No better way then giving back to nature! I love the whole process. If you enjoy the series please subscribe and watch every episode of the whole series here: ua-cam.com/play/PLxnadpeGdTxCwRkZTLMhjbT_EAu6bAIZy.html
As long as you can reuse the rings for years & years to come as long as they aren't going to landfill you can still use plastics as long as they are recyclable at end of life. 15:00 I know you have already planted those fence row Field Maples but you have to ask yourself, " why is this area not overgrown?" Morning sun is pretty weak & doesn't really give as much as say the sun after 9am. Those 2 will probably struggle to grow if the deer don't wreck em.
One objective when watering in plants after planting is to drive out the large air spaces in the soil(soil flows in and fills them). Direct contact with air burns roots, hence air pruning pots. All the whips would need close to a watering can each or until the water pools for their first watering. Seaweed tonic will give them a vitamin boost that makes plants more resilient to drought and cold.
I planted a broadleaf wood of about two acres 33 years ago. These trees have now grown into young established trees which will well outlive me…it’s my legacy
You are really maturing into this life, aren't you? Your whole demeanor and personality light up when you're talking about woodland stewardship. I am really enjoying being along for the ride. The woodland has always felt like 'home' to me and I always feel like my mood lifts and my heartrate drops when I'm surrounded by trees. Stirling work, sir. Look forward to much more.
I’m old and retired, recently got interested in bushcrafting and have acquired some tools and completed a few projects. I will continue this new adventure.
It’s a good way of life. Knowing you can thrive when societies comfortable lifestyle fails is what helps me stay content. Self reliance isn’t common these days.
I've bought a 4.25 acres wood so me (59) and my 3 sons (31,37,39) can enjoy nature. The wood was over planted with spruce after the war. Our project is to rewild it with native hedgerow on 3 sides and 200+ whips plus some larger specimen potted trees. Good video, thanks. 😁🤠👍
To begin with, I am greatly impressed to see that you started a fire before you begin your activity. And you actually used a disposable lighter and didn't try to impress people with the fact you can start a fire with a flint and steel technique. As a former Montana hunting and wilderness guide I set a great priority on having a fire the moment I decided to camp. One never knows when an accident could happen, with a fire already going in ample wood it could literally save your life! love the channel
If you are planting hundreds of trees, heeling them in makes sense. But for your numbers soak the whips' roots in water for a good hour before planting. Make a bigger slit, soak it and add a handful of slow release fertiliser. Your dad 'got it' when he said that the well-fed horse chestnut grew much more quickly/larger.
Don't want to 'burn' those roots though, and making those little roots branch out and grow to find nutrients will give you a good root base 'going forward' (to use that horrible business speak). Growing tress for a hundred years or so, no rush :)
I've been following this channel for years, almost from the beginning, and this was one of my favourite videos. Really happy for you on your tree planting. We are lucky enough to have some woodland, and field and have had a fair bit of planting done. All native trees. They've been in 3 years now with 93 percent surviving. Biggest problem is the deer. Once the trees grow past the top of the tree shelters they begin nibbling and have even learned to pull down the trees! This is using 5 foot/1.5 meters tree guards. Wonderful to to be able to check on these little trees and watch them grow. Looking forward to watching your channel over the next few years to see how yours grow :)
Great episode in the series and very well filmed with the new equipment. I love the effort of planting and looking forward to the process of new tree growth. I was once talking to a nun who was 103 years old and she pointed out a large oak outside her window and told me that she remembered the day it was planted 75 years earlier. Amazing. It's wonderful to see you on this woodland journey. Enjoy every bit of it!
Really glad to see you planting trees! I have recently bought a house on a third of an acre, and I've planted about 20 trees and shrubs; all native to my area!
Fantastic! Native plants/trees are going to do the best and it seems you've chosen well. As you use the dead ash, it will impact the resources available to the new trees. I'll look forward to your videos showing them. Thanks so much for bringing us all along.
