Twisted Tree Nursery - Full Tour
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3 жыл бұрынSome notes for more info on Twisted Tree...
www.twisted-tree.net/ - Main website, there is a mailing list there as well as books, seeds, cuttings, plants and more!
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Happy growing!
@waynoinsaneo 3 жыл бұрын
He needs to start making videos again! He seems like a wealth of knowledge
@adamsnyder7359 3 жыл бұрын
He had one on beebalm earlier this week, hopefully he keeps them coming.
@lionscircle4700 3 жыл бұрын
I subscribe to his channel but he hasn't made a vid in awhile now. Great to see him make a guest star appearance, what a surprise!
@adamsnyder7359 3 жыл бұрын
@@lionscircle4700 are you subscribed to "Akiva Silver" or to "Twisted Tree Farm?" There's now two new videos on his "Twisted Tree Farm" channel.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
My hope is that this video spurs some new videos from him.
@rtom675 3 жыл бұрын
I’m so glad that you shared his property with us! I’m not sure when, but at one point on another video, Akiva demonstrated a couple simple grafting techniques. He introduced his book: Trees of Power: 10 essential arboreal allies. Along with your YT channel and a couple other texts (Shephard, Falk, etc), it completed shifted my gardening paradigm. If people have not read Akiva’s book- definitely worth it!!!
@Moonjean 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you SO much for filming your visit at Akiva's place. Without Akiva's channel i might not have found your channel. :) Hope Akiva starts making videos regularly again. Miss his content videos.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
I'm hoping this helps spur him to make some more videos :)
@brianpalmer967 3 жыл бұрын
Akiva is one of my favorite humans.
@CanadianPermacultureLegacy 3 жыл бұрын
Probably one of the most likeable people on the planet. Heck, both of these guys in this video.
@EveEmshwiller 3 жыл бұрын
@@CanadianPermacultureLegacy No kidding!
@Celladorzz 3 жыл бұрын
You introduced his farm to me and we have bought his fruit trees in the past!!
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@CanadianPermacultureLegacy 3 жыл бұрын
16:30 Akiva is my spirit animal. Oh my God that's me right there.
@jasonhatfield4747 3 жыл бұрын
This guy is a human work horse! So much land and so productive!
@tagladyify 3 жыл бұрын
That’s a hummingbird moth on the scarlet monarda. They are the adult hornedworm. Rare to see them. I’ve seen them once in my whole life. Beautiful!
@billastell3753 2 жыл бұрын
I want this guy to be my next door neighbour. I'd love to chat with him over the back fence. If everyone on earth shared his dream our earth would be a Garden of Eden.
@pokeweed10k15 3 жыл бұрын
Wow seems like his nursery has grown a lot since his last videos. We need more vids!
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Sure do!
@AviSLeigh 3 жыл бұрын
Akiva is a BEAUTIFUL being. And that beauty spreads to his gardening. So amazing! Thank you for this!
@nymbeats 3 жыл бұрын
this video confirms it: 2022 must be the year I find a way to start trees in earnest, however best I can in my tiny, shady, suburban lot. I've got a dozen figs in my first nursery bed this year, but I can do better.
@haram2163 3 жыл бұрын
Agreed. I intend to really go for it when I prune the trees this year. Also trying a lot from seed as well. We have about 20 fruit varieties I dug 100m of swales last year, but only had 5 volunteer peach trees to plant out. Water harvesting and directing will play a big part in the plans for Autumn.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
The beauty of starting trees in your tiny spot is that once they grow for a year they can be sold, gifted, traded, secretly planted, whatever! They can go elsewhere for their full life. You can truly be a nursery, as in helping little babies and kids get a good start and then wishing them the best as they head out into the world!
@haram2163 3 жыл бұрын
@@edibleacres Parents have 5 acres with a 60 tree olive grove. I have experimented with swales on the 1/4 acre veg darden site, and now want to plant out the main site. There are also fruit trees allover the area in abandoned gardens, so taking cuttings from numerous varieties as well as established trees. Cheers for the great vids, especially water movement, this has given me inspiration for this arid climate.
@peterellis4262 3 жыл бұрын
I think those "lobster moths" are more commonly known as hummingbird moths :)
@cliffpalermo 3 жыл бұрын
What's the name of the bush they are attracted to?
