All About Cottonwood Trees: Facts & Uses

[@Jimmyzapata193]

Writing a song about cottonwoods, this video helped me learn so much about them! Thanks!

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

That is beautiful! Thank you for sharing with us how this video helped you 💚💚

[@daedalus9042]

Those are some cozy looking shirts.

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Hey there! Thanks. We live in the Filson Timber Cruiser jackets much of the year.

[@jacquelinemellyn6789]

Do you recommend painting the holes on a cottonwood tree with wood glue to keep it from rotting?

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Great question. We don’t have experience with that method, so can’t speak to its effectiveness. We are letting our forest evolve, which means some trees die and then become home to other animals while new and different species of trees grow.

[@renegademystic2771]

I gathered fallen very sticky buds last April and made oil. It’s the most amazing scent! I love adding this to essential oil blends.

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

It is amazing! So good to hear the process worked for you.

[@scoon2117]

Very fun to climb

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

That’s a very important reason to have these trees around!!

[@diannaplourde6283]

I was so glad to hear mention of the smell of the new leaves in spring - an enchanting mix of Ivory soap and nutmeg!

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

It’s the best part!!

[@GlassOmen]

A very pleasant video.

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Thank you!

[@mort8143]

Thank you. Reading about Lewis % Clark, here in Australia. Now I know where their canoes came from. Cheers.

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Hey there Mort! How delightful, thank you for sharing with us. We hope the season is treating you well!

[@foxhollerhomestead]

Wow!! Hey there neighbor! Just heard y’all say that you were in Snoqualmie land! We are as well. Great and thank you for sharing our beautiful trees!

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Hey there neighbor! It sounds like we are truly neighbors: We are located between Carnation and Duvall. How about you?

[@foxhollerhomestead]

@@WildHomesteadLiving we are right up in Preston!

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

@@foxhollerhomestead Nice!!

[@OnewheelAsh]

Good to see the benefits of Cottonwoods. We have some in our backyard and the neighbors adjacent on all sides hate them because they release the cotton over several weeks which gets stuck to their outside A/C units and they drop the sticky buds. Now we are forced to have them sprayed next year so they don't bloom.

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

That’s awful! I am sorry your neighbors don’t understand how these trees can be a positive part of our lives.

[@jimmycarter9099]

This was a great learning video thanks😊

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

We are so happy to hear you found this useful! Thank you 💚

[@daedalus9042]

Great content. Was planning on making a video about cottonwood trees as well! Subbed!

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Hey there Steven! Thank you so much for the kind words. We look forward to checking out your cottonwood video. There is always so much more learn!!

[@jimmycarter9099]

We got one I love the tree

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Hey there! That’s wonderful, we love them too💚

[@badpiggies988]

In Seattle we get fuzz storms at the end of each spring, it looks like snow and is somewhat cool. I’m luckily not allergic at all but they still get EVERYWHERE

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Oh yes, isn’t an amazing sight to see (and feel as it does get everywhere)!?

[@Jay-wz4sb]

Cottonwood bark is good for carving.

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

We didn’t know that, very cool!

[@joecombs7468]

Cottonwood is also a good carving wood.

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Hey there Joe, Thanks for sharing that knowledge, that’s good to know!

[@davidstakston1950]

Have you ever considered the transpiration cycle of the cottonwood trees and how the cottonwood trees affect the dew, fog and cooling in your area?

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

What a wonderful question! We live in a very wet area, but haven’t thought about the dew/fog ecological aspects in relation to cottonwood. How about you?

[@chickmagnetpunk1044]

Are there any states that don't have cotton wood trees or not many trees? Thank you

[@chickmagnetpunk1044]

@@WildHomesteadLiving thank you for the info. Currently, We're experiencing a HUGE cottonwood "fuzz storm" in the Chicago metropolitan areas. I hear this happens for about 2 weeks Durning the end of every spring/early summer although I've never seen it this aggressive and I've lived in Illinois my while life. I was hoping to relocate to either northern Arizona and or west Texas soon but if cottonwood trees are prevalent, I wouldn't. My doctor strongly recommends I relocate to a drier climate due to my severe allergies from cottonwood.

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Somehow our previous comments got deleted - so glad our tips helped and thank you for your support!

