I remember well the stories my youngest son would tell of massive hours on the flight line in broiling heat. He was a BONE jet mechanic. He wasn't quite so neutral. @@Ocean-Jay
Heap is a great name for a family that likes plants. Back in the day when I was doing lots of gardening, I had heaps and heaps of things. I learned long ago the value of a heap of rotting green stuff and have composted ever since. Also, my father would leave heaps of brush piles after we cut wood so the critters had cover in the snow. The great thing about some heaps if you're the lazy sort, they completely disappear with time and something will be grown on an a fertile hump.
That mistflower in the beginning is the real deal. Grows here in Southeast LA and just goes off in the fall. It’s incredibly hardy and is absolutely stunning right now
So good to see nurseries of native plants, people spreading this plants are creating more habitat. The work he is doing puting native plants in more places is awesome💪👏❤️
I've following this channel for a while and was pleasantly surprised about this video. I live in the valley and never heard of this nursery. O have to visit now.
I live in McAllen and have been following your videos for about a year. I'm really interested in native plants and hope to learn more and then fill my parents yard in the following years
I am happy to see a great Texas Native endorsement. That man is a boss. I hope one day you wander through Sam Houston National Forest. They work hard to care for land that was highly devastated by early lumber practices. A lot of beautiful east Texas natives in the forest making a comeback.
Great place! I need to see about getting some of those tubes. So much of what I want to grow is deep-rooting, so it doesn't make any sense to put them even the deeper 5" potting trays that are now available when I can put a dozen tubes into a single gallon pot like he's doing. That'd give the seedling plenty of room to grow its roots deep as it might like. I'm sure things like Asclepias tuberosa would love that!
@andybaldman laughable... I mean literally for what they bring to the table and community as well as future. Answered enough??? And quite as much as I'd protect my own family since in many ways they are how the next Gen will have food stuffs and ecosystem friendly to boot. Protect at all costs is over used but you picked one that fits perfectly.
I love these videos on native plant nurseries! The Pizzo ones were also fantastic. How bout a "kill your lawn" chain of nurseries? (There is no better ambassador than Tony.)
Glad to see some of the native plants in my yard highlighted here! I live on the Gulf Coast and have let my yard grow wild for the past 3-4 years and have seen a lot of these plants come in and it's way more interesting than plain old turf. A good chunk of our ground cover has been taken over by frog fruit and its a blast watching the pollinators buzzing around all the flowers. Also tons of golden rods all over the place down here and theyre blooming like craaaazy right now
I actually have an Esenbeckia runyonii that i bought from Mike about 25 years ago. It was doing great but finally it got so big it tipped over due to the wet clay soil. I pruned it back, and propped it up and i am glad to say it is blossoming as we speak. I have returned a bucket of seed pods to Mike.
Beautiful selection of natives. Since I'm from Illinois I only recognize the fog fruit, also a native in Illinois. Another native we have in common is prickly pear. My 76 yr old Father and his twin each brought one home from El Paso when they were 5. They continue to thrive in a small patch of sandy loam among the native grasses and a few winged elms. I let my yard go as long as I can without a cop knocking on my door......
Been watching you for years, watched this video during my lunch break to calm down and relax. I've been eyeballing your Dept. of U Forestry for a while, just got off work and ordered a black pull-over white print, hope you get a nice cut of that price. I'm sure that 13.5 hour shift will cover the cost.
Ahhh yeah! Thanks so much for this. Nursery folks are Real humble champions, in our upside down shitshow world. We have a couple of beauties here (Oregon south coast.) Dragonfly nursery in Langlois is fantastic, & Fire Fern nursery in Smith River/CA. Cheers, Joey for this. nice. ❤️👌🪴
I love my Texas Sages, they don't give AF about the hot Austin sun 🌞 Mimosas do really well too, I had some really big ones that I never watered during last years summer and they thrived They died in a freeze though I do have some Texas Ebony's that made it through the winter though
“Say, ‘what were you in the Marines’.” “What were you in the Marines?” “Unhappy.” Spoken like a true crayon-eater. Thanks for your service to our country, both in the military industrial complex, and to our native ecology.
Yes, solar belongs on roofs and over parking lots, close to the loads it serves. Solar strip mines in the desert are an abomination and should be illegal.
