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Why not attach the cone above your hat?….an extended dunce cap…..

Enjoy seeing your step by step approach, and tailoring it to only what is actually needed. Pulling them up by roots is incredibly satisfying, even though it takes a real toll on skin and hands. (Gloves definitely!). Loved the aspect of adventure when going through areas too, finding old fencing etc is priceless. The snake was definitely a surprise too! Wondering if it was poisonous… assuming yes! So neat that you are able to tend to grandparents land! It is looking nice, each video shows another step along the way. The deep shade gives it a magical feel. Such beauty!! Lots of work though, but such satisfaction! Your video is motivating us to get busy here!! Sometimes getting started is hardest part, but your vids help! Your idea of the paint brush through the lid with the poison is good!

thanks for sharing your approach! My biggest worry is harming lots of pollinators (e.g. beneficial wasps, moths, bees etc) but I think I'll give it a try.

Maybe draw a face and put glasses on it ?

The music choice for this video is epic.

also in the future im wondering if you mixed some corn starch or gelatin into your glyphosate solution to make it more viscous and could then be painted on without fear of spilling or dripping onto things you dont want it to kill

I can only imagine how hot it must be in there without the breeze. It's god awful in coastal NC right now. praying for rain

Another great video, and so visually beautiful! That path system is amazing, and it conveys such a magical feeling to your property! Lots of work, definitely, but wow, such reward!!! Listening to your analysis along the way, adds so much context to the thought process needed, to ensure the best result. You have such a gorgeous variety of land! From the peaceful beauty of shore line to productive garden areas, and now this maze of beautiful forest that seems to extend endlessly, it really is a maze of paths!!! Wonderful video! Can’t wait to see the process of clearing the triangle center.

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I find the same. I live in coastal southeastern NC and we also have spiderworts here. I find that the stuff that is already growing somewhere tends to attract many more pollinators than anything I ever try to plant. sometime you should do a long form walking tour of the property! id love to get a better idea of what the whole place looks like

Great video! I might try that variety here in Texas.

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Try tree tanglefoot for the sticky stuff

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The key to not getting overwhelmed is going to be figuring out a way to divide up the area into sections. This will let you clear one section at a time and you'll be able to see the progress as you go which will motivate you to keep going. There's only one way to eat an elephant; one bite at a time.

I hear you brother. the privet seems impossible to overcome. keep up the good fight!

Interested to find out how long a full IBC tote lasts you with no additional rainfall and regular use.

thank you for the good info

Excellent information as always!

I love your channel, man! Great job. Production quality on this one is really top notch

Thanks for the video! Definitely always interested in ways to address flying things outside. Being super sensitive to insect bites means Benadryl isn’t just for allergies! The poles seem most effective for now (wonder if it would work if put at topsides of pergola using poles), and also am very interested in your studies with hanging them off trees, etc. can’t wait for next video!

For the hanging pots, have a wind catcher below the pot. Picture a windchime. It has a wooden disk hanging below to catch the wind. Put one below the pot too. Maybe that will get your pots moving in the wind.

Cross multiplication, 懐かしいですね

When I saw the title I thought “only to kill it” ha ha. Hard work. Classic of something removed from its context and put where nothing is adapted to limiting its adaptations.

I have to battle this stuff too. unfortunately if you just cut it back to the ground it will sprout back multiple shoots. best way I've found is when it rains or after it gets a good soak you can pull it out root and all and it comes out fairly easy by hand if it isn't too big a tree already

I like your determination against a prolific opponent! Looks like you have a great little power tool to make short work of each one. Beautiful area to work with and to live in 🙂.

You have basically done the same thing i did about 2 years ago, only I'm dealing with red Georgia clay instead of sand. In-between the dirt mounds I added wood chips to the same height as the dirt, and essentially created one large raised bed with 12-18 inch deep woodchip walkways. The woodchips hold water very well and the plants can use it during hot dry spells. Seems to be working well so far, thanks for the video I look forward to seeing your progress!

This guy is a serious up and comer in the world of TH-cam.

Loved this Part 2 video, and it looks like y’all have gotten a lot done! Can’t wait to see the progress in the garden with the veggies, and hoping the poppies aren’t eaten by the geese, but definitely a good idea with protecting the beans going up the fence. That is some very involved and solid prepping with the garden beds! Bet y’all have a great harvest this year! So nice to also be planting the same potatoes your Grandad put in his garden on the same land!! Thanks for these videos!

i don't do any soil test i just wing my gardens and always try to mimic nature because its a very fun hobby but your video was full of great knowledge, subscribed!

