Aggressive Natives are a Good Thing!!

[@Waxican]

“They’re taking over your yard!!” Oh no, my yard is full of pretty flowers, whatever shall I do?!

[@sarcosmic6982]

For FREE, at that!

[@levingoodberg]

Sell them for overprice to liberals..

[@bettrhalf8006]

"Look out, a bunch of attractive people have moved into the parts of your home you aren't using! They're being respectful about noise and privacy, and they're pitching in with chores and other needed household work!" Well, shoot. I should do something about that. Eventually.

[@twistedoldloony]

@@bettrhalf8006And they’re cooking meals for you everyday! How dare they!

[@trvman1]

I am sure my HOA will let me let my grass grow wild :)

[@FinnishLapphund]

I love that! This whole thing with perfectly mowed grass lawn "deserts" being viewed as the ideal for everyone, really needs to change.

[@dyscea]

They’re great for looks and when you have the money and time for maintenance. My brother in law converted his LA front lawn into gravel and succulents. Work with native plants of your environment.

[@oi-nf9uz]

@@dyscea i think when he said desert he was referring to the fact that typical grass lawns are devoid of a diversity of life, not literal desert gardens.

[@dyscea]

@@oi-nf9uz No, I understood 😆 I was adding to the “use local flora” concept.

[@jailelitaker9921]

Yes! I hate seeing just grass! So boring and useless

[@benjaminvega295]

This is basicly him trying to justify his reason for being lazy and not mowing all the lawn

[@goblinguygog]

i think it's funny that they say "it's taking over your property" like the flowers are taking the land away from them; its absurd, that's where the wildlife naturally grows

[@Mrscheesecake1]

My thoughts exactly

[@theezenriarinze9203]

Bingo

[@halatiny6537]

Yea like bitch you’re taking their whole home.

[@Mint_River11]

Yeah and i bet the neighbor's children will feels like finding their own private fairy land if they saw it lol. It can also become a pretty instagramable place yk

[@-desertpackrat]

It gives me the exact same vibes as "shark infested waters" Infested? They live there bro, humans are the animal that does not live in or belong in a salt water ocean, you're the weird ones invading space, not them! People are so weird how they see everything in the world as belonging to them and something to be shaped and molded over for their comfort. And even if they won't respect nature, they won't even respect other humans, because we're sharing this planet that supposedly "belongs to us", and if half of us want to keep seeing flowers, the other half has to respect that. Either we all own this space or no one does, but people who think THEY personally own everything they toouch are crazy. They even think they own stuff outside of their property. If they don't like how their neighbor's house looks they think they can tell them to change it because that's their view they have to look at. They think they own "their" booth at their favorite restaurant, and "their" parking spot and if "their" TV show gets cancelled they write an angry letter. Everything is theirs, they can't see any other world existing.

[@ufcoque8697]

Man has a natural perennial garden. As a gardener, I'm jealous as hell

[@AnaLucia-wy2ii]

I managed to fit a lot of flowers in my relatively small backyard. Eventually, I decided I needed more room and in the fall, I moved tom2 acres. I transplanted as many flowers as I could and I can’t wait to see what comes up this Spring!!!

[@bethanydavis9023]

​@@AnaLucia-wy2ii are the flowers native to your area? Native floral tend to have an easier time growing and they are very useful as well as pretty.

[@BigBoolinScienceMan]

I'm a horticulturist and we sell the hell out of Rudbeckia at the nursery I work for in Tennessee.

[@actinopterygiis]

plant natives instead of imports and you can get smth like this

[@lill1557]

Same

[@wesleyhurd3574]

As long as it is a species that is native to the area, it is not taking over. It is growing right where it belongs.

[@theomaffioletti4670]

Some native species probably can be invasive, but I don't think that it's a real concern / happens that often. there will always be species that grow faster and better than others, especially on soil that has been mowed for a long time. Nature always finds balance eventually, so it won't even be an issue for long

[@flavorlessquark8614]

​@@theomaffioletti4670 Native species can't be invasive. They're literally opposite things

[@RiversEagle_]

​@Theo Maffioletti By definition, something that is native cannot be invasive 😂

[@akirataken]

@@RiversEagle_ the only native species (at least woody species) that I know is considered invasive is black locust because of its ability to quickly turn a meadow into a heavily forested area. It can be pretty aggressive to the point where it conservationist find it difficult to maintain plots of nature lands as meadows/shrubland and such

[@james739123]

No, it's taking back what belongs to them.

[@RaeBehrs]

The world needs more wildflower meadows and less "perfectly manicured" lawns of useless grass. Thank you for sharing this message!

[@montananerd8244]

I was raised not to pick wildflowers (raised by conservationist public land lovers), but ofc did sneak a few tries as a kid...wow are they strong plants - extremely hard to pick, you have to snip (but do not on public land ofc)! those stems and roots are typically extremely hardy, but with such gorgeous delicate looking flowers, and there's very little scent - in many ways absolutely perfect for our city spaces too! I don't really get why we don't have lawns full of them, I live in a wildflower mecca, I bet it would be relatively easy to have lawns of wild grass & flowers, good for bees, good for us. there's even low, soft shrubbies or mosses that can be grown for outdoor barefoot time. luckily, wildflowers cultivate pretty darn easily. you can't transplant a huckleberry bush or grow it from seed, but these flower babies don't mind moving around for us! imagine a yard of larkspur, valerian, Heather, lady slippers,black eyed Susan's, and wild roses (if you don't mind a poky part of the yard lol)...

[@melhawk6284]

And a lot of native plants hide tasty treats within themselves! Jerusalem Artichokes come to mind, with those dangerously addictive tubers!

[@BenjaminGillespie-uk2wm]

we need to get rid of lawns before we run out of water

[@Saint696Anger]

Exactly, we need to stop killing everything. I had a bee hive on my property and they did a great job pollinating

[@fjallabrjotur]

That would even be better for this guy. He should have a hive tucked away on one side of the property and harvest some fresh, natural and sustainable honey.

