Rewilding: Letting nature take over

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  • Опубліковано 18 січ 2025

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  • @Me97202
    @Me97202 Рік тому +56

    Even in my backyard, allowing native plants to take back over has created an amazing little wildlife habitat. My yard is now full of birds, bees, butterflies and small animals.

    • @dankeener3307
      @dankeener3307 Рік тому +2

      Have you also added fruit trees or other edible plants garden. If we aren’t growing our own food it needs to grow somewhere else. It’s possible to do both.

  • @SteveBrant55
    @SteveBrant55 Рік тому +113

    Thanks for putting this back on UA-cam. It was there earlier, but for some reason was taken down. It's such an important story!

    • @DavidPogue
      @DavidPogue Рік тому +17

      Alas, some editor had misspelled "Knepp" when identifying the footage we got from the Knepp Estate... so we had to take the video down and re-post it with the correctly spelled name. And we lost the 100,000-view tally, too!

  • @susanr5546
    @susanr5546 Рік тому +113

    This fits so well with research done by agricultural experts in the U.S. We have damaged our soils and our habitat so badly that rewilding is a good part of the solution. I would also love to visit this wonderful place! Thanks so much for reposting this.

    • @jollyjokress3852
      @jollyjokress3852 Рік тому +3

      it takes so much time in nature to bring back soil. It is unfathomable, how we as humans think we have done something good by turning the soil into mere dirt.

    • @chrisnolan7423
      @chrisnolan7423 Рік тому +1

      There are 9 billion mouths to feed so with the USA being a top Exporter of produce if America chooses to resold then billions die.
      There isn't some nice way around it and if you believe a couple of billion deaths is ok you should start with your own inner circle as setting an example would be best

    • @chrisnolan7423
      @chrisnolan7423 Рік тому

      Rewild not resold

    • @Dontleavemedimi
      @Dontleavemedimi Рік тому

      See you there.

  • @southernsass2937
    @southernsass2937 Рік тому +117

    Such a great story ❤
    Yes, let nature take over 🦌 🌳

  • @marialongoria8774
    @marialongoria8774 Рік тому +33

    They have the right idea. So beautiful! I would live to visit!

  • @yasminhelenendangeredspecies
    @yasminhelenendangeredspecies Рік тому +38

    What a Beautiful endeavor. It would be so great if this idea were to become a more popular use of the land. Bring it back to its natural state. Everything is thriving. 🍀💝🕊

  • @christophernixon4539
    @christophernixon4539 Рік тому +17

    I love following the rewilding project at Knepp! It just keeps getting better and better! The world needs more of this!

  • @user-lq3dj3eo8k
    @user-lq3dj3eo8k Рік тому +5

    I smiled, I cried and have some hope, thank you

  • @lanialost1320
    @lanialost1320 Рік тому +21

    Everyone who has the typical sterile preened garden (yard) -- big or small -- can take this approach. Have a small natural stone patio or small patch of lawn to sit on -- but surround yourself with native plantings massed together and NO chemical use. Once you see and hear all the birds, insects, grasshoppers, butterflies and other creatures abound, the calming effect on your psyche is transformative.

  • @sannefridolin
    @sannefridolin Рік тому +19

    Fascinating! What the world needs!

  • @juliepayn7696
    @juliepayn7696 Рік тому +4

    So wonderful to start hearing this getting back to nature as we should. I totally support and live it myself.

  • @ConstantGardener-q9q
    @ConstantGardener-q9q Рік тому +18

    ❤❤❤❤ fantastic! This is an excellent example of good stewardship of the land. Blessings on you and your land.

  • @dankeener3307
    @dankeener3307 Рік тому +2

    I love this rewilding and have reduced our lawn by more than half by adding native plants to support pollinators and birds. Along with that I’m growing some of our own food because if it doesn’t grow here it needs to grow somewhere else. It’s been interesting and challenging creating this balance. Thx for the video.

  • @danishear6574
    @danishear6574 Рік тому +12

    I LOVE THIS STORY! Well done, David!

  • @MichaelKurse
    @MichaelKurse Рік тому +5

    Our old farm has old fields being taken over by the woods. It happens relatively quickly.

  • @Dontleavemedimi
    @Dontleavemedimi Рік тому +11

    We need to transform our civilization and prioritize nature above ourselves. It seems that simple but is incredibly difficult to achieve. Our children need to take up the mantle.

  • @Bluefire42156
    @Bluefire42156 Рік тому +1

    Great, this should happen everywhere

  • @gramo63
    @gramo63 Рік тому +10

    This guy is unique! He could run for King -- and I'd vote for him! Thank you, my dear Baronet -- this video made my day. Let us hope a few million people see it and follow your example.

