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if you live someplace like the northeast, yeah, it might have been from previous settelers!

Good video, Holmes.

that glass is old. They don't make that color which I believe is Tourmaline anymore. Probably some target practice one day when that tree was just a little sapling.

A process called Inosculation, so when the lignin of the bark erodes away from rubbing against itself and the layers of cambium are touching, they will self graft/ grow together.

We’re looking forward to seeing it in person someday Mr. Holmes.

Have you ever found our dog Tony’s remains? He went off one day and never returned.

Honeysuckle’s are very hardy and bees love them

Looking good!!!

I got you beat. My does bring their fawns around to meet me. I will be hand feeding them very soon. My does have been bringing me their young to meet for over 10 years now. Hint: They love Safeway brand 5-seed bread.

Woke up this morning with my mind stayed on permaculture

I live in the forest too, and it’s so beautiful seeing all the beautiful animals come around😊

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You’ve been busy!!! Lookin good!!!

At that perfect time of evening that you have caught in your video., As the sun is setting, and the tops of the trees are still illuminated….:. Is often my favorite part of the day

Are you leaving the plants in the pots or will you transplant them?

Cool video! Thanks for sharing.

Good short vidéo

Great idea for a fast, natural and effective way to slow the water and save your silt! Being temporary, though, I see 2 options moving forward: - As leaves and silt built up in your check dams, start adding seed and plants to those spots so the roots can take over before all the wood breaks down, thus keeping the effect you want. - Or go back one day and make stone check dams and let the leaves and sticks fall in on their own, letting nature take the work over for you.

When I first started composting years ago, I made the same key mistake you're making here: moisture!!! As small as this pile is, you either need to water it twice a week or cover it with a tarp. If the pile was at least 2 times bigger, the shear volume helps retain water in the center, thus perpetuating the thermal process. Tips on easy, super-dense nitrogen: your own urine, animal dung, acorns (ground up), Japanese beatles (other captured pests). The example with acorns, if you run them thru a leave shredder, a SINGLE cubic foot of this goes thermal on its own within 1 hour!!! No additives, no water, not even close to the cubic yard they suggest for thermal. It has so much fat and water in acorns that they go thermal in your wheelbarrow lol. Do your research, locate rich sources of free material in your local area that's available with each season.

Compost pile update. Good lord I'll watch anything.

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I was under the impression that water was necessary to keep it going. I have made a couple large worm bins to handle my compost . Instructions by “captain Matt” about the flow through worm bin. At the end of last season, I was so excited to see the black soil that I dumped out of the cans…. It might not be for you but it was easy and the worms reproduce in the can so when I add it to my garden I’m adding thousands of worms

Yeah, it’s definitely weird for healthy branches to just calm down like that without a storm. I think I mentioned in your last video same thing happened at my place. Since then I came across one other limb that looked healthy down and one of my customers properties. I think maybe there’s just been a lot of new growth and they collapse under their own weight?

Every time I hear that “first time homesteading over fifty” my attention is peaked and I’m glad to be back. My tree shed a huge limb, almost hit my neighbors. Her description of the sound and experience was very similar to yours. I think that all the new growth and rain actually weighs down these old trees a bit to much. I agreed to remove my 300 year old tree after my neighbor’s experience and it doesn’t feel wonderful. City life is much different and not better.

Happy anniversary

Happy Anniversary to the 5 acres from 1974. I remember when Mom and Dad bought that land.

So much work! Don’t over do it buddy, keep the updates coming!

I don’t remember that Rockwell being built. Who built it? I guess I was working my job and going to classes and didn’t pay any attention to it.

I was hoping for something a bit more scientific.

A small silver coin in your water will keep alge and bacteria from growing also. It's a trick they used during the age of sail to keep water from going rancid during long ocean voyages... Could be a pre-1965 dime or a pure silver Tenth ounce coin or any silver coin larger.

I’ve given up on thinking I can pull together a decent amount of compost unless I’ve been adding to it over the course of a whole year. Even after collecting all of last year, I didn’t have enough to cover my 600 square feet. No matter how much you think you have when it hasn’t decomposed, it will shrink down to barely anything when it’s time to use it!

Those trees with 'issues' look pretty healthy. I have seen many trees with bigger 'issues; doing just fine for a very long time. Established trees can have damage at the base and this does not mean the tree is ready to come down especially if the tree is not nearby a structure.

I'm glad the greens worked. Slimy anaerobic decomposition is no good

I am not looking forward to the day when the deer find my garden. The rabbits have been bad enough for me. Please follow along with my garden video I would love your opinion good or bad. Halfway through the Three Sisters Garden Experiment kzbin.info/www/bejne/o6DGhHSvfMlgqMU

Looks good Holmes

Oh no!!!!!

Now I’m looking forward to your torch video.

An entirely different ecosystem. Looking back at the old videos, it's a whole different place. There's room for the deer to run, without all that honeysuckle

A father's day well spent. Hope y'all had a nice time in the heat

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Great video! I like the time comparisons your channel is doing and conversational nature of the post :)

Three Sisters Garden Experiment kzbin.info/www/bejne/roCQg6OEqcetaLM I’ve liked your video, subscribed and commented!

We need more videos like this.

Perfect

Looks amazing!!

add grass clippings and/or coffee grounds

Run for your life!

Run for your life!

Wow!!!! Is that the only turkey you have seen there?