On the back of my previous video about Ornamentals for the Food Gardener https://youtu.be/lFUAmXD5ons it’s kind of ironic that I make this one next due to an ornamental tree dropping a huge branch and crashing down flattening several of our beloved fruit trees 🙁
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At least it didn't harm your home. I will look forward to your clean up video! Wish I could lend a hand.
I hope you are not sour tasting Mark, I am afraid I don’t know any cannibals who may help you find out! A lot of trees just break because they are drought stressed or even wet stressed, but I think the branch just got too heavy and growing out at an angle. I guess I would be hopping mad to have good trees spoilt. When our trees come down they usually find a new fence to break.
I have to admit it Im not into gardening or any of that jazz, I just watch your videos because they are funny and positive.
Hi Mark, G'day! I feel your pain, we had an oak fall basically for same reason, except the fall was 75ft long..missed the bench though. My husband did clean up, and split wood for winter use, all in a weekend. Mulched the crown and left the acorns for the wild life to munch..all good and didn't have to purchase firewood! Be blessed!
You remind me so much of Russell Crowe
Happy Friday the 13th.. WoW…Major Huglecultue..wood chips ..Mulch.. love the intro Mark. I had a double truck ancient Oak go down in the spring solstice ..two trucks no less than 60 feet each..fell in opposite directions..guess how much made it to the gree waste? Absolutely zero..hugleculures in mass, great for growing and landscape design.
Glad you are safe and well.
So sorry this happened, but at least nobody was hurt. All will come good again. Much love. xx Mojo xx
LOL to the intro. 🙂
Well, this is becoming an annual event for you! Wasn't it just a year ago that this happened on the other side of your driveway? Stay safe cutting it up.
Welll thank goodness it was in the middle of the night.
damn that sucks i would of chopped the whole tree down for the disrespect lol
dang! sorry about the tree limb falling but glad it didn't fall on you or anyone. You may need to cut back some more of the tree as some limbs look low hanging as was this one. Good luck with the cleanup and be careful! Glad Scooter is doing better too!
hahaha.. great intro.. I thought I was having deja vu with the first sentence…
Be worth hiring a decent sized wood chipper and a chainsaw in order to cycle that ginormous branch into your mulch pile… Most trees bent and not broken will be fine, a little trim and some staking might be needed but things generally come back from what you or I might not. Best of luck with it and enjoy your new mulch supply – don't give up on the fruit trees, Life can be pretty determined you know.
Do you use firewood, at you place? Thanks for sharing. Be careful bucking it up! Count your fingers before, & after! Keep a smile on, it will make the work, easier!
Ohhh, so sorry! I hope all your young fruit trees recover. Peace to you and yours!
Oh no!, so sorry this happened, but these things keep us on our toes. Good luck with the clean up & take care now…
How has all this rain affected your trees?
Makes my tree damage from Cyclone Debbie look like twigs!
Oh man,I feel for you. I too would love to see a video on the cleanup. Best of luck on what may survive anyway.
Nice Puma shirt 🙂
Oh what a bummer! I hope you can salvage most of it. I'll be looking out for your next video. Take care clearing up.
You're wearing the shirt again ahaha.
Nice intro. Fade to black with crashing sound works great. 🙂
Two questions: a while back you said that you would do a video on scooters weird habit and i can't find it, second i was wondering if you planning to get any fig trees
a least no one was hurt and think of the bright side ?? free work out the weekend !! free wood !! free wood chips and mulch !!
How many battlegrounds have Bay in their name? Just missed the loveseat THIS TIME, Lolz. Honestly, every time a branch breaks off that tree it's like armageddon. The centre of that tree is completely rotten, it's time to round up the boys and finnish it off before it finishes you
Nice tree but isn’t a Moreton Bay Fig. Looks like Ficus Benjamina!