13:22
Nature PlayScape Tour β Friendship Grove, Urban, Illinois 11/24/2024
01:49
Comparing American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) to Oriental Bittersweet (C. orbiculatus) 9/3/24
21:43
Review of D.B. Smith Field King Backpack Sprayer & Comparison to Greenwood Sprayer 6/18/2024
04:27
Why Are There So Many Acorns This Year? What is a Mast Year? 12/8/2023
11:34
In Fall, Invasives Stick Out like a Sore Thumb! We Compare Burning Bush to Other Red-leaved Natives
11:40
When Does the Maine Coast Not Look Like the Maine Coast? The Marginal Way - 10/28/22
15:54
Controlling Japanese Stiltgrass: We Compare 0.1, 0.2, & 0.3% Glyphosate to Acclaim Extra - 10/20/23
06:45
Pachysandra or Japanese Spurge, Is it really Invasive?
24:11
Treating Japanese Stiltgrass β We show you what works for different situations - October, 2022
15:57
Tree Tubes to Protect Our Trees!- April 29, 2023
11:46
Lesser Celandine; Treating it in Your Lawn (or trying to!)- March 27, 2023
17:36
Native Landscaping β Video 3 in a Series: Starting Native Seeds in Milk Jugs
16:28
Native Landscaping β Video 2 in a Series: Clearing the Invasives
04:15
Native Landscaping β Video 1 in a Series: Introduction to Project
05:31
Burning Bush: Is it really a problem for our natural areas?
08:23
Japanese Stiltgrass (Microstegium vimineum) - Why You Should Learn to Recognize it.
02:45
Sweet Autumn Clematis (Clematis terniflora) β Do we dare keep it in our landscape?
18:41
Controlling Japanese Stiltgrass in your Lawn
05:04
A Surprising Number of Animals and Their Babies Appear to be Sharing This Den! May 23, 2022
19:45
16β DeWalt Battery-Operated Chainsaw (DCCS670) β An Honest Review & Guidance On Repairing It.
35:20
Treating Lesser Celandine: We test 14 control methods to show what works and what doesn't.
12:41
Reading Animal Tracks in the Snow β February 7, 2022
19:44
Winter Wonderland Walk: Including Identifying 14 Common Trees β January 28, 2022
20:37
Clearing Big Bush Honeysuckles and Other Invasive Shrubs Using a Chainsaw β January 14, 2022
24:52
Clearing Invasive Shrubs on a Steep Slope with Basic Climbing Equipment - Dec. 24, 2021
25:12
What's Green in the Woods for Christmas? A Winter Woodland Walk. - Dec. 17, 2021
11:03
Honeysuckle Removal: Tips for Winning Over your Neighbors for the Native Plant Community - 11/23/21
18:19
Measuring and Mixing Herbicides for Woodland Management PLUS A Table of Common Dilutions - 10/31/21
18:39
Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) β Tips for Foraging and Management in Natural Areas
17:36
Oriental Bittersweet (Celastrus orbiculatus) β Identification and Control in Natural Areas
08:31
Mist Flower (Wild Ageratum), Conoclinium coelestinumβ Identification and usage in wildflower gardens
05:33
Growing Blue Oyster Mushrooms (with a kit from North Spore) β August 21, 2021
25:30
Japanese Stiltgrass Identification and Control in Natural Areas (Updated) β July 19, 2021
19:39
An Introduction to Woodland Ferns and Their Unique Lifecycle β June 29, 2021
07:21
Butterweed (Packera glabella) β Native, But Very Aggressive β June 2, 2021
09:03
Identifying the Waterleafs of the Eastern US β May 25, 2021
22:50
Spring Wildflowers #5 β May 16, 2021
04:16
Recognizing Young Poison Ivy β May 3, 2021
25:38
Spring Wildflowers #4 β April 28, 2021
19:24
Spring Wildflowers #3 - April 17, 2021
17:10
Spring Wildflowers #2 β April 8, 2021
11:15
Spring Wildflowers #1 - March 26, 2021
14:28
Lesser Celandine; The Beauty AND the Beast - March 23, 2021
28:02
Winter Tree Identification #2 β Those with Opposite Branching
21:08
Winter Tree Identification #1 - The Easy Ones
18:57
Clearing Honeysuckle & Other Trees & Shrubs; Our Step-by-Step Process - December 20, 2020
12:40
Making an Herbicide Applicator for cut-stems (for ~$10) that will help you work safer and better
18:15
Botany Along the Road; Invasive Plants β 13 Nov. 2020 (Honeysuckle, Burning Bush, & Callery Pear)
12:51
Mulberry Weed (Fatoua villosa ) - Identification & Control Including Flame Weeding - Oct 26, 2020
14:03
Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) β Why it doesnβt belong in our landscapes.
18:43
Controlling Young Invasives with Herbicides; Identifying Invasives Early On in Natural Areas 17Oct20
16:12
A Woodland Walk, Sept. 21, 2020
07:26
Hay Fever. Is it caused by Goldenrod or Ragweed? What's the difference?
14:29
Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima) - Identification & Control (without causing it to sucker!)
19:16
Kayaking Upper Stonelick Lake - August 3, 2020
04:10
Woodland Orchids - Crane-fly Orchid (Tipularia discolor) & Rattlesnake Plantain Goodyera pubescens)
10:56
A Woodland Walk, July 28 2020
09:26
Poison Ivy - How to recognize it from its leaves and vines, PLUS what are its look-alikes.
04:56
Wild Parsnip (Pastinaca sativa)- It will burn your skin and it is all around you!
05:54
Poison Hemlock (Conium maculatum) - 6/15/20 - Itβs all around you!
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About
The Woodland Steward is all about sharing our love of nature and allowing others to experience Oak Haven, the 60 acre woodland in southwestern Ohio that we call home. When we purchased this property over twenty years ago it was a wonderful natural area, but was quickly becoming overrun with non-native invasive species such as Garlic Mustard and Honeysuckle (among others). We have worked long and hard to remove those non-native invaders, and along the way have gotten up close and personal with the plant and animal community that lives here. We are Jim & Julie Varick. We both have Bachelor of Science degrees in Botany from Miami University (β82), which doesnβt necessarily make us experts on what we see in our woods, but it does give us the tools to learn more as we experience more. Please subscribe to our channel and join us on this adventure to experience the woods throughout the seasons and learn what we have done right, and what we have done wrong as Woodland Stewards.
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