I came here for the Swedish torch video… now I’m sticking around and learning more about tress than I ever imagined. I love your property as well such beautiful countryside
You inspire me so much. I am thinking of buying my first plot of land in England sometime in the next few years, and making plans is exciting! But my god am I learning fast watching you!
We're on 24 acres in South Carolina (via Brum!) and lost 32 large trees in Hurricane Helene. Your videos are a great resource as we try to reforest with natives and plan for ongoing climate change.
I love how many similarities your land has to ours. We are Northwest Washington State, US, and our wind issue is due to a narrow mountain valley that funnels the prevailing wind down it, and the speeds get significant on a regular basis. Willow and Alder are our mainstays, with Scotts and Skita scattered around. We would love Cedars, but for some reason they have a hard time establishing right now. We are hoping that as the fields come in with the Willow and Alder on their way to Silvo-pasture, it will promote a healthier environment for the Cedars. You constantly have relevant content for us. Thank you!
Drat. Looks like I jumped the gun by a couple of weeks. That's when I put in my first row of a windbreak here in Texas. I used Arizona Cypress (roughly 50 feet tall evergreens). I was going to add further rows with decreasing height later. Looks like I got it backwards. Oh, well. I guess I'll start that windbreak just after the cypress, switch to deciduous and, from there, start small.
is there any chance plough pan might be stopping your trees from rooting deep enough? also i appreciate you wanting to plant native, but do you think a plant like sorghum Sudan grass, or some other variety, would make for a quick stopgap shelterbelt, that you'd later succession away from??
I don't think so. The tree in the thumbnail was 100 years old and was likely planted in a grazing field for wind protection. Sadly, beech trees are notorious for shallow roots. They tend to fall over after a while. I have not heard of that grass before. I will have a look.
Are you east or west coast? It probably doesn't make significant difference, just curious as to whether the varieties would be different whether Irish or North sea. I'm East coast, of Scotland.
@@theviewfromtheclouds yep. Scot's pine does well here and willow grows well too, on boggy ground, so I'm guessing that it's roughly the same. Wind is most definitely a problem here too, we just get different storm names!
I came here for the Swedish torch video… now I’m sticking around and learning more about tress than I ever imagined. I love your property as well such beautiful countryside
Please keep making your videos. These are top notch!
Thanks, I certainly will!
I love your energy and your knowledge is endlessly valuable!
I love how Hazy supervises your every move ! I had a collie named Johnnie, who did the same !
Yes, she is amazing!
You inspire me so much. I am thinking of buying my first plot of land in England sometime in the next few years, and making plans is exciting! But my god am I learning fast watching you!
Thanks! That is our goal - to produce the sorts of videos that we would have loved to watch to help us learn, plan and dream!
We're on 24 acres in South Carolina (via Brum!) and lost 32 large trees in Hurricane Helene. Your videos are a great resource as we try to reforest with natives and plan for ongoing climate change.
Thanks for that. Glad we can help. Sorry about the trees.
great video!! i am a strong believer that human management is too clean and tidy!! glad to see youre letting nature do its thing when possible :)
Thanks for that, couldn't agree more!
I love how many similarities your land has to ours. We are Northwest Washington State, US, and our wind issue is due to a narrow mountain valley that funnels the prevailing wind down it, and the speeds get significant on a regular basis. Willow and Alder are our mainstays, with Scotts and Skita scattered around. We would love Cedars, but for some reason they have a hard time establishing right now. We are hoping that as the fields come in with the Willow and Alder on their way to Silvo-pasture, it will promote a healthier environment for the Cedars.
You constantly have relevant content for us. Thank you!
That is really incredible. So far apart, but so similar. Glad that you like the videos!
Your content is amazing. Long live the woodland.
Thanks for that!!
Another brilliant video. I’m almost there, with you in the clouds.
Thank you very much!
So informative thank you!
Thank you. Interesting
great info! love the detail
Excellent info, beautifully presented. Thank you.
Thank you, that is very nice of you to say so!
Cool video, nice format and presentation.
Thank you. I really do appreciate it!
We're hoping to move to Ireland later this year to live sustainably; I'm sure this info is going to come in handy. Many thanks, dude!
That sounds exciting - good luck with the move! I have never been to Ireland, but it looks beautiful. Have you seen Daniel's channel Mossy Bottom?
@@theviewfromthecloudsyes, I love Mossy Bottom!
Drat. Looks like I jumped the gun by a couple of weeks. That's when I put in my first row of a windbreak here in Texas. I used Arizona Cypress (roughly 50 feet tall evergreens). I was going to add further rows with decreasing height later. Looks like I got it backwards. Oh, well. I guess I'll start that windbreak just after the cypress, switch to deciduous and, from there, start small.
Sounds like a plan. Don't kick yourself, we are all learning all the time!
this type of mixed planting is often found in public lands around highways and railways
At 8:03 I thought Juniper and Yew were also native?
Um, yes. Oops! Thanks for that.
is there any chance plough pan might be stopping your trees from rooting deep enough?
also i appreciate you wanting to plant native, but do you think a plant like sorghum Sudan grass, or some other variety, would make for a quick stopgap shelterbelt, that you'd later succession away from??
I don't think so. The tree in the thumbnail was 100 years old and was likely planted in a grazing field for wind protection. Sadly, beech trees are notorious for shallow roots. They tend to fall over after a while. I have not heard of that grass before. I will have a look.
@theviewfromtheclouds
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Are you east or west coast? It probably doesn't make significant difference, just curious as to whether the varieties would be different whether Irish or North sea. I'm East coast, of Scotland.
Hi, we are west coast, In Cumbria. You might have colder and drier weather, perhaps?
@@theviewfromtheclouds yep. Scot's pine does well here and willow grows well too, on boggy ground, so I'm guessing that it's roughly the same. Wind is most definitely a problem here too, we just get different storm names!
"The New Silva" as youtube channel? ;-)
That's a good name. We did toy with something like that when we named our channel. But, as we have our heads in the clouds....!
Hope the pizza was tasty!
Indeed it was!