I just want to thank you for all of your videos and knowledge . I'm in the process of purchasing a very large ancient forest and have no previous knowledge except my immense love for trees and wanting to protect them from development. You break everything down in simple terms that as a woman I understand . I have moments where I think I have taken on more than I can handle , but have faith that this forest as been there hundreds of years and it will show me how to look after it 🙏
As youths, my brother and I planted a couple of hundred evergreen shoots as a soil retention project on a steep hillside. Over many years, we watched them grow. As you note, this sort of thing is very satisfying, even if it does require a good few years to see the results.
well done it should be done more we have a coppice wood here but it has been left and now its dying blue bells are only in the top end of the wood it used to be all blue shame we need more people to do this the planet needs our help all the best ill be watching
They make a tool called a Hoedad, for planting trees. Similar to a Hazel Hoe, but with a longer head. You just chop it into the ground and lean, to make the hole. You use the handle, for leverage.. Much easier for planting.
Your dad reminds me so much of what my dad was to me. Whenever I bought land property he was there to help and advise with what and how to do things .. being an ex fsrmer he was full of great advice and clever hands. Hope I'm still around in 10 years to see what you have accomplished. Bushyboy Oz.
My grandfather and I used to plant trees, pine , on 70 acres. Great Video!!! May God watch over you , your family, your friends. ✝️🙏🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲
Hi great to watch. its a privilege to be able to plant a tree and great to see your excitement at your first plantings! I've around 20-30 trees I've planted over the years as well as a "natural" hedge which hopefully others are caring for now. looking forward to owning a site again soon so I can continue, but nothing better than been able to add to your environment for generations rather than years. Very envious of the woodland !
You want to try 'layering'. It's basically pulling down a thin brack still attached to the tree and burying it held in place with a peg(stick with a y section cut to hook the branch down). The branch will grow roots and then can be replanted elsewhere. That way you can increase the species you already have. You can also try 'air layering' which is wrapping soil around a branch using a plastic bag, bottles or butter tub etc. Then once the roots have grown you can cut off the branch and plant a clone of the original tree. Great work cheers J
Really enjoying this series. Been subscribed for some time and I’m very happy for you that you can now work on your own woodland. And I’m looking very much forward to seeing the changes over the next few years.
Love the idea of renting a lens! Bi heard of this here in FL but from a photo dealer here. One of the things on my bucket list is to get a real camera. I never could afford one. It would be great to make that as a long term goal.
i live in austria and was amazed how similar the kind of trees are. I planted 40 wild service a year ago about 10 field maples and a large hauthorne, about 6m, was already there. Really enjoying your videos from your woodland!
Just planted a Hawthorne hedge in my garden. Staggered planting with two rows. According to the woodland trust; no species other than oak is as beneficial to wildlife. Not much to dislike, beautiful in spring, great for birds, full of berries in autumn. Fingers crossed they do well. I was given a tip, cut them back about half when planting. This makes them grow thicker. They then should be cut back in October, half of the first years growth. This sets them up well in the coming years.
I did this very thing 6 years ago to the woods I own . I had a lot of oak , cotton wood , maple , sugar maple & dogwood trees . I ended up putting in pine , birch , walnut , spruce & in the fields near my woodlands I planted Apple trees , plum trees , peach trees , & pear trees . I’m very self sufficient . I have gardens on my land as well that I plant every spring & harvest when needed , so buy summers end I have a lot of fruits & veggie for my family & I sell off the rest at are farmers market .
I'm Brazilian, I venture into the Amazon rainforest practicing bushcraft. My dream is to camp in your biome, I think the slimmest of all. I love your videos!
Great video, I did something similar at our sailing club last year. About the same number of transplanted birch trees, blackthorn, hawthorn, elder & native british wild rose. Inspired by the native wild plants found on the South Downs, I was lucky enough to be working at a friends wood workshop in Lewis where we walked his dog every day. I watched a whole years seasons come and go and was amazed by the sequence of the plants all flowering one after the other, then repeating the whole sequence again with berries. Even without conditions like last years drought you will definitely need more water for that number of young trees & shrubs. I had nearly 600 liters stored and it still wasn't enough, it goes down really quickly when not being replenished in the dryer months. Thanks for all the great content.
Tree planting brings me such joy. I've volunteered planting 100's in our local national forests here in California. Look forward to seeing the progress!
i am happy that beautiful earthworm went back into the dirt. i know you dad was thinking about what kind of fish he could catch. but, sometimes you have to do the right thing.
