, I challenge you to learn how to Onewheel. It looks easy but it is significantly harder than you might think. Good Luck!🍀

[@felbel14]

This is almost exactly how we collect maple water to turn it in maple syrop here in Canada!

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05:21 that brown noise sounds the same if I cup my hands Cover my ears, Sound of emptiness?!

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Tinnitus?

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That's the sound of your muscles, holding your hand in place

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@@LordZarano ye

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@mikeboyd Im really glad that you returned to your traditional way of making videoes, it makes them a lot more enjoyable for me. Have a great day :D

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I haven't watched your video in like ages so glad be back

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I have only one word for you... Dietarize. Do some research people, and make your life even better!!

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@oiuet souiu I would love to visit Canada

[@Zikosana]

could we get an episode of you trying to survive 2-3 days in a forest alone to see if you could use all of your survival skills all at once

[@brianhardin1133]

The background music in this video was outstanding, very "woodsy" and rural!

[@IrrIdk]

Loved the video man keep it up.

[@bloof3701]

Future: this week I learned to resurrect myself

[@matthewfoley8068]

Ayyyye he's got a pyraminx, I got into cubing because of you

[@joshyacktman6998]

I got into it with the pyramid. It is such a fun little cube!

[@matthewfoley8068]

@@joshyacktman6998 ye, I'm pretty sure it's easier than the 3by3 isn't it, if not please correct me

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@@matthewfoley8068 it easily is.

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@@joshyacktman6998 nice I'm considering buying one because iv learnt 3by3

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Your garden is so nice

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Winter storm ambiance with howling wind noise for sleeping... Search up that video, so nice to listen to

[@Greennoob2]

another banger, and I didn't even expect it to be, but it really is

[@silent5]

We I thought the flavour would be like putting a bit of soda into water but I’m surprised to hear it taste good

[@ville234]

This how we make maple syrup here in Canada, we harvest the weather from sugar maple trees and boiled it until it turns into syrup.

[@maxralfsson2592]

Do more bushcraft! It is awesome watching you learn this stuff

[@samswift4841]

"As you can see from the flow rate" - You're such an Engineer Mike.

[@Oliver-wz8yf]

He’s the type of guy that chooses all extra classes in school

[@goodmontage1538]

This is truly amazing

[@8mycereal]

Michael I’ve been watching your videos for a year now and I have to say you are truly and unironically one of the most inspiring people I have seen on youtube. Seeing you learn things and seeing you almost giving up at certain points when learning new things or trying to achieve a milestone and getting to the point where you feel like “this won’t work” and yet still continuing and reaching your goal motivates me to never give up on what I have started. Whenever I feel down and feel like “This is a waste of time, I won’t achieve it anyway” I just remember you and immediately forget those thoughts. Keep up with your videos. I’m sure you are an inspiration to thousands more people like me.

[@midlord5739]

try learning butterfly knife tricks

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Babatunde is going to be happy today!!

[@nyykSIUUU]

That was really nice and peaceful

[@MartinZeme]

Love to drink this when its a bit fermented! Super refreshing and tangy.

[@creatinemono125]

When is the collab with primitive technology coming out ?

[@samclaw]

Never clicked so fast XD

[@virgovirgintheslime6603]

i love the survival videos. Keep up the good work!

[@imSpixel]

Thank you trees for sacrificing your lives for us 🙏

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Cats: meow Dogs: woof 9-year-olds: *FIRST FIRST*

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[@PhoenixCNSTL]

@@razvanmircescu1262 what?

[@razvanmircescu1262]

@@PhoenixCNSTL I was implying that the joke is overused, look again

[@Ericliaoo]

Next week: "I learned how to build a cabin in the forest"

[@IM.Sports]

It's so fulfilling to watch when the water dropped out the tree!

[@SkivaksXD]

my familly been doing this for ages in the local forest and trees are alright. also, if you cook sap with lemon and sugar you make a pretty nice drink

[@dangerousnigga7023]

2 weeks later: I learned to find water on Mars Ft. Elon Musk

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[@davidschweizer505]

They do seem pretty Dank to me...

