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@rsr3959
Жыл бұрын
The flowering weed you're referring to is a thistle. Knowing when you filmed would help to ID the species. Typically only invasives are flowering late summer in Central Texas... Thistles have relatively deep roots, are great for pollinators, and provide habitat (and perhaps also food) for birds. FWIW, in my experience cowpen daisies provide a longer season pollen source than thistles with similarly deep root systems, though thistles seem to do better in wetter soils... YMMV.
@johngault8688
Жыл бұрын
You're absolutely correct!! There are many, many areas that people confuse as a natural landscape, when in fact it's degraded land. When 30 to 60-million bison roamed the land the US looked much different back in the day.
@markeh1971
Жыл бұрын
Well said. When i visit or see Scotland I wonder what it was like before we changed the environment. Keep up the good work its going to be slow going working with nature to hold back the water and slowly change the fauna to what it was. Nothing wrong with growing saplings up and planting them out to give nature a hand. This is your garden, help it along/ Take care M.
@veramae4098
Жыл бұрын
Almost all of the wild grass we see is European grass, introduced for cattle and it's pushed our native grasses out.
@GeshronTyler1
Жыл бұрын
Not too mention, the hundreds of millions of beavers "engineering" all those riparian wetlands
@cattleNhay
Жыл бұрын
I remember those days..before the loving US gov. was large and a murdering entity. God bless our war of terror domestic and abroad !
@TalRohan
Жыл бұрын
the majority of the UK used to be wooded, all the "beautiful green fields of England are totally unnatural...theyre in the same state as this piece of land they just happen to have water...there is no biodiversity and no natural ecosystem its all propped up by chemical fertilisers and grasses that are human engineered.
@aliciarrrrrr
Жыл бұрын
I’ve enjoyed seeing your channel grow as you learn more about your land and what it takes to improve it. You’ve really come a long way! I don’t comment much, but I’ve been around almost since the beginning.
@katjordan3733
Жыл бұрын
I think you are doing the 'right' thing by trying to restore your land. However, it appears you are going to need to put in hundreds, if not thousands of small dams and other earthworks to harvest water. LOVE the idea of the dirt bathtubs! They seem so doable! They'll fill with silt and debris and the levels will rise. What ever you do, I wish you all the best!
@darkiee69
Жыл бұрын
Greenland wasn't a viking joke. It was a warmer climate back then so parts of Greenland were green. The vikings did farm there and lived a good life until the little ice age when Europe lost contact with them. Once Europe took up traveling west again after a few 100 years they couldn't find any trace of the settlers anymore.
@stevejohnstonbaugh9171
Жыл бұрын
I'd like to suggest the minimum tools you should supply to each of your rock dam crews; 2- wheelbarrows, 1- digging bar, 1-mattock, 1- pick, 2-long handled round shovels, 2- steel rakes, 2- 5 gallon buckets, 1-2 pound drilling cracking hammer, 1- masons line, 1-line level. These tools will go a long way toward helping your volunteers make the best rock dams they can with the time they have available. 😊 Looking forward to another 'after the rain' tour up the arroyo.
@chriscorvus1808
Жыл бұрын
5:30 - "Distel" in German, "thistle" in English, Scottish national flower.
@mysteryfinds
Жыл бұрын
I get excited every time I get the notification that you uploaded a new video. Keep up the great work. Love seeing the progress on the ranch.
@Rothardeo
Жыл бұрын
There is a cute little fella in the backgroung at 3:03 :)
@erutuon
Жыл бұрын
I've really been looking forward to this video! Such an important topic to explain why you're doing what you're doing. I kept reading the comments saying the land always used to be this way and you responding that there used to be cottonwoods and more grass. I haven't been on the same land for generations, but I wonder if it's because "this way" is not defined clearly enough (after all, many of the same plant species have remained even as the land has gotten more bare) or because the land changed before many people were born and it is difficult for say a dad to communicate to his son how the land was when the dad was young. Anyway, I've got high hopes you'll succeed, though it could be in ten years or more, because I've seen videos talking about other equally dry or drier parts of the Chihuahua Desert that are a lot more vegetated than your land is now.
