Planting trees on the homestead - Creating shade, mulch and seasonal beauty

Not everything on the homestead needs to be edible! Planting deciduous trees offers the homestead so much more than only edible fruit trees. It's hard work, but work that without a doubt pay off in a few years' time.
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The trees I have planted on Tamakoa Homestead to represent the 5 of us, and that forms a crucial part of our logo and homesteading journey are:
- Platanus acerifolia ' AKA London Plane'
- Quercus palustris 'AKA Pin Oak'
- Quercus nigra 'AKA Water Oak'
- Liquidambar styraciflua 'AKA Sweetgum'
There are a number of reasons why we decided to use deciduous trees at the entrance on the homestead. These include seasonal changes that provide a lot of shade in summer and open canopies in winter to let the winter sun rays through; seasonal changes in appearance from beautiful spring greenery to a show of autumn colours and winter bareness; to provide an abundance of mulch that can be used to create leaf mulch compost for the homestead or mulch in the vegetable garden. In additional to that these trees get really large, which will bring in a range of birds and other animals that will greatly benefit the overall ecosystem we are trying to build on the homestead.
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[@sharongtoddlifestyleandfas5361]

Your content is wonderful and inspiring. I am an early homesteader too. Stumbled across your channel today and I am binge watching all your videos. Great teamwork with your little boy by the way!😀👍

[@tamakoa-homestead]

Thank you so very much 💚 you comments are so kind and deeply appreciated. I'm so glad to hear you find my content wonderful and inspiring. It really means a lot to me! I am also incredibly lucky to be able to spend quality time with my little ones and teach them skills they would otherwise never be able to learn 🌻🌻🌻

[@pampotgieter7611]

Yes me too, I didn't realize you have a second channel. So I have joined.

[@tamakoa-homestead]

Yaaaay, thanks for following this journey too 💚 I'm looking forward to sharing a while different side of me and my family and that you enjoy getting to know us all a bit better. Maybe one day you can. Come stay with us once we have the houses set up 🌻

[@kristinagraour2891]

Just found your second channel. Love getting in early on a transformational journey! Good luck to you; looking forward to watching the progress. P.S. "My son is stuck in his own shirt" was my big laugh of the day 😂

[@tamakoa-homestead]

Aw, thank you so much for joining me on this new and super exciting journey 💚 there is going to be some incredible transformation and I hope you continue to enjoy where things go. I must say that was quite a moment where he got stuck in his own clothes...he is forever getting himself stuck in things 😂 sure there will be lots of these captured in future episodes 🌻

[@garyleonard4009]

I have joined your other channel. It's absolutely awesome what you are doing and I am definitely going to buy you a coffee soon. Learning a lot of things about my food garden. Thanks 👋🇿🇦

[@tamakoa-homestead]

Hey Gary, wow, thank you for those incredibly kind words 💚 I'm so happy you love what I'm doing and I am at the brink of starting my house build which is going to be really exciting to share, so hopefully what I share he s even more valuable 🌻