[@mayyoke6101]

Thank you for this tutorial🙏🙏🙏 Can yarn be made out of cottonwood? Thank you in advance!

[@mayyoke6101]

@@WildHomesteadLiving I'm in a tropical country, so cottonwood does like it…not its cup of tea😁😁😁 Thank you very much for your prompt answer! Looking forward to your further tutorials😁😁😁🙏🙏🙏

[@mayyoke6101]

@@WildHomesteadLiving Thank you🙏🙏🙏😁😁

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Somehow all of our comments got deleted - thank you again for your comments and support of this project!

[@ananda_krishnan_r]

Is it possible to grow eastern cottonwood at a temperature of 20-30 degree celsius.......

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Hey there! We think so, but don’t have any direct experience with that variety. Based on our observations and research it seems that high water volume in the soil is critical.

[@jerryesposito3079]

what brand of field coat are you wearing?

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

They are Filson!

[@MissyQ12345]

I can't hear this video at all. Looking for info on pruning small cottonwood saplings I dug up and put in a big pot. I know they can survive winter in a pot, but I don't know if I'm supposed to prune the beautiful saplings -- or not. Oh well, I'll keep looking...

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Hey there Missy, we are sorry you can’t hear the video - we could not afford mics at the time of this recording. Hopefully you can enjoy the better audio in our newer videos.

[@MissyQ12345]

@@WildHomesteadLiving Well, maybe. I was looking for specific info on pruning or trimming very small cottonwood saplings I dug out of my yard and put in pots. They look great, but I don't know if I should trim off the bottom branches this time of year and let them sit in the pot over winter again or not. I have so many trees that just come up in my slightly wild desert/river land.

[@dannieryce9687]

I remember reading about a tree that made wonderful sounds even with a light breeze which is a favorite sound to me.. It was long ago and I think in may have been Cottonwood. What do you think?

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

That sounds like cottonwood! The sound on our property when a breeze comes through is beautiful. Sometimes people think there is a stream nearby, but it’s just the trees.

[@infinitewave5161]

Might have also been a quaking aspen.

[@larryhubert8101]

what about the star

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Hey there neighbor! We aren’t sure what star you asking about. Could tell us more?

[@Lehiblack]

@@WildHomesteadLiving I came here for the same thing. Apparently cottonwood twigs when broken near the ring will often have a perfectly shaped star on the inside…something to do with how the rings fold over each other?

[@StonefeltCreative]

@@Lehiblack oh, thanks for the explanation! Yes the pith, or inner part of the forming branches can look like a star ⭐️

[@littlebrookreader949]

❤️

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

💚

[@jonpenguin303]

Aside from the females making the cotton fluff, are there other ways to identify whether a cottonwood tree is a male or female? If so, what are they?

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Great question! We aren’t aware of any other differences. That being said, there’s always more to learn about nature💚

[@bearconverse]

Are the buds edible?

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Great question! We've never eaten them ourselves, but we've heard of others doing it.

[@patriceboquet4995]

Why do you use cheesecloth aren’t You concerned about air getting to it?

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

This is the way we learned to make it and the process works for us. Air will get into it even if you use a solid lid. As long as all the buds are well-covered with oil we have never had issues.

[@katherenest.germain612]

7:13 So because it has antibacterial properties it’s good to use the rest of the canning jar lid and close it off? Just now learning about cottonwood trees and learning to forage them etc. Good video, pleasant to listen to and informative. Could you plan on doing a shorty about foraging the leaves and their uses? I know their’s a lot of amino acids in them making them healthy but bitter tasting. I’ve run into very little info about the leaves. And I’m a little squirrelly about not enough info for a new-by in the foraging life. I don’t want to make myself sick. Thanks for the video. Kate

[@kiefekiefe9542]

Audio is toooooo low thanks

[@StonefeltCreative]

Hey there neighbor. We are sorry it’s too low for you - we made this video before we could afford audio equipment. We hope you find our more recent videos easier to hear!

[@lovesmrjarrett]

These are the annoying trees that make shit fly all over my city 😭😂

[@WildHomesteadLiving]

Yes, they do that!

[@slrope_55]

I hate my neighbors cottonwoods. I love to garden but I spend the majority of my time cleaning my yard.