What Our WOODS Tell Us - Ep. 025
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- Опубліковано 31 лип 2024
- As the winter snow started to melt and spring was approaching, we were getting eager to get out and explore more of our land. Being that it's our first spring here-we really wanted to hit the ground running and get a better sense of our forest and how we could optimize it for health. We brought in Michael DeMunn-a well-respected local forester and conservationist to walk the land with us and read the forest through the trees so to speak.
Though we only got through a small portion of the forest-his wisdom and insights really helped us understand what we need to do to optimize forest health and be better stewards on the land.
Enjoy this walk in the woods!
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I rarely comment on UA-cam videos, but I feel so compelled to express my gratitude for your content. I'm just enamoured by the passion you and your guests share combined with the perfect cinematography and sounds. Your channel is truly like a warm hug and i feel genuine joy whenever i see you upload. Thank you so much!
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@@FlockFingerLakes I agree with matblasch. This is the first video of yours I've seen and I will definitely be watching more. It's very timely as we just bought a place with a small woodlot and are studying up to be good stewards of it. Love your approach to the whole process, and the guest was incredibly informative!
@matblasch you took the words out of my mouth. This is probably my fifth UA-cam comment ever.
@Flock, I truly wish you all the best, and I’m always looking forward to the next video.
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I love how you let the people you visit and interview talk without interruption.
It’s called maturity and respect. Summer Oaks has mastered these uncommon personality traits. ❤️
Thank you Flock squad for this beautiful Sunday morning educational episode ❤️!
The big oak made me so emotional - imagine an entire old-growth forest ..
Me too.
They exist! Even on the east coast. I toured one owned by Rutgers university. You just gotta know someone who knows all the cool spotd
Same..
Same. Stirred up some big feelings in me.
Outstanding episode. Too many people think they are friends of trees don’t understand that Forrest management is good for our forests. Can’t wait to see you,Joey and Sander rehab this land.
So beautiful watching Michael's face light up over the monarch. Great job with the camera and letting him talk and asking him great questions. Tears in my eyes, I can feel the love you all have for the beauty and abundance you've acquired. I look forward to Michael's next visit to your place.
Michael is such a quiet, useful monarch himself. Love seeing his eyes light up admiring the maturity of your forest.
I love how much you respect and adore trees. They are sacred, as he stated.
Absolutely fabulous, it was so interesting to listen to his stories and his knowledge of the woods. Please have him come back and go through a different section of your land.
What a sweet man. So intelligent but so down to earth and just so excited by nature and especially by that beautiful Oak. What a monarch indeed! ✨
I could listen to Michael speak all day. Very meditative and engaging. Thank you for creating such an amazing range of contact and including so many contributors to the flock vids.
We're glad you appreciate and for writing in to let us know that you enjoy this type of interview/ walk.
It was like walking beside you guys. Awesome virtual tour.🏞️
Very glad it feels as such!
What a gift this is to those of us who love to walk in the woods, to learn about trees, wildlife, to find Ephemerals like Trout Lilies, & to see how much that magnificent old Oak meant to Mr. DeMunn, a tree which has clearly sustained a lot of battle scars. I hope we see more of Mr. DeMunn - who is a treasure - so thanks for allowing us to meet him & to listen to his wisdom & historic knowledge gave everything so much more depth of experience for me, as I'm sure it did & will continue to do for others as the years roll on, & as you & he continue to teach us more about how you will approach forest management, your ponds etc.
I liked that you asked him about that gravel & tiled area you've described before. I wonder if you or someone could do a series of sketches of how it is now & how you'd like it to be, & why. I liked hearing his suggestions, too, so I hope we'll see what you both envision as a way of treating that area to create the environment you envision.
i agree, we need to document his knowledge to immortalize it. so that what he knows will never be lost.
His passion for that Oak is amazing. Love it.
The tribute to that beautiful majestic white oak was perfection. The music, the camera pan....wow. job well done.
