The Most Profitable Farm Crop? TREES!

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@StephaninasAmputeeAdventures Жыл бұрын

🌳And thus Morgan settled the age-old debate: money DOES grow on trees! 🤑💸🌳

@krinklesofmadness Жыл бұрын

And took a position on the age-old saying “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” 🧒 🧑

@goobfilmcast4239 Жыл бұрын

Brilliant

@kuljinderkaur93 Жыл бұрын

Right

@lordbyronkeith9488 Жыл бұрын

"No plans to become a full on orchardist"...cut to Morgan 10 years later showing off his brand new fully loaded Baumalight tree spade and giving a tour of his tree nursery.

@cindygreen6900 Жыл бұрын

And isn't a "Cat person" either but look where life has taken him.

@dakilangraikage9988 Жыл бұрын

crazy to think that probably one day we'd be seeing all those twig trees be an actual sturdy tree that a kid could possibly climb.

@saraschneider6781 Жыл бұрын

I mean he's now a cat person so that's just how Morgan's life works.🤣

@chickenmonger123 Жыл бұрын

@@dakilangraikage9988 Well he’s not got any kid’s so it’s hard to say what will happen to his farm at the end of a lifetime. That was part of the premise for farms of the past. A farm takes that long to mature into what it might be. Or decay I suppose.

@rkj4107 Жыл бұрын

Yep! No pigs either!

@Maybachdemon Жыл бұрын

the clip at 8:20 is simultaneously both adorable and funny the way the chicken is trying to keep up

@Joe_n_Sarah Жыл бұрын

At 8:22 I loved how the chicken was following you guys lol 😂😆😂

@linabina4832 Жыл бұрын

You might need to take a little drive around the farm for Abby. I’m sure she’s missing hanging out with her bovine buddies. But, she also got a good zoom from running with you while you drove up the slope. Abby girl might need the extra burn lol.

@wrenchdoozer Жыл бұрын

I am really liking this hoop coop. Especially the see through roof.

@naerwyn239 Жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@Shridra Жыл бұрын

Here in New Brunswick (Canada) one of the main exports is lumber. What that means is that as of now a lot of our hardwoods have been cut down, and while they plant new trees in their place they tend to plant softwoods, which don't have as deep of roots, which has caused issues with flooding. I've been talking to my friends about possibly using your method to start some hardwoods and then guerilla planting them to start building up the stock of hardwoods again.

@RoseNZieg Жыл бұрын

whoever is doing the tree replacement program? they sound like incompetent people. in the future there will be less hardwood to harvest. it would be great if you can mitigate it with the plans you talked about.

@Shridra Жыл бұрын

@@RoseNZieg Have you ever heard of Irving? 🙃

@wmanadeau7860 Жыл бұрын

I've done the sneak planting sprouted acorns thing in New England, it's very easy and quite a lot of fun... Gather acorns in the fall, sandwich them between scraps of carpet, leave outdoors all winter, peel off the upper layer when the snow goes, gather the sprouts and plug them in wherever. :)

@FiredAndIced Жыл бұрын

@@Shridra A Duckduckgo search revealed either the oil refinery or a lumber company. I suppose that in America, they don't bother with caring much about the details, if it is a tree species, it does its job. I don't think people care much about which one matters unfortunately.

@Shridra Жыл бұрын

@@FiredAndIced they have their hands in multiple different pots, but yes, their major businesses are oil and lumber. Unfortunately they're big bullies, bought out almost all of the smaller companies that actually cared about things like forest management (my husband was a lumberjack when they started taking over), and are basically a shadow government here, so the official government "doesn't care". New Brunswick is one of the poorest provinces and Irving is a big reason why.

@RuthAnnnMorris Жыл бұрын

Very interesting Morgan!! In the late 70’s we lived in Wilcox Arizona and Farmer Brown had started an apple orchard in the early 70’s or late 60’s. The orchard produced like crazy and they put in a press and now Wilcox Apple Cider is well known and sold in grocery stores. So it went from just a local thing to a huge and very profitable business. It’s amazing how that happens, but it does!!!

@zoni3gurl641 Жыл бұрын

I'm going to have to check them out. I am addicted to Hot Spiced Cider.

@harpintn Жыл бұрын

I bought some Big Red Truck brand of apple cider this year. It is the best I have ever had. It is not too sweet, not too tart, and has the right amount of tannin in it.

@qynoi42 Жыл бұрын

We used to go to Wilcox in October for pumpkin patches and we'd always stop to get the Apple Cider and apples. Was a cherished memory for me.

