TREES Came Down In The STORM!

[@gathan5286]

It's all the ivy climbing up the trees. They chock and rot the trees.

[@charlesyoung7436]

Yup, I have the same problem here on my lot in the eastern US. The English ivy chokes out lateral growth and catches wind like a sail to fell or snap off the dormant tops of deciduous trees in the winter. Cutting out a chunk of the vines and continuing to do so as they come up from the roots will help.

[@calebblenkinsop2452]

At least you had no property damage. The bonus here is that you won't need to buy any firewood for the stove in your nice new cabin for a very long while.

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Absolutely, I just need to get a log store big enough to season it all!

[@Bobrogers99]

The storm was Mother Nature's way of clearing out the unhealthy trees to make room for the healthy ones. She doesn't work neatly, so you have to clean up after her.

[@llywrch7116]

In other words, natural pruning!

[@betsyspielman5212]

I agree with a couple other comments to clear any vines growing. They will choke out a mature tree. We have it and it is a chore. Good luck!

[@altube57]

Ivy growing around the tree is not a good thing. It can deplete the tree of water and nutrients, among other things. Check online on how to remove ivy without damaging the tree bark.

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Thank you! 😊

[@williamparker3765]

I'm so sorry to see the amount of damage you have suffered, fortunately no damage to the property just trees, and I did think when I saw all the Ivy climbing up the trees that they were dead, and your friend the tree surgeon confirmed, I think you will find a lot of the others are much the same. But good luck on getting it all cleared up.

[@Britbabe53]

Great time to really thin out that area while the brambles are dormant. Ivy is taking down trees all over Vancouver Island in these wind storms. Scary stuff. They call them 'widow makers' here.

[@jeffdayman8183]

Glad the trees missed all your new structures. On the bright side, the broken bits will look great in your wood burner! 8^) Cheers!

[@calypso4554]

Glad you are safe and the chickens as well. ❤

[@Herbybandit]

Rest assured that no one was hurt but the root stocks you showed both had signs of rot so in a way the storm did you a favour and plenty of fire wood for your new stove.

[@irenefitzpatrick6480]

Yes! There seem to be a few rotten ones still left. Good job you had the tree surgeon round! ❤❤

[@stewartmcardle8149]

Nothing's more powerful than Mother Nature....Earth, Wind, Fire and Water.

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Absolutely!!

[@sydneyevans2637]

The good news...it didn't hit any structure. The bad news... a lot of cleanup to do. A whole lot.

[@lemonladyYT]

Gil more than ever now needs proper chainsaw safety equipment and not only a chainsaw safety course but tree felling and clearance training. Please! Many amatuers are seriously injured when clearing storm felled trees because they are unaware of the dangers. Cut the wrong branch in the wrong place and tension can be released elsewhere, causing branches to whip up unexpectedly!

[@acdallas6356]

Poor chickens. Thought they were in the lap of luxury only to find themselves camping out! We in Texas can tell you that a mobile home is not a safe place to be in a wind storm. Glad you're safe!!!

[@AbigailGerlach-zt1sh]

It could have been so much worse. Your trees actually protected your property. The last high wind storm we had took out 200+ year old trees right down to the root balls. Since we don't get a lot of rain, our old trees are pretty much shallow rooted which is dangerous in 90+ mph winds! We get these winds once or twice a year. Congratulations on all your roofs being intact! Big sigh of relief!

[@johncollier608]

In a stragne way, the storm may have done you favour by blowing the trees down within your boundaries. Had a tree blown down over the road by the bridge, you would have had to pay the bill to clear it up. Thanks for sharing.

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Oh yeah, thankfully none of them are near the road, I’d hate to be on the hook for that!!

[@robdeaton9910]

Looks like they were standing dead trees with some rot in them. When they snap like that that's dead and dry. Ivy does that to the trees.😊

[@frankvanosch9819]

It looks like that there are more old trees that could fall down. The one with the yvi

[@raymondheckard234]

It is not smart to leave dead standing trees standing, all the dead standing trees need to be cut before someone get killed by falling branches known as widow or widower makers!

[@llywrch7116]

True. But our narrator & her husband have so many priorities to handle, it's only inevitable something critical will be left unattended to. Hopefully this windstorm knocked down enough of the dead standing trees that there will be negligible risk of a widowmaker before they have a chance to start cleaning up the gardens.

[@1966jcar]

time check all trees too take out

[@JuneHighley]

Looks nice and bright now more open

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Yes it does

[@hanneliewiese3477]

Shame the chickens must have had a terrible fright when this tree came down !! And it narrowly missed the chicken house !!

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Absolutely

[@ricoludovici2825]

Ventus, the god of wind did you a solid right there. Doesn't look like it right now, but there was no property damage and if the trees shattered on impact, they were old and frail. Now you can see the living iteration of 'survivor bias.' And it thinned the stand of volunteer trees in the secret garden.

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Absolutely, it’s seems a lot of damage but once cleared up it’ll leave a nice space.

