@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 2 months agoWhat's your favourite tree?message-square68fedilinkarrow-up174arrow-down14file-text
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minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoPeople used to make all kinds of stuff from the bark, too
minus-squareCaptain AggravatedlinkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoAnd from the wood. It’s a hardwood but it’s often used where softwoods would be. Baltic birch plywood is some excellent stuff.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoDidnt the Vikings use birch tar to make their wooden ships watertight? Awesome tree!
Birch!
They’re just so beautiful!
Plus birch beer is awesome
People used to make all kinds of stuff from the bark, too
And from the wood. It’s a hardwood but it’s often used where softwoods would be. Baltic birch plywood is some excellent stuff.
Didnt the Vikings use birch tar to make their wooden ships watertight? Awesome tree!