Restoring A Bottomland Forest!! Native Plant Gardening & Rewilding! Houston, Texas

In this video I'll show you how I remove invasive trees from my forested woodland in Houston, Texas.
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[@thafeline6671]

My kids say “earth is my planet.” Cuz of your videos. Lol love it!! 😂❤

[@GlendasTexasGarden]

lol, that's too cute.

[@goco4697]

Fire and burning dead organic material was an important component of land management used by many native peoples. Fire helps increase biodiversity by clearing out space for dormant seeds to grow. It also helps to enrich the soil with charcoal

[@borkasnodgrass6280]

Paul I enjoy watching your videos with my grandchildren future gardeners. Thank you for making fun

[@linakhoury6623]

Hi Paul . Well done .You worked hard and these pretty plants are going to be amazing . Have a great day .🌿

[@joak.vintage]

That plant had some sick flowers, wow! Can't wait to see it bloom

[@orthodox_gentleman]

That is so scary that you found so many privets/ligustrums! I am a huge proponent for native landscape design. As a professional landscape architect in Dallas, TX, I'm committed to fighting for and preserving the natural beauty of our beautiful state of Texas. Removing invasive species is crucial to maintaining the health of our ecosystems and supporting biodiversity. It's inspiring to see efforts like yours that help raise awareness and encourage more sustainable practices. Keep up the great work-it's actions like these that make a real difference!

[@janemarsh2966]

Great video, Paul, as always... I just wish they were longer 🤞 love hearing your knowledge. Earth is my plonnet 😂stay safe ❤

[@nicolebergelin6200]

Crushing it out there per usual!

[@kareninhtownmitchell9191]

I love your knowledge! You are helping me make my suburban H-town yard more bio-diverse!

[@danielmusumeci661]

That wood ash from the fire is awesome for your fruit tress as a fertiliser.

[@AlamoRusty]

Elderberry & mulberry have become the foundation of my land clearing and native fruit growing efforts. Not sure how they do in south Texas, but they love growing anywhere and everywhere I've planted them.

[@user-jw6dw9jf8w]

If you plant philodendrons at the base of the trees, in the future the place will look more like a forest, in addition it creates an excellent ecosystem for lizards and tree frogs

[@matt.endlesscourage]

Keep up the great work Paul! 💚

[@allenquartermain79]

I came for the vocabulary. 🔥

[@anthonyfrisk449]

Great video. I’m from Minnesota, but lived in Corpus Christi for a few years back in the day. Love seeing the ecological energy you display on your videos!

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

Wow great job, so inspiring to watch! Pretty soon you're going to be propagating even more of these plants yourself I bet!

[@orthodox_gentleman]

LOVE YOUR WORK BROTHER!

[@ismaelrosario3137]

Great video can't wait to see the progress

[@phildawghendawg5486]

The charcoal from the Burnt wood is a good additive to fertilizer to ! EARTH IS MY PLONIT

[@BeautifulEarthJa]

Love that we got to see an update!!!! Perfect (perfect)!

[@DesireeAnnaC]

How exciting. Love this

[@dianne3971]

Enjoy your channel...south central Georgia. Zone 9a

[@margievaughan2456]

Great video , so interesting to see the beautiful flower on the native plant & amazing how fast the lizard tail grew in 2 weeks. Love your videos & the knowledge & humor you provide about the plants

[@GlendasTexasGarden]

looking great

[@NorthToSouthChannel]

I just love this series so so so much, its just so wholesome and wonderful!!! thank you Paul!

[@peterrepetti]

Hi from Durham NC. We love your chonnel. Keep up the good plonet-healing work! We have a shady clay-banked creek running through our yard, and we’ve removed invasives and planted similarly: lizard tail, swamp sunflower, wood oats, wax myrtle, green-and-golds, Illicium, elderberry - everything’s taking off. You are gonna love that lizard tail!

[@paulplantu]

I never thought of using the illicium there, that’s a great idea!! Thank you for the suggestion.

[@michellepollino4986]

Love watching! I think it’s great how you are planting new plants on your property.

[@donnam4260]

Awesome 💪

[@rickyt3961]

Thanks for the updates! Yes, the tree cleaning process would be interesting to see…. 🌲 🪚

[@drikonrokon852]

Try looking into fruiting plants like dewberry they are edible to humans and other animals, extremely resilient and will take off but it provides shelter for small animals and prefers moist soil, full sun to partial shade

[@drikonrokon852]

I'm from Edwards Plateau and I grew up next to an acre and a half filled with them if that gives you a picture on how well they can take off (I grew up in a flood plain area)

[@paulplantu]

I think a ton are growing in the food forest area already. Do they have thorns? I thought they were blackberries I’m not sure if dewberries are the same thing.

[@cindygross116]

Can you put up bat houses maybe to help with mosquitos? We have a ton of small bats here that go crazy in the evening eating insects!!

[@taramansion]

I planted a million plants on an acre and one thing I wish I would have done was put an orange stick next to it to mark it. I think I pulled up so many when later weeding b/c I forgot they were there.

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

Also to remind you where things are when/if they go dormant. That is a good suggestion

[@BrownHawk84]

Content comment for the algorithm gods.

[@cromulentparty]

hell yeah

[@karinacalderon2741]

First time viewer, enjoyed the video! In future videos, would you mind sharing some identifying characteristics of the invasives you’re removing?

[@paulplantu]

There’s another video on my channel where I discuss them in more detail! But I should do a quick breakdown in each video for sure

[@joshnunes101]

Great progress so far brother....💪

[@JustinClaar]

Absolutely love these videos man keep it going. Love from 210

[@LovesOfJuneBug]

🌎

[@tee7jayyy]

😊

[@ty.yourshoes2331]

🔥 keeep us updated on this

[@zgingerich1]

Yooooo love the vids

[@laonongtrendinhdk]

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[@FullmoonEffects89]

Is lizards tail the same as fish mint? Love the smell of fish mint when you expose the flesh.

[@marky3131]

I love the work you are doing. As you add natives that attract birds and dragon flies the mosquitoe population will decline. Don’t know about your area but are there bats there? If so consider a few bat houses. They eat mosquitoes by the thousands.

[@bh300]

12:13 RIP sabal minor

[@paulplantu]

It’ll come back. Trust me!

[@FiggyWiggy559]

You got alot of space you should try making a vegetable garden with a tiller bro

[@paulplantu]

I have to get the trees out of the way first! That’s a good idea though.

[@RobertoMartinez-vs4yt]

What area did you end up buying at ? How cold does it get there I've been wanting to move from the DFW to the south maybe zone 9a or 9b to grow a semi tropical food forest.

[@drb996]

Iron barrel>charcoal

[@ShortbreadPug]

When are you going to wear a tank top?

[@paulplantu]

Hahahaha, never out there. Too many thorns and mosquitos

[@Lou_Mansfield]

Burn the seeds of that invasive tree if it's not too much effort. It can be viable for five years in the soil

[@user-tucsonsw]

Thanks Paul, an enjoyable few minutes. I know you have a lot to do at the new property, but remember we like seeing the house too. Stay safe cutting those larger trees. Gary, Tucson

[@SUGARBUGAR]

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[@SUGARBUGAR]

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