I am using the same technique on the land I am working with. Many slopes, rocks, timber with sand and silt. I am trying not to dig and just securing the logs by using old stumps where possible. Great work, thanks for sharing.

How about air layering? I was considering air layering mine since it’s getting so tall

What variety is this please

I'm curious to know how this is going now that it's been a few years! For my space (lack of) I was thinking of doing one line of them but super dense and then maybe training them to a fence to keep them growing vertically and not out . We have a pawpaw orchard I'm trying to protect from wind.

Thank you. I am wanting to start making willow furniture for the first time and am setting out to identify trees for gathering material. This is made more difficult right now as it’s wintertime and I have no leaves to help me.

Great video ,thanks ! I was pulling downed trees out of a Tornado damaged area today ,and I came across What I Think is Balsam Poplar . I spend most days in the woods of western Pa cutting downed trees up ,clearing gas line roads . Do Balsam Poplar Trees have a tendency to just fall over with no warning? I was cutting up black cherry ,and American Elm and standing trees just fell over !No wind ,no cause . The trees have a very smooth bark ,kind of plated bark and the wood is very lightweight . It can have very thick outer pulp wood ,and distinct heart wood !Almost a tree within a tree. I am going to check the buds tomorrow and look for size and that sticky residue you showed ! I wish I could walk the woods with you here and pick your brain on some of the species I come across .

There's focus delay in the camera. You have to wait for it to assess the light/dark and then focus on what's near field. Firehosing in and out restarts the focusing process over and over. Better to pick a focus spot, continue the tutorial and if there's still no focus, slowly move closer or further out, depending on your camera setting. At any rate, we see the difference between male /female even with out of focus :)

Super helpful, thanks for putting this together.

In the summer cut some cuttings and poke them in the ground, they are like weeds and will grow.

What was your spacing on the butternuts? I'm wanting to do some black walnuts in my air prune beds next spring but am unsure of how tightly to pack them in there.

That's HUGE, I thought they only got 6 feet tall! Bummer!

How old is the plant

How can I kill or completely remove these, they are invasive and taking over my wetland.

I'm in SW MI and just starting on conversion of a 5 acre section of our 20 acres site into coppice with standards. There are quite a few benefits to coppice as a woodland management scheme and I don't think the full potential for synergies with other systems have ever been approached.

Nice. First coppicing vid I've see from the across the water. I cut an area of 50+ year derelict hazel in an ancient woodland in Dorset to restore it to rotation and for firewood. Biggest problem we have is we are overrun with introduced sika deer. There are vids on a channel if you would like to go and look. Good luck in your endeavors and thanks for posting.

How many years did it take for the alders as big as the ones your harvested to get to that size?

Thank you for publishing this. I am just in the process of coppicing my alder trees in Norfolk UK.

@Blue Forest Plants Fantastic video... and plants! Two questions: 1. How old are the seaberry plants featured? 2. What's the soil like they're growing in? Thanks!

Thanks, you answered questions I had on a project ✌

Nurse logs are sources of major benefits in and of themselves. Incorporating them into terrace building is great function stacking. I've been doing something similar with my swales on contour. Rather than inlayiing them as you have done, I've used stakes to lock ours in place and they've naturally been enveloped a bit.

Can I buy nanking cherry seeds from you?

Wow! Ang ganda nman! Sana makahingi sa yo ng seeds kaso nasa Pilipinas ako.

Can you layer any time of the year ?

что сейчас с плантацией ивы?

I planted a thousand seeds and about 60% of them are growing now. I'm putting them all over my yard and the rest are going in the forest next to my house. I can't wait till they grown up.

Hello, I'm about to plant 6 of these up here in Portage. Thanks for your vid.

I could barely hear your commentary

Can it be used for wattle fencing?

Does it really need 2 in order to get fruit🥺

Good tip, gonna test it out.

I am planting these this spring, hope they do as well as yours

Did you move those bitternuts out to a new spot/heel them, or can they stay in the air prune bed over winter to grow another year?

Have you tried pollarding more mature trees? We have a norway maple that is a bit too big and i’d like to try pollarding, but I’m not sure it will survive. It’s about 6-8” in diameter at the height where i would cut it.

Looks great on the cattle panel. Have you tried kiwis up there?

Thanks for the tips. Just found your channel - cool to see other people gardening like this in Minnesota! I’m just getting started with a “forest garden” in my yard in St. Paul.

I am growing my seaberries from the seeds I found in frozen fruit! It will take a while. Is it recommended to prune the tops off, so they don't get so tall? I would like to keep them as decorative trees, as well as fruit bearing for my smoothies. How far to space them ?

How old are your female seaberrys? How fast do they grow?

I have two sea berries about 4 years old. Never had any fruits from either one. I wonder if they are both males or both females. How long does it take to get some fruits? Thanks

In regards to cornelian cherries (CC) - I found it a lot more productive to find a big tree and look for seedlings around it if you can identify them, it will save you a lot of years of waiting, and when planting the seedling home don't use any manure-based compost (and to be safe - no compost at all) because the CC's roots usually refuse to grow in Nitrogen rich soil - I learned it the hard way after planting some 20 seedlings from the local forest. I have 2 volunteer CCs this year coming out of seeds that I threw under a cherry tree a few years ago.

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But since it sends offshoots isn't it easier to dig them out rather than this method?

Can i get cuttings

I'm really interested in buying some stuff. When i click on the link it says page can't be found.

Your county name bro??

I was hoping to take some cuttings this weekend - is it too late?

Nice setup, thanks for sharing! Do you mostly grow trees from seed in the air prune beds, or do you also use them to propagate cuttings? Any preference?

So helpful, thank you!

Are these cherries sweet?

I have a couple that JUST started flowering for the first time 😄