[@2GoatsInATrenchCoat]

@@fjallabrjotur I just found out the bad news that honeybees are not native to North America, and they can actually take resources away from native pollinators ☹️ there's many other species of bees that are native here, but they cannot produce honey for people

[@titoepfx4272]

@@2GoatsInATrenchCoat yea but when its this many flowers no issue, but i guess if u have no flowers around at all i would imagine sure they would fight for it

[@vasilikigeorgiou5971]

Great! If it is still on your property keep it as is, or move it further away if it is located too close to your home (30-50 meters is good enough). If you have trees that bear edible fruit, you will get bountiful produce every year!

[@kitty-gf2wd]

My ex neighbor would spray his lawn with weed killer and it actually affected some of the baby robins in the area and killed them because the parents were eating worms from the affected dirt.

[@nathanitet]

It’s a native plant. They’re not aggressive, they’re thriving in their natural environment.

[@critical-goat]

You can have many native plants that might start in an area, but a plant that weeds out any competition is considered aggressive, native or not. And since there are no other plant varieties as prevalent as that coneflower, I'd say it counts as aggressive. Plants can thrive without completely taking over like these plants have. And I'm absolutely not saying its bad, but different words mean different things ❤

[@BingusDingusLingus]

@@critical-goat these haven’t “taken over” they’re doing exactly what every plant does. You just don’t like it for some reason

[@tony8076]

​@@BingusDingusLingus Using terms like "Taking over" are just what people say when a plant will thrive too much and actually kill other plants, or ground cover in this case to gain more sunlight and land coverage. No one is being hateful, you're being ignorant.

[@BingusDingusLingus]

@@tony8076 have you looked in a mirror recently love? Calling me ignorant

[@critical-goat]

@@BingusDingusLingus I never said anywhere that I don't like plants just doing their thing. In fact, I was trying to keep my tone as respectful as possible. And yes, there is a difference between plants that co-habitate and plants that weed out all other plants. Our native plants where I'm from like the Indian Blanket, Primroses, and Milkweed do not monopolize an entire area. You can even find them growing side by side. What you see here, as well as the behavior in sunflowers, is considered aggressive because they completely drive out all other plants. Yes it's native, but that does not mean it can't still be aggressive.

[@daisythecat4095]

*aggressively writes notes for future home that I’ll never have*

[@yunglou5967]

If you haven't been saving up, start now. The bubbles gonna burst by next year I'm predicting.

[@ManufacturedCrises]

@@yunglou5967 same here. Hoping for it anyway

[@tomd5069]

@@yunglou5967 I’m putting in 60+ hours a week at my new job, saving for that hope. When that bubble bursts we’ll be ready and waiting. Good luck to you all.

[@queencobra1507]

You will one day. I thought I would never own a home. But I compramised and now I am rennovating a home. Will own outright and be rent free in a year.

[@chiefn.s.p7044]

Even if you rent or share it's good knowledge to know the native plants where you live so you know what to cut and what to keep.

[@scribblees]

Imagine yelling “get off my property” to a bunch of plants

[@chedubetcha69]

Lmao

[@tylerk.7947]

I do it all the time. Have to remove the invasives to bring by native habitat

[@edgeofhell5966]

The plants are like "bitch I live here"

[@phuckyoutube5927]

God bless..... America?

[@GottaWannaDance]

Be gone! Yee sinner Fescue ...

[@chaysethebadger]

I live in a trailer park. My yard was dull and lifeless. I sifted though all of it to remove any garbage, metal or other hazards, re added rocks and fertilizer. Then I spread grass and wildflower seeds! My landlords were initially upset about the flowers but my pink cosmos has finally caught up with the orange and violet coneflowers. And my marigolds are in full bloom! They think it's beautiful

[@140kittykat]

Dang. Nothing worse than pretty wildflowers that attract the wildlife people would die to see

[@broodieivie207]

I wish cities would listen to this. They always make me mow all my wild flowers.

[@Bellllllz]

Conspiracy!!!!

[@broodieivie207]

@@Bellllllz no, just ignorant.

[@meljaxb]

in Germany there are many cities, that plant exactly that flower into every green spot in-between streets around the city. My boyfriend used to live in Heidelberg, there they are everywhere and I loved it

[@owlthepirate5997]

In my state, (Maryland) its our state flower! But we are not allowed to pick them, if caught, it is a very large fine!

[@suedefringe]

Can you tell them you planted them ?

[@druidofpies]

“It’s taking over your property” I see this as an absolute win

[@alexanderbrown2717]

Jesus Christ loves you! ♥️ gospel ♥️ 1 Corinthians 5 KJV 1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. 3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; 4 And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: Romans 3 KJV 25 Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God; 🎁 free gift 🎁 Ephesians 2 KJV 8 For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: 9 Not of works, lest any man should boast. ♥️know♥️ 1 John 5 KJV 13 These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.

[@EagleWolf523]

Great little knowledgeable Video!. Beauty Is In The Eye Of The Appreciative Beholder!. Besides Is Your Land To do As You Please. Enjoy Your Sculptured View!!

[@vixy2321]

“Aggressive Natives are a good thing!” Me, who’s native: *Becomes increasingly aggressive*

[@AmandaTroutman]

Thank you for protecting our ecosystems.

[@ohnosenpai2630]

@@AmandaTroutman confusion

[@sumdumbmick]

that was my initial reading.

[@tehfuqizg0inon588]

Scalping sounds intensify

[@Call_Upon_YAH]

Jesus Christ is the propitiation for the whole world's sins. They that believeth and are baptized (with the Holy Spirit) shall be saved; but they that believeth not shall be damned. Those led by the Holy Spirit do not abide in wickedness. 👍🏾 *God is ONE manifesting himself as THREE;* the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit! Bless him! *For these three are one.* As I am led by the Holy Spirit, nothing I state is a lie, but the truth of God. Anyone who tells you differently is misinformed or a liar. They do not know God, nor led by him. Anyone who *claims* to be a Christian and is against what I am doing, and where I am doing it; the Holy Spirit does not dwell within them, they lack understanding. They know not God, read his word, and their religion is in vain. Do not hear them, they will mislead you, the lost cannot guide the lost.

