Living the Good Life on our Off Grid Homestead

[@nerokrez5054]

Hang up smaller brown paper bags where you don't want wasps. They don't like neighbors and think it's other wasps that have moved in and taken over the area, so they move and look for a new, more lonely place. Works in Sweden! Lovely video as always!

[@catarinatorres6378]

Nice ideia! I will try it, but I think it’s one of those garden myths! I am also using empty eggshells with that same idea for the cabbage white butterfly! Will see!

[@moreliving6047]

This one is working doingit for years

[@AntonColores]

I love the bird spotting and naming the flowers and plants 😘

[@ritafoster4958]

An exterminator taught me that when trying to get rid of wasp nests, never stand with the sun behind you. The wasps always fly straight out of their nests toward the sun. So angle your body so you are not in that path.He rarely got stung and didn’t wear a bunch of protective gear, but after decades of doing that job, he was almost immune to their stings.

[@joeeigo9820]

Very useful information. Thanks for sharing

[@domnicadragan377]

The close ups of flowers, birds and animals are stunning! Fantastic! Great job you two in the garden❤

[@rhondag9700]

Apparently a solution of vinegar and salt poured into stump drilled with a few holes. Rots stump. Slow but effective. Might take a couple of applications.

[@BethConant]

Our mimosas r pink. There is PREEN. It's granular. Can be environmentally hazard. There is also "industrial" strength vinegar. Either way, it will take a LOT. If vinegar is used, DO NOT apply in the heat of the day. It will aphexiate u, trust me. Contact your local agricultural center. They might have a solution.

[@BethConant]

Also, for around $60.00 US dollars, u can get a brush blade for your weed eater, strimmer, to cut down your brush. Its a good investment.

[@bfox5767]

Vinegar doesn't work on stumps for me & takes a ton to kill a weed down to roots. Usually only burbs the leaves off but grows right back. Salt can make an area so only salt- tolerant plants will grow in the future. Be careful where you use it.

[@mm.6991]

You can also use a very sharp knife to remove the bark of the mimosa 20 to 30 cm from the top to the base of the tree and the mimosa will slowly begin to dry. For mimosas with a wider trunk, make holes in the trunk with a drill and apply chemicals.

[@JadjaVanParghove444111]

I think you have to digg the roots out, only way. 🙈

[@miriamgiraud4383]

Pour boiling water down by thr roots. As it loosens the soil you can aim to dig up its roots 😊😊

[@CarolineHobbs-Smith-l7z]

Out by the roots! I believe the only permanent solution - a small digger would be easiest (See over on 'Project Kamp' they have done this). It is a highly successful pioneer species that loves open position and uncovered soil. Once out, immediate super-thick mulch (anything from the garden, chopped up, will do). Then get large natives like oak in, that will deter the mimosa in the long run. Remove new seedings on sight. If this seems too radical, then you could try the drilling holes/vinegar method, plus constant cutting back of new growth on the stumps, plus mulch and/or totally excluding the light with a tarp. It might eventually give up after a few years. But you have to stay on top of new growth all the time. For me this is a tougher route. All the best! - we LOVE your channel - would be happy to help but we have a woodland (in Wales!) to keep on top of!

[@bfox5767]

I find that thick mulch (I use about 3 inches thick) really works with reseeding. The suckers from neighboring trees will still need to be pruned, mainly in the spring. The weed block fabric doesn't work on seeds that land on top (only seeds already in the soil) but few seeds can root through thick mulch. The soil is too far away for the roots to reach.

[@jamesgeorge8915]

Who doesnt like a saturday afternoon drinking an irish coffee and watching these videos whilst dozing off in bed. Not me! Thanks the pair of you.