  • @davidsivills3599
    @davidsivills3599 Рік тому

    What a fantastic place.

  • @luispardo4091
    @luispardo4091 Рік тому +2

    awesome

  • @cindysmith6833
    @cindysmith6833 Рік тому +4

    I cannot tell you how much this pleases me I often watch lotta documentaries and when I say Britain in one on like where are all the trees, so I’m particularly pleased. Thank you for rewilding. ❤

  • @sandrabarnett1499
    @sandrabarnett1499 Рік тому +1

    Amazing story

  • @claires9100
    @claires9100 Рік тому

    Thank you for this glimmer of hope

  • @Hubris030
    @Hubris030 Рік тому +1

    Shout out to whoever decided to repost this!

  • @clavergoose
    @clavergoose Рік тому +7

    I have read their book, titled Rewilding. it took nearly 20 years to accomplish this and it is still ongoing.

  • @laurawoodford1225
    @laurawoodford1225 Рік тому

    Thank you so much I really support your efforts!!!

  • @jeynes14
    @jeynes14 3 місяці тому

    Brilliant

  • @nacarreira777
    @nacarreira777 Рік тому

    I love, love, love this idea!!!! Bravo!

  • @jamieclarkful
    @jamieclarkful Місяць тому

    Brilliant!

  • @AlexGarcia-hs5ek
    @AlexGarcia-hs5ek 8 місяців тому

    Beautiful

  • @joanneferguson8636
    @joanneferguson8636 Рік тому +5

    Thank you! Such a wonderful idea and video!

  • @RobertMueller-h5b
    @RobertMueller-h5b Рік тому +5

    I love nature. My mother's former office mate is a big fan of Cheryl Strayed.

  • @effiemooney8477
    @effiemooney8477 Рік тому +1

    God bless you, this s sooo what is meant to be done, TY!!

  • @hlnbee
    @hlnbee Рік тому

    Beautiful story!

  • @debbralehrman5957
    @debbralehrman5957 Рік тому +5

    Love this story.❤❤❤

  • @SunnyIlha
    @SunnyIlha Рік тому

    Just FABULOUS.

  • @Sensocomum1978
    @Sensocomum1978 Рік тому

    ALELUIA!!!!! SOMETHING POSITIVE!!!!! FINALLY

  • @tuexss
    @tuexss 4 місяці тому

    Love this project. And even though not 5% will be able to make money with ecotourism, there needs to be some local food sources added like fruits and berries and nuts and mushrooms that can be harvested for human consumption as well.

  • @sandraross4770
    @sandraross4770 Рік тому

    Wow..this is amazing and wonderful ❤❤❤

  • @愛莎-l4w
    @愛莎-l4w 3 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @stevendaniel8126
    @stevendaniel8126 Рік тому +2

    Brilliant !! This should be encouraged around the world.....

  • @paulak-obscurefire9661
    @paulak-obscurefire9661 Рік тому

    Great story🌳

  • @deborahalexzander2512
    @deborahalexzander2512 Рік тому +1

    YEAH!!! FOR THE ANIMALS AND THE OWNERS AND VISITORS CREATE "BETTER" $$$ WHAT A WIN, WIN!

    • @pipertripp
      @pipertripp 7 місяців тому

      That's the part I think a lot of people don't realise. It's not an either/or. It can be both.

  • @愛莎-l4w
    @愛莎-l4w 3 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @愛莎-l4w
    @愛莎-l4w 3 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤❤

  • @daveroush4896
    @daveroush4896 Рік тому +4

    This is awesome. I’m working on rewilding my front yard, though only have a few hundred square feet!

  • @deborahparnell8862
    @deborahparnell8862 Рік тому +2

    Great job..ty..xoxo 🥰✌🖐🤟👍🤪

  • @kaiyaom2195
    @kaiyaom2195 Рік тому +1

    So nice to see all those animals

  • @davekramer4266
    @davekramer4266 Рік тому +4

    I have said in the Past here in the USA, that instead of Metal fencing, Use Trees, and other Greenery as the Property Fencing.🤔😁....

    • @ne270
      @ne270 Рік тому +1

      We mostly have either hedgerows or dry stone walls in the uk

  • @mmps18
    @mmps18 Рік тому +2

    Love positive news like this, thank you

  • @GR-ji9fw
    @GR-ji9fw Рік тому +1

    Beautiful. Good for them.

  • @teridelnero9606
    @teridelnero9606 Рік тому

    How refreshing! Thank you for your conservation!

