Eucalyptus is great for fire wood, aromatic, reduces insects, sustainable - frequently used in high elevations for its longevity, sustainability, and use for heat. Portugal has so much of this tree that it is an invasive that causes massive fires on the island and is required to be removed within &0 feet to any structure. Yet your use will be greatly advantageous. Chaste berry is good medicine for women to regulate cycles. Mulberry is a great cloth dye as well as a yummy berry! Pine is a great source of Vitamin C and needles are used in combo with sassafras and elderberry for sinus healing situations and allergy symptoms reduction. Love the berm update! Love your channel and all the projects you dive into in your homestead adventures!!!
@@fronniebealer7808 never got the jabby, found someone that made sprays from pine needle oil still use it when around folk that are sniffy, sneezy or jabbed so far not a cough, cold or flu. Cheers from 🇳🇿
Wait! Hold up! THREE YEARS AGO!?!? How can that BEEEEEE? My daughter used to joke about her "fruends" Ross, Rachel, Joey, Phoebe, Chandler, and Monica. I, in the same wry way, call you "my friends in Arizona". But how long have I been following you? No WONDER I feel like I know you guys! I'm so impressed with all you've done! Your hearts and souls are in this project! Thank you for bringing us along on your journey!
Wow!! Such progress on the berm and swale!! It is nice to see the bad with the good. Thank you for the update. Keep up the great work TSH and for sharing your family with us!
G’day Ash and Jon, just can’t help commenting about the eucalyptus concerns. I grew up in Victoria, Australia and yes they do drop branches, widowmakers, at random when heat stressed during summer and extended dry. When I bush walked I would hear them occasionally drop but you may hear a warning crack, but they do drop suddenly. This is only a safety concern for the large trees. On the fore risk, I could see the air building up with a vapor cloud, that would flash burn in the right conditions. I lived on a ridge above valleys so this was something I watched. There were days I just wouldn’t burn anything, on non declared fire ban days, because of this. I lived among mountain ash, messmate and blue gums, great timber resources. Your very few eucalypts aren’t really anything that I would worry about. I grew lots around these eucalypts, but when fires came they were intense and cleared most things. This was a great update, thank you.
You do have a lot of eucalyptus, they are a huge fire hazard here in Australia. Give them eight years and they will be huge. We call them “widow makers” because they will drop limbs, don’t plant them near buildings. As they grow they do affect the soil plants struggle to grow near them. Jeff Lawton doesn’t use them in swales they do use a lot of water. There are so many other plants you can use. I hope this helps.
That not entirely correct Sally. Eucs arent the fire hazard, its the near surface fuels that grow around them, and uneducated hoople heads that prevent effective prescribed burning programs. Healthy Eucs dont dropped branches typically, branches that fall are late growth that come from epicormic buds after a stress event. They arent anchored in the heart wood. Planted like this they will be a fantastic tree to cast some shade... maybe we should send over a couple of drop bears 😂
Your best video yet. We have all been hoping for these results because we believe in knowledge creating habitat. You started with bare land. Already it is so lush. Additionally, you ate now the torch bearers for the many new homesteaders. Fantastic news, fantastic work and a fantastic video!
Thank you for the update! Something to remember...when you plant perennials they usually sleep the first year, creep the second year and LEAP the 3rd year. There is still hope for your honey locust trees. :^)
Me again, Grew up on a ranch near Luke AFB. Ranchers planted Eucalyptus along Litchfield Road as a wing break. Those who were planted along irrigation ditches and they grew to be 50 to 80 feet tall. The wind break idea was good until during wind events, which you have experienced, very large branches fell in the road. Some ranchers took them down for that reason. Also, they produce tons of leaves and they drop them by the ton. Fire hazard, yes.
You didn't lose 5 trees, you added 60-something on hard mode. I planted 5 trees out back a couple of years ago and only 3 remain, and we've got good soil and plenty of rain.... y'all are doing great! Thanks for the update, I've been looking forward to this.
Eldarica (AKA Mondell or Goldwater pine) and eucalyptus were extremely popular landscape trees in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. I live in a condo in Tempe which has mostly the pines and eucalyptus with Chinese Elm and Shamel Ash. The roots of the pines lift up portions of the sidewalks. They removed five of the pines in the last week that were dead and there are still more to be removed. The increasing summer highs have accelerated the death of these trees. The eucalyptus drop branches when we have a windstorm but are still very healthy. (The eucalyptus are in the parking areas. Each unit has one covered parking space and we haven’t had major limbs fall on cars lately.🤞🤞🤞) All of the ash trees look horrible. The Chinese Elms are huge and still are very healthy. They have started to infill the areas that have lost trees with Southern Live Oak and Thevetia. I wish they would use native trees but mesquites and Palo verdes “don’t fit the architectural style of the complex”. The trees near the flood retention basins are thriving and provide welcome shade protection from the south. While I appreciate the aesthetics, the shade and the cooling effects of the several hundred trees in the complex, our water usage is incredibly high. I love seeing the progress on your homestead and recognize that some of these projects will take decades.
