When my sister was born, my father took a bouquet of these to my mother.

Linden is wonderful and the insects love it too. How great that there are many beautiful, fragrant trees!!

Hi, I live in UK, and only recently had the pleasure to have come across your channel. What a delightful way to learn all this such a useful knowledge - presented by you with such passion, flair and a sense of humour. Every school should have you on their curriculum. Thank you loads. Dziękuję. Basia😁

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha, not every school appreciates it.

Keep up the good content

First time I ever smelled locust tree I followed my nose all the way up my hill and was so excited to find that the smell was coming from a tree on MY property. We had just moved in that year and I also found pears and persimmon. An ice store took out the last two but I have plans to create a permaculture orchard now, 19 years later.

It is Robinia pseudoacacia. It gives excellent honey. Nothing tastier in combination with butter.

Black Locust ..I found some growing wild by a river and I saved a bunch of seeds. They smell like grapes to me...can't wait to plant.

Saw one this week in a vacant lot. Stopped to take pics of the flowers and the bumblebees foraging in them. Will go back to get seeds when they're ready.

My grandparents have a ton of Honey Locust trees in their property. So We just planted 5 Honey Locust trees and 24 Black Locust!

Is it wrong that I start to drool a bit when I find a good cluster of black locust in bloom? I agree the aroma is absolutely intoxicating!

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

No but if you look up the 'instinctu diet" it sure indicates your body is in need of what's in them. Flowers are one of the highest nutritional values in nature.

@jaredbedard545

2 жыл бұрын

I absolutely followed the instincts in that scenario. I’m sure the nutritional profile on them is great because they taste as great as they smell. Like sweet peas, honey, and roses at the same time and they where crisp too!

mid-Missouri, USA Zone 6A - the black locust here also make our yard smell wonderful. They start to bloom (May 7) about a month before yours in Canada. As their bloom fades out, the Lalacs start blooming and smell just as good.

Absolutely agree. They smell amazing, and taste fantastic too. I only wish the blossoms lasted longer.

i was planting below one of these trees and wow the smell made me stop in my tracks to take a dee breath of the air! its like sweet perfumed honey

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

I completely agree with you. These trees are growing all over the place here in East Tennessee and while we're driving down the road or through the mountains the smell is just overwhelming in the air. It is the most fantastic smell on the planet!

Jasmine Bush, lilly of the valley and syringa are some of my absolute favourites. I haven't had the pleasure of smelling this one though 😕 I think I'm too far north

bees love them. They are great for lemonade, honey, pancake.

I’ve never smelled a black locust, but my tulip tree blooms smell heavenly. My lilacs and wisteria aren’t trees, but, boy, do they smell lovely. I make wine out of some of those blooms.

I absolutely love your enthusiasm. It's so much fun watching someone who has the same kind of excitement I do. When I see a gopher snake in one of my piles. I get really excited because they get the moles and the everything else. So thank you for your enthusiasm. It's nice to see someone get so excited. I don't feel like I'm the only one. 🤣🤣😊

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

You aren't, I usually encounter others when nature is involved. We become excited like kids, shouldn't everyone?

@robinz2000

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! I tell everyone I'm three. I assure you I'm a whole lot older than that. But I like the wonder of a 3-year-old.

Hello Stefan! Yes, black locust smells amazing! I have to share with you about a little tree--less flamboyant than locust, but also scents the air. This year our spring blooming witch hazel bloomed at the end of February when there was snow on the ground and nothing else was blooming--not willow or forsythia....but the little hazel was covered in flowers and I could smell the sweetness of those little yellow blossoms across the frozen yard. It gave me joy to see and smell such a lovely harbenger of spring. It is such a happy little tree planted right at the edge of our driveway to be admired and appreciated. Just another tree to love--along with locust, which I planted in the back area of the property which is tough, rocky, dry, acid mountain soil--and they are thriving of course.

@ravenwolf7128

2 жыл бұрын

❤💮😊

I have never smell black locus but I have 2 big lime trees and they smell realy good to. I planted some black locus in my young permaculture orchard because of you! Can't wait to smell them!

