In this video, we’re planting the first tree in the new Cottage Garden. With the backdrop being the cottage coop, I have to show you the progress on that. Plus we talk about when is the best time to plant trees, spring or fall? I’ll also give you tips on how to get newly planted trees through the winter.
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When I plant a tree or large shrub I mix a little bit of compost in the native soil and fill with that and then use a good layer of compost as a top dressing as you suggested. Sorry about re-planting a tree. No fun! I enjoy the show and the wisdom. We have a small raised garden bed area, but had great production especially the roma tomatoes.
A lazy river pond would be cool.
Well, in the replant I guess you'll be able to see if your good watering actually did make it down to the base roots!
Great info on ttees
That’s what I love about you, Brian, you admit your mistakes and help me realize that making mistakes is not necessarily a failure, but also an exercise in learning. “Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, start all over again.”
I so understand what your talking about when It comes to those pesky gophers they well definitely destroy everything
For grafted root trees – make sure that the graft notch face to the north – protecting that area from the sun (and burning). Any container plants/trees roughen the outside of the container dirt and roots so that they don't continue to become root balled. Finger roughened – not knife scarified !
Ugh – redbud and liquid ambers are PIA – not helpful trees – growth is slow, growth is gnarly in any of many directions "the trees decides to go and grow," – and liquid ambers are notorious for wanting to return into massive jungle bushes with water sprouts – that need year by year hacking off (Fremont city trees are notorious for this here). Same for not planting sycamores on land (although their green spiky balls and spring leaves make the Tamiflu product (!) is the most worthy for this tree) – not the sugar sap (aphids and ants) that drip down onto the car, sidewalks, or asphalt/concrete and making sticky road surfaces. Also the sugar sap and aphid poop creates airborne molds/mildews/fungus situations – that will quickly turn into little black dots on cars, sidewalks, shoes, garage and house floors – keep outside shoes away from inner house during these spring-summer-fall seasons.
I am so guilty Brian of buying my trees before their site is ready, thinking I will pop them in the ground tomorrow, only to still have them in their pots 6 months later. Nature and time have ways of thwarting our best plans. Good luck and strength to your digging arm, Cheers Muffy from Oz
The hen house looks amazing! We don't have any trees yet, but we are looki g at putting in three apple trees next Spring.
Next Level Gardening – Make sure you REALLY know what you are getting when buying fruit trees. I bought two Jujube trees that were advertised as "bearing age" and I was told on the phone that if planted that winter, I might get fruit the following summer/fall. They came without any branches, with damaged roots – but they were tall. It took them two and a half years before they began growing branches and i finally got a few fruit. Now they are almost too tall.
If I were to do it again, I would buy younger trees for half the price and prune( top them) to produce – the way the commercial orchardists do. Then after the same amount of time probably 2-3 years or sooner, I'd have a bushier more fruit laden fruit tree with far better production than the more expensive $200+ Jujube trees that are supposedly almost ready to fruit.. Many fruit trees only produce fruit on the first year or first year and second year growth anyway. So there is no sense in letting them get too tall where most of the inner branches are older and won't have any fruit and younger growth is out of reach. For me it is better to keep the tree small and pruned so the 1st and second year growth are always accessible.
So when would one plant apple trees and lemon trees in Texas? Asking for a friend…🤣
Everything I read contradicts the last thing I read…🤷
I am assuming fall so they can go dormant and focus on roots, think I'm gonna go for it today since it's about to rain and getting cooler ..😎🥶
When you plant trees according to Master Arborists, you also want to make sure not to cover the base of the tree where it begins to splay out. Make SURE that part is above ground. It is better to err on the side of planting the tree too shallowly than too deeply. I learned.
All your videos help. Thank you for sharing your wonderful knowledge with us.
I would love to see a time lapse of the chicken coop build some day. I am sure that may be an editing chore but I love to see how things are built even in super fast motion. It is looking so good. 🐣🐤🐥
Glad you get to plant the trees in the cottage garden! I have such hard clay that the one man auger was not able to make more than 2 inch deep hole. I can't plant anything 😭
Don’t let the mulch or compost sit around the base of the tree. It should be kept a few inches from the bottom of the trunk.
If everything went perfectly all of the time we would never learn. That’s why I’m here to say I’m a proud failure!!!
Do you have a video showing what the gopher cage looks like? Do you make it buy it made? Thanks.
LOL! I was watching regarding my banana 'plant', which led me to research them- found out that banana is not a 'tree', but the world's largest herb!! 🤯
I'm actually going to plant it in a well-eroded stump. The chickens & I have been working on it for the last couple months.. 😉
Thanks for the tips! 😁👍