You all are so much fun to watch. I have enjoyed following over these past few years. Keep up the good work! A huge undertaking ! I’m rooting for you and your house build.!!!!
I feel your pain when it comes to dog damage. My backyard is comprised of Texas native plants. My wife and I were relaxing on our deck enjoying the yard when she made a comment. Why are so many of our plants medium to large sized and none are small. I pointed to our 2 Corgi’s which I refer to as bulldozers. When they play all bets are off. They run over whatever is in the way.
I have learned so much from you guys since I’ve been watching. Looks like the berm & swale are on the right track. This video was so good with the views of the mountains & lightning storms. Loved the glimpses of the cat in the tree. Every day I open UA-cam hoping to find a new video from you. Thanks for sharing your journey ❤️
Hi guys, hope you are all well. Your berm/swale is doing so well, I'm impressed. We usually only see it in the background, of course, but It's great to see a tour. Whenever I plant something new I make a basket for the roots out of chicken wire to keep the critters away from the root ball. Great video. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work. Peace. :)
In Spain some folks have taken desert like your area and planted tree rows. They plant them close together in a tree line a few feet apart and they plant one good tree then an undesirable garbage tree, then a good desirable tree... the garbage trees are selectively trimmed from time to time and the trimmed branches are cut into strait pieces and the pieces are laid along the tree rows next to the trunks so as the pieces decay they promote fungal growth and a relationship between the trees and ground starts creating soil... As the tree rows grow you gradually cut the garbage trees down completely and they exit the system, yet their branches rot at the feet of the good trees feeding the soil..... The decay is slower as the branches are large pieces piled up along the tree trunk rows unlike wood chips that heat up.... As you cut any tree branches a hormone is sent out through the fungal web in the tree roots and they warn the neighboring trees that a tree is being attacked so ALL of the trees put on growth.... the people in Spain made a few tree rows and they set up a control area with trees spaced the recommended distances apart and the ones in the control group were small and did not show growth where the ones put into tree lines close together and which got selectively trimmed bushed up and grew tall.... this method is in principal close to the SYNTROPIC AGROFORESTRY methods used in the tropics but each climate biome has its own needs.... You have a lot of Mesquite which is a nitrogen fixer soil builder pioneer species... MARK SHEPPARD mentioned that as the west was colonized they fed the lush cane to their cattle and as they used all of the native cane up the earth dried up more, the last very large beaver in North America was trapped in Arizona... MARK SHEPPARD plants a lot of ancient native trees on his land which are perfect for his biome... I wonder what plants and trees did well in Arizona and which would do well again if implemented.... The video of the folks in Spain are on you-tube as well and the title is R.A.S.
I brought home a honey locust seed pod from New Mexico about 10 years ago. I'm in NC mountains at 4000'. It's growing like crazy. Wicked thorns, lots of shade, spreads. Holds up to 60/70 mph winds. When they are 3/4 years stand back! They grow fast. Mine is 30 ft now. Probably different where you are but it's a great tree.
Wow hard to believe it's been 3 years already. Living at 1500 elevation in Arizona the trees and grounds look amazing. I love my desert willows too. Hummingbirds love them too. ❤❤
I have some friends that live in Mojave County and they are off grid and they can't have a well on their property they went to an auction and bought a 5000 gallon water truck only paid $2500 for runs pretty good they joke about when they take it to the co-op to fill because it takes a while to fill it but they only go get water every few months
The Pinus Eldarica are called by the common name Afghan Pine because they are from the mountains in Afghanistan.They for came to the USA by way of an Arizona resident who started a plantation in Sedone Arizona called Topper Tree Farm around 1974. The tree was originally named after the Botanist who first discovered it, Mondell. Topper Tree Farm was growing them in one gallon containers and selling most to Saudi Arabia for foresting their western maountains along the Red Sea. The take extreme heat & cold. They like other pines need to have their root system colonized with symbiotic fungi which are Ectomycorrhizal. The type of fungi that will produce mushrooms or truffle. Pisolithus tinctorius is the best and this will also colonize Oak Trees. They help increase water and nutrient uptake by over 200%.