One of the best vids. So great to listen to the elder's comments and connect to the history of the land
The wealth of knowledge from this one elder! Why do we as a society idolize technology when people like this man - a descendent of first peoples and first immigrants - possess true wisdom?
What a lovely man ~ with a deep knowledge. Michael is a kindred spirit.
I will buy his book. He’s a great teacher.
I am so grateful for this clear and heartfelt history of the land and the people.
Such an interesting man and so kind to impart his knowledge and love of the forest
My heart soared listening to their reaction to that ancient oak at about minute 42:00. All reverence.
Hi Flock, Please ask Mr. Michael DeMunn back. I’m sure he would want to see the progress. Thank you for introducing us to him!
Amazing guy, please have him back again.
Thank you 💚🌳
I could listen to him for hours. What a legend. Amazing video
sometimes you have guests that are awesome, but this guy is like a torrent of knowledge, every word from his mouth is pure gold. I feel like I just watched a tutorial on a tech I know nothing about, and every second I'm like "should I be taking notes?", "I'll never remember all this", giddy with excitement. I mean, trees are my favorite life form, so that also helped, but come on.
Yes, Michael is a real gem and we are so grateful to have gotten him out here and document just an iota of his wisdom. Glad you enjoyed and for letting us know you appreciated.
Wow he is so informative. So great that you got him out there to give advice.
And that White Oak.. 💚❤
We're blessed with that mother oak!
Summer seems so in her element on this property. Really enjoying these videos, they're really well done.
What a wonderful walk through the forest with such a wise man and you a very knowledgeable apprentice. Thank you so much
Orenda...that's a great word. A new word for me. The natural compost on the forest floor. Michael DeMunn had a lot of interesting info about trees that I never knew about. The white oak monarch tree...magnificent. You are a good interviewer. very patient and let people speak. Thank you, Summer.
I’m laid up with a broken foot and catching up since Ep 1 on your Flock channel. This video made me feel like I was walking alongside you on an enlightening journey of what your forest was, is, and shall be under your stewardship. I’m excited for you all, the future of this land, its healing, its inhabitants, and your educational vision.
This was a magnificent and magical video. Michael is incredible. I love that there are people out there who are as passionate about trees as I am. The way you guys expressed your appreciation for that old oak was deeply relatable and touching. I hope he comes back for another visit in the future to share more of his wisdom!
I am just loving seeing you learn and grow with your new place. I am upstate northeastern NY and this video has been so insightful. Thank you for the forestry lessons and thank you to Mr. DeMunn for his knowledge. Can you have him back? The history of your area is so interesting. I am walking into my woods to look around with a different perspective. Your HUGE Oak is magnificent and noble! Thanks for the walk.
Michael is invited back at any time, as we shared with him, so if he makes time for us again, then we'd love to have him back!
Also I hope you can bring this wonderful man back for more tours and chat.
Just yesterday, I watched Ep24 and was moved ! Then today this Epiode. I so much appreciate the educational aspect. I am grateful for you and the people you meet on your Journey. When you found the monarch and the gentleman's response reminded me of the passion Judi Dench feels for a tree ! I have often wondered who upon us shall carry the torch. I ❤ this !
i love my Seneca brother! I am also a native, Navajo. I'll be moving to Maine soon, near Canada. I want to hang out with the Eastern tribes & head to their pow wows. Oh, this video!!!! Absolutely gold & full of information. I will definitely be replaying to note all the tree proportions. Great video & thank you for all your hard work, you 3!!!
she sure knows her nature and Mr. DeMunn added much wisdom from experience on this walk. Thank you.
In the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is an area of Pines that have never been cut. It is at the Northern tip of the Keewenaw Peninsula. Area was called Estevante Pines. No words can describe the feeling walking thru there. I visited there in the early 80's. The U. P. has many beautiful sights of nature.
First, beautiful, thank you for the walk through your woods. Second, thank you to Sander for carefully pointing out trees from the cameras perspective that were being talked about along the way!