[@gracegwozdz8185]

My grandpa used to leave his fields fallow for a year between planting crops. He said that Nature send pioneer plants to regenerate soil fertility.

[@ThePgkessler]

This human realizes he is part of the ecosystem and doesn’t want to dominate and control it. Great video!

[@doomguy974]

I mean, he is to an extent. He mows paths into the yard, and around the edges. Yes, it's much more natural than most suburban lawns, but he's not exactly in a suburbs.

[@GothicElf68]

@@doomguy974 But what little he is doing is mostly unobtrusive. It is just enough so that he and his family can go out and enjoy it. Truly, it is nothing more than what you see at parks, where they have clearly defined pathways for hiking and biking added to the landscape, so people can enjoy them without causing a lot of damage.

[@doomguy974]

@@GothicElf68 right, mostly. He's still controlling it. Not much, but he is a little. More so than a grazing animal would.

[@Migger_29]

Does a beaver dominate and control its environment?

[@omgman5745]

Indeed humans are such an inferior species

[@UggNJane]

My step mom does this in Sweden and her property is like a magical fairy tale setting.

[@welfaredaddy6368]

We need pics/vids

[@TheOriginalCheeseballs]

@@welfaredaddy6368 Of her step mom or her property? Because I’m down for both.

[@CheekoLFreako]

@@TheOriginalCheeseballs what are you doing Step-field lol

[@aguaaqua6343]

​@@TheOriginalCheeseballs WA? 🤨📸

[@vickyn8162]

FINALLY SOME ONE UNDERSTANDS the importance of letting native plant grow

[@JoRiver11]

Lots of people have been fighting for these things for a long time. There's a lot of resistance from people who love their lawns.

[@alexlogan202]

Just nuke it all

[@johnmartinez7440]

"Finally", as if the majority of people don't prefer to let their gardens grow naturally.

[@markmclean8858]

​@@johnmartinez7440majority? Boomers cut that shit down low as possible

[@lucam8758]

​@@JoRiver11 I would argue thay hate their lawns. Letting stuff grow can make it harder to maintain, it is easier to cut everything. A cleanly cut lawn is a sterile and dead lawn, so to me it means they hate their lawn.

[@Toadmanstaff]

Thank you for actually explaining to people that we do not need plants just for plants sake they have to be the right kind of plants to feed local wildlife to be truly beneficial to nature

[@enyrtovsen3174]

Plus those orange coneflower are aesthetic af

[@bglesch1]

People use a field nearby that looks exactly like that for professional photography sessions

[@taylorc2542]

Dalmatian toadflax is another is hated but pretty when flowering. I don't care if it's not native; I like it.

[@MiJi_29]

"this is what happens if you didn't mow the land" **Beautiful Flowers** Me on a Tropical Land: **L O N G G R A S S**

[@edenfleck2918]

Long, SHARP grass.

[@awoowie_nate]

Long, sharp, pointy, and has weirdass surface

[@bumpsangrimez]

Our grass is WEEDS

[@abishaakmal7455]

Long thorny snake invested grass

[@inkandesk]

Okay but native rush is sooo pretty too I have just a bit of like that big hearty tall grass in the grasslands I live in and it’s so pretty in the summer

[@johndyer9232]

Sir, you are to be commended for being a good steward of that portion of the planet God have you control over. It looks beautiful.

[@beauxjones8793]

There was a guy who bought unwanted “unusable” land near Johnson City, TX. He pulled all the cedar trees out, and a majority of the mesquite, killed off the non native grasses and planted native grass, a relatively short time later a natural spring popped up and the land “suddenly” became worth 100x what he paid for it. He donated the land in his will.

[@nikkisigmon8090]

Well that kinda sucks in that his taxes increased bc of it, but no good deed goes unpunished I guess :P

[@JoRiver11]

There's an 8 minute mini doc about it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kISznJamfNKZoqc&ab_channel=NationalGeographic

[@Hapenparadise]

🤣👍🏻❤️👏🏻

[@vyor8837]

For some reason, I don't believe you

[@beauxjones8793]

@@vyor8837 Here’s a short National Geographic Channel documentary about Selah, Bamberger Ranch kzbin.info/www/bejne/kISznJamfNKZoqc&feature=shares

[@typicallyusual6984]

Fun fact: Black-eyed Susans are the state flower of Maryland

[@SaraiSunsurfer]

Yeah but it's super rare to see them because everyone mows their yards lol

[@siouxd799]

My name is Susan! Orange is my fave colour And I love these flowers! 🌺

[@micro-babe]

And much like the flower, we're way too aggressive lol.

[@Tourettes0]

i did not know this! super cool

[@miranda13c]

Isn’t that a cocktail too? I swear I’ve heard that before, or drank one. 😂

[@tylerk.7947]

I own a native plant landscaping company and seeing content like this makes me happy

[@Pokesus]

Damn that's so fucking cool, i didn't even knew it exists lol.

[@i.i.iiii.i.i]

@@Pokesus Same, but I was shocked when I realized that the majority of US lawns are just golf courses lol So seeing this is kinda surprising...

[@ImDissonance]

Content like this has made me realize how invasive humans are to the land and animals around us. Thank you for helping reduce our impact!

[@dflaming1371]

I just get thistle, so mowing it is

[@crisbowman]

@@dflaming1371 If you wish to walk there, mow it. Otherwise, thistle are great flowers. Just a tab bit intimidating...

[@blandcoffeeamv4107]

My dad had a flower bed with wild flowers. When we got someone to dig our pond, they destroyed the flower bed and distributed the seeds of the wild flowers all over the place. It's beautiful. We had the prettiest garden in the neighborhood when not mowing too often. Hope the new owners appreciate it.

[@loganl7547]

we learned the secret to controlling the weeds at our lake property was not to, don't mow, don't spray, don't do anything, the dandilions were insane for the first year, but after that the wildflowers took over and now its amazing.

[@a79919]

Dandelions get crazy but they're a really great food source for animals and make a good tea. The whole plant is edible 😁 they have a lot of nutrients and my lizard and hamster love them!