@w4do 3 жыл бұрын
@@cliffpalermo Looks like bee balm to me...
@Jorg05111980 3 жыл бұрын
@@w4do Yup. Monarda, not always the easiest plant to keep / stay healthy....also best in groups
@gelwood99 Жыл бұрын
They are actually the adult form of the tomato hornworm!
@gwenkilby Жыл бұрын
Their tongue is double the length of their body!
@peakdistrict2220 3 жыл бұрын
It’s lovely that you are not using plastic. Great video as always, greetings from England.
@carennorthcutt7724 3 жыл бұрын
Look at that beautiful echinecia!
@m.g.3913 3 жыл бұрын
That's definitely a great place to be during a pandemic.
@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor 10 ай бұрын
It's a delight to see what Akiva made on that land. Wonderful!
@Rodgerrynd08 3 жыл бұрын
This is amazing! It's awesome seeing how he's crafting his outer zones to be incredibly productive and need very minimal maintenance. Hopefully he can find someone to start a grazing operation with him! Thanks as always!!!
@whereisangie 3 жыл бұрын
what a beautiful place! that beebalm😍😍😍 and your friends are lovely
@hallinasjournal7795 2 жыл бұрын
Insanely beautiful patches of bee balm and butterfly weed 🌿♥️
@gatherleaves3183 3 жыл бұрын
So incredible and wonderful the work you guys do. So generous to share your knowledge and in a way so humble and gracious. Thank you!
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Super happy to have a wonderful community of folks interested in what we're up to.
@CovilleR 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tour, good to see Akiva and all those trees! Especially lovely to see the 12yo hybrid hazels looking good at @7:00! I am growing a bunch of those, I believe from the same mother trees, and I am very excited to deepen my relationship with those trees. Even the littler ones around @10:30 are looking rugged and fruitful so young - awesome.
@maryse8 3 жыл бұрын
Just beautiful, Akiva!!
@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for this, Sean! I was hoping Akiva will post a tour video. I can't wait to watch this!🤗🤗🤗
@davearguez 3 жыл бұрын
Such a pleasure when you fellas get together. Living legends!
@thechunder 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful and inspiring. Great work Akiva!
@GrimbolTheDruid 3 жыл бұрын
This was a fun tour and I learned a bunch as always! Thanks for sharing Sean!
@gwenkilby Жыл бұрын
What a beautiful place! I am green with envy! 😍
@CanadianPermacultureLegacy 3 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or did Akiva get all Jacked since the last time we saw him?
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Ha! Bro works out. I can't imagine lifting weights and doing pushups after 12 hours of farming work but to each their own :)
@kylesanders9598 3 жыл бұрын
that could explain his brief hiatus
@DE2borknot2b 3 жыл бұрын
I checked out his website, Twisted Tree Nursery & everything is sold out! Thanks, Sean for teasing us. 😒😯 Maybe I'll check back & see if there's more plant stock available. 😊
@Lauradicus 3 жыл бұрын
Waaaaaay cool! I love this to bits. Shared the grazing opportunity with Abundance+ members.
@CovilleR 3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Akiva and Sean and all, great tour with so many characters
@carennorthcutt7724 3 жыл бұрын
I could spend many happy hours traipsing about on that property. Probably get ate up with chiggers, but worth it! Such a nice piece of land!
@amyp8162 3 жыл бұрын
Those "lobster moths" are born from fricken tomato horn worms! I just learned this news yesterday. Had no idea
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
So neat!
@DK6060 3 жыл бұрын
@@edibleacres As someone pointed out below, its a hummingbird clearwing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemaris_thysbe. So cool to watch and they love to get nectar from monarda (I have loads m. fistula). Tomato hornworm is a separate species and way more of a garden pest.
@ericrusso6250 3 жыл бұрын
I need more Akiva in my life. 🌿♥️
@heterodox3487 3 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful and productive landscape. Y'all are making the world a better place. Thanks for sharing!
@tatepierson4626 3 жыл бұрын
Love the video format. I have been following edible acres channel for what feels like 5+ years, just found my way to twisted tree's youtube from yours this last week. So glad you shared this space with us for awhile.
