Birch is nice, I have a lot of it around here. So it's endangered in Massachusetts? Here it's what everyone use as firewood.
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Forest Cat
Forest Cat
Yeah birch is known for getting infections. Have you tried birch juice? In the spring you cut off the tip of a small branch and tie a bottle to it to collect the water that comes out. Healthy and delicious.
Forest Cat
lol maybe it is, I do it every spring. It was more common before but many people still do it. On wikipedia it says "drill a hole in the tree trunk" but that's just stupid. Better to snip the end off a thin branch.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_sap
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch_sap
Gerontius
There is a soft drink called birch-beer that is popular in New England as well.
Rodafina
Birch trees are my favorite. They are so beautiful. My very favorite poem is Birches, by Robert Frost.
maycontainthunder
When I was a child we had a silver birch tree in the front garden. I think it was cut down in the late eighties. Some wood lingered in the shed for over twenty years before it eventually found its way into the wood basket.
Rodafina
Norwegian debauchery!!
Forest Cat
I actually have my very own birch tree that grows with me. 
When my dad was born, his parents planted a small birch tree. And when I was born, my dad planted a small birch tree. And they are still standing. My dads tree is 83 years old now so it's pretty big.
When my dad was born, his parents planted a small birch tree. And when I was born, my dad planted a small birch tree. And they are still standing. My dads tree is 83 years old now so it's pretty big.
Rodafina
^ that’s sooo cool.
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I had to search the net to find out what a birch tree is. 