[@Aotruba]

It's scary to see how inflammable mimosa trees are. 😳 The best option to remove roots is a small or medium size digger. 👍 Happy to see Darwin back on track. Salad looked delicious! Thank you for bird, plant, flower information. Black kitty still loves supervising olive trees. Frankie looks so handsome in his new 'fur cut.' 🥰 Love watching your videos! ❤🌟

[@Moby79]

A mulching mower that is set high. Run it over the Acacia every fortnight or so. The mulch can be used as compost or allow to decompose 9on the ground. Eventually the main plant will give up.

[@jpennturner]

Goats are lovable but hard work, they prefer to eat fruit trees and vegetable gardens and are expert at escaping. They also need continual care, clean water, hoof care, shelter, good hay etc so think veryhard before considering having any. Thank you for the lovely videos

[@FrankieOffGrid]

Haha we’ve fully considered all of those things which is why we’ll likely never get goats 🤣

[@joeeigo9820]

How about donkey? Do they also go for the veggies?

[@FrankieOffGrid]

Would love a donkey one day!

[@jcr_jcr]

Frankie's love of socks is just mother love for puppies she never had. Love you seeing you life in Portugal.

[@lisakenyon9429]

Can u move the chicken fence over ? That will help… make it taller at the rock wall and voila! A rolled up bandana around the head is good for sweat Iwan! ♥️👩‍🌾♥️

[@paul434]

Those sheets are Big 6 profile. Modern cement based. To take the nails out without damaging the sheet use bolt cutters. Grip the head without cutting through and twist until you can get a wrecking bar underneath.

[@charlenequinilty7252]

Cutting the mimosas and weeds exposed that lovely stone wall. Love it.

[@FrankieOffGrid]

It’s nice to see it again isn’t it?😅

[@riverriverbent5318]

Having breakfast while watching your beautiful videos on Saturdays is the best! I'm in love with your animals. Greetings from Los Angeles❤

[@villagegreenlightbulbdistr104]

The way Iwan is approaching the problem of removing the mimosa, cutting them at ground level, will only make them spread in the small shoots coming up all over. This is because these trees spread underground along the root system. One has to remove the living root system. There are stump pullers one can purchase that operate on a lever system. I used to use a winch to pull roots, attached to a tree or vehicle. The problem with this is that the winch pulled horizontal to the ground. Your tripod method would help to pull straight up, which is an advantage. One still needs to dig around the root system enough to get the chain or wire wrapped around the root system sufficiently to get a good pull. One does have to remove them at the roots, but that will not solve the problem of the root system from the mimosa on the neighbor's land.

[@sojourner4579]

Just a thought when you are pruning. Do you have a largish tarp you could drop the cuttings onto? This way, most seeds won't be able to drop off and re-establish, and you can drag it to where it's going to be disposed of. See a lot of mowing businesses do this to save double handling. Love your channel and journey ✨️💚🙏👣✨️

[@Grace_x68]

Hi there FOGGIES, an option next to the chooks are to clean the ground, salt it, landscape fabric on top with gravel. The crunchie gravel will definitely scare the foxes away and this way you reduce poison risk to your animals

[@FrankieOffGrid]

This sounds interesting.. what kind of salt? Do you have a link to something? Great idea! Thank you!

[@Grace_x68]

We use normal coarse sea salt. I had to do this in my previous garden (we had an investation of pride of India - a listed illegal plant in my country). We just used the salt, black landscape fabric and gravel. End of shoots growing. They can't grow through and eventually die down.

[@aliceskewthorpe8991]

Except salt contaminated the soil... sadly... The only permanent way is to dig them out... Hopefully it's done and dusted... check for seeds germinating and starting over It may take years to eradicate it...

[@flowersflowers473]

Lots of good advice here already re the Mimosa - I've also heard of putting boiling hot water on the roots as soon as you have cut the trunk, then covering with a tarp or cardboard to prevent regrowth. (Be careful of using salt on the trees - it does work, but the salt can dissolve in water and run off into your vegetable beds, making the beds unproductive. You might want to think about which way the water drains before applying the salt.)

