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It would be fun to have 23 million views but I would rather have quality views from people like yourself who care and appreciate nature. I hope my little series helps just a few more people join the movement to turn a portion of their yard back to Mother Nature. With all of us sharing the positive facts Rewilding can have I am confident we will see more and more yards be converted!!! Take care!!!

Antonio - always excited to hear from other parts of the world! Thank you for watching and leaving a comment! I continue to add videos to the rewilding series and may have deviated a little with 2 of the videos but am back in the garden and am working on episode 14, 15 and 16. Although I seem to only be able to publish about one video per month. Hope you enjoy the remaining videos. Take care!

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures It is your journey.. take your time!

Raffael - There are over 500 species of Passionflower or maracuya in the world. Although the species I have planted does generate fruit it isn't very large and its not something I would eat but it does support the Gulf Fritillary which is why I planted it. Each species has its range, the Gulf Fritillary Butterfly's range is from South America through Central America and the southern portion of the US. I think it helps connect us when we realize people in other parts of the world are seeing the same creatures and taking action by having plants which support those creatures. Thanks for caring and having Passionflower/maracuya for the Gulf Fritillary butterfly!!!!!

Thank you for watching and the encouraging words!!!

Michelle - Joyful butterfly is amazing and I will be buying more from them. Thanks for caring and using plants to support our native pollinators! Take care!!!

Kim - glad you enjoyed the video!! Comments like yours are so exciting to see as I am encouraged to hear how other people continue to have a positive impact in their community. I am sure you are planting seeds in the minds of many of your customers and it won’t be long before you start to see your influence start to take root in others’ property! Take care!

Beverley - the piece of land was being prepared to become a sand and gravel mine. The company who owned the land didn’t get the permit to proceed but had already installed the silt fencing. The company donated the land to the Bayou Land Conservancy. The land is recovering and will be used by the local college to teach many ecology, environmental and nature based courses. Thank you for watching and expressing an interest in the activities I am involved! Take care!

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures thank you 🥰

Beverley - glad you enjoyed the birds. I love what I do and being able to share my experiences with others has been a blessing. I get back to the rewilding series and hope you are able to watch episode 12 and 13 with the stories of 2 different butterflies. Future Rewilding episodes are in the works! Take care!

Cathy, I have made many mistakes buying what I thought was native only to find out it isn’t. The low ground cover hedge is not native and is jasmine. I wanted to have borders at the road and in certain areas to provide definition of the garden space and show it is on purpose. It is becoming unmanageable so am slowly ripping it out. I still want a border at the street but haven’t defined a plant I feel will work well. In episode 13. I rip out a lot of the ground cover and over time will eliminate all of it. When I come up with a good native alternative I will include in a future episode. Happy to hear you are starting the process of rewilding. You have started on a fascinating journey and will learn so much. Thank you for caring and taking action to make a difference!!!!!! Take care!!!!

Brett - Thank you! I am glad you are enjoying the Rewilding series. It appears you are caught up to the most recent episode. I have plans for many more episodes it just takes me a lot of time to put one together so only publish a new episode ~ once a month. Hope you continue to stay with me on the continuing journey! Take care!

Brett - I believe we all start gardening based on what we learned from other family members. It was just a couple of years ago I learned about host plants. I find the relationship between all the unique host plants and insects magical. Like you I find it so rewarding to be able to help support so many creatures based on what I plant. Take care!

Brett - Thank you for weighing in the question I posed. I will eventually remove all the grass it’s just taking me longer to getting the job done as I get distracted by helping others rewild, removing other plants which are non-native, etc. I plan to have the series go on for a long time even after I rewild my whole yard as I will continue to help neighbors and share what I learn from the wildlife moving into the garden. Look forward to receiving additional feedback as the journey continues! Take care!

Coby - Thank you for you encouragement!! I am only one of the growing number of voices singing the praises of rewilding. I hope people which watch the series come to understand how much more enjoyment they will get from the land around them when they see all the creatures which move in and call their yard/garden home. I also hope they learn they will save money by not using any yard chemicals, using less water and not having to spend time or money to cut their grass. The rewilding experience has been eye opening and incredibly educational. Thank you for watching and leaving a comment! Take care!

just found the website for a native plant society in ohio. think i should start there?

