I live in South Derbyshire in the heart of the new national Forrest. Since the decimation of all of the industrial base in the area , reclamation of land and Tree planting has almost ground to a halt around here despite extensive planting since its conception. There seem far mor enthusiasm with local authorities for concreting over the area for crappy housing estates. Never mind I’m sure you can eat bricks when we haven’t enough land to feed the ever expanding population. It’s called build back better , go green .
Yes, I saw a video the other day - beautiful meadow, huge diversity of plants and wildlife, amazing place. The narrator said - 'The council is building a housing estate all over this.' Heart-breaking, wasteful, stupid. Meanwhile, loads of abandoned buildings, old air strips from WW2 still exist - plus, our government allows billionaires and international conglomerates to buy up swathes of perfectly good houses, apartments, even whole streets just to leave them empty 'for investment purposes.' These should 'all' be seized if they're not lived in, and opened up to our homeless and for rent/purchase at fair prices - not left to fester while perfectly good green land is permanently spoiled with new housing estates.
@@debbiehenri345 WELL said. There are at least 1.5 million empty properties nationwide, but this CRAVEN greedy government are "hand in glove" with vile big building companies like Persimmon putting up 'slums of the future'. Their MD was paid a £76 million bonus a few years ago! Yes, go figure. CORRUPTION....
@@debbiehenri345 it was always the goal . Ceasing farmland in the name of "green" to get opinion consent , and then build on the land. It's the same in the netherlands. You need to wake up. They are lying to you.
I used to travel from Crewe to Haverfordwest Wales via train. In early morning views were spectacular. Nearly 15 years have past and I still remember it was a treat to watch. PS. I was international student in the UK.
they have the advantage in being in a moist temperate climate and probably clay soil with good ground water level unlike us here in a continental high altitude semi arid Mediterranean climate with hot dry summers and cold below freezing in winter on sandy loamy shallow overgrazed compacted soil with ground water level once at A METER underground and now at hundreds of meter underground. one should know that it was once forested with oak junipers and walnut chestnut hazelnut; ... you gotta take good care of things you have. most people don't value them until they are taken from them here because of their own actions
Back in the 90's I was involved in a study in TX, that started in 1933 and would end in 2023 or 90 years. Even back then a few of the study areas we knew were failures, but a few were very promising on how to make nature heal the TX landscape. You need to pick areas that you take pictures year after year, maybe stack a few stones one to stand at and another about 5 ft away for the direction. It will work with drones to get that photo of one spot over the years, instead of different shots. Look at winter, spring, summer and fall shots.
A pertinent point, as Oaks are considered to be one of the species that will go extinct with increased temperatures. Hopefully more drought resistant trees are being considered for future projects, otherwise energy is being wasted.
Ah yes lets plant more trees or let fields grow wild we can always transport food miles across Europe from Spain or get our grain from Ukraine, just a minute there's a war in Ukraine and the grain can't get through and the price of fuel has made the cost of our fruit and veg from Spain go up. Hey Ho never mind we can always sit in the forest and watch the wild life.
what about crops, what about net zero as this location looks to be ideal for a massive solar array, what about a much needed reservoir, what about a wind farm as there are no obstacles for miles. Maybe even fracking if geologically feasible . :)
@@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied Right, ethanol. Planting trees in areas formally used for food production is not the problem. Think about that for a second. Trees can be planted where crops can't. So planting trees where agriculture already exists does what to food production?
That's ridiculous. The fact is that trees increase rainfall and replenish the water tables. And its a bad faith argument. We have enough money to feed people and reforest. It's politics that keep people from being fed.
@@RyanScottForReal Ya, politics is why, not removing farmland. Because people eat money. The ridiculous thing is that you think you can buy food that doesn't exist, because there isn't enough fertile land and some people think that people planting forests on what little farm land there is will save the planet from carbon, which is a trace gas that all plants need to survive. You can't grow food on money, and you can't raise livestock just anywhere. Trees can be planted on land where crops don't grow. That statement is not ridiculous. Saying that money buys food out of thin air is ridiculous, because the reality is that you have to have somewhere to grow the food.
@@brianjordan2192 Or amazingly enough, we can plant trees, on the edges of fields used to plant crops, to act as a wind break and a nice place for birds and insects and animals. I'm sure a 10 foot strip around a field will not lead to starvation. It probably will lead to better food yields.
This is a great project. They are planting trees at lots of sites across Warwickshire. I’ve donated on their website.
Thank you so much for your donation - we really appreciate it 😌
Love it! Love it! Love it! Long may this forest prosper and grow! Thank you to all who took part in planting it!🌳🌿🧡😊🤸
Love the way they were planted - not in rolls - you'll have a lovely forest there!
@The Richest Man In Babylon Yes! I mean rows , sorry about that!
I live in South Derbyshire in the heart of the new national Forrest. Since the decimation of all of the industrial base in the area , reclamation of land and Tree planting has almost ground to a halt around here despite extensive planting since its conception. There seem far mor enthusiasm with local authorities for concreting over the area for crappy housing estates. Never mind I’m sure you can eat bricks when we haven’t enough land to feed the ever expanding population. It’s called build back better , go green .
Yes, I saw a video the other day - beautiful meadow, huge diversity of plants and wildlife, amazing place. The narrator said - 'The council is building a housing estate all over this.' Heart-breaking, wasteful, stupid.
