Theres a fantastic permaculture site near Gloucester, NSW that uses an espalier system for their fruit trees. It's super productive and, as you alluded to, very manageable as well. I'm studying to be a teacher with the long term goal of eventually securing my own property in Tasmania to practice homesteading/permaculture - similar to what you and your family are doing. It's always great to check back in every few months on your content as a way to re-centre on my goals so I don't lose sight of them! Thanks for the inspiration mate!
I probably would've topworked that pear tree (grafting into the stump). This would allow the scions to come away with incredible vigour with a nice mature root system underneath and you could use multiple different varieties.
Good morning. Was there a reason you didn't graft the pear you like onto the pear you chopped down? I see the sun behind the large trees in the background i had the same situation and my fig also wouldn't produce for the first 3 years until im guessing it got used to it then it was ok. Thanks John im just rambling because this video is a year old and cant be changed but my pear question is simply to teach me something. Thanks
Sometimes the small excavators will do the job on stumps if you can attach a chain or even truck strap to the bucket and one of the main side roots and lift it, then do the same to the next root until it comes out.
Great video. I don’t have any fruit trees to prune but a maple that I want to try something with. Not sure if I should prune it now or wait till fall/winter. It’s summer here. I’ve been wondering how the avocado trees you planted a few years ago are doing? It was a great series of videos…….
No, we only cover the cherries, and sometimes the soft/sweet plums. With the other fruits (apples/pears/blood plums) the amount of loss from birds is small enough that the effort/cost of cover isn't worthwhile for us.
Another great video John. I wish I had room for more fruit trees. How are your avocado trees are going? I don't recall seeing them in any recent videos.
@@homesteading That's a shame. I've read that they don't like clay soils and are very finicky. Maybe put in a raised bed with free draining soil and try again?
If you were my husband I would make you go over the fence and chop all those branches up and put in the organic bin. Why did you just throw all that over the fence?. Other than that I thoroughly enjoyed your video . I cringed every time you threw a branch over the fence for someone else to clean up.
You aren't laying siege. You're maintaining your own or your community's trees. The biblical injunction doesn't apply to cutting down trees that are useless to their owners, with the owner's authorization.
Gday John, just wanted to say we love your video's - we are trying to do something similar in Dromedary down south.
Theres a fantastic permaculture site near Gloucester, NSW that uses an espalier system for their fruit trees. It's super productive and, as you alluded to, very manageable as well. I'm studying to be a teacher with the long term goal of eventually securing my own property in Tasmania to practice homesteading/permaculture - similar to what you and your family are doing. It's always great to check back in every few months on your content as a way to re-centre on my goals so I don't lose sight of them! Thanks for the inspiration mate!
Thanks for the hindsight about your fruit trees, it has given me food for thought on how I need to plant and care for my orchard when the time comes.
I probably would've topworked that pear tree (grafting into the stump). This would allow the scions to come away with incredible vigour with a nice mature root system underneath and you could use multiple different varieties.
Dont do this at home... love your work 😀
Hi John a little sheep will fertilise as he cuts your grass just a thought
Well done.
Enjoyed watching this one on the fruit orchard 🍊 🍎 🍒 🍋
Good morning. Was there a reason you didn't graft the pear you like onto the pear you chopped down? I see the sun behind the large trees in the background i had the same situation and my fig also wouldn't produce for the first 3 years until im guessing it got used to it then it was ok. Thanks John im just rambling because this video is a year old and cant be changed but my pear question is simply to teach me something. Thanks
Miss your videos
Sometimes the small excavators will do the job on stumps if you can attach a chain or even truck strap to the bucket and one of the main side roots and lift it, then do the same to the next root until it comes out.
That was so dangerous. My goodness. That poor chainsaw could have gotten hurt! 🙃
Great video. I don’t have any fruit trees to prune but a maple that I want to try something with. Not sure if I should prune it now or wait till fall/winter. It’s summer here. I’ve been wondering how the avocado trees you planted a few years ago are doing? It was a great series of videos…….
Avocados are still alive...just! Basically they are a failure:-(
@@homesteading Well that’s unfortunate. I was pulling for them……
Too dangerous for youtube consumption, lol, love it, I'm using that!
Hi John, so you have to cover all of your fruit trees when they're fruiting for protection from birds?
No, we only cover the cherries, and sometimes the soft/sweet plums. With the other fruits (apples/pears/blood plums) the amount of loss from birds is small enough that the effort/cost of cover isn't worthwhile for us.
Another great video John. I wish I had room for more fruit trees. How are your avocado trees are going? I don't recall seeing them in any recent videos.
They are not doing well! Still alive, but they look like they will fail.
@@homesteading That's a shame. I've read that they don't like clay soils and are very finicky. Maybe put in a raised bed with free draining soil and try again?
You might have luck cutting vertical cuts into the stump (like cutting a cake into slices) & burning it out.
What species of pear was that? You appear to say "Camice" or similar (TH-cam translates it as Camis), but do you mean Comice?
Comice is correct.
A bush trick is cut out a 44 gallon drum slip it over and start a fire inside and burn the stump out.
If you were my husband I would make you go over the fence and chop all those branches up and put in the organic bin. Why did you just throw all that over the fence?. Other than that I thoroughly enjoyed your video . I cringed every time you threw a branch over the fence for someone else to clean up.
Over the fence is still my land and my problem! I cleaned them up later in spring with the tractor.
You aren't laying siege. You're maintaining your own or your community's trees. The biblical injunction doesn't apply to cutting down trees that are useless to their owners, with the owner's authorization.