@michaeld.3931
Жыл бұрын
Juniper might serve as a good intermediate species between the scrub flora and true forests. Since they are evergreen the shade that they cast can help protect less drought tolerant hardwoods.
@rsr3959
Жыл бұрын
*And they're acidic on what is often alkaline soil... PH balancer.
@bugnator
Жыл бұрын
Cool! Are there any old tree trunks? As you know cottonwoods can get real big and it will take a long time for them to just rot away especially without water.
@sandmanxo
Жыл бұрын
Amazing to know that cottonwood trees were there. In east Texas I've thought of them as trash trees but would be impressive in the desert. Also with the fat tire ebike be careful of mesquite. I recently got a Juiced Ripcurrent fat tire ebike and picked up 3 mesquite thorns on the first ride in my semi arid property in central Texas. It cut down both intertubes, and changed the rear tire with the hub motor is annoying. Luckily I had brought 2 spare tubes but I'll be looking to convert it to tubeless since they are self healing soon.
@ShanShan-kw9hi
Жыл бұрын
You’re doing the right things - slow and spread the water as much as you can, get some pioneering natives planted like long rooted grasses, a wildflower seed mix can do wonders. Rinse and repeat. Slow the water, plant natives. Some will die. But those that stay will make it easier for the next plant.
@jacobjones1622
Жыл бұрын
When are we going to see a video of you onsight seeing how the water runs during a rainstorm?
@bernardfinucane2061
Жыл бұрын
I recently commented you need bikes and you got one lol. Makes a lot so sense. It's important to remember what the landscape used to be like. Southern California used to have a huge lake. Forgetting what used to be possible is one of the biggest causes of desertification.
@atholmullen
Жыл бұрын
5:37 Scotch Thistle, Onopordum acanthium.
@loganjackson4253
Жыл бұрын
Get some blue grama, curly mesquite, and Buffalo grass seed. Native short grasses that thrive in low rainfall areas. They’ll hold your existing soil in place and will also allow water to be held and percolate down into the soil.
@philipbutler6608
Жыл бұрын
You can get those seeds at Native American Seed. Also wide variety of Native Wild Flowers.
@rsr3959
Жыл бұрын
@@philipbutler6608 NAS/SeedSOurce is the hardest way to do it, since they reject improved natives or anything that's patented. For diversity, yeah, they're good. For regional options like little bluestems they offer, yeah, also good. For optimal results across the board and to get folks to abandon introduced/invasives grass species in favor of native lawns, it's a cut off nose to spite the face strategy IMO. NAS/SS is also stupid expensive... And coming from someone who has spent thousands of dollars with them. Bamert is in West Texas and has both improved and VNS/unimproved native varieties. Improved are bred for desirable characteristics whether aesthetic or biomass/nutritional for feed use. Reduced prices vs. website and no sales tax when placing orders over the phone either vs NAS/SS... Stock (east texas) and Johnston (south texas with climate similar to OP's property) are other options to look at.
@rsr3959
Жыл бұрын
Those varietals are probably not best to his terrain, especially w/ so much bare soil and so little overhead shade from woody plants.
@philipbutler6608
Жыл бұрын
@@rsr3959 active American Seed has a bras mix specifically made for the Trans Pecos Region. Many native grasses have very deep roots that can go 20-30 feet deep. Also there are micro climates in which some varieties can exist shaded by other plants. The problem is finding the best places to establish a foothold..some grasses can lie dormant for decades waiting to be blown or washed into the right spot to germinate.
@yellowlabrador
Жыл бұрын
it's the same story here in Ireland. Once we were forested but now everything is bare. Sheep, goats and deer are to blame. Same in Scotland
@C.Hawkshaw
Жыл бұрын
Don’t despair! We can bring back the earth, we really can!
@dustupstexas
Жыл бұрын
I got to live in Ireland for a year. My wife and I loved hiking through the isolated pockets of reestablished forest.
@V1sual3y3z
Жыл бұрын
@@C.Hawkshaw there is a channel (Mossy Earth?) that does "rewilding" projects. I think that's how this channel was suggested to me because I watch a lot of stuff like that.
@AmandaHugandKiss411
6 ай бұрын
No, They DeForest it and killed off wolves or other predators is what happened in Ireland and Scotland and other parts of upper Europe.