Good on you Mike. Me and my mates planted over 2000 trees about 17 years ago. One of the best things I've done for the environment. We've now got more woodland and we've even started to coppice it. Planning to plant more soon... atb Andy
I just want to say I really enjoy watching your wonderful videos I love watching everything you doing there we need more people who can do videos like your hello to your dad and stay safe outthere and enjoy your weekend Rosa olbera from Katy Texas
Very much enjoying this particular series. Great info on the various tree categories and planting techniques for young 'whips'. Always look forward to new posts and how you and your woodland and family are doing. Great work, Mike. Keep going!
Fantastic! I’m planning to grow a hazel hedge at home. I have to wait for the right season and figure out where to get young trees and how to plant them and look after them. There’s just something lovely about caring for a bit of nature that you’ve grown from scratch.
With that tree planting success under your belt the next step will be propagating new trees from the existing trees in your woodland. There are many different techniques for propagating trees including collecting seeds, taking cuttings, layering and air layering and different techniques are suitable for different species and environments. Layering can be a great way to extend your hedge just by pegging a low branch down to the ground and covering it in soil. In a year it will have grown roots and you can cut it off from the original tree. I've had a good amount of success with seeds and cuttings and I'm hoping to try an air layering this year. The most important advice I would give is to plant many more seeds and cuttings than you want. I planted around 50 acorns but only 4 germinated and I got a similar success ratio with cuttings. You can improve the ratio with rooting hormone and a greenhouse or you can just plant more, expecting some to fail.
Loved watching all the woodland life playlist very informative and entertaining and also learned some new things too, big thumbs up to you and your dad 👍
Nice video Mike & Graeme 🤘. Here in B.C 🇨🇦, for every tree that is cut down. They plant 4 saplings, my Sister inlaw Annette. Did that in her youth, about 1,500 saplings a day.
When you plant the black and haw thorns , if you bend the tip over to maybe 30° and peg it down all the side shoots grow up then plant the next one close to the tip of that one and do the same the hedge will be thicker, it is like hedge laying from the start of the planting. The base will be less penatratable for sheep and such when it grows.
You mentioned that you already have clay soil. If you are ever planting trees in sandy soil adding some clay to your hole or mucking the roots (create a thick slurry of clay and water and dipping the roots) just before planting can do wonders for the survival of young trees. It helps them retain moisture around the roots when they are vulnerable from transplanting.
I live in the American PNW on a seasonally wet lowland site that I’ve found is a quite similar to England. I’ve been combining your kind of bushcraft & other traditional European woodland management practices with permaculture. I highly recommend the YT channel Edible Acres. Sean is one of the most thoughtful perennial produces I’ve come across. I would start with his air prune boxes. As a woodland manager I think it is imperative that you’re also planting and it’s foolish financially to not be growing your own stock. Air prune boxes allow you to grow thousands of trees in a very small space. The next bit I got from Sean that I’d highly recommend is finding out what species respond well with dormant cuttings. Willow, elderberry, currants, and lots more can grow from a 1-3’ waterspout stick pushed into the soil. Deep mulch and keep alive/wet while establishing. So in your blank spots of hedge, just start pushing sticks in & hope some take, couldn’t be simpler.
Very enjoyable to watch, I also love planting trees, you feel like you are giving a life. Would be nice to see you plant the smaller things that grow in woods. Things like snowdrops, wood anemones, violets and honeysuckle and columbine, to help the bees and insects.
Those young hawthorn and blackthorn whips are an improvement already, just on a visual aspect, let alone their habitat value! Also the wildlife those and the other trees will attract, plus what you yourself can use like the wild service/chequers berries, sloes. Also the wood from field maple is quite good for carving kuksas, spoons or wood-turning etc.Excellent channel !!
Gave away thousands of trees on the Shade Tree Committee had a bucket of water a paper towel a plastic bag instruction for planting then staple in the tree seedling then they would bring it to me by the road I would stop traffic and gave away thousands of pine trees as everyone else was afraid of traffic now our town is a Tree City USA and I got my picture in the paper planting a tree in the park it is still there by the swing set ! Great video again perhaps a greenhouse with a well ?
Been around for a long while now. Really enjoy your uploads. Do you have a video on how to tell what tree is what I would love to know how to identify the different trees. Cheers
Nice work with the new trees and shrubs! diversity is a great thing! Let us know the telephoto lens of your choice! Looking forward to watching the progress of the trees as they grow!
