Planting a Forest in a Day - 300k Subscriber Special

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Today we'll be spending a day planting a forest of 300 native trees to bring back some of the wild food sources that would have once grown on this land before it was turned into a grassland. Hopefully overtime as this forest grows, it will support some of the native wildlife that once thrived in this area before it was turned into farmland.
I'll be taking you through the whole process of planting this forest, talking about the trees that I'll be growing, and covering things like succession of forests and how I plan to eventually get rid of the grass underneath and turn it into a more diverse forest overtime.
Each tree represents 1000 of my subscribers, and this New Zealand native forest marks the milestone of this channel reaching 300K subs! Thank you so much for your ongoing support!
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Hi, I'm Kalem, and this channel features all sorts of unusual and exotic fruiting plants with tips of how to successfully grow them. I'm interested in all things gardening and love growing my own food and all types of edible plants.
I live on a 2 acre piece of land in New Zealand where we are turning a grass paddock into and abundant, edible paradise and food forest! So come along on this journey with me as I experiment with growing, and try to push the limits of what I can grow. I'll share with you my successes and failures so hopefully you'll learn from them and have a go yourself! Come learn with me and Subscribe to join this awesome community :)
0:00 My Story
0:39 Imagining how the land once was
1:17 What's the plan
1:43 Let's go get the trees
2:50 The planting area
3:25 Planting Day
5:20 Manuka / Tea tree
6:04 Will the land be less productive?
7:01 The future plan
8:00 Trying to beat the rain
8:27 Species of trees
11:30 Encouragement to learn
11:54 The final trees going in
12:48 Setting the trees up for the drought
14:24 Developing a forest floor
14:54 Thank you so much :)
15:18 Nature is beautiful
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@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Do you have a favourite tree that's native to your country? Let me know below! :) Thanks so much for watching, and for your ongoing support! - Kalem

@5pecular Жыл бұрын

Great to see you planting NZ natives. At first I thought you might plant 300 fruit trees ,😄🍏. Subscriber from Wellington NZ.

@This_sad_Guy Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see a time lapse of the 300 trees, within the next year, you could take a picture every like 2 weeks so we can watch them grow for a year or two and that could be a video on its own but I love the fact that you guys are becoming self sustainable for the most part. I wish I had some land to do that with as well even if I'm not in New Zealand I would love to be able to do what you're doing much love from Colorado

@dennyperkovitch Жыл бұрын

try propagating your own seed its pretty easy just takes a while i managed to get around 20 kowhai to planting size in about 4 months using a method i saw a yt video on by red earth native plants.

@thelandofthehorns8648 Жыл бұрын

gum tree (I'm an Aussie)

@obennett100 Жыл бұрын

Favourite native : king fern. Growing Manuka and Kowhai from seed is relatively easy too

@Kermitthebadger Жыл бұрын

I wish more people around the world realized having a perfectly trimmed lawn around their property is really not peak landscaping

@lolcat Жыл бұрын

let your natural ecosystems thrive

@bennybennerson7728 Жыл бұрын

And that grazing isn’t needed on your land to keep in healthy

@st.peterunner8758 Жыл бұрын

@@bennybennerson7728 you don’t need grazing animals to have healthy land

@thomas8192 Жыл бұрын

@@st.peterunner8758 Depends, if you have too much nutrients like Nitrogen in the ground you might need grazing animals for a period of time to remove the excess of nutrients.

@bennybennerson7728 Жыл бұрын

@@st.peterunner8758 that’s what I meant just poor phrasing because a lot of people believe that you need grazing animals on your land when in reality even just leaving the land alone will be hundreds of times better for it

@AutumnRa1n Жыл бұрын

I would love to see updates every couple months on how the trees are developing and what the next steps are gonna be

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Will do my best to record updates and put something together at some stage :)

@BeautifulEarthJa Жыл бұрын

my thought too!

@Not_all_as_it_seems Жыл бұрын

Regenerative agriculture & whole property water management sets a place up for generations to come! Well done!!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Cheers Jonathan :)

@DanielF3024 Жыл бұрын

Im doing the same thing in a small land that my father owned. A long 15years. Nature is amazing. Congrats from Portugal.

@aBunnyThatWillChewOnYourCables Жыл бұрын

That's lovely thing to do!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

That's great, well done! Thanks for the support :)

@DanielF3024 Жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower today i planted 35more trees and bushes!! If we dont do anything and expect to someone do for us, probably the planet will be difficult for us to live here. Keep doing your great work friend

@anttikuusmetso Жыл бұрын

Otimo! Reparei que se preocupam muito mais com a natureza em Portugal do que aqui na Finlândia.