@jenedge5579 Жыл бұрын

8:24- omg, I absolutely love the image of a man a happy dog at his side and a chicken chasing behind.🚶🏻‍♂️🐶 🐓

@reggiegarcia07 Жыл бұрын

One of the best parts of the day, Gold Shaw videos

@rogergoodland3140 Жыл бұрын

I really appreciate the fact that YOU appreciate the value of the American Chestnut tree!!! We MUSt bring it back. Thank you for the effort you are putting in to help make that happen!!

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@rogergoodland3140 Жыл бұрын

I"m not sure I know how to do this! I'm old! LOL!

@zoni3gurl641 Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video. It's fun to see the part of the farm that you take care of besides all of the animals. My favorite shot was you walking away and being followed by Abby and a chicken. lol

@Lynne2106 Жыл бұрын

I remember when you were sprouting tree seedlings at your apartment. You fridge was full of tree nuts. Think of how you have traveled! It’s really a lesson about investing time, effort and patience.

@pandatvomegameow Жыл бұрын

It is genius. Getting trees from you is like asking home a piece of your farm.

@Dr_V Жыл бұрын

If you grow "wild" apple trees from seedlings, no matter what the parent plants looked like about 30-35% will end up making fruits that are enjoyable to eat fresh and another 40-50% will be good enough for processing (into pies, jams or cider). Only one in 5 or 6 trees will give small sour fruit not worth harvesting, but they're also the most vigorous so great for grafting cultivars on the main branches.

@orchidcolors Жыл бұрын

That's really cool to know! (I am always curious about how tree propagation works.)

@Jane-West Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing that info!

@jamesbackyard7192 6 ай бұрын

Im a florida boy so i had never seen an apple tree untill i went to Chicago. The locals told me they were crab apples and not good. I tried them and besides being ugly and sticky they were amazing.

@athede99 Жыл бұрын

The bucket and sand method works for apricot seeds in northern New Mexico too! I killed them in our direct sun, too early tho...next year tho, I got this!!! Trying some peach seeds this year too. One bucket of apricots and one bucket of peaches 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

@christines173 Жыл бұрын

I really admire your approach with the permaculture concept. If everyone did to his it would be great for farming, healthier for people & better for the earth!

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@phloxfarms6595 Жыл бұрын

We did exactly what you are doing and talked about before with trees, but with our mangos. And Boy, that saved us! So in a round about way you helped us save our mango trees as we lost our two big 30 footers in Hurricane Ian. We have like 25 mango baby trees that survived!

@jordondax Жыл бұрын

You're so passionate about your trees it's cool to see.

@jennyd255 Жыл бұрын

Here in the UK there are often wonderful hedgerow Apples to be found, if you know where to look. Often these are the remenants of an apple core that someone tossed out of a car window, years ago, or the result of the remains of an old farm-hand's snack. Sometimes they are second or third generation and have cross pollinated with wild crab apples, or indeed each other, until the hedge has a plethora of unusual fruit to pick and try in September or October. Some make good eating - some are best stewed - it is a lottery until you have tried each tree, but many have interesting colour and unusual flavour combinations. Best of all it is free fruit. Back in 2018 when my partner and I were temporarily a bit down on our luck, finding and sampling these wild apples was one of the things which gave us something to look forward to. So go for it - try your seedlings, and one day we may all be buying a Morgan's Gold Apple in place of a Red Delicious (or in your part of the world a Macintosh).

@poilaaliop Жыл бұрын

Hedge fruit is the best! Apples are lovely, but in my town, there's a particularly massive bramble that produces berries so big and juicy, I can only fit three in my hand at a time without squishing them. I meant to make jam with them, but they were too good, I and my partner fiancé devoured everything we collected. I don't know what cross-pollinatory magic made that happen, but I'll happily walk ten minutes and go down a creepy alleyway for those berries.

@delfoxxd6469 Жыл бұрын

The farm looks great todayyy

@NewEnglandgardening Жыл бұрын

I planted a Roxbury Russet apple tree three years ago and it was immediately damaged by rabbits around the base. I have to put hardware cloth around my fruit trees to protect them. There is a big effort underway trying to bring back the American Chestnut.

@silverforest4682 Жыл бұрын

I have some seedlings started fron nuts from a surviving tree in the east. I'm in minnesota. I can't wait for them to get bigger . They should not get the blight since we are far from the trees with it.

