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Bushcraft – Pine needles and pine cones

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http://www.woodlands.co.uk/ The pine tree has a lot to offer the bushcraft enthusiast from a source of vitamin C to a colander! In the first of 3 films, survival expert Sean Collins demonstrates the uses of pine needles and cones in a woodland setting. In subsequent programmmes he talks about pine string and uses for a dead pine tree.


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Good to know, with the way food prices are going up!!! We need to relearn a lot of plants different uses again!!! Both for foods and medicines. Thanks, and God bless!!!

Lord Raven

August 9, 2011

@lordraveneyeofra And its only the beginning of the agricultural fallout due to excessive erosion of fields! Permaculture is the solution. You should check out Sepp Holzer, and the paulwheaton12 channel on youtube. A positive attitude to get benefits, instead of destroying everything you don't want.

Houba Hop

August 9, 2011

Actually the branch he is holding is not pine, it is larch which is fundamentally different as it loses his needles in winter. He also hasnt mentionned all the uses of the pine :
– The running roots of this tree can be used for cordage and shelters binding material.

– We can also eat the little fruits hidden in the pine cones when they haven't popped out.

-The sap is great for firestarting, and can also used as a wound sealer/antiseptic like a balm, for skin diseases.

Houba Hop

August 9, 2011

– The cambium layer under the bark is edible, packed with carbohydrates, although bitter and tough to chew.

– Pine boughs as a building material, raincovers etc…

– Some isolated pines have all their branches, that are easier to climb than other tree species (like a ladder), for height advantage to situate yourself.

Houba Hop

August 9, 2011

cool one sean

stonybrokebushcraf

August 23, 2011

At last an english bushcraft. Most of them are in the USA and dont realy applie to the uk. just for the geoogphay or plant tree's thay have

can you make pine needles tea from any pine tree / species / Family ?

cyberjack-CJ

December 18, 2011

Always good to learn something new……….Thanks!

Ed Dodd

December 20, 2011

Thanks…………Good Video!

Ed Dodd

December 20, 2011

i love xmas I take everyones xmas trees till my entire backyard is full then i chop off all the branchs, and harvest the needles and branchs for charcoal and firework making. The needles make great natural cat litter, preventing them from shitting all over your yard, they just love the needles.

PyR0Star

January 17, 2012

wow thanks for the vid thumbs up!!!! just found out a lot more about the pine tree and its love for humans =)

PyR0Star

January 17, 2012