The Most Profitable Farm Crop? TREES!
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"No plans to become a full on orchardist"...cut to Morgan 10 years later showing off his brand new fully loaded Baumalight tree spade and giving a tour of his tree nursery.
And isn't a "Cat person" either but look where life has taken him.
crazy to think that probably one day we'd be seeing all those twig trees be an actual sturdy tree that a kid could possibly climb.
I mean he's now a cat person so that's just how Morgan's life works.🤣
@@dakilangraikage9988 Well he’s not got any kid’s so it’s hard to say what will happen to his farm at the end of a lifetime. That was part of the premise for farms of the past. A farm takes that long to mature into what it might be. Or decay I suppose.
Yep! No pigs either!
🌳And thus Morgan settled the age-old debate: money DOES grow on trees! 🤑💸🌳
And took a position on the age-old saying “the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree” 🧒 🧑
Brilliant
Right
You might need to take a little drive around the farm for Abby. I’m sure she’s missing hanging out with her bovine buddies. But, she also got a good zoom from running with you while you drove up the slope. Abby girl might need the extra burn lol.
the clip at 8:20 is simultaneously both adorable and funny the way the chicken is trying to keep up
I am really liking this hoop coop. Especially the see through roof.
Agreed!
Here in New Brunswick (Canada) one of the main exports is lumber. What that means is that as of now a lot of our hardwoods have been cut down, and while they plant new trees in their place they tend to plant softwoods, which don't have as deep of roots, which has caused issues with flooding. I've been talking to my friends about possibly using your method to start some hardwoods and then guerilla planting them to start building up the stock of hardwoods again.
whoever is doing the tree replacement program? they sound like incompetent people. in the future there will be less hardwood to harvest. it would be great if you can mitigate it with the plans you talked about.
@@RoseNZieg Have you ever heard of Irving? 🙃
I've done the sneak planting sprouted acorns thing in New England, it's very easy and quite a lot of fun... Gather acorns in the fall, sandwich them between scraps of carpet, leave outdoors all winter, peel off the upper layer when the snow goes, gather the sprouts and plug them in wherever. :)
@@Shridra A Duckduckgo search revealed either the oil refinery or a lumber company. I suppose that in America, they don't bother with caring much about the details, if it is a tree species, it does its job.
I don't think people care much about which one matters unfortunately.
@@FiredAndIced they have their hands in multiple different pots, but yes, their major businesses are oil and lumber. Unfortunately they're big bullies, bought out almost all of the smaller companies that actually cared about things like forest management (my husband was a lumberjack when they started taking over), and are basically a shadow government here, so the official government "doesn't care".
New Brunswick is one of the poorest provinces and Irving is a big reason why.
If you grow "wild" apple trees from seedlings, no matter what the parent plants looked like about 30-35% will end up making fruits that are enjoyable to eat fresh and another 40-50% will be good enough for processing (into pies, jams or cider). Only one in 5 or 6 trees will give small sour fruit not worth harvesting, but they're also the most vigorous so great for grafting cultivars on the main branches.
That's really cool to know! (I am always curious about how tree propagation works.)
Thank you for sharing that info!
Im a florida boy so i had never seen an apple tree untill i went to Chicago. The locals told me they were crab apples and not good. I tried them and besides being ugly and sticky they were amazing.
Very interesting Morgan!! In the late 70’s we lived in Wilcox Arizona and Farmer Brown had started an apple orchard in the early 70’s or late 60’s. The orchard produced like crazy and they put in a press and now Wilcox Apple Cider is well known and sold in grocery stores. So it went from just a local thing to a huge and very profitable business. It’s amazing how that happens, but it does!!!
I'm going to have to check them out. I am addicted to Hot Spiced Cider.
I bought some Big Red Truck brand of apple cider this year. It is the best I have ever had. It is not too sweet, not too tart, and has the right amount of tannin in it.
We used to go to Wilcox in October for pumpkin patches and we'd always stop to get the Apple Cider and apples. Was a cherished memory for me.