Do you plan on doing some kind of well on your woods? If so, what kind? Shallow bucket dipper? Shallow pitcher pump? Also, do you plan on expanding your rainwater capture tanks? Another great episode. I look forward to watching your hard work come to fruition.
This was amazing. I always feel rested andreinvigorated after watching your woodland vid's. I would love to help out in a woodland like this someday, very inspiring, thanks!
You are one very lucky young man to have a dad like that ive got woods 50 metres away from me can't find out who owns them I'm desperate Michael cheers youngen will
You probably know this but in case you don't, The wild service tree has bitter fruits that were used to flavour ale ( before hops) it was also used to flavour whisky . The name of the fruit is chequers, when you see pub signs with a chess board it's because over time it has lost it's real name . The Prime ministers house chequers is called that due to a large amount of wild service trees in the grounds.. Really hard to propagate, it's part of the Sorbus family mountain ash etc
Love your videos, getting me motivated to try and get some stuff planted up at my "woodland", not really a woods, just an acre up with my grandmothers old cabin, still 10x more land then my house. I'm way north of probably anyone that would see this so I can't plant the same things, have wondered what I could use for hedges up here. Black Spruce probably won't work.
R u going to build any cool pre historical building in your woodland? Hope 4 a Viking long house or maybe a long-term bushcraft shelter with heat, outlook n so on.... Please 🙏 love your building series...
I wonder why your woodland was left. From the picture it seems to be a triangular shaped piece of land that juts out into the farmland. It’s a beautiful place. 👍❤️
Brilliant! First youtube channel i subscribed to years back nd glad i did. Your wood in good hands! Might be good to plant a few more evergreens for winter cover and ambience eg holly, yew, laurel, white pine. Birds would like but you may already have enough?! Small trees supposed to establish easier, they seem to take ages then suddenly start almost doubling in size yearly!
No better way then giving back to nature! I love the whole process. If you enjoy the series please subscribe and watch every episode of the whole series here: ua-cam.com/play/PLxnadpeGdTxCwRkZTLMhjbT_EAu6bAIZy.html
have you thought about using pneumatic water pumps on your waterbutts/barrels? Do you know about them?
As long as you can reuse the rings for years & years to come as long as they aren't going to landfill you can still use plastics as long as they are recyclable at end of life.
15:00 I know you have already planted those fence row Field Maples but you have to ask yourself, " why is this area not overgrown?" Morning sun is pretty weak & doesn't really give as much as say the sun after 9am. Those 2 will probably struggle to grow if the deer don't wreck em.
I watched all if them and your Dad fishing 🎣 🤠👍
next step will be planting trees without buying them, growing seeds for exemple
One objective when watering in plants after planting is to drive out the large air spaces in the soil(soil flows in and fills them). Direct contact with air burns roots, hence air pruning pots. All the whips would need close to a watering can each or until the water pools for their first watering. Seaweed tonic will give them a vitamin boost that makes plants more resilient to drought and cold.
I'm 13 years old and I recently started a savings fund for when I'm older to hopefully buy my own woodland
Wow I’m the same lol how big were you thinking
I’m doing the same I’m thinking around 10 acres at least
@King bob I'm not sure but probably around 7 or 8 acres, what about you?
@@Caylynmillard people do care. Sorry no one cared or cares about you.
You can do it brother.
I planted a broadleaf wood of about two acres 33 years ago. These trees have now grown into young established trees which will well outlive me…it’s my legacy
It's a legacy that matters. Inter-generational.
This is hopefully what I would like to be saying in 30 years time!
I love the relationship that you have with your dad. It is great and hope I can have something like that with my kid when he is older.
GREAT VID, NICE TO SEE OLD DAD.
Such a pleasant activity for you and your father, the result of which will last for generations.
You are really maturing into this life, aren't you? Your whole demeanor and personality light up when you're talking about woodland stewardship. I am really enjoying being along for the ride. The woodland has always felt like 'home' to me and I always feel like my mood lifts and my heartrate drops when I'm surrounded by trees. Stirling work, sir. Look forward to much more.
I feel that same way.