  • @alvarogarciavillar7931
    @alvarogarciavillar7931 Рік тому +2

    What a wonderful and inspiring proyect, exelent job, congratulations.

  • @愛莎-l4w
    @愛莎-l4w 3 місяці тому

    ❤❤

  • @kunfang
    @kunfang Рік тому +2

  • @jamess.2649
    @jamess.2649 Рік тому +1

    Just so amazing thank you For doing this rewilding

  • @douglasskinner6348
    @douglasskinner6348 Рік тому +1

    Very nice!

  • @RobertSaxy
    @RobertSaxy Рік тому +1

    As I kid till now, a bigger wider older old kid (40), I would dream of making it big and just buying land to let nature do its thing. Unfortunately for both mayor and myself I have not gotten rich yet

  • @Sad_Bumper_Sticker
    @Sad_Bumper_Sticker Рік тому +2

    Love this.

  • @dominicherrera4610
    @dominicherrera4610 Рік тому

    ❤ awesome

  • @normabrien8331
    @normabrien8331 Рік тому +2

    I love the story. Thank you dude.

  • @melaniamonicacraciun9900
    @melaniamonicacraciun9900 Рік тому

    Human specie evolve...after the excessive industrial development, the most precious asset is turning back to natural beauties, managing such fortune with a different approach, wish them all villages on our planet become a natural park of a kind, a community like a castle's staff managing the local resources and building up the perfect habitat in perfect harmony with the environment

  • @TheL0wner
    @TheL0wner Рік тому

    best part is that he had to object to the notion of his ancestor calling him dude.

  • @sierragreen
    @sierragreen 5 місяців тому +1

    Cool, I've been looking for an excuse to stop mowing my lawn.

  • @Sensocomum1978
    @Sensocomum1978 Рік тому

    WHAT AN INCREDIBLE STORY!!!!!

  • @YY4Me133
    @YY4Me133 Рік тому

    @1:56 "...plants, animals, birds, and insects." Birds and insects _are_ animals.

  • @plankface
    @plankface Рік тому

    Genius 💚💚💚

  • @jonsutherland1
    @jonsutherland1 Рік тому

    Excellent....."dude"

  • @b_uppy
    @b_uppy Рік тому +1

    A better form is called RESTORATIVE ag. It still produces food, promotes localism, avoids the problems of conventional ag while providing habitat for wildlife.

  • @savethebeesplantherbs8809
    @savethebeesplantherbs8809 10 місяців тому

    This is the real England not the one forced upon her let life flourish let our blessed England breath again

  • @imianco8079
    @imianco8079 Рік тому +3

    what a cool finding by this couple driven by passion & obligation.. loved this story.. a needed solution that is simple & highly functional .. & i am still laughing here dude!!

  • @flynnrider4354
    @flynnrider4354 7 місяців тому

    I laughed so hard when he said 18th Century brain 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @sgrvtl7183
    @sgrvtl7183 Рік тому +2

    Absolutely Wonderful❗BRAVO‼💛💚

  • @fowleheidi482
    @fowleheidi482 Рік тому

    Priceless!

  • @CaseEverett-r5y
    @CaseEverett-r5y Рік тому

    Thank you! Such a wonderful idea and video!. What a wonderful and inspiring proyect, exelent job, congratulations..

  • @ecclairmayo4153
    @ecclairmayo4153 Рік тому +1

    When leaving nature alone becomes a novel idea, you know we've become the villian. Its sad to see

  • @JK-br1mu
    @JK-br1mu Рік тому

    Amazing how resilient Naytcha is.

  • @ADVENTURESOFBZ
    @ADVENTURESOFBZ Рік тому

    Rewilding=Doing absolutely nothing 😂😂😂😂. Now that being said, I love it!!! I'm all for nature, I'm all for less to no progression. Absolutely let it be!! Love it

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth Рік тому

      Rewinding is moreso about reversing the effects of human civilization, a basic component also entails getting rid of invasive species, there are two types of introduced species, invasive and non invasive, invasive generally have no natural predators so they mess up eco systems, Florida has over 500 invasive species including Rhesus macaques, Vervet monkeys and Burmese pythons, and it's a big problem. The way I picture a rewilded society is sort of like human society living like Ewoks, or Hobits with technology. We need to do something, we humans are very destructive

  • @markcampbell7577
    @markcampbell7577 Рік тому +4

    The look of a healed landscape. It used to be good farming practice to let the farm or field go to seed a couple of years fallow . This became crop rotation but ignored diversity and increased herbicide use and loss of motility of gametes in all species while eroding the atmosphere. Fallow or wilding or crop burning is the better solution.

