Thanks for mentioning at the end that it's an 8' diameter bed. It is also very helpful when you mention the distance that one plant is from another. I find it very hard to judge distances when viewing videos of gardens/food forests. I love your videos and find them very instructive.
Beautiful! I've been planting elder and river locusts together in mounds. Aiming for nuclei that merge to reforest a multi-use riparian buffer. Really beautiful to see this group of trees creating microclimates and providing for each other. That river locust looks fierce! Mine are babies, it'll be nice to see them grow up in a diversity of settings.
I love seeing these guilds in action ..its cool to think that we can place something with the intention of it symbiotically working with what else we put in place. There just soo many diffent microcosms that interact unknowingly to support the bigger picture. Yin and yang man
It looks like the river locust was coppiced at some point. How old should it be before coppicing? I have two young ones that are bending over from the weight of the growth at the very top. They are only a few years old. Would like to coppice, if they can tolerate it at this young age.
How successful have you found your rhizome barriers to be? I've got a lot of quack grass on my property that seems to enjoy hiding out inside my large established comfrey plants only to pop out later whenI've successfully sheet mulched the surrounding area. Bahh! Is that lawn grass not rhizomatic? Do you have any tips and tricks for dealing with rhizomatic grass/weeds that you can share? Thank you!!! Your channel is inspirational.
Can you propagate false indigo through cuttings? I have a few and wanted to create more for some guilds I'll be building this year. I thought about just taking some and giving it a go and see what happens but figured I'd ask you as well.
Good info, thank you. That Creeping Charlie seems to be kept at bay, which is something that I'm contending with this year. The metal tag on a stake.. is that for identification or another purpose?
Metal tag is about marking the plant varieties in a more permanent way. If it is of interest I made a video about it: th-cam.com/video/PPS5W_h_5jY/w-d-xo.html
Very glad to share the concept. The idea of many plants growing together to support each other feels like a very important concept for folks to at least know is possible.
I really appreciate this shrub more and more. I look forward to having it grow in many more places. Such a solid, grounded and beautiful energy. I suspect it's older wood may make some excellent firewood, too, but we'll have to see.
It def an impressive vigorous shrub. I've started to use it on rooftops in New York City because its so hardy. Grounded is a good term to describe this plant@@edibleacres
hello, we have tens of thousands of this plants in western Georgia, initially it was introduced to make borders between cornfields but unfortunately they multiplied and now we face really big problem. roots of single plant cover at least 20 square meters a year so people loose their lands, while there isn't any natural enemy that would destroy it
Sounds like the wrong application, someone didn’t do their research before planting it out. Why not use osange orange like farmers in America have been dividing fields for generations.
The smell of its may flower is magnificent, whenever you see one, take a BIG whif! First impressions are important y'know!
Thanks for mentioning at the end that it's an 8' diameter bed. It is also very helpful when you mention the distance that one plant is from another. I find it very hard to judge distances when viewing videos of gardens/food forests. I love your videos and find them very instructive.
Glad you found this useful. I will keep that in mind to share more details and notes there.
Thanks for this video series.
I love hearing about your plant guilds. Thanks.
LKH Fun +1
Beautiful! I've been planting elder and river locusts together in mounds. Aiming for nuclei that merge to reforest a multi-use riparian buffer.
Really beautiful to see this group of trees creating microclimates and providing for each other. That river locust looks fierce! Mine are babies, it'll be nice to see them grow up in a diversity of settings.
I love seeing these guilds in action ..its cool to think that we can place something with the intention of it symbiotically working with what else we put in place. There just soo many diffent microcosms that interact unknowingly to support the bigger picture. Yin and yang man
It looks like the river locust was coppiced at some point. How old should it be before coppicing? I have two young ones that are bending over from the weight of the growth at the very top. They are only a few years old. Would like to coppice, if they can tolerate it at this young age.
How successful have you found your rhizome barriers to be? I've got a lot of quack grass on my property that seems to enjoy hiding out inside my large established comfrey plants only to pop out later whenI've successfully sheet mulched the surrounding area. Bahh! Is that lawn grass not rhizomatic? Do you have any tips and tricks for dealing with rhizomatic grass/weeds that you can share? Thank you!!! Your channel is inspirational.
I've been forest gardening in upstate NY for four years and getting to hear from people who've been at it for longer is an incredible boon.
Overall very successful. You'll need to be thorough in plucking weeds for a while until it's fully up to speed, but then it's solid.
@@edibleacres Impressive. Thanks!!
Can you propagate false indigo through cuttings? I have a few and wanted to create more for some guilds I'll be building this year. I thought about just taking some and giving it a go and see what happens but figured I'd ask you as well.
I feel like I've heard that its possible from some folks, but I do not personally have any direct experience with it. Worth trying on a small scale
Good info, thank you. That Creeping Charlie seems to be kept at bay, which is something that I'm contending with this year.
The metal tag on a stake.. is that for identification or another purpose?
Metal tag is about marking the plant varieties in a more permanent way. If it is of interest I made a video about it:
th-cam.com/video/PPS5W_h_5jY/w-d-xo.html
Can we propagate Amorsa Fruticosa from hardwood cuttings?
I haven't tried but I've heard positive results from others
So cool. Didn’t know about plant guilds prior to watching your channel this past year. 👍🏼💚
Very glad to share the concept. The idea of many plants growing together to support each other feels like a very important concept for folks to at least know is possible.
Interesting use of false indigo
I really appreciate this shrub more and more. I look forward to having it grow in many more places. Such a solid, grounded and beautiful energy. I suspect it's older wood may make some excellent firewood, too, but we'll have to see.
It def an impressive vigorous shrub. I've started to use it on rooftops in New York City because its so hardy. Grounded is a good term to describe this plant@@edibleacres
any worries of the Amorpha fruticosa becoming invasive?
I don't worry about it.
My goats LOVE the ones I got from you. Knocked over my tree ring and stripped it in minutes... hah, Luckily it's regrowing already.
Wow, good to know! Yeah, they are so so hardy that they could easily handle that I suspect.
hello, we have tens of thousands of this plants in western Georgia, initially it was introduced to make borders between cornfields but unfortunately they multiplied and now we face really big problem. roots of single plant cover at least 20 square meters a year so people loose their lands, while there isn't any natural enemy that would destroy it
Sounds like the wrong application, someone didn’t do their research before planting it out. Why not use osange orange like farmers in America have been dividing fields for generations.
@@kyzero147because Osage Orange is a full sized tree in the South.
"Meta-Mulch" great term! :)
Meta-mulch hahahah. So good.
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