When we had a huge blackberry problem, my father the veterinarian, hired sheep from a farmer friend. Two sheep took out an acre of blackberries in one month and the blackberries never returned.
I can’t believe the previous owner let that beautiful stream get overgrown and backed up like the. It’s going to take a lot more work to get it properly cleaned; but you have made a wonderful start. Thanks.😊❤
WOW! I had no idea overgrown blackberry bushes could lead to flooding. Of course, it probably didn't help that the culvert pipe was a bit on the small side, but you did a massive amount of work to get that stream flowing where it was supposed to! Great job!
I had no idea they could cause such problems either. But the most important thing here is to get that water going and the blackberries cut down. Thank you!
I'm guessing the stream is meant to hug that little wall all the way and where it ends also needs to be further away. It now found a new bed over the green grass, that can't be the original bed.
From what I concluded is that the retaining wall was built there to be the edge of the stream and as you mentioned, they intended for the stream to hug alongside the wall.
Always like watching you do clean ups! This was a FANTASTIC JOB! Like to see more and how the owners of the flooded property feel now that tou cleaned up those nasty bushes. 👍💯😎
Hi Lina, not yet, but the homeowners did mention having some more work being done here and I would really like to do some more to beautify this area.😁👍
Incredible job. The home owner should have been seeing to this as part of their regular garden maintenance. That stream will be blocked again with the next rainfall unless monitored.
Oh man, that area is perfect to create a Koi long pond. another stone wall and a grill drain at the end wow like the street drains in Shimabara's Japan.
I would love a creek as well. It is sad that it got to this condition, but blackberries are fairly new to our state. They started spreading crazily in the past 5 years because nobody does anything about them.
MAN DUDE!! You raked your butt off!! And got er done!!!! GOOD JOB!! In S. Louisiana my ditch is only 75/80 feet.. Raking that KICKS my butt! but it is very satisfying!!! :)
Goats eat blackberry canes. Some areas have a goat service. They come temp fence an area and release the goats who totally clear the problem. Usually in suburbia as well. ... Now I'm in Australia not Canada (N.Van) anymore the resident roos take care of the issue. Miss the raccoons though. Loved playing and damming these streams as a kid in the 70s/80s behind our house. You would build a little dam then release it and try and break your friends small dam downstream. Good mucky fun.
In our area I’ve seen someone offer it, but not as a professional service. It was more of a way for them to feed their goats. Sounds like a lot of fun building dams!
The upstream culvert is obviously running under something either a damn/dike, or road. So the question is this a natural stream that was diverted, or is it from agricultural runoff? You can tell by the stone bed in the "stream" that it has been running for a long time, and that old stone retaining wall was put in place to help divert the water in a specific path. Getting a small excavator in there to deepen/widen the path will ensure that the water wont get back up again as you can see that the water has diverted itself away from the wall with all of the debris.
The issue here was that the original stream bed was overgrown and clogged. If it had been clean there wouldn’t have ever been such a build-up of water. Trenching or deepening it is unnecessary as long as it’s kept clear of debris.
My parents moved into a beautiful cottage on an army camp with a huge ,very overgrown garden . Dad borrowed a bulldozer from the camp took down the fence and cleared the lot in a couple of hours . He planted vegetables in the back garden and kept our family of 6 in fresh veg all year round.
@@golovinpropertyservices he was. As children we were so lucky, we had the camp as our playground ,watched over by all of his colleagues . The surrounding area was all farms,so we had the opportunity to learn about the animals and how things were run on farms too. Dad remained very active into his 80's sadly he developed dementia when he was 85 and passed away at 87. He rewired the cottage shortly after his 81st birthday .
weal done the cement wall in front of you is guiding the river, the more you clean next to the wall the water is going and flowing free wow you did a great job
Thanks Elena! It seems that the stream flowed against the retaining wall up to a section, afterwards it seems that it was purposely guided to flow in the center. I think we will be visiting this project again here soon.
Curious about that stone wall along one side. And why it curves away from the yard on the down stream end. Did the owner tell you any history about it?
