@@RussTillling Hi Russ, the previous video with comments is still on the channel below, this one is clean without the subtitles.

Have you tried not calling them names? I would not listen to a person who called me obtuse and greedy.... even if they didn't say it straight to my face, if they were the kind of person who thought that about me and my life and lively hood I would want them as far away from me and my property as possible :)

@@miazilla I didn't call them anything. I just was listening to their short sighted opinions about the environment being at the disposal of humans...and so on. Who they where and how they behaved existed independently of what I thought about them, not as a consequence of my opinion.

@@oacho3 dude, if I can tell from two comments that you were condescending to them they could tell too. People don’t like folks who condescend to them. Mutual respect is necessary to foster good relationships, working or otherwise.

@@miazilla Wait a second, are you saying farmers in my town have mind reading superpowers? I was in the local theater among 200 people (mostly farmers) who gathered there because the new major wanted to pitch to landowners a series of small project to improve sustainability in town. Tiny interventions, almost ridicolous compared to what is described in the video. I just listened religiously from the second last row of sits and said nothing. Their arguments were the exact opposite of what Nail and Roger say in the video. Stuff like "wildlife are varmints, nature exist to serve humans, without humans nature can not sustain itself, tree lines need to be removed not added because dangerous insects for our vineyards hide in there, what we spray does not harm the environment, what is the point of doing the suggested interventions in our land given that people from the nearby town will not do it ..." on and on for almost two hours with an endless pile of ecological nonsense. My family owns a vey little piece of land 5000 m2 in town and a week later I went to the major and said we were happy to give it up to seed crops that wasn going to be left there during the winter for migratory birds. The field is now cultivated with soy by a local farmer. The guy who is cultivating the soy told me he was not going to let me do that (this was mind blowing since I am the owner of the land). The guy who owns the combined harvester who harvests the soy for all the local farmers asked me if I wanted to make him go bankrupt (again. I own 5000 m2). Is this enough context for you? As you can tell, it does not matter what I think or write on KZbin, these people are already defined by their words and actions. This is their way of thinking, and the first to disrespect wildlife, other inhabitants of town and logic are them. I am not at war with them and I am more than happy to remove from my comments any word that you find disrespectful, but the difference between the mindset of the farmers in this video and what I had heard just few week ago was so huge that was impossible not to wonder my original specific question..."how do we get landowners and farmers to think like Neil and Roger ?"

@@oacho3 His name wasn't J. Clarkson by chance? ;))))))

@@RussTillling Thank you🙂

Many if not most farmers are already reliant on public subsidies via the basic payments which reward farmers for managing land is agricultural condition. The basic payment scheme is being phased out to be replaced with a scheme which aims to ensure that taxpayers money better benefits taxpayers, the soil and the environment. There’s no single solution for farming and land management in the UK but if you want to find out more the book Land Smart by Tom Heap is an excellent read and very thought provoking.

You won't notice the lines after a while. Not all the trees will survive, and they use a mix of species of different forms and lifespans. There's a woodland near me that was planted in a similar way 20 years ago and now it looks as if it was naturally regenerated

Thanks🙂

Agreed. So much better and so much more watchable.

It really depends upon what you plant, and how. Monoculture planting is useless. But if you plant a diversity of trees and include understory species like shrubs, wildflowers, native vines, and other native species, planting does improve the land and in time will bring back biodiversity of animals as well.

@@abbyhillman769 passive rewilding better mimics nature, with reasonable numbers of semi-wild herbivores controlling plant growth. Knepp estate comes to mind. Planting in straight rows as shown in this video is a no-no.

@@bt3-skyreaper299 Spot on

​@bt3-skyreaper299 Well they explained in the video that they had to due to there being not many trees on site to disperse seeds. As it was historically a highly managed parkland estate many of the trees that are present are probably non native ornamental species anyway

agreed... maybe they get the funding and thin it out in a decade?

Look up the Miyawaki method, very interesting results including here in the UK. Just because we are used to seeing sparsely populated and managed woodland doesn’t make it natural necessarily

Ya, so many things about it are unnatural. Straight rows, consistent density of trees throughout, etc. It's almost like they're trying to maximize the money they can get from the gov't instead of doing what's best overall for the area.

I’ll be honest, from working on some tree planting projects myself, the reason for why they plant so densely is due to the fact that some of the trees just won’t make it. The idea is to maximise space so that the greatest number of trees have best chance of survival. As an example, for every 100 trees planted, only 60-70% on average will actually survive to maturity. Regarding planting in rows, I’m not too sure. The likelihood is that’s it’s a more efficient way of planting & allows for easier site access for any maintenance needed (cutting grass, weed removal, removing plastic guards, etc.) 👍

“Abcdjkx” what an armchair critic!

I agree whole heartedly. When will content makers realise that adding intrusive, awful, royalty free 'music' to videos, doesn't make them more 'professional', doesn't add to the viewing experience? It's just annoying to have to strain to listen to the narration.

@@corvus1238 Hi, I have uploaded a version for you without the music. I'm not sure I agree 'Ravel' is awful Library music but I understand music is subjective. Thanks for watching and engaging, really appreciate it. We will try and tone the music down in future where appropriate. (The Content Maker) kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGfNq4huoLKorJY

Thanks for replying, love the videos!

@@jackplant6909 🙂