[@tomd5245]

Eco plugs will sort any stump out and are a lot greener than roundup. If you want a 100% natural solution, you drill a few holes in the stumps, fill with salt and then plug the top with soil. Water it and replace the salt every week and it will drain the tree of all its nutrients until it dies. Love the channel!

[@Doitgood52]

It might be worth trying a sheet of black plastic held down on the edges and left for a while to cook the shoots and subdue the growth. To make it easier to extract the nails, engage the claw of the hammer and slip a piece of 20mm wood under the claw to produce more leverage

[@deborahlee8135]

I love all the flora and bird names, so different from here. Iwan may consider reaching out to a supplier of battery-operated secateurs for grape and olive pruning.

[@CLFL14256]

I bought one after seeing Sarah (from Luke and Sarah) using one, she did so much. Best thing ever at my age (68), pricey but so worth it

[@MarieMathieson]

Well done Frankie. , they are both beautiful pups. , I so enjoy watching them and both of you as you work hard. !! Well done

[@isnoo1]

Yay Darwin!!!

[@FrankieOffGrid]

She’s doing really well so far!

[@lettieolivier8127]

I laughed at the chickens' reaction, when you throw the mimosa shoots on a heap!! Highly upset, because you chuck the greenery away😂. As if to say:" Human are you mad? That is food!!"

[@Winnie-hq5hs]

Frankie is looking great! Love the hair cut and well done losing weight❤

[@kimallard225]

I use cardboard thick layers covered with tarpolin to keep light out. After 12 months or so, they should naturally die out with no light. I use this method to get rid of pernicious weeds on my allotment when I started it 4 yrs ago. Now im almost weed free, but it did take 14 months. And lots of bricks to hold it all down. Hope all goes well Regards Kim xx

[@cincinnatusagain8969]

If you keep on cutting the new growth in the tree stump it will eventually give up and die. You need to be patient. I learned this from Jeff Lawton. I tried this method on a large Jukka tree which is very tenacious and it worked.

[@mezanian]

You local council or fire brigade should inforce the 50 mtr barrier to protect your property. Grinding out the stumps to below ground level, then cap them with cement. 😊 As for wasps and asbestos get serious 😮

[@barbarakloise6790]

Frankie, look so cute clipped down! Oh, the chicken looks good and healed up, but it's still blue! Frankie looks like a puppy now!

[@alisonward3167]

Epsom salts poured in to holes and sealed with wax apparently works 😊

[@FrankieOffGrid]

You’re the second person to say that! I’ll definitely give that a go! Thanks

[@WriterGeek]

@@FrankieOffGrid I've tried this with vines and it didn't work for me.

[@CLFL14256]

I tried with a fig tree, didn't work either@@WriterGeek

[@barbarakloise6790]

Vinegar salt and dish soap: the weed kill recipe calls for mixing together: 1 cup of salt 1 tablespoon of dish soap 1 gallon of vinegar From Martha Stewart I know it works on weeds, but I don't know about those trees. You may have to treat them several times but it's definitely not poisonous, that's for sure.

[@catarinatorres6378]

Olá, for grown up trees one needs to cut a ring and peel the bark down until the root. There are best seasons for it… to fight the seeds deposit I believe you have the best soldiers the chickens!

[@sherryrorabaugh3359]

Extend the chicken area up near the rock wall. Maybe they can take care of the trees.

[@magicwendy210]

you make my Saturday mornings peaceful and calming, thank you ☺

[@FrankieOffGrid]

Thank you! So glad you enjoy them.

[@debramairs7806]

❤❤❤❤❤❤ Frankie's haircut ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@daveb6283]

Take out the stump with a kind of claw with a tractor if you can. You have to do it with hemlock tree. But it will come back as long as you keep the old tree there. But the good thing is hemlock tree brings a lot of ants. The chickens should fest with them :-)

[@pclee4679]

The chickens will take care of the seeds and new seedlings...you just need to give them access to the area.as you can see the chicken area is devoid of ant vegetation.