@NewEnglandgardening Жыл бұрын

@@silverforest4682 I did read also there are still some isolated stands of the American Chestnut. That's what they used for the program to make a blight resistant variety that is close to the original American variety. I remember as a kid we had an American Elm tree in the neighborhood too that was huge and seemed to have died in a year. I read the eastern forests use to be filled with the American Chestnut that provided food for wildlife and provided a lot of jobs around its use.

@missyrabbit5250 Жыл бұрын

the chicken following you and Toby made me laugh. Even the chickens are happy!

@anthonywashington2885 Жыл бұрын

2:10 Shared the vid to my Gdad, who is a tree doctor (arborist), says you did just fine pruning the tree. Also said the trees should have a trunk circumference of 8-10 inches before removing the tubing or support. Also recommended staking trees that have been roughed by the cattle. Trees are resilient and adaptable. They need every chance to grow. I think you're doing amazing 😀

@deed5811 Жыл бұрын

8:13 Ginny: "This is the best toy ever" 😸

@BostonScottMesa Жыл бұрын

Yeah finally you diged them up. I'm so happy/excited about this part. Can't wait to see them planted all over the place and can provide some shade for the cows

@kacyperry5133 Жыл бұрын

Watching from Alberta Canada. I love your farm and your content! Keep up the hard work👌💪

@tracychikowski9185 Жыл бұрын

I'm also from Alberta, Airdrie. I was wondering how many other Canadian's are watching!

@chrisenglund9269 Жыл бұрын

My favorite pruning advice from an old gardening book: Don't leave a stub you can hang your hat on.

@poilaaliop Жыл бұрын

Awh, that clip of Ginny batting at the seed pods! 🥰💕

@canukmrsben Жыл бұрын

Interesting and appreciate you sharing. On a tad different subject; know one time that you had a makeshift brush for your cattle and am thinking 'you' might be interested in the one that the Cog Hill Farm KZbin Channel recently installed for their 'about 2,000 lb. steer' which might work for your Highlands. ..

@mikkoainasoja5018 Жыл бұрын

We do apple tree pruning in early spring, or some may do it even summer. But I believe that the idea is so that the tree can start heal the wounds right after pruning. In winter it is in dormant and probably can't heal itself.

@nikkireigns Жыл бұрын

I do ours in spring as well because after a loooong winter it's the first thing I'm able to start as everything thaws

@kristophjj17 Жыл бұрын

We typically prune ours in early spring before the pests become a problem!

@mikkoainasoja5018 Жыл бұрын

@@kristophjj17 Yes. There is less fungus spores in the early spring which can cause rot especially in bigger branch removals.

@woutdejongh8923 Жыл бұрын

I do both. In winter for the general shaping. In the summer for size management, removing water sprouts and to encourance fruiting spurs. With this in mind I do need to thin fruits heavily.

@IbelongtoJesus. Жыл бұрын

You sure are great at retaining knowledge Morgan. 🙂 and you're a good teacher 👍

@khmerfigth Жыл бұрын

Yes his video the best ❤

@Nancy-nn2tc Жыл бұрын

I live in NovaScotia, which is the only place in N America where American chestnuts grow 100% blight-free due to isolation from the mainland. Lo and behold, the little house I just rented happens to have a chestnut tree in the back yard! Last week I gathered the nuts and put them in pots with a loose soil-vermiculite mix (I didn’t have sand), watered, covered, and then buried the pots. If they germinate by spring, I will do “guerilla gardening” - planting germinated chestnuts on my hikes throughout the province wherever Hurricane Fiona felled a tree and opened the canopy. Thanks for the inspiration!

@tonymancini7641 Жыл бұрын

Loved your talk on trees - very interesting how it’s done - you say your not much of a farmer but you sure sound like you know what your doing - good luck - I love chestnuts

@charlesswann146 Жыл бұрын

Very enjoyable video.. As a kid me and my neighbor did some grafting of fruit trees to bring some fruit trees near his house for his mother.. Was very satisfying in a few years to enjoy literally the fruits of our labor.

@debbiesidebottom5020 Жыл бұрын

There is a man that I think is a professor...he grows trees that actually bear 7 different kinds of fruit all thru the year...it was amazing to see the tons of different colors of blooming flowers for those different fruits...he is out of the Syracuse, NY area...they showed pictures and said he was like a fruit artist's.... at least 7 or more on one tree

@juliemcgugan1244 Жыл бұрын

Yep, the tree of 40 fruits.

