Very interesting garden plan. It also makes me realize how fortunate I am to live several miles from the nearest neighbour and a good mile in from the road .
Very inspiring Permaculture set up. Looking forward to seeing regular updates. One of the few RUclips Permaculture channels I have sat on watching in details.
I love the curly willow. I've also had great luck with large cuttings. They coppice so well and provide so much fuel for the wood stove! Thanks for the tour.
Thanks for video. I live on a busy road and have plans for living screen. I used your video to show my wife what is possible. Sometimes plans on paper and thoughts in head are hard for others to visualize. But your video was great help to show what is possible. Thanks again.
Thanks. It certainly is in its young stage and is a work in progress, but the pieces are in place and its up to them at this point to really evolve into something amazing. Its more exciting than a plain old fence, and the idea of it growing and shifting and evolving over time is very compelling to me.
also very interested. the knowledge you share about every plant and their purpose is amazing. You should write a book or several. I'd read em all or instructional videos, much easier than reading. Thank you for the time and knowledge you put into these videos. God bless
This was incredible! Thanks so much for taking the time to do this! I would be very interested in learning more in depth about each plant. My husband has a paint booth and while the air is all highly filtered before it re enters the outside, I still want to plant a hedge of protection there. This video was already extremely helpful! Thank you again!!
My pleasure. Giant Miscanthus grass could be a nice fit. Seems to tolerate a bunch of junk in soil and air. I will be planning to sell them sometime, but they are easy to find online as well...
I love this! I am just getting into understanding permaculture and your videos are so wonderful at explaining what you are doing. One of these days I'm going to make the hour and a half drive south to see it in person! Fortunately my road isn't as busy as yours but we do get high speed traffic and I've been toying with the idea of doing something along the road front between the huge maple trees that run along the road. What I put in there would have to be shade loving since we have a huge canopy of leaves from the maples (which I love and do make syrup from). Please keep your videos coming!
Viper Bugloss is an amazing nectar plant for honey bees, and it produces nectar even in drier seasons and has deep roots. On a side note I was thinking you could bundle up that grass to make a thick mat for your wall there. It would need more support and regular maintainance, but it may buffer the sound better.
Damn good job. I didn't know anything about working with the landscape, other than pick a sunny spot, when I started my suburban homestead. Just put up some garden beds and planted some fruit trees. But now I've got a garden with a free Hugelkultur bed, fruit trees, composting, chickens, worm farm, and most recently meat rabbits. I've got some vids. Keep up the fine work sir!
Thats the way to do it! Just keep trying different things, thats really all I'm up to. 10 years of it and it seems like you just *might* know a tiny bit about what you are doing. 10 more years and I'll look back at these old videos and say 'man, that guy didn't know anything yet!' :)
@@mariannefaulkner3445 Depending which system, it’s 7. But we can get extremes to 108F. in a single day clustered in 100+F for a week or two in summers; & single digits a few days, random winters.
I'm going back and watching all your videos, every single one is useful. The miscanthus is beautiful but becomes very dry here in the winter months, are you concerned about a fire hazard? Older trees do ok, but didn't allow new baby tree's close to it. Would love to see a quick update on your wall.
Wow! So glad they're useful to you! We don't worry about fire hazard as we're a very wet space overall in this part of the country. Thanks for the nudge on the update, I will plan to do one as an early spring/pre awakening video... Just went through and pruned a lot back so it should be ready to really POP in the next few weeks!
I am interested in hearing more about the lower layers. I have a pretty mature overstory along 3 sides of a property, and have been pondering things to stick in underneath
Interested in an even more in depth discussion! I also live by a busy highway. Been thinking about using Muhly Grass as a protective species as well as some chop and drop mulch.
wonderful explanation, great work and planting. I am curious to see how the hops fold in. My own experience with hops so far include a lot of controlled cutting, as they are very aggressive and like to take over. I'm sure your chickens will keep them in check on the south side. I'm also using the alder as a start of hedgerow establishment and I love them. These trees grow so fast, it really helps in seeing your hedge line as the smaller trees and shrubs beguine to grow.
