Thank you also for the reminder to be super cautious when limbing trees... a friend got paralyzed for life when knocked to the ground by a heavy loose tree limb that was resting on top of the limb they were pruning!
I can tell how beautiful everything is but it's still a little blurry. Can you get a higher resolution camera or do one of those super chats so we can make donations towards one? I'm so happy you're back, it's a crazy world we're in and we need you!
I'm so glad you kept the trees. I'd kill for a birch tree in my garden. I'm surrounded by cedars and I also take the ivy off regularly. I get my secateurs or loppers in there to do it. 👍🏻
Good video John! I’m glad you are teaching proper pruning, especially with chainsaws! “Topping” bamboo ruins the beautiful form of the plant. I’d recommend cutting it back with a spade, ideally an all steel spade. Reducing the amount of space the grove takes up is the best way to keep bamboo in check.
I can always be happy when watching another of your videos. Yes care must be taken when going up to prune trees. Another vlogger confessed that he smoked weed and then climbed up to prune a tree but brilliantly cut off the branch he was sitting on and broke several bones! Don’t do that. (I wondered if that was a joke but I don’t think so.).
You are always very entertaining and informative. Thanks for sharing your gardens, we here in Ontario, Canada are covered in a blanket of snow with a -1 Celsius 👍❤️😊
John - I seriously think it’s time to put out your range of tools , washing line pole saws , pruning spades etc . Great fun -but be safe . Cheers all the best
Great to see you back on the "Tube" John. Your secret garden looks brilliant in the late fall.... I'm working to increase my fall and winter interest in mines.
Hello, John.. when I saw the title of your video, I thought for sure you would break into song! I have had The Clash's number replaying in head over and over today thanks to you. In the past, you regaled your viewership with a melody like the Doris Day number 'Secret Love', so I thought perhaps... well no matter, I loved your video and miss you like so many other patrons. Please stay safe. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones. Maria p.s. please keep the birches, I love them!
I get so much joy watching you eagerly run around and touch all the plants in the garden. I love your videos and dare I say that I might have a hard time choosing between you or Monty Don right now as my favorite gardener personalities!
Merry Christmas John. Stay safe over the Christmas. Looking forward to seeing more vlogs in the new year, even just walking around the garden on the stones- lovely to hear you moving about. 🎄🎄🎄
Great to see you back you inspire me, I'm away to adapt my saw, I love this time of year in garden, getting ready for next year, you make my day, good health and look forward to next video.
What a wonderful garden! New sub here -- I need to go back and look at some of the summer.Spring videos to see it in full bloom. The video was recommended because of the birch tree removal as I am clearing a lot of trees on my channel as part of an oak savanna restoration. I'm hoping to get some tips for a prairie garden I am building at the edges of the savanna restoration. I really like all of the pathways in your garden and hope to do something similar! Our garden will be native species only (SW Wisconsin) which is challenging, but that kind of adds to the fun 😁
My main tip is always be wary of introducing very vigorous plants that run at the root and are impossible to control, such as perhaps fireweed or some of the more vigorous golden rods. It’s easier to add than to remove.
You are a ray of sunshine great video ..but am jealous your weather is nicer am standing in snow up to my knees can't see my gardens for snow ..it's a winter wonderland here
🙋hi from Scotland ,hi John great to see you again thanks for another educational and funny vidio ,l love your home made saw so funny ,and your impersonation of a chicken 🐔 was funny nature is amazing how it covers everything up for the winter ,here in Scotland we have woken up to a blanket of snow ❄️❄️ stay safe take care till the next time happy Christmas John and family Anne Scott from Scotland 🍁🍁🌲🌲🌳🌳🎄🎄🎄❄️
Something tells me that John knows extremely well how to look for happiness and knows how to propagate it in others. This is a guy who knows what he likes and knows what is good for his personal wellbeing. He must have been through a fair amount of stuff to figure these things out. Very cool guy indeed. A mine of information on horticulture and on life nodoubt! 😎
Thanks for putting the list of mentioned plants here above the video. I planted 20 trees. 10 birch and 10 bird cherry for the spring interest. By the sea the gales make it very difficult to get anything to stay in the soil but the section near the fence is sopping and full of moss anyway so not ideal for anything more. I'm going to replace the fence with hedging probably Miss Popple Fushia or the tiny pink kind. Quick growing and easily cut to height of 4 feet. Favorite shrub for fall winter is the Mahonia. Like the perfume counter.
Just planted a Cotinus this fall to replace a weeping beech that was not doing well - I am looking forward the the full effect in a couple of years time.
Glad to see you 'currently'- I need to lift crowns too (don't like that battery-lopper).. Sons say mini-digger would be great for major work Waiting to see your trees now.
