How do you decide how big the swales ( deep/wide) how close

Voles are a big issue even up in Alaska. Grrrrrr

What kind of seeds and trees should use use in the mound immediately after digging?

Hey Nigel, great video and thank you for sharing. Where do you purchase your trees?

the tubes limit light from the sides, which pushes trees to grow vertically

What state are you in?

You are still young, & learning to boot ,👍

I could watch someone work... all day !

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Dude, try to get some culvert water diverted into the highest swale, (if you can) otherwise you've dug that one for nothing.

curious why you're planting so close together, or do you intend to transplant?

Good price

The "pocket" word you were looking for is divot.

What do you call that tree shovel/planting device? Thank you for your video.

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Hello, I'm building one too. Who did you get to draw up your plans? Also could I have your email to ask a few more questions please! Thanks, doing a great job

This information came at just the right time. I am about to plant several trees and fruit shrub cuttings. Now I know how to boost their chances of taking. Thanks for taking the time to post this! New sub.

Hello, I see this video is a couple years old, hopefully you get my message. I noticed the Holmes rental logo on the excavator. Im in Killbuck area. Would you have any interest in possibly consulting with me at my property on swale placement. Ive been thinking about installing some this spring. Looking forward to hearing back from you. Mike

The mulch helps alot, and if you had weed mats would really help

Great content. Glad to have found it.

Do A frames have the advantage of giving more data points as I suspect the sight levels would tend to be placed further apart? Excellent video. Thank you.

You haven’t had any problems with mulch and voles?

So what's the status of this project? Looking forward to seeing more of this.

Your trees seems very close together. Why?

I was wondering if the tubes make the tree to spindly and weak requiring them to be staked after the tube is removed. BTW, you might want to try and control all those Canada thistles I see. They can take over and be hard to eradicate.

what is your avg summer high temp?

Looks like lots of progress to me!

Thanks for the update! Great to see you, looking forward to getting out there next year.

have a good trip back to mexico. -jim

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Not familiar with this form of construction. Does anyone drive lengths of rebar through the courses of bags to add stability? Not sure how easily those bags might rip. Does anyone mix some dry concrete into the earth they fill the bags with to create a more solid and stable end result?

Add gutters or grade and mulch around the base of your shed. Without one of these options the rainwater shedding from the roof will hit the bare ground and wet and stain your siding, shortening its life.

Are you chewing at the end of this video?

Why are you growing so many non-fruiting trees? It's not like your trying reclaim desert land.

Those oaks are far too close together, no? 🤷‍♂️

25 years ago my dad and I put tubes on hundreds of sawtooth oak bare root seedlings. The tubed trees are 40-60 feet tall now. The bare trees are less than ½ that. The tubes trippled, or better, the growth of the trees.

Nicely done. Those were deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus), they don’t usually girdle trees.

Measure the trunk girth to compare tubed/non-tubed.

Clay and I enjoyed watching this. He narrated everything you were doing. So if you ever want a break from narrating your own videos… :)

Where are you located. Beautiful there.

For filling bags I would cut bottom of the bucket and put inside of the bag.

That is some seriously hard work but the end result will be so satisfying! BTW I like that roto tiller / gravel mover.

I first saw your swales video and it inspired me to try out heavy equipment on my 10 acre property without any prior experience. I now own an old 1960's Ford tractor with front loader and a cheap mini-excavator for building swales, trails, and anything else I need! Keep up the great content; I love your approach to projects and appreciate that you show the whole process, including the experiments that may or may not work out.

If you're going to be filling a lot of sandbags, look into making a sandbag filler using 6-8" PVC drainage pipe or cardboard pillar forms like this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fIrZZHiEjr-Siqc

Wow! This is great content, my guy!

Wow that looks real great ,now the water will just saturate into the ground.

Ideally that trench would meander and pool and create places for sediment and seeds to drop out. Keep the creek clean. Great work!

why dont you start a patreon so people can support this project by buying you a tree or anything that you may need ?

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No way I would have let those vols out alive! It's one of the few animals I can actually bring myself to kill. Mice, rats, vols, beaver and anything non-native and invasive.