I always look forward to the blooming of black locust blossoms. It is the scent of happiness to me. The blooms are gone now, though. I wish I knew the flowers are edible! I learned a couple of new things about this tree from this video. You used the word 'joy.' You and I must be sensitive to the scent. I haven't heard anyone else talk about the black locust blossom like us.

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Doesn’t everyone who smells them feel joy?

@augusthavince8909

2 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak If they do, they aren't saying it. I started thinking I was the only one. Glad to meet you, virtually!

Not exactly a tree but multi floral rose also smells mighty good! Don't really like having them trying to take over our property. Yes, black locusts smell amazing and I've tried an assortment of black locust blossom recipes but nothing beats nibbling them fresh from the tree when I can reach them!

Black Currants--those are my favorite blossoms that right now are filling the air with such a lovely fragrance my windows are all open! Bees love them too :)

For only one year, (sadly), I had a couple of hives. Loved working with my bees. Was so sorry I couldn't continue.

Mine are too tall to harvest blooms. : ) After oak, black locust are a fav.

Is it a catalpa tree? Oh no black locust, thorny yes? So beautiful. Love the bumbles. At my work we sell the purple globe locust, but the black locust is prettier imo. Also, I ate an insect yesterday (by accident😃), it happens.

I am 100% in agreement with you. The Black Locust fragrance is next level bliss. 💕

currant bushes smell amazing all the time IMO... when it's damp and there's a gentle breeze in the spring I can smell them across the yard. MMMMMMM

I agree :) And it makes one of the best and most expensive honeys. We grow a cultivar named ´Frisia´ which keeps a little shorter and has a a golden tint to its leaves..

I like the smell of the Ylang Ylang flowers, orange blossoms are also great smelling.

I'm put American basswood trees right up there with black locust in terms of fragrance and attractiveness to pollinators. But it's close.

I love the fragrance . Did not know the name of this tree. Thank you for sharing!

I haven’t had the pleasure to come across a black locust tree in bloom. Every spring I look forward to those couple of weeks that the lilacs are in bloom. I have a native woodland garden along the side of my house, as I live on a corner lot, that I’m trying to make like the edge of a forest. Everything is native to my area except the one lilac which pre-dates the garden. More than half of the plants either flower or produce fruit or nuts for the wildlife. Squirrels and robins go so wild for serviceberries that I would have to put a net around the tree to keep them out if I wanted to have any myself! Thanks for all of the wonderful videos.

When we moved to our new place 7 years ago, there was this bush… which is so big it’s like a tree, really. When it bloomed I was blown away. It’s fragrance was reminiscent of honeysuckle… but much much richer. Pretty much the most heavenly fragrance I’d ever experienced. I was on a mission to identify it. Finally sent images to a botanist who kindly identified it for me: Pittosporum tobira AKA Mock Orange, Japanese Cheesewood, Australian Laurel. Super hardy and the fragrance is quite an experience. Sadly a late frost interrupted flowering this year (for everything, including our 350 fruit tree orchard/bear buffet) and we lost most of our spring fragrances this year. Still, we’ve gotten some spring rain and in Northern California before fire season… it’s a blessing. Love your channel.

@B30pt87

Жыл бұрын

Oh, I know exactly what you mean! Years ago I was walking through a nursery in the Bay Area and caught a whiff of that scent. I followed my nose to a hanging basket, immediately stacked up some pots to reach & unhook it, and took it directly to the checkout counter.

I’ve never smelled a black locust tree, off to buy one now. I think the best smelling tree I have ever smelled is my pittosporum tenuofolium silver sheen. It’s absolutely amazing, because it’s evening scented. You can smell it during the day, but in the evening you can smell it across the garden. I’ll leave all the windows and doors in the house open just to fill the house with the scent.

Hi Stefan. I've watched your videos for a while now. Thank you for teaching me so much. I have birdhouses, birdfeeders and birds everywhere. They take care of so many bugs, I don't have to do anything. I have wasps, and all kind of beneficial insects. I leave unmowed spaces for them. I wish more people knew what you are teaching. I tell everyone about your methods. Some still see a bug and bring out the Sevin or something like that. Thank you

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

All the critters and plants in your surroundings thank you, so do I.

