THANK YOU! After the removal of our trees we feel exposed...using miscanthus would help our situation...and do it quickly! I always learn something useful from you.😁
My father used to look forward to Geoff Hamilton in Gardeners World, My mum liked Bill Torrance on the Beechgrove Garden, me? Well, I've got Sean, Sasha and the feathered Demons at Edible Acres to enjoy for my growing/gardening knowledge. Looking forward to the willow/miscanthus weave, that could be finest kind living wall!!
Michael Sinclair - I love watching Beechgrove Gardens! I wish I could view it in the US. For now, it's older shows (2017) on YT. Jim cracks me up!!! Purple carrots??? He wasn't sure about the taste!!!! 😁😁😁😁 That show uses a lot of organic methods.
Your living wall is really coming along nicely, good job, excited to see when all done in how many years? LOL!!! Actually your moving along faster than I thought you might with the wall and love your creative ideas. Your chickens will be happy in winter with all those leaves to forage in. :-)
You can get away with not cutting anything for a few years but it gets choked out by its own old material after a while. Cutting each early spring is pretty darn important for a healthy stand. The stalks are so incredibly useful that we love doing it.
Have you ever given thought to an earthen berm to deflect the noise upward? Maybe incorporate some evergreen elements for year-round visual concealment and noise suppression? I love your creative approach to this area and you've done some amazing things with your living wall. Have you ever seen anything on how the Brits create their woven hedges?
Would love to do that, but not enough room and now we're in too deep with the plantings. Plus, this is all within the realm of the road crew or electric company being legally able to dig in if they wanted...
Both! May through October it is actively growing and super vigorous, then this fall we cut it back to weave the fence since it was damaged in a storm, although most years we leave it up for the winter to really thicken the whole scene.
I'm really looking to purchase some miscanthus grass, but you're really the only source that I can find. However, your website says that it is out of stock. If there is another way I can get some I would really appreciate it.
I think I know the variegated willow your talking about. We have some and be warned. They get monstrous (wide as well as tall), you don't need to plant them too close together, but I understand why you want to. Brilliant update. Can you do one in summer, so we can see it in all it's glory??
If you ever want to bend the other tops down, you might consider doing it while they are still pliable. If they dry too much, they might break instead of bend. Love natural breaks though.
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These are some of your most important videos. Thanks guys.
Glad they resonate with you!
Another great video and examples of living fence
Can't wait to see how that Willow wall turns out! As always, thanks for sharing!
Our pleasure. We'll update when we install that additional element in the weeks to come.
Who doesn't want a jungle fort in their yard, right? Love the evolution.
I love living walls!
Sweet update cant wait to see the winter birdhouse project vids ..love those ..you should do that as a workshop creating habitats for garden critters.
THANK YOU! After the removal of our trees we feel exposed...using miscanthus would help our situation...and do it quickly! I always learn something useful from you.😁
So pleased to share it with ya! Consider willow, elderberry and others as well, the more the merrier for a thicker, more resilient setup.
That is a great fence result.
I love that it is really just getting started. Year 3!
My father used to look forward to Geoff Hamilton in Gardeners World, My mum liked Bill Torrance on the Beechgrove Garden, me? Well, I've got Sean, Sasha and the feathered Demons at Edible Acres to enjoy for my growing/gardening knowledge.
Looking forward to the willow/miscanthus weave, that could be finest kind living wall!!
Ha!
Michael Sinclair - I love watching Beechgrove Gardens! I wish I could view it in the US. For now, it's older shows (2017) on YT. Jim cracks me up!!! Purple carrots??? He wasn't sure about the taste!!!! 😁😁😁😁 That show uses a lot of organic methods.
any reason why you didn't put in an evergreen living wall so you have privacy and effective noise control year round?
Your living wall is really coming along nicely, good job, excited to see when all done in how many years? LOL!!! Actually your moving along faster than I thought you might with the wall and love your creative ideas. Your chickens will be happy in winter with all those leaves to forage in. :-)
Hi. I just came across your videos. That living wall is an excellent idea. I was wondering what zone do you live in? I’m in zone 6.
Zone 5B
Looking great!
what happens if you never cut it down? does the new growth just eventually "eat up" the dead standing leaves?
You can get away with not cutting anything for a few years but it gets choked out by its own old material after a while. Cutting each early spring is pretty darn important for a healthy stand. The stalks are so incredibly useful that we love doing it.
Have you ever given thought to an earthen berm to deflect the noise upward? Maybe incorporate some evergreen elements for year-round visual concealment and noise suppression? I love your creative approach to this area and you've done some amazing things with your living wall. Have you ever seen anything on how the Brits create their woven hedges?
Would love to do that, but not enough room and now we're in too deep with the plantings. Plus, this is all within the realm of the road crew or electric company being legally able to dig in if they wanted...
Very nice!
I'm trying wisteria for the same effect.
Have you checked out English waddle fences and living hedgerows?
Love them! They inspire this, although this is WAAAY coarser!
Soo...is the fence mycanthus live...or is it just the cut.canes...
Both! May through October it is actively growing and super vigorous, then this fall we cut it back to weave the fence since it was damaged in a storm, although most years we leave it up for the winter to really thicken the whole scene.
Aren't miscanthus canes dead though? I thought you were supposed to cut them to allow new canes to grow.
Whaaat! Why, a wooden wall of woven willow would be wonderful!
Could be we're harvesting the willow for this today... Maybe an update video is coming soon!
I'm really looking to purchase some miscanthus grass, but you're really the only source that I can find. However, your website says that it is out of stock. If there is another way I can get some I would really appreciate it.
There are other sources out there I'm sure... Here is one place perhaps?
www.mapleriverfarms.com/
I wAnt to grow this grass but I’m scared it will get out of control will pine trees act as a barrier so this grass won’t spread
Miscanthus is pretty darn reasonable to manage. I wouldn't worry about it.
I think I know the variegated willow your talking about. We have some and be warned. They get monstrous (wide as well as tall), you don't need to plant them too close together, but I understand why you want to. Brilliant update. Can you do one in summer, so we can see it in all it's glory??
Sure plan to do an update in the growing season. We're excited to try this willow type since we want massive/fast/thick willow!
If you ever want to bend the other tops down, you might consider doing it while they are still pliable. If they dry too much, they might break instead of bend. Love natural breaks though.
Good suggestion.
Great idea using the willows. I don’t see why that won’t work. 👍
We'll have to see.
I live next to trailer trash...this is my next project. A wood fence is too good for them.
This can be super beautiful, low cost and keeps getting bigger!
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