[@bobbybaldeagle702]

1 cup of vinegar to 1 gallon of HOT water and a half cup of salt. Dig around to roots a bit and pour it around the roots. It you add a wee bit of dish soap it will kill weeds if you spray it on the weeds...

[@CLFL14256]

that is as environmental unfriendly as Roundup used on the spot. I would have no qualms using roundup for individual plants/painted on, the broad spraying of it is the problem

[@sharlettedavidson81]

Frankie looks amazing…..like a completely different dog….wow….❤

[@majuambo]

You can use roundup straight with a small brush on the stump u just cut. The amount would be minimal and very effective as you wouldn't be spraying it all-over the land.

[@RiaEvans-x8f]

Instead of Roundup I use white vinegar with salt and washing up liquid in it. I cleared a very overgrown back garden (which scared away the person I was going to pay to clear it for me). I cut everything right down to ground level before spraying it all a couple of times with the solution. I then covered the whole area with cardboard to stifle any new growth of very high growing brambles and Himalayan Honeysuckle which looked like Japanese knotweed. I found that an old fashioned long handled scythe worked better than a strimmer, use as if raking everything towards you rather than swinging it. Perhaps you could find a less inflammable option to the cardboard, but it worked brilliantly, even though it took a couple of years to do it this way rather than use harsh weed-killer.

[@mariapetras2654]

Use a DIGGER ! To root out all the trees🤔. 🚜🚜🚜

[@FrankieOffGrid]

They’re very expensive to hire for the day, would be great though!

[@badseedbrighton46]

Great content...I thought the chicken coop protest was hilarious. In regard to your Mimosas IMHO you'll never get rid if your neighbours aren't doing the same. I think you're already ahead of me...take a leaf from the Alan York school...think of them as an assett...harvest, strip and burn the rubbish and use the straight lengths in your garden walls/dividers. ✌️

[@joannagrimmer]

Further, with A. dealbata, cover the salted trunk with heavy soil or compost, to keep it moist, or with black plastic. To control the constant reinfection from your neighbour, it will be a seasonal routine to walk along that fence with a weeding prong implement and remove the young seedlings. Trimming them of, or slashing/strumming the green-trunked ones will only prune them. The roots will re-energise and resort with even thicker growth in late winter, early spring. 😢

[@johnhoffman5834]

drill largest and many holes as poss in stump....fill with salt....wrap ali foil over stump keeping contact with salt...this sets up current and keeps out rain and light....winner!!

[@annasgmlindgren]

For the mimosaas, I can recommend watching videos from Project camp, they have tried a few different methods for removing them 🙌Thanks for a great video!

[@eunicehenderson9095]

There are many homemade wasp deterrents. Clove oil, lemon grass oil, mix with dish soap and water. peppermint oil on cotton balls placed in areas they repeatedly nest.

[@neutonrenda2303]

Frankie is looking good, she's still a full form, but her belly definitely looks slimmer. She also seems more agile, trying to keep up with Diogo. Love how much time your animals spend with your while you go about your chores, it's really special.❤

[@FrankieOffGrid]

She’s getting there for sure! Her diet will continue!

[@thomasclark6249]

On the acacias, exhaust the roots by routinely cutting off all sprouts and digging down or uprooting everything you can. Eventually the roots will be severely weakened and die. I'm doing the same and it's working a few years in...

[@emuebu6120]

How to get rid of the mimosa where you don't want them. Use a disc on your strimmer to cut the younger mimosa shoots down, ask somebody with a tractor to pull out the stump with the roots or burn the roots inside the ground (don't do this in summer, only in the rainy season).. Besides, Mimosa is a very good fire wood because it dries very quick. The shoots are nice to use them in the garten and so are the bigger ones for posts etc. Hope this helps, all the best, Ecki

[@angiemurphy2423]

We used Epsom Salt to get rid of our cypress tree stump. Loads of info online to help.