For berry trees get some cheese cloth and as the berries come in...drape the trees so the berries cam mature and birds can't get them. Not full proof but we do this with our berry bushes in New England
OK guys every time you start your videos with you two sliding from left and right to the middle, it makes me laugh🤣😂. I hope you two having as much fun creating your videos, as we enjoy watching.🤓
I love your update videos. I am always surprised by how long I have watched you. I never would gave guessed it has been 3 years since you started the berms and swales. Looks like eucalyptus is the winner as far as the most prolific, but you need diversity. I'm looking forward to the next update in 3 more years! 😉
PLEASE CHANGE THE HIGHLIGHT SIGNAL. Hey we love you all. Been watching for ever. I have a beagle that we think was a Laboratory rescue. We rehomed him in 2017. He loves watching TSH with me( loves the doodles we had 2 but they’ve both passed.). The bell sound sends Barney into EXTREME PANIC MODE. Shaking whining etc. hoping you might be able to accommodate us. If not we understand. Keep up the great videos. 🦮
I would experiment implant palm trees a couple apple trees peach trees orange trees. And I would dig a big old hole and try and make a lake for swimming
Thanks for this helpful update. Your Greening the Desert playlists was what really got me inspired about what is possible in the desert. It was those videos that got me interested in your challenge and from their I binged on the rest of your content.
Good Morning ☕️ exciting to see the trees and updates on the swales! I can't remember which tree i sponcered. Still exciting to see them all! I think it was a redmulberry
We planted some sweet gun trees when we built a house in the woods in MIssissippi (sub=tropical). On one side of the house I put Job's Tree Stakes at the base of the trees. Five years later those with the fertilizer where 20 feet taller than those without.
It’s really beautiful, so satisfying to see how hard work pays off. That Chinese Elm is a destroyer, sucks up all the water, proliferates like crazy, super invasive, but that’s just my experience.
@@TinyShinyHomethe Honey Locusts are a cultivar and may do pretty good. They seem to hold up in Albuquerque which is at a similar elevation, though they may be wider than tall. They may also get better with taller trees maturing nearby.The pioneer Black Locust is the one with large thorns, though there are cultivars with smaller thorns. The Desert Willows bloomed twice this summer. I am enamered by them. Stick em in the bottom of the swale [where its sort of a dry area of the swale], creating a mini-forest that might get 20 feet high. Have you tried an Ornamental [Purple] Plum? With some water they hold their own in the heat and cold at 5,000 feet; also the Ornamental Pear is popular with some water. Also check with the oldtimers around the valley. Trees are so mysterious.
Actually most plant experts recommend planting in the native soils (no big holes, humus, nor fertilizers). Don't baby the trees. Watering really depends on a variety of factors. Be happy with 10 to 20% success the first two years. 😮
Something you might want consider regarding your irrigation system... Its clear that a 1/2" pipe supplying the entire length is far to small to give the volume of water you need. Take a look at running a 1" pipe to the middle of the irrigation piping and put a "tee" with 2 valves to split the volume of water..... I think the trees on the end are not getting enough water.
I've cut down dozens of those Honey Locust trees trying to eradicate them. Some of the thorns are six inches long and will go right through a tractor tire or your foot. They sprout up from the roots and seeds. I wish you the best of luck with them 🙏❤️
I love the Eucalyptus trees, I have a few of the same kind myself, but I never heard that they drop sap and cause fires! Yikes, well they get good water. Good to see you all!
The eucalypts won't burn your homestead down in the concentration you have them but they do like to attract fire by dropping large amounts of tinder dry leaves, bark, branches and boughs, since they can survive fire whereas their competition can't. This can be a huge boon, it's a ready supply of the very best kindling and firewood you can get, delivered right to the bottom of the tree, Word of warning, don't build under them they can drop some huge boughs.
Just watched this episode and I thought you might like to hear a couple of things I don't know you may already know them. You could this planted all over California to use for railroad ties when they were building the rail road. Mulberries were encouraged on the East Coast because someone had the idea that silkworms would eat them and they could cut into the silkworm trade., and lastly, I don't know if honey Locust is the same but here I burn Locust and it's a great hardwood to burn but my guess is because it's such a hardwood, maybe it's slow growing as well....
You plant and learn from what didn’t work. Then you plant and repeat. You are doing great. Everybody has trees they do not like mine is pine trees. But even I will admit they have there benefits.
I have heard that fish emulsion fertilizer works as a deterrent for gophers and voles. I use it in my raised beds. Also some chicken manure mixed w straw around the trees might help retain moisture. Love watching your show.
I feel like if a lot of people do this it will start to change the weather patterns since with more water in the soil three will be more evaporation. I saw a place like that in Australia that was big enough to cause its own weather pattern, Willems Pound.
