https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/8aa90d11-b04e-4632-befc-643987b6450c http://www.edibleacres.org After 15 years of planting this way, it feels important to make a strong case for the idea of completely avoiding the cost and hassle of ripping out old trees or stump grinding in order to have a space ready for the next succession of trees to be planted. In 2009 when my folks purchased their retirement home, we had a handful of old and unhealthy trees right near the home removed for safety and to open up light. I planted 4-6x the number of trees in those places, leaving the whole stump and root system of all those trees intact. 9 years later and everyone planted into this scenario is absolutely thriving. https://www.paypal.me/edibleacres - A simple and direct way to ‘tip’ to help support the time and energy we put into making our videos. Thanks so much! Edible Acres is a full service permaculture nursery located in the Finger Lakes area of NY state. We grow all layers of perennial food forest systems and provide super hardy, edible, useful, medicinal, easy to propagate, perennial plants for sale locally or for shipping around the country… http://www.edibleacres.org/purchase - Your order supports the research and learning we share here on youtube. We also offer consultation and support in our region or remotely. http://www.edibleacres.org/services Happy growing! Mon, 13 Apr 2026 22:59:55 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/8aa90d11-b04e-4632-befc-643987b6450c All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.