Adventure Bushcraft: Winter Stroll & Pine Needle Tea

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NOTE: Please consult reliable sources or experts before attempting to brew pine needle tea. In particular, be wary of using Yew for tea, as it can be fatally toxic. Norfolk Island (or Australian) Pine are also to be avoided, as they have been known to poison pets.

Some also are cautious of Ponderosa Pine, as it can cause abortions in cattle. All pine trees have some level of toxins, but Ponderosa has them to a greater extent. If you are pregnant, it is likely best to avoid drinking pine needle tea.

True spruce trees, like the one in the video, are safe for making tea. Junipers and Firs are as well (but some junipers can have berries that are mildly toxic).

Little strolls with a bit of bushcraft thrown in can help refresh the soul. In this video, Andrew checks out some snow rollers, brews some pine needle tea on a fire, and shares his thoughts on nature.

What is Adventure Bushraft? A series of short cinematic videos in which we do a small walk with some sort of bushcraft activity - processing wood, using plants, making shelters, etc.

Tags: bushcraft,Tea (Beverage Type),Fun,Camping,Holiday,Weekend,Survival,Winter (Quotation Subject),Snow (Literature Subject),Survival Skills (TV Genre),Outdoor,hiking,dayhike,Wilderness (Quotation Subject),Survival (Multipart TV Episode),nature,snow roller,pine needle tea,prepper,adventure,Ray Mears' Bushcraft (TV Program)

Video Transcription

such a beautiful day out today I'm collecting these pine needles for some tea later take a look at this this is a snow roller basically the wind picks up a little snowball it starts rolling it along the ground until it becomes beautiful spiral shape it's kind of like a snowy hay bale or something or a winter tumbleweed really interesting phenomena

unfortunately I had to switch to my other camera which isn't quite as good quality but I was called collecting some wood in the forest back there and using some of these cattail leaves to start this fire and finally got it going with the tinder in the Ferro rod but it took quite a bit of effort actually that's the key is you've always got to be prepared when you're making fire got to have all the materials on hand before you strike that spark you know the people in this town are really fortunate to have these sorts of parks around here that they can go to every time I take a walk through these woods back here or through this field I'm just really thankful to have these parks that I can roam through and you know explore and look at all these plants and animals a lot of people they grow up without any sort of contact with nature now they live in the cities in some rundown area and while the cities are fantastic I just think there's such an important link with nature that everybody needs to have but not everybody has given that opportunity so if you live in a place where there's even a small patch of woodland that you're able to go to and enjoy a nice night out or even just a good hike through you know don't take that for granted be really thankful you've got that it might not be a national park but every bit of nature is absolutely worth it

well that's just about ready it's been boiling for a bit got a bit of cattail in there but i think it's okay perfect oh that's good you