Thanks. Yeah, the hops are a wildfire of a plant. BUt so much organic matter to chop and drop and feed other things. Its definitely a management layer that we've designed in there, but we'll see how it all comes together! Could have been a big mistake, but I'm happy to try them.
YES YES.... share all that you've planted! I have to remove some humongous cottonwoods because they are threatening our house..I'm gleaning from YOUR system on how I'm going to cope with the loss. Our plan is to use every bit of the trees on our .34 acre suburban lot.....and NOT get in trouble with HOA ;-)
Go for it! Ideally those trees can be chipped and broken down and stay on your land. You'd be amazed that cutting down say 2-3 large large older trees might make the space for 15-20 small trees and lots of shrubs, vines, herbaceous and more! It can be an incredibly stimulating and productive move if you're ready to go all in with the organic matter and types of life to fill it out! Have fun!
I'm very excited about the change and I won't miss the annual cotton fest.The root systems of the cottonwoods run throughout the entire yard.Once they're down it will be like one huge hugelkultur! :-) We already have apple, pear, plum, goji, sea berry, high bush cranberry, elderberry, raspberry, strawberry, and oodles of herbs. I've been propagating to have plants to spread about. We're going to document the process in the hopes that it encourages others and creates a space for collaboration. I'm learning tons via You Tubers.Thanks for doin' whatcha ya do! :-)
Lots of inspiration here and good ideas - many thanks for sharing! Also interested to know the width of that densely-planted bed to the North? (And here's wishing you the abundant and rapid road-obscuring growth of everything you've planted!)
Thanks for the nice wishes! Width of bed... you mean how deep is it between us and the road? There are basically two beds, one to the east and one to the west of the driveway. THey are roughly I'd say 30' long or so and about 15-25' deep depending on the area. Mostly with 3-5 separate layers running parallel to the road with a foot to two between each layer...
Thanks, that's interesting for comparison and to see how densely that kind of space can be planted. (Most of us in the UK though would be lucky to have an entire garden that big haha!)
Just came across this video today and I really enjoyed it. Our house is much closer to the road than you and we live on very wet, rocky soil. I planted some rose bushes just for beauty appeal(our house faces east). Any recommendations?
ahhh yes hemlock. so similar to chervil, i feel dangerous every time i eat chervil and really check to make sure there are no stray hemlock in my patches. thanks folks love it all.
I hear you, but they don't offer a lot of structural/species/use diversity for us, so they aren't that compelling to work with. The willows, once they get very robust, will be a significant amount of visual and audio blocking even in the winter I believe...
The termed used is phytoremediation. There are some great books on the topic. Plants I didn't hear you mention but are very good at absorbing the bad stuff are, Maize, canola, mustard greens, pumpkin vines, and sunflowers. Have you tested your soil to see what is working and what is working better? Good luck, I'll subscribe and wait for any follow-up. What Zone are you in?
Really nice and a good example of how much you can pack in. I'm doing something similar for my yard. What's your plan with the jerusalem artichokes? You thin them out from time to time?
Yep, we dig them up and move them around to new places. It's like a little nursery space. We could eat them if we were desperate, but along the road they are more about thick vegetation and soil decompaction in this context. But they are excellent food when grown in healthy soil!
Playing around with a bunch of ideas and earth shaping and water moving and plant relationships. Trying things over and over in slightly different ways, watching everything as closely as I can day by day and year by year... In 30 years I think I'll be good at it!
Do you have any updates or footage of this area now? We have the same situation & My biomass willows are no match for the noise pollution. I wonder how your pruning of the poplars has gone each year.
Our road isn't terribly busy (sometimes it's an hour between vehicles... even during the day), but I still want a buffer. Largely because our 300' of open frontage is a distraction and problem for our livestock guardian dog. I've been on the lookout for ways to profit from the space and create a protective zone. You mentioned sunflowers... perhaps I could use the space to grow some flowers for cutting? No nursery permit required that way... What do you do about walkways? do you walk wherever you need to in these dense beds to tend your plants? Isn't that a permaculture no-no? (I've got a lot to learn) I don't really see designated areas for walking.
