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You mention a new fence. Did you do a video on it? I saw the videos from 2 years ago but you called it "new". Maybe it is new but similar to the 2 year old so not worth a video. Anyway, it looks nice - and enjoyed the video.

WOW! I hope you get Pipevine Swallowtails in the near future - they're spectacular. And who doesn't love a Tree Swallow? They are great insect eaters ... I can see the conflict there ... but butterflies and Clearwings are not the targets of swallowtails; mosquitoes and similar hideous biting insects are.

I have done the espalier method with my fruit trees. i get young ones so I can easily train them. they are on my garden enclosure.

Awesome place/guy.

As the espalier ages, they develop a large, knobbly base near soil and it looks very interesting.

Do you have a video on the fence installation? I would love to know more about it.

I often end up with too many bare root trees to plant at once so I just dig them into a annual bed (though our ground rarely freezes hard) then they can stay in the bed until they start to bud, sometimes a few months. Never had an issue with this method. Pots should be fine too if you get frozen ground.

So are y'all a cult or just what is going on up there.

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There is a hops native to the Northeast, Humulus lupulus var. lupuloides (synonym = Humulus americanus). The European hops is closely related, so the butterflies likely feed on both the same. They also cross-pollinate occasionally. The native species is seldom available commercially, but I've planted this one in my garden from a cutting of a wild hops plant.

A quick way of dealing with a tree/bush that can't yet go in the ground, is to bury them in a bag of compost for the duration. Keep well watered. -- Be sure to keep grass and weeds away from the base of the plants, and - big tip - when adding mulch, put it nowhere near the base. I have just lost an old espalier by putting manure to close in. The trunk rotted and it died. --- I think shrubs and trees would have worked much better for you than espalier. These need careful and specific pruning several times a year. Hawthorn shrubs or the like would provide good nesting options as well as food. Espaliers won't. Be warned that hops can grow huge and be very heavy. Please make sure not to damage your fence.

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Could you please clarify: what birds eat the seeds of which flowers?

Thanks for the video. Boundaries have recently become a thing for me... 1. Multigraft fruit trees tend to be favored by people with small spaces. They tend to be quite expensive. How did you decide on a triple grafted apple vs 3 apples of the same variety given you have lots of space. 2. 10 or more years ago neighbors planted a noise barrier to a road and previous owners planted a privacy hedge between my property. The power company contracted a rather terrible arborist and they bulk shredded both hedges. So, planning for such things may sadly be needed. a) No chance your fence is on government land and future boundary disputes could occur? b) Any thoughts on what you're doing under power lines? I've a solution using permaculture and coppicing for a power company proof hedge, but I've not seen nor heard of people thinking of this. 3. The hedge could also be a neighborhood draw and education point for your neighbors given dog walking traffic. Introducing new edibles/aesthetics. The channel Canadian Permaculture Legacy and some others have created boundaries with food/flowers to build community with and feed their neighbors. 4. You are looking comfortable squatting to work the soil. It's nice to see vs earlier videos kneeling on the soil. I've found it's led to a stronger back and legs as well as no ticks.

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That fence looks pretty light to be a trellis for trees or vines.

Loved this!!! I'm feeling inspired and informed. Thank you!

Enjoyed the video and appreciated the plant suggestions.

Cool Aristolochia! I have 2 Macropylla that are in their 2nd year. They all have something unique and interesting about their inflorescences😁

Yes, would love a video on host plants, which I am trying to learn more about. Love hops plants, but when we lived in Phelps, near Geneva, they got eaten every year by the Japanese beetles; however, last time we visited a few years ago, I saw that one of our neighbors was growing a bunch of them and they were for a local craft brewery.

So informative. I love it!

Passionvine hosts gulf fritillary, variegated fritillary, and zebra longwing caterpillars.

Will deer nibble on the vines if they are grown on the deer fence? I also was thinking of growing honey suckle on our deer fence we want to put up, but wasn’t sure if that is smart until I saw you are doing it too!

Where did you buy the fence and poles from ? TY

A hops vine can grow to 60’ in a summer, but is amenable to cutting back to keep it short.

Wisteria sinensis and the native wisteria twine in opposite directions from each other. I don’t remember which one is clockwise or which is counter clockwise.

Where did you get the espalier trees from?

Nice Project !

Humulus lupulus is native to North America as well as Europe and Asia. I'm in Colorado and native hops grow on the creek banks near me.

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This is very much what I have envisioned for the roadside of my new property in Kentucky as well: deer fence and espalier trees! It's part of the overall Permaculture design I submitted as my final class project for certification. My additional perameter was being near a powerline right of way, so I can't have trees growing too tall or spreading out as the main path under the powerline has to be accessible. Keeping them in a plane on either side of the powerline made the most sense. Thanks for the additional plant suggestions! 👍😊👍

How much will you need to water while these get established? Can you get a hose to the fence line?

Nice idea to have the fence function like a green wall, especially, with the trained apple branches. Will it act as an activity decoy, to drive the deer crazy, trying for fruit, while your garden remains safe? You've solved a mystery for me, in this episode. As a child I found a dead creature, which looked like a Humming Bird, without a beak. I'd never seen such a thing. Now, I believe that it was the Snowberry Clearwing Moth. Cool. My picture books couldn't have everything in them.

Thanks for the usual great content. We would love a host plant video.

This channel and the way its content is presented, brings me so much peace, I wish I could afford this life style🙏🏽 God bless you🙏🏽

Host plants take attracting butterflies to another level. I've never seen (or heard of) a Zebra Longwing butterfly, until it showed up after I planted its host plant, Maypop (Passiflora incarnata) vine.

I really like that quality fence. With deer it seems that its necessary to do it right. In my experience, vines in particular should be planted on the posts more than the wire for fence longevity. Don't want too much wind loading on the wire. In the future I feel you should consider removing any vines that become too massive. An eight foot fence is essentially a sail when covered with large vines. Unfortunately few native vines evolved to be small. I look forward to every video!

Would love a video on host plants. Working on rehabbing a large piece of property that has been overtaken by invasive barberry and hoping to turn part of it into a host/pollinator meadow.

Yes!! Please do a video on the host plants of North American butterflies and moths. I love your content and learn so much from you. I’ve also seen some videos about making a puddling station. It’s a simple project: shallow dish, sand, manure, and water. Helps them drink and get nutrients. Would also EAT up a video on butterfly and caterpillar identification.

Put a mask on when using perlite. It's very hard on the lungs!!!! Nursery safety first! Wet it down first to keep the glass dust down. Did you hear him cough and clear after filling that pot?!

Omg all that still water everywhere. Just means mosquitoes for us

Something here gets lost in the translation. That’s because the hostess did not give him uninterrupted time to expound on his own. She was constantly interrupting. Yikes.

This is the best Rose tour I've ever watched (and I watch a lot of them!) Thank you both so much for sharing, loved all the stories and info (and your gentle, kind personalities ❤).

This is fabulous.

Love love Summer, i miss her NY apartment and her forest of plants, though. Much love to everyone involved in the Finger lakes project. ❤

The Agave planted in the garden survive North Carolina winters and lithops too! I am so mind blown right now. Desert plants in North Carolina?! Does he cover them in winter with frost cloth? I am in Maryland and the closest desert plant I have in my garden is Hardy Sedum. Mr. Tony is proof he does not follow no almanac no garden zoning How do you acclimatize?! I HAVE QUESTIONS!

Mr. Tony Avent I want to hear EVERYTHING he has to say. What a wise man.

Tony is super interesting, great video!!