@peterwaroblak166
Жыл бұрын
You will have to water those cottonwood trees until they are established, maybe try some drought resistant type of vegetation. If you bury some plants in 10 gallon pots near some of your catchment areas they might survive with some occasional watering in the dry season
@NUCLEARxREDACTED
Жыл бұрын
It is sad to think about what it was and could be, versus what we have. Great work! Hope everything works out better than you could ever hope for.
@MotherofUnicornsProductions
Жыл бұрын
I am fairly certain that the weed with the purple flower you were talking about is a thistle.
@Thesandchief
Жыл бұрын
i would say the same thing about the west coast of the arabian peninsula. it used to be savanna with some light tree cover, I wouldn't exactly call it a forest but it's defiantly not the deserts we see today especially in the valleys. years of mismanagement and apathy have degraded those lands and made them into deserts.
@kathleenmccrory9883
6 ай бұрын
When my grandparents moved to NM in the mid 1930's, they said the grasses on the mesas were waist high. This was both to the East and the West of Albuquerque. Not anymore though.
@aviansoul
11 ай бұрын
Awesome! That was my spot in the late eighties and early nineties in the Franklin Mountains!!! Grew up on the East Coast, so I would head up to hang among the trees and near the trickling stream. Love your channel Bro!!! Keep on keeping on...
@Michaeloftheland
Жыл бұрын
Cool to see you digging into ecology here. It is a tragedy what hundreds of years of abusive cattle impact has had on almost the entire West. The changes in ecology happen so slow over so many generations that even the ranching families that have been here for 150 years can’t even recognize the destruction. One lifetime isn’t enough to see how much this land has changed here in the SW. my wife and I live on 4 acres in mimbres NM only a couple hours west of El Paso and have been regenerating our land for a few years with some pretty intensive practices - daily rotating of sheep and ducks. All of our pee and poo is composted in humanure after 3ish years and we spread the copious amount of humanure compost we produce on the outer edges of our cottonwood forest Silvo pasture where our fruit trees grow. After the fruit trees our land goes up into a higher drier grassland with blue oaks and alligator juniper. It’s incredible the stark difference of our little four acres of lushness compared to all the land surrounding us that is still used for just belligerent cattle management. Ranchers today are just doing what their fathers before them did - except the eco system is collapsing out from underneath them because we now know that traditional American ranching practices are incredibly destructive. Here in NM there are generational ranches that no longer have the carrying capacity to support enough cattle to stay in business. The real story is that as europeans colonized the west - in order to starve out the indigenous peoples we began to systematically wipe out the thousands of bison that our soils and grasses evolved to have a symbiotic relationship with over millennia - we were doomed to inevitable desertification after swaths of bison were killed and fences were put up to keep cattle from roaming. Our only hope to regenerate these lands is to essentially mimic what the bison did - which is what holistic land management and rotational grazing is all about.❤
@debiebrumley3104
Жыл бұрын
there are Cottonwoods down near the river in the park it's Cottonwood campground. : Cottonwood Campground is a quiet oasis in the western corner of Big Bend National Park. Reservations are required. Conveniently located between the Castolon Historic District, the scenic Santa Elena Canyon and the tail end of the Ross Maxwell Scenic Drive.
@GG_GG_GG
Жыл бұрын
I wish you would make longer videos!
@daltonhuebner7229
Жыл бұрын
The weed that you found is actually a native wildflower called Purple Basketflower. A great resource for texas wildflowers and grass would be Native American Seed. It's a company run out of Junction that sells different pre mixes for different environments and soil types.
@peetiegonzalez1845
11 ай бұрын
I could have sworn it was a thistle, by the shape of the bulb and also the glimpse of the leaves we get on the video. Texas Thistle does look very similar to Basketflower but the leaves are quite different.
@hello-ji7qj
Ай бұрын
@@peetiegonzalez1845 It's a thistle, you can tell by the leaves, prickly stalk, etc.
@billws893
Жыл бұрын
As my dad a cattle/rancher and farmer would say sheep eat the grass down to the soil causing the soil erosion. Cattle leave about 3 inches of grass, you still need to rotate the cattle. Plus their weight and hooves disturb the soil making the soil available for more growth.