We had a watercourse at the rear of our property which we cleared, but our neighbours didn’t. Eventually The City came in and cleared everything and then put down Concrete channel. This worked Fine for many years and then The City came back and put a Concrete Lid over all of it. Then they added Soil and Plants. Today it’s a Linear Park and the watercourse is an underground Storm Water channel. And probably no one remembers the young girl who died in that watercourse, taken by a Flash Flood, back when it was just a watercourse. R.I.P. Christine.
Sad when streams are buried and forgotten. In my city there are now proposals to 'daylight' the streams that were run underground, for ecological reasons.
Beautiful work Sir. Sometimes mother nature needs a little help like this to achieve her full potential. p.s. goats really love attacking blackberries also.
One of the few facts that stuck with me from Geo 1 in college: The speed of water flow is proportional to the 6th power of what mass of solids it can carry. That means, if you can double the flow of water, it can carry 64 times the mass of debris. Used that on the first property I ever bought which had two clogged/overgrown runoff channels. I cleared them about foot wide and cut them a foot or so deep. Rain runoff eventually scoured them to about double that. Water was never a problem again.
Just, as soon as it is season for blackberry you can start over. It absolute feeds on co2, and that is all still there in the wall, ground and clippings.
Get drained, let dry out and put a match to it. From the speed of the water draining there must have been a lot of it under those vines . Looks like e lot of hard work thanks for a very good video. (Mississippi Gulf Cost, USA)
It should make quite the fire, but we have burn bans in effect right now. Seems that the wet season has gone and summer has come very early. Thanks John!
Usually several months if there is a good mixture of moisture and sunlight. Often times grass grows up and grows over the mulch and it fertilizes the soil.
Part 2, 3, 4? How far along the sids did you go? How far up and down c creek did you go? Did you truck the debris out? How thorough were you? You wore correct clothes for water. How did you know that would be a shallow creek? Thanks for doing this kind of clean-up.
Hopefully they will have me come back to do some more work, but it is what it is at the moment. I think I cleared a total of about 100-125feet. The creek goes down a long way. The debris were left off on the side.
When we had a huge blackberry problem, my father the veterinarian, hired sheep from a farmer friend. Two sheep took out an acre of blackberries in one month and the blackberries never returned.
Wow that sounds like a powerhouse! I've heard people use goats as well, but I haven't seen it done around here.
Sheep are less discerning than Goats. They will consume everything quite efficiently. Could probably end up looking like a groomed park.👍🏻 🐑
That's my point
A very good idea!!
That's goat 🐐 work, I run goat rental at $45 a goat
I can’t believe the previous owner let that beautiful stream get overgrown and backed up like the. It’s going to take a lot more work to get it properly cleaned; but you have made a wonderful start. Thanks.😊❤
It sure will, but the most important thing is the water is now flowing and no longer flooding. Thanks Gail! 😁
WOW! I had no idea overgrown blackberry bushes could lead to flooding. Of course, it probably didn't help that the culvert pipe was a bit on the small side, but you did a massive amount of work to get that stream flowing where it was supposed to! Great job!
I had no idea they could cause such problems either. But the most important thing here is to get that water going and the blackberries cut down. Thank you!
Poor guy downstream busy drying his peaches.
This is what happens when you neglect to maintain your property.
You are the Post 10 of the gardening world!!
Possibly 😅
Very interesting and informative. Great use of time-lapse (particularly warp-speed) in telling the story but keeping interest level high.
Thank you for the feedback, I'm glad you liked the video!
entropy's a wonderful thing...we're all gardeners, all walks of life
Absolutely!
Amazing hard landscaping hidden under blackberry mess.
I'm guessing the stream is meant to hug that little wall all the way and where it ends also needs to be further away. It now found a new bed over the green grass, that can't be the original bed.
From what I concluded is that the retaining wall was built there to be the edge of the stream and as you mentioned, they intended for the stream to hug alongside the wall.
