The sheer volume of education derived from these videos in such a short time has been staggering. I really do view landscapes in quite a different way now.

It's heartening to know that others care for forests as much as I do. Your channel is so special.

My goal in life has become doing what you’re doing at flock to a different parcel of degraded land! Keep up the amazing work ❤

Such important work. The things you are cultivating now are going to be invaluable in the years to come.

Loving the drone shots!❤ such a beautiful property!

I admire your courage,moving forward with the reforestation plan.Good luck and God bless you

I love your channel and the combo or research based knowledge and love of nature ☺️ I would love to see you feature some indigenous landscape management knowledge as well, for example you mentioned controlled burns. It’s so exciting to see you influence the land in a regenerative way, keep it up!

The multistem regrowth has to do with when the trees were felled from my understanding. It's actually a management technique called coppicing that results in a higher biomass yield vs seeded regrowth. Normally used for firewood and not lumber

Love that quote. One of my favourite trees I've had a hand in on my farm is a Swamp Oak. I found it under some spruce, heavily shaded. I moved it to an open sun wet area of the farm, and it has grown about 7 feet in 2 years! It is so happy! I will be lucky to see this oak tree produce any acorns in my lifetime, but I hope it will be a majestic tree on our farm for future generations. Do you get Quaking Aspen in your area? They are prolific here since they grow clonally, and they are taking over pretty aggressively on our land... I'm not sure what to do about them.

There is the idea of the "Dauerwald" (equals a forest that is like a "perma-culture" that needs no planting energy from outside...) from Alfred Möller in 1923.... I am reading his books and we are heading to create a "Dauerwald" in Nova Scotia - Canada. Maybe we should talk about that! All the best and stay woody :D

Enjoyed the video, appreciated the information. You have encouraged me to turn my garden and yard into a food forest project.

I appreciate your channel. How do you address watering young trees during the early tree establishment?

Thank you so much for sharing this with us all. I'm just in the process of buying a small piece of land in the UK. Managing the Wild parts of the Woodlands is going to be fairly "Hands Off". Luckily, I have been observing Pripyat. (Sorry for the spelling!) Near the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, disaster zone... Having been caught out in the cloud of Radiation, back then, ~ it's been very interesting to see how well Nature recovers when humans are out of the equation!! Although, I shall watch with interest this process, where you are planning to be a positive impact on your ecosystem!! Namasté 🙏💞 Andréa and Critters. ...XxX....

It's such a bless to witness your regeneration projects through these videos 🙏 thank you for sharing your work 💙

I’ve been managing my 25 acres in Western NC for 15 years and have attempted much of what you addressed with some failures and some successes. Thanks for presenting this great information and for your passion.

another great video. we have been plugging along for the last 10 years experiencing all the same issues you guys are tackling. when we first got the property the previously cleared areas were so choked with brambles we really couldn't walk most of the property surrounding the house. the hardest part has been dead or damaged tree removal. as we open up sections of the forest it's amazing how quickly the other trees recover and wildlife moves in. our biggest problem is deer. we had 7 fawns last year and have a constant herd in sight most all the time. perimeter fencing won't be an option this year as we are putting on a new roof. one step at a time, little by little. you guys are making amazing headway and we really enjoy watching all your well planned projects.

I actually found that letting nature take its course actually helps bring more biodiversity. I let my lawn grow, I didn't mow it since 2 years ago. It went from a lawn to and environment with half tall grass half native flowers, bushes, and trees. And I'm seeing more birds fly over the space as well as more dragonflies, hummingbird moths, and butterflies. I think the tall grass deters animals from finding saplings or seeds. Im seeing maple, oak, and crabapple saplings. Also, I think invasive species bring more biodiversity. For example, where muliflora rose is growing, there's also native plants around it.

Maximizing biodiversity, I believe, is the biggest thing in making a healthy ecosystem. To become part of the ecosystem, we need to disturb. Sometimes large disturbance. Sometimes long term guidance. Biodiversity makes a resilient landscape and healthy for all inhabitants, including humans.

I am a subscriber to your main channel and have been subscribed on this one since the beginning, however, I had more interest in houseplants. Now, that we are acquiring over 20+ acres of land of the east coats of Canada, I am finding this information and the videos so valuable. Thank you SRO for such great content.

Always so jealous of what you get to do on your land!

I appreciate your content so very much. ❤

Love the forest management plan. Have you thought of temporarily fencing in your new light gaps. If you could keep the deer out, I'm sure that nature will replant for you. If not, then you could at least start your regenerative forest, without deer pressure. Just a thought. Love your channel. Keep up the great content, and videography.

Since this a future-oriented video, I wonder if y'all have done any research into how to better handle the deer overpopulation problem long-term? I guess that maybe it's just a policy issue, but we all can't have fences. And the more fences we put up, the worse the problem gets.🦌 Awesome & inspiring video!