@DanielF3024 Жыл бұрын

@@anttikuusmetso ola. Nao acredito. A finlandia tem imensas florestas em portugal 30% ja sao eucaliptos infelizmente.

@Castkett4ever Жыл бұрын

this is the best subscribers celebration I've seen in a long time! Thanks to you, I am now growing Pawpaw trees in Switzerland and it makes me incredibly happy!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much and that is so cool! Hope they grow well for you :)

@gardenwitheden Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on hitting 300K! I also live in New Zealand and have just started a gardening channel, I'm 15 and been gardening for the last 9 years, hoping to inspire other kids to start gardening!

@karenreeves856 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations! 300K is amazing! Probably my favorite tree (I'm up in Northland) is Kauri, I'm blessed to have one on my property. She's quite a big tree, planted around the time my house was built, around 1885. She has a lot of natives living around her, but she's the biggest tree on my property by far. I have a lot of re-emerging natives here, on what was very poor farmland for many years. Love what you're doing, and feel very privileged to be one of the 300K club!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

I think Kauri would be my favourite too. Especially the giants. You're property sounds amazing, awesome that it's regenerating!

@caubengoan1326 Жыл бұрын

Would love to see the updates on them in the future ❤️

@theJustinRhodesShow Жыл бұрын

Excellent story telling, entertaining and educational. Right on man. You’re deserving of every single view plus more. Keep it up.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks Justin, I really appreciate that :)

@z0eshi Жыл бұрын

Honestly just seeing your land and how you live on it just makes me think you really are living your best life, looks like the best way of enjoying the world, being that close to nature must feel amazing

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support :)

@Alsphat8airborne Жыл бұрын

Yeah his just close to wild am planting first plants and then to go extreme planting trees

@tommiestrydom973 Жыл бұрын

Awesome effort. Turning two of my paddocks into Australian native gum tree forest.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! They're so beautiful

@tjwells6824 Жыл бұрын

This is seriously the most heartwarming video. It's definitely inspiring to see the land return to forest. Thanks for all of your content and congrats on 300k.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

@ridingwithshubh7327 Жыл бұрын

❤from India

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

💚🌳

@riyakumar8932 Жыл бұрын

Love how you use the indigenous names for different plants and mention their role in indigenous culture/history. Very cool to learn about and demonstrates yet another reason why native plants are so important! (And I'm not Maori o maybe take this with a grain of salt but the pronunciation sounds pretty good too haha)

@wackynz3260 Жыл бұрын

One of the 300k

@iri3977 Жыл бұрын

Ditto...up North 👆

@mort3562 Жыл бұрын

I LOVE THIS!!!! I, too, hope that people will be inspired by this video. This world could be so much more beautiful if everyone had a closer connection to their local ecosystems and nature in general. Please keep up the good work!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

I hope so too! The world is too beautiful to not experience what's out there in nature :)

@debbiehenri345 Жыл бұрын

I know, this is just a great video. We hear so much bad stuff about the environment right now, and it can be so overwhelming at times. But if we refuse to give up, and keep doing our part as much as possible, then with each effort (big or small) we give the Earth a better fighting chance to survive.

@thomaspitto5663 Жыл бұрын

i can't get over how beautiful those new Zealand forests look! great work and excited to see the natural succession!

@aussiecountry9320 Жыл бұрын

I'm just impressed that you dug all those holes yourself instead of using an auger! Such an awsome project, I love home reforestation projects, it gives me lots of insporation for things to do at my house and learning about new plants is always fun.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

@lispec4610 Жыл бұрын

Awwww i never imagined i'd be a tree in someone's garden in New Zealand! Im honored!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

I'm glad, thank you for your support! :)

@dougs_urbanfarm Жыл бұрын

Wow you have come a long way Kalem, congrats mate from across the ditch.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate! :)

@taythodec Жыл бұрын

I absolutely love seeing people make an effort. people have been too engulfed by the internet we aren’t even paying attention to our environment anymore.

@LindaDawkins-ux1vp 5 күн бұрын

WOW! Love New Zealand forest, love to see more. Amazing. Thanks for sharing.