[@sevillecolinvanderschyff6760]

Suggest you get rid of the Ivy. They tend to smother and choke the trees

[@SpanishEclectic]

We have been very dry here in Southern CA, but we still have wind storms, making brush fires quickly flare out of control. That's our normal most years, unfortunately. San Diego has a lot of huge old eucalyptus trees, with branches as thick as a man's waist. We call them 'widow makers' too, because the wood is oily and brittle, and those branches will crash down with little warning. I also saw rot around the base of those trees. It looks like there used to be a large single trunk that was cut down, and then 'suckers' grew up from the base until they became quite large too. The old root base was not enough to hold them when the wind got blowing. Sorry you will be losing a bit of privacy screen, but maybe your friend could recommend a good type of tree to plant, and help determine the best location. Slopes can be very tricky.

[@barburich5796]

Hope you can get it cleaned up quickly before more bad weather

[@vlcourneyea]

Nature told you which trees needed cutting down 😮

[@mumstheword8]

Thank goodness you guys were not there. That would have been so scary. Great motivator for garden clean up though. we always try to put it off not really thinking anything will happen.

[@ritchieblackmore5204]

By the looks on the video where the trees snapped off at the root it had White rot and the ivy would also I've helped to weaken it, god I hate ivy is an absolute pest

[@buffplums]

Glad you were all safe. It looks like there may be a few more rotten trees that need felling maybe? Looks like you could with getting old Norman Greenbum onto the job 😂😂😂❤

[@mrjj1f]

Have you ever thought of having an arborist look at the hillside?

[@theoldstationrenovation]

To be honest this feels like a bit of a warning shot, we’re lucky nothing got damaged! We’ll have someone come and check out the woods and if need be arrange to take down anything that could cause a problem.

[@1966jcar]

the evy is slow killing the trees too

[@llywrch7116]

No, the ivy is not good. But IIRC it is native to this place, so there ought to be natural ways to control its growth. Here in Oregon it's an invasive species, without any environmental checks.

[@caniacstevehenderson7115]

Oh my....glad t by ere was no damages 😮 be & stay safe 😮

[@chanwittwer4925]

Does Wales Normally get windstorm like this? Looks like your next project is going to be trimming trees before one of those trees comes down on the station. I'm glad none of your animals were hurt or blown over the rainbow!

[@theoldstationrenovation]

No, not this strong, this was unusual. 🌬️

[@barbaramccarroll9540]

Wow, that would have been frightening if you all were there. What a mess, though.😮

[@Super73mike-dv6ku]

Looking on the bright side you have lots of fire wood.

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Absolutely, I’ll season it for a year or two and it’ll be lovely 🔥 😊

[@flybywire5866]

Trees have a limited lifespan. Trees that could hit your buildings are always a risk. I have no more trees on my property that could hit anything. One tree came down in a storm, and it was just a little too short to hit a garden shed, by about a hand with. It could have fallen the other direction and hit a boat. That would have been expensive. If you do not know what to look for, you do not see what condition it is in. I am not risking it anymore.

[@richardstoc]

Storms are good takes down all the diseased & dead trees and no Cutting of coarse most properties could use a good clean cut . The Ivy & brambles will eventually kill all the trees and they will come down . It would be too much work to clean everything out properly now with everything your doing to the house .

[@chriskeller4563]

Shame about the trees 🌳 but your all safe , an on the bright side you've got plenty of logs for your log burner 😊

[@theoldstationrenovation]

🔥 🪵 🔥 😃

[@DomingoDeSantaClara]

Shame you weren't there, now we'll never know if they made a sound when they came down.

[@theoldstationrenovation]

I know, but I am grateful as I would have been petrified they were falling on the caravan

[@keithkenny4576]

Remove all the ground foilage and tree branches then it should look nice and clean

[@ncc74656m]

You might want to get those branches overhanging the path above the bridge whenever you do pruning next. They don't look in that good a state from this footage.

[@mitchellbennis9236]

That’s one way for clearing up your property?

[@mitchellbennis9236]

That was some powerful storm.

[@donnaosborne2462]

Well you now have plenty of kindling.

[@lioninwinter9316]

You're fortunate to know an arborist who can advise you what to do. It's good you weren't home in the storm. It's also good that you havevstart on firewood for the fireplaces!

[@glendabrekke5475]

yup lots of clean up do your children help with this.

[@xJennyOx]

Does the ivy kill the trees and make them weak? Or is it an age thing?

[@theoldstationrenovation]

I believe it does weaken them, there’s so much of it that has gone unchecked it will take an age to get on top of it!

[@richardweaver9682]

In the words of another Tyuber " The land provides"... Winter is here and it's getting cold and uou guys can use the firewood...

[@SirHeinzbond]

i hope the little dinosaurs are as well as you are???

[@SirHeinzbond]

well i should learn to comment at the end of the video... by the way it's dangerous to go into the woods after a storm, especially if there is already damage....

[@theoldstationrenovation]

Thankfully the choocks are fine but I bet it gave them a start!

[@1966jcar]

lot rot