How to Make Birch Tar | Preserving Bear Meat | Primitive Bushcraft Skills in the Wilderness

Birch tar or oil is relatively easy to make and is an important bushcraft product from the forest for off grid living. Birch tar can be used as antiseptic, a disinfectant, a diuretic, a bug repellent, glue, soap and more. I collect birch bark from one fallen tree and dry distill it in a campfire in...

32 min - Home, Garden & Craft - My Self Reliance

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