Planting 2500 Trees Update
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- Опубликовано: 5 фев 2025
- last March i planted 2500 trees on my property. This is just a little update to show how they are doing, they had a slow start due to a drought. Almost all of them have survived and are starting to grow.
Would you consider making another video update on this? It's been nearly 3 years since. I moved from Norway to the UK and having travelled the country, I'm disappointed with how few forests there are, so it makes me happy to see land be reclaimed to the trees.
Good job! I have to admit that when I chose to watch this video, I had no idea that we would visit all 2500 trees.
There doing well its great to see this been done love trees. Doing this myself where I live knowing when Iam long gone the oak trees will still be growning for outhers to enjoy. 😁👍🌲🌲🌲🌳🌳
When you do the fencing a good practice is to mark the first and last posts with data plates so you can record size of the area fenced and the year you did it along with fencing between land plots who paid for it. Copper pipe cut down an edge then flattened out gives you a copper plate you can use a stamp set to stamp the data into before you nail it to the post/building you want to keep track of.
Why limit yourself to what the human memory can remember when a few minutes can put a hard date on the project you can remember later.
If you want to improve the bee food sources pick up some flower bulbs and just plant them around the field. Over time they will spread from the single bulb you plant creating clusters of flowers that you know the bloom time of.
If only everyone had your attitude Kris. At least you can hold your head high 😊👍
I second this opinion!
I third this opinion lol!
Your walks around around your hold and descriptions bring back David Attenborough to me. Nice work.
The eye you give that thistle at about 10:43 is just priceless! You've just said that the tree is doing really, really well, and then the thistle beside you seems to have done equally well 😅
I just love what you're doing and wish I could do the same.
They look like they're doing really well. Alders grow crazy fast, they'll be six foot or more by next year. You could mulch around the trees with woodchip to reduce weed competition, but not really doable on your scale. It will be amazing to see the progress in 15 years, will be unrecognisable!
I'd love to see an update again soon, really curious about the ratios between the growth rates, how the oaks are doing and how the paths look now with the willows
Thank you for this update, You’re doing a good job man 🇵🇭
I wondered why the trees were planted so close together and presumably you will transplant the survivors once they get bigger? I do think your lifestyle is amazing. You've certainly worked hard for it. It's fantastic and I love watching your progress from 7 years ago. You teach me new things in every one. 👏
I LOVE that you are creating woodlands. May they endure a thousand years! You are helping so many animals (including us!). I only have half an acre, but I'm doing much the same.
Thank you Kris for the update on your plantings. It’s so exciting to see that the majority of what you planted has survived! All your hard work is really paying off. Blessings...
Time for an update!!! Pretty please. :)
It’s terrific to see you actually doing what too many people think they should do … but don’t.
Love the work you do Kris! Would be great to see another update on the trees 🌲
Hi Chris, the trees are looking great, it's amazing how naturalistic the pond looks now, and you live very lightly on the land,
What a gorgeous natural place you have made!
Hazel twigs are much prized by gardeners as you probably know. .. Could you bring some revenue in off them? I adore trees and watched you plant these way back. It's all looking fabulous. Bloody well done Kris. x
Such helpful information, I’m glad you gave growth comparisons, 4 years and 2 years. The native trees (alder) seem to thrive and grow fastest. It be fun to see how a fast growing locust tree does there, it’s a hardwood but grabs nitrogen from the air so it helps its grow speed (3 to 4 feet in a season).
It does no cease to amaze me what you are doing. CONGRATULATIONS. Yours is a full life. Success is inevitable for you. Thank you for sharing.
Respect for all your conservation work, planning and development within your habitats. So as time passes your land will supply you and future family with great rewards, joy and happiness.
That alder is coming along nicely already. First thing I did was plant 1500 willow on the land, its all about getting the trees planted first job!
We take from the earth but its nice to give back...well done Kris and only a tiny loss perfect !
Brilliant! It is good to see the positive hand of man on the land. So much of what they call news these days is filled with quite the opposite and we are all too aware of the destruction around us. Kris, your work is vital in facilitating regeneration and encouraging biodiversity and you are doing an awesome job of it! Collette O'Neill did much the same in the west of Ireland on 3 acres at Bealtaine Cottage. She has a youtube channel and facebook page of the same name if you are interested. Blessings.
We have alders on our property. They are one of my favorite woods to use in my smoker. They give meats a great flavor!