[@loganl7547]

@@a79919 I didn't know lizards liked them, thats cool! I heard dandilion tea is a mild pain killer. They grow like crazy in our yard in town, we don't control them, just mow often enough that they rarely go to seed. But interestingly they stopped being so pervasive at the lake after all the slower growing flowers came in, now its a nice mix of yellow, white, purple, and red. And the native grasses have come in as well, which seem to be far more drought resistent.

[@a79919]

@@loganl7547 I never knew they could be a pain killer 😁 I miss having a yard to plant beautiful flowers, I had a weeping cherry tree that would flower and the bees would go crazy for it and a kwanzan cherry blossom that would produce big fluffy pink flowers that would fall like pink snow. I mainly have indoor plants now, the greenery is so peaceful!

[@aethlred7380]

​@@loganl7547 native grasses likely are. Alot of the grass seed you buy isn't native to the area. Wild grass that naturally grows is likely to survive your local weather conditions and won't need constant watering. Almost everything we consider a "weed" isn't a problem once the wild flowers and grass come in. "Weeds" just out compete with the grass seed we put on our yards. I've never understood why we focus on making our front and back yards artificial. Grass naturally grows in alot of places. I would rather look at a front and back yard that looks like a natural field than these weird very short perfectly green yards. And even if I'm in a place without alot of natural grass I'd rather see some cactus and shrubs on my front yard. I also love wildlife. So If I own a couple acres I'm likely not using every corner of it. I'd rather let the natural plants grow in so I can see more wildlife. Seeing critters, rodents and birds of prey is better to me than a perfectly flat green yard. And with letting your yard grow out you're more likely see all of that.

[@JohnSmith-mj6qx]

​@@aethlred7380 At first I spent a bunch of money, time, blood ,sweat (and a few tears) very selectively going after certain 'weeds' on my back acre. Now it's pretty much if it grows it stays. If something doesn't eat it something else either hides under it or lays eggs on it. Other than mowing walking trails and killing any random dog fennel and a vine here and there it stays. Not the prettiest but it's mine.

[@ryanmolina4948]

For an overgrown backyard the way you keep it makes it feel like a every day walk like a beautiful nature hike

[@ArgoBargo]

At this point “overgrown” is such a strange turn of phrase. Like some people might just like more natural looking backyards

[@blackwell4701]

Because it is a nature hike! Returning the land to the state it /should/ be in.

[@jademoon7938]

If you guys are into it, I make wildflower potpourri every year, I just clip wildflowers and dry them out, and then put them in crystal bowls on display. The orange coneflowers always come out beautifully and they retain their colour a long time. If you cut some, bring them to a glass table, lay them bloom down, so the petals are splayed, and then cut the stem at the very top, you can leave them like that for a day or two, and then you have perfectly shaped, open blooms, they'll survive for years. You can leave the stem on and put them in a vase as well. To keep them really, really nice, spray them with high level hold hairspray before and after you dry them. It would let you guys enjoy the coneflowers year-round. Don't worry about impacting their numbers, you have plenty, but if you ever go and pick flowers elsewhere, follow the 1:5 rule. 1 flower picked for you, 5 flowers left for the animals like bees. Never clear out a section of wildflowers. The wildlife need them!

[@vicleaken]

Potpourri is bad for allergies and collects dust. It is so '80s

[@debrajol3585]

Hey thanks! I use potpourri in my resin arts a LOT! If you want to look up ‘milk bath’ art in resin it’s pretty cool. I also use hot glue to make trees and then paint.. adding potpourri for the leaves & debris at the tree base. After resins, I add gold leaf the potpourri parts. Then resin again. Thanks for sharing your information about how to dry flowers. I’ve done quite a few batches and it’s kinda hit or miss or the outcome. Have a great day 🌹

[@sfr2107]

That sounds really cool, i love the tips for gathering as well

[@batacumba]

@@vicleaken Jesus, who pissed in your cornflakes. If you don’t like potpourri move along, what a needlessly nasty comment. Lol

[@ratgoblin5011]

i’d be so damn happy to have that many flowers in my yard they just- they just grow there. i don’t gotta care for them. they just do it themselves

[@anarchostatist191]

You can, look at any unmowed meadow or patch of grass and at some point of the year they're often bursting with wild flowers.

[@otter2653]

as an aggressive native i approve this message

[@Big_AlMC]

Don't get too aggressive now. You done saw what we did to you already 🤭😎

[@louisbecker5941]

Are you wearing a 'wife-beater?' Is your wife's name 'Susan?' 😏

[@Petie718]

​@@Big_AlMC 😐

[@grantalsup7238]

​@@Big_AlMC what an ugly thing to say

[@lordmalecith2300]

​@@Big_AlMC Fucking. *B R U H.*

[@MichaelSmith-ij2ut]

As a Comanche warrior, this is an inspiring message

[@Trexspellie]

I planted black eyed Susan’s and they died not two days later. Planted august 27th and they were cooked like two days later.

[@river_brook]

Land back :)

[@Margaritamadman420]

@@river_brook haha no

[@Belisariuslover]

Lmao

[@imbadzatgames669]

As a decedent of the mighty susquehannock, I agree

[@bigone4311]

I don't know about everywhere, but in Ohio you can get a pollinator grant from the government to plant fields of wild flowers to help out the honeybees

[@Hapenparadise]

That’s awesome! Im going to check Florida for that❣️. Thanks!😊

[@saraseaman4657]

I did not know that! Thanks!!!

[@anothermiddleschoolburnout8816]

Rare Ohio W

[@AnaLucia-wy2ii]

In Michigan, you get tax credits for rain gardens.

[@zannchristo]

Only in Ohio

[@kabako4485]

Thank you! Native plants are so important, they filter out polluted water, reduce runoff and don't even need much management since they're native !

[@tinajoerossignol]

This was my foster mom's favorite flower. She kept scissors in her glove box and would stop along roads and have me get out and cut her some. Been about 30 years since she passed and everytime I see these flowers I miss her more.

[@Cosmiccoffeecup]

Hugs.

[@clarencecarter960]

Bless your heart!