I now want to know why it has never occurred to me to attach a saw to a pole. Having seen it - it's such an obvious thing to do . Thanks also for the info on using the loppers one way only ,didn't know this, I am always flicking mine around. So glad the birch trees received a pardon.
Great to see you posting a video again.. thank you! I planted 3 of those hakenachola in shade back in July/August and none survived! What did l do wrong?
Ah Jasus John, ya went away an now ya have ta catchup!...Oh my, the Human scale applies?? One reason I love 'Bonsai'?,,,still need to catchup, plants keep growing, why we love them? Keep the sons of Birches for later??? Brendan.Murphy
as a gardener when it comes to cutting down a plant that took years to grow, or 10’s of years, I have to think hard about removing it. I’m not gettin’ younger! I’ll play around with it first and try and be creative. Maybe limping it way up, or pollarding it low to create a small tree out of it, or cutting the limbs all the way up, to 1 foot length, all the way up to see what effect it will have with the new growth. It’s creative and fun to experiment. I have two 40’ parasol tress I’ve decided to eliminate, due to too much shade, after much thought. What I’ve decided to do instead of cut them down, which in itself is a huge undertaking. I’ve decided to “kill them” by stripping away 3” band of bark to the 2nd layer only - only about an inch deep. The skeletal structure of the tree will stay, birds can nest, owls and hawks can perch. It doesn’t need to be completely removed, and adds interest to the garden.
No cutting trees! Before you consider It takes them so long to grow. If there is a tree I feel needs to go I first try either: bonsai it ( cutting it down to literally a few feet - a severe pollard) or consider removing 1/2 the limbs or maybe more, or limbing it way up. I see if there is something creative that can be done with it. Then, if I decide it should go I’ll cut away a strip of bark through the living layer to kill the tree, and leave the form, the skeleton....for the critters and birds. Of course I don’t have a huge fabulous garden like John’s! I have red clay and heat down here in the south!
Your videos are such a treat. Watching your "Mcgyver" pole saw versus the shop bought one I can't say that your version didn't hold its own 🤣🤣🤣 and the dance of the chicken on steroids.... priceless!
Just stopped by for the garden (not even sure how I found this secret garden) but stayed for the Madness! Makes me want to get out there right now!! ... Chicken on Steroids lol that's great!
So, you torture yourself watching them videos before using the chainsaw, John? I pass, I will stick to your high-tech saw. I just make sure the branches don't spear on my head LOL Another great video...ta.
The chain saw needs sharpening. That's the big down-side of chain saws. They have to be sharpened. And hardly anyone really does it. At least on their own. They take the bloody thing down to the hardware store and have them do it. But that's not good. That's not self-reliant.
Your videos are some of the most pleasant on TH-cam.
It's partly because of John's Irish twinkle, fascinating man.
I feel like this man could plant a broomstick and it would grow into some magical tree.
LOLOLOLOL thank you John for the laugh ones again!
No need to apologise for extending the length of your videos, they're an absolute treat. Look forward to the next one already 👌👍
I missed seeing you and your garden! Glad you're back!!!
Thank you so much for this tour of your gorgeous autumn garden, uniquely beautiful in this season!
I’ll remember to use my clippers like a ‘chicken on steroids’ 😂😂😂
I was laughing so hard at your “chickens on steroid” demo of the use of clippers. Good to have another John Lord video. You entertain as you instruct!
Oh I actually laughed out loud. He’s a riot.
Aw John John John it was worth a watch just to see your pole saw engineering - just gold, but we all know & watch you for your true talents 👍
Was just wondering where ya been!!
John. Keep making them videos
John I absolutely love your videos your honest down to earth approach is like a breath of fresh air on you tube , keep them coming please.
I missed you John Lord this is uplifting I'm tired of the American political mess
Is it just me?.. but.. who else is in love with Mr. Lord?! It’s so good to see you again.😊❤️✌️
Thanks John,only decent thing to watch lately. Cant wait to visit your garden center this summer🤞
Thank you also for the reminder to be super cautious when limbing trees... a friend got paralyzed for life when knocked to the ground by a heavy loose tree limb that was resting on top of the limb they were pruning!
Merry Christmas John x
I can tell how beautiful everything is but it's still a little blurry. Can you get a higher resolution camera or do one of those super chats so we can make donations towards one?
I'm so happy you're back, it's a crazy world we're in and we need you!
Love your poll saw, I'm deffentlly doing that. Glad to see you back, I was wondering were you went. I'm in Illinois USA. It was 19 this morning.