There are paths designed with all this. THey are often too small! But they are there. We try to never walk on the beds. Sunflowers sound fun. Perhaps you can experiment with 3 sisters, or a combo of sunflowers and squash and pole beans. You can make straight, simple beds that have whatever pathways space you want, there isn't any 'rule' to this, but yes, we have paths and use them... Good luck!
No problems that I'm finding. The idea is to have it slow down the running water and deposit soil and nutrients in the production spaces there. After 2 years with it running every time there is a heavy rain I'd say I'm quite happy with it.
Do you have to plant specific species for absorption of specific road-materials in soil and runoff or is it more of a catch-all with the absorbing species you chose? I assume all greens absorb that nastiness to some degree -- that's why this is an issue in the first place. How do you determine if a plant is better suited for this sort of role?
I can't say I have much science to back me at all on this... I just use plants that feel very vigorous / hardy / resilient and plant in super high density and put a bunch of different layers in! Miscanthus is known to be tolerant of very rough conditions, it seems like the giant grasses are in general. Willow I've seen growing in some incredibly gross ditches near farm fields and growing well so I feel it is a reasonable plant to try. The early succession plants tend to be able to handle very turbulent conditions, so I just trust they will work here...
i don't know if you've mentioned it in prior videos, but where do you acquire your perennials for planting? you seem to have a lot of nice young plants coming up. I imagine it would be cost prohibitive to purchase them all.
Ahhh! Good question. I'm a nursery! :) I became one in part so I can do things like this! edibleacres.org will give you more details on what I do and why I might be able to afford putting in just insane numbers of plants along a road! If you are addicted to planting interesting things all over the place, I might suggest becoming a nursery! :)
I think you might have just helped me identify a plant that I've been finding around my property. It's beautiful and I was considering putting it in other places. Now that I know it's probably poison hemlock, I don't think I'll be doing that! How do I safely get rid of this so that my dog or chickens don't accidentally get poisoned??
I haven't tried to get rid of it! :) I would look up ideas, but I might suggest wearing rubber gloves and digging super deep near the plant with a strong shovel and getting as much of the root as you can. Then letting it rot away somewhere far off, away from compost piles, gardens, etc. Take photos of it and share it with a the plant ID group on facebook for a positive ID. But if it looks like a beautiful huge parsely type and has purple splotches you need to be VERY VERY CAREFUL.
I read into it after seeing this video, and it's definitely poison hemlock. 😬 Smooth stem, purple splotches, and looks exactly like the one you've shown here, only bigger. I have it in a few places! I'm going to get some help and we'll all be covered and very careful. Thank you for unintentionally saving my life, sort of! Haha I thought it was one of it's carrot-like cousins. ☠️ yikes!
Hey there. I also live on a busy road. I've been thinking of also using some kind of bamboo to put up a sound/filtration/fence row along the road but bamboo is a big subject. There are some fruit trees in the area so I don't want the bamboo eating them up. Any pointers?
I'd be interested in what to put under canopy. I've got a mature canopy of four fruit trees and a hazel (tree, not bush, they grow big here) and I've been trying to find things to plant under them, for usefulness and food. Hard to do.
So many shade tolerant plants worth trying. Most mint family can handle partial shade, chives, garlic, walking onions can all live in partial shade. Sorrel will work, lettuce/kale/spinach will enjoy the shade in the summer. Good king henry, hablitzia, both excellent perennial greens that handle partial shade. So so many more!
hello, i also live next to a busy road. i feel that i've become abnormally obsessed because of it...i so want to muffle the sound. i find it depressing and will eventually move. but thanks for this. it gave me lots of ideas. i plan to utilize the fukuama seed bomb technique--it's a state road that sidles next to my neighbor's yard and he has some leyland cypress which helps visually but does nothing for the sound. do you think this will work with black locust, if i soak the seeds first?