Great video as always,just a hint on the trees,I have mulberries, chaise,china berry, pine,mesquite, yucca,desert willow,cottonwood. I live in a desert 4 hours away from yall. I water them twice a week,I also buy the stick fertilizer, and that seems to help. Be patient, yalls trees will grow,it takes time. I've also cut my mesquite into trees. You all don't have yuccas or any cacti on ur property? I think I'm the only one that keeps the natural vegetation on my 4 acres. Everyone,most scrap it off. I have more quail,rabbits etc. It's their home too!
@@TinyShinyHome, I also think its a popular tradition in the southwest to keep big ole dead trees, especially cottonwoods! Maybe I watched too many westerns...LOL 😊
Thats pretty correct for the ornamental Honey Locusts.... wider than tall. Vitex in a grouping is another flowering ornamental popular in Albuquerque that takes less water, not too tall. That swale is sounding more and more like an experimental garden with some anchor trees.
I would like to know more about your cats. We are considering planting trees along a berm but to think the ground squirrels would eat the roots is demoralizing. A young cat recently moved onto our 40 acre property. We are feeding him and giving him a place to hide from the coyotes. How do you manage your cat population? Where do they go in the cold weather? Are any of them neutered? What should we consider before expanding our cats. Thanks for your videos. They are quite instructive.
👍🏻. Thanks for the update. I’ve planted a lot of trees over the years and the majority didn’t make it. The ones that did typically looked like puny little things for years and just about the time I would start thinking they were never going to grow … boom … I would look out and be surprised to see a tree where a puny plant had been 😂. It takes about 3-5 years here for a tree to really start growing and we get a lot more rainfall than you so it’s probably going to be even longer before most of your trees start looking like trees. The eucalyptus and Cyprus look great though.
Eucalyptus is great for fire wood, aromatic, reduces insects, sustainable - frequently used in high elevations for its longevity, sustainability, and use for heat. Portugal has so much of this tree that it is an invasive that causes massive fires on the island and is required to be removed within &0 feet to any structure. Yet your use will be greatly advantageous. Chaste berry is good medicine for women to regulate cycles. Mulberry is a great cloth dye as well as a yummy berry! Pine is a great source of Vitamin C and needles are used in combo with sassafras and elderberry for sinus healing situations and allergy symptoms reduction. Love the berm update! Love your channel and all the projects you dive into in your homestead adventures!!!
Have heard the pine will mitigate the effects of certain jabby jabs. I keep pine essential oils for all kinds of ills.
@@fronniebealer7808,I make a tea out of the needles,high in vitamin c.
White tamarind(leucaena leucocephala) is good for desert areas because it provide shade, but it also have to be away from any structure.
Some of those eucalyptus are to closed to the house.
@@fronniebealer7808 never got the jabby, found someone that made sprays from pine needle oil still use it when around folk that are sniffy, sneezy or jabbed so far not a cough, cold or flu.
Cheers from 🇳🇿
Wait! Hold up! THREE YEARS AGO!?!? How can that BEEEEEE? My daughter used to joke about her "fruends" Ross, Rachel, Joey, Phoebe, Chandler, and Monica. I, in the same wry way, call you "my friends in Arizona". But how long have I been following you? No WONDER I feel like I know you guys! I'm so impressed with all you've done! Your hearts and souls are in this project! Thank you for bringing us along on your journey!
I know really I have been watching since the moved on the property
Excellent. "The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit:" Nelson Henderson
Rudy is a great guy. He helped me pick out my property
Holy cow I watched you put it in great job didn't realize that I have been watching your videos that long 😊
Good to see you all! Looks like the berm and swale are holding up and doing what you want them to! Love the variety of trees!
I'm still in awe that ANYTHING grows out there... so Thanks for showing both the potential AND the challenges. 👍
It takes about three years for a tree to get established. After that a lot of your trees may begin to really grow.
Saying for planting trees: First year they sleep, 2nd year they creep 3rd year they start to grow!
Sitting with the photo of my tree in my lap, fun, fun, fun and my mulberry is still alive!
Wow!! Such progress on the berm and swale!! It is nice to see the bad with the good. Thank you for the update. Keep up the great work TSH and for sharing your family with us!
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Thank you for the update. Cant believe it's been 3 years. You're still my favorite TV show!
G’day Ash and Jon, just can’t help commenting about the eucalyptus concerns. I grew up in Victoria, Australia and yes they do drop branches, widowmakers, at random when heat stressed during summer and extended dry. When I bush walked I would hear them occasionally drop but you may hear a warning crack, but they do drop suddenly. This is only a safety concern for the large trees. On the fore risk, I could see the air building up with a vapor cloud, that would flash burn in the right conditions. I lived on a ridge above valleys so this was something I watched. There were days I just wouldn’t burn anything, on non declared fire ban days, because of this. I lived among mountain ash, messmate and blue gums, great timber resources. Your very few eucalypts aren’t really anything that I would worry about. I grew lots around these eucalypts, but when fires came they were intense and cleared most things. This was a great update, thank you.