This content is great! I have a 9 acre plot with a 2.5 acre pond in central Iowa I am trying to take back. I feel every pain you speak of and know the amount of work you're putting in. I commend you for every effort and love the knowledge you're sharing! The guests you pull on are also very helpful with the knowledge they share too. If you're interested in another helpful individual, Jim Varick has a channel called The Woodland Steward. He is in SW Ohio. He's given me some great tips on Bush Honeysuckle management. Keep up the good work! ;-) James

Love all the information and plan of attack for the property. I can’t envision where all the home (community) living will be located. Can you shed light on that? Or are we just not seeing that plot of land in the videos as of yet. You guys have done an amazing job and I hope you stop often and give yourself a huge Pat on the back. What a beautiful property.

Thank Ms. Summer. Sounds like a great plan. 🌷💚🙃

thank you! i wish to do something just like this someday.

Thanks!

Thanks 😊 for this video at least I've learned some strategy.

I so enjoy your channel, informative and interesting. I think your plan is great for a forest research experiment. In your case I think the forestry service should assist you. Again I appreciate your work and knowledge..

Love everything you are doing. Something we are doing here. Is planting trees reasonable, small, hard woods. But the wire cage to protect is 24" diameter by 6' tall of heavy gauge wire. With steel post. Thoughts are this is protection for 15,20 years grow. Seems it would look bad. But it really doesn't. When reforesting White ash forest (Indiana lost 20% of its tree canopy) this gives time for all else needing done.

Awesome.

curious to know if you looked into using live hedges for fencing , they take time to lay but they may be an alternative to buying fencing and keeping deer out . but with how you are managing the land they may be a good way to fence areas off and the hedge provides habitat for many animals.

Would be best to use the term 'disabled' not handicapped thanks! Fantastic video, love hearing about the forest amd the deer.

We just closed on a 5 acre property and we are investing in a deer exclusion fence right off the bat. It is impossible to bring a forested area back to life, or create any kind of food forest, without providing the saplings with protection.

Have you thought of specializing in anything? Your many bulbs? I'm also putting in a kind of permaculture everything, in part to help diversify and enliven beat-up grounds, as it happens also on the Allegheny high plateau since 2020, 1600 to 1800 elevation, little fencing though. But beyond wide diversity, I'm trying to focus on half a dozen species: pawpaw, persimmon, black elderberry, black currant, black walnut, and hazelnut, along with probably several other fruit species knocking hard on the door, and maybe a particular ground cover, and maybe a particular flower. These may or may not be the most successful, valuable, or useful plantings as things progress, but they've caught my attention as worth pursuing amid the invaluable diversity. Different people surely will prefer different species or areas of focus. May or may not work out but looking forward to a significant bit of many things, and a distinctive lot of a few things. (Am also specializing, I guess it could be said, in trying to grow diversely amid deer.) I think both specific and general efforts may prove beneficial, individually and socially. For example, I could imagine a communal or even commercial picking of a sweeping array of elderberry, currant, and walnut planted practically to excess, but not of say a mere few apple trees, or a mere few anything. Though as far as tours go, the more diversity the better. All things in moderation, including moderation.

Our land is in central New Jersey, where we have light gaps in our forest invasive sticker bushes take over. What are your suggestions on managing in our area. Love your channel, thanks!

If resources and conditions were ideal how much acerage would you like to be inside the fenced area in a decade?

We’re you able to get the deer and her fawns out of your enclosed area? 🌷💚🙃

Thanks! Tiny bit of cash. But every tree starts as a tiny seed (0;

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Is it a stretch to compare soil health to gut health?

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Please, when you plant, make sure to include Pawpaw and Persimmon... !

More grant applications??.

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The presenter looks a lot like a young Ally Sheedy circa Wars Games 1983.

I'm not sure if you even read these but you could save yourself heaps and learn a life long skill if you engaged with someone like August Hunicke or Jacob from "guilty of treeson". To come out and show you how to fell trees, then process them. From what little I know, I have no idea why the guy you had out when you where drone filming was limbing the tree down in the middle of nothing. You would only do that if your worried about the tree fall line hitting existing structures. You're wasting time otherwise.

Something needs to be done to manage the deer overpopulation on your land. They are more harmful than what most people think, due to overeating and spreading disease.

Ugh, invasive species! Honeysuckle, multiflora rose, privet, English ivy... We've been plugging away at our various patches for awhile now & have almost got the worst patches clear. One trick we've adopted is to rough clear a small section then drop a tarp onto it, then rinse & repeat until there's a barrier line keeping the uncleared sections from spreading back into the clean sections. Tarps are cheap & leaving them in place for a couple of growing seasons is low input & effective.

Thanks!