I understand what you are feeling. There are days where I don't notice but others where every single car is irritating... Our living wall has hidden the road visually incredibly well, but unfortunately it doesn't do much at all for sound... I would encourage actually planting out the plants you want to see grow, not just seeding, as they take time to get established and you want to give them a good chance... If I could do it from a blank slate I would have brought in a ton of soil to make as tall of an earth berm as I could have first!
what purple dot on sumac are you talking about? I've had poison ivy grow in my yard and think there was also poison sumac, but don't recall a purple dot. I'm HIGHLY allergic to the poison plants.
Poison Hemlock and Water Hemlock are what I was probably talking about. Look up photos, especially of their stems since the coloration of the stem is a VERY telling part of their ID
I understand the purpose of packing species together for sound buffering but how well will these species (edible ones) produce when grown as close as 1 foot apart in all directions?
Remains to be seen. But with pruners / loppers and a handsaw I have the ability to select / adjust / change any parts over time and that means packing tight now gives me a million 'choose your own adventure' directions to take it over time... Just like how nature does it...
If them at dirt is your property line and not public land, who just put up a cement wall and gives more protection to the plants.. as I'm sure the plants would appreciate that buffer and quiet that wall brings more, imo.
I use strategically placed cairns to keep my roadside plants from being mowed. Love all your videos! Curious if your bamboo survived - I believe you mentioned it in your first living fence video. Peace.
Back to Basics Homemaker leyland cypress grow 3' per year that is far from slow and many are like it? Would give him great shielding from road and wind year around.
Do they use salt on your roads during winter? (The neighbor looks like they are keeping trugreen in business.) Being 'downstream' from them are/can you mitigate ag chemicals they use?
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Literally, go through and talk about EVERY plant in your garden!! seriously though, that would be awesome... : )
Very interesting garden plan. It also makes me realize how fortunate I am to live several miles from the nearest neighbour and a good mile in from the road .
thanks for the insight. can't wait to see it again later this summer
Very inspiring Permaculture set up. Looking forward to seeing regular updates. One of the few RUclips Permaculture channels I have sat on watching in details.
I love the curly willow. I've also had great luck with large cuttings. They coppice so well and provide so much fuel for the wood stove! Thanks for the tour.
Haven't used them as firewood yet, but good to know they will work. That is part of the idea of expanding them in the landscape... Backup heat!
great improvement on the standard hedge system that is so common where I live, Thanks for sharing. Enjoy your day
Thanks for video. I live on a busy road and have plans for living screen. I used your video to show my wife what is possible. Sometimes plans on paper and thoughts in head are hard for others to visualize. But your video was great help to show what is possible. Thanks again.
I'm glad you found it helpful.
Your planning is admirable. I look forward to seeing it thru the growing season. All the best
five years! i remember watching this. good times
Been evolving for a while here!
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FanTASTic! What a well-thought-through project, can't wait to hear more.
I recommend braiding the willows together it creates one living wall and looks really cool
Wow.... That is going to be very thick. Lots of interesting plants and trees. thanks
It's crazy how thick it is getting in only year 3
What a school! Thanks as always for sharing your wisdom.
Definate interest ! This is a project I am so interested in! Thank you for sharing.
Wow. I love the living fence idea. Wonderful!
Thanks. It certainly is in its young stage and is a work in progress, but the pieces are in place and its up to them at this point to really evolve into something amazing. Its more exciting than a plain old fence, and the idea of it growing and shifting and evolving over time is very compelling to me.
also very interested. the knowledge you share about every plant and their purpose is amazing. You should write a book or several. I'd read em all or instructional videos, much easier than reading. Thank you for the time and knowledge you put into these videos. God bless
My pleasure.
Yes .. You have another calling
This was incredible! Thanks so much for taking the time to do this! I would be very interested in learning more in depth about each plant. My husband has a paint booth and while the air is all highly filtered before it re enters the outside, I still want to plant a hedge of protection there. This video was already extremely helpful! Thank you again!!