I live in NovaScotia, which is the only place in N America where American chestnuts grow 100% blight-free due to isolation from the mainland. Lo and behold, the little house I just rented happens to have a chestnut tree in the back yard! Last week I gathered the nuts and put them in pots with a loose soil-vermiculite mix (I didn’t have sand), watered, covered, and then buried the pots. If they germinate by spring, I will do “guerilla gardening” - planting germinated chestnuts on my hikes throughout the province wherever Hurricane Fiona felled a tree and opened the canopy. Thanks for the inspiration!
At 8:22 I loved how the chicken was following you guys lol 😂😆😂
I really appreciate the fact that YOU appreciate the value of the American Chestnut tree!!! We MUSt bring it back. Thank you for the effort you are putting in to help make that happen!!
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I"m not sure I know how to do this! I'm old! LOL!
I remember when you were sprouting tree seedlings at your apartment. You fridge was full of tree nuts. Think of how you have traveled! It’s really a lesson about investing time, effort and patience.
One of the best parts of the day, Gold Shaw videos
The bucket and sand method works for apricot seeds in northern New Mexico too! I killed them in our direct sun, too early tho...next year tho, I got this!!! Trying some peach seeds this year too. One bucket of apricots and one bucket of peaches 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
It is genius. Getting trees from you is like asking home a piece of your farm.
Here in the UK there are often wonderful hedgerow Apples to be found, if you know where to look. Often these are the remenants of an apple core that someone tossed out of a car window, years ago, or the result of the remains of an old farm-hand's snack. Sometimes they are second or third generation and have cross pollinated with wild crab apples, or indeed each other, until the hedge has a plethora of unusual fruit to pick and try in September or October.
Some make good eating - some are best stewed - it is a lottery until you have tried each tree, but many have interesting colour and unusual flavour combinations. Best of all it is free fruit. Back in 2018 when my partner and I were temporarily a bit down on our luck, finding and sampling these wild apples was one of the things which gave us something to look forward to. So go for it - try your seedlings, and one day we may all be buying a Morgan's Gold Apple in place of a Red Delicious (or in your part of the world a Macintosh).
Hedge fruit is the best! Apples are lovely, but in my town, there's a particularly massive bramble that produces berries so big and juicy, I can only fit three in my hand at a time without squishing them. I meant to make jam with them, but they were too good, I and my partner fiancé devoured everything we collected. I don't know what cross-pollinatory magic made that happen, but I'll happily walk ten minutes and go down a creepy alleyway for those berries.
I really enjoyed this video. It's fun to see the part of the farm that you take care of besides all of the animals. My favorite shot was you walking away and being followed by Abby and a chicken. lol
I planted a Roxbury Russet apple tree three years ago and it was immediately damaged by rabbits around the base. I have to put hardware cloth around my fruit trees to protect them. There is a big effort underway trying to bring back the American Chestnut.
I have some seedlings started fron nuts from a surviving tree in the east. I'm in minnesota. I can't wait for them to get bigger . They should not get the blight since we are far from the trees with it.
@@silverforest4682 I did read also there are still some isolated stands of the American Chestnut. That's what they used for the program to make a blight resistant variety that is close to the original American variety. I remember as a kid we had an American Elm tree in the neighborhood too that was huge and seemed to have died in a year. I read the eastern forests use to be filled with the American Chestnut that provided food for wildlife and provided a lot of jobs around its use.
You're so passionate about your trees it's cool to see.
We do apple tree pruning in early spring, or some may do it even summer. But I believe that the idea is so that the tree can start heal the wounds right after pruning. In winter it is in dormant and probably can't heal itself.
I do ours in spring as well because after a loooong winter it's the first thing I'm able to start as everything thaws
We typically prune ours in early spring before the pests become a problem!
@@kristophjj17 Yes. There is less fungus spores in the early spring which can cause rot especially in bigger branch removals.
I do both. In winter for the general shaping. In the summer for size management, removing water sprouts and to encourance fruiting spurs. With this in mind I do need to thin fruits heavily.
I really admire your approach with the permaculture concept. If everyone did to his it would be great for farming, healthier for people & better for the earth!
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We did exactly what you are doing and talked about before with trees, but with our mangos. And Boy, that saved us! So in a round about way you helped us save our mango trees as we lost our two big 30 footers in Hurricane Ian. We have like 25 mango baby trees that survived!