I can't wait to see how your forest has changed since you filmed this 3 years ago, and how much more it will change in the future. This was a fantastic watch and it was really great to hear how Michael approaches tending a forest.
This was such a beautiful video filled with so much knowledge and love for the nature.
you can see his heart break a little when you tell him how deep the gravel is
How great it is to have so much wisdom with you 🌿
We're so grateful to have so many good natured, knowledgeable people in our community.
Thank you Flock-squad for sharing this serene beautiful and Highly educational Sunday morning episode ! The Flock-squad and their special guests knowledge of Forrest grounds is helping me learn more about my own environment in the Canadian wilderness.
@50:44 you can clearly hear the heartbreak in his voice and see sadness in his face when Summer explains about how much gravel was moved in and destroyed the natural meadow environment of the property 💔
Thank you, my wife recommended your channel and she was right. I also rarely comments on UA-cam but this was a great video and you have a beautiful piece of land to take care of until the end. But really the forest will take care of itself, if I understood. I also love the story about the tree surviving because it is useless. Something to think about.
What a lovely man and what a great tour to listen to.
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Fantastic video, thank you!
Thanks for your addition to the comments in regards to the guitars. Glad you enjoyed the video!
What a gorgeous White Oak you have on your property!
I live in the UK. I would love to meet that old guy. In Uk I go to a Forest called Ashridge. It has a lot of those old trees where you just stand there look with lots of bluebells, The Oak trees, Just Mesmerizing. 🏕
Love his way of imparting knowledge and his demeanor. Hope you have him back... Was a very enjoyable watch, TY!
Absolutely inspiring!
We have a huge tree like that in our back yard, a bit smaller one and one still lives a half-block from here. They do demand attention even in a city. Guess you need some Lumberjacks for the others. Thanks for the adventure in the woods. He is a wonderful guest speaker and teacher. Greetings.
Absolutely loved this! I shed a tear during the old Oak portion mixed with the melancholy music. Very moving...
New to this channel... and going back and watching all the old things that have happened here. Absolutely love following this journey. And learning from your "guests."
Loved this episode and the passion both of you have to preserve the trees and forest.
Thank you. We're so grateful you took the time to watch our walk together.
Love this forest expert!
When that old man found that the monarch of white oak, the silent moment in the midst of interview just gave me chill, remind me of the sacred tree in the Avatar movie “Vitraya Ramunong” that connect to Eywa. Man o man I hope I can read the forest like him here in the tropics.
This video makes me sad and happy! As always I learned so much. Thank you.
you're most welcome.
So interesting, didn't want it to end!!
When his book is out I would love to read it. I've watched this video so many times 🤣🙄
Thanks for sharing
Another great video. I love the wisdom of this gentleman.
This makes me rethink how I should admire and observe forests on my region (Brazil) and what stories the trees and vegetation tells us. Thanks, Summer and Sander for making such high quality content!
Old is gold
What a lovely man, enthusiastic and one with nature❤️
What an interesting gentleman
Ive never looked at trees like this before. I always saw foresters as something not nice cause they cut down trees. This video just show u how wrong u can be until u actually listen to some one and learn about their profesion.
Learned a lot thanks.
Thank you so much for making this channel and your other channel. It is so inspiring and refreshing to learn about nature in such an honest and pure way. I have your book and love it. It sure inspires to be active in protecting nature and to pass the torch.
It fills our heart with joy that you resonate with this type of information. Thanks for tuning in.
what an inspirational video, makes we wanna go and do stuff to help the forest around me. though i have LOTS of red oaks so messing with the ground in the actual woods requires getting though like a foot or more of leaves. I'm so greatful to have a couple huge trees nearby, there's a white pine that's taller than some of the high-tension wires adjacent, and a red oak in the yard that's at least over a century old, likely more. I always think about the lives they lead, what they've experienced, like how those two trees have experienced a handful of hurricanes that produced 100+mph winds, and a few that had gusts near 190mph, like that's amazing to me, to know what they've experienced.