Amazing what you are achieving there. I remember watching the videos of you planting the trees. A great example of working with and living alongside nature. Total respect . :)
We plow the fields and scatter. .. kris been here since the beginning and to see what can be done and watch your progress is so cool , just to wake and sup a coffee knowing all your hard work is paying off must be satisfing ! Just having that land gives you so much scope.. to see this plot in 25 years from now when all has matured ...
wild orchid - ure blessed from the ferries...congrats
Great to see the progress being made on the land. It is really ignored that there is more tho what your doing there than just building a house shed workshop etc. Doing a great job. Keep it up and thanks for taking us on Your journey.
I'm impressed. The world needs more people like you. Thanks for helping us all.
Great to see this. 👍 😊 I wish more landowners would devote part of their land to this. Just coming up for 3 years since you posted this. Any chance you could do another update?
Such a fascinating video! Thank you for sharing!
Have you ever considered eucalyptus for fuel wood? Eucalyptus Nitens is one of the fastest growing trees you can plant in the UK. Great for soaking up carbon emissions, great for getting a good hardwood timber crop in half the time of a native tree and it would mean not cutting down natives for firewood. Something to consider! Love your channel.
I've planted a 3 year old E. Nitens by my local canal 2 years ago making it 5 now and its double the height of your four year olds. They're lovely trees too!
Really nice to see all your hard work & time starting to pay off. Loved the tour Kris,thanks.
Coming along nicely that now Kris cant wait until you get livestock make it more of a smallholding and tbh if it were mine i would defo stock some trout in to that pond !!! see ya in your next video
Great to see the land management side. 👍
You're a lucky man for having those orchids on your land. They're beautiful!
Nice, your good at identifying trees. I planted around 300 about 4-5 years ago and thought I had done allot. Some hybrid willow and poplar to coppice among many native variety’s.
This was a good update, could have watched much more 👍👍👍
Enjoyed this tour Kris. You have worked really hard & the reward will be great. Thank's for sharing.
Very impressive, wish could get trees to grow here like that. But am getting a start with a couple seedlings. Great seeing how you have improved your land and making it come alive more from your actions then hurting it. Congrats on a job well done. sustainable is the only way to go.
Wonderful. I'm choked with ecological and spiritual respect.
So nice to see how all(most)of the trees you planted are growing strong you seem to have a very diverse flora and fauna(or you do now at least) from all of the hard work and effort you have put in, doing so you have secured future materials for any projects you may have in the future. I hope that if and when you bring animals onto your fields you bring us along on that journey to, chickens are a good place to start
Thanks for the tour and update
You have done very well my good friend. Have a great day.
Wonderful! What an incredible number of plantings!
Havet read any comment so perhaps u already got this
Here in sweden i planted 10000 trees and after a year i go round and well cut them only a cirkel. Helps The trees alot.
Kris if you deal with competion around trees, you have two options. Either cut the grass and weeds, or overrest the species they'll grow old and die... if you cut come back every 2-3 weeks it give the plants the idea of overgrassing and they will get stunted in their growth
Good work Kris! It looks brilliant 👍
The pond area is gorgeous. I remember you digging that out, but it looks like it's always been there now! >3
Thanks for posting Kris, really nice to see the land again.
Thank you for showing the plants, some of then look very good, with less herbs they would be bigger and they would have died less.
The construccion is excelent. Y love your videos.
Thanks for the update Kris. You really have a nice piece of property!
It's going to look great in 10 years time. Nice work.
Being a beginner in this kind of life - living in the forest, actually, I feel that I will check your channel more for some advice :) Best of luck Kris.
Thankyou for showing us your trees. 👍
Congratulations for what you do, I am from Romania, and here big corporations cut old virgin forests and no one can stop them. very sad what's happening in my country with all the resources and not only here it happens .
The pond really fascinates me, I remember the video when you dug it, it looked like it would turn into a mud pit, become some overgrown swamp or something to me. But it really turned out great, I guess the fresh water supply really helps. I was going to ask if you intended to put some fish in there but seems that is already solved. You should really check out what kind of fish they are.
Have any plans to put something edible in there, crayfish or something?
crayfish aren't native to the uk unfortunately they're an invasive species.
@@jakecostello1369 I think there is one native fresh water species. But it might not be sutible for other reasons. I really don't know. Crayfish is just the go to edible thing to put in small ponds that can't sustain larger fish in my mind :P
@@eldsprutandedrake pardon me you are right, the white clawed .
Svampmoln Hunting and boiling up ray fish was so much fun when I was a kid. We would put a big plate of them in the middle of the table and everyone would go to town. Yum!