[@butterflykisses1984]

Kid: I wanna walk through nature trails. Dad: we have nature trails at home.... like literally

[@lucielafai]

Dont think you're using that format properly

[@juliettem13]

@@lucielafai that’s the joke

[@butterflykisses1984]

@@juliettem13 thank you😘. Some folks just don't get jokes

[@lucielafai]

@@juliettem13 no I get its a joke. But its not the proper use of that joke

[@butterflykisses1984]

@@lucielafai - OmG you're such a vibe killer!!

[@kierak4111]

My family has a massive lawn, but she also has a little area sectioned off for butterfly and bees! Milkweed, annuals, and I’m trying to get her to plant some native flowers in there too. Just a couple of plants in everyone’s yard can help out native populations a lot ❤️

[@princessaur]

Awww we had a field of milkweed off to the side of our property when I was a kid too. My brother and I used to go hunt for caterpillars when we were kids. :)

[@Ibnboulos]

@@princessaur That's awesome bro. I bet butterfly season was a dream too. All those monarchs

[@becp488]

That's cool she (and anyone else keen on butterfly gardens) can also google what plants other local butterfly species use to lay eggs/feed caterpillars and get even more native butterflies in her garden.

[@beza99]

Hope sharing this knowledge I learned recently helps. Make sure its native milkweed if you decide to purchase seeds for the monarchs. The tropical ones don't die off when native ones should which promotes parasites and interferes with migration patterns unless its cut when your native milkweed dies off. 🧡🖤🦋

[@willgaukler8979]

@Anon . ...usta could ...

[@cjdiffin7237]

I love flowers. They make me smile. Wild native flowers are so beautiful. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@LauraBidingCitizen]

I grew up on a farm & we had the most beautiful back garden. My mum was incredibly talented with gardening & very green fingered, she spent years perfecting borders, making sure all the plants & flowers mixed together (not all are suitable next to one another; fun fact), making sure the correct plants / flowers were planted in the correct areas (those that were sun worshippers got planted in the sunniest spot, shadiest spot, etcetc). She even had a green house, planted fruit bushes, she really was amazing. But she kept 1 area wild, always. She started off planting random seeds suitable for natural wildlife / honey bees / butterflies, & as time went on new ones popped up where seeds had been spread from other wildlife. She actually adored that section of the garden & loved sitting & watching all the wildlife come & go! Never underestimate the importance of wild flowers.

[@augustadams5006]

Reminds me of “how high does the sycamore grow, if you cut it down then you’ll never know” I love this. Living with nature

[@goaticorn8702]

Aggro natives are sooo important because they're like the bodyguards for smol native plants a lot of the time against the invasives

[@Mortablunt]

It all comes together as a system and compounds with itself. I’m lucky enough to have a fair amount of private land with no HOA so I can just let things grow naturally; I’m lucky enough to have a fair amount of private land with no HOA so I can just let things grow naturally; about the only maintenance I do is taking down dead trees and occasional brush clearance for fire mitigation. Other than that I mostly try to just let native plants grow.

[@zaclikescauliflower2877]

Small*

[@alchemysaga3745]

​@@zaclikescauliflower2877 no, smol.

[@chaseishere8460]

I remember driving to my grandpa's house and seeing his entire property just filled with those flowers

[@ShamanRage24]

Imagine being so insecure that you see flowers as an attack on your property. 😂Great video, love the positivity

[@sumdumbmick]

yup. because neurotypical psychology is among the most profoundly disordered psychology there is. can't do anything, don't know anything, can't figure out that a screaming baby is upset, can't figure out that a cat slashing their face off wants to get away from them, but they proclaim that they're 'normal' and 'empathetic' and neurodivergent psychologies should all be cured. when was the last time neurodivergent people committed a genocide?

[@Vexxel256]

@@tynj4173 🤓👴🏻👴🏻🤓🤓🤓👴🏻👴🏻🤓🤓

[@listenhere1623]

​@@tynj4173 I'm sorry I don't like human activity that destroys the environment

[@runed0s86]

@@tynj4173 if you want a 'nicer' lawn, consider replacing it with asphalt. You can burn tires on it regularly to make it more attractive! Also, you don't need to mow it. Seriously though, asphalt or concrete is LESS damaging to the environment than most lawn grasses. Get a clover and/or wildflower lawn. You don't need to mow clover, and the roots and leaves grow deeper and are softer than grass. Not the purple ones. The white pompom clover.

[@tesmith47]

White people. Sigh

[@pavana2810]

And you didn’t even mention how beautiful your meadow is. This is a really important message. Thanks for doing this.

[@michaelweymouth4015]

You had me at pollinators, and Song Birds. I bet there’s some Quail covied in there too. Great job. That’s some wisdom right there.

[@saltator8565]

Bro lives in Alabama. Definitely has some bobwhite quails around there.

[@ronnetteharvey6781]

Love it. Reminds me of when I was young there were literally miles and miles of such beauty. Now it's apartments and concrete.

[@tuvoca825]

Nature wins eventually. It just needs a couple of years to bounce back. Remember Chernoble? The ice age? Any other disaster? Nature springs back, if allowed.

[@aecgem]

I cannot describe how much I absolutely love this. I hate seeing plain non-native grass yards, but when I see re-nativizations like this my blood gets PUMPING. It's not only beneficial to native wildlife and ecosystems, but it's absolutely beautiful.

[@140kittykat]

Same with those damned Bradford Pears. They do nothing for wildlife, they're fragile as all get out so live like 15 years max, and smell like dying fish butt while in bloom.

[@localmenace3043]

I would just die of happiness if I could have a ton of beautiful, harmless wildflowers in my yard. I wouldn’t even have to plant any flowers!

[@NotTooStraight]

Thank goodness. At the beginning I couldn’t tell whether or not you where upset. I am a bio major and I took zoology classes, I’m also just a huge fan of nature, so the whole time I was just thinking “dang I hope he keeps that for the native species.” One job I could get would be to go around and talk to people about doing what you’re doing, so good job 👍

[@sfr2107]

I would love if someone bothered me for a good reason like that

[@oshi313]

His property!!!!