My pleasure. Giant Miscanthus grass could be a nice fit. Seems to tolerate a bunch of junk in soil and air. I will be planning to sell them sometime, but they are easy to find online as well...
I love this! I am just getting into understanding permaculture and your videos are so wonderful at explaining what you are doing. One of these days I'm going to make the hour and a half drive south to see it in person! Fortunately my road isn't as busy as yours but we do get high speed traffic and I've been toying with the idea of doing something along the road front between the huge maple trees that run along the road. What I put in there would have to be shade loving since we have a huge canopy of leaves from the maples (which I love and do make syrup from). Please keep your videos coming!
Great ideas, will watch for updates. thank you
Viper Bugloss is an amazing nectar plant for honey bees, and it produces nectar even in drier seasons and has deep roots.
On a side note I was thinking you could bundle up that grass to make a thick mat for your wall there. It would need more support and regular maintainance, but it may buffer the sound better.
Good idea. We'll be exploring more uses for the miscanthus as time goes on.
Would it have any use in coiled baskets or basket weaving??
Very interest in your plants.
That's awesome. I wish my yard was like yours.
Start planting a ton of random plants all over the place and in no time you'll have a crazy yard like ours! :)
wow you weren't kidding when you said it was a busy noisy road!
Damn good job. I didn't know anything about working with the landscape, other than pick a sunny spot, when I started my suburban homestead. Just put up some garden beds and planted some fruit trees. But now I've got a garden with a free Hugelkultur bed, fruit trees, composting, chickens, worm farm, and most recently meat rabbits. I've got some vids. Keep up the fine work sir!
Soulman1282, subscribed. You have a great channel. Can't wait to see everything
Thanks a bunch!
Thats the way to do it! Just keep trying different things, thats really all I'm up to. 10 years of it and it seems like you just *might* know a tiny bit about what you are doing. 10 more years and I'll look back at these old videos and say 'man, that guy didn't know anything yet!' :)
This was so good. Ty 🙏🏼
Nice work. Great idea.
I would deffinetely be interested to know more about the plants.
most excellent
Would love to see a list of the plants used in your living fence, done in the description!
What is your hardiness zone. ?
Take care
@@mariannefaulkner3445 Depending which system, it’s 7. But we can get extremes to 108F. in a single day clustered in 100+F for a week or two in summers; & single digits a few days, random winters.
And, tend to wet winters, rather than snow.
And looking for ever-green, to maintain privacy.
Cool, we're working with a similar road issue at my place. Hedgerow/"living fence" stuff is pretty cool.
I'm going back and watching all your videos, every single one is useful. The miscanthus is beautiful but becomes very dry here in the winter months, are you concerned about a fire hazard? Older trees do ok, but didn't allow new baby tree's close to it. Would love to see a quick update on your wall.
Wow! So glad they're useful to you!
We don't worry about fire hazard as we're a very wet space overall in this part of the country. Thanks for the nudge on the update, I will plan to do one as an early spring/pre awakening video... Just went through and pruned a lot back so it should be ready to really POP in the next few weeks!
Please tell us about every plant in your living wall ;)I Thanks a lot ;I)
Would love to see this now! (July) Beautiful space!
CHeck out our recent videos, there is a link to an update...
ruclips.net/video/muRoLBEjBfI/видео.html
I am interested in hearing more about the lower layers. I have a pretty mature overstory along 3 sides of a property, and have been pondering things to stick in underneath
I love living on the earth and not in the world
I enjoyed that video..it looks like our place in Wisconsin. Oh I subscribed, because I like your gardens.
Great Job on the Videos! Liked and Subbed!
Interested in an even more in depth discussion! I also live by a busy highway. Been thinking about using Muhly Grass as a protective species as well as some chop and drop mulch.
wonderful explanation, great work and planting. I am curious to see how the hops fold in. My own experience with hops so far include a lot of controlled cutting, as they are very aggressive and like to take over. I'm sure your chickens will keep them in check on the south side. I'm also using the alder as a start of hedgerow establishment and I love them. These trees grow so fast, it really helps in seeing your hedge line as the smaller trees and shrubs beguine to grow.