You do have a lot of eucalyptus, they are a huge fire hazard here in Australia. Give them eight years and they will be huge. We call them “widow makers” because they will drop limbs, don’t plant them near buildings. As they grow they do affect the soil plants struggle to grow near them. Jeff Lawton doesn’t use them in swales they do use a lot of water. There are so many other plants you can use. I hope this helps.
They are appropriately placed, and can always be chopped for firewood later if they get too large. That’s part of the whole design.
Can the branches be cut and sold for a fresh smell indoors?
That not entirely correct Sally. Eucs arent the fire hazard, its the near surface fuels that grow around them, and uneducated hoople heads that prevent effective prescribed burning programs. Healthy Eucs dont dropped branches typically, branches that fall are late growth that come from epicormic buds after a stress event. They arent anchored in the heart wood. Planted like this they will be a fantastic tree to cast some shade... maybe we should send over a couple of drop bears 😂
Your best video yet. We have all been hoping for these results because we believe in knowledge creating habitat. You started with bare land. Already it is so lush. Additionally, you ate now the torch bearers for the many new homesteaders. Fantastic news, fantastic work and a fantastic video!
Thank you for the update! Something to remember...when you plant perennials they usually sleep the first year, creep the second year and LEAP the 3rd year. There is still hope for your honey locust trees. :^)
Love the berm and swale! We did half moons this year for our blueberries and figs. It has worked great.
High desert but north of you. We love those pines. They take off after a few years and really grow quickly.
Me again, Grew up on a ranch near Luke AFB. Ranchers planted Eucalyptus along Litchfield Road as a wing break. Those who were planted along irrigation ditches and they grew to be 50 to 80 feet tall. The wind break idea was good until during wind events, which you have experienced, very large branches fell in the road. Some ranchers took them down for that reason. Also, they produce tons of leaves and they drop them by the ton. Fire hazard, yes.
You didn't lose 5 trees, you added 60-something on hard mode. I planted 5 trees out back a couple of years ago and only 3 remain, and we've got good soil and plenty of rain.... y'all are doing great! Thanks for the update, I've been looking forward to this.
Eldarica (AKA Mondell or Goldwater pine) and eucalyptus were extremely popular landscape trees in the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. I live in a condo in Tempe which has mostly the pines and eucalyptus with Chinese Elm and Shamel Ash. The roots of the pines lift up portions of the sidewalks. They removed five of the pines in the last week that were dead and there are still more to be removed. The increasing summer highs have accelerated the death of these trees. The eucalyptus drop branches when we have a windstorm but are still very healthy. (The eucalyptus are in the parking areas. Each unit has one covered parking space and we haven’t had major limbs fall on cars lately.🤞🤞🤞) All of the ash trees look horrible. The Chinese Elms are huge and still are very healthy. They have started to infill the areas that have lost trees with Southern Live Oak and Thevetia. I wish they would use native trees but mesquites and Palo verdes “don’t fit the architectural style of the complex”. The trees near the flood retention basins are thriving and provide welcome shade protection from the south. While I appreciate the aesthetics, the shade and the cooling effects of the several hundred trees in the complex, our water usage is incredibly high. I love seeing the progress on your homestead and recognize that some of these projects will take decades.
You all are so much fun to watch. I have enjoyed following over these past few years. Keep up the good work! A huge undertaking ! I’m rooting for you and your house build.!!!!
I feel your pain when it comes to dog damage. My backyard is comprised of Texas native plants. My wife and I were relaxing on our deck enjoying the yard when she made a comment. Why are so many of our plants medium to large sized and none are small. I pointed to our 2 Corgi’s which I refer to as bulldozers. When they play all bets are off. They run over whatever is in the way.
Try some pepper trees - once established, they self-water, and they grow like the wind!