I’m old and retired, recently got interested in bushcrafting and have acquired some tools and completed a few projects. I will continue this new adventure.
It’s a good way of life. Knowing you can thrive when societies comfortable lifestyle fails is what helps me stay content. Self reliance isn’t common these days.
Me too! Having so much fun with what I've learned!
@@Canine_Casanova Self reliance is also highly self satisfying.
I've bought a 4.25 acres wood so me (59) and my 3 sons (31,37,39) can enjoy nature. The wood was over planted with spruce after the war. Our project is to rewild it with native hedgerow on 3 sides and 200+ whips plus some larger specimen potted trees. Good video, thanks. 😁🤠👍
Good luck Sirs.
Love your geeky curiosity and inventiveness. ❤️
I’m starting out bushcraft and most of that is thanks to you. Thank you Mike
Enjoy the journey! It's a rewarding one.
@@TAOutdoors wow
I'm also starting out bushcraft, I enjoy nature hiking and camping. Thank You Mike
To begin with, I am greatly impressed to see that you started a fire before you begin your activity. And you actually used a disposable lighter and didn't try to impress people with the fact you can start a fire with a flint and steel technique. As a former Montana hunting and wilderness guide I set a great priority on having a fire the moment I decided to camp. One never knows when an accident could happen, with a fire already going in ample wood it could literally save your life! love the channel
If you are planting hundreds of trees, heeling them in makes sense. But for your numbers soak the whips' roots in water for a good hour before planting. Make a bigger slit, soak it and add a handful of slow release fertiliser. Your dad 'got it' when he said that the well-fed horse chestnut grew much more quickly/larger.
Don't want to 'burn' those roots though, and making those little roots branch out and grow to find nutrients will give you a good root base 'going forward' (to use that horrible business speak). Growing tress for a hundred years or so, no rush :)
I've been following this channel for years, almost from the beginning, and this was one of my favourite videos. Really happy for you on your tree planting. We are lucky enough to have some woodland, and field and have had a fair bit of planting done. All native trees. They've been in 3 years now with 93 percent surviving. Biggest problem is the deer. Once the trees grow past the top of the tree shelters they begin nibbling and have even learned to pull down the trees! This is using 5 foot/1.5 meters tree guards. Wonderful to to be able to check on these little trees and watch them grow. Looking forward to watching your channel over the next few years to see how yours grow :)
Thanks for the great comment! Good to hear other’s experience on it.
Great episode in the series and very well filmed with the new equipment. I love the effort of planting and looking forward to the process of new tree growth. I was once talking to a nun who was 103 years old and she pointed out a large oak outside her window and told me that she remembered the day it was planted 75 years earlier. Amazing. It's wonderful to see you on this woodland journey. Enjoy every bit of it!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it.
The cinematography has never failed ! Absolutely love the aesthetic of your videos, keep up the amazing, inspiring and refreshing work
Thanks! Working hard on improving it where I can.
Thanks for filming Mike! 👍😁
Really glad to see you planting trees! I have recently bought a house on a third of an acre, and I've planted about 20 trees and shrubs; all native to my area!
Good job 👏 👍
Whats plant are you most excited about?
Fantastic! Native plants/trees are going to do the best and it seems you've chosen well. As you use the dead ash, it will impact the resources available to the new trees. I'll look forward to your videos showing them. Thanks so much for bringing us all along.
You’ve come a long way since building a fort in the woods. Enjoying the content, keep it up! 👍🏻❤️🇺🇸
I just want to thank you for all of your videos and knowledge . I'm in the process of purchasing a very large ancient forest and have no previous knowledge except my immense love for trees and wanting to protect them from development. You break everything down in simple terms that as a woman I understand . I have moments where I think I have taken on more than I can handle , but have faith that this forest as been there hundreds of years and it will show me how to look after it 🙏
The sound of that dry wood is just amazing!
As youths, my brother and I planted a couple of hundred evergreen shoots as a soil retention project on a steep hillside. Over many years, we watched them grow. As you note, this sort of thing is very satisfying, even if it does require a good few years to see the results.
I’m looking forward to seeing the process over the years!