@structuredenterprises6918
Жыл бұрын
Yes my area my great grandfather said the grass was up to the stirrups . Now it not close. All the old time ranchers say it got ruined when sheep where brought in . Apparently they say the sheep pull up the tufts in our environment and it's not able to recover. I think it's also because the cattle are not rotated enough . This area was only seasonally grazed originally.
@mikewood8680
5 ай бұрын
Exactly. Most land has been degraded. The miracle is that the land is forgiving and will heal with folks like Shaun.
@ukrainewarroom
8 ай бұрын
The pirckly purple flower with the butterfly on it is some variety of thistle, the national flower and symbol of Scotland.
@brassmule
Жыл бұрын
The mule deer might have been taken by a mountain lion, which are seen in the El Paso area on the mountain (source: I live in El Paso and also iNaturalist and Nextdoor have sightings)
@bartholomewkempis3929
Жыл бұрын
The weed was a thistle and you can see a butterfly on it demonstrating it is not wind pollinated and not thereby not likely to cause an allergic reaction.
@PUTDEVICE
Жыл бұрын
if it ever rains, maybe you can build some swales or three-foot-high dams of stone and gravel at the bottom of the ravines to slow down water so it has time to penetrate into the ground.
@orlandoboneshirt7582
Жыл бұрын
I use to run near that canyon when i was stationed at Bliss.
@C.Hawkshaw
Жыл бұрын
are there rattlesnake S out there?
@dustupstexas
Жыл бұрын
Most of the runners out there were female. They were leaping up the trails like gazelles. I was so impressed
@dustupstexas
Жыл бұрын
💯
@eric4052
Жыл бұрын
Have you ever thought of contacting fellow KZitemr “ crime pays but botany doesn’t “ I’ve been watching his stuff for about two years. Extremely passionate about plants life. He’s godly knowledgeable in plant terrain.
@y0nd3r
Жыл бұрын
Joey and Tony are great.
@fraz1142
Жыл бұрын
I love how your channel is like an adventure learning and discovering about the area
@Godrememberme
9 ай бұрын
Cottonwood and Desert willows are very easy to propagate with cutting. I am in arizona i got all mine native trees through that process.
@terrytyree9415
Жыл бұрын
Have you considered rain harvesting?tree nursery for future planting It will supply the water for yourself plus shade for your camp With solar panels and a small pump you can have water year round I am A retired electrician and use this on my own home.
@regentmad1037
7 ай бұрын
i ,love that hike. gunsight peak is nice too. my son sat on a cactus right around there when he was a little boy XD
@camyh6180
7 ай бұрын
I'm convinced you will get these trees back, even if you have some setbacks!! This is the right mindset you have
@j.s.c.4355
7 ай бұрын
Farm Services Agency may have some very old aerial photos you can view to see what was in that canyon in the 60’s or even before.
@thatguychris5654
Жыл бұрын
Nice video. The mystery weed for your allergies is thistle.
@robmclaughlin420
Жыл бұрын
That was a really good explanation of why and where your going with it. Thanks.
@Nick-vl7lk
Жыл бұрын
It is a degraded landscape for sure, however, the changing rain patterns and additional extreme heat and cold periods that everywhere is experiencing isn't helping these stressed environments. I'm assuming you know about the work done by Valer Clark and the Cuenca los ojos foundation in Arizona. Their transformative work over the past 40 years is amazing. I love the honesty in the way in which you have approached this project and channel.
@Colin-pg2su
Жыл бұрын
Great, Channel. Keep it up! 🙏
@jamesfrankiewicz5768
6 ай бұрын
The land having been sheep ranch explains the overgrazing. If you don't keep them moving, they will continue grazing in the same spot until they even pull up the roots of grasses and other shallow-rooted plants. It's significantly less of an issue with larger livestock.
@americanrambler4972
6 ай бұрын
Ok, help me understand why you dumped the wire fencing down the canyon into the river valley? Why dumpster it instead of recovering it and reusing it or scrapping it?
