Living Off the Land ~~ Black Gum Tree

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Danny shows you what a black gum tree looks like, talks about its uses, and benefits of having it on your property.
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@thymedreamer56 6 лет назад

Danny, when discussing plants and trees like this, could you please do a close up of the bark and leaves and flowers and fruit. It would be very helpful. A lot of my research I have difficulty finding good identifying photos of the plants and trees.

@wmluna381 2 года назад

Lately I've been taking photos of plants, leaves, trees & bark and scanning them through Google Lens. If you have a newer Android phone it shows up right in the Google search field next to the microphone. Or upload photos to your desktop and use it there. It's been about 60%-70% effective in helping to identify things. It helps if the plant, etc. is very distinctive looking.

@jalexwheeler7751 Год назад

The old folks tell me people used to use Black Gum to make toothbrushes out of. They would hammer the end of a stick, until it was a fine fibrous mass, and then trim it, and use that as a toothbrush.

@julieb7068 6 лет назад

Danny and Wanda- ❤️ the back to the land series. Thank you for continuing it.

@peewees6199 6 лет назад

My mom had a sweet-gum tree in the back yard...beautiful. The first four or five years it looked like a stick in the ground, but it finally took off. Last time I saw it, it was fifty years old and great! God bless!

@scratchmadehomestead9343 6 лет назад

I am so fascinated!✌🏻❤️

@anitaronquillo1410 6 лет назад

I love these kind of stories. You are so full of knowledge about many things.Very interesting knowing there is water near the black gum tree. God bless you all.

@Offgridchica 6 лет назад

Awesome. Glad yo see such great information.

@diannerichard5568 6 лет назад

Danny you and Wanda has help us so much with our fruit trees and garden. I love your talk on the sun the way everything is changing. Thank God for you and Wanda may God Bless you richly.

@keithdeshong9612 6 лет назад

Great video. You can't find this kind of first hand information anymore. Thanks Danny!

@michaelmorris1802 6 лет назад

I grow White Tupelo trees here in North Florida, and the bees love them. It's what Tupelo Honey comes from. I'm trying to reestablish them here on the Santa Fe River... they do love to grow in near / water.

@mariancreswick2002 6 лет назад

Wow amazing information love to watch you each day the many different plants you grow and food you have

@saddleridge4364 6 лет назад

lots of very interesting info on the black gum and other gum trees and a beautiful view while we listen to Danny teach us about it.

@HomesteadHippie 6 лет назад

Good morning, Danny! Thank you for the information!

@thelazyj8658 6 лет назад

I’m a big fan of the living off the land videos, so informational and interesting! Thank you for sharing that knowledge!

@riddermichi 4 года назад

Extremely informative video! Thank you a LOT for sharing! This was more info about the trees and more practical knowledge about them, compacted in a 12minute video, than i have found in about an hour of browsing the internet researching this tree. Will definitely be watching more from your channel, and thanks a lot for sharing your vast knowledge!

@lindakiel9822 6 лет назад

Love these educational videos about history and surviving the way our ancestors lived! Danny you and Wanda are excellent teachers. Thanks

@kathleenzeigler8285 6 лет назад

What a wonder hystory lesson on the black gum tree. Thank you.

@rough-hewnhomestead4751 6 лет назад

Love this kind of info! Bring it on!

@theIAMofME 6 лет назад

Loved the video!! Thanks for sharing the knowledge of this tree.

@gaywizard2000 Год назад

I'm going to grow some in Southern British Columbia. Love the dialect!

@wandaduckworth1357 6 лет назад

Good morning,,a lot of great information you gave us ,,thank you for sharing !

@JustPlainCommonSense 6 лет назад

Thanks for the lesson Danny

@DonnaRatliff1 6 лет назад

Wow, I learned so much from you on this. My land is loaded with gum trees, popular, White oaks and some maples. Most of my pines I've had taken down near my house because they fall too easy plus get pine beetle disease. But I've been told that these gum trees are so hard they make railroad ties out of them. I live on Lookout and this mountain is full of water. Must be why I have so many. There's springs all in my creek. Thanks for teaching about the trees Danny.

@dannydean1253 Год назад

AHHO for sharing your knowledge with us. I leaned alot.

@shellig5388 6 лет назад

Interesting! Thank you for the video!