My parents used to have a dozen or so honey locust trees around the house my dad built about 50 years ago. They got old and started dying so mom had most of them removed, they were great in the spring.

Thank you for this video! I’ve never seen this tree before and would love to experience it. One of my favorite trees in California , California Buckeye, are in full bloom right now and the blossoms smell divine! ✨

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

There is usually at least one species in every climate, enjoy.

Wisteria is just as fragrant. They bloom about 2 weeks apart here in the south. Both considered invasive.

Our Black Locust are in full bloom here in Vermont also! They do smell great!

I didn't have time this year. But I was gonna harvest some and soak in gin for a week... have floral gin & tonics! The smell is heavenly!!!! (I did pick my momma a branch for her to put in her house.) Also they say only the flowers are edible so please know what you are doing before foraging!!! (I didn't like the way they tasted tho)

its a highly noxious weed tree here in Australia

Wow! 🤍🐝💮

I love the joy you get from this. It is on my list of trees to start. I just found a bunch of seedlings and will be transplanting them to propagate from in the future. I look forward to the smell!

I have one in my garden and it’s contained in a big space surrounded by walls because it’s invasive in Portugal and I have to be on top to cut all new growth from the roots but I love it

Orange blossom, Gardenia, Jasmine, and Sweet Olive to name a few of my favorites... But I have never smelled Black Locust blossoms.

Wow! Black locust is further along in Canada than here in Nevada. They are just waking up down here due to the insane dry and warm winter waking them up in March, and then freezing back to sleep in April!

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wow!

I've never had the pleasure of smelling or foraging black locust blooms, but the basswood (tilia americana) tree blooming in early July in my area of MI (US) last year was an impressive treat. Makes me wonder now if they are edible as well. ☺

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

They are excellent air dried as a tea for colds and before bed. Linden tea is same just from European linden.

Just lovely 🥰

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! 😊

I do love how they smell they grow all around my apartment. But unfortunately they kick my allergies in to high gear. Also really love how orange blossom smell.

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

I suspect it's the timing rather than black locusts since they only release pollen to bees, mostly bumblebees. Look at what else is blooming at the same time in your area (we have pine, some early grasses in bloom as well).

@loue6563

2 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak there are plenty of honey suckles around too. But they bloom after the locust are over and don’t seem to bother me but then it could be anything. I will h to stop blaming the locust. Lol

Thank you for this! Just yesterday I was shooting some footage walking through my young food forest, and brought up a few positive functions of black locusts. Then I saw your video and was thrilled! So many times I’ve had people given me a hard time for them being invasive. Just because of their amazing quality of being “forest extender” trees. I’ll have to tag your video on my post whenever it goes up!!!

Awesome 😋😋👍🏻😎

Nice vlog 👌Definitely will plant one in my garden 🪴

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Great 👍

Hi Stefan, I just love black locust, and my bees could kill for it (eeek, better not) ;) The only one that bees love more is lime tree perhaps. Could you please tell us more about black locust in your orchard. This tree has a such bad name as invasive species here as well as very hard to manage due to root suckers. Could you please tell more on pruning these support trees and keeping them at bay, for those, who are still afraid of this wonderful plant. Also, what I wanted to ask is whether you replace older n-fixers with the young ones, and if yes, when. Is this size dependant? Many thanks!

@loganozarks4102

2 жыл бұрын

Good question, I'm also interested

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

No I don’t replace I prune them. Look at Geoff Lawton’s greening the desert videos, he shows how he pollard’s them. I just do it higher up and leave a few branches. I mow the suckers when not where I want them. I prune them up so we can walk without getting thorns and prune the top to limit height. A mower is pretty effective.

@Permisiepl

2 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak thanks Stefan, all clear.

I agree Stefan, the Black Locust blossoms are spectacular. The only fragrance that comes close could be Yellowood [Cladastris lutea] a Carolinian zone small tree that can grow in the extreme south of Ontario and Quebec &, the eastern States. It is a legume but I don't know it's N fixing effectiveness. I have it growing on my farm near London, ON but it has yet to bloom. Luckily the locusts are working their magic.