[@RockyTheMightydiscontinued]

Great video man!

[@jonas1015119]

honestly thats a lot more fluid than I was expecting

[@WilhelmWilder]

Next week: "i lived like an American for a week" Week later: "I learn how to cope with my depression, while also taking dialysis treatments"

[@Skeleton43]

Week later: "I Learn to take Insulin Shots"

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@@Skeleton43 Week 2 "Getting a gun license and learning how to quickly reload a m249"

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Week 5: "I learn how to cure varicose veins"

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@@WilhelmWilder week 6 learning how to try to escape invisible poverty

[@WilhelmWilder]

@@thatdudnum67potatoe45 week 7: trying to break through the bulletproof glass ceiling that is capitolism

[@FlorianDeimer]

Will there be soon a cooperative Video with Primitive Technology? You are going to catch up his skill! :D

[@dieterpeter2440]

Probably not that easy rn to get from the UK to Australia...

[@vIBEDoUT-Channel]

Mark showing self sufficiency and self reliance ! ☮️

[@arzan1193]

Gotta try that one

[@asianbits6955]

Who else found the rust on his knife cringey

[@tabletaccount4641]

Me, it really bugged me to see a knife in that state.

[@abzzbuzz2846]

I used white noise to help me pass my college Anatomy and physiology class. It’s so helpful especially when living with people :)

[@michael._.3543]

Loving the new hair Mike!🙂

[@harshvardhanrathore1832]

He knows how to: find water in forest,how to make fire,how to live In forest The only thing that is left is Survive in the forest for 3 days 😃😃🙏🏻

[@damu6678]

"If you do this to a tree, it might not recover" So then why did you do it and promote it to millions of people?!

[@ryanmascio470]

Shut up

[@TysonFehr]

Hey Mike! Thanks for another great video. I wish you would have done a little more explaining on how best not to harm the tree if you decide to start tapping rather then just saying it may harm the tree. For anyone wanting to try this here's a few more pointers. The bigger the tree the more likely it is to survive. I personally don't tap anything smaller then 10 inches in diameter and have never had a tree die. Also (at least here in Canada) birches only produce water during a certain time in the spring after the frost thaws and only produce for 2-3 weeks so don't go hack into a tree in the middle of summer expecting a lot of water. There's lots of info on the web about birch tapping so do your research before you try!

[@marcusjay8103]

I have to have brown noise on 24/7...it's the only way I can relax without my thoughts being super invasive and adding to my already horrendous anxiety. Don't know why or how it works but it does... Really well 👌🏼

[@MaxKrug586]

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[@lordthiccusiii]

Nice job

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[@Pablo15328]

I can’t wait for the pyraminx vid I’m a speed cuber myself and it’s exciting to see other people like mike learning how to solve it blindfolded and a pyraminx

[@Exderius]

Keep up the great work

[@LukeAkAscooterkid]

such a cool video, plus brown/white noise gets me to sleep in no time if I cant fall asleep naturally. those earbuds might help side sleepers too ;)

[@yourmom1481]

Last year I made a syrup with birch water, tasted quite good

[@happystarthe3rd]

We actually used to do the first method with my dad every year with birch trees too it is basically a tradition from one part of my country and you can actually make wine from it there is one time of the year when it gives the most sap

[@StateBicycle366]

Jo Mike, i know from watching your videos that you love cycling and anything that comes close to a bike. Now i have an hobby with a special kind of bicycle, these are the fixed gear bikes. Im courious if u might want to learn a skid or trackstand on a bicycle like this

[@Kanin_is.Beri_Good]

Nice Tree bath water

[@kelp_954]

A tree in my backyard I used to throw knives at has healed in like 2 years it was nice seeing that processs

[@Bafftubz10]

Great, now I want to try tree wöter

[@toxicplsyz]

We have a birch tree in our garden and my dad has been getting birch sap from the branches by cutting them or something like that and hanging a bottle of the branches. He's been doing this basically as far back as I can remember and the tree seems to be doing fine, highly recommend if you have access

[@jacelii]

Would love to see some more guitar videos

[@dynsai]

You always can buy some healing paste for tree and apply to the cut :)