@TheLazyDutchGardener Жыл бұрын

You are an exceptional human being. You are doing the world a great favour by planting these native trees. Love from The Netherlands 🌱

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your support! Love from NZ :)

@unexpectedguest3734 Жыл бұрын

I love watching this channel! I'm so glad there are people sharing diversity in the living world! A lot of people need to be aware of this sort of stuff. Love your channel!❤️

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot :)

@eogus0628 Жыл бұрын

So awesome seeing your appreciation and knowledge of all the native trees, really inspired to take up growing my own food and plants some day! Also amazing editing! Congratulations on the channel, Kalem, really appreciate you sharing your passion its infectious :)

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for the comment, that's really nice to hear :)

@evereletkline8732 Жыл бұрын

Cool moment, realizing that I am a smidge of the reprezentation in one of thoze treez!!!! Thx!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

:) Thank you for your support!

@jvp714 Жыл бұрын

All of these trees are so amazing! In the US, at least where I live, we have maples, oaks, and pines. I wish we had more diversity like this.

@chrrmin1979 Жыл бұрын

POSTED TEN DAYS AGO! KZfaq why do you hate me!?!

@KikiT92 Жыл бұрын

So...one tree is, like...ME?

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

You got it! Thanks for your support! 😁 🌳

@RaheEl_Qaisrani Жыл бұрын

one of the best project any youtuber has done

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@brigidaodonnell7053 Жыл бұрын

What a cute cat you have playing in the wood chips! I am also trying to plant as many native trees and plants as we can fit in our garden, and live in the South Island of New Zealand. It definitely encourages a lot of bird life, and I have been busy watching all the birds every day which is so lovely!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

That's great, so nice seeing the native wildlife benefitting

@MarinaMidnight Жыл бұрын

Very cool idea! I'm based in Christchurch and you've helped me so much with my urban garden. I've planted fruit trees around my property and added gardens. Our property was completely bare after the earthquakes and difficult soil but things are humming along beautifully. I love seeing your updates on your land. It's going to be absolutely amazing in 10 years time. Keep the videos coming. I'll keep following along with your journey. 🥳

@ahmedbq670 Жыл бұрын

Good job brother, keep doing this. You are creating nature :)

@Cringility Жыл бұрын

This is one of the best videos I've watched in a long time. Just seeing the passion you have for nature, plants, animals, and all sorts of wonderful flora and fauna, really just puts a big smile on my face. Though it will definitely be difficult having to maintain and monitor the conditions of these trees that you had planted but I'm sure with enough motivation, support, and passion, you can do it! Keep up the brilliant work!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your comment, I really appreciate it and glad it made you smile :)

@PeterEntwistle Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on the 300K Kalem, well deserved! What an incredible way to celebrate by planting a forest! I've always enjoyed following you along over the years and can't wait to see you hit the next milestone!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Peter, good to hear from you! And thanks for sticking with me all these years :) Hope you're well

@PeterEntwistle Жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower Yeah, I'm doing well thanks! Hope you're well too 😊

@danieltalis7711 13 күн бұрын

Ground looks fertile. Raps to the hard working farmers who got into that healthy condition.

@halloschorle Жыл бұрын

Hi there! Thank you so much for planting this huge amount of trees! More people should do this. Greetings from Germany Alex

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks Alex!

@MitchK_ Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on your well deserved 300k, Kalem! Making your own forest is so cool, man! I love hiking in the forest, I go hiking once a week with my dog. 🥾🐕 🐾

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks for all your support Mitch, always appreciate it. Glad you make time to be in nature too :)

@gingerlove7739 Жыл бұрын

Some angels live in New Zealand, and I have been subscribed to his greatness ever since. Once in millennia, you'll see wonders to continue living on this planet. Thank you! ❤️ From Philippines

@ainedaly739 Жыл бұрын

What a great video, I’m delighted to be part of the 300k! Loved learning about the native NZ trees you planted. A huge congrats from Ireland (my fav native is the hawthorn)

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Áine, glad you enjoyed it :)

@petergilfillan8340 9 ай бұрын

Wonderful to see. Looking forward to updates on this Project. Well done : )

@azazeldeath Жыл бұрын

As an Australian living in Australia I wish so badly I wish I had the money to buy some land and do this for our native plants. That said I found it funny you were glad you weren't walking through the forest or bushland of aus because of snakes. Just be more careful when walking and stomp a bit more they will make way. Unless its something like a taipan they will run away. But I do love both nz and aus natives. Aus has some awesome native plants that provide some awesome tasting foods

@brendancull Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on this milestone Kalem! And wonderful work planting so many native trees, both of you! 💪

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Brendan 😀

@cptntwinkletoes Жыл бұрын

Congrats on 300K! What an amazing way to celebrate!