I always took them for granted, growing up in the Shenandoah Valley.. seemed like a scrub tree. We'd put the leaves on our tongues to make almost kazoo-like sounds.. You've really ignited my interest in this tree, though! The flowers, nitrogen-fixing.. What's not to like? I didn't notice such things in my youth.

IMO the most rot resistant deciduous tree is Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera). I'm growing some for use as a fence post and archery.

So pretty! I'd love to get one for my place!!

The Nag Champa or Plumeria tree has an amazing scent, but they are tropical/sub-tropical. They won't grow in a dicidious area. The coffee plant also has an amazing scent, but also tropical.

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Oh so many flowers to smell.

Osage orange may be the one

@wmluna381

2 жыл бұрын

The wood is so sparky and tough. You could set your house on fire if they are not properly aged / burned. 😂 There's vids on YT showing how they pop and shoot everywhere. Love their history and use cases though.

What an abundace! Have you tried fried flowers? Same way as zucchini…

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

No, gotta try.

An argument can be made for the linden trees, fragrance wise. But for taste? These are the best tasting flowers ever.

@StefanSobkowiak

Жыл бұрын

True linden are very fragrant, our site is too dry for linden.

I'm not familiar with the smell of black locusts but my favorite smelling woody plants are spice viburnum and mock orange!

Just imagine what heaven will be like if it smells this good on Earth 💕🌱🌼

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely, an amalgamation of ALL the most fragrant flowers around the world.

They remind me of wisteria. I wish I had know the blooms were edible. Next year.

Macadamia trees South-Africa

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Nice

Orange jasmine

Please make some more videos about aphids, what else can be problem. I do not fertilize and i do not have monoculture, but still they everywhere

@agijamatjusenoka4992

2 жыл бұрын

On the currants and plums and roses of course

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Fertile soil but some sort of imbalance. Perhaps from previous owners.

Joy Flowers❤️

I agree with you about the fragrance but I hate those spikes 😂.

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Yup

Great video, we have a mock orange bush in the yard that's unbelievably fragrant, blooms in early June

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Very cool!

@nmnate

2 жыл бұрын

Mock oranges are absolutely glorious. Our is has been going for the last week or two and it makes the front yard smell wonderful.

I am planning to plant an orchard next year and I want to start growing nitrogen fixers this year from seeds. What nitrogen fixers would you suggest: Honey Locus, Black Locus or another? I live near the Southern tip of Lake Michigan, zone 5-6 . Thank you for sharing your wisdom 🙂

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Depends on your soil type and the tree size you’re aiming for, I like Seaberry as it gives a crop (only use the thornless ones). Look what grows like a weed in your area and try to use those.

Can you spell the name of the tree and perhaps give its scientific name? I would much appreciate it. ☺️

@tomasklima4258

2 жыл бұрын

Hello, it's a Black locust / Robinia pseudoacacia en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robinia_pseudoacacia

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Robinia pseudoacacia.

I will share with your viewers that the most fragrant tree for indoors in Canada is a lemon tree. One tree will fill a 1500 sq ft house with the most pleasant scent you can imagine. The same is not true for other indoor citrus plants. So, the song "Lemon Tree" is very true. We have a honey locust in our landscaping that attracts many bees and flies when in bloom. The honey locust does not have thorns, and unlike its cousin, the pods of the honey locust are edible. However, its flowers are not nearly as impressive.

Hello, Stefan! I've been watching your channel for a while and really enjoy it. I planted 3 different apple trees in Vermont that were acquired at a local nursery that seem to be between 3-5 years old. When bought they had flowers and produced some, not so pretty, apples that first year. But ever since then they have not flowered again. The soil seems very good, dark with lots of worm action and the area gets plenty of sun. I have two peaches nearby that are heavy producers. I would be grateful for any tips you could share for me to help them produce more fruit. Thank you!

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

If they are semi dwarf or standard then it may be a few years before they bloom and produce. Tree that are blooming in a pot seldom bloom the next year. They were stressed in the pot and have few roots.

I don't know if mine will flourish one day as the branches above the snow die for now. It is still young so we'll see. The leaves buds just begin to open here 😊

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Wow you're in a lot colder climate than us.

