Cutting Down my Maple Sugar Bush to Make it Better

What looks like destruction is actually dramatically improviing my maple sugar bush.
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[@marianfrances4959]

Awesome forest management plan! 👍😎🇨🇦🌲🐾🍁

[@otis4349]

Envy. The enemy of a peaceful soul. I may need to stop watching your videos. You are doing a wonderful thing being self reliant and disciplined. So, envy and regret that I didn’t do something similar when I was able to do so. So, to the younger guys,,,,,,,don’t avoid the opportunity to live your dream.

[@glendajune9140]

Wishing you all the best, with this ongoing tree project.💯😀👍🏾💜✝️🙏🏾🇺🇸

[@Esoj.]

On todays episode, Shawn talks about the importance of girth. Lol jk, you should hang up the horseshoe you found on the workshop for good luck 🍀! It would be cool to see a video of all the stuff you have found on your properties one day. Thanks for the explanation on the clearing, always interesting to hear about how / why you are managing your forest. Did the consultant visit this property as well?

[@carladejonge4951]

Your commitment and dedication pays off everyday! I applaud your efforts & drive to live the life you believe in!❤

[@stevenkukene9970]

It is fascinating to see Forrest management done so thoughtfully. You will leave your slice of paradise better than you found it. Good on ya!

[@rosehavenfarm2969]

Glad you are sharing this information. Many, if not most, people don't understand about clear the weed trees to cultivate the good trees. Having a wood lot (well, you have a forest!) is a lot of work, but well worth it.

[@toddlegari6611]

Educational video . Reminds me of working at my parents bush lot in Maberly years ago . Rewarding work . Nothing better than being outside .

[@cindyblair1283]

Another awesome video Shawn ! Your a very wise man and I truly love how you value your precious land. I am always excited to see what you have next in line for us. Thank you for always taking the time out to share with us and the time it takes to also edit . God Bless and keep on keeping on😊 love from Ohio❤

[@marygordon3032]

Thanks Shawn we absolutely understand, genius! 👏👏👏🤩🤩🤩💯💯💯

[@Smalfry47]

Loved learning about forestry care……. Old but still teachable here!

[@armidaperez5360]

It's good to care for those trees you want keep, whether you want it to keep it for privacy or view.

[@JDK45ACP]

Thanks for the episode.

[@athollmcnicoll1028]

Yes Shawn no one ever said Land Management was easy, decisions galore on what to save and what to drop?

[@stephenabril7084]

My dad strapped a tree in our backyard that was splitting and saved it. Good idea, especially for a nice oak.

[@halinawiecek2297]

Thank you Shawn for sharing the video.

[@Jezebels_Dad]

I am 74 years old now. My mobility is somewhat compromised and I'm at home a lot, not a lot of friends. And I find that that, particularly when I'm troubled, I can turn on one of your videos from either broadcast and just quietly spend some time with a friend. A few hours where everything is going at a sane speed instead of the frenetic pace of the every day jumble. I can't express how important that is to me. Give that miserable dog some serious c's & p's (cuddles & pats). I've seen that look on a dog's face before. Criminals, every one.

[@garysmith9772]

You’re not alone I hear you.

[@peperetuque7744]

thank you for sharing

[@remystraub6990]

merci JAMES

[@TRIPONTHIS]

Flying squirrels ! I have never seen one , now your talking about them. Boss of the swamp also made a video with a flying squirrels a few days ago. He is south of me and your north west of me. I have to keep my eye open at the cottage.

[@yssubed2]

I've seen a couple flying squirrels over the years at our cottage. It's about an hour east of Shawn.

[@Maxid1]

I can't imagine how difficult clear cutting a forest to make farm land would have been with original frontier implements. Just getting the previous forest floor to be able to be plowed with a horse and plow. All those roots!

[@dircegouvea451]

Meu querido Chawn James, Deus te abençoe infinitamente.🙏😘🤗

[@michaelboom7704]

Its not like your clearing the forest like being done here in New Brunswick letting Irving clear cut the forests by hundreds of acres, you are removing a small few for the good of what is left to produce in the future. Makes sense to me!

[@feralkid1102]

Amen. From NB myself, couldn’t agree more.

[@scottloughnan1358]

i am actually doing the very same as you are i want more maple tree growth on one area of our property for the purpose of maple syrup production.

[@PabloP169]

It will be a tough choice to balance the protection that trees provide each other from wind to making more space to allow the Maples to get bigger.

[@armandzottola1626]

My granddaughter is in college majoring in environmental sustainability. I wish she could see this.

[@cabininthewoods7326]

I follow KZbinr Wilson forest lands, he talks a lot about how he manages his timberland and thinning the property out so healthy trees aren't struggling to compete for resources like water and sun. He also has a silly sense of humor.

