What only brooms are used in baths! Experts in bath procedures pay tribute to oak, and fir, and eucalyptus varieties. They are knitted from spruce, nettle, maple, ash, juniper ... Experts say that harvesting birch brooms is an art in which there is no place for amateurs. In fact, you can whip up for your pleasure with absolutely any broom, the main thing is that there are leaves on the branches. That is, if you urgently need a broom, but there is nowhere to buy it, then you can use the branches of any tree. But it will be a disposable product. Moreover, it is possible that it will crumble even in the process of steaming.
If you are a fan of bath procedures, then you probably know what to create the right birch broom from. Harvesting should be carried out in June-July, and branches need to be cut away far from highways and industrial facilities. Simply put - in ecologically clean places. You go to the bathhouse for health, and not in order to breathe in the steam room with exhausts from processed gases and gasoline.
In addition, it is not enough to choose an environmentally friendly birch, you also need to properly bind, dry, and then also store brooms. Surely you were faced with the fact that the purchased broom could not stand even one entry into the steam room, what can we say that it was enough for two, or even three trips to the bathhouse. Here the correct and competent harvesting of birch brooms is important. The timing when you need to knit them is discussed above, but how to knit and store them will be described later.
To go for raw materials you need to choose a dry and sunny day. These are not mushrooms, so an early rise is not required. The dew covering the leaves in the morning, despite the fact that it shines beautifully in the sun, will subsequently make them darken and curl. But do not be greedy - there is no need to try to impose brooms in an industrial quantity from one tree. Although birch and curly, but the highest meaning of its existence is not a birch broom. Harvesting branches in a barbaric amount is considered to be harmful to nature.
Branches need to be cut at least 60 cm long, since the larger the “working” surface, the more pleasant it is to steam, but you should not forget that you will need to leave 20 centimeters on the handle. And if you get carried away and collect too big a broom, it will turn out to be heavy, and your hands will get tired faster than the right amount of sweat will appear on your body while you are soaring. After you cut the branches, you need to tie a birch broom from them. The workpiece must be hung out and dried in the shade, and this process is not fast. It is necessary to ensure that the bunches of branches are well ventilated, you need to turn them over daily so that the leaves do not begin to rot. After you have made sure that the products have dried well enough, they can be laid on top of each other and stored for storage in a dry and dark place.
Now a little about the mating itself. The rods need to be laid so that thick branches are located inside and outside are thinner. This will give the broom elasticity. In no case do not fasten the branches with tape. Yes, this method is very convenient, but you will not get a broom, but a parody of it. Only a bundle of branches tightly tied with twine is worthy to bear the proud title of “birch broom”. The preparation of the correctly created attribute for the bath should be neat and smart. The rods do not stick out of it in different directions, the leaves do not puff. With such a broom, you will not be ashamed to go to the bathhouse, and if you have to defend the brand of your product in the bathhouse pair, he will not shame you.