Great video as always! Enjoy your time with Dad. Das are very important and time with dad is special!
well done it should be done more we have a coppice wood here but it has been left and now its dying blue bells are only in the top end of the wood it used to be all blue shame we need more people to do this the planet needs our help all the best ill be watching
They make a tool called a Hoedad, for planting trees.
Similar to a Hazel Hoe, but with a longer head.
You just chop it into the ground and lean, to make the hole. You use the handle, for leverage.. Much easier for planting.
Your dad reminds me so much of what my dad was to me. Whenever I bought land property he was there to help and advise with what and how to do things .. being an ex fsrmer he was full of great advice and clever hands. Hope I'm still around in 10 years to see what you have accomplished. Bushyboy Oz.
Really nice to see you work with your father. Bit envious. He seems like a really nice guy.
He is - and has a great fishing channel - Totally Awesome Fishing. You might like the adventurous self-banter. It appeals to me.
The excitement in your eyes made me chuckle .. I hope you continue having fun in your woodland
My grandfather and I used to plant trees, pine , on 70 acres. Great Video!!! May God watch over you , your family, your friends. ✝️🙏🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲🌳🌲
Hi great to watch. its a privilege to be able to plant a tree and great to see your excitement at your first plantings! I've around 20-30 trees I've planted over the years as well as a "natural" hedge which hopefully others are caring for now. looking forward to owning a site again soon so I can continue, but nothing better than been able to add to your environment for generations rather than years. Very envious of the woodland !
Well said Sir.
You want to try 'layering'. It's basically pulling down a thin brack still attached to the tree and burying it held in place with a peg(stick with a y section cut to hook the branch down). The branch will grow roots and then can be replanted elsewhere. That way you can increase the species you already have. You can also try 'air layering' which is wrapping soil around a branch using a plastic bag, bottles or butter tub etc. Then once the roots have grown you can cut off the branch and plant a clone of the original tree. Great work cheers J
Loved the video . giving back to nature . we all need to help to plant more trees
Love your Woodland and your care and stewardship of it !!!👍
I hope you continue your channel for years to come so we may see the growth in your new tree.
I was raised bushcrafting. I enjoy your content. Keep up the good work! I really enjoy learning from others.
Really enjoying this series. Been subscribed for some time and I’m very happy for you that you can now work on your own woodland. And I’m looking very much forward to seeing the changes over the next few years.
I love how you and your Dad have bushcrafting in common. Great way to stay close.
Love the idea of renting a lens! Bi heard of this here in FL but from a photo dealer here. One of the things on my bucket list is to get a real camera. I never could afford one. It would be great to make that as a long term goal.
Amazing that you can add those trees/saplings so easily. Your woodland in 5+ years will be a totally different place 👌🏻😊
i live in austria and was amazed how similar the kind of trees are. I planted 40 wild service a year ago about 10 field maples and a large hauthorne, about 6m, was already there.
Really enjoying your videos from your woodland!
Just planted a Hawthorne hedge in my garden. Staggered planting with two rows. According to the woodland trust; no species other than oak is as beneficial to wildlife. Not much to dislike, beautiful in spring, great for birds, full of berries in autumn. Fingers crossed they do well. I was given a tip, cut them back about half when planting. This makes them grow thicker. They then should be cut back in October, half of the first years growth. This sets them up well in the coming years.
The shots from those long lenses look wonderful. Love the foreshortening effect from the telephotos.
I did this very thing 6 years ago to the woods I own . I had a lot of oak , cotton wood , maple , sugar maple & dogwood trees . I ended up putting in pine , birch , walnut , spruce & in the fields near my woodlands I planted Apple trees , plum trees , peach trees , & pear trees . I’m very self sufficient . I have gardens on my land as well that I plant every spring & harvest when needed , so buy summers end I have a lot of fruits & veggie for my family & I sell off the rest at are farmers market .
Love watching your videos. Great content. Thanks for taking us along.
I'm Brazilian, I venture into the Amazon rainforest practicing bushcraft. My dream is to camp in your biome, I think the slimmest of all. I love your videos!
ALWAYS GOOD TO PLANT TREES
The shots in this episode were amazing!
Thank you for sharing your journey 💞
Great video, I did something similar at our sailing club last year. About the same number of transplanted birch trees, blackthorn, hawthorn, elder & native british wild rose. Inspired by the native wild plants found on the South Downs, I was lucky enough to be working at a friends wood workshop in Lewis where we walked his dog every day. I watched a whole years seasons come and go and was amazed by the sequence of the plants all flowering one after the other, then repeating the whole sequence again with berries.
