On Our Radar: You can learn how to tap a birch tree at this Prince George workshop

There are birch trees all around us, but have you ever thought about using the sap from a tree other than maple?

Well on Saturday (March 30), you can take a workshop to learn how to tap birch trees for sap.

The workshop is hosted by Jennifer from "Moose, Mushrooms and Mud," which is a foraging, hunting, and fishing blog.

In the one-and-a-half-hour course, she will teach participants about birch tree tapping explaining when to harvest, how to harvest, sap uses, equipment needed, and how to process sap into different consumable products like syrup, wine, mead, health tonic, and more.

Each person will also be sent home with a tap, food grade hose piece, and a large food grade container as well as information sheets about tapping.

The workshop will be divided up into an indoor class session, and an outdoor session where everyone heads outside to tap an actual birch tree.

It will cost $45 dollars to participate and take place at St. Giles Hall (1500 Edmonton St.) from 10:30 a.m. until 12 p.m.

Participants should bring a notepad and ben and good shoes for a short and possibly wet walk.

To register for the workshop, you can message Moose, Mushrooms, and Mud on Facebook.

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