[@MLMinar-and-StevenPeterBurke]

I must have missed a previous episode where you mentioned what you are building in that clearing, Shawn.

[@4wheelliving132]

The Outdoor With the Morgan's KZbin channel do a lot of tree removal and he has a small excavator with one of those thumbs on the bucket and it's worth it's weight in gold when dealing with a lot of down trees

[@ruprechtkroenen2665]

1:10 Dazu gab es sogar ein Video, es gibt keins was langweilig ist.

[@lynettescott682]

Looking forward to the New Adventure this year 💪👍🙂 Shawn 🙏

[@BraxxJuventa]

😁👍🏼

[@kearnsey64]

You’ve got your work cut out for you!😉

[@truthreigns7]

Are those types of trees that are called widow makers?

[@theodorehowe2262]

Great job managing your forest, not an easy process to do. Best wishes to you Shawn

[@amyward7976]

Shawn, do you have to do something to the tree trunks to prevent new growth from them?

[@ronsafreed2400]

your work is cut out for you..i got a big one here to take out..when its warmer...be careful Shawn

[@dsop66]

There’s those knees again!! Is this a new trend???😅😅.

[@helenlazoga1487]

Hi Shawn, hope you and your family are well. You have alot of work ahead of you, but you are enthusiastic and up to the task I'm sure. Hope everything goes well. Warm greetings from Greece.

[@dalevalentine1721]

We had a mast year for oak last year in Haliburton. I picked up buckets full of acorns and about 50% had started to germinate. I spent the last week with my grandchildren planting them throughout the forest around our cottage. Hopefully they will be able to look back in 50 years and remember that they helped maintain a thriving forest

[@TheBigWanger]

Do you, or can you, burn a brush pile? All the accumulated branches from fallen trees? Or too much risk?

[@fgb3126]

Whenever I see "sugar bush" I think of some shrub that has the common name of 'Sugar Bush'. We would call "bush" we would call 'a woodland'. What's the matter with your beeches?

[@nomercadies]

I love the way you taaalk.

[@geoffreywilliams7530]

Creating old growth type forests by correcting MISmanagement practices of the last 100 years makes sense. Hopefully that is what your concept is trying to achieve

[@TeresitaCorralesmeuly-y9l]

HELLO

[@lindapetersen1800]

SHAWN & OUR CALI !!! Hey that is a great idea there !!! Glad you decided on doing it now !!! It will help those maple trees grow around their bases for them to give to you more sap in the Spring time !!!

[@doughershberger4285]

Good morning, yeah no doubt trees are work but thinning them out definitely helps those that you want to keep.

[@Longing4theWoods]

2:16 😂

[@countschad]

What is "sugar bush?"

[@karensinclair4189]

Maple trees that you tap for their sap and make maple syrup from.

[@countschad]

@@karensinclair4189 My apologies, I don't understand the "bush" part if they are trees...

[@PurpleAlienPlanet]

@@countschad In Canada, "the bush" refers to large expanses of forest and swampland which sprawl undeveloped, as well as any forested area.

[@countschad]

@@PurpleAlienPlanet Thank you.

[@sardarmuhammadali2414]

Salam bro you upload very short video iam waiting for long video

[@scottewen2522]

First to comments. Looks better. Nice open spot. To let some light into the forest.

[@thomaskern7716]

Hej from Germany, Shawn, you are Mister Nature, with all your Blood and Meat !!!!

[@pavelusa3423]

Way up north with Mr james😊

[@Longing4theWoods]

Oh this isn’t up north Canada lol.

[@karensinclair4189]

Maybe from where you are living. It is actually not the north in Canada.

[@joangibson859]

My major professor for my taxonomy graduate work at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill always said, "yellow birch over boulder fields". Dr. Radford was not wrong, whether in western North Carolina, northern West Virginia where I live or Canada where you are.

[@israelolvera558]

♥️💖❣️💙💝💜🤍❤️😇

[@ryowausa5951]

お疲れさまです 樹木を間引き 伐採して林に陽射しが差し込み 明るくなりますね☺ 息吹をかんじる🌱🌿植物の芽吹き が 大好きです 🐝🐍🐸🐭🐜🐌🐞

[@kevinscudamore2711]

👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

[@BushcraftQuebec]

Just raking the leaves and exposing mineral soil . You ll see new trees or plants growing there

[@kimberlyjones4534]

Happy st Patrick’s say Shawn. Love your videos. Hey guys I’m favored financially with Bitcoin ETFs approval, Thank you buddy.$18,000 weekly profit regardless of how bad it gets on the economy.

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YES!!! That’s exactly her name (Audrey Lauren ) so many people have recommended highly about her from Brisbane Australia…🇦🇺

[@paulwilliams4514]

Thanks Shawn for all your good works ❤

[@paulwilliams4514]

I’m a long term investor, I withdrew my profits of over £61,000 during the Covid-19 pandemic.

