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Very well done and informative tour and breakdown of permaculture guilds and different ideas. I just dabbled into polyculture a year and a half ago and you have completely simplified the concept making it easy for me to apply to my already permaculture plot. Thank you

Glad you identified it in the description. I have one at the end of my driveway. Township cuts it down mid summer, so I'll take cuttings & ask they leave it this year.

For winnowing, use a fan and put your seed in a colander. Shake it through the holes and into your other bowl... a few times and you should be chaff free. The larger chaff will stay in the colander.

Considering how everyone is commenting about it being invasive, my parents backyard is about 11 acres of wild field, about 5% is covered with trees, the rest is tall grasses smothered with wild blackberries, they have one of these growing and that's all... If I had a guess it's maybe 10 to 15 ft tall, doesn't seem to invasive over here... Just the blackberries

Randangle!

I've cleaned gutters as a job. I like the idea but this will not work if you have a needle type tree but will work for broad leaves. An even smaller mesh is ideal. The less debris that goes on the better. Alternatively, you could add window bug mesh on top. Cheers

Additional comment on the benefits of black walnut - a tincture can be made from the green hulls and a grain alcohol which is useful for de-worming people and livestock.

i used to follow sasha on blogspot 10+ years ago! i miss seeing her recipes and would love to see more!!!

Sean, you've taught me so much over the years, but now it seems my knowledge has expanded beyond permaculture to see the bigger picture, and that's that your harvest isn't worth anything if it's actively harming the environment. Especially when you have so much else to grow and eat. As with most invasive species, it's not about what they do on your personal property, it's about the bird-shit dispersal system that doles them out randomly to areas outside of it that sure, may be barren fields, but it's hardly the only thing that will grow if given the chance. Their nitrogen fixing abilities actually help to push out any native plants that might be trying to grow underneath or around them, as a lot of native plants require poor (nitrogen deficient) soil to thrive. Also I just don't buy the idea that they are "healing" the land in anyway. They are an opportunistic, invasive species. A history of poor land management shouldn't beget more poor land management. (I live in Metro Detroit, I wish I could show you what Japanese Honeysuckle and Autumn Olive have done here). I understand making use of and foraging invasive species but promoting them is a really wild take and one that I just can't watch.

We have one volunteer autumn olive growing on a sunny stone wall (where little else will grow) and it’s never spread. I wouldn’t mind a few more along the wall so plan on trying to propagate through spring cuttings.

Im looking for some of these plants that shall not be named.🤣🤣🤣

My question is with honeyberry, shade, spacing, and tolerance to companions. I put 2 that should be good polination companions, but I guess my fertility efforts in this particular bed was more successful than anticipated, or the wet year we are having helped... anyway they are now surpassed by snapdragons (perenial here) and a shrub (lagerstroemias conducted as a shrub. I could prune it as a standard too...) and a fig tree finally going through a growth spurt after a few years lagging. Some sorrel close by. Irises but to their north a’d east (northern hemishere). the question : Since you plan to offer up some honeyberries, what kind of growing conditions and maintenance would you recommend ? And weeds (self seeding annual flowers) oh and ground cherry self seeding.

Another reminder to graft my crab apple... This part of your space is so vibrant !

What a video. I really enjoy these daring detailed deep dives of diversity, such as with the perennial Peruvian purple potatoes. There's always something new that I've never heard of before, which gets my "collector" mind all tingling.

Clear and patient as always 👍that black cap cultivar is crazy 😮I recently got the common(?) black cap occidentalis, and heard that the big problem with black cap in general is some disease that regular raspberries are resistant to but carry 🤔I know youre busy, not expecting anything here, just throwing the following question out to *anyone* who sees this (and also I think it would be beneficial to anyone interested in propagating black cap etc). Do you know if any cultivars are more resistant to that disease or if work is being done to "create" ones that are...? Think you for ll you do, i hope to become a member again but times are tough :)

Спасибо, друг! Это шефердия?

Any tips on deworming your chickens? Looking for a natural way. Thank you

Oh my… the comments here are quite harsh. I was happy to learn a few things. Context is key. Thanks for making this video.

No problem planting them on my site. The land I work on as been clear cutted and abused for generations, the oldest tree is a 70 year old sugar maple to give you an idea, on a 112 acre land. They will grow and die when the walnut overstory shades them.

I'm not a believer in EVs but nice trailer!

No bad plants just bad managment practices and people who don’t understand plant interactions.

New to chicken keeping and loving it. I've been scooping the poop out of the run every few days tho and laying some hay/straw over it. Should I just overlay with hay and some soil of sorts instead?