@marijuonko7092 Жыл бұрын

The hound hunters entering your land and stepping on your rights as a property owner is still mind blowing. Best of luck to ya bud. Keep up the good work.

@maggieholden2662 Жыл бұрын

You sure know your stuff. Yes we need more trees and you are sure are doing a great job . Love the farm watch all the time. I am old now and don’t have money but knowledge of farming. You sure have grown . GOOD LUCK IN ALL.

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@meowth900 Жыл бұрын

It makes sense that trees sell most money. I may do it in future especially since they’re easier to raise in our bizarre New England climate, at least compared to animals.

@rainysunflower384 Жыл бұрын

I've been looking forward to this tree video! The method of using the apple cider mulch and letting the seeds sprout is brilliant.

@davidmachemer1015 Жыл бұрын

It's astounding how bursting with abundant life some plants are!

@7badcat Жыл бұрын

Thank you for educating us. I always wondered why you had so much trees other than food. Its interesting how much knowledge and process is needed to take care of baby trees !

@krinklesofmadness Жыл бұрын

Exactly, sprouting for high yield isn’t as straightforward as putting it in the ground and hoping for the best and I’m glad he went over his rationalization and methods here

@AangAirB Жыл бұрын

That Mulberry tree looks great! Crazy to think you planted that tree when I was in my Grade 12 year for HS :') Love the yearly tree video!

@insomniac_at5461 Жыл бұрын

Do you think you’ll make jam out of your trees fruits and sell it? Because that would be pretty interesting

@whelpd Жыл бұрын

I was actually inspired by your sweet chestnut video last year and grew some horse chestnut trees and this years I'm trying your method to grow sweet chestnut.

@aaroniouse 4 ай бұрын

Horse chestnut is inedible. I'm sure you know...

@whelpd 4 ай бұрын

@@aaroniouse yeah but it was an growing experiment just to see if I could and I know have two meter or so tall trees

@elizabethharttley4073 Жыл бұрын

Your tree cultivation is one of my favorite aspects of your farm.

@beardmedia8995 Жыл бұрын

I'm so happy. Hearing you say "Mark Sheppard's STUN method" made me literally LOL. I'm moving back to Wisconsin from OR to follow his methods and I plan on doing what you both do.

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@krispy777 Жыл бұрын

I love the tree-related videos you do.

@madampolo Жыл бұрын

I have wondered how your trees were doing so it's good to see this video. I think the ditches are a great idea and help your trees to grow. They were worth the effort.

@deborahharding647 Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid in Illinois, we had a couple of huge honey locust trees along the property boundary. We used to used the seeds as counters in games. My older brothers taught me to play poker, but Mom wouldn't let us play for money. Funny thing; I never seemed to win.

@caglmdpoof9119 Жыл бұрын

8:22 - Excuse me! Why is there a chicken following you like a barn cat?! ADORABLE & hilarious. :-D

@Reodhadh Жыл бұрын

Personally I'd throw some mycorrhizae culture in there to make them a little more disease and drought resistant. You can also find rhizobacteria in the forest near, you just look for the tallest and oldest tree and grab some of the black soil at the bottom of it under the leaf cover. both would be hugely beneficial to the sprouts.

@rockinbobokkin7831 Жыл бұрын

Trees are definitely good money. And you live in a great place for maple syrup. Yum. You could also add beekeeping. Decorative small trees for bonsai and landscape, apple, cherry, nuts.....

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@twilacarson2308 Жыл бұрын

After that huge fire in the Amazon, where millions of trees were destroyed, and that area is known as the lungs of our planet, we need more trees planted. It's been a few years since that happened, but we still need more trees to battle the co2 and climate change. Thanks can only get better with trees.

@pattylcravatta Жыл бұрын

Good Morning, Abby, Toby and Morgan! Tree Work! Apple Trees! Chestnut Trees! Hazelnut Trees! Mulberry Trees! Love Chestnuts! Good Morning, Barn Cat! Great Explanation! Great Video! Thank-you! Happy Thanksgiving 🦃! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

@starofgalaxies Жыл бұрын

I didn't know black locust was a orchard worthy tree, just thought it was a decorative tree. We had them growing all around my childhood home, not sure if it was great grandma or grandpa who loved the tree, and it would smell so overwhelmingly sweet in the spring from all the flowers and it would cover the yard and driveway in a snowfall of little flowers. Clogged up the gutters something fierce though.