Thanks for the update, nice to see how well your trees are doing so well.
Awesome job! The trees look amazing!!
Congrats! You'll have a nice forest in a few years!
thxs for making a video about the status of your trees...cheers to treehugging duders!
Great updated very interesting
Transcendentally superb. Thank you.
how are they doing now in 2022? It would be great to see the growth so far.
Thank you for the update Kris.
thanks for the up-date, great stuff.
Excellent work Kris :)
You've done a Wonderful job - Thank you for sharing....
Thanks chris, great work planting the trees and good to see them grow. Always curious why councils don't plant more fruit trees? I know you said you planted crab apples 👍 but think our parks and road sides could be swapped in fruit trees. Just think the common man could make jam, cider, perry, cakes or just eat the fruit . Why don't they 🤔??? Anyone have a answer?
Great stuff Mr Kris...I'm having one of my favorite adult beverages for you, on the 4th! GB
Hi Gregor, i was away when i posted this up so i didnt see the comments. i hope you enjoyed your celebrations :) And thank you....
@@KrisHarbour your welcome, hope ya got the 'treat' I sent a while back.
@@gregormiller4037 Indeed i did. Very kind of you. Thank you.
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Looks awesome Kris...love seeing the forest growing through all stages. How much land do you have altogether? And I’d be interested in the ratio of forest/coppice to field/pasture
love to see how the trees regenerate after you harvest, But still wonder how many people complain about you cutting them down
Been waiting for this update. Brilliant stuff, Kris. It must be very satisfying to see such positive environmental impacts from your deliberate actions.
I really admire you. You do it all. Wonder what kind of orchid is the purple one?
Absolutely wonderful
Awesome, found the tree update!
So jealous of your lifestyle. Could you give a run down on how you aquired your land? I've seen some sites online but was wondering would I be better off speaking to local land owners and asking privately?
cgATOMBOMB kris said he's not replying here anymore? It's always better to approach landowners privately if you're serious and have the funds available to wave in front of them but still rare that people want to sell up pieces of their land. Also planning rules are different for Wales, Scotland and England so beware. Have a look at maximusironthumpers channel....he has some very sound advice on it.....
I've been waiting to see this... Thanks
Would it be possible for you to give another update at the following yearly point and so on? It would just be interesting to follow the progress. Thanks 👍🌲🌲🌲
Hi Chris I have land in your general area and I also planted some to trees before I went blind
The alder are ten years on now and thirty feet tall I have a mix of 10 plus species but no lime
Really interested in how they perform
Good luck
wow I didn't know you had all that land! did you inherit it? how far are your neighbors away from you? and the nearest town? beautiful land and you have done so much hard work on the inviromental impact for the good. Congratulations
Good one that Kris 👍🏻
You can put a round cut of cardboard under the trees to block the ”weeds” from competing. It’ll evetually turn into soil.
We have Alder here. Dont bother pruning them. If they are planted close enough they will drop the branches themselves once the light levels go down at the base of the stem.
Its a very rich meadow heath environment, unfortunately planting it will change it not necessarily for the better for bees etc.
Have you thought of (or done) planting any berries? Maybe strawberries, currants, raspberries, etc? I'm not talking about rows or beds of plants, but maybe a half dozen plants here and there where the conditions are right for them to grow. Just remember where they are and they should take care of themselves. Although the strawberries may need a bit of wire to keep the bunnies off until they get established.
Lush as! This is going to be beautiful! How did you select species? Are they all natives? Did you draw up some kind of planting plan for spacing and how they will function on the landscape and in the ecology once they to a more mature state? Any more fruit baring/ edibles to be planted?
Amazing well done
Well done!
“A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.”
Id love to see an update
So good to see
Are you planting more in 2020? How about around the new house? Looking forward to a 2020 update later in the year.
Much better to plant trees when someone dies rather than flowers that last a day ,
Most people don't even have 20 trees. You have thousands! Awesome. How big is your smallholding?
any update on the trees now that summer is over and done with? see how much growth they got in
Outstanding!
I would love to live and work on land like that.
Have you thought about scything the weeds/grass around the smaller trees?
If you use poplars, you can take cuttings and plant them and it just grows.
They are good for marking lot lines. Don't plant them near a house or where you will be mowing as they have a habit of dropping branches. They are beautiful though.
@@maryblaylock6545 Yeah, when I buy some land I want to plant poplars, oak and then have a sort of orchard with different fruit trees. Thank you for the info. :)