  • @愛莎-l4w
    @愛莎-l4w 3 місяці тому

    🎉❤❤❤

  • @cindythomas5895
    @cindythomas5895 Рік тому

    This so fantastic!!! Amazing

  • @davidholaday2817
    @davidholaday2817 Рік тому

    I’m pretty sure he would’ve said “dude.” That is the translation of what he would’ve said that day into the modern vernacular.

  • @martyminus90
    @martyminus90 Рік тому

    This is a great video. But should need some map graphics to shiw the scale.

  • @SeaTurtle515
    @SeaTurtle515 Рік тому +5

    Awesome!🌿🐝🦅🌸🐞🦊🐸🐴🐣🐛

  • @jeanneblondewomanstamping9788
    @jeanneblondewomanstamping9788 Рік тому +12

    This is such a fantastic concept, but a luxury most landowners could never afford. How was this feasible money wise for these folks? They were already in debt before they made this decision, and it must have taken many years before the land "rewilded" enough for eco-tourism to become viable.

    • @RussTillling
      @RussTillling Рік тому +8

      They used new eco-stewardship grants, sold their dairy equipment and rented-out their barns as offices. Elizabeth's first book "Wilding" is a fantastic read!

    • @blackthornsloe8049
      @blackthornsloe8049 Рік тому +7

      We are rewilding our two acres . It is stunning what a single year can do for land . Evening primrose as tall as we are . Tenfold native pollinators . The peace of wind in the waving grass , the finches eating the seeds of what used to be grass . Twenty to thirty baby trees have come up . Nature is so much smarter than we are .
      We live on a single , blue collar income . It takes no money .

    • @markhasenour12
      @markhasenour12 Рік тому +1

      Lots of BS in the video and the comments...

    • @blackthornsloe8049
      @blackthornsloe8049 Рік тому +2

      @@markhasenour12 yeah . Better go away so you can feel better .

    • @christophernixon4539
      @christophernixon4539 Рік тому +4

      @@markhasenour12 ​ How so? The proof is in the pudding. Going from bare dirt/mud to a thriving landscape with creatures now living there that were/are rare in all of Great Britain and even some that were extirpated from Great Britain, and having turning loss into profit, there is nothing but improvement. Have a better day.

  • @chrisread6103
    @chrisread6103 5 місяців тому

    W O N D E R F U L interview

  • @unclefreddieDied
    @unclefreddieDied Рік тому

    Mo!!!!

  • @isheetampancholi
    @isheetampancholi Рік тому

    'Dude' 😃

  • @hullshores
    @hullshores Рік тому

    Thank you for this awakening in reference to rewinding. I will share with friends and family. 🌳🦌

  • @Sensocomum1978
    @Sensocomum1978 Рік тому

    Let’s rewild LETS REWILD THE WORLD AGAIN !!!!

  • @keithgreenan7300
    @keithgreenan7300 Рік тому

    I would like to see them rewild new York city

  • @Windsongwoodshop
    @Windsongwoodshop Рік тому +1

    Anyone with a small bit of land can help. Plant native trees and bushes and wildflowers. Stop mowing and spraying every inch of the yard. Even a small portion of your property will help.

  • @愛莎-l4w
    @愛莎-l4w 3 місяці тому

    🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @andrewpierce1588
    @andrewpierce1588 Рік тому +1

    Back to Eden gardening.

  • @cbfarber5064
    @cbfarber5064 Рік тому +2

    If only more countries would take this as a serious solution to land improvement!

  • @winterlane2247
    @winterlane2247 Рік тому +2

    Love this!! Showers praise on our Creator!

  • @JakeLuke308
    @JakeLuke308 Рік тому +4

    Normally I would cringe at the idea of cattle being involved in rewilding. However, that's their natural habitat, so there you go. Keep it up.

    • @pxn748
      @pxn748 Рік тому

      And pigs, here in the US wild pigs are very destructive!

  • @robertlloyd122
    @robertlloyd122 Рік тому

    What predators are at work on this site, though? What are the checks on the large mammal numbers?

  • @wedruskimistrz5122
    @wedruskimistrz5122 6 місяців тому

    #PLANTMORETREES
    #LETRIVERSFLOWFREE
    #BeECOlogicallyMINIMALISTIC
    #INVESTinBIODiversity
    "Only when the last tree has been cut down, the last fish been caught, and the last stream poisoned, will we realize we cannot eat money."
    Cree Indian Prophecy
    There's a Japanese legend that says, "if you feel like you're losing everything, remember, trees lose their leaves every year, yet they still stand tall and wait for better days to come.”

  • @timeenoughforart
    @timeenoughforart Рік тому

    Corridors! We have a freeway system for cars, but not for nature.