Thanks. Yeah, the hops are a wildfire of a plant. BUt so much organic matter to chop and drop and feed other things. Its definitely a management layer that we've designed in there, but we'll see how it all comes together! Could have been a big mistake, but I'm happy to try them.
YES YES.... share all that you've planted! I have to remove some humongous cottonwoods because they are threatening our house..I'm gleaning from YOUR system on how I'm going to cope with the loss. Our plan is to use every bit of the trees on our .34 acre suburban lot.....and NOT get in trouble with HOA ;-)
Go for it! Ideally those trees can be chipped and broken down and stay on your land. You'd be amazed that cutting down say 2-3 large large older trees might make the space for 15-20 small trees and lots of shrubs, vines, herbaceous and more! It can be an incredibly stimulating and productive move if you're ready to go all in with the organic matter and types of life to fill it out! Have fun!
I'm very excited about the change and I won't miss the annual cotton fest.The root systems of the cottonwoods run throughout the entire yard.Once they're down it will be like one huge hugelkultur! :-) We already have apple, pear, plum, goji, sea berry, high bush cranberry, elderberry, raspberry, strawberry, and oodles of herbs. I've been propagating to have plants to spread about. We're going to document the process in the hopes that it encourages others and creates a space for collaboration. I'm learning tons via You Tubers.Thanks for doin' whatcha ya do! :-)
Lots of inspiration here and good ideas - many thanks for sharing! Also interested to know the width of that densely-planted bed to the North? (And here's wishing you the abundant and rapid road-obscuring growth of everything you've planted!)
Thanks for the nice wishes! Width of bed... you mean how deep is it between us and the road? There are basically two beds, one to the east and one to the west of the driveway. THey are roughly I'd say 30' long or so and about 15-25' deep depending on the area. Mostly with 3-5 separate layers running parallel to the road with a foot to two between each layer...
Thanks, that's interesting for comparison and to see how densely that kind of space can be planted. (Most of us in the UK though would be lucky to have an entire garden that big haha!)
Just came across this video today and I really enjoyed it. Our house is much closer to the road than you and we live on very wet, rocky soil. I planted some rose bushes just for beauty appeal(our house faces east). Any recommendations?
ahhh yes hemlock. so similar to chervil, i feel dangerous every time i eat chervil and really check to make sure there are no stray hemlock in my patches. thanks folks love it all.
Yeah, sweet cicely makes for a good conversation piece when I introduce it to people. Its an amazing family to work with!
Re-watching. I have a road to block the noise from & a really long driveway to block drifting snow.
A hedgerow of evergreens would help immensely. A wildlife friendly variety would be extra beneficial as well.
I hear you, but they don't offer a lot of structural/species/use diversity for us, so they aren't that compelling to work with. The willows, once they get very robust, will be a significant amount of visual and audio blocking even in the winter I believe...
The termed used is phytoremediation. There are some great books on the topic. Plants I didn't hear you mention but are very good at absorbing the bad stuff are, Maize, canola, mustard greens, pumpkin vines, and sunflowers. Have you tested your soil to see what is working and what is working better? Good luck, I'll subscribe and wait for any follow-up. What Zone are you in?
We're zone 5B, central NY state. Thanks for these notes. We haven't tested, but thats a good idea to think about doing.
Really nice and a good example of how much you can pack in. I'm doing something similar for my yard. What's your plan with the jerusalem artichokes? You thin them out from time to time?
Yep, we dig them up and move them around to new places. It's like a little nursery space. We could eat them if we were desperate, but along the road they are more about thick vegetation and soil decompaction in this context. But they are excellent food when grown in healthy soil!
Why not plant evergreens in that area you've got the soundbreak?
How does one become as knowledgeable as you about all of the combinations of plants to grow and when/where to grow them, etc.?
Playing around with a bunch of ideas and earth shaping and water moving and plant relationships. Trying things over and over in slightly different ways, watching everything as closely as I can day by day and year by year... In 30 years I think I'll be good at it!