@Fresh-uc9vb Жыл бұрын

Nice to see Caroline. Don't often see couples on these channels as it appears to be just one partner involved or in front of the camera. All the best to you both.

@em_pen Жыл бұрын

Fan-freakin-tastic. I love that you've created your own forest, even better that it's mostly native. Great to see you talk positively about the Karamu - most people seem to treat them like weeds but I love them. Beautiful looking and fast growers. While the birds get a feed of the berries, sheep, goats and horses love to eat the leaves (and the tree doesn't care, it'll just grow more). I'm growing a bunch of Karamu, Karo, cabbage trees and a few others in my mini forest (actually a stupidly large berm area) mostly to feed my goat but also for shade and privacy. So far the cost is zero because I've been planting up the seedlings from my own trees, so I feel I'm one step ahead of you... except that you have Manuka which I adore but don't have because I'm determined to do it all for free! The cat in the mulch is gorgeous

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Cheers Em! That's great that you're growing a lot from seed, so rewarding to see them turn into beautiful trees, well done :)

@wildchook745 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on your 315K subs! I will always remember you as the dude that made popular growing coconuts in New Zealand :)

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mary, haha the old famous coconut 😅

@kas7777 Жыл бұрын

I'm one of your earliest subscribers, hardly ever comment but on this occasion I just wanted to say congrats and can't wait to see how the forest looks like in a few years

@dunn7773 Жыл бұрын

I live in Georgia USA, just planted back in February: 3 cherry, 3 peach, 1 plum, 1 pear, 1 apple, some papaya and bunch of kiwi. So far they’re doing well despite the drought currently in my area! 💝 Natural environment! Don’t like city! Thank you for all you share!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

That's great to hear they're doing well. What a cool collection :)

@blazed5097 Жыл бұрын

Though I don't have nearly the same space, I've taken a keen interest in re-introducing natives for the purpose of attracting the native wildlife back into our neighbourhood. The best part is being able to bung them in the ground with no worries as natives are used to crappy aus soil 😁

@moerichardson6076 Жыл бұрын

Congrats for reaching 300K, Epic!!

@lyonheart84 Жыл бұрын

Great job planting all those trees. I was surprised how few of the native New Zealand trees I'd heard of 😱😱. And you are already well over the 300k, amazing job 🤩

@ScottRiddleArtist 3 ай бұрын

New Zealand is such an amazing country. Was there last year and was so impressed. I live in North Central California up in the mountains of the redwood forests and about 25 minutes from the ocean. We live in a strange micro climate that’s really being challenged by climate change. my big experiment because we’ve only been on this property of 3 acres for about three years. Was to bring the orchard back to health and start planting fruits that were possibly a zone or two higher than our designated grow zone. Tropical fruits from Australia and South America.I just know that the warming is happening faster than they understand. And I want to be prepared for that inevitability. It’s a really interesting experiment that takes some manual labor when we have frost to the young trees. But I can’t wait to see what happens in five or six years.

@benburns5995 Жыл бұрын

Hi Kalem, congratulations on reaching 300,000 subs. Always find you videos beneficial with ideas and learn a lot of helpful tips. Great environmental way to celebrate by planting 300 new trees on your property.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Ben :)

@sithummk4818 Жыл бұрын

lol i thought u had a twin for a sec with those cool edits.

@milenavonappen4214 Жыл бұрын

Love your videos

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

@chasemultimediafx2145 Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid I forced my parents into no cut zones so I could study wild life grow plant And get into my passions we need more forest and more forest gardens as well. keep it up Loved this episode. ! And congratulations looking forwards to growing your army of plant lovers

@_orodrigofernandes Жыл бұрын

Tricky shot on 12:30 to fly up a drone without using your hands. You defnitely got the sauce, Kiwi Boy!!

@rootkit0 Жыл бұрын

That is so cool! Can't wait for forest update:)

@JM-jk4cs Жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this video. As a nature lover, theres nothing that makes me happy than see people helping their native species (Fauna and Flora) to thrive.