@w4do 3 жыл бұрын
Such a cool human, and farm, and plants. Oh, and the dog too. Thanks, Sean & Akiva!
@gillsmoke 3 жыл бұрын
That was lovely thank you.
@KristinGasser Жыл бұрын
What an awesome place! Thank‘s for sharing! 🙏🏻🤩
@allonesame6467 3 жыл бұрын
Nice to see how he's doing his nursery and planting out to bigger trees! Amazing!
@hallinasjournal7795 2 жыл бұрын
Got excited to see your American Plum you planted years ago be dumping fruit for you now! I just planted one this year so visualizing my future 😍
@wudangmtn Жыл бұрын
I just went to Akita’s website, and much to my surprise his book “Trees of Power” is the book I am currently reading. Groovy coincidence!
@edibleacres Жыл бұрын
So neat!
@wudangmtn Жыл бұрын
Awesome tour!
@venuscousens4172 3 жыл бұрын
Wow! That was inspirational!
@tamaragontarek1366 Жыл бұрын
Sent over from Roots & Refuge!
@coarsegoldguy7414 3 жыл бұрын
Wonderful video. Thanks for sharing.
@howtowithhank4791 3 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a place!
@halfmanhalf_amazing9121 3 жыл бұрын
All i can say is just,wow😍😍😍
@jessicacrabtree9445 2 жыл бұрын
I just bought Akiva's book! So excited to read itl What a lovely human and doing such good work. Thank you for sharing.
@kristilisakleiner9384 2 жыл бұрын
Loved this, thank you 😊
@wendallmcgee5480 Жыл бұрын
i love his property, truly inspiring
@Michael_McMillan 3 жыл бұрын
Great video
@stefandu6065 3 жыл бұрын
Great video!
@3dreamsPermaculture 3 жыл бұрын
Excellent!
@gardentours 2 жыл бұрын
The ponds reminded me at a video about Sepp Holzer who introduced permaculture to his area in Austria against all the odds of the authorities.
@AbundanceIowa 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the washable walkabout! Akiva is hilarious
@dimitrinoahutz9547 3 жыл бұрын
Amazing thank you for sharing
@timbrown8647 2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for making this video, makes me wanna move back home :)
@fourdayhomestead2839 2 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
@debbies2966 3 жыл бұрын
I never heard of a swale. I love learning a new skill to implement. Thank you for this informative video. Thumbs up 👍
@foobargorch 3 жыл бұрын
some more water harvesting earth works jargon you might be interested in: keyline system, zai holes, negarim
@debbies2966 3 жыл бұрын
@@foobargorch I will definitely look them up. Thank you👍
@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor 3 жыл бұрын
Heavenly. Simple as that.💛 It would be great to see a tour in the fall. It must look stunning then too, and be filled with deliciousness.🤗 Thank you again, Sean and Akiva, for sharing this with us!💛
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
We'll plan to do more visits with him in the future and film a bit here or there :)
@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor 3 жыл бұрын
@@edibleacres Wonderful!🤗
@honeycaffena4897 3 жыл бұрын
Terrific video! Thank you, we are looking at property tomorrow hoping to do the same.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Best of luck!
@ladonnawoodley5279 Жыл бұрын
I found you from Roots and Refuge. Jessica shouted you out.
@whereisangie 3 жыл бұрын
this man is wonderful. i want to be like him
@sdraven9954 3 жыл бұрын
I didn't know about them. Thank you.
@Jabberwalks 3 жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure I still have that flash shirt from Target back in the middle school days. Should definitely cut those sleeves off too.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Ha!
@sbeierly Жыл бұрын
Great video. I enjoyed Akiva’s book on audible. A great book for anyone who loves trees but doesn’t have the time to read books.
@jameswoll 3 жыл бұрын
What an awesome day! Would have loved to take that tour with you guys. Great work! That hummingbird moth is actually a clearwing, you can tell if ya look closely. Really cool specimen!
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the info on the moth. I'm sticking with Lobster Moth for now, but good to know there is a proper name :)
@barrypetejr5655 3 жыл бұрын
Wow seriously huge amount of trees !!!
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
He has been a planting machine for 10+ years.