@ash1448 6 лет назад

Great info!! So interesting! Getting really excited about my upcoming visit! Can't wait to soak up some of your knowledge 😉 Thanks for sharing! ❤

@DeepSouthHomestead 6 лет назад

Looking forward to having you at DSH.

@ladycat661 6 лет назад

Love this My grandpappy love to make toothbrushes with the sweet gum and a stuff dip brush I have got a lot sweet gums and Black gums on the back acres by the steam on my land had one that was hollow on the hill I cut it down and use it to plant in ,Love this video thank you God Bless

@fernly2 3 года назад

Was wondering if anyone else knew to use black gum twigs for toothbrushes❣️

@HearthandDome 6 лет назад

So much to learn... so little time... Wonderful video!! ❤️

@bumblebee7922 6 лет назад

Hi Freedom Acres!!!! YES!! SO true..... Kinda like... SO MANY books... SO little time....

@paulmoss7940 5 лет назад

I am old but when I was young my granny would cut pencil sized black gum twigs,peel one end and use it for a toothbrush,as the fibers would seperate like a "brush". She said it was good for your "spizerinktums" also.GS Mountains of NC. Thanks for the info about this interesting tree.

@sweetiepie7840 6 лет назад

Very informative Danny!! Thanks so much!!👍🏻

@mykentuckyhome9442 6 лет назад

Awesomw video Danny! We will be checking for these on our property this weekend. As beekeepers, we want to plant them for early season pollen.

@LuJustLu 6 лет назад

Great information! Thank you so much for sharing.

@lindasmith6202 6 лет назад

Really interesting - I'll look for those when I'm in Tupelo this summer.

@kathryngagne5813 6 лет назад

Awesome video, Danny! Keep 'em coming :)

@julieschossow9315 6 лет назад

Beautiful trees and very informative. ❤

@AngiesPantry58 6 лет назад

Awesome info Danny Thank you for sharing.. :")

@chrisis9030 6 лет назад

Nice and informative, thanks Danny.

@MalcolmSmall 6 лет назад

thanx we don't have gum trees this far north, first time I have see a gum tree.

@anashomestead5919 6 лет назад

I like that about 60 people were up at 5 a.m. on a Wednesday morning.

@glenokla2588 6 лет назад

Great video Danny!

@rayvalley8713 6 лет назад

Thank you for another interesting and educational video. I'll add the information to my tool kit as I'm looking for a piece of land to homestead. Ray Valley, Eustis, FL

@DonnaRatliff1 6 лет назад

Ray Valley I too moved from FL in 07. Just too darn crowded down there. Check out Northeast Alabama while your searching for a homestead. Very rural, small town. The taxes are so cheap! Last year I only paid $138 for my 2000 sq ft home with 10 acres. When I lived in FL, Hillsborough county I had to pay $2500 a year for 1/3 acre. Just a tip. Good luck on your search.

@aprilarmijo6967 3 года назад

Wow I'm always learning something new in your channel thanks ❤️

@janeheichel2014 6 лет назад

Thank you Danny I have learned a lot from you

@davidvinson4681 2 года назад

Danny I live in Alabama oh, we have a nuisance tree called a sweetgum, I hate them. They will take over your land, your pasture and the only thing I know they're good for logging of pup wood. Now on the other hand Black Gum is useful. I have Indian blood in me, my family used to use small limbs for toothbrushes. That was around 70 years ago. We also used to chew on Willows to get the aspirin out of it. They make great baskets. If people would look around in their yard especially around old places. They probably could find a lot of plants that the Indians and Pioneers used for medicine. We have so many plants around my house oh, they have been here for hundreds of years. Mullein plant, milkweed, wild onions, wild garlic,pusilen, and all kinds of different herbs. Thanks for sharing, it's amazing what God has right here for us. And all kinds of herbs

@retiredusmc9090 6 лет назад

I just planted a Black Gum tree on my property and now I know what its uses and future entertainment will be. I think I will plant several more because of some wetter patches in a down hill field I have. I hop that they will do well where some of the white oaks I planted are not doing so hot with the dampness of the soil.

@davidazinger5639 3 года назад

great video---lots of info...

@samfinn8397 6 лет назад

Very good to know ... thank you.