Cameron - I remember your last comment and sorry I didn’t answer your previous questions but first I need to say congratulations to purchasing your first home, that is very exciting. Regarding resources I would start by googling if there is a chapter of the Native Plant Society in your area they would be a great resource. I would also spend some time looking for a native nursery in the area although be very cautious by double checking every thing they say until you are comfortable they know what they are talking about and the plants they offer are actual native to your area. Third if you are Facebook, check out two groups: We are the Ark, and Home Grown National Park. You will learn a lot from both groups and you may find someone in the group in your area you can communicate and consults with. If these suggestions don’t help comment back and I will try to help further! Gook luck and I will be excited to hear how the rewilding goes!!!!

Absolutely, they are a great resource and you will learn a ton from them!!!!

Steven - I am enjoying sharing my "journey" and it is fun to have others be able to come along. Thank you for the encouragement it helps me keep going! Take care!

Hayley - It was incredible to have the female Pipevine Swallowtail approach me and get so close. In that instance I had an overwhelming feeling I needed to do more, I can't explain it. I am happy you could sense this emotion in the video. Take care!

The plants seem to be fairly resilient. If I give the plants a little extra water after they have been eaten down to the ground they start to re-sprout within a couple of days. The Passionflower vines are now large and heathy supporting many Gulf Fritillary caterpillars and I am sure I will be able to get the Pipevine to grow large enough the caterpillars won't be able to eat them to the ground any longer. It is fun watching all the action in the garden. Take care!

Barbara - Every time I think I am getting close to converting most of the land around my home I see additional area where I have non-native plants and think I better get after that area soon. Most grass is coming out this fall and can't wait for the temperatures to fall here in Houston. I have planted a few herbs throughout the years but next year I plan to plant a few vegetables. I realize the wildlife may eat a lot of the vegetables but I am OK with that - I am sure I will get my share also. The garden continues to teach me so much and I look forward to every day to see what is new. Thank you for planting food sources for the wildlife creatures we share this planet with!!!!!!!! Glad you enjoy the channel and continue to stay with me on this journey. Take care!

Susan - Glad you enjoy seeing the garden and recognize it is doing well even in the summer heat. Native plants are the key to easy gardening and low maintenance. I enjoy rewilding gardening and sharing what I learn along the way with the audience of this channel. I am blessed to be able to have so many social media friends who are fun, supportive and enthusiastic people like yourself: what a gift!!!!! Thanks and take care!

Don - I believe we all want to have a positive impact. Whether we say something or take some action, in many cases we never know if anything positive takes place. Thank you for the feedback it encourages me to continue on the "journey" and share my experience with others. Take care!

Wouter - Butterflies are amazing and I think everyone loves to see them. I was very lucky the Pipevine Butterflies allowed me to get so close - not sure why. I want to believe they know I am not a predator and trying to help..... Once I read the response of George D Christie about a year ago I knew I needed to share with more people. Some people are so good communicating they paint a picture in our mind and he does it so well. Thanks again for always watching and providing feedback. Enjoy your Sunday evening! Take care!

Dan - You are correct "plant it they'll come". I almost used this phrase in the video, maybe in a future video. I can relate to your comment about the joy you receive in watching people stopping to look at your garden. I have a hard time just letting visitors enjoy the garden and not running out to ask if they have any questions. I am excited to hear you are able to add some native plants to the local park. You had mentioned wanting to do this in a previous comment, so very happy it is happening! Great job making positive improvement for wildlife and the environment! Take care!

Matt - I have seen with my own eyes one plant can make a difference! I am also learning with native plants more is better. Recently I have been blessed with a number of plants which have just shown up and are native. I didn't plant them - amazing! Thanks for being on the journey with me! Take care!

Glad you are enjoying watching the videos and coming on the "journey" with me. Take care!

That is great you were able to find Wooly Dutchman Pipevine in a local nursery. Can you share the name of the nursery? Just curious, and maybe it helps someone else find this plant close to you! Take care!

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures It is a retired botanist who grows and sells native plants at our local farmers market on Saturdays. A very small operation. Unexpectedly farmers markets have been my main source of native plants. There are 3 adjacent towns who all have individuals with small scale operations growing and selling natives. I've been able to add over a 100 species to my garden through them. Prices are great between $3 and $6 per plant. There are a couple large garden centers who sell native plants within a hour but prices are usually $12+ per plant which it out of my budget. Another source I've found is several local conservation areas host one time spring native plant sales with reasonable prices. Lastly and the one I've found the most inspiring. I was never a big Facebook user until I discovered there was a local group for native plants. They host a fall seed swap and a spring plant swap. Some members bring 100+ plants to the spring swap. Also members are constantly giving away plants to one another through the year. It has been a great community with tons knowledge to share. I am based in the Midwest.

