Harvesting birch bark 2
Channel: Huck Middeke
Date: 03/07/2023

To harvest birch bark in Finland you need landowner permission and a good reason.

Best time to harvest bark for crafting- and roofing is around midsummer.

Taking bark doesn't not kill the trees (they grow new bark), but it makes them less protected against frost/heat damage, fungi, infections and mechanical damage.

All trees in these videos are planned to be logged by the landowner for fire wood in the coming winter.