[@Hapenparadise]

He does this professionally in Alabama! 😊

[@autozone5695]

“It’s taking over” Are you sure we aren’t the ones taking over 😭

[@buckaroobonzai2909]

Obviously this guy isn't taking over. His presence on the property is probably a net positive. That is true for a lot of rural property owners. There are even a multitude of benefits to suburbs for certain species. I would agree that we could and maybe should go a bit simpler and use less plastic and get things locally, but the hippy reasons aren't going to win over hearts and minds. I think we can both agree, though, that buying products from China is horrible and very polluting to the world in general.

[@autozone5695]

@@buckaroobonzai2909 i literally quoted the guy, in agreement with him. And you still made a comment trying to refute my opinion. Seriously, actual schizophrenic shit.

[@heelercs]

@@buckaroobonzai2909 Woosh

[@stacie1199]

Exactly my thought

[@deltathetraveler5541]

Nature did kinda make us to be that way. To be fair to us, any intelligent being evolved into our position would do the same.

[@dresdners54]

They are so beautiful! They do act as pollinators, beauty and you're doing a wonderful job at allowing nature to thrive!

[@uncle-jalapeno-]

"Why are the bees dying??? All we do is cut down every last flowering weed and spray DNA altering pesticides all over our gardens they have to visit!"

[@tabcreedence6553]

And spray roundup everywhere! what a great mystery it is indeed. :\

[@springtime9828]

Agreed

[@saltator8565]

Like damn, we don't give those little guys any space to breathe

[@jefflane8272]

Don't forget about zombie flies

[@mercian9425]

Thankfully UK councils are starting to get the message and stopping cutting every piece of grass they possibly can.

[@ZorrilloAlx]

This makes me wonder... When I was little I remember seeing those flowers around the roads (my mom had cancer and we traveled a lot for doctors) and tough they were beautiful fields, and that it was amazing that a field could turn yellow during the raining season, however as I grew older and learned that it was kind of an invasive species I stop thinking that, a couple years ago, during covid I started to take my motorcycle back in those roads, and after years of therapy and self-discovery, I suddenly started to fin all plants beautiful, even those flowers that grow in lots, and it made me wonder... Who decides what flowers are beautiful and which are not? I went back and instead of my adult self remembering those as painful experiences, traveling to find a cure for an (at that moment) uncurable decease, I remember what I saw and feel as a child, unaware of mortality, before my mom passed; amazing family trips that were not only looking for doctors or treatments, but to enjoy every moment with my family (even if the reasons were that, my mom did love traveling and made the best of every trip), and those memories, those flowers, those fields painted yellow, suddenly became beautiful again.

[@chrismccaffrey8256]

Step out of mainstream medicine and youll find there are lots of cures for cancer usually involving natural foods and more. Dont just take my word for it, go do the research yourself.

[@Linda-9037]

Thank you for sharimg your uplifting, reserection of a positive outlook from your childhood of mixed emotions. Your mom is there with you when your heart is happiest and filled up with gratitude for the beauty of nature...She is hugging you from heaven for sharing her struggle imbeddeded with your experiencing such beauty...forever remembered and now shared with us...again....Thank you. You are a wonderful writer

[@abonynge]

This is beautifully written. Thank you for sharing.

[@ElderandOakFarm]

😔❤️

[@emackenzie]

"the flowers you aren't mowing are taking over your neighbor's property where they aren't mowing either!!" well if the neighbor has a problem with it they can mow their yard lmaooo

[@fauxhuman0]

people, stfu. i misunderstood and op clarified. nothing more is needed

[@emackenzie]

@@fauxhuman0 I'm making fun of the person who said that. If his neighbor has a problem with the flowers in their yard then they can mow their own yard.

[@kokorochacarero8003]

@@fauxhuman0 bruh...

[@RyanMcIntyre]

Who is out there arguing against natural nature?

[@gothbunie4932]

@@fauxhuman0 your comprehension needs work

[@ugommanwachukwu2715]

As a Maryland native I’m so thrilled to see our state flower thriving in the wild!

[@retematic2351]

Dude has understood sustainability better than most city boards. Congrats dude, looks awesome! Got a single big tree on a clearing surrounded by a grove aswell? That would make your yard truly magical

[@Hapenparadise]

He’s a professional at it in Alabama

[@smithsmith1956]

I can sense the HOA board members watching this have an aneurysm. They'd have your house if you were in one. Fuq HOAs.

[@kathyhague1867]

I would never ever ever buy a house where I was in an HOA

[@mamajane85]

HOAS need to have different rules. I get wanting respectful neighbors amd not living next to hoarders but fining or evicting someone for toys left outside or a little overdue lawn cut is INSANE! So much more too. They are Nazis

[@barbariansocks]

Paying extra money for extra rules? I'm out lol

[@l_..l.l.__l..l8833]

@@barbariansocks not just extra rules but poorly thought out rules

[@_Stormfather]

While I agree, it's important to understand why they do that too. HOA houses appreciate in value better than other houses, precisely because the HOA rules guarantee that the neighborhood will be kept nice. This means that your house, which is a major investment, will give you a better return on that investment when you eventually decide to sell. Now, does that make it worth it? Not in my opinion. But obviously for some people it does.

[@flickcentergaming680]

This pleases me. The best part about this is that they're native plants, and the aesthetic is a really nice bonus.

[@jegsthewegs]

During lockdown we had some simply beautiful natural gardens filled with native species. Land on roadsides, between dual carriageways were stunning. So much so local councils still let native plants rule these places.. marvellous

[@rachelharris725]

My grandparents did the same with their pasture when I was a kid. One year they threw a big bag of mixed wildflower seeds around and let it go. Grandpa would mow a winding path through it we called the yellow brick road and had our Easter egg hunts along it. It was awesome as a kid. Those flowers grew back every year. Bluebonnet, Indian paint brushes, black-eyed susan and several more.