@Yassous83 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely loving your journey and drawing inspiration and new ideas with each of your videos 🙏 I laughed at the comment about snakes as I live in Australia and was thinking about snakes before you called it 🤣

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Cheers Anthony! Haha enjoy the snakes 😅

@w.m.5219 9 ай бұрын

Thanks to all my Tree hugging friends, to my Tree Priests & the Tree Priesthood. We are talking about a very wise group of Entities in all tree families that go back to Adam & Eve. Trees that have been markers in the arts and crafts to be able to know where you are in a forest or when surrounded by our very very good Tree friends. Just know they care & deserve our love respect & emotions. JHVH

@aidancroft8881 Жыл бұрын

Congrats on 300k!!! My favorite trees here are our aspens! I grew up exploring Pando, one of the largest and oldest living organisms. So lucky to have been able to grow up next to it!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

That's so cool, must be amazing to see, thanks Aidan

@TobyJin Жыл бұрын

Congrats on 300k, I remember watching your videos when you were still a relatively small KZfaqr. It's always great to plant native trees on your property to try and mitigate some of the effects that land clearing has done to the local area. It will be interesting to see the progression of your forest and see how much biodiversity you'll re-introduce.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Cheers Toby!

@josequins9099 Жыл бұрын

$650 for 300 trees is amazing value. What an amazing gift to the land. My fave native tree is the taraire. Beautiful big leaves and kereru eat the fruits apparently. Love your vids. Well done on the 300k.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot, those are beautiful trees for sure!

@tanakakokilovad1594 Жыл бұрын

Thanks you for planting trees🌱🌳🌲to save our planet🌱💚🌳 🌍🌳🌏🌳🌍🌳🌳🌳🌱🌱👍🌱🌱🌱🌳🌳🌳🌳🌳

@ameliaxford Жыл бұрын

I loved watching this and I am so happy that there are people planting NZ natives, it's a real service to the whenua and the generations coming after us.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks Amelia!

@agungkacaribu Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Love this one bro.🌳👊. Such a hard job but going to be amazing seeing what birds end up loving there in the years ahead! Your turkeys are beautiful.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks Agung! 🌳

@nicholasdubov3376 Жыл бұрын

Great job! I want to do something like this a few years from now. Will these trees not overcrowd and heavily compete each other when they've fully grown in a decade or two since they're so close together?

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Nice, sounds like a good plan! In the long term there will likely be some that either get blown over or don’t make it, however the support that they provide each other as they grow is where a lot of the benefit is. Even for a natural forest, eventually the early succession trees get taken over by larger emergent trees and the succession of the forest continues. I’ll plant some of those types of trees at a later stage. We get very dry Summers here, so getting that quick shade is essential for the trees to thrive :). Trees can also share and gain nutrients and water through fungal networks, so hopefully that will develop with the trees to further strengthen them :)

@nicholasdubov3376 Жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower I didn't expect for you to reply to me, thank you so much for the information!

@TheKobiDror Жыл бұрын

@@nicholasdubov3376 That's what he does and that's why he deserves way more than 300k subscribers. He still cares about everybody.

@CIB8282 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed the footage of the old growth forest contrasting with the agricultural land. You're going to have the best of both worlds. Cheers

@SustainableHolly Жыл бұрын

Amazing video Kalem! 🌿🌿 And huge congratulations on 300k! 🎉🥂

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot Holly!

@anaskellon8592 Жыл бұрын

Love your content, the contrast of forest and farmland, as well, your respect for your subscribers in planting out a forest in their honor. Big ups to you and congrats on 300 subs.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Ana!

@vanessasmith8198 Жыл бұрын

I love this. I was thinking it would cost loads to plant that many native trees so havent looked into it. This inspires me to start one tree at a time. We have loads of akeake sprouting here so will start to plant them closer together to create a windbreak. I didnt know kowhai were nitrogen fixing so thanks for all the info

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Sounds great Vanessa, hope it goes well :)

@iseriver3982 Жыл бұрын

Wish your channel was doing this every week, all over new zealand. You'd sort that island out in no time.

@KeikoMushi 9 ай бұрын

Don't forget the spiders that we have here in Australia. Much in all as I love the bush, snakes and spiders can be annoying to navigate. Manuka plants are lovely. We have quite a few all the way along the Queensland coast.

@Hexagonius-js8tl Жыл бұрын

As an Australian the snakes are not that bad, scratch that there are 100s in the Forrest next door lol

@grantadamson3478 Жыл бұрын

Just the thought of them is bad enough. But you guys do have some nice weather.