Absolutely loved that you shared this! The tribal knowledge and passion he transferred and expressed is EVERYTHING! I loved this video and love the pace of it all. Thank you!
What a great video! I love that you're working with a forestry expert who can also bring a native perspective. Have you considered adding a Land Acknowledgement on your videos and website? That would be such a nice regular reminder of the history of this land and the imperative to work with local tribes and nations to build relationships and support their stewardship of their ancestral lands as well
I love the information, thank you for sharing. I find the information useful in growing my own food forest.
Thank you for this wonderful episode and for what you are doing. Truly inspirational!
We're happy you appreciate the information! Makes it worthwhile to produce.
That was wonderful. Thank you.
Wonderful. Thank you!
Thanks for sharing - amazing!
I really enjoyed this episode, I felt like I was walking with u, beautiful well balanced and unbiased, educated discussion
Thanks for saying so. Glad you enjoyed it :)
A persons learns things even when not looking to learn anything new. Very interesting. I’ve always liked trees, the more the better in my opinion. I know some people don’t like them because of the mess they can create, they don’t want to bother with leaf clean up, my theory is to let the leaves be they will take care of themselves, either decompose or blow away. I didn’t think I was going to like your new channel much to be perfectly honest, but I find it very fascinating. Keep up the good work, educating people is never invaluable, a seed planted, hopefully turns into a forest💚🙃 Thank you Ms. Summer and of course the always walking backward Sander💚🙃
I love what you are doing there ♥️
Thank you 🙏
Wonderfull episode!
Wonderful Video, thank you guys:)
I love seeing the pines on your land, I'm from MT, so I tend to think of NY as only deciduous forests and forget about the eastern conifers. We also sadly lack older trees too, but there a few grandpa & grandma trees around. Some probably predate Columbus, one particular Ponderosa comes to mind over six feet in diameter in a relatively dry area. For pines I figure around 50-100 years of growth per foot of diameter depending on the amount of moisture. That old oak is gorgeous.
I’ll have to watch this episode a few times.
Wow, so fascinating! What an amazing wealth of knowledge! Thank you for sharing this with us
You all are AWESOME... I'm in love😍
You could run some pigs through with electric netting to cause some disturbance. Joel Salatin has a great video on the benefits of it.
Learned the word Ordena.
Such a valuable and educational video with a Legend. I feel lucky to have access to this.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So much accomplished this year! I hope the deer are occupied elsewhere. It’s a beautiful area, it will look stunning in the third year. Might be a bit tricky removing snow from your path to the house.
You could use ponies to take trees out, very sustainable and you’d get some great seed beds from the logs trails.
Thank you for this wonderful video!
I wish I had time to come up and fell some trees you have marked and do the restorative work you need done.
Gahadagoh.. Outstanding Oak. Thank you and best wishes
Years ago I never knew that a 'bush' or forest on a property should be evaluated and maintained so that it stays vital and healthy.
Wow. That was pretty eye-opening. The white oak size was palpable, felt like I could touch it through my screen :)
So glad you can feel its power!
My dream is to have a land like this one!!!
Wow!!!
Those are some beautiful tree you got there summer💚
When you guys get the land back up and running, you should consider returning it to a tribal land trust if there's one locally, or directly to the tribe. Or at least let it be used for cultural use! Lots of opportunities for coexistence 😊
An absolutely incredible walk. Thank you so much. I can't wait to read his book, my goodness! And I am so envious of your lovely monarch. SO So beautiful and majestic.
We will keep on Michael to get that book out! We'd like to read it too. And we are so grateful to have such a stalwart of the forest.
AMAZING GUY AND FORIST NOLEDGE
You might want to wrap the trunks of some of your trees like the oaks with burlap or duct tape to protect them from the gypsy moth caterpillars climbing up them. My town in Ontario has a bad infestation of them.
Yay trees!