@SmallSeeds 3 жыл бұрын
I call them lobsters with wings haha. Glad other people see that too! Absolutely beautiful nursery & tour. Going to check out the online shop now for sure.
@argentvixen 3 жыл бұрын
Oh! I bought Trees of Power a while back. I didn't realize the author is your friend. Small world.
@awakenacres 3 жыл бұрын
Love the video. I will definitely be trying the mini swale on my land. I grow most of my plants in pots because I used to work in greenhouses and I’m familiar with growing that way. I will definitely get into growing bareroot more as it seems much more efficient.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
So much less stress when plants are in soil.
@SomeRoomtoGrow 3 жыл бұрын
This was a great tour. I could watch you guys walking around discussing plants/trees for hours. It really makes me long for having a decent size property in the country to grow more food.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Hoping you find a way to have access to space!
@SomeRoomtoGrow 3 жыл бұрын
@@edibleacres thanks, Sean, I hope so too!
@DrZazzoo 3 жыл бұрын
It's awesome to see all those healthy chestnuts growing on volusia hardpan soil. John Sangl has his chestnuts growing on venango hardpan too. Makes you wonder if the well drained requirement is a little over stated. My one acre orchard doesn't seem to mind either, having gotten about 10 inches of rain in the last 3 weeks. Thanks for sharing.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Every tree up there is on a pit/mound planting style so at least the root crown can always have well drained and loose soil. The rest of their root systems are right in it, though!
@hhwippedcream 2 жыл бұрын
Whoah!!! Thanks!
@hhwippedcream 2 жыл бұрын
Cool! A Hawkmoth! Those things are like a hummingbird analog - or the other way around.
@tatekohmni 2 жыл бұрын
This is so inspiring to us, thank you for sharing! Side note..we have a 40 acre plot, had it since 1999. 30 acres timber and 10 put in the CRP program. Osage orange used to be planted for property lines...its all throughout the timber now, as well as along the fields, and can be very aggressive over long term and very difficult to manage. thorns are hardcore they tear up tractor tires. Just a heads up if you plant them!! I'd plant 1 or 2 as specimens/mother trees but I shudder at the thought of planting lots of them!
@edibleacres 2 жыл бұрын
Thank you for the notes on this.
@jennifermansfield9327 2 жыл бұрын
I think I took a recent video Cornell Extension class with your friend - he's great!
@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor 2 жыл бұрын
Akiva: 'It's not that many (plants)' - hearing that cracks me every single time. No matter how awful my day was, this makes it brighter. Keep doing what you're doing and share these videos with us. Take care, you awesome people!💛
@stevenwieler2990 3 жыл бұрын
Dope, thanks for sharing.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
You bet
@jeffskinner1226 3 жыл бұрын
I wonder how he prevents animal/pest damage to his plants: especially those seedling beds.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
There is a deer fence around that lower area, and he has a small 'flock' of barn cats that live in the area that he feeds and they hunt most of the rodents.
@jeffskinner1226 3 жыл бұрын
@@edibleacres Thanks
@Tsuchimursu 3 жыл бұрын
when it comes to smaller pests (bugs) I'd understand from his attitude that only those strong enough not to succumb to pests untreated are worth keeping
@winjoda 3 жыл бұрын
What a great space! I would looooooove to add a couple dozen beehives to that landscape.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
That would be a wonderful addition for sure. Reach out to Akiva :)
@winjoda 3 жыл бұрын
@@edibleacres If I lived a few hundred miles closer to your area, I would definitely do it! Akiva does definitely have the right kind of space for bees, and it would be VERY beneficial for both his land and the bees. beneficialpollinator
@dictionaryzzz 2 ай бұрын
The plant at 4:17 looks like beebalm 'Raspberry Wine' to me.....have the same plant it blooms in July. Started with 1 plant and it has spread nearly 15 feet wide in 4 years. I grow it for the pollinators; of which its a hummingbird favorite.
@simonheyn3419 3 жыл бұрын
What a biceps!
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Dude works out. On top of farming.