I had no clue, from it's name I assumed it was a bitter flavor. Surprised to hear that the berries can be sweet. And I know why it's hated. it'll gobble up pasture like no ones business and once you have them it's management not removal because they will be a pest for generations.

One of our favorite shrubs here! The smell, the berries, the nitrogen fixation.....I love it and plant it extensively

My property is covered in these plants (Albany county, NY) and make the place smell great this time of year. Just last night I was plant snapping these to see what they were and you go and post this vid. Perfect timing, Thank you!

I watched this on my tv last night, and had to come back on the computer today to find out exactly what the plant was! I have planted one autumn olive in my very young food forest garden. So far it's only tiny, but I look forward to seeing it grow, after you great description! You talk about pruning... do the cuttings root fairly easily? Seems like it's a good one to try to propagate a few more of. Thanks

Thanks so much. Really appreciate the feedback.

A few years back I read some books about "invasive" species and in one of them (Fred Pearce: "the new wild") explained that Monsanto and other producers of herbacides) is pushing the "war on invasives" (seriously...) because, well... they sell "the solution" to the "problem"... Of course there are exeptions but I think in many instances the "Problem" is the solution if one analizes the situation without the "War on invasives" raging in ones head... And, the most destructive "things" on the environment are sqare miles upon square miles of pesticide sprayed, chemically fertilized monocrops. Fight that! The "War on the invasives" is a very very convenient and lucrative (for some...) "side show"

Well, thanks for the pawpaw seedlings but I think its time to unsubscribe.

Many years ago I made a ketchup substitute using large stands of autumn olive that were growing behind a school, what we found was the flavor often is very different depending on the very particular soil the given specimen is in; two adjacent ones tasted different.

Good to know. TY 👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

I understand that you're unable to sell those shrubs or the seeds but what about the fruits? I'd be interested in buying some of the large red ones when they're ripe enough. Maybe others would be interested, too. ^ ^

Love thiswalkI through! As usual amazing evolution of your location. Truly inspiring.

Thank you. I do feel soo whole heartedly that these beings are very intentionally designed and purpose driven on repairing landscapes. The nature of alot of quote on quote invasives really shows later on with there great soil building work. People need to see the greater picture in its potential to create conducive habitat for quote on quote natives many years later after it has restored the destroyed soils.

Here in Southern Ohio, Orchard Orioles enjoy the nectar this amazing shrub offers.

Thanks for sharing! You all make such thoughtful and informative videos. This lovely shrub isn't 'invasive' where I live but it is incredibly resilient.. I think it was Sam Thayer that said it makes the best fruit leather, but I've never had a big enough harvest to find out.

We've got it on our new place we bought. That and honey suckle are usually in the disturbed edges. I see their value and can leverage them for some longer term plantings. Any suggestions for honey suckle?

Plant racists outing themselves in the comments 😂

If I'm being honest lack of concern for how this plant spreads into areas where people might not want it comes across as quite out of character. I know you've had issues with your neighbors who spray and I'm sure you'd appreciate more cooperation from them on that point.

Does it seem to have any tolerance to Jugalone?

What’s its name?

I have a friend at Wild Altar farm who makes fabulous baskets from the whips from autumn olive.

i wonder if i can try this to add water pump as pond circulation. for some reason my koi pond seems to have stagnant water even though it has a pump and bog filter. i don't want to buy a solar pump on amazon as i think they always break down. this is giving me some hope i can build one myself.

I understand why no name is mentioned. It has been designated a noxious weed in some northeastern U.S. states and has been identified as a severe threat or highly invasive species in many others. Wherever autumn olive establishes, it can reduce plant species richness and diversity. I am up here in Ontario and I know it's on the Ontario Invasive Species list. They were introduce to North America in the 1800's from Japan, so they have been around awhile. It's always good to know about these things so one can at least make an educated decision. I always consider that there will come a day when I will not be around to keep them in check so I myself decided to not plant any. It is nice to see them in a managed situation shown here.

"Invasive" = damn good at its job

Just going to put this out there. I submit that all the places that were supposedly devastated by "non-native" were, in fact, reeling in flux before they got there. How much of the east suffered from almost complete extinction of a keystone species (American chestnut) and suffered from at least a decade of acid rain changing soil microbiome? We have been shuffling life over this planet for hundreds of years. Yes, ecosystems have to adapt to our transplants, but that is what this plant is doing. It is better at thriving in the ecosystem that WE threw off. So why are we demonizing it instead of observing and learning from it?

Hey this honestly makes me want to stop listening to you. A shame

There's nearly nothing better than that heavenly fragrance! Appreciate you showing this wonderful plant some love in a tactful way.

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The top section of my shelter belt consist of 10 different varieties of Autumn Olive.