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures I got it from a retired botany teacher who sells native plants on a small scale at a local farmers' market. I have found farmers' markets to be my best source for native plants. Three adjacent towns have people who grow and sell native plants on a small scale at their farmer's markets. Great prices between $3-$6 per plant. A lot better than the larger nurseries in my area where they are $15 plus. I have also found that many local conservation groups host spring native plant sales. The source that I find the most encouraging is we have a local Facebook group for native plants that hosts a spring plant swap and a fall seed swap. Also, people are routinely swapping plants throughout the season. I am actually picking up some native ostrich ferns tonight. I am located in the Midwest.

Thank you for the great information on alternatives places to get native plants!!! I will have to look around at the farmers market in the area. Thanks!!!

Peter - I am enjoying the "journey" and sharing what I am doing, observing and learning. Thank you for staying with me on the "journey". Take care!

The world needs more love, positive passion for nature and people willing to take very simple actions to improve our environment. It is so easy to be negative but I don't feel that helps. Thanks for being a person willing to support wildlife and a better environment in the steps you have taken to rewild a portion of your yard with more to come this fall. You are a rock star! Take care and always look forward to seeing you in the neighborhood!

So glad you enjoyed the video! I am learning you can pack a lot of native plants in a very small area and the amount of wildlife it will support is far more than I thought possible. I have a number of videos on my list to produce and many will include updates on the Pipevine and all the other native plants. I wish you well on defining an area to plant a pipevine. I am having the same issue I always encounter when I add a host plant - the caterpillars eat a lot of the plant which makes it difficult to get them established. The one long vine I show in the video has been eaten down to about 1/3 of what I originally showed. I believe once the pipevine gets going it will be a big plant and will support a lot of caterpillars - it's just going to take time to get to that point. Take care and enjoy being in the garden making a difference!

@@Jeffswildlifeadventuresexactly! Plus, if they do eat them down to the base, they should sprout back from the root, I think! So many plants do. I would assume pipevine would, too. We will see.😊

@@awildapproach Yes the Aristolochia Fimbriata has been eaten down to the ground a couple of times now but grows back. I water it heavily for a couple of days and it starts to sprout. Because the Wooly Dutchman Pipevine is currently being eaten to the ground I will be learning soon whether it will grow back also - I sure hope so. Take care!

Kim - There are so many people quietly working to help Mother Nature its inspiring. "WeAreTheArk" and Home Grown National Park are amazing organizations supporting the average person with knowledge to make a difference. I am part of the FaceBook group for both these organizations and am amazed at what people are doing. I feel the main issue is many people just don't understand the destruction current practices cause. I have found once people understand they start to make changes. My purpose after retirement is to be one of the many who are working to help people understand there is a better way. When people change their land management practices they gain the added benefit of saving a ton of money by not having to purchase any yard chemicals, no mowing equipment, water bills which are half if not less and so many benefits to the environment its impossible to list them all. I can tell you have worked through watching all the rewilding videos. I will check out the Canadian Permaculture Legacy channel as I haven't heard of it. I appreciate you care and are doing your part to support wildlife. Thanks and take care!

Kim - Happy to meet a fellow Plant-a-holic who will admit it. Sounds like you may have scored a 10+! Thanks for all you do to support a wilder world!

Kim - Always great to hear about resourceful ways to save some money and inventive ways to support wildlife. Thank you for the comment! Take care!

Kim - I can tell you care and are doing your part to support nature!!!!! Thank you! I am amazed how the soil in my garden is changing and like you have experienced once the plants in an area are established I rarely need to water. I hope others will see us as example of what is possible and convert to rewilding portions of their yards too. Keep up the great work! Take care

"Etsy" would have never thought to buy plants on Etsy. Always like to hear about other "locations" to source plants as many can be very hard to find. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Glad you enjoyed the video! Take care!

Martin - Glad you enjoyed.Birds are my favorite! They are amazing to watch and I love sharing the pictures and videos I capture with others. Take care.

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures well you'll be happy to hear when we reopen the nursery in fall we will have new species especially grown to provide food for birds.👍

@@martinsimonton Excellent! Thank you for caring, taking action and doing the work you do to provide an alternative to other big box nurseries who offer no native plants.

Wouter - I already have 2 "customers" for free Pipevine plants from neighbors watching he video. I have gotten some great help with the flyer and I am propagating vines today so I thinking I put the flyers on the doors in about 3 weeks, hoping the plants are ready in 4 or 5 weeks. It will be interesting what type of feedback I get. I am sure not everyone will be thrilled but we all need to make our own choices. I greatly appreciate your enthusiasm for what I am doing and always watching the videos, its great to have such fantastic support. Enjoy your weekend and Take care!