Even without conditions like last years drought you will definitely need more water for that number of young trees & shrubs. I had nearly 600 liters stored and it still wasn't enough, it goes down really quickly when not being replenished in the dryer months.
Thanks for all the great content.
Tree planting brings me such joy. I've volunteered planting 100's in our local national forests here in California. Look forward to seeing the progress!
i am happy that beautiful earthworm went back into the dirt. i know you dad was thinking about what kind of fish he could
catch. but, sometimes you have to do the right thing.
Good on you Mike. Me and my mates planted over 2000 trees about 17 years ago. One of the best things I've done for the environment. We've now got more woodland and we've even started to coppice it. Planning to plant more soon... atb Andy
I just want to say I really enjoy watching your wonderful videos I love watching everything you doing there we need more people who can do videos like your hello to your dad and stay safe outthere and enjoy your weekend Rosa olbera from Katy Texas
Bravo, sir! So happy for the enrichment of your land!
Excellent video - thanks! Birds of a feather.
Very much enjoying this particular series. Great info on the various tree categories and planting techniques for young 'whips'. Always look forward to new posts and how you and your woodland and family are doing. Great work, Mike. Keep going!
Me and my dad are going to be planting a few hundred trees this spring
Outstanding. I am glad you are enjoying your woodland.
Fantastic! I’m planning to grow a hazel hedge at home. I have to wait for the right season and figure out where to get young trees and how to plant them and look after them. There’s just something lovely about caring for a bit of nature that you’ve grown from scratch.
With that tree planting success under your belt the next step will be propagating new trees from the existing trees in your woodland. There are many different techniques for propagating trees including collecting seeds, taking cuttings, layering and air layering and different techniques are suitable for different species and environments.
Layering can be a great way to extend your hedge just by pegging a low branch down to the ground and covering it in soil. In a year it will have grown roots and you can cut it off from the original tree. I've had a good amount of success with seeds and cuttings and I'm hoping to try an air layering this year. The most important advice I would give is to plant many more seeds and cuttings than you want. I planted around 50 acorns but only 4 germinated and I got a similar success ratio with cuttings. You can improve the ratio with rooting hormone and a greenhouse or you can just plant more, expecting some to fail.
Loved watching all the woodland life playlist very informative and entertaining and also learned some new things too, big thumbs up to you and your dad 👍
Stopped by after a long while Mike, looking good... best to the family and the Pop...
all the new trees look great !!! hope thy all do well
Nice video Mike & Graeme 🤘. Here in B.C 🇨🇦, for every tree that is cut down. They plant 4 saplings, my Sister inlaw Annette. Did that in her youth, about 1,500 saplings a day.
That's really cool, well done for planting some trees it's starting to look really good.
A realistic English lay-hedge boundary 🥰
When you plant the black and haw thorns , if you bend the tip over to maybe 30° and peg it down all the side shoots grow up then plant the next one close to the tip of that one and do the same the hedge will be thicker, it is like hedge laying from the start of the planting. The base will be less penatratable for sheep and such when it grows.
Great video Mike. The deer will reach through and eat all the spring growth of the thorn trees, they love the stuff.
You mentioned that you already have clay soil. If you are ever planting trees in sandy soil adding some clay to your hole or mucking the roots (create a thick slurry of clay and water and dipping the roots) just before planting can do wonders for the survival of young trees. It helps them retain moisture around the roots when they are vulnerable from transplanting.
Thanks for the tip!
I live in the American PNW on a seasonally wet lowland site that I’ve found is a quite similar to England. I’ve been combining your kind of bushcraft & other traditional European woodland management practices with permaculture. I highly recommend the YT channel Edible Acres. Sean is one of the most thoughtful perennial produces I’ve come across. I would start with his air prune boxes. As a woodland manager I think it is imperative that you’re also planting and it’s foolish financially to not be growing your own stock. Air prune boxes allow you to grow thousands of trees in a very small space. The next bit I got from Sean that I’d highly recommend is finding out what species respond well with dormant cuttings. Willow, elderberry, currants, and lots more can grow from a 1-3’ waterspout stick pushed into the soil. Deep mulch and keep alive/wet while establishing. So in your blank spots of hedge, just start pushing sticks in & hope some take, couldn’t be simpler.