@hollyjensen2371 Жыл бұрын

lots of the really old apple varieties were not for eating out of hand. they were for cidering (hard cider) or for storing either by canning for cooking later or by sulphuring to preserve them.. Lots of tannins that leave your mouth dry if you bite one, and bitter. but once ripe they have enough sugar to make a nice cider.

@janjans1178 Жыл бұрын

Hey Morgan ! Prune trees … cut horizontal branches, leave upward branches 🌳

@kristenfrosch Жыл бұрын

Wishing you lots of success with your orchard endeavors!

@dupajasio4801 Жыл бұрын

You are crazy ! I've got so much respect for you. Videos are so relaxing. And yes, I've seen Stefan's videos as well. Just such an interesting couple. Hope you make money doing this.

@DipityS Жыл бұрын

I love tree harvesting time on the farm. I enjoy watching the entire process - from the sand buckets and the laying out and the putting them out into the orchard - it's all so interesting and somehow zen. Thank you for sharing 😊

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@nescafeine3063 Жыл бұрын

Interesting aspect! Nice to see we finally got a video about this process!

@blab1231 Жыл бұрын

Strategic Total Utter Neglect The STUN method!

@AsteriETERNAL Жыл бұрын

What the world needs now is trees, more trees. No, not just for some, but for everyone 😄

@Nemrai Жыл бұрын

Trees are interesting, and a good thing to work with even if not for a farm. I've planted a lot of acorns from the oldest oak(might be 800 years old) in my town, and horse chestnuts in various places where previous forest was cut down. More this year more than the last couple of years. It'll be fun to see how many of them make it, and how they grow.

@poilaaliop Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for planting acorns. I want to get started doing it, I really admire folks who do their part to propagate hardwood trees at a time when they're not replanted as they should be. Looking out for our futures!

@lyssasletters3232 11 ай бұрын

They might just get mowed down if you plant the acorns in a grassy area. Try planting saplings and protecting them 😊

@starshinesoldier Жыл бұрын

depending on what type of mulberry, you can also use the leaves to make mulberry leaf tea! It tastes delicious and very good for you

@andrewliu1170 Жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this specific episode! Thanks for going over how you manage your trees!

@oldfrend Жыл бұрын

abby so fluffyyyyyy! she looks like a giant puppyyyyyy!

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@mookawhatup7815 Жыл бұрын

Its good to know about the trees. also hows Abby and toby and you?

@AngieJames4172 Жыл бұрын

HI MORGAN, GREAT VIDEO! This is something I have been thinking about doing for a few months now! My son has an English Walnut tree at his house in Missouri, and I am going there tomorrow (from SE Oklahoma). I am going to gather any fallen nuts the squirrels haven't yet and bring back home. Hopefully it isn't too late to start the process to begin seedlings, I'm SUPER EXCITED!!!!!

@pammurphy9311 Жыл бұрын

Love trees too! Glad you're getting into the business.

@LtColShingSides Жыл бұрын

I hope, one day, I can order some Chestnuts from one of the OG trees!

@clee3133 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting. Enjoyed your explanation of the science behind your trees.

@cynjohnson1967 Жыл бұрын

Interesting vid on permaculture orchard. Black walnut back home will be denting heads and feeding squirrels for awhile yet. Know maremma tend to look alike, and as Abby gets older her coat is bulking up, but I’ve a niggle in the back of my mind that Toby dog was not in the yard or video. Give him a good ear rub for thanksgiving. Thank you for the video and information. Hope all are well and safe. Enjoy the day.

@waykeeperfarmandnerdery 6 ай бұрын

I’m here for all the tree videos!! 🎉

@sarahHGM Жыл бұрын

Good morning Morgan. I really look forward to your videos.

@lueear1 Жыл бұрын

Pure friendship, good prank, good chuckle for the day. thanks, Alfred, for the cheer.

@broderbunto2305 Жыл бұрын

Can you please build a race track for the quack quack outside the hoop coop, so we can bet on duck racing when you release the quacken... thanks

@johannatrahan6613 Жыл бұрын

A pal once told me as soon as you start growing Christmas trees, everything's deductible on your taxes ;)

@erinwallace6747 Жыл бұрын

Love these tree related videos, would love to see more of them!

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@ellenross4413 Жыл бұрын

When the honey locusts blossom, likely along in May or June the air smells so sweet! My mother threw apple peelings which included seeds in heaps as compost, next spring there were several young trees started. The critters always got the apples before I could do I don't know how they were. I tried sprouting cherry and peach pits, no luck, no sprouts. When I bought young trees the deers ate them down. So much for my orchard.