So really just trial and error? Are there books you recommend so that I can get started on this process?
Do you have any updates or footage of this area now? We have the same situation & My biomass willows are no match for the noise pollution. I wonder how your pruning of the poplars has gone each year.
I use pine trees - I keep them short- chop and drop - works great
be well
Our road isn't terribly busy (sometimes it's an hour between vehicles... even during the day), but I still want a buffer. Largely because our 300' of open frontage is a distraction and problem for our livestock guardian dog. I've been on the lookout for ways to profit from the space and create a protective zone. You mentioned sunflowers... perhaps I could use the space to grow some flowers for cutting? No nursery permit required that way... What do you do about walkways? do you walk wherever you need to in these dense beds to tend your plants? Isn't that a permaculture no-no? (I've got a lot to learn) I don't really see designated areas for walking.
There are paths designed with all this. THey are often too small! But they are there. We try to never walk on the beds. Sunflowers sound fun. Perhaps you can experiment with 3 sisters, or a combo of sunflowers and squash and pole beans. You can make straight, simple beds that have whatever pathways space you want, there isn't any 'rule' to this, but yes, we have paths and use them... Good luck!
Thanks for the video. Is there any problem associated with the swale through the chicken coop? Or even benefits besides saving space? Thanks.
No problems that I'm finding. The idea is to have it slow down the running water and deposit soil and nutrients in the production spaces there. After 2 years with it running every time there is a heavy rain I'd say I'm quite happy with it.
Do you have to plant specific species for absorption of specific road-materials in soil and runoff or is it more of a catch-all with the absorbing species you chose? I assume all greens absorb that nastiness to some degree -- that's why this is an issue in the first place. How do you determine if a plant is better suited for this sort of role?
I can't say I have much science to back me at all on this... I just use plants that feel very vigorous / hardy / resilient and plant in super high density and put a bunch of different layers in! Miscanthus is known to be tolerant of very rough conditions, it seems like the giant grasses are in general. Willow I've seen growing in some incredibly gross ditches near farm fields and growing well so I feel it is a reasonable plant to try. The early succession plants tend to be able to handle very turbulent conditions, so I just trust they will work here...
i don't know if you've mentioned it in prior videos, but where do you acquire your perennials for planting? you seem to have a lot of nice young plants coming up. I imagine it would be cost prohibitive to purchase them all.
Ahhh! Good question. I'm a nursery! :) I became one in part so I can do things like this! edibleacres.org will give you more details on what I do and why I might be able to afford putting in just insane numbers of plants along a road! If you are addicted to planting interesting things all over the place, I might suggest becoming a nursery! :)
I think you might have just helped me identify a plant that I've been finding around my property. It's beautiful and I was considering putting it in other places. Now that I know it's probably poison hemlock, I don't think I'll be doing that! How do I safely get rid of this so that my dog or chickens don't accidentally get poisoned??
I haven't tried to get rid of it! :) I would look up ideas, but I might suggest wearing rubber gloves and digging super deep near the plant with a strong shovel and getting as much of the root as you can. Then letting it rot away somewhere far off, away from compost piles, gardens, etc. Take photos of it and share it with a the plant ID group on facebook for a positive ID. But if it looks like a beautiful huge parsely type and has purple splotches you need to be VERY VERY CAREFUL.
I read into it after seeing this video, and it's definitely poison hemlock. 😬 Smooth stem, purple splotches, and looks exactly like the one you've shown here, only bigger. I have it in a few places! I'm going to get some help and we'll all be covered and very careful.
Thank you for unintentionally saving my life, sort of! Haha I thought it was one of it's carrot-like cousins. ☠️ yikes!
Thats the main reason I'm very happy to have the plant here, so I can share what it looks like to everyone...
Hey there. I also live on a busy road. I've been thinking of also using some kind of bamboo to put up a sound/filtration/fence row along the road but bamboo is a big subject. There are some fruit trees in the area so I don't want the bamboo eating them up. Any pointers?