With each episode, your journey grows more and more exciting :-) thank you for sharing :-)
Absolutely loving the content
“Candy shop”. Mike put the 50 Cent album down 😂😂😂. Another class vid mate.
Well done Michael. 👏
Awesome presentation , production, and cinematography as always .. I hope your plans come to fruition.
It's good to see preservation alongside bushcraft
Great job! Such wonderful care of your woodland!
Really beautiful and totally awesome saplings for your woodland. Looks like your dad can collect some great trout bait too. 👍
Enjoyed this Mike. Looking forward to updates on the new plantings.
Fantastic to see 😊
Looking forward to watching more .
Nick
Very enjoyable to watch, I also love planting trees, you feel like you are giving a life.
Would be nice to see you plant the smaller things that grow in woods. Things like snowdrops, wood anemones, violets and honeysuckle and columbine, to help the bees and insects.
Those young hawthorn and blackthorn whips are an improvement already, just on a visual aspect, let alone their habitat value! Also the wildlife those and the other trees will attract, plus what you yourself can use like the wild service/chequers berries, sloes. Also the wood from field maple is quite good for carving kuksas, spoons or wood-turning etc.Excellent channel !!
Beautiful intro and sound!!!
Another possibility for the blackthorn when it matures. You could look into making some blackthorn walking sticks.
Gave away thousands of trees on the Shade Tree Committee had a bucket of water a paper towel a plastic bag instruction for planting then staple in the tree seedling then they would bring it to me by the road I would stop traffic and gave away thousands of pine trees as everyone else was afraid of traffic now our town is a Tree City USA and I got my picture in the paper planting a tree in the park it is still there by the swing set ! Great video again perhaps a greenhouse with a well ?
Been around for a long while now. Really enjoy your uploads. Do you have a video on how to tell what tree is what I would love to know how to identify the different trees. Cheers
Nice work with the new trees and shrubs! diversity is a great thing! Let us know the telephoto lens of your choice! Looking forward to watching the progress of the trees as they grow!
I learned a lot. Thanks for sharing
Do you plan on doing some kind of well on your woods? If so, what kind? Shallow bucket dipper? Shallow pitcher pump? Also, do you plan on expanding your rainwater capture tanks? Another great episode. I look forward to watching your hard work come to fruition.
This was amazing. I always feel rested andreinvigorated after watching your woodland vid's. I would love to help out in a woodland like this someday, very inspiring, thanks!
You are one very lucky young man to have a dad like that ive got woods 50 metres away from me can't find out who owns them I'm desperate Michael cheers youngen will
You probably know this but in case you don't, The wild service tree has bitter fruits that were used to flavour ale ( before hops) it was also used to flavour whisky . The name of the fruit is chequers, when you see pub signs with a chess board it's because over time it has lost it's real name . The Prime ministers house chequers is called that due to a large amount of wild service trees in the grounds.. Really hard to propagate, it's part of the Sorbus family mountain ash etc
Love your videos, getting me motivated to try and get some stuff planted up at my "woodland", not really a woods, just an acre up with my grandmothers old cabin, still 10x more land then my house. I'm way north of probably anyone that would see this so I can't plant the same things, have wondered what I could use for hedges up here. Black Spruce probably won't work.
R u going to build any cool pre historical building in your woodland? Hope 4 a Viking long house or maybe a long-term bushcraft shelter with heat, outlook n so on.... Please 🙏 love your building series...
I wonder why your woodland was left. From the picture it seems to be a triangular shaped piece of land that juts out into the farmland. It’s a beautiful place. 👍❤️
Brilliant! First youtube channel i subscribed to years back nd glad i did. Your wood in good hands! Might be good to plant a few more evergreens for winter cover and ambience eg holly, yew, laurel, white pine. Birds would like but you may already have enough?! Small trees supposed to establish easier, they seem to take ages then suddenly start almost doubling in size yearly!
Love your work! It is a pleasure to watch you mature.
Loved this!
Great and informative video Mike .
I really enjoyed watching it , thanks !