I am in Illinois also
I'm so glad you kept the trees. I'd kill for a birch tree in my garden. I'm surrounded by cedars and I also take the ivy off regularly. I get my secateurs or loppers in there to do it. 👍🏻
Good video John! I’m glad you are teaching proper pruning, especially with chainsaws! “Topping” bamboo ruins the beautiful form of the plant. I’d recommend cutting it back with a spade, ideally an all steel spade. Reducing the amount of space the grove takes up is the best way to keep bamboo in check.
So glad you’re back, we need you to keep us happy!
I enjoy your videos , packed with the golden tid bits of info! You don’t have dry and warm , you have great wool!
Love your videos, always informative and funny, looking forward to your next video:)
Loved this video John and I promise to watch some disastrous chain saw videos 🤣
I can always be happy when watching another of your videos. Yes care must be taken when going up to prune trees. Another vlogger confessed that he smoked weed and then climbed up to prune a tree but brilliantly cut off the branch he was sitting on and broke several bones! Don’t do that. (I wondered if that was a joke but I don’t think so.).
John love your humor had tears I had such a giggle, chicken on steroids , priceless 😅
You are always very entertaining and informative. Thanks for sharing your gardens, we here in Ontario, Canada are covered in a blanket of snow with a -1 Celsius 👍❤️😊
I missed you John love your videos and you always make me smile hopefully will visit your garden next year
Take care stay safe x
Great information John what’s the little gadget that you use to sharpen the secateurs?
Happy New Year! I am watching old videos right now.😬 Can't wait for Spring.
On the upside of your absence it means I’ve now watched every one of your videos.
I really missed your videos. Hoping everything is ok.
Great video John well done always enjoy watching your videos so real and natural.
Your garden is still lovely even at rest.
John - I seriously think it’s time to put out your range of tools , washing line pole saws , pruning spades etc . Great fun -but be safe . Cheers all the best
This is like paradise !🌺🌸🌻🌲🌳😊🌳🌲🌺🌸👍🏻
Great to see you back on the "Tube" John. Your secret garden looks brilliant in the late fall.... I'm working to increase my fall and winter interest in mines.
Love your preference for using hand tools whenever possible
So glad you are back !! I love your videos, you are so knowledgeable.
I really miss your regular vlogs always the best
Hello, John.. when I saw the title of your video, I thought for sure you would break into song! I have had The Clash's number replaying in head over and over today thanks to you. In the past, you regaled your viewership with a melody like the Doris Day number 'Secret Love', so I thought perhaps... well no matter, I loved your video and miss you like so many other patrons. Please stay safe. Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones. Maria
p.s. please keep the birches, I love them!
I get so much joy watching you eagerly run around and touch all the plants in the garden. I love your videos and dare I say that I might have a hard time choosing between you or Monty Don right now as my favorite gardener personalities!
Merry Christmas John. Stay safe over the Christmas. Looking forward to seeing more vlogs in the new year, even just walking around the garden on the stones- lovely to hear you moving about. 🎄🎄🎄
Great to see you back you inspire me, I'm away to adapt my saw, I love this time of year in garden, getting ready for next year, you make my day, good health and look forward to next video.
Hello John, this is helpful for us as we are new custodians of a small forest garden. Love your mix of info and sense.
Have a lovely Christmas 🎄 you and your family
What a wonderful garden! New sub here -- I need to go back and look at some of the summer.Spring videos to see it in full bloom. The video was recommended because of the birch tree removal as I am clearing a lot of trees on my channel as part of an oak savanna restoration. I'm hoping to get some tips for a prairie garden I am building at the edges of the savanna restoration. I really like all of the pathways in your garden and hope to do something similar! Our garden will be native species only (SW Wisconsin) which is challenging, but that kind of adds to the fun 😁
My main tip is always be wary of introducing very vigorous plants that run at the root and are impossible to control, such as perhaps fireweed or some of the more vigorous golden rods. It’s easier to add than to remove.
You are a ray of sunshine great video ..but am jealous your weather is nicer am standing in snow up to my knees can't see my gardens for snow ..it's a winter wonderland here
🙋hi from Scotland ,hi John great to see you again thanks for another educational and funny vidio ,l love your home made saw so funny ,and your impersonation of a chicken 🐔 was funny nature is amazing how it covers everything up for the winter ,here in Scotland we have woken up to a blanket of snow ❄️❄️ stay safe take care till the next time happy Christmas John and family Anne Scott from Scotland 🍁🍁🌲🌲🌳🌳🎄🎄🎄❄️
Something tells me that John knows extremely well how to look for happiness and knows how to propagate it in others. This is a guy who knows what he likes and knows what is good for his personal wellbeing. He must have been through a fair amount of stuff to figure these things out. Very cool guy indeed. A mine of information on horticulture and on life nodoubt! 😎
Timely advice on ivy... Thank you John, another great gardening lesson.
