Milking birch trees

[Bonobo]

Birch juice has loyal fans. I once bought a bottle but wasn`t impressed. However, I read so much about benefits of drinking it that when my birches grow, I am going to milk them too.

[jeanne]

Do people use the sap to make birch beer?

Is there a maple syrup industry in Poland? My daughter's in-laws in Vermont do maple sugaring the old-fashioned way, gathering sap from buckets instead of pipeline, and using horses(Percherons)to pull the gathering sled or wagon (depending on if there is snow on the ground). They did their last gathering and boiling of the season this past week.

Their local TV station did a segment on their operation!