@Crina-LudmilaCristeaAuthor 2 жыл бұрын
A pear forest would be awesome!😎
@will8162 3 жыл бұрын
Do you know why they dragged the stones for Stonehenge from Wales? They'd have been eaten by now if they were made of pomegranate
@danielsmith336 3 жыл бұрын
That Space lotus that he talked about at the end is the one that I wanted to send you but it had sold out. It is one of the best cultivars and always sells out fast on every website. I can see the two of you trading tubers in the future Edit: Ken's Dream Lotus, which you have, is that space lotus crossed with an american lotus
@farmyourbackyard2023 3 жыл бұрын
Bob Gordon elder are my favorites. Such prolific berry producers but the berries release from the stems more easily than any elder I have worked with thus far. I still don't have the "on contour" idea figured out. That sure is pretty land. My father had land in upstate New York that he gave away to a friend. I wish it had come down to my children and grandchildren. This looks like a wonderful place to enjoy summer.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
We're working more with Bob Gordon and I'm excited to learn more about their crop.
@farmyourbackyard2023 3 жыл бұрын
@@edibleacres that’s great. Mine dehydrated beautifully and I got about a quart of dehydrated berries per every three plants. They are only two years old.
@justinp1773 3 жыл бұрын
You should consider teaming up for a longs form class or seminar. I’d love to get the 2 of you in a room together for a weekend and just pick your brains.
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
That would be fun.
@Thee-_-Outlier 2 жыл бұрын
Man I was late to this party. This guy was great. I wish I saw this back when you uploaded or knew of his channel before that. The guy put into concise words exactly what I'm into, but fails to articulate lol
@billybones956 3 жыл бұрын
4:25 I'm pretty sure that's a Hawk moth of some kind. At first I thought it was a Hummingbird Hawk Moth but they're only found in Eurasia, as far as I'm a ware. My Google-fu says it's possibly a Nessus Sphinx Moth, the colours seem right.
@wolfebilt 3 жыл бұрын
So many interesting points here. I kept wondering how much of all those thousands of shrubs and trees were planted from seed or bare root or starts of some kind? Did he acquire or barter for the seed or just save over time from his own stock mostly? Great walk and talk! Thanks 😊
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
A mix... He bought in stock from nurseries (Goumis as one example) but most/all the rest are grown from seed and cuttings from his nursery.
@CanadianPermacultureLegacy 3 жыл бұрын
6:53, is that persimmon maybe a seedling off something like a Nikita's Gift which is self fertile? Maybe this one can be called Akiva's gift?
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
It is a seedling from a block of great trees we have access to near where we live. Seedlings from Elwyn Meaders breeding work and tested to zone 4 hardiness. Neat parents to collect from.
@jasonbaca5180 3 жыл бұрын
love the pocket pond... Is it possible you can give a demo of how a person would go about creating a small pond?
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Pop over to his channel and request it in some of the videos :)
@tatehewitt4220 3 жыл бұрын
Plant some trees Y'aallll!
@jackwheatley8 2 жыл бұрын
If i have a son i would like to name him Akiva, great name!
@saltriverorchards4190 2 жыл бұрын
I’d like to have some of those goumi
@benneb663 3 жыл бұрын
No plastic tv
@helio2k 3 жыл бұрын
I have only small amounts of space but I would love to start growing some trees to gain the growing experience and later on sell them. What trees would you recommend to start with? (temperate climate, probably very much like yours) How would you acquire cuttings and/or seed?
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
Lots of questions here. I'd look for good parent trees where you are... Healthy Oaks, nice walnuts, any chestnuts? Anyone with hazels? etc etc.. I'd look at willow, elderberry and currants to propagate from cuttings too since they are easy and get you feeling more confident!
@helio2k 3 жыл бұрын
@@edibleacres sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. Yesterday I discovered a beautiful Hazel, black locust. I know where some beautiful walnuts and chestnuts grow. I got everything I need. Thank you
@blenderbenderguy 3 жыл бұрын
Gorgeous..... how does one person do all that? I'd sure like to know more about the Asian Water Lettuce.... as in where it could be had. Thanks!
@edibleacres 3 жыл бұрын
He has folks come in and help periodically.
@blenderbenderguy 3 жыл бұрын
@@edibleacres Sean.... same question applies to you and Sasha..... how do you folks accomplish all that you do and still find time for all these great videos? It boggles my mind! Thanks for sharing all your knowledge, skills, experience.
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