Love your videos John. Slightly mad but great fun and I have learnt so much. Beautiful garden. Happy Christmas. Xx
Missed the videos. Thank you for another one!
Thanks for putting the list of mentioned plants here above the video. I planted 20 trees. 10 birch and 10 bird cherry for the spring interest. By the sea the gales make it very difficult to get anything to stay in the soil but the section near the fence is sopping and full of moss anyway so not ideal for anything more. I'm going to replace the fence with hedging probably Miss Popple Fushia or the tiny pink kind. Quick growing and easily cut to height of 4 feet. Favorite shrub for fall winter is the Mahonia. Like the perfume counter.
nice sharing
Well deserved channel growth on this prestigious channel 👌
Great video as always...hope to see your garden when is covered with snow...
Just planted a Cotinus this fall to replace a weeping beech that was not doing well - I am looking forward the the full effect in a couple of years time.
Glad to see you 'currently'- I need to lift crowns too (don't like that battery-lopper).. Sons say mini-digger would be great for major work Waiting to see your trees now.
Thank you for sharing. Love your videos!
5:30 - 10:20 *Pruning Sage Wisdom from John!*
I now want to know why it has never occurred to me to attach a saw to a pole. Having seen it - it's such an obvious thing to do . Thanks also for the info on using the loppers one way only ,didn't know this, I am always flicking mine around. So glad the birch trees received a pardon.
Great to see you posting a video again.. thank you!
I planted 3 of those hakenachola in shade back in July/August and none survived! What did l do wrong?
You're hilarious, hahaha. Love your videos.
Ah Jasus John, ya went away an now ya have ta catchup!...Oh my, the Human scale applies??
One reason I love 'Bonsai'?,,,still need to catchup, plants keep growing, why we love them?
Keep the sons of Birches for later??? Brendan.Murphy
I love your vids
i love it
as a gardener when it comes to cutting down a plant that took years to grow, or 10’s of years, I have to think hard about removing it. I’m not gettin’ younger! I’ll play around with it first and try and be creative. Maybe limping it way up, or pollarding it low to create a small tree out of it, or cutting the limbs all the way up, to 1 foot length, all the way up to see what effect it will have with the new growth. It’s creative and fun to experiment. I have two 40’ parasol tress I’ve decided to eliminate, due to too much shade, after much thought. What I’ve decided to do instead of cut them down, which in itself is a huge undertaking. I’ve decided to “kill them” by stripping away 3” band of bark to the 2nd layer only - only about an inch deep. The skeletal structure of the tree will stay, birds can nest, owls and hawks can perch. It doesn’t need to be completely removed, and adds interest to the garden.
Sooooooo glad you are back!
Nice video, good humour as usual...don't think much of Brendan's long reach chainsaw though :-)
I wish we were mid way thru winter John 😂
No cutting trees! Before you consider It takes them so long to grow. If there is a tree I feel needs to go I first try either: bonsai it ( cutting it down to literally a few feet - a severe pollard) or consider removing 1/2 the limbs or maybe more, or limbing it way up. I see if there is something creative that can be done with it. Then, if I decide it should go I’ll cut away a strip of bark through the living layer to kill the tree, and leave the form, the skeleton....for the critters and birds. Of course I don’t have a huge fabulous garden like John’s! I have red clay and heat down here in the south!
What tool Are you using to sharpen your tools so quickly and easily?
I'm using a a very fine file. But a flat sharpening stone is best.
Your videos are such a treat. Watching your "Mcgyver" pole saw versus the shop bought one I can't say that your version didn't hold its own 🤣🤣🤣 and the dance of the chicken on steroids.... priceless!
😊👍
I had two beautiful birch trees in front of my house they didnt last long attacked by leaf minors and bark borers.
Where have you been? I have been following medical videos in your absence, which can't be good for my health.
Just stopped by for the garden (not even sure how I found this secret garden) but stayed for the Madness!
Makes me want to get out there right now!! ... Chicken on Steroids lol that's great!
So, you torture yourself watching them videos before using the chainsaw, John? I pass, I will stick to your high-tech saw. I just make sure the branches don't spear on my head LOL Another great video...ta.
Love it 😂pure Irish
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Bamboo....backhoe. And a twenty year old to follow roots
What is that whoosh sound in all his videos? Sounds like he’s next to a highway.
The chain saw needs sharpening. That's the big down-side of chain saws. They have to be sharpened. And hardly anyone really does it. At least on their own. They take the bloody thing down to the hardware store and have them do it. But that's not good. That's not self-reliant.
Yeah, leave the leaves. Good for fungi
Chicken on speed...ha ha!