Always like watching you do clean ups! This was a FANTASTIC JOB! Like to see more and how the owners of the flooded property feel now that tou cleaned up those nasty bushes. 👍💯😎
Thank you Irene! She was really thrilled seeing all the water getting off the lawn. 😁👍
Hi David! I hope you have a part #2 & 3 to this job. 👋🏻👋🏻👋🏻
Hi Lina, not yet, but the homeowners did mention having some more work being done here and I would really like to do some more to beautify this area.😁👍
Well Done, A lot of work, Owners must have been well pleased .👍
Thanks George, they sure were!
Wonderful video, Momma Nature will never lose, just be 2 steps ahead.
It's a good thing we know the tactics of our rivals, that way it's easy to come out in victory.
A fantastic video today, Dave. The water flow is excellent, and the outcome is exactly as In thought it would. See you on the next, Dave! ❤😊
Thank you Martin! 😁👍
Wow,
That looks like it must have been such a satisfying days work to solve that issue and clear that all up, good job 👍
It definitely was!
I remember you have a lot of courage on tough projects. The ground was running water where you started. Nice work clearing that to useful.
I love these tougher projects, well as long as I am able to finish in one day. But the results are what really motivate me.
what a wonderful help for nature!
It sure was! The invasive species make life hard for the natural species.
Wow. Fantastic work uncovering a beautiful stream. The wildlife will love it❤
Incredible job.
The home owner should have been seeing to this as part of their regular garden maintenance. That stream will be blocked again with the next rainfall unless monitored.
Satisfying, indeed! Another great thing is that while this was obviously a lot of work to fix, it will be easier to maintain next spring.
Nice work , love to see befors afters.
Good to see some One that understands and know how a weed Waterloo works best .
Keep em comming 😁👍👏
Great job. I think for the owner keeoing 2sheep permanently is best solution going forwards...
That could work!
You are a hard worker. Very impressive result.
I have cleared property like this and it is hard work. your efforts are amazing.
Very satisfying to watch. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching Chris!
That was a very interesting video! Awesome job! 🤗❤👍
😲 😲😲 That was completely amazing!
Thank you! 😁👍
Maybe one day someone can get some larger equipment to dredge it out. You did a great job.
The stuff I raked out was actually all the way to the bottom. It as just filled with debris and a whole bunch of sediment.
Well they got the right man for the job. David, you really have interesting videos. Keep us up on the knowledge 👍🏽
Thanks for your feedback! I appreciate it😁👍
Good to see the right outfit and tools being used. Great job.
Gotta be suited for the job. Thank you!
All that stuff you raked up would also make a great start for a gigantic compost pile.
I agree, some good fertilizer right there.
The squish sounds with every step lol 😂
It’s like a sponge 😅
Great work!!!
Good morning everyone hope you are having a good day. Greetings from the USA. Good job
Thank you Henrietta! I hope you are having a great day as well!
Hellow guis👍👍👍😀gd jobs 👍 will done
Thank you Jamilah!
Oh man, that area is perfect to create a Koi long pond. another stone wall and a grill drain at the end wow like the street drains in Shimabara's Japan.
Te felicito quedó muy lindo 😊
Great job. 😊👍👍
Thank you John!😁👍
Always wanted to have a creek running through my property. Can't believe someone would let it be as overgrown as this.
I would love a creek as well. It is sad that it got to this condition, but blackberries are fairly new to our state. They started spreading crazily in the past 5 years because nobody does anything about them.
Amazing difference.
It definitely is!
Brilliant job
Great job 👏🏼
Thank you! 😁👍
Nicely done!
Thanks Erik!
I love watching you and the water videos. How are the Beavers doing?
Thanks! I think the beavers are working harder than ever right now, I will try and visit the area again soon.
Great job! This looks like so much fun to me. I'd rather do that than housework anyday! Reminds me of my cousin's farm when i was little ❤️
MAN DUDE!! You raked your butt off!! And got er done!!!! GOOD JOB!! In S. Louisiana my ditch is only 75/80 feet.. Raking that KICKS my butt! but it is very satisfying!!! :)
Haha! Thanks Kurt, I'm glad you liked it :)
Great job! ✌️😊👏
Thank you Osita! 😁👍
Hey Post10 - you have some new competition!