I have learned so much from you guys since I’ve been watching. Looks like the berm & swale are on the right track. This video was so good with the views of the mountains & lightning storms. Loved the glimpses of the cat in the tree. Every day I open UA-cam hoping to find a new video from you. Thanks for sharing your journey ❤️
I can’t believe I’ve been following for more than 3 years. It’s sure been fun.❤️🙏🏻
👋😇👍Awesome results overall, have a good weekend and count your blessings. 👌✌️👋🙏
Hi guys, hope you are all well. Your berm/swale is doing so well, I'm impressed. We usually only see it in the background, of course, but It's great to see a tour. Whenever I plant something new I make a basket for the roots out of chicken wire to keep the critters away from the root ball. Great video. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the good work. Peace. :)
In Spain some folks have taken desert like your area and planted tree rows. They plant them close together in a tree line a few feet apart and they plant one good tree then an undesirable garbage tree, then a good desirable tree... the garbage trees are selectively trimmed from time to time and the trimmed branches are cut into strait pieces and the pieces are laid along the tree rows next to the trunks so as the pieces decay they promote fungal growth and a relationship between the trees and ground starts creating soil... As the tree rows grow you gradually cut the garbage trees down completely and they exit the system, yet their branches rot at the feet of the good trees feeding the soil..... The decay is slower as the branches are large pieces piled up along the tree trunk rows unlike wood chips that heat up.... As you cut any tree branches a hormone is sent out through the fungal web in the tree roots and they warn the neighboring trees that a tree is being attacked so ALL of the trees put on growth.... the people in Spain made a few tree rows and they set up a control area with trees spaced the recommended distances apart and the ones in the control group were small and did not show growth where the ones put into tree lines close together and which got selectively trimmed bushed up and grew tall.... this method is in principal close to the SYNTROPIC AGROFORESTRY methods used in the tropics but each climate biome has its own needs.... You have a lot of Mesquite which is a nitrogen fixer soil builder pioneer species... MARK SHEPPARD mentioned that as the west was colonized they fed the lush cane to their cattle and as they used all of the native cane up the earth dried up more, the last very large beaver in North America was trapped in Arizona... MARK SHEPPARD plants a lot of ancient native trees on his land which are perfect for his biome... I wonder what plants and trees did well in Arizona and which would do well again if implemented.... The video of the folks in Spain are on you-tube as well and the title is R.A.S.
Yes in the original video we talk about how some trees will be firewood as the good ones grow and fill in the space.
The best thing about the pine trees are the pinecones💚 pinecones are cool. Lol
I brought home a honey locust seed pod from New Mexico about 10 years ago.
I'm in NC mountains at 4000'.
It's growing like crazy. Wicked thorns, lots of shade, spreads.
Holds up to 60/70 mph winds.
When they are 3/4 years stand back! They grow fast.
Mine is 30 ft now.
Probably different where you are but it's a great tree.
Yeah these don’t have thorns so it must be a different strain. They are supposed to grow fast though 😂
I was just commenting about the thorns but it true that some of them don't have thorns but I cut them all down, thorns or not.
Wow hard to believe it's been 3 years already. Living at 1500 elevation in Arizona the trees and grounds look amazing. I love my desert willows too. Hummingbirds love them too. ❤❤
Thanks for the update!!!😊🎉❤
Great job guys. Time really flies, it doesn't seem like it's been 3 years.
I just love watch whatever you post.
I have some friends that live in Mojave County and they are off grid and they can't have a well on their property they went to an auction and bought a 5000 gallon water truck only paid $2500 for runs pretty good they joke about when they take it to the co-op to fill because it takes a while to fill it but they only go get water every few months
The Pinus Eldarica are called by the common name Afghan Pine because they are from the mountains in Afghanistan.They for came to the USA by way of an Arizona resident who started a plantation in Sedone Arizona called Topper Tree Farm around 1974. The tree was originally named after the Botanist who first discovered it, Mondell. Topper Tree Farm was growing them in one gallon containers and selling most to Saudi Arabia for foresting their western maountains along the Red Sea. The take extreme heat & cold. They like other pines need to have their root system colonized with symbiotic fungi which are Ectomycorrhizal. The type of fungi that will produce mushrooms or truffle. Pisolithus tinctorius is the best and this will also colonize Oak Trees. They help increase water and nutrient uptake by over 200%.
Thank you for your very helpful comment!
I was planning to ask if they were trying to say Eldarica Pine. Thank you for posting this already before I asked!
The grass covering the ground will keep soil biology cool and alive for longer every wet
This is so encouraging. I have seen videos in Africa using the same idea. Keep the videos coming.
Be aware that eucalyptus have a tendacy to drop branches as they get bigger and older, "from Australia with millions of eucalyptus" LOL
Sure, they aren’t really near buildings, but we can always turn into firewood if we think they’re getting dangerous.
Sooooo cool to see it take shape! 💯
For berry trees get some cheese cloth and as the berries come in...drape the trees so the berries cam mature and birds can't get them. Not full proof but we do this with our berry bushes in New England
Thanks for the update!