Meanwhile, loads of abandoned buildings, old air strips from WW2 still exist - plus, our government allows billionaires and international conglomerates to buy up swathes of perfectly good houses, apartments, even whole streets just to leave them empty 'for investment purposes.' These should 'all' be seized if they're not lived in, and opened up to our homeless and for rent/purchase at fair prices - not left to fester while perfectly good green land is permanently spoiled with new housing estates.
@@debbiehenri345 WELL said. There are at least 1.5 million empty properties nationwide, but this CRAVEN greedy government are "hand in glove" with vile big building companies like Persimmon putting up 'slums of the future'. Their MD was paid a £76 million bonus a few years ago! Yes, go figure. CORRUPTION....
@@debbiehenri345 it was always the goal . Ceasing farmland in the name of "green" to get opinion consent , and then build on the land. It's the same in the netherlands. You need to wake up. They are lying to you.
It’s the New World Order, they buy off councils, to build more and more houses to fill with our foreign friends.
imagine a smal nation in North west eu is in too 5 food exporters
it's real it's called the Netherlands
if we farm smartly we can do it
Please keep us updated.
I used to travel from Crewe to Haverfordwest Wales via train.
In early morning views were spectacular.
Nearly 15 years have past and I still remember it was a treat to watch.
PS. I was international student in the UK.
Love to see this develop. Please keep us updated.
Make some swales and a water basin with inflow and outflow.
Yes not understanding why this wasn't done it looks like a runoff situation
@@RyanScottForReal I don't think they looked into permaculture 😅
Yes, I agree. They really should have designed it with water capture in mind.
they have the advantage in being in a moist temperate climate and probably clay soil with good ground water level unlike us here in a continental high altitude semi arid Mediterranean climate with hot dry summers and cold below freezing in winter on sandy loamy shallow overgrazed compacted soil with ground water level once at A METER underground and now at hundreds of meter underground.
one should know that it was once forested with oak junipers and walnut chestnut hazelnut; ... you gotta take good care of things you have. most people don't value them until they are taken from them here because of their own actions
@@erfan4244 How will those species cope with increased drought in the future?
thank goodness these trees are not planted in straight lines
Back in the 90's I was involved in a study in TX, that started in 1933 and would end in 2023 or 90 years. Even back then a few of the study areas we knew were failures, but a few were very promising on how to make nature heal the TX landscape. You need to pick areas that you take pictures year after year, maybe stack a few stones one to stand at and another about 5 ft away for the direction. It will work with drones to get that photo of one spot over the years, instead of different shots. Look at winter, spring, summer and fall shots.
wow 90 years! how'd that end up?
Great job 👍🏻
I wonder how the young trees coped in recent drought conditions.
A pertinent point, as Oaks are considered to be one of the species that will go extinct with increased temperatures. Hopefully more drought resistant trees are being considered for future projects, otherwise energy is being wasted.
Who is thinning these trees planted only 2 feet apart?
Good save us save us all
Pretty small area. Why are the trees planted so close together?
Saplings will either die through natural selection or be eaten by various animals. The more you plant, better are the chances of some surviving...
Will almost certainly be thinned at some stage, but safety in numbers .
How is it doing now?
No different at all 5 months later. They may have grown 23 mm in that time.
Where is Binten
How about planting trees and bushes for food instead? Apples, peers, nuts and berries. 500 million fruit trees. Free food for everyone.
Plant FOOD FORESTS
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Ah yes lets plant more trees or let fields grow wild we can always transport food miles across Europe from Spain or get our grain from Ukraine, just a minute there's a war in Ukraine and the grain can't get through and the price of fuel has made the cost of our fruit and veg from Spain go up. Hey Ho never mind we can always sit in the forest and watch the wild life.
what about crops, what about net zero as this location looks to be ideal for a massive solar array, what about a much needed reservoir, what about a wind farm as there are no obstacles for miles. Maybe even fracking if geologically feasible .
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And then there's the food shortage. Forests, at the cost of humans starving.
@@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied
Right, ethanol. Planting trees in areas formally used for food production is not the problem.
Think about that for a second.
Trees can be planted where crops can't. So planting trees where agriculture already exists does what to food production?
That's ridiculous. The fact is that trees increase rainfall and replenish the water tables. And its a bad faith argument. We have enough money to feed people and reforest. It's politics that keep people from being fed.
@@RyanScottForReal
Ya, politics is why, not removing farmland. Because people eat money. The ridiculous thing is that you think you can buy food that doesn't exist, because there isn't enough fertile land and some people think that people planting forests on what little farm land there is will save the planet from carbon, which is a trace gas that all plants need to survive.
You can't grow food on money, and you can't raise livestock just anywhere.
Trees can be planted on land where crops don't grow. That statement is not ridiculous. Saying that money buys food out of thin air is ridiculous, because the reality is that you have to have somewhere to grow the food.
@@brianjordan2192 Or amazingly enough, we can plant trees, on the edges of fields used to plant crops, to act as a wind break and a nice place for birds and insects and animals. I'm sure a 10 foot strip around a field will not lead to starvation. It probably will lead to better food yields.
@@kfl611
I agree.
Maybe you should be growing food.
That's more important with all the illegal migration and burgeoning population.
My god, what a vacuous remark!