@jumpoffa5011 6 лет назад

I haven't heard the term Black gum tree going on near 51 years. As kids we use to play in the trees and pick the berries for our grandma. As for the sweet gum trees we use to throw the balls at one another. You brought back some fine memories. Thanks Danny.

@charmainemontgomery582 6 лет назад

Fascinating tree 😋

@dalefolck7270 6 лет назад

Thank you for that information.

@YolklahomaRocks 6 лет назад

Super interesting video! KNOW where to find water and how to get tackle to fish. That's not just living off the land that's surviving a situation to. Well done. We had a sweet gum tree at our other house but I never researched it.

@jasonrush6701 2 года назад

I've been trying to figure out what this tree was a my property for a long time thank you

@rstlr73 Год назад

great video!

@robertjackson9601 6 лет назад

They make great shade trees.

@nigel900 Год назад

Very interesting. My great grandad (born in 1875) used Black Gum for sled runners on sleds pulled behind horses or livestock. Very durable...

@Jimisuec 6 лет назад

Good info to share

@denisemartinez6456 6 лет назад

That is really cool history. I wonder if these grow in New Mexico. I'll have to do some checking. Very informative and interesting. Thanks Danny. I'm gonna do some checking in the jellies too. fascinating. I really enjoyed this video. till next time. blessings y'all.

@AnnieFarmerFarm 6 лет назад

I don't think I have any of those trees! this was very interesting!

@bill8985 7 месяцев назад

Great video. I've got some seed and hope to get some started. They are dioecious - so beware if you want to get fruit, you need both male and female trees...

@atlhammer 4 года назад

Thanks for this video. We have a hill black gum close to the house. Now we know it won’t fall & might even indicate a future well 🙂👍🏻🇺🇸

@DeepSouthHomestead 4 года назад

It has been my experience that there is water close to the top of the ground where a black gum tree grows.

@allenp1894 6 лет назад

thanks we have 3 in our yard.

@kimberlyakaellchisholm6775 5 лет назад

I love how you call them corks! Lol It bugs me when people call them "bobbers".

@johndoe-uf9pu 2 года назад

gramdma used to use the blackgum for tooth "breshes".

@edieboudreau9637 6 лет назад

Thanks.

@wandawilliams3110 5 лет назад

Why you don't have millions of subscribers, is beyond my understanding... But. for those in the know... please continue your channel.. This is known as the "knowledge tree". Using the word knowledge, to help, others understand.

@mywoolmitten 6 лет назад

Very interesting, thank you for the information. We have trees here that we call Iron Wood (upper midwest)

@DeepSouthHomestead 6 лет назад

My Wool Mitten We have iron wood in our river swamps here. Thanks

@bumblebee7922 6 лет назад

How COOL... My Wool Mitten! We had Iron Wood trees in NJ where I lived as a child. Awesome trees!

@mywoolmitten 6 лет назад

They certainly are, aren't they!

@mywoolmitten 6 лет назад

That's neat that you have them nearby, too! My husband says if you try to use a chainsaw on them, sparks will fly ;) Always appreciate your videos

@paulmoss7940 5 лет назад

In central NC ironwood is american hornbeam.

@warrickjones590 6 лет назад

Australia is covered in redgum trees not sure about the blackgum variety though. The river redgum is notorious for dropping limbs so you just don't camp underneath them. My uncle used to cut sleepers (cross tyes) outta redgum. River redgum is the preferred firewood in most areas down here. Love your vids very informative mate.

@erikjohnson9223 3 года назад

Australian gums are usually Eucalyptus or related genera (none are native to North America). These are in the genus Nyssa, which is considered distantly related to dogwoods (Cornus), which is probably another genus only found in the northern hemisphere and not in Australia.

@TheSHOP411 5 лет назад

If you cut one of these down. Plan on having the logs around for a while. You will destroy yourself if you try to split them. They take forever to burn away. I have heard of tupelo honey. I also heard the wood is good for carving duck decoys. I have way too many on my land.

@dougnyquist5622 4 года назад

one important fact is the Cherokees and pioneers used the twig for a natural toothbrush. black gum makes the best brush for brushing in the world. woody

@themostlymikeshow2582 3 года назад

Great video! I used an identification app to identify a tree in my yard, which brought me here. I am nearly certain that I have a Black Gum tree in my yard. Do you know if these grow in Pennsylvania?

