Turning My Backyard Lawn into a Wildflower Meadow! Pt. 2

[@LovesOfJuneBug]

Dogs are always so helpful 😂 It’s gardening season!! Let’s GO!

[@oGPoLa]

The greenthumb himself is back! Paul Plantu!

[@michellepollino4986]

It’s going to be a beautiful wildflower garden! I love the skull cap the flowers are amazing.

[@paulplantu]

It’s the first time I planted them so I hope they do well!

[@8thLifeARC]

Epic karaoke battle ftw 😂 Making some goood progress!

[@ydmf2]

Spring renewal. Looking forward to seeing your beautiful summer garden. 🌿✊

[@paulplantu]

Me too!! That’s the one thing about gardening it’s all about patience.

[@Treegrower]

Dude I'm so happy the growing season is finally here. I'm already throwing lots of plonts into my plonet as well (I'm in SoCal). Best of luck with your garden this year, I hope you keep posting some updates! I bet your garden is gunna be siiiick once everything grows in. #earthisyourplonet #inspiring #thebeesknees

[@paulplantu]

It’s so nice not living in a cold climate!! I feel like we get to plant stuff pretty much all year. Thanks for the support!

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

This was smart, kind of doing the no dig thing and planting on top, can't wait for an update to see how it worked out! I was lazy and just tried to clear my ground first -- it actually worked in the hottest/poorest soil conditions, but in all of the areas that were half way habitable w/ decent organic matter I got WAY more weed than wildflower germination. It's been kind of cool learning what everything looks like from tiny baby plants? But way too much work and/or disappointment spending a lot of money on fancy native seeds and getting only a few to germinate, then having to do a buttload of weeding too! The weed seed bank is just like eternal it seems. Now that I've got more of a feel for actually which native species will come up by just tossing them out in fall (and knowing what they look like) I only sow those directly and the others I start myself indoors. Saves me a lot of money on seeds. I don't know what your slug situation is either, that is another reason I have better luck w/ plant starts or bulbs.

[@kf1683]

Yes. Thank you thank you. Ever so slowly been redoing my entire yard. You give me Good ideas.

[@viralprimenetwork]

It's an Amazing!! It's going to be a beautiful flower garden., Paul! We can't wait to see the outcome. keep it up!🤩

[@MagicalZach]

Native flowers are the best !

[@rickyt3961]

7:37 nice! look forward to seeing the end results.

[@JeffCole-b2e]

Awesome, educational vid, chill vibe, thanks brother! Subscribed.

[@jamesa8956]

Another great video Paul one of my favorite gardeners on here! Cant wait to see how they all fill in and flower through the spring and summer. Love the focus on pollinators and wildlife, would be cool to see a video as time goes on highlighting all the species the garden has attracted over the seaon, keep killing it dude!

[@paulplantu]

Thanks for the support dude! I’m going to try my best to get out and about with my camera to capture everything that’s popping off this year! I’m excited to see all the pollinators come through too

[@calvinsullivan5741]

Hey Dude! I live up in Hockley, just north of the outlet stores. I dig your planet!

[@doggiedukeandfriends]

Growing a prairie takes times! Your doing a great job! 😁

[@paulplantu]

Thank you, yes it does. This is my second attempt! Haha

[@richiwheeler6255]

You are awesome

[@jacobcardealer]

Can’t wait to see how everything looks in a few months time. Love being on this journey with you experimenting with what works and what doesn’t. Wishing you and your family all the best!

[@paulplantu]

Thanks brother!! Yeah this really is just a big ass experiment. Haha

[@misterpillows2800]

Everytime I step into my garden now I hear "Earth is my plonet" 😆

[@paulplantu]

Hahaha, that’s the mission!!

[@forgingandurbanfarmingatt4745]

You should now, some plants in those mixes may take two years to bloom from seed. An inexperienced gardener may pull em out for weeds... and butterfly weed grows in ditches on backroads, and you can dig em for FREE

[@forgingandurbanfarmingatt4745]

Daisies, purple cone flowers... just off the top of my head.

[@leelulady2010]

Also be sure to put down wildflower seeds in the fall (here in tx).

[@DLG24]

Earth is my plaanet!🙌

[@erikchristiansen2796]

Love the vids paul, keep inspiring and hope you feel better

[@paulplantu]

Thanks for the love!!

[@leelulady2010]

I can give you some Mexican/evening primrose (pink), also some small rain lilies (pink) if you're interested. I'm in Houston too.

[@leelulady2010]

I've also got a lot of Texas bluebonnet seeds to give you.

[@wonderbreadlizard]

Would love to know what nurseries carry Texas natives! I live about an hour north of Houston and the garden centers near me never carry enough natives.

[@BUDSBEAU]

i hope you read my comment. many years ago i used to buy "top soil" from lowes or home depot. that stopped really quick when i realized its NOT ACTUALLY top soil, its mainly SAND !!! trust me, in the long run you will much b etter off using a good garden soil and compost. its going to cost more, but you wont have to replace your plants as often because flowers dont grow in sand.

[@paulplantu]

Good looking out but the flowers I’m planting are all native species which grow in very poor soil conditions along roadsides and disturbed areas. I think the top soil mixed with organic matter of the broken down leaves will work fine. It has before!

[@monicaluna5060]

can we get an update on the fish pond?

[@robinirby222]

what is the name of the previous video and how long did you wait between the cardboard and leaves and planting?

[@margie9026]

Were you able to buy the Native American Seed mix locally? If so, where? I live in Houston. Thanks!

[@nauticalnovice9244]

Looks so much better than those lawns. Everyone who has a garden should plant and/or preserve natives and get rid of non native grass. We'd save billions of gallons of water a day, save on fertiliser, save on pesticides. And insects and bees would greatly benefit too. Image if everyone got rid of their lawn and did that... Would make a giant difference.

[@rororania-oo1il]

Most my plants died in the freeze 😞😞 only my roses and one other plant survived

[@paulplantu]

You gotta go with Native plants! They’ll survive the harsh weather

[@blueskies6475]

I thought you tried that already and didn't like "the weeds" growing?? You will find that it's difficult to grown ANYTHING under oaks!! Purchase "epididymis plants." They grow good under oaks. 😊

[@slayorcs]

Good on you grass is just a waste of energy and resources. Grass lawns are totally unnecessary.

[@paulplantu]

Eaxctlyyyyy!

[@lucysoto198931]

Love the plants but, wished u cleaned up ur flower beds and cut ur grass and add some mulch. It will definitely make it look a lot more cleaner and 1000x better

[@paulplantu]

I do mulch my beds, with fallen leaves. I’m not about to buy store dyed wood to just have leaves fall on it anyways. That one area is a wild flower meadow. I’m letting it be wild and covered with flowers for pollinators and reptiles. My backyard is more wild and natural lookin.