[@novalidavenport1994]

It’s so interesting when people say “those plants are really aggressive “ cause like… they always mean “it’s growing really fast all over” but that isn’t necessarily bad?? Aggressive is absolutely relative and these native varieties are important. It’s sad that people would rather see a uniform, mowed lawn than whatever nature is supposed to be where they are. :( Love this video and his vibes

[@CyberCripX]

hey, I got robbed by a couple of them a few years ago, they are very aggressive

[@Phantom-bh5ru]

GRASS IS WAY TOO AGGRESSIVE! We must eradicate grass!

[@coredefect6134]

@@CyberCripX same man i got stabbed and left for dead by one of these flowers all over 5 bucks

[@connors5543]

Aggressive plants can be a problem because take wild grapes for example, most if the time they aren't nearly as pretty as these flowers are, they choke the life out of most everything (even old trees), and are very tedious to get rid of. Combined with a lot of "aggressive" plants are invasive you end up with a field of plants that hurt the native environment. I haven’t had experience with these flowers but they're probably labeled aggressive because they grow into people's lawns and not because they hurt the ecosystem

[@duckduck5728]

@@connors5543 unfortunate 😔 aggressive native species are great as high diverse yet aggressive populations may help keep out hostile invasive species due to high competition. While regulated native species can't really do much against invasive species when they are mowed 1000 times a day. Why do people hate native plants when they keep the pesky invasive species at bay

[@oshel5793]

I feel like nobody actually watched past the first 15 seconds. It's a shame because you provided great education on a native plant, and the benefits of letting it spread. You even explain the harmful effects of off having a flat grass for your yard. Great video!

[@lunalovedraw3783]

I was prepared to see all those beautiful flowers be mowed down but I was thankful to see them be appreciated :)

[@stef1lee]

I do the same! Of course I practice Herbology and my neighbors are grateful because my chickens donate eggs to their family. ❤️

[@Zinriusminazen]

"Honey, can you mow ALL the flowers?" Ma'am, let me hit you with some nature facts so I don't have to.

[@average_coverage]

The overgrown half-wild garden of half-abandoned family home of mine was my favourite place when I was a child. So interesting and magical.

[@Squirrelanditsnutz]

“Aggressive Natives are sometimes a good thing” YES, WE INDIGENOUS LOVE TO HEAR THIS! Thank you, our Colonial Ally!

[@Kriistall7]

For anyone with fall/winter seasons, don't rake your leaves either! It's protection for bugs and food for the earth

[@Pinkgobi]

Not only that, it makes your topsoil healthy!

[@DonCh4oS]

Good to know, looks like there's one less thing to do today.

[@mollynash2597]

I have 2 acres, I never rake my leaves. I remember we used to, I'm not sure why other than to jump in them, ha.

[@shangobunni5]

And the bugs themselves are a crucial part of the food web that supports additional creatures we want to invite into our yards, like birds. Insects are an especially important food source for migrating birds and local birds who are raising their young.

[@gravytrain7712]

Perfect for helping the BEES!!! WE NEED MORE STUFF LIKE THIS. Thank you for explaining this

[@SuicideMike5150]

"They're taking over the neighborhood!" Ma'am, they're just flowers. "Oh flowers? I thought you said.. well.. never mind what I thought."

[@everlastinglife5978]

Definitely not flamers

[@ZE308AC]

This guy us a super hero 👏 🙌 ❤️ 💙 💪 and will be the reason why more and more people will hop onto this movement, and earth will appreciate it. gratutude

[@Willem969]

"Aggresive natives are a good thing" **sound of wardrums drawing closer**

[@gabeowser9881]

exactly what i thought when reading the title

[@A_Black_Sheep94]

Yea I definitely didn't think the clip was going to be what it turned out to be

[@Eye_Of_Odin978]

Too bad those wardrums stopped when they remembered why they lost to begin with: They're still living in shanties, we live in scryscrapers.

[@gabagoooby]

We don't have nearly as much space as that but my family likes to plant a bunch of native flowers so that we get a bunch of bees and it's really pretty

[@Juliet475]

Go out and gather seed frrom open areas. I scatter milkweed where thereis none.

[@artemis_smith]

"aggressive natives are a good thing" *First Nations water defenders have entered the chat*

[@AndrewFullerton]

*Israel would like to know your location*

[@PepperDarlington]

Plants, son. Plants.

[@eschwarz1003]

Colonizers and the developing US could have avoided many environ issues if they listened to and worked with native people

[@Iwasonceanonionwithnolayers]

@@eschwarz1003 Colonizers could have avoided colonizing if they hadn't SUUUUUCKED😤 👎👎👎👎 -10/10

[@eschwarz1003]

@@Iwasonceanonionwithnolayers well yrs

[@PlayerTenji95]

Also? Those flowers are PRETTY! 😍

[@LadyTeaBlossom]

We didn't mow our grass (front and back yard) for months. It was lovely to see plenty of bees and butterflies enjoying our laziness😄

[@Katiedid1975]

Thank you for making the pollinators happy. Beautiful ❤️❤️❤️

[@valkman761]

Like he's saving the entire planet. You need to put things into perspective. You're not going to get fit by eating a salad every lunch but binging a extra large pizza every night.

[@nofacedgoldfish6216]

With all these flowers, this dude doesn't need to worry about zombies. The plants got his back.

[@petsgamesandrobots438]

it just provides sun points, he needs more pea shooters or cob cannons

[@kelliquinn1342]

I truly appreciate the way you value Mother Earth❤ thank you for all you share because I'm so excited to can't wait for next season's thank you thank you thank you

[@ritagreen846]

As a Texas certified Nursery professional thank you thank you so much for taking care of our land. I wish there were more like you out there❤❤❤

[@ritagreen846]

At the time our family belonged to an organization called TAN Texas Association of Nurserymen. They had a rigorous test that we took because Nursery people were not considered professionals. This was in the eighties.

[@Hapenparadise]

He’s a professional at it in Alabama!

[@JosephByrne]

"And this is in my back yard." Pans to national park.

[@indfnt5590]

There are two houses near a national park in Washington. They could literally say this and not be wrong. 😭😭

[@BloodyKnives66]

My backyard shares a border with 2 national parks Big Fork and Daniel Boone 700k acres

[@bethkrager6529]

Black eyed susan is gorgeous. Great job letting it grow!

