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It looks beautiful! I'm very interested in the living wall as I'm trying to screen out neighbors on both sides of my backyard and want to coppice or pollard things when they get too big. Have you ever grown Alder near black walnut? I also have lots of them to deal with
Have you considered trying to graft lower branches together into a living fence rather than doing the standard pollarding of weening out lateral regrowth in favor for the most vertical stems?
I’d leave the poplars if possible. They are probably becoming heavy lifters by feeding the fungus network with sugar. Before cutting the trees down consider how long it takes them to grow. It’s easy to cut back growth but growth takes time. But at the end of the day your the expert and it’s your property. So do whatever you think is best.
I love the look of your frontage but I am surprised the highway department does not cut a wider clearance. I would like to have the same kind of green privacy that have. At my house the road crews clear plants and then the electric company comes in and cuts back any trees within 14 feet of their overhead lines.
When you started the living wall, especially the berries along the drive, how close did you plant them together? Now, how many are volunteers, and how many are from your original plantings?
Thanks for your inspirational videos!!
This is hard to start in a lawn setting without looking like a crazy neighbor. Any direction on how to start? What to start with and add as time goes on? Also importantly a way to do it in a decent looking direction? Looking great what you have going on.
If you leave the canopy trees you could just prune all the lower branches so they don’t interfere with the light needs of the understory where you coppice/pollard the rest to maintain a thick barrier
Great video about food forest. Thanks so much. Best . Thanks
I love the mature trees worked into the landscape. It looks like there is room on the right side of the driveway, when you were in the road, to fill in at eye level. Between 4-5 ft and 8-9 ft
Where I am Poplar are not good trees to use as canopy. They tend to fall down when we have strong winds and damage a lot on the way. Are these hybrids more deeply rooted? less prone to snapping? Having a tall canopy would be great as long as they are a stable tree species.
does it cut traffic noise at your house
As someone just getting started with screening from the (busy) road, it's interesting to see how the living wall has progressed. I appreciate the long-term documentation. So far, I've planted willow and Jerusalem artichoke near the road. Unfortunately, one of the willows is directly under the power lines (I was shopping for dig-able dirt!), but of course willow is happy to be pruned, and I can make more willows!
While watching I wondered about neighbors.
Now on the worst case spectrum I'm curious about the neighbors who would complain about pests, rodents and predators, aka foz.
On the other hand some get the enthusiasm and work with you
I love when plants just decide to plant themselves! Volunteers are always my best performers!
I love it! I'm toying with this idea myself on my property boundaries. I suggest leaving the locust. They're beautiful in the spring when they flower and the thorns serve as a great deterrent to two legged intruders.
❤❤❤ Nice video
Enjoying the updates on the living wall! I'm slowly adding to my property lines (10 acres) to block snow, unnecessary pollination from neighbors farm crops & blocking traffic noise/pollution. Long road ahead, but it's working.
Enjoying the updates on the living wall! I'm slowly adding to my property lines (10 acres) to block snow, unnecessary pollination from neighbors farm crops & blocking traffic noise/pollution. Long road ahead, but it's working.
Would keep the height of the living wall continue to help supress noise pollution
Wow, I remember when you began the living wall and the spot across the driveway. Wonderful!
Looking good! If you have any more thoughts on the senna it’s would be great to hear – I have quite a few potted seedlings of senna spectabilis that I’m currently trying to save from the slugs, but if they make it I don’t really have any plans on what I’m actually going to do with them… feels like we’ve got a visitor from a foreign country and I’m not really sure where to put them or what they need to feel happy!! Thanks 🙏
Why don't you back into your yard to make it safer to leave?
it all looks amazing. i love the example you have created for privacy and how all the plants have formed a community. it gives me much needed confidence in creating this. now will you address the tree in the power lines soon?
I'm curious if you've ever pulled into the neighbors' driveways to see if their line of sight for the road traffic is clear, as well as yours.
I ask from experience. One of my neighbors has what used to be a privot hedge that goes to about 5 feet from the road edge, right alongside my driveway. Now, after 40+ years of neglect, I've had to call the town and force them to have it cut back. While not as busy or fast a road as you live on, here in suburbia, there are a lot of little kids on bikes, joggers, dog walkers, etc. and it becomes quite dangerous, as they just let the hedge go and it's grown as high as 20 feet tall in the past. I have to lay on my horn just to pull out of my driveway because I can't see anyone coming, nor can they see me.. It can be terrifying, and they just don't seem to care that someone's is bound to get hurt or worse. It's caused a lot of tension between neghbors, and I'd hate to see that situation for you.
So lush, and so many edibles even along the road! I’ve heard elderberry bushes keep flies away, so they used to plant them around Dutch farm houses.
Very inspiring.
Speaking of ’poppping’ characters, the light colored willows are lovely
Could you please elaborate on the deer resistance property of senna – how does it work. Would deer eat senna instead, or that plant is somehow prevents them from walking closer to the fruit trees? Thank you
This is my all time favorite thing you cover. It really inspired me to pursue something similar here where I live. Always makes me want to add even more species diversity.
One question I have is regarding city ordinance. I like how you mentioned the driving/parking concerns and the power lines. Do you have any ordinances that you have to keep in mind when doing this? And what is your decision process on when to politely ignore those ordinances for the time being?
Thanks Sean! Wishing you and your family the best
It's coming along exceptional.
Great tour. Very inspirational. Thank you for producing and sharing. Beautiful.
I’ve found that if I don’t keep bushes trimmed by the road, the road crew will come with their shredder and make a mess!
This is glorious, it looks so good! I'm working on doing the same thing as I have a decent amount of frontage on the county road, but I'm mainly trying to accomplish this with bamboo. Just need to wait a few years for it to ram through the clay and rocks of the Ozarks ha ha.
Poplar is the most important honey bee forage in our area.
2:32 A beautiful forest though bro, they should be taught of the probiotic Bacillus subtilis in fresh country air which also makes it's way into water. Blood plasma being up to 92% water, by volume, and blood being 55% plasma should be proof enough that it will aid the cleansing of their blood (doing some of the hard work for other organs so that the people live longer healthier lives).
Looks great, how much of this was planted verse what came in naturally?