[@sarahann8796]

She is my family’ personal Broker and also a personal Broker to many families in the United States, she is a licensed broker and a FINRA AGENT in the United States.

[@andersonanita8294]

This sounds so good and I would like to be a party to this, is there any way I can speak with her?

[@kimchi_b]

Let's be honest, this guy just enjoys chopping stuff up.

[@robsterenborg]

Perhaps you look into Water witching or dowsing. Maple and Birch are another's opposite.

[@catherinew9355]

nice fr33m@son hand sign there @1:29

[@patrickmace1051]

"Now the trees are all kept equal...by hatchet, axe...and saw!" -Neal Peart

[@cyndybutler7330]

Tomorrow first day of spring flowers are blooming here

[@edmedlin2936]

I think most people could not fathom your kind of comittment in improving your forest. Good job, Shawn. I certainly look forward to this summer and whatever big projects you work on.

[@leetexas3924]

Ever faithful companion Cali, always there to help. God Bless

[@NereideBibo-jj4hm]

Ela é muito linda ❤❤❤❤❤

[@valeriaproductions]

I had to do the same thing when I moved to my land. There were so many scrub trees. I had to create room for the healthy trees.

[@jimmycastro2293]

Shawn, take some Maple Tree Clippings & transplant them. I've transplanted Redwood, Pine, Giant White Oak, Golden Sage etc many things. Everything grows for me (good stock helps)!!! Best thing to do in your lifetime is plant a Tree!!

[@johnmeloche6569]

Looking forward to your future projects

[@TrentGunnellGeorgiaExposure]

I commend you for what you are doing. It's always good to improve timber, habitat, and wildlife. I don't know if you realize, but there is a reason the forests are dying off one tree at a time especially up north. It's because commercial airplanes are dumping excess fuel at high altitudes. The federal government will deny this, but it's true. Do you ever wonder why when after it rains, that there is sudsy water in the creeks and reservoirs. This is not normal. Most experts will tell you..., on no, the reason the trees are dying is because the bugs are bad this year. Not true. Bugs only get into trees that are already sick and diseased. It's nature way of cleaning up the forests. Any way just some food for thought. Keep up the good work. God Bless!

[@davidpatrick1813]

You know oaks have a shallow wide spread root system ... enough wind mass, it will blow over.

[@adamredden2007]

Maaaannn this is a constant struggle for me. Holding a chainsaw I'm constantly looking around considering what I should leave or take. White oak and Maple constantly stay my hand....

[@loupiscanis9449]

Thank you , Shawn . 🐺Loupis Canis .

[@alariaesculenta8177]

Responsible logging, just like weeding your garden. Thanks for explaining your management.

[@c.rogers____]

How about getting a tractor that would help you a lot With clearing the areas.

[@deanwinchester6654]

Tree roots do talk to each other. Were learning more about them. Certain tree species share nutrients with each other. Mother trees help their young grow.

[@williambridges6742]

I've heard but I may be wrong but you can also tap Birch trees for sap to make syrup also. Am I wrong?

[@Vanjonsorz]

Last we heard of this area, you were moving the workshop, or leaving that and building another elsewhere, because the deer go through there. Not knocking you clearing, just wondering what has changed and what will now be built there?

[@Gator-fromOZ]

😅Looks like CALLIE is having fun chasing something down clear over on the other Hill …😁

[@joeyhardin1288]

Pruning grape vines is hurtful, but the end results far outweighs the few missing branches.

[@rebeccamercer4160]

Thanks Shawn! Learning a lot about nature thru your channel! Blessings to you and your family! Happy belated St Patrick’s Day!☘️☘️☘️

[@pb973]

I read that you can take a tape measure, measure the circumference of the tree and every inch is one year. My tape measure has inches on one side the other side has centimeters.

[@greywolfwalking6359]

You are a proper steward of the land!! Keep up the proper plan n work!! C ya on the next video! 🐺🧙‍♂️🦊

[@monicacasella3812]

Holaaa me encantan sus videos saludos desde uruguay 🇺🇾 💙 💕

[@Gef1804]

Shawn for God's sake!!! Retire now in peace, you can do it!!! Is the follower rating enough or is it the only thing that matters to you?

[@deanwinchester6654]

Dude is living his life, what's wrong with that

[@Gef1804]

​​@@deanwinchester6654 ...Are you living a life for others, followers .....Living to please others is a true form of servitude, ... but if you are really happy ... let it continue that way .... What will your family think?

[@willieflowers5420]

BLESSINGS AND MORE BLESSINGS TOO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY STAY SAFE AND HEALTHY IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Tomhohenadel]

Great discussion on proper forest management. Hope you collect all the syrup you need.