@glyn1
Жыл бұрын
Hello Shaun Have you used tyres to form dams plastic to line it with Using tyres wired together backed filled with gravel make great dams using polythine pipe from the grape yard to act as feed lines works well using recycled plastic you cant go wrong with it 1000 litre plastic drums as water supplys OK Barry NZ
@WalterHazen-l6i
Жыл бұрын
Yes water coming from the ground this is the goal! That is why it is important that the sides receive the most attention along side and the Keyline with Checks, Swales, diching and diffusers as high up the sides of the canyons/washes as possible. Slow the water starting at the top. Each time that it is slowed it soaks in to the earth causing a bloom the sheer volume of water that soil can hold will almost always be more than any pond or other water feature you can build. That bloom of water does not go away into nothing but it will travel down slope under the ground most of the water will still be close by 1 to 2 years or more. Each rain will grow that bloom. now if you have another place to slow that water below the first it will add to the same bloom of water. In fact the water will reach by capillary action and surface tension in sections of soil that is already wet. That is right not only will water flow down hill by gravity it can be drawn up hill by capillary tension. Note; (Capillary water is held in pores that are small enough to hold water against gravity, but not so tightly that roots cannot absorb it. This water occurs as a film around soil particles and in the pores between them and is the main source of plant moisture.) Now imagen the gravity descending water encountering the Stationary capillary water, underneath a check, pit, swale, or diffuser. The surface tension there is greatly reduced and that Gravity water that has been fighting dry surface tension that has been resisting it's flow down hill it will draw itself up the path of least resistance. This means that each and every Ditch dam pit and check or diffusers will act as a guide post and direct the water. Now imagen this guides stored water high up on each side of the wash or gully. Now what happens when you have a rain event that fills the bottom and soaks into the soil. That water stored on the side of the wash will be guided to the very banks of the wash and will continue to seep out into that bottom long after the last rain event has passed. The hill sides will not dry out because each time it rains the system is recharged. and a dry wash can become a year-round stream. In concluding my two cents, what I am trying to get at that Checks pits swales and diffusers are not only to direct surface runoff but can guide stored water under ground. Look at the flat spaces on top of a ridge and start there.
@landrover4757
Жыл бұрын
Overgrazing and too many water wells drilled in semi-arid to arid regions historically has always led to these conditions.
@shannonalaminski2619
Жыл бұрын
Shaun pick those random seed pods you find. Sprinkle them in strategic spots that you're improving.
@konduriumesh
Жыл бұрын
All the very best for your project Shaun, can’t wait to see the desert forest. Love from India 😊
@beautiful80sladies22
26 күн бұрын
Alot of cottonwood in the valleys of El Paso and Las Cruces. Becoming less and less with urbanization. Texas 20, the original road into El Paso used to be lined with them. That is all valley farmland. They have them in adjacent Hudspeth County as well
@340wbymag
Жыл бұрын
Back in the "old days" when there was grass and trees, there were beavers that created dams that preserved groundwaters. They are the missing piece of the puzzle, and the keystone species capable of bringing life back to the deserts.
@rsr3959
Жыл бұрын
Beavers require trees, and humans can do a lot in the way beaver biomimicry... Bill Zeedyk for starters...
@martinwinther6013
Жыл бұрын
Have you tried baobabs succulents? - but wow.. moist soil the sec you got to the cottonwood tree. I bet its a synergi effect, water support the tree that support the water that support the tree that su... Id love to see what it could extend to if you expand from that spot. try same tree, but more..
@richardfink524
Жыл бұрын
That weed was a thistle variety! They are great (unless you have to move through them, then they are very pokey)
@Ozarksforestgarden
Жыл бұрын
We have thistles in Southern Missouri. Not sure if that’s what you have but here in Missouri they are an invasive plant. We spend a great deal of time getting rid of them.
@PsychicIsaacs
11 ай бұрын
I planted Lombardy Poplars (a relative of the Cottonwood) at the foot of an earthen dam across a valley on my land. I guessed that they would send their roots into the earthen dam and looking at what the Cottonwoods have done on that trail, I think I might be right...
@phillipErskine-jk1jt
2 ай бұрын
Milk thistle was the pompom purplish pink flower. Great to rejuvenate the liver.