Search for non-invasive clumping bamboo for your growing zone.
Do you have any videos on how to propagate all of the trees you planted?
Lots of various videos we've made... You can search for 'propagation' in our video section to see some ideas.
@@edibleacres thankyou!
I'd be interested in what to put under canopy. I've got a mature canopy of four fruit trees and a hazel (tree, not bush, they grow big here) and I've been trying to find things to plant under them, for usefulness and food. Hard to do.
So many shade tolerant plants worth trying. Most mint family can handle partial shade, chives, garlic, walking onions can all live in partial shade. Sorrel will work, lettuce/kale/spinach will enjoy the shade in the summer. Good king henry, hablitzia, both excellent perennial greens that handle partial shade. So so many more!
hello, i also live next to a busy road. i feel that i've become abnormally obsessed because of it...i so want to muffle the sound. i find it depressing and will eventually move. but thanks for this. it gave me lots of ideas. i plan to utilize the fukuama seed bomb technique--it's a state road that sidles next to my neighbor's yard and he has some leyland cypress which helps visually but does nothing for the sound. do you think this will work with black locust, if i soak the seeds first?
I understand what you are feeling. There are days where I don't notice but others where every single car is irritating... Our living wall has hidden the road visually incredibly well, but unfortunately it doesn't do much at all for sound... I would encourage actually planting out the plants you want to see grow, not just seeding, as they take time to get established and you want to give them a good chance... If I could do it from a blank slate I would have brought in a ton of soil to make as tall of an earth berm as I could have first!
With the wood chips, is it not a worry that as they decompose they'll strip nitrogen from the soil?
ruclips.net/video/eF8PQOgr580/видео.html - I talk about how we use woodchips and how well they work for us...
what purple dot on sumac are you talking about? I've had poison ivy grow in my yard and think there was also poison sumac, but don't recall a purple dot. I'm HIGHLY allergic to the poison plants.
Poison Hemlock and Water Hemlock are what I was probably talking about. Look up photos, especially of their stems since the coloration of the stem is a VERY telling part of their ID
Maybe a huge kulture hill
I understand the purpose of packing species together for sound buffering but how well will these species (edible ones) produce when grown as close as 1 foot apart in all directions?
Remains to be seen. But with pruners / loppers and a handsaw I have the ability to select / adjust / change any parts over time and that means packing tight now gives me a million 'choose your own adventure' directions to take it over time... Just like how nature does it...
It will also force them to grow taller sooner. Then you can select out the ones you don't want
Maybe some hazelnut shrubs if they can handle the wetness of the soil.
If them at dirt is your property line and not public land, who just put up a cement wall and gives more protection to the plants.. as I'm sure the plants would appreciate that buffer and quiet that wall brings more, imo.
Do you have problems with the county/state mowers trying to mow the road right-of-way?
Haven't had that happen yet, we'll see... Lets hope they leave it alone!
I use strategically placed cairns to keep my roadside plants from being mowed. Love all your videos! Curious if your bamboo survived - I believe you mentioned it in your first living fence video. Peace.
Why not use evergreens to block year around?
TheS13browe, maybe because they grow slowly?
Back to Basics Homemaker leyland cypress grow 3' per year that is far from slow and many are like it? Would give him great shielding from road and wind year around.
"the road runs east and west, this is the northern most point of property" he says as pointing south.
Boring why not just have a grass lawn XD no I'm just kidding your home is the most interesting place it's like a little oasis of growth
Do they use salt on your roads during winter?
(The neighbor looks like they are keeping trugreen in business.)
Being 'downstream' from them are/can you mitigate ag chemicals they use?
maybe donald trump can build a living wall of cactus on our southern border
Are you concerned about toxins from the traffic? I’ve been taught not to plant or harvest edibles within 30ft of a road…,
We are upslope of the road, so hopefully there aren't toxins leaching into the soil...
@@edibleacres 🙏🏼. As I recall, it had to do with the lead residue from the days of leaded gasoline. A permanent pollutant roadside.