8:24- omg, I absolutely love the image of a man a happy dog at his side and a chicken chasing behind.🚶🏻♂️🐶 🐓
There is a man that I think is a professor...he grows trees that actually bear 7 different kinds of fruit all thru the year...it was amazing to see the tons of different colors of blooming flowers for those different fruits...he is out of the Syracuse, NY area...they showed pictures and said he was like a fruit artist's.... at least 7 or more on one tree
Yep, the tree of 40 fruits.
Yeah finally you diged them up. I'm so happy/excited about this part. Can't wait to see them planted all over the place and can provide some shade for the cows
2:10 Shared the vid to my Gdad, who is a tree doctor (arborist), says you did just fine pruning the tree.
Also said the trees should have a trunk circumference of 8-10 inches before removing the tubing or support.
Also recommended staking trees that have been roughed by the cattle. Trees are resilient and adaptable. They need every chance to grow.
I think you're doing amazing 😀
Watching from Alberta Canada. I love your farm and your content! Keep up the hard work👌💪
I'm also from Alberta, Airdrie. I was wondering how many other Canadian's are watching!
You sure are great at retaining knowledge Morgan.
🙂 and you're a good teacher 👍
Yes his video the best ❤
Awh, that clip of Ginny batting at the seed pods! 🥰💕
The hound hunters entering your land and stepping on your rights as a property owner is still mind blowing. Best of luck to ya bud. Keep up the good work.
You sure know your stuff. Yes we need more trees and you are sure are doing a great job . Love the farm watch all the time. I am old now and don’t have money but knowledge of farming. You sure have grown . GOOD LUCK IN ALL.
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Interesting and appreciate you sharing. On a tad different subject; know one time that you had a makeshift brush for your cattle and am thinking 'you' might be interested in the one that the Cog Hill Farm TH-cam Channel recently installed for their 'about 2,000 lb. steer' which might work for your Highlands.
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Loved your talk on trees - very interesting how it’s done - you say your not much of a farmer but you sure sound like you know what your doing - good luck - I love chestnuts
I was actually inspired by your sweet chestnut video last year and grew some horse chestnut trees and this years I'm trying your method to grow sweet chestnut.
Horse chestnut is inedible. I'm sure you know...
@@aaroniouse yeah but it was an growing experiment just to see if I could and I know have two meter or so tall trees
Thank you for educating us. I always wondered why you had so much trees other than food. Its interesting how much knowledge and process is needed to take care of baby trees !
Exactly, sprouting for high yield isn’t as straightforward as putting it in the ground and hoping for the best and I’m glad he went over his rationalization and methods here
8:13 Ginny: "This is the best toy ever" 😸
the chicken following you and Toby made me laugh. Even the chickens are happy!
I'm so happy. Hearing you say "Mark Sheppard's STUN method" made me literally LOL. I'm moving back to Wisconsin from OR to follow his methods and I plan on doing what you both do.
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Very enjoyable video.. As a kid me and my neighbor did some grafting of fruit trees to bring some fruit trees near his house for his mother.. Was very satisfying in a few years to enjoy literally the fruits of our labor.
Your tree cultivation is one of my favorite aspects of your farm.
The farm looks great todayyy
I've been looking forward to this tree video! The method of using the apple cider mulch and letting the seeds sprout is brilliant.
That Mulberry tree looks great! Crazy to think you planted that tree when I was in my Grade 12 year for HS :') Love the yearly tree video!
It's astounding how bursting with abundant life some plants are!
I have wondered how your trees were doing so it's good to see this video. I think the ditches are a great idea and help your trees to grow. They were worth the effort.
My favorite pruning advice from an old gardening book: Don't leave a stub you can hang your hat on.
Trees are definitely good money.
And you live in a great place for maple syrup. Yum. You could also add beekeeping.
Decorative small trees for bonsai and landscape, apple, cherry, nuts.....
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Interesting aspect! Nice to see we finally got a video about this process!
Do you think you’ll make jam out of your trees fruits and sell it? Because that would be pretty interesting
lots of the really old apple varieties were not for eating out of hand. they were for cidering (hard cider) or for storing either by canning for cooking later or by sulphuring to preserve them.. Lots of tannins that leave your mouth dry if you bite one, and bitter. but once ripe they have enough sugar to make a nice cider.