[@josedacosta9847]

I love your calm videos, very typical of the Portuguese landscape.

[@leanneclare3750]

Another great one! Just to nag you …please take care of your health. When we are young we take it for granted but as we get older those things we shouldn’t have done with broken ribs pays us a visit later in life. So please take proper care of yourself and your body will thank you.

[@1dkappe]

Good to see Dan and Laura.

[@bfox5767]

I get invasive trees in my yard, but my land is much smaller than yours. I cut them down with strimmers & and pruners, then come back about once a week or 2 to see if anything has resprouted. If you see any green sprouting, break them off. Do this weekly or biweekly & the roots & stump uses up all its energy stored in roots since it can't do photosynthesis. It dies. If you only clear an area at a time, an area small enough to keep an eye on like by the chicken coop, the trees are dead within a month or so. It works on brambles & ivy too. I have to create appointments in my calendar planner to remember to walk the area to look for sprouts, but it only takes a few minutes to do. If you come back to find leaves open, then you need to come back sooner next time to avoid photosynthesis. If no sprouts then you came back too soon. I hope this helps.

[@SusanBooker-g9j]

I like how the cats and dogs come and check out what you are. doing. Your gardens are starting to look great. Iwan rest and get better. Loved the close up shots of the pets and the flowers.

[@alfieingle4724]

Love to watch your videos. The calm it brings over me with all the birds, flowers cats and dogs running around. Forget about diesel and roundup. The only way to dig it up and keep it clear all year round. Those trees are a pest. Our farm forest here in SA were cleared every winter.

[@EastRiverHomestead]

I had a similar issue with a tree called, 'Buckthorn.' It wasn't invasive until I cut down the mother plant and she sent runners everywhere as a survival response. Same would happen if I cut the suckers or runners. I am terrified of Round-Up but had no choice. So instead of spraying, I took sandwich bags with ties, poured the liquid into the bag, and then I put a limb and leaves and twist tied the bag closed. It kept the liquid from going anywhere or getting airborne and went directly to the root thus ending my buckthorn problem. I just controlled the application.

[@projectportugal]

Lovely video guys❤ loved the sock find and the birdies. I have found out about how to kill mimosa from our friend Miguel

[@FrankieOffGrid]

Thank you! Ah really?! Speak about it next time!

[@shirleyrice7093]

The small mimosa trees make good woven stick fences. I enjoyed your video. It seems spring is a delightful season. It is so nice to be surrounded by nature and so much grows so easily in Portugal, a beautiful country.

[@nancyspence2965]

Always at dusk or early morning when wasps are not fully awake & active, less chance of stings.

[@richardrynko]

13:47 If you want to kill the trees, I have heard that driving copper nails in st the base will kill the mimosa tree, or any tree, something about the copper kills them. I looked it up on Google and it is something you can do, also you can put them in stumps to get rid of new shoots.

[@Marie-yx5ie]

Good for you for not using roundup it damages the land for year's to come, I'd say diesel would do the same...I hope someone comes up with a good alternative for you, someone who really cares for the land and treats it with respect.. Good luck. Love your video's guy's 👍😉🇨🇮☘️Eire

[@paulinewilson613]

Your videos are always full of beautiful nature, love the little birds and that you name them as we don't get any of them other than the kingfisher here in Australia. Your salad looked very pretty, I'm sure it tasted just as good as it looked. Good to get rid of those damned wasps, they are very dangerous things to have so close to your living quarters. Frankie's haircut looks great, she looks thinner without all that hair.