@littlehomesteadbythebeach

2 жыл бұрын

I'm in zone 3, on Quebec North Shore :)

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Oh wonderful place. You can use alder as N fixer as well.

@littlehomesteadbythebeach

2 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah, I have an alder "swamp" just beside

Do honey locust smell and taste good as well? Started some from seed this year.

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Smell sweet, just not as intoxicating as black locust. Actually never tasted them, will do.

@julie-annepineau4022

2 жыл бұрын

@@StefanSobkowiak I will have to start some black locust seeds too then. So I can smell test both!

🖤

Lilac‘s smell amazing in Michigan, mock orange trees smell amazing in bloom in San Diego, Jasmine, well that’s pretty hard to be too! I was a little upset at the aggressive roots put out by the black locust in my Permaculture Design. Aggressive.

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Yes but they do a great job, especially in tough soils.

The giant locust tree I have in my yard must not be a black locust. My favorite scent is a lilac. They get big enough around here to call them trees.

I thought honey locust was best?!

Some specimens of Magnolia virginiana are very nice, though they often have a longer season (thus less of a mass-bloom while the individual flowers may be more intense). Unlike other North American Magnolias, it also has foliage that is fragrant if torn, a bit like bay. It is barely hardy in USDA Zone 5 and semievergreen (ie evergreen in the South where it is common in wetlands, dropping its foliage and looking beat up in midwinter in Zone 6 and colder). Oddly, I haven't heard of people pickling its flower petals the way the British (?!) supposedly due with its larger, more southerly cousin the bullbay (Magnolia grandiflora)

The mock orange, milkweed, and honey suckle smell great, but not trees🙂

Bonjour, Grace à votre modèle, je me lance dans la plantation d'un verger permaculturel de 1,7ha cet automne!!! J'ai regardé votre DVD et j'ai dû me tromper dans l’épaisseur du paillis plastique car les devis sont vraiment très élevés...Quelle épaisseur minimum recommandez vous? en mm.

@StefanSobkowiak

Жыл бұрын

4 mil = .1mm. Bravo pour le départ.

Hello Sir. July is probably one of the busiest months, or is it later, towards the autumn? Did you experience drought this year? Over here in Europe, the drought is pretty extreme and there are regulations that prevent watering.

@StefanSobkowiak

Жыл бұрын

No drought, we irrigate and spring and fall are the busiest periods.

Just Curious, how big is your permaculture farm? Have you fenced it all around? Do you have deer, bear and other animals there? If yes, how do you protect it from them. Please let me know 🙏

@StefanSobkowiak

Жыл бұрын

12 acres, fenced all around. See our video ‘plant this first’ from this spring for the fence details. Deer around, no bear.

What is ita name again

What state are you in

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

SW Quebec, Canada. North of NY state.

Where are they known to grow? what States n climate?

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

East to west z4 and warmer.

What is soil pH in permaculture orchard? Please guess ? Based on plants i think it is pH 5.

@StefanSobkowiak

Жыл бұрын

Ours is 6.8

@Stezosledec559

Жыл бұрын

Interesting. Gleditsia never established wel in limestone-dolomite sand soil. I found substitute in italian alder. Joy to watch growing.

Walnut. More rot resistant? idk

@erikjohnson9223

2 жыл бұрын

Walnut wood does have an odor (Juglans nigra at least), but its flowers (catkins) are wind pollinated and lack fragrance.

What is the name of the tree?

@StefanSobkowiak

8 ай бұрын

Black locust (Robinia pseudoaccacia).

I don't know about More fragrant, but burying my nose in a bouquet of Plumeria flowers intoxicates me.

Plant name

@StefanSobkowiak

2 ай бұрын

Black locust (robinia pseudoaccacia)

One of God's great creations on earth. But heaven is unimaginable to humans, study your Bible to get in through the pearly gates.

Love the nature sounds, what a shame I can’t smell them we don’t have them in Australia🦘

did you hear of ever flowering black locust? robinia pseudoacatia 'sempreflorenc' i tried to get mi hands on as root resistant is moraceae: morus and mabey maclura fabaceae: probably sophora also catalpa is very root resistant

@StefanSobkowiak

2 жыл бұрын

Wow never heard of it. Thanks