Those kanuka logs will also help with terracing. Chinese privet is far stronger than tree privet (which has fewer allergy issues when flowering as well), you will probably want to cover the stump area if you can't grind or dig it out as they sucker a lot. Satisfying video!
Thats good to know. I left all the Chinese privet in as I didn't know what it was. Will have to go back and smash it. Thanks for your help and comments
I agree about clearing being addictive, we got our piece of paradise and have been here 7 weeks, we are still clearing, we can relate in so many ways to your lifestyle, with one exception, we have a cottage. Thanks for another great vid. Cant wait to see what you plant there.
Oh wow that's awesome. We were living pretty rough in the beginning, i imagine a cottage will be good - no need to cook outside all the tine. Yes lots to plant, going mainly subtropical and tropical since the bush is pretty sheltered
No range or oven inside so actually still cook outside on the BBQ and have a pizza oven, (well he cooks not me) 😆 the woodstove should be fitted this week hopefully. The cottage has broken windows, glass and rot, all jobs that need to be done. The land was neglected for 2 and a half years, montbretia, onion weed and blackberry took over the once manicured cottage gardens. Absolutely loving the progress of actually being able to see what's under it all. We've been watching from the start of your adventure and look forward to the weekly video. 😀
@janninehodgson2815 oh wow, I dont have many viewers, so you must be one of the first. Thanks for watching. Sounds like you are going through an adventure of your own. We moved on to the land in early spring so it was a bit easier. I bet you'll love having that wood stove, will really make a difference
Much Love Kells & Dan. Miss you guys loads. This filled my cup tonight. My weekly fix of New Zealand. Just what I needed.. Can't wait to get over sometime .
Looks like that privet was a hangehange, you can tell them apart from privet given that little taper towards the point of the leaf and they are quite a bit more glossy lush green than the dark matte green of tree privet. The tree privet also tend to have a very emergent upright growth pattern, single stem for the first meter or two and then bushing out a bit, hangehange will most often be found deep into the bush canopy - overall humid and shaded, and will have little dry seeds hanging on them for months.
This is so useful! I had a guy round the other day who knows a lot about trees and he mentioned that one thing I thought was privet was a native!! Really hard to tell. Thanks for those tips.
That comment about how new zealand was untouched at the same time colleges were being built in england really puts it into perspective! wow! Great video as always, I look forward to watching these!
Thanks so much. I grew up near Cambridge, so these odd little details stand out to me. I am glad you find it interesting too. Thanks for your comment and support, I appreciate it.
Great stuff, I hope my Hillside Garden one day looks like yours and we're hacking our way through it and have that amount of biomass and such healthy soil! There's many decades of abuse to undo though, and it doesn't happen in the space of a decade in our very dry but also temperate climate.
Just looked it up - it's called bush lawyer here too. People use it for all kinds of teas and potions. I think im just going to keep hacking it away when i see it.
Just looked them up. Thought they were regular ponga that had died young. Thanks for the info. They were incredibly light too unlike ponga that tend to be heavier.
@@projectparadiseNZ There are lots of different types of ferns in nz but i think the Whekī in the only one that will regrow. The only edible ground fern im aware of is the NZ native Pikopiko, the young shoots can be picked and blanched - kinda tastes like Asparagus.
Those kanuka logs will also help with terracing. Chinese privet is far stronger than tree privet (which has fewer allergy issues when flowering as well), you will probably want to cover the stump area if you can't grind or dig it out as they sucker a lot. Satisfying video!
Thats good to know. I left all the Chinese privet in as I didn't know what it was. Will have to go back and smash it. Thanks for your help and comments
I agree about clearing being addictive, we got our piece of paradise and have been here 7 weeks, we are still clearing, we can relate in so many ways to
your lifestyle, with one exception, we have a cottage. Thanks for another great vid. Cant wait to see what you plant there.
Oh wow that's awesome. We were living pretty rough in the beginning, i imagine a cottage will be good - no need to cook outside all the tine. Yes lots to plant, going mainly subtropical and tropical since the bush is pretty sheltered
No range or oven inside so actually still cook outside on the BBQ and have a pizza oven, (well he cooks not me) 😆 the woodstove should be fitted this week hopefully. The cottage has broken windows, glass and rot, all jobs that need to be done. The land was neglected for 2 and a half years, montbretia, onion weed and blackberry took over the once manicured cottage gardens. Absolutely loving the progress of actually being able to see what's under it all. We've been watching from the start of your adventure and look forward to the weekly video. 😀
@janninehodgson2815 oh wow, I dont have many viewers, so you must be one of the first. Thanks for watching. Sounds like you are going through an adventure of your own. We moved on to the land in early spring so it was a bit easier. I bet you'll love having that wood stove, will really make a difference
Much Love Kells & Dan. Miss you guys loads. This filled my cup tonight. My weekly fix of New Zealand. Just what I needed.. Can't wait to get over sometime .
Nice one Blair. Im so glad you can experience a bit of NZ through us.
Looks like that privet was a hangehange, you can tell them apart from privet given that little taper towards the point of the leaf and they are quite a bit more glossy lush green than the dark matte green of tree privet. The tree privet also tend to have a very emergent upright growth pattern, single stem for the first meter or two and then bushing out a bit, hangehange will most often be found deep into the bush canopy - overall humid and shaded, and will have little dry seeds hanging on them for months.
This is so useful! I had a guy round the other day who knows a lot about trees and he mentioned that one thing I thought was privet was a native!! Really hard to tell. Thanks for those tips.
That comment about how new zealand was untouched at the same time colleges were being built in england really puts it into perspective! wow! Great video as always, I look forward to watching these!
Thanks so much. I grew up near Cambridge, so these odd little details stand out to me. I am glad you find it interesting too. Thanks for your comment and support, I appreciate it.
I'm not sure why but this is my favourite video so far.
Thanks Craig. The whole thing was my wife's idea - maybe she is onto something
Truly amazing. I love our life here ❤ thank you for this awesome video love ❤ looking good ❤
We are beyond lucky. Xx
Great stuff, I hope my Hillside Garden one day looks like yours and we're hacking our way through it and have that amount of biomass and such healthy soil! There's many decades of abuse to undo though, and it doesn't happen in the space of a decade in our very dry but also temperate climate.
Good luck with it. It's amazing what nature can do. I am sure you'll have something good before long. Thanks for watching and commenting
Great video guys, we call that vine Bush Lawyer but I can’t remember what its actual name is 😂
Bush lawyer! Thats awesome, I'm keeping that one.
Just looked it up - it's called bush lawyer here too. People use it for all kinds of teas and potions. I think im just going to keep hacking it away when i see it.
@@projectparadiseNZ Haha yea I live in NZ too, I first learnt the name tramping in the Te Uruwera's as a kid and found it hilarious then!
Ah cool, most viewers are from the US. I'm still finding out what half the plants are on our land. Good to have some local knowledge
Whekī ponga, they look dead, but would have continued to grow.
Just looked them up. Thought they were regular ponga that had died young. Thanks for the info. They were incredibly light too unlike ponga that tend to be heavier.
@@projectparadiseNZ You can actually replant them and they will eventually grow again.
Amazing. Not many trees that you could cut off at the base and then re plant.
@@projectparadiseNZ There are lots of different types of ferns in nz but i think the Whekī in the only one that will regrow. The only edible ground fern im aware of is the NZ native Pikopiko, the young shoots can be picked and blanched - kinda tastes like Asparagus.
@moonbrothers9098 ah I heard you could eat the young shoots of some if the ferns. Will have to see if I have any of this type