[@somewhatstressed469]

Those are my great grandmas favorite flowers!! 💜💜💜💜

[@A_Smart_Donkey]

A lawn vs a yard. WE LOVE BIODIVERSITY

[@vyor8837]

And then your dog is attacked by a snake...

[@A_Smart_Donkey]

@@vyor8837 luckily I have an inside cat and live in an area where all the poisonous snakes live in ponds. All the snakes in my yard are little guys mean no harm last one I killed was with a weed wacker, thought a nonexistent belt flew off of the weed Wacker until I realized I am not only a dumbass but a murderer too

[@vyor8837]

@@A_Smart_Donkey it's a snake. I like them and want one as a pet, but killing them isn't murder

[@dontage815]

​@@vyor8837 you still feel like a murderer, it's just like accidentally stepping on your pets paw, it may not be bad, but your going to beat yourself over it for the next hour and 37 minutes

[@Rae-Dae.]

​@@vyor8837 a life lost is a life lost, having the capacity to regret an honest mistake shouldnt be coddled by "oh it isnt important to ME so it can die/didnt matter." I wholly understand you likely had the intent to console op, but you do that by feeling the emotion with them. Downplaying it 1) may actually do the reverse of that intent and 2) ignores why someone's feeling what theyre feeling in the first place.

[@reapaknight3611]

When I was living in Oregon we had four acres that were covered with blackberries. They grew like crazy there. At first my mom was trying to get me and my four brothers to pick all of them. After we managed to fill a large freezer with nothing but blackberries she finally decided it was impossible to keep up with the amount of blackberries that were grown there. We ate every single last one of those berries. Blackberry Julius is became a standard part of our diet for years. Me and my brothers used the machetes that my dad brought home from Vietnam to make forts inside them.

[@queergeologist8207]

those were probably Himalayan Blackberries, which are extremely invasive. the good news is that you can take as many as you like, while with our native berries you should always leave some for the animals

[@Rodutchi]

Living the dream, happy for y'all!

[@aaronmcclain585]

Love the whole native garden and yard vibes you've been giving to everyone This is something the world needs more of Thank you

[@r0se_777]

Love this, live in & with nature, not off of it🌸✨🌻🦋🐾

[@denisestatham9879]

Are you kidding? I would love to be his neighbor if his aggressive native flowers were blooming on my property! ❤

[@carenwilson4902]

We don't have excess property, but we do plant for pollinators on what we do have! Thank you for being someone who does this and for encouraging others to do so as well! Looks like a great area to consider putting up beehives! 🌼🐝

[@michaelyciano2123]

No such thing as an aggressive native anything. Great job. Keep it up. Looks amazing

[@leacotaco]

There is. When you take a species that isn't native, plant it where it shouldn't be and it becomes an invasive species and kills all the stuff that should be there. Aggressive nature is a thing, and it happens when humans get involved. Aggressive natives exist, just when they aren't left in their native habitat. Oh also that weird plant that can shoot its seeds up to 20 feet away could be considered an aggressive native plant because if you disturb it even slightly all the seed pods pop open and shoot everywhere. Sometime they hurt if they hit you on direct skin.

[@grimble4564]

Aggressive natives are absolutely a thing. Things like wind-distributed annuals are inherently more opportunistic than perennials and some plants like black walnut trees will actively poison other plants around them so that they get more space to grow. The only reason they aren't typically a problem in their native areas is because fellow natives have adapted to live with them, but there's plenty of cases where a single species of native plant will relentlessly take over a whole area because there's nothing to keep them in check. Canadian goldenrod is a great example of this. There's nothing wrong with aggressive natives but they definitely do exist and to pretend otherwise is only slightly less wrong than saying that invasive species don't exist.

[@pamelah6431]

There most certainly are aggressive natives. 🤦‍♀️

[@zimzimph]

@@leacotaco aggressive NATIVES when moved to a different country or region they don't naturally exist aren't NATIVE

[@leacotaco]

@@zimzimph how do you think plants become native?

[@CarlEuegene]

I love you for your wonderful understanding of nature. You moved me beyond what I can truly express. And I thank you for that.

[@twillightrose13]

I love picking wild flowers and having them on the table or counter. ❤️ Let them grow.

[@sharongitau8727]

Me too ❤

[@katimillard5924]

Me too! I usually go wildflower hunting (as I call it) in the summers but didn't get the chance this past summer.

[@Bansheekilr]

I can’t imagine anyone saying that native flowers are taking over your property like it’s a problem.

[@GothicElf68]

Yeah, I was having similar thought. Exactly WHY is it a problem that the natural, native flora is taking over? Especially when the flowers are that beautiful? I love wildflowers.

[@bigshrekhorner]

@@GothicElf68 Depends, tbh. There could still be an issue if you have too much of the native flora (or fauna)

[@alexmarte448]

That's right brother, let Mother Earth do her thing and learn your native plants.😃👍

[@whosthere660]

Hell yeah brother it's not like those flowers are hurting anybody let the bees come home they've been having a rough time for the last 20 years

[@thatcrazychicken]

This is absolutely awesome! Wish I had a little more land, but I did let a small portion go overboard this year and we had about 15 different wild flowers and vines start. It was awesome. It’s died out with the cold weather but I let my goat clear it out. Next season plan to do the same as the dogs, chickens and the goat love it. Plus the bees birds and all the wild life that enjoys it just as much as I do. ❤ absolutely love this!

[@datura9441]

They're so damn photogenic too!

[@paulaplantita8458]

We used to live in rural Australia and if it weren't for the snakes we would have kept our backyard like that. But every once in a while we would skip mowing and just let nature do its thing, it was so calming to look at while having a cuppa.

[@MrHossein966]

plant mint and spear mint,snakes and lizards hates it we use it in iran to deter snakes and lizards.

[@ThatGirlJD]

@@MrHossein966 Mint doesn't really keep snakes away. At least not in Texas.

[@Lyraa357]

Beautiful. Black eyed Susan, one of my favorite memories of living in the south, along with honeysuckle vines.