I didn't know black locust was a orchard worthy tree, just thought it was a decorative tree. We had them growing all around my childhood home, not sure if it was great grandma or grandpa who loved the tree, and it would smell so overwhelmingly sweet in the spring from all the flowers and it would cover the yard and driveway in a snowfall of little flowers. Clogged up the gutters something fierce though.
I love the tree-related videos you do.
You are crazy ! I've got so much respect for you. Videos are so relaxing. And yes, I've seen Stefan's videos as well. Just such an interesting couple. Hope you make money doing this.
Trees are interesting, and a good thing to work with even if not for a farm. I've planted a lot of acorns from the oldest oak(might be 800 years old) in my town, and horse chestnuts in various places where previous forest was cut down. More this year more than the last couple of years. It'll be fun to see how many of them make it, and how they grow.
Thank you so much for planting acorns. I want to get started doing it, I really admire folks who do their part to propagate hardwood trees at a time when they're not replanted as they should be. Looking out for our futures!
They might just get mowed down if you plant the acorns in a grassy area. Try planting saplings and protecting them 😊
I love tree harvesting time on the farm. I enjoy watching the entire process - from the sand buckets and the laying out and the putting them out into the orchard - it's all so interesting and somehow zen. Thank you for sharing 😊
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When I was a kid in Illinois, we had a couple of huge honey locust trees along the property boundary. We used to used the seeds as counters in games. My older brothers taught me to play poker, but Mom wouldn't let us play for money. Funny thing; I never seemed to win.
Strategic Total Utter Neglect
The STUN method!
Wishing you lots of success with your orchard endeavors!
It makes sense that trees sell most money. I may do it in future especially since they’re easier to raise in our bizarre New England climate, at least compared to animals.
I've been waiting for this specific episode! Thanks for going over how you manage your trees!
Love trees too! Glad you're getting into the business.
depending on what type of mulberry, you can also use the leaves to make mulberry leaf tea! It tastes delicious and very good for you
HI MORGAN, GREAT VIDEO! This is something I have been thinking about doing for a few months now! My son has an English Walnut tree at his house in Missouri, and I am going there tomorrow (from SE Oklahoma). I am going to gather any fallen nuts the squirrels haven't yet and bring back home. Hopefully it isn't too late to start the process to begin seedlings, I'm SUPER EXCITED!!!!!
After that huge fire in the Amazon, where millions of trees were destroyed, and that area is known as the lungs of our planet, we need more trees planted. It's been a few years since that happened, but we still need more trees to battle the co2 and climate change. Thanks can only get better with trees.
Hey Morgan ! Prune trees … cut horizontal branches, leave upward branches 🌳
Its good to know about the trees. also hows Abby and toby and you?
Don't let this go to your head, but I think you are a GENIUS
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Good Morning, Abby, Toby and Morgan! Tree Work! Apple Trees! Chestnut Trees! Hazelnut Trees! Mulberry Trees! Love Chestnuts! Good Morning, Barn Cat! Great Explanation! Great Video! Thank-you! Happy Thanksgiving 🦃! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Very interesting. Enjoyed your explanation of the science behind your trees.
Good morning Morgan. I really look forward to your videos.
Love these tree related videos, would love to see more of them!
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I am constantly amazed at what you do! When you were talking about your permaculture orchard, I thought, WOW! You are so smart in how you run your farm! Thank you for sharing what you do. I’m so glad you and your wife left DC!
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So excited!! I just ordered my 2023 Calendar!!! Can't wait!!!!
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Personally I'd throw some mycorrhizae culture in there to make them a little more disease and drought resistant. You can also find rhizobacteria in the forest near, you just look for the tallest and oldest tree and grab some of the black soil at the bottom of it under the leaf cover. both would be hugely beneficial to the sprouts.
So I don't see myself ever owning an actual farm type if anything it'd just a big rescue space but I have to admit I do really enjoy your videos you do a really good job I'm here every time a new video pops up 😁
Ohhh, do you watch Useless Farm's shorts? That's what her farm is, and she's very funny.