OK guys every time you start your videos with you two sliding from left and right to the middle, it makes me laugh🤣😂. I hope you two having as much fun creating your videos, as we enjoy watching.🤓
It makes us smile!!😊😊
Some trees just grow slower than others. I love that you have hackberry trees in your mix. They take a while to get big, but are great for birds.
great to see and follow an update of the water and tree growth situation!!
I love your update videos. I am always surprised by how long I have watched you. I never would gave guessed it has been 3 years since you started the berms and swales. Looks like eucalyptus is the winner as far as the most prolific, but you need diversity. I'm looking forward to the next update in 3 more years! 😉
Pine needle tea is an immunity booster. FYI. Not being bossy I think when you put more swales in try other varieties.
You guys are so sweet!! Thank you for the update! 😊
PLEASE CHANGE THE HIGHLIGHT SIGNAL. Hey we love you all. Been watching for ever. I have a beagle that we think was a Laboratory rescue. We rehomed him in 2017. He loves watching TSH with me( loves the doodles we had 2 but they’ve both passed.). The bell sound sends Barney into EXTREME PANIC MODE. Shaking whining etc. hoping you might be able to accommodate us. If not we understand. Keep up the great videos. 🦮
Great update. Thank you so much! I am hoping to try this on my property.
Anand Malligavad did it over 3 years beautiful result, you doing an awesome job
I was thinking just this week about this exact subject! Thank you for the update.
Great photos and update!
I would experiment implant palm trees a couple apple trees peach trees orange trees. And I would dig a big old hole and try and make a lake for swimming
If you have not already done so, look into air layering to root new tree starts from existing plants.
Each in their own time, will flourish. Good job. Good seeing how things are going for the trees. 💖
Thanks for this helpful update. Your Greening the Desert playlists was what really got me inspired about what is possible in the desert. It was those videos that got me interested in your challenge and from their I binged on the rest of your content.
Good Morning ☕️ exciting to see the trees and updates on the swales! I can't remember which tree i sponcered. Still exciting to see them all! I think it was a redmulberry
We planted some sweet gun trees when we built a house in the woods in MIssissippi (sub=tropical). On one side of the house I put Job's Tree Stakes at the base of the trees. Five years later those with the fertilizer where 20 feet taller than those without.
We’ve been waiting up to see the progress on the berm & swales. Haven’t watched yet……might mean I’ll make a couple of comments.
It’s really beautiful, so satisfying to see how hard work pays off. That Chinese Elm is a destroyer, sucks up all the water, proliferates like crazy, super invasive, but that’s just my experience.
Awesome update 👏 👌 😎 ❤
Thank you for the update, we were just wondering about how the berms and trees were doing.
To be in the desert the Berm and Swale work wonderfully.
Keep it up guys👍
Thanks for the update
This is my favorite project that you have done.
So impressed with the progress! Definitely a long-term project and your grandchildren will thank you for your foresight 🙂
Juniper and a birch grove.
Looking so green right now🎉..
Bonus, the Honey Locust can be an insanely thorny tree. Like 6” thorns, no joke. Be careful as they get bigger.
These are thornless
yay, that’s awesome!
@@TinyShinyHomethe Honey Locusts are a cultivar and may do pretty good. They seem to hold up in Albuquerque which is at a similar elevation, though they may be wider than tall. They may also get better with taller trees maturing nearby.The pioneer Black Locust is the one with large thorns, though there are cultivars with smaller thorns. The Desert Willows bloomed twice this summer. I am enamered by them. Stick em in the bottom of the swale [where its sort of a dry area of the swale], creating a mini-forest that might get 20 feet high. Have you tried an Ornamental [Purple] Plum? With some water they hold their own in the heat and cold at 5,000 feet; also the Ornamental Pear is popular with some water. Also check with the oldtimers around the valley. Trees are so mysterious.
When you plant trees, you have to dig a big hole and fill it with a lot of organic mass, which will feed the tree and hold humidity. A big hole!
Actually most plant experts recommend planting in the native soils (no big holes, humus, nor fertilizers). Don't baby the trees. Watering really depends on a variety of factors. Be happy with 10 to 20% success the first two years. 😮
TY for the update! Great progress on your first berm!
This is a great re cap .. always rewarding to watch.. Amazing family 🙏💖
Something you might want consider regarding your irrigation system... Its clear that a 1/2" pipe supplying the entire length is far to small to give the volume of water you need. Take a look at running a 1" pipe to the middle of the irrigation piping and put a "tee" with 2 valves to split the volume of water..... I think the trees on the end are not getting enough water.
We don’t have the infrastructure to move that much water. Also this is sized appropriately per Rudy’s recommendations.
Thank you for the update on the berm. Like the progress of the plants.
That Loco Weed/Datura at 29:11 is where your horn worms come from. Thanks for sharing.