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

😂😂

@Hexagonius-js8tl Жыл бұрын

@@TheKiwiGrower Lol yeah my neighbours found a snake swimming in their pool last summer and snake skins are all over their yard

@redpeterpanda Жыл бұрын

I really hope for a push for native ecosystems and limiting the impact that we have on the environment. So I am amazed and envious you are doing this

@arieswildchild Жыл бұрын

It's good you have rain there. Everything is so green. Here even grass wilted. Thanx god now we have rainy autumn!

@Cesc8170 8 ай бұрын

I am growing portuguese oak, cork oak, round leaf holly oak, flowering ash, chamaerops little palms, the local viburnum, bay laurel trees, strawberry trees and other local species from the western Mediterranean. Lots of congrats, let's build living harmony within the ecosystem we are a part of. :)

@thomas8192 Жыл бұрын

I always dreamed of planting a forest one day and im so happy you are showing me how its done! Thanks Kalem!

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Cheers Thomas!

@drivestreet1669 Жыл бұрын

The best part is ..,it really makes you happy,contented and an extraordinary contributor for a good world to live in

@MrSigmaSharp Жыл бұрын

That's exacly why I subscribed. Not because you are good with the plants but because you are good for them.

@marisasanchez1699 Жыл бұрын

I love your channel. Thank you for such entertaining and interesting content 🙏🏼

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks Marisa :)

@andrewa6786 Жыл бұрын

the forests are gorgeous in New Zealand. Very diverse as well! i fell in love with the ferns everywhere.

@johnwilliams2711 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations on 300,000 Kalem! Great vid. How's your back after that lot?! Will be amazing in a few years time. Will be interesting to see what birds come and what seeds they bring into your forest once they start roosting there. Hope you get to a million soon. 😁👍👍

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot John! Have to say the body was a little sore the next day 😅 I can't wait to see it grow too :)

@MelbourneFishKeepersClub Жыл бұрын

OMG I'm so thrilled to see this. Woo-hoo.. Keep up the grate work. I love it.

@andreascrust8606 Жыл бұрын

Greetings from the other side of the globe! Here I walk among spruces, pines, junipers and now leafless birches, mountain ash, alders, aspens and willows. I planted some acorns and maple seeds to see if they would do well on my plot. Now I just have to wait for few decades.... 🙂

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Sounds beautiful, and that's cool. Finger's crossed they do well

@theadventuresofzoomandbettie Жыл бұрын

Congrats mate! We just cracked 1000 today, so you're only 300x ahead of us 😂 this is a great task! We are in Australia though, so the snakes would be an issue here hahahaha

@pagevpetty Жыл бұрын

Choice Az! Oh they probably don't say that in New Zealand anymore. Been a while since I've been there. How nice of God to give you some rain to make it easier to plant 😊

@quique913 Жыл бұрын

So glad to see that you are bringing a bit of the native forest back to your property...

@jazz9807 Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing this Kalem, this is the first video from you I've seen but it certainly won't be the last! The knowledge you have on all these native trees is amazing. I live in Australia and I only know things about a couple native plants but now I feel inspired to learn more :)

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comment, glad you’re inspired to keep learning! Welcome to the channel and I hope you enjoy my other content I have :)

@seza1713 Жыл бұрын

Love the quality of your video and story telling. Thank you so much for your Maori pronunciation! Nice job and excellent historical references. 👌

@katekowhai Жыл бұрын

Gorgeous 😊

@esscee2520 Жыл бұрын

Kia ora from the Waikato. 12:21: My father was a shearer and he would have said at this point: "I should have done this one first!" To which I would always point out how ecofriendly he was that he even recycled his jokes over and over. Congratulations on your milestone and what a way to celebrate. Appreciate having inspiration for our section from someone so close to home (weatherwise and seed brands wise) :)

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Haha classic Dad joke 😂. Thanks for the support :)

@Dannyjel Жыл бұрын

been struggling with grass competition for ages and the cardboard method is a genuine life hack! Thx a bunch! Love Tilia spp myself

@kennedynthiwa5100 5 ай бұрын

Well done. Great job guys. Can't wait to see your forest.

@serefine927 Жыл бұрын

My friend just flew over to your country for a few months and I am so jealous rn, Would love to see your forests up close myself. Thx for restoring them by adding those trees on your property

@TheKiwiGrower Жыл бұрын

Hope you make it here one day to explore :)