THOUSANDS of Seeds... BURIED in Leaves!!

[@illanaisme]

"the boys are patrolling to keep an eye on things and help things are up to code"--That cracked me up! Great video on seed storage.

[@edibleacres]

Thanks, I am glad you like the video!

[@FolkRockFarm]

The way I see it, squirrels plant hundreds of Black Walnuts around our homestead every year, often only under a few inches of fungal duff, and we get MANY dozens of them popping up every year.......in fact, I usually don't plant many Black Walnuts in our nursery beds because the squirrels establish their own nurseries in all our gardens! They certainly seem to be able to tolerate some freezes, at least in Zone 6 Rhode Island.

[@edibleacres]

For sure, thank you for these notes!

[@trumpetingangel]

Indeed! It's cold and getting colder! Interesting how few leaves are really needed to keep it above freezing. Thanks for another useful video, Sean!

[@simonedwards4131]

Gosh here in Melbourne Australia it's summer and was nearly 40 degrees Celcius (104 F) today

[@diann9159]

Your system looks very interesting. Thanks.

[@RandyLayheyBro]

Hey friend. Have you ever met Staphylea pinnata? It's a lovely nut tree with small nuts that taste like a mix of peas and hazelnuts. It's also called pistachio of the north. I got a lot of seeds buried in between my garlic patches, like you have taught me. I pick them from botanical gardens near me and noone knows what it is, so I am the only one to collect them together with Black Walnuts, Butternuts and A lot of delicious fruits that is totally unknown here in Denmark. I would love to send you seeds for free if you are interested. I don't think they would mind the continental climate you can offer. Btw. You are awesome. ❤

[@formidableflora5951]

Bladdernut! Mentioned in Huw Richard's recent video "Grow Edible Tree Leaves Instead of Lettuce or Spinach" at about 3:20. Can eat the shoots as well as the nuts. There is a related eastern North American species, Staphylea trifolia; seeds/plants are available from Prairie Moon Nursery for anyone interested.

[@RandyLayheyBro]

@formidableflora5951 Cool side info. I would prefer to have Sean make a video about it tho. ❤️

[@edibleacres]

I should explore this plant, thanks kindly for the heads up!

[@RandyLayheyBro]

@@edibleacres I hope you will! It would fit perfectly into your semi shaded setup.

[@MrBrznak]

I have some growing around the chickenyard in northern germany, got some rootsuckers from a nice older lady who had some very old appletrees which i pruned , Staphylea pinnata tends so produce plenty of rootsuckers when the ground is disturbed (the plant grew in the shade of oaks with a grassborder a meter from the plant)

[@fourdayhomestead2839]

Your techniques used in your systems still amaze me. Simple nature based.😊

[@sishrac]

Excellent quality content for beginners and seasoned permaculture enthusiasts.

[@erlingpanduro5973]

I'll ask the stupid question. Why do you have to protect the seeds from freezing?

[@edibleacres]

Super reasonable question and thanks! A few of the types we grow don't need this protection but most do. Most trees grow from seed and most seed is adapted to being either covered by leaves in the winter or buried so they experience less freezing and then grow well in the spring. We are mimicking that here...

[@gabrielhickman3908]

Great job

[@edibleacres]

Thanks, fingers crossed they survive this wild winter!

[@slipperyorca8092]

5:21 George is not happy he's being blamed

[@edibleacres]

He knows whos involved :)

[@Mikhail-Caveman]

Cool Video! Hope the seeds Stay Good!

[@edibleacres]

Thank you we do too!

[@yougoman1]

I've kept black walnut/butternuts/ northen peacans inside a box in an unheated garage and it was -20 to -30s Celsius at some points outside near Ottawa Canada most of the winter.

[@edibleacres]

Hopefully they grew well!

[@yougoman1]

@edibleacres yes around 90% sprouted for the butternuts and pecans, but the black walnuts were around 40%, and they had pretty good growth.

[@peterellis4262]

I seem to recall that in some prior years you did work with partially burying seed boxes. Am I misremembering, or was that something you tried and discovered that it isn't a good approach in your context?

[@edibleacres]

Thanks for the thorough watching and following/questioning Peter! I believe in the past I trialed a system of settling the folding crates into compost in the chicken yard and then burying in compost and covering with some leaves... That area of the chicken yard has proven to be just a bit too wet to be stable for us to go down and into the soil with. That, and rodent life has increased in the chicken yard so I'm a bit concerned about them having easy access to crates to work on. The crates are safe but maybe not a serious stop for determined rodent life!

[@JayByrdJ]

Nice way to deal what is offered off the land. I see a world where Dinosaurs wouldn't starve if the right amount of forestry design was in place. Plant trees like your life depends on it because it does. Thanks for given wind to my ⛵ ⛵

[@edibleacres]

Our lives depend on it to be sure, all the trees in all the places!

[@shanemillard608]

Could you speak about peaches, plums, and cherries in Kentucky? Where I am there is a struggle with those because of late frost.

[@edibleacres]

You may do well to try to plant early flowering plants like that in areas that receive a fair bit of shade in the winter and good sun in the summer. Perhaps to the north of some Pines, for example, that get shade until March or April and then full sun for the rest of the season. That trick has worked decently for us.

[@adrichapoy6525]

George Cameo. lol

[@edibleacres]

Yep! And Lenny :)

[@ScouseJack]

Like an old fashioned potato clamp.

[@edibleacres]

I guess so!

[@davidmgilbreath]

You had 404 (file not found) likes, so I fixed that. 😂👍

[@edibleacres]

Fixed! 405 is an error too, but more obscure :). Hopefully we're past all that :)

[@davidmgilbreath]

@@edibleacres hehe, learned something; thank you. Keep growing! 🤠👍

[@GarrettXHolder]

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[@edibleacres]

Hi!