@happilyretiredmark2964 6 лет назад

I grew up in a house that had 3 sweet gums trees in the yard.. I hated them and promised myself at an early age I'd never have a sweet gum tree in my yard because I was either having to rake leaves or gum balls all year seemed like. Of course back then I was the backpack blower....only with a rake! Good info Danny

@DeepSouthHomestead 6 лет назад

Happilyretiredmark We cut down every sweetgum tree on our property dont like them. Thanks

@robertjackson9601 6 лет назад

Been raging war as sweet gums are taking over my property. Goats are assisting as they love the taste and use the small ones to itch between there horns.

@twogirlshomestead60 5 лет назад

Our land is in Speedwell Tn you think it would do well there? the property does have a very large creek in three sides.

@BelindaTN 6 лет назад

so interesting. I wish you had showed a close up of the bark and the leaves for identifying purposes. I am very familiar with the sweet gum. But the black gum looks like it may have very different leaves. The sweet gum has beautiful fall leaves and annoying spine covered balls that drop off of it. lol

@DeepSouthHomestead 6 лет назад

There are pictures in the video of the leaves and green fruit. I didn't think about the bark. Next time I will add pics of bark. I will try to have pics in the live stream on Sat NIght

@BelindaTN 6 лет назад

Deep South Homestead yep, I watched it again and see the leaves. I totally missed that. The sweet gums have the leaves that remind me of a Star shape. The black gum looks to have glossy leaves. I think, we may have some on our property. Come fall and after the ticks and chiggers are gone (but the leaves are still on the trees), I will go looking for them.

@oldsouthhomestead7118 6 лет назад

I have trees here that look similar but the berries are round and they are ripe and falling now. I always thought they were black gum or sweet gum or wild cherry. By your description of the wood they are not black gum. These have straight beautiful reddish wood that is full of sap like water and is very aromatic when burned

@DeepSouthHomestead 6 лет назад

OldSouth Homestead That is wild cherry they are ripe here now. Thanks

@oldsouthhomestead7118 6 лет назад

Thank you. Have you ever made syrup from them or know anyone who has

@oldsouthhomestead7118 6 лет назад

after research I don't think I'll be making ant cough syrup unless I absolutely need to.

@blakespower Год назад

I have been growing Water Tupelo for 16 years when do they produce the berries. I have 3 of them very tall now maybe 40 feet

@droxlundquist8013 6 лет назад

Never hear of Black Gum trees before. Interesting. How far north do these grow?

@bumblebee7922 6 лет назад

Wow! SO interesting. I LOVE trees! My dad taught me to love and appreciate trees. Thank you for sharing all this cool info. There was a Sweet Gum Tree on the corner of my neighbor's yard that I always loved, next to our driveway. I would stand under it while waiting for the school bus and adored the pretty leaves. Loved that special tree.....

@HoneyHollowHomestead 6 лет назад

I wonder how far north these trees grow.

@danielfegley2735 3 года назад

I'm too far north for those kind of trees I wish there was someone as knowledgeable about PA plant life as you I get a lot of book worms that don't walk the talk , I think witch hazel is the tree up my way to find water

@erikjohnson9223 3 года назад

Black gum will grow into Zone 5 at least. Ogeche lime does not.

@robinburk9901 6 лет назад

Tell me if I remember correctly... isn't a Sycamore tree also an indicator of water nearby under ground?

@sweetdweams 6 лет назад

Thank you Danny. The dogs seem quiet of late. Have they gone?

@DeepSouthHomestead 6 лет назад

Tiare K No we film between there barking. You will see places where we had to clip the video to cut out the barking. Thanks

@gonzalezpandura 6 лет назад

Might be good to make a log cabin,raft,canoe...

@pontasx4 4 года назад

We are having a protest about the pilgrims in my hogan. We don't think pilgrims were there by the gum tree..

@FlutyLickHomestead 6 лет назад

All the old timers here still call any bee hive a bee gum.