@grey1wa
11 ай бұрын
I Can't wait to see how your restoration of this environment progresses, people like you are amazing I'd volunteer if I were anywhere near there keep the education coming brother
@RichardColwell1
Жыл бұрын
I’m glad you addressed this
@Drone256
Жыл бұрын
Ecosystems have been changing for all of time. Many people think the way a place was 100 or 200 years ago is "the" way it always was and should be returned to. Enjoy making that place the way you want it. I don't think there is any right or wrong way to do this.
@me-ye6ld
5 ай бұрын
Why should your wants be the sole priority? Because of property rights? Is doing what you want because your legal system allows you to the height of morality? Unless your wants come from a place of modesty and regard for all the organisms you can’t put a price tag on; unless you respect biodiversity and understand the consequences of your actions on that land will persist after you don’t; I really don’t care about what you own or what you want. There’s nothing inherently respectable about doing what you want. There’s a myopia for the individual that has been getting more extreme since the 80s, and people still seem confused about why there’s so much violence and destruction everywhere. The people working to restore ecosystems devalued by the short-sighted and selfish don’t have that myopia.
@Drone256
5 ай бұрын
@@me-ye6ld Yes, his property rights take priority over your ideals. If you really don’t care about what someone owns as you say then look at world history where not caring about what someone owns prevailed. That philosophy produced unimaginable human suffering and corruption.
@willadeefriesland5107
8 ай бұрын
Well hell, no wonder the Cotton woods are gone there. As soon as I heard the word 'sheep' I thought 'oh crap'. For anyone who doesn't know, google Range Wars...
@Nallebjorn1
6 ай бұрын
My Grandphater´s uncle moved to El Paso and worked as foresters.
@michaelgusovsky
Жыл бұрын
Change is constant. Sheep "over" grazing is part of the natural process. Your effort to "restore" the land is also part of the natural process. There's nothing outside of nature.
@adamhulu6171
Жыл бұрын
Cottonwoods?! 1950s Texas drought or similar rain pattern might have been a factor in this land's downslide. Might have been better for the landscape if the trees were more drought resistant. Neat idea to rebuild the ecosystem. Might help to think in terms of succession.
@angiewan4436
Жыл бұрын
Is that a milk thistle in one part of the video where you visit Cottonwood spring? If it is milk thistle is known to have medicinal properties and would be a good addition to your ranch.
@justthejuan5146
Жыл бұрын
You should mulch the dead trees around that area to help keep the moister in the ground.
@monikaramirez8067
9 ай бұрын
There's a small stand of cottonwood in Big Bend
@SmoothAsWhippedButter
Жыл бұрын
The flower you saw was a Spear thistle
@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied
Жыл бұрын
If you work out 200 gallons a day and average it over the year and amount of ground you have you will have a close number of galons you are aiming at holding in the ground for summer ✌️ and used to be in the soil to sustain the cotton wood trees
@izzzzzz6
9 ай бұрын
I like the way he didn't film himself taking seeds from that weedy plant. V clever.
@sleddy01
Жыл бұрын
Iceland when it's covered in green. 😛
@johnowens5342
Жыл бұрын
The vikings did have mines and farms there at one time. Global cooling caused them to lose it to the ice. We are about to go back to normal.
@CandycaneBeyond
Жыл бұрын
Looks like thistle. Purple 💜
@jamesmattoon9479
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Shaun, keep it up, your work is important and inspiring for others ! Longer Videos would get you more views that you could monetize and spend on the project ! Cheers, J
@abelvalle6188
Жыл бұрын
would it still hold cottonwood in today's climate? I am just wondering whether the comparison would be to the desertification of the sahara rather than the dustbowl. Just asking out of curiosity, I don't know much about this.Not trying to argue, rooting for ya and would even love to volunteer someday if I could.
@dustupstexas
Жыл бұрын
The climate is more or less the same as it was 50 years ago. It's not that dramatic of a shift
@ellisburton8733
5 ай бұрын
Loving the video - was totally with you on the humour of 'cotton wood canyon' 🤭and then the heart breaking reality of there being b*gger all cotton woods, in cottonwood canyon 😱😭😭. Dark humour might suggest we can regreen the desert with human tears over what we've done, but then nope won't help because their salty 🤦🏻♂️.