[@LorraineinAustralia]

Oh my, a lovely video.. I’m glad Frankie is doing well with her weight.. we rounder figured folk need encouragement sometimes ❤️ Iwan.. behave. Do what you are told. 🤣 Carissa, I have never seen such a beautiful salad array. Diogo, you are just so handsome 😉

[@QuangSinhVillageLife]

The scene is so peaceful

[@katiadp2145]

Sending regards and get well soon Irwin 😊😊😊🇬🇷 🇬🇷

[@glassdaft]

Drill lots of holes in stump, fill with salt, vinegar, Epsom salts whatever you can get your hands on that is naturally acidic. Fill holes & cover with something waterproof. Reapply often. Chop & lift as many roots then blackout the ground with whatever you’ve got. Be persistent & it will pay off. Surly there are ‘volunteers’ who are keen to give a hand. Your videos are so beautiful and you come across as such lovely genuine people there must be folk out there wanting to help out

[@CLFL14256]

my fig tree kept regrowing. Thankfully only one so I can cut off any new shoots every so often

[@biddiemutter3481]

4:46 Treasure!

[@selinab8532]

could try painting the stumps (with paint) have heard it can suffocate some trees; drill deep holes into stumps & pour boiling water into them, burn the stumps out in winter? otherwise you are going to have to keep lopping them off, good luck, it's a huge job so glad your hen is doing well thanx for sharing

[@jamiesmith1343]

Try salting the stumps, it helps to make the stumps rot. Don't know if it will work on the Mimosa, but it's worth a try, and a safe alternative. make an X in the root and pour in the salt.

[@paulroberts5695]

Great to watch, with a little bit of envy of your lifestyle 😊

[@biddiemutter3481]

Yes, covering the ground to block out light should help you stay on top of it.

[@carolbulmer8253]

Good morning, Carissa and Iwan. I love the opening scenes of your videos… we just had an overnight snowstorm here in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada… so it’s lovely to see that there’s spring in your area. I’m glad that Darwin has recovered. Frankie and her sock thieving makes me smile😊 See you next week❤️❤️

[@paularthur1451]

The wooden wine casks/ barrels you had last year, I remember your wine was leaking its a pity to loose any after all your hard work,when you were talking about the vines it came into my mind, you both work very hard I love watching your videos. 😊

[@annar6430]

Morning Iwan and Carissa. Why don't you hire someone else goats, get 2...tether them on a long sturdy rope to a strong tree...not sure how long it would take them to eat mimossa..or even if it's good for them

[@FrankieOffGrid]

I’ll look into whether or not they’ll eat it..

[@annar6430]

@@FrankieOffGrid 👍🇯🇲 were I live..very large groups of goats with kids forage untethered along the grass verges of the main road . But usually only the females as Rammys fetch a really high price, so are prone to theft. I too watched 'Project Kamp' tackle their mimosa problem. ❤❤

[@biddiemutter3481]

I haven't looked, but I will eat my hat if they don't 😂​@@FrankieOffGrid

[@PortugalaGals]

Lovely video as usual. Thank you. Hmmm. Perhaps you can 'babysit' Nick and Andrea's pigs for a while. You can fence off the area temporarily with electric fencing and let them go mad on the mimosa. 😁😁😁

[@stevecallen8910]

One of the most effective chemicals is SBK brushwood killer. Drill stump and apply diluted 2:1 mix. Have used successfully on Blackthorn, sycamore, willow etc. Good luck!

[@neutonrenda2303]

What a bountiful harvest for your salad, my mouth was watering. You'll never find that in a shop. How awesome spring is.👍❤

[@FrankieOffGrid]

It’s the best time of year!

[@TheSkamada]

I would suggest drilling the stumps, 2 or 3 good holes, and filling them with salt and then watering them so that it soaks in well. You don't have goats or cows that will lick the salt and for dogs and cats and other critters it's harmless. Removing the stumps will be a different task... Acacia and eucalyptus (plus the pampas duster), a problem we also have in the Cantabrian (northern Spain), although the growth of mimosas is controlled on farms with... donkeys or goats. Good luck!