@DocRevo 4 года назад

I just discovered this when researching a tree I found on my property. I began looking for info because I'm working on an building project about 20 feet from this tree and I started getting rained on by all these little berries. Those suckers can hurt! Turns out I have a really nice Black Gum about 30" in diameter and I'd guess 70 or 80 feet tall. I really wanted to clear the scrubby little saplings and brush in that area and keep this tree as nice shade, but once I learned about the way these tree rot and die I looked again and realized a big bump near the upper 1/3 is a hole that had started to rot. I'm wondering about cutting it down before it gets worse and milling as much as possible to save the lumber.

@DeepSouthHomestead 4 года назад

The lumber will warp and twist bad. Its a very tough wood as the grains run in many different directions.

@DocRevo 4 года назад

@@DeepSouthHomestead so, just not worth it, I guess...just another one to cut and toss on the junk / burn pile....

@erikjohnson9223 3 года назад

Was the wetland tupelo you mentioned Nyssa aquatica or the (much shorter, and apparently found wild in a limited area, mostly in the Apalachicola River drainage) Nyssa ogeche (a.k.a "ogeche lime," because it produces a large, air-filled, very tart fruit a little like a giant cranberry), or are both good for corks (& I hear the buttress and root wood of at least one type of tupelo is pretty famous as a wood carving material)? The ogeche lime, incidentally, is the source of monofloral "tupelo honey," though I am not sure it is healthy given all the critiques of high fructose corn syrup (tupelo honey never crystallizes, supposedly because it's based on fructose rather than other sugars).

@marilyn4888 6 лет назад

Are these fast growers?

@QLH.U2bbers 6 лет назад

EVA! :)

@JanetWilham 6 лет назад

wow I know scripture says God planted the cedar and the oak--but I wonder if this tree has another name in the bible as it seems spiritual as it likes water and soo strong-just a thought?? God bless and love this videos.

@erikjohnson9223 3 года назад

The Bible was written primarily in Israel (& to a lesser extent in Babylonian captivity)--the Middle East. The genus Nyssa, to whick black gums belong, is North American. Baldcypress and mangroves also like water, and also aren't in the Bible. Dates and myrtle (Myrtus communis, the bush Hadassah [Esther] was named after) are two of the four species waved at Succoth and are mentioned elsewhere in the Bible, as is pomegranate, which was the model for many Temple furnishings and some bells on the high priest's garments if I remember correctly. Those are quite xeric species. Frankinsense and myrrh are largely limited to the Yemeni desert. Being swampy doesn't make something spiritual, or not; it is just a habitat that some things prefer and others can't stand.

@carolynharmon7074 6 лет назад

Will these trees roots grow towards water pipes and tear the pipes up?

@DeepSouthHomestead 6 лет назад

Carolyn Harmon Its been 18 years and i have had no problems. Thanks

@shelly8387 6 лет назад

We have sweetgum trees all over here. Would the water theory hold true for these as well?

@DeepSouthHomestead 6 лет назад

Shelly not really they can grow anywhere. Thanks

@erikjohnson9223 3 года назад

At least in FL, red maple and sweetbay magnolia are swamp trees. You can look for those. Of course, in FL, the near surface water doesn't taste as good as the deeper stuff (often full of iron).

@DanielOrfield 6 лет назад

Profitable lesson on things to know...

@jamesmanley9521 6 лет назад

Do they make gum balls that drop in the fall or is that a different gum?

@DeepSouthHomestead 6 лет назад

james manley That is a different gum tree this one has berries. Thanks

@erikjohnson9223 3 года назад

You are thinking of sweet gum, Liquidambar styraciflua.

@Sharonwhite24 6 лет назад

Is that the same thing as a iron wood tree?

@DeepSouthHomestead 6 лет назад

sharon brashier No iron wood is different. Thanks

@jeaniedelgado687 3 года назад

Where do you live?

@julieowen8526 3 года назад

Danny, have you ever considered that YOU might be a native american? The asiatic people are not necessarily the only natives.

@allysinthegarden 6 лет назад

why are we not related💕

@maranda3764 6 лет назад

@Woodsygirl62 6 лет назад

I'D LIKE IT JUST FOR THE WILDLIFE.. BUT GOING TO LOOK UP THAT INFO. DO HAVE BIRD THERE CALLED THE LORD GOD BIRD? ITS A TYPE OF LARGE! WOODPECKER. THEY HAVE THEM IN FLORIDA.