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Growing trees in dry areas – Lessons, methods, and mistakes (full compilation)

A full 57-minute compilation of all the videos we made in 2025. See this as a guide full of mistakes, tips, and inspiration! We’ve been planting trees for 25 years in Ourique, Alentejo (Portugal) on our 32 hectares. In that time, we’ve planted more than 25,000 trees from 50 different species. We also installed large rainwater catchment systems on our land, and in recent years we’ve used these to irrigate young trees. We take all this effort because we want to give back to nature. We hope to inspire you to do your part for nature—big or small, one tree at a time. 💬 We’d love to hear from you! Got questions or ideas? Drop them in the comments or reach out on Instagram. We’re learning every day and want to share the journey with you. 📸 Follow our journey on Instagram:   / reforesting.project.portugal   -- 🎥Shot & edited by: Barend Meihuizen 🔗Website: https://www.houseofsteve.nl/ ✈️ Droneshots by: Jeroen Verhaegh & Carlos Encarnação -- Time codes: 00:00 – Water retention first, trees later 01:55 – Slow down rainwater with irrigation ponds 03:18 – Swales and their effect on nature 05:50 – How we slow down water 08:23 – Rainwater line irrigation 10:35 – Saving 258 old olive trees 13:09 – Birds jumpstart tree planting! – Here’s how 16:02 – How trees take care of their successors naturally 17:33 – Grafting trees to improve survival rate 19:18 – Mulch: 4 ways we collect/create it on our land 23:48 – Why some trees grow faster 26:08 – Why we grow our own trees from seed 30:46 – Collecting native seeds - Why local genes matter 33:27 – Collecting seedlings - Free planting material 35:47 – Growing more trees than we can plant 38:06 – Pruning young saplings 39:41 – Tree planting process 45:36 – Pollinators, grazers, and ants 47:50 – Testing ways to fight Phytophthora 50:35 – Working with nature: mycorrhiza 52:47 – Why ploughing Esteva harms nature