Great job!
Thank you Jane!
Great job 👍🏼
Everybody downstream next year: why are there so many blackberry bushes??
Can’t do much about it😅
A great job done sir
Good job!
Great job❤
Thank you!😁👍
Goats eat blackberry canes. Some areas have a goat service. They come temp fence an area and release the goats who totally clear the problem. Usually in suburbia as well. ... Now I'm in Australia not Canada (N.Van) anymore the resident roos take care of the issue. Miss the raccoons though. Loved playing and damming these streams as a kid in the 70s/80s behind our house. You would build a little dam then release it and try and break your friends small dam downstream. Good mucky fun.
In our area I’ve seen someone offer it, but not as a professional service. It was more of a way for them to feed their goats.
Sounds like a lot of fun building dams!
Great job young man.
Thank you Randy!
Well done!
Thank you Janet!
That was damn satisfying to watch.
As satisfying as it gets! 😁👍
hard work,...well done
Nice ❤❤❤
Greetings from Germany ✌️
Thank you! Greetings from the USA! 😁👍
Amazing.
Thanks Eileen!
Great job! Now homeowner needs to rent a bobcat with backhoe to trench it further.
It’s a seasonal stream, trenching isn’t necessary as long as the area is clear. It shouldn’t ever get as bad as it was now that it’s clean.
The upstream culvert is obviously running under something either a damn/dike, or road. So the question is this a natural stream that was diverted, or is it from agricultural runoff? You can tell by the stone bed in the "stream" that it has been running for a long time, and that old stone retaining wall was put in place to help divert the water in a specific path. Getting a small excavator in there to deepen/widen the path will ensure that the water wont get back up again as you can see that the water has diverted itself away from the wall with all of the debris.
The issue here was that the original stream bed was overgrown and clogged. If it had been clean there wouldn’t have ever been such a build-up of water. Trenching or deepening it is unnecessary as long as it’s kept clear of debris.
WoW!!! love this video soooo much !
Thank you! :)
VERY Good JOB
My parents moved into a beautiful cottage on an army camp with a huge ,very overgrown garden . Dad borrowed a bulldozer from the camp took down the fence and cleared the lot in a couple of hours . He planted vegetables in the back garden and kept our family of 6 in fresh veg all year round.
That’s very cool! He sounds like a very hard working man.
@@golovinpropertyservices he was. As children we were so lucky, we had the camp as our playground ,watched over by all of his colleagues . The surrounding area was all farms,so we had the opportunity to learn about the animals and how things were run on farms too. Dad remained very active into his 80's sadly he developed dementia when he was 85 and passed away at 87. He rewired the cottage shortly after his 81st birthday .
Good job 👍
Thank you Zeferino! 😁👍
We had problems with blackberries at our garden too, although not as bad as this, it was still nightmare to tackle them down!
weal done the cement wall in front of you is guiding the river, the more you clean next to the wall the water is going and flowing free wow you did a great job
Thanks Elena! It seems that the stream flowed against the retaining wall up to a section, afterwards it seems that it was purposely guided to flow in the center. I think we will be visiting this project again here soon.
Curious about that stone wall along one side. And why it curves away from the yard on the down stream end. Did the owner tell you any history about it?
You do all kinds of work even to find the flow of a Greek AMAZING
I expect thatjustafew dayslater the ground was drained and firming up. Great result.
It was actually starting to drain and firm up that very say in just a few hours. The results are fascinating!!
As a teenager, I've always been intrigued by water 💦 flow. I almost got bit by a snake 🐍 once and it discouraged by curiosity 😅
Starke Aktion von dir 👍
11:29 Bless You.
Thank you!
Ty snad umíš úplně všechno 😊👍👋👏🌿
Snažím se, dokud neuspěji 😅
You are the blackberry king! I'd have probably ended up in trouble for being out there with my weed burner. 😉😂
I'm just a person fighting against the invasive blackberries. Fire is a great way to cleanse things of impurities, it's just not always legal😅
We had a watercourse at the rear of our property which we cleared, but our neighbours didn’t.