Very interesting! Reminds me, too, that a trip to drop off a soil sample with County Extension Office is probably something we should do. Your soil analysis “rabbit hole” shares a lot of good info. Thanks! Can’t wait for Part 2.

The lessons from Magnolia Bend are both interesting and fun to watch. The best thing is the ingenuity and the impressive industry displayed by Orrin and family to address the challenges and opportunities on their lovely corner of the bay. We look forward to the next one.

Thanks for another very interesting and enjoyable video. It’s so nice to see the season by season goings on, and how lovely your place looks in each season. Everything is so interesting, too! The citrus trees and garden veggies all look so nice! We can’t have those here in Tn. Love the footage of the chickens too! So very cute, and it’s interesting seeing your solutions to problems connected to them. It isn’t just collecting eggs, is it?!!! Can’t wait to see more of the springtime planting, and clearing of your plant beds of old asphalt and previous buildings, as it gives me lots of good ideas for prepping land that has had generations of life and living! Thank you for the wonderful video, and the lovely photo from Japan, too! Lots of snow there! Always enjoy your videos!

I think I'm going remove like a foot or 2 of my native clay dirt and fill everything with compost and soil because I have tried mixing compost with the clay dirt and after a few years compost And the wood chips disintegrate after being used and the clay dirt remains its like all that work and the clay soil went back to how it was in the beginning and dirt clay drys up fast . So I'm just going dig out a foot or 2 of the clay dirt and replace it with soil and compost and wood chips and mulch and a whole bunch of live earth worms .

Orrin, you have done it again by giving a real feel for overcoming gardening challenges on the gulf coast. Your clear understanding and explanation of problems and solutions bring the viewer into the project to make us part of the success. It’s a relaxing feeling as you drift back to a time of straightforward solutions to nature’s obstacles.

Have you looked into biochar?? You can make that at home.

Joe Biden got us into this inflationary economy. It’s so sad. Everything is so expensive

😂you may really like my garden videos. I turned concrete soil into black worm soil for free! No compost pile in sight!

Howdy from Louisiana. Great video. 👍🏻

Your soils compacted because it is bare..it needs to be covered. You can grow herbs, clover, sorrel, marigols, alyssum, etc or cover it with some leaf or grass mulch.

Great video! Looking forward to more experimenting! 💚

You can pretty easily separate some of the clay out of that forest soil out before using it in your mix, with a big bucket / trash can and mixer attachment for a drill. Good lord... why buy peat when you have what appears to be an endless supply of carbon from leaves, grass and whatever that stuff was that washes up? Just grind it all up with that mower and let it break down. Should be done in around a year. You're putting at least 2-3 times more work into it than you need to, and unless the plants you're growing really need it, you don't need to buy anything like perlite at all. I use a little bit of sand because garlic likes it, but that's cheap as hell.

Not sure if this was on purpose, but as you ask the question whether creating soil was possible, you could see all the ingredients you need behind you for doing exactly that.

Maybe try replacing the perlite with biochar screened to a similar size as the perlite. It will serve the same purpose, but you will probably want to use less in your mix than 25%.

Throwing your okra plants on top of your compost pile without cutting them up first makes me think you don't know much about composting,

I planted extra okra and allowed some of the healthy plants go ahead and make seeds at their prime. I paid a lot for my Texas Hill Country okra seeds then had multiple armadillo attacks on my plants after mulching them so I allowed several of those to go ahead and make seeds. I decided too to go for mass seed production and plant them around the area and along my very long driveway. Some years we get enough rain in summer for nature to care for the plants freeing up space in my garden. I`m always experimenting and learning new things. This can also reveal superior plants sometimes. I have seeds from a super cucumber plant that survived various issues and even survived when I missed one hiding in the grass and it kept producing for 6 months. I planted it like this...in a weird place with little care.

The best tool I ever bought is a heavy-duty broad fork. I wish I had bought one years ago. I got my hard clay softened 12-14 inches deep which really helps in my hot Texas climate.

Dangerous? Click bait. You don't understand how soil works and why it's better not to dig. Have you checked out Charles Dowding?

I've had success with a bulb planting auger to decompact heavy clay before building notil beds on top, drill a grid pattern 6" apart fill the holes with compost, cardboard layer to kill weeds/grass with compost on top, have a look at KNF brews to add microbial life, LAB serum turned my light brown clay into black lovelyness in one year mulched with woodchips, I guess any mulch would do to stop it drying out while the LABs form ths base of the soil food web, JADAM microbial solution is easy to make for free, see chris Trump or garden like a viking channel for how too's

Have you considered bringing a broadfork into your system? Great way to keep things loosened up.