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Would love to see a video demonstrating your root pruning method.
Thank You!!!
These women should not be giving advice.
Can you eat them off the vine? I just planted mine this spring and they are growing I got 2 different types Adam and Bob Gordon I do believe I planted them for my personal uses and my Chickens
thank you!!
Will they produce in Texas?
Brilliant work! Glad you are in Minnesota.
Mine don’t like Eastern Kansas. Don’t die off but will never set fruit.
Would love to get started with hazelnuts on my farm
Love to see it
Mark has been an inspiration over the years, as I developed and learned about my site. Would be good to see more footage from/about him as recent video appears to be sparse. Thanks for the upload.
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How many government programs do they have for minority farmers a lot. How many are for white farmers none. Who’s buying up all the farm land china. How many farms have been lost due to climate change and not government restrictions? Screw this pussy ass liberal dirt council
36:14 ❓Do elderberries cross pollinate and change flavor? Like a mint plant?
15:58 ❓What if I don't see birds eating my wild elderberry?
10:22 I have a wild grown elderberry. ❓How can I get it tested to see what kind it is? (To know if it's a good one to eat and for medicine)
3:56 watching 3 years later from Texas. Thank you for keeping it going because I have a ton of questions! (Sorry 😔)
Struggling to figure out if R. nigrum (blackcurrant) and R. odoratum (Crandall/clove currant) might cross-pollinate with each other. Anyone?
That % change slide has no reference - is the vertical axis an increase or decrease percentage yield?
Thank you for such a fascinating discussion, even from a novice domestic gardener's pov
Great video! Thanks!
Silvopasture isnt a recognized practice through the Michigan NRCS. I hope Savannah Institute and West Michigan Agroforestry can change that.
Good news Matthew, Silvopasture was just adopted my MI NRCS in the beginning of 2024. This was one of our big goals :) Thank you
And about birds & net houses ? Made only 55% shade clothes test ? It’s high shade…
good job, my respect from Brazil. One day I´ll get there, it´s a great inspiration.
Do you have more information about Chestnut trees and growing them in Wisconsin Thank you
Yes! We have free resources on our website and on this KZread channel. www.savannainstitute.org/resources/
I’m in Tennessee and while I knew I had a nice persimmon tree on my place, to my delight late last year I discovered a BUNCH of younger persimmon trees with lots and lots of fruit. I also have the thorny locusts, and black walnuts are a nuisance, there are so many of those here and wild elderberry’s everywhere on my place. I’m so excited about the sassafras and sumac (not poisonous). It has been a joy to discover all the wonders on my “wild” farm.
Wow, these compasses are amazing. I went there to check out the Fruit and Nut Compass thinking about using it to plan swapping to silvopasture and ran across the Lifestock Compass which might chance my total business plan.
Awesome, As a farmer who just came in from working all day and enjoying the farm at night I can totally relate to that feeling. Im sure anyone who works on this Farm will learn a valuble skillset. Goodluck in you appretencship search.
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Best guest ever. I truly love the delineation of our terms for defiance and prosperity.They nailed it all. Thank you for hosting
I'd like to grow some here in SC, Zone 8b. As an historian of the traditional trades, I'd like to see bringing back a bit of the hazel coppicing you see so prevalent in Europe. They use the stems for all manner of things around the homestead, so even if the nut size isn't spectacular, there's much that can be done with the wood. If, that is, the American Hazelnut has the same characteristics as their British cousins.
I wish this was extended to Sub Saharan Africa
One question i have is around "native grasslands". My NRCS guy told me that ground that was formerly farm ground, but planted to native grass species under a CRP program, would now NOT be eligible for Silvopasture development assistance.
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I moved my sheep often in the orchard and they never bothered the trees. Think keeping them on fresh graze works best (though I suppose if they find a tree is tasty enough...).
I wish I had access to this in Canada. I have a forest lot, and I would be able to transform it into a great agriforest. However, it costs a lot of money, and I've been doing it rather slowly on my own. Grants like this would be a godsend. Great work! Keep it up, I hope our government north of your border will pay attention.
18:40 the 30 US states
Your solution for Japanese beetles was systemic pesticide? You really lost me there guys.
Fair enough! I think we would have done that differently if we could go back and do it over again. It's something we've been scolded for. What I would do differently this time is try spraying neem oil on all of the seedlings before the tube went on.
Thank you for sharing your valuable experience
When do you put the cuttings into the ground? Before winter or after winter? I am guessing you would prune when dormant and put into soil in Spring?
Thanks for all of it
Thank You Terry and Chris!!
landing scheme?
Darren and Espri are the best and their homestead is so inspiring! Great video :)
Great guy, i knew him when this was a growing hobby
Great content. Please work on the upspeak issue. Its distracting and hard to follow if youre making statements or proposing questions. It really does make it hard to follow whats being said.
Great People!!!
Wow. What was the name of the super-hardy varities bred in Minnesota..?`
Amazing work, keep us updated 🌳
They only have one bad day.. that's a good way to look at it