@@poilaaliop no but I'm definitely going to check her out 🙂
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8:22 - Excuse me! Why is there a chicken following you like a barn cat?! ADORABLE & hilarious.
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Very nice and informative video Morgan. Thank you, and Stay Safe! 👍
When the honey locusts blossom, likely along in May or June the air smells so sweet! My mother threw apple peelings which included seeds in heaps as compost, next spring there were several young trees started. The critters always got the apples before I could do I don't know how they were. I tried sprouting cherry and peach pits, no luck, no sprouts. When I bought young trees the deers ate them down. So much for my orchard.
I hope, one day, I can order some Chestnuts from one of the OG trees!
Interesting vid on permaculture orchard. Black walnut back home will be denting heads and feeding squirrels for awhile yet. Know maremma tend to look alike, and as Abby gets older her coat is bulking up, but I’ve a niggle in the back of my mind that Toby dog was not in the yard or video. Give him a good ear rub for thanksgiving. Thank you for the video and information. Hope all are well and safe. Enjoy the day.
The honken had me dying.🤣🤣🤣
Can you please build a race track for the quack quack outside the hoop coop, so we can bet on duck racing when you release the quacken... thanks
Pure friendship, good prank, good chuckle for the day. thanks, Alfred, for the cheer.
Maybe tree farm will be my toddlers college fund project. She loves gardening and we have 2 nectarine yearlings so far. Thank you for sharing!
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Thanks for sharing, I'm trying to figure out a side business I could realistically get into and this is inspiring.
I loved this tree/orchard video update Morgan! Thank you for sharing. I enjoy your channel but by far your tree/orchard instructional tips , tree videos, and tree growing updates are my favorites. I also really enjoy videos related to your perspective as a hunter who also has reasonable expectations regarding private property rights. These are issues that need to be constructively discussed and improved. Have you ever had issues with " pet dogs/not hound type" dogs running loose unsupervised by their owners on your private property? I live in a very rural area where many people allow their dogs to freely roam, off the leash, and unsupervised. These pet dogs regularly cross onto private property farms and create issues. While I am a strong advocate for freedom and one's right to the pursuit of happiness, I do think private property rights of an individual should not be compromised by free ranging unattended pets.
What about another hunting video from you farm?
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I love it! I’ve decided to start my own set of seeds this year including persimmon pawpaw chestnut and Aronia berry. I also bought some currant and elderberry cuttings to root out. I truly believe that trees are a serious revenue opportunity for farmers everywhere.
Also the skillcult TH-cam channel is working on an Apple breeding project which is quite interesting seeing as you had mentioned trying to start your own Apple variety it is great content.
abby so fluffyyyyyy! she looks like a giant puppyyyyyy!
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What the world needs now is trees, more trees. No, not just for some, but for everyone 😄
one of my favorite GSF videos yet! would love to see more down the line about the different apples and other fruits you get from your various genetically diversified trees
Are you concerned about developing the chestnut blight that wiped out most of the chestnut trees in North America?
I enjoy watching your videos and learning about farming. Thanks for sharing your life with us. 😊
I think that is why he buys from different sources and different varieties. You never know what kind of blight may come through your area. But having a lot of different varieties of chestnut, rather than thousands of the same variety, means that some will make it through, rather than losing everything.
He like most people bring back the chestnut is using a hybrid from Asia that resists the blight. It doesn't grow as well here though. The point is to breed the resistance in but the majority of it being the American version. There are a few American chestnuts around to blend with. Its cool
@@RWorley3sl the Chinese chestnut won't taste as good as American chestnut.
This is gonna turn out to be a beautiful orchard in the future.
Thank you!
Very cool, thanks!
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Very interesting and Fascinating how you do all this. Also inspiring.
WOW!! Here I thought you only did Cows, Chickens, Ducks, Geese....Yikes!! Well Done! I sure learned a Bunch!! Seriously!! Thank YOu!!
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FABULOUS!!!! Thank you for the video and Education!
Lovely tour. I enjoyed it immensely. Have a great gorge of a Thanksgiving, and a snuggly nap after the feed.
Very interesting and educational. Great video, Morgan.
That's an amazing tutorial. We should all plant as many trees as possible.
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