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"The future is already here– it's just not evenly distributed."
That William Gibson quote could certainly apply to the impacts of #ClimateChange. Let's hope it also applies to the adaptive strategies described here.
"In the face of intensifying weather patterns, #regenerative organic farms are demonstrating that the key to #resilience is working with nature. Restoring natural processes and regenerating ecosystems, especially healthy soils, is critical to our future."
Taking cues from #RegenerativeAg as well as #RestorationEcology, I've been exploring woody plant propagation and establishment as one way to support resilience and regeneration where I live.
That has led to some fascinating discoveries other 
's might find interesting too...
When starting new plants (e.g., via seed or cuttings), "root training" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Root_trainer) and #AirPruning (https://www.honeybadgernursery.com/air-pruning/) can help establish vigorous and prolific root growth.
This can greatly enhancing the survival and growth of transplants, and reduce the time between propagation and production (e.g. in #agroforestry applications)...
I've also been learning about the amazing #regenerative properties of #RamialChippedWood (RCW), "which can effectively serve as a panacea for depleted and eroded soils" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramial_chipped_wood)
It's also called bois raméal fragmenté (BRF), or "chipped branch-wood" by my Quebecois neighbors to the north who first researched its properties in the 90's. Since that time many have been putting this great use in farm and forest, including my other northerly neighbors in Maine
https://snakeroot.net/MTCA/ramial-chipped-wood/
To all the ends above, I'll be putting a newly purchased #WoodChipper to work on our land this year, turning invasive honeysuckle and EAB killed ash tree lemons into lemonade
I'll also be experimenting with home made rooting mediums, #compost, and soil conditioners from those chips and pine bark
Hopefully addressing a variety of issues with our heavy wet clay soil. (https://homeguides.sfgate.com/pine-bark-soil-conditioner-101383.html)
In turn, helping transplants from our #NativePlants nursery survive their transition "into the wild"...
Our land sits in a "saddle" between two higher hills north and south, draining off to the Chesapeake Bay to our west and St. Lawrence Seaway to the east. That means we have quite a lot (increasing amounts) of water pooling and flowing across our property.
Rather than finding ways to divert that more quickly, as a #ClimateChangeMitigation and #biodiversity promoting strategy I'll be experimenting with turning some of those EAB killed ash trees into #hugelkultur beds.
@jeff If you are in the Chesapeake Bay area, you could look into #beaver restoration. Check out Ecotone's website: https://www.ecotoneinc.com/
@rachelschicksiegel
Yes, #beavers are a great ally in this work!
Fortunately we have a healthy population here at the headwaters (we live directly adjacent to an 11,000 acre wildlife management area.)
Here's a photo of our pup Sadie Mae helping me during one of our beaver pond and dam "inspections" :)