Eventually The City came in and cleared everything and then put down Concrete channel.
This worked Fine for many years and then The City came back and put a Concrete Lid over all of it.
Then they added Soil and Plants.
Today it’s a Linear Park and the watercourse is an underground Storm Water channel.
And probably no one remembers the young girl who died in that watercourse, taken by a Flash Flood, back when it was just a watercourse.
R.I.P. Christine.
That’s quite the situation. It’s sad to hear the issue wasn’t addressed before the tragedy.
Sad when streams are buried and forgotten. In my city there are now proposals to 'daylight' the streams that were run underground, for ecological reasons.
@@naysneedle5707 Many Cities have Forgotten Rivers
Quicker to get a mini digger in to clear the stream bed and surround.
A good location for a retention reservoir - the water might get useful come summer.
nice job
Thank you!
get them to plant food forest trees all along bank,nitrogen fixers to,great job
They have a little orchard right next to the creek. But the blackberries were making things hard for them.
Cool video
Thanks Christopher!
That's goat 🐐 work.
Id have 2 of my best hungry workers on in.
Within a week problem solved.
And hefty goat bill rental of $45 a goat
Beautiful work Sir. Sometimes mother nature needs a little help like this to achieve her full potential.
p.s. goats really love attacking blackberries also.
Thank you! I’ve heard about it, but haven’t seen anyone in our area using them.
One of the few facts that stuck with me from Geo 1 in college:
The speed of water flow is proportional to the 6th power of what mass of solids it can carry.
That means, if you can double the flow of water, it can carry 64 times the mass of debris.
Used that on the first property I ever bought which had two clogged/overgrown runoff channels. I cleared them about foot wide and cut them a foot or so deep. Rain runoff eventually scoured them to about double that. Water was never a problem again.
Just, as soon as it is season for blackberry you can start over. It absolute feeds on co2, and that is all still there in the wall, ground and clippings.
The homeowners will probably have us come out and do some more work to beautify the area. I would really love to clean this area up even more.
👏👏👏👏
😁👍
You would also need to cut them back into the woods farther. Within a year or two they will be back up to the stream.
Good working fella. Council must know, hwo built the stone wall?
The retaining wall was built by the previous owners and it was meant to guide the seasonal stream down the property.
Very nice job,can you burn all the stalks??? Looks so different ❤❤❤❤
Thanks Darla! There are burn bans right now😁👍
I would totally go through there in a backhoe once the main draining has settled the ground stability.
Not going to lie, came here for the post10 vibes…
Hope you enjoyed!
All that work with a weed eater…..great job young man!
The wall would indicate something at one time. Now a road and culvert were added
Get drained, let dry out and put a match to it. From the speed of the water draining there must have been a lot of it under those vines . Looks like e lot of hard work thanks for a very good video. (Mississippi Gulf Cost, USA)
It should make quite the fire, but we have burn bans in effect right now. Seems that the wet season has gone and summer has come very early. Thanks John!
after cutting the bushes, how long does it take before the cut branches disappear/decompose?
Usually several months if there is a good mixture of moisture and sunlight. Often times grass grows up and grows over the mulch and it fertilizes the soil.
A perfect solution to this problem area. It must have been there a long time since all of that sediment was built up.
The water definitely had an interesting look.
💜
😁👍
Part 2, 3, 4?
How far along the sids did you go?
How far up and down c creek did you go?
Did you truck the debris out?
How thorough were you?
You wore correct clothes for water. How did you know that would be a shallow creek?
Thanks for doing this kind of clean-up.
Hopefully they will have me come back to do some more work, but it is what it is at the moment.
I think I cleared a total of about 100-125feet. The creek goes down a long way. The debris were left off on the side.
I wonder how old that wall is? Always curious when things like this show up.
The wall is probably anywhere from 10-20 years old. The moss just makes it look a lot older.