I really enjoy the wildness of your high desert property!
We just got pecan trees I am stoked to see how they do
They grow them and pestachios commercially in New Mexico, but there are better places in the US.
I've cut down dozens of those Honey Locust trees trying to eradicate them. Some of the thorns are six inches long and will go right through a tractor tire or your foot. They sprout up from the roots and seeds. I wish you the best of luck with them 🙏❤️
Ours are thornless 🤷🏼♂️
I love the Eucalyptus trees, I have a few of the same kind myself, but I never heard that they drop sap and cause fires! Yikes, well they get good water. Good to see you all!
The eucalypts won't burn your homestead down in the concentration you have them but they do like to attract fire by dropping large amounts of tinder dry leaves, bark, branches and boughs, since they can survive fire whereas their competition can't. This can be a huge boon, it's a ready supply of the very best kindling and firewood you can get, delivered right to the bottom of the tree, Word of warning, don't build under them they can drop some huge boughs.
Just watched this episode and I thought you might like to hear a couple of things I don't know you may already know them. You could this planted all over California to use for railroad ties when they were building the rail road. Mulberries were encouraged on the East Coast because someone had the idea that silkworms would eat them and they could cut into the silkworm trade., and lastly, I don't know if honey Locust is the same but here I burn Locust and it's a great hardwood to burn but my guess is because it's such a hardwood, maybe it's slow growing as well....
Thank you for the update. Wow, the trees are doing great.
You plant and learn from what didn’t work. Then you plant and repeat. You are doing great. Everybody has trees they do not like mine is pine trees. But even I will admit they have there benefits.
Pines are having some challenge with global warming...as are many others. Nature around us does give some hints.
I have heard that fish emulsion fertilizer works as a deterrent for gophers and voles. I use it in my raised beds. Also some chicken manure mixed w straw around the trees might help retain moisture. Love watching your show.
You need a Texas ebony tree. Have one in my backyard in Az. Never water it, and it's 12 foot tall and wide. Very thorny won't get eaten.
I feel like if a lot of people do this it will start to change the weather patterns since with more water in the soil three will be more evaporation. I saw a place like that in Australia that was big enough to cause its own weather pattern, Willems Pound.
The dog issue is breed specific for the most part!
Have a great holiday, be safe on the roads.
Great video as always,just a hint on the trees,I have mulberries, chaise,china berry, pine,mesquite, yucca,desert willow,cottonwood. I live in a desert 4 hours away from yall. I water them twice a week,I also buy the stick fertilizer, and that seems to help. Be patient, yalls trees will grow,it takes time. I've also cut my mesquite into trees. You all don't have yuccas or any cacti on ur property? I think I'm the only one that keeps the natural vegetation on my 4 acres. Everyone,most scrap it off. I have more quail,rabbits etc. It's their home too!
We definitely keep all the native stuff here. But the berm is kind of a whole different thing.
@@TinyShinyHome, I also think its a popular tradition in the southwest to keep big ole dead trees, especially cottonwoods! Maybe I watched too many westerns...LOL 😊
You are all doing th we best you can and that's it
Trees are pretty independent-minded!
12:55 Color coded tree chart. 👍
When you first planted those honey locust I mentioned that they don't grow well out west. I have some I planted 40 years ago that are only 12 ft tall.
We’ve seen them grow great at the local nursery. We’ll figure it out.
Thats pretty correct for the ornamental Honey Locusts.... wider than tall. Vitex in a grouping is another flowering ornamental popular in Albuquerque that takes less water, not too tall. That swale is sounding more and more like an experimental garden with some anchor trees.
Quite enjoyed this update!
I really like the update.
Thanks guys111111111
Thank you lovely couplefor the update on your trees
I would like to know more about your cats. We are considering planting trees along a berm but to think the ground squirrels would eat the roots is demoralizing. A young cat recently moved onto our 40 acre property. We are feeding him and giving him a place to hide from the coyotes. How do you manage your cat population? Where do they go in the cold weather? Are any of them neutered? What should we consider before expanding our cats. Thanks for your videos. They are quite instructive.
👍🏻. Thanks for the update. I’ve planted a lot of trees over the years and the majority didn’t make it. The ones that did typically looked like puny little things for years and just about the time I would start thinking they were never going to grow … boom … I would look out and be surprised to see a tree where a puny plant had been 😂. It takes about 3-5 years here for a tree to really start growing and we get a lot more rainfall than you so it’s probably going to be even longer before most of your trees start looking like trees. The eucalyptus and Cyprus look great though.
❤❤❤wonderful to see all and I too understand more each time thank you for sharing imformation❤❤❤