Thank you for reviewing and finding the spelling mistake. As I have made changes it becomes more difficult to see the mistakes. Take care!

It took me awhile to find but I have corrected the mistake. Thank you again for taking the time to review!

The more time I spend in the garden the more I see amazing things take place. I found the cicada footage fascinating but also very creepy. Currently I am totally mesmerized but the life cycle of butterflies. Obviously the transformation of a caterpillar to a Butterfly is pure magic! Hope you find your gardening relaxing......Take care and have a great weekend!

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures yeah, that’s why I started planting native plants and why I started gardening at all, actually! The butterflies! I wanted desperately to attract them, and it led me down a path toward natives.

As I work on this winter sowing subject I have learned there are many places you can get free Milkjugs or other containers to use. My first attempt was not great so will be trying again this next fall/winter. Take care!

Thanks for watching! This video has not received a lot of views but I thought the message and work were important to share. Take care!

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures it’s a niche topic, and hard to describe in a title, but important to share. Someone is dealing with this exact issue somewhere I’m sure. They need to see it, too. Plus, it seems we can learn something about maybe using other methods to prevent erosion instead of these fences?

@@awildapproach I believe the Human species could/should approach so many actions we take differently. That could be a channel all by itself. I am encouraged because when people are educated with facts based on research they listen and I have seen "the planted seed" in their mind grow; with action following.

Each plant species teaches me something new. I had originally planted Fimbriata Dutchman's Pipe (Aristolochia fimbriata) which is the only pipevine I could find and was disappointed it is not native and is from south and Central America, including Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina. It is not a big plant and it supported a cycle of eggs being layed, and the caterpillars eating the plants to the ground. I finally found a native pipevine: Wooly Dutchman's Pipevine (Aristolochi tomentosa). I ordered 3 plants through the mail and then ordered an additional 5. The Texas sun killed two but the others are hanging in there. The original plants have been in the ground about 4 weeks and the other plants about 3 weeks. We had 8 to 9 inches of rain this week and when I went out to check on them a couple have started to show a couple of inches of new growth. The Tomertosa is a much bigger plant and will support the caterpillars much better once they get established. More to come on this.........

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures sounds like some exciting progress!!! Oh I can’t wait.😊👏🏼I’m also super curious about the flowers and their scent, because I’ve been warned not to plant them near a seating area. Not sure how quickly they flower after being planted either, but either way, I care more about providing for pipevine swallowtail butterflies than I care about a smelly flower. 🌸 Thanks for sharing a glimpse into the pipevine video!

@@awildapproach Aristolochia tomertosa may be an interesting plant for a number of reasons. In Texas it blooms from March to May. The flowers are very small and are usually hidden by the large leaves of the vine. I have seen a number of article which outline the flowers can smell like rotting meat to attach flies and other pollinators. This plant may be a challenge for me to grow as it doesn't like ground which dries out and also likes well draining soil. Here is Texas we have a lot of clay that dries out and becomes like concrete. We have had rain an cooler temperatures here in Houston the last 9 days and I have noticed the vines are taking off. I also have read these can be aggressive growers so I may have to attempt to keep them in check by cutting back or using water availability to slow their growth. Either way they are in my garden now and I will learn a lot about them. Happy Gardening!

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures A large portion of my soil is just exactly like that. I call it well draining clay LOL! It does turn to concrete with long droughts. I have only a tiny amount of spaces this sounds suited for, so hopefully I find a good spot it will like to grow.

Dean - Thank you once again for your kind words, support and encouragement. I had no idea where the RUclips journey would take us but with encouragement from people like yourself its been fun, exciting and so rewarding. I can't wait to see where this journey takes us next! Take care!

@@Jeffswildlifeadventures Wherever the journey takes you we will follow your path and enjoy your adventure

Peter - I think it will take local people to intervene with the mowing crews to create change but this is no guarantee as the crews change out. Hopefully over time as more people learn the value of doing less, wildlife will reap the benefit and we will be able to see the positive change. Thanks for always provide insight and encouragement! Take care!

Travis - Thank you! I work hard on keeping my message balanced and as positive as possible. I obviously am very passionate about this subject and continue to stretch to see what is possible. Take care!

Father Philip it is always so good to hear from you! Thank you for caring, taking notice and being so encouraging, it means a lot to me! Take care!

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed! Take care.

Love the work you are doing!!!! Thanks for sharing your story and how you are