@drakedbz
8 ай бұрын
Grazing is important for an ecosystem, but only to a point. Grazers are supposed to be migratory animals. It's when they stick around too long that they overgraze and destroy the ecosystem. If they have a proper migratory pattern, they eat a little, flatten some plants (which helps with ground cover to reduce moisture loss), and provide nutrients via manure.
@djc20
Жыл бұрын
do you think youll ever start planting cottownwoods then ?
@geoffhirschi803
10 ай бұрын
Greenland was NOT named as propaganda. During the end of the mideval warm period, when it was settled by people from Iceland, there were many valleys that were lush and green compared to what they had left behind in Iceland. The sagas from that time period are very explicit on that. The Scandinavian settlements thrived until the climate turned colder during the little ice age and their farms failed. Our current image of Greenland being entirely locked in ice is based on what it bacame during the little ice age.
@AndrewLale
8 ай бұрын
I am totally envious. I would love to do what you are doing.
@MohdAradi
Жыл бұрын
the purple flower is milk thistle. a medicinal plant that's good for the liver.
@EarthcraftLP
Жыл бұрын
At 3:00 there is a squirrel in the background!
@nomada503
9 ай бұрын
That weed/flower looked like a milkthistle
@Ifyouarehurtnointentwasapplied
Жыл бұрын
Fill that soil sponge and you will grow what ever you want ✌️
@John-gm8ty
11 ай бұрын
"and we had to throw it off the cliff" because disposing of it properly was just too hard..............
@dustupstexas
11 ай бұрын
We didn't dispose of it. We kept it and out it in storage. We dragged it 1/4 mile over 120 feet of elevation gain. Throwing it off the cliff saved me 60 vertical feet of work.
@John-gm8ty
11 ай бұрын
@@dustupstexas might want to add that as text to explain :P glad you didn't just throw it in there. and thank you for replying and letting me know, it's appreciated.
@effervescentrelief
3 ай бұрын
Being from this area and being familiar with its history, the land has always been what it is and all the plants and animals are adapted to the region. I’m not sure what kind of trees you plan to use, but mesquite and desert willow would be excellent choices to get started and get the area shaded. Once the ground gets shaded it will hold water better. You’re in the Trans-Pecos which is home to a number of very unique species adapted specifically to the area. So yes, you are “ruining it.” A true conservationist would tell you to leave it alone. At the same time, I don’t think it will matter in the long run because once the area becomes unattended, the trees will die back and it will return to how it is now.
@objectiveobserver2792
24 күн бұрын
There is some history of man’s use/abuse of the land. If you change the inputs, you change outputs. There is no “reason” the land has to continue in this present state. That’s what restoration is
@sunfishensunfishen2271
11 ай бұрын
I always wondered what happened to that place.
@00negative
Жыл бұрын
I believe that weed was a Milk Thistle (Silybum marianum).
@aprilboneski4639
6 ай бұрын
What are you goung to do with the wire fence? Is that to keeo the cows out?
@ncooty
4 ай бұрын
@5:30: thistle (lampasa)
@THESPORTINGCAMP
Жыл бұрын
Greetings from Houston.
@dinmavric5504
9 ай бұрын
it is pretty scary to think how many changes in the last 400 years. all across the world nature has been obliterated. and we forget, we plant non native species so the future people think it nature, but its a different kind of nature.
@Digital_Snowflake
Жыл бұрын
Is the problem that the groundwater level has dropped too far to support the Cottonwood Trees on your property?
@fabiofonv
8 ай бұрын
I think you would like to read A History of World Agriculture. An awesome book.
@chrislj2890
Жыл бұрын
5:31 Thistle.
@PRINCESSDREAMYLYN
Жыл бұрын
have you considered using native grasses and pants on contour of the land to help sink and slow the water down on the hillsides? it would also help collect the silt and keep it from washing away. something like this. [ kzitem.info/news/bejne/koZ403-cnWaSbI4 ]
@Quixote1818
8 ай бұрын
In my geography classes in college, this part of Texas and S. New Mexico / the Chihuahua Desert, used to be never ending buffalo grass. The overgrazing and loss of top soil is what brought in the creosote that was much further south in Mexico. I know ranchers hate the BLM but there is no doubt that over grazing ruined much of the Southwest.
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