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Great info! Thanks! How about the miles and miles of power line paths! Such an opportunity to enhance our biodiversity!

Meant to go yesterday and then forgot after I hiked and gardened all morning. 😂 But I just pulled out a bunch of buckthorn and honeysuckle on my property line. We also have an issue out here in Brewerton with European buttercup.

I would ask listeners to focus on planting Milkweed. The Monarchs had 0.2 hectares overwintering in Mexico. Scary low number. Please do your part!!

This was a great presentation. Thanks for making informative videos like this. I am a home owner and this is something I have done in my own yard, but what if you have no property to plant on such as a condo. Are their native plants that do ok in containers on a deck or patio?

You mentioned using cuttings, isn’t that a clone? How do you work diversity into the plants that you like to take cuttings from?

Was a great talk! Thanks again for hosting. Was incredible to hear that ESF has decided to incorporate historical indigenous restoration knowledge. Ironic, given climate seems to be changing so fast, but better late than never. Volume, as always, a consideration. I'm very glad I was able to attend in person; packed room!

Trying to find local eco-type natives is a real chore. The Horticulture industry sure doesn't help, that's for sure. When I got out of the industry, there was zero talk about natives or helping the ecosystem. Instead, it was all about making money and streamlining the production. And today, we can see the results of that with even the big names here on RUclips constantly pushing the same plants over and over again. Now, when you go around a neighborhood, all of the plants are the same because every house bought their plants at the local big box store. To be fair, I'm a huge fan of cultivars that are adapting the size of the native plant to something that's more manageable. I'm currently hunting for some Ilex vomitoria that's short enough to be a hedge, and which turns out bunches of berries. While that's not exactly "native" in the truest sense, it is at least not a non-native or invasive species. If I tried to plant "regular" Yaupon Holly, I'd have a very hard time trimming it to shape so it was a decent hedge. The cultivars, if there are any, are at least offering us some small chance of beating back the battalions of non-native plants that are killing our ecosystems.

This was a most informative discussion. I'm glad someone asked about what to do with the grass to get a plot started. I'm going to have to start saving my cardboard boxes now for next spring.

what a treat! thank you!

better sound on this one, though a mic on the presenter would still be better. I wish the feed switched from presenter to slides only after the slides were pertinent, or maybe a split screen.

Thumbs up for Amanda's/Ellen's content, but the sound is fairly bad on the video. The volume fading in and out makes this impossible to listen to.