[@eunicefantasia2403]

So sorry for Mason. ❤ The cherry trees are lovely. Yes, keeping busy always helps alot so continue as you doing it is the best way. Wishing you courage and an inspiring spring to get your creative juices flowing with your projects. ❤

[@FrankieOffGrid]

Pretty sure sure you have the wrong video but we hope Mason is alright!

[@eunicefantasia2403]

You are right. Wrong video.🙃 Love your videos too.❤

[@InstrumentalBackTracks]

If you spray F40 around window skirtings or the corrugated iron wall you'll get rid of the wasps.

[@InstrumentalBackTracks]

ooooppps its WD-40 lol dont know why I wrote F40 must've been dreaming of Ferraris

[@mariajoseguerreiro9119]

Iwan and Carissa!... Love your video with the bird wild life. I live in city and never seen cuco. Can show us a cuco on your land. Well i could google. You have done such good work on filming the bird i so much enjoy. I love all your video i try not to miss them. Iwan take care of yourself. Enjoy your week and God bless you all.❤

[@FrankieOffGrid]

We’ll try and get the Cuckoo, they’re quite tricky to get close to.

[@prometeled]

i love the peace in yours videos that bring me dream thank you

[@avonleaellio-i3v]

Also, for that area with the washing machine, could you add, in place of what is there some plexiglass sort of material...to create more light for that area? I realize that area may not be a long term situation but having more light maybe lovely for shor term for that space...just a thought.

[@lisabullock5864]

Loved the fire bits, so satisfying to see the annoying mimosa burned to nothing but as you say, a little bit terrifying too that green wood would burn so well. Loved the bird shots and IDs Always keen to see that

[@jacquelinegomez4974]

Hello the best time to get rid of a wasp nest it early in the morning around 6:00 am when the wasp are sleeping you get the wasp spray and spray them in there face they won’t chase you because it’s to cold for them I hope this information was helpful

[@ruialexandre4279]

If you have many mimosa trees and you want to get rid of them you will be forced to use chemicals. I don`t use them but in a case like yours I have to use them. When you cut one many will grow in the same stump. Also when you clear the land many new seeds will come up.

[@jerrielindsey5939]

For bigger mimosa, you can girdle them. Girdling alone will often kill them. For extra measure I paint a solution of triclopyr to the wound. Painting prevents any humans, dogs, chickens, etc. from being exposed to the herbicide. The small ones must be dug up by the roots or sprayed.

[@susanriverione7437]

Bravo Frankie! The struggle is real. Love the garden salad w ith so many flowers. Iwan take care so you won't have scar tissue shortening your 70's. Thanks so for the afternoon.

[@suedale1865]

Thank you for filming the blossom & birds such a restful vlog ❤❤

[@racebanning6390]

HAPPY SPRING !!!.... LOOKED LIKE A WONDERFUL SPRING FEAST. BE BLESSED YE ALL.🙏🙏🙏👍👍🌻🌻

[@glenyscallaghan1195]

A lovely mixed salad.

[@tinychihuahua-wh9uq]

The only way to get rid of the mimosa trees is to pull them up while they are very small, if you cut them down you will get more and more!!! I live in Italy and we have them here too.

[@davecleggett9371]

Ah! My timely dose of therapy. Beautiful videography again, so soothing. What is it about the clucking of chickens that is so lethargy-inducing? Could it be a throwback to older times methinks? Afraid you've got a full-time job on your hands re the Mimosa - if you don't want to contaminate your land (which I applaud), the only sure-fire removal method is stump removal. Tedious and back-breaking work for sure, but the alternative is what you are doing now - the annual chop! Good luck with that guys! And thank you again for a beautiful episode, wonderful to watch!

[@gdreading9088]

Interesting to see you name the birds and flowers . . love it.

[@robertjohnashort6248]

copper nails in the stumps, poisens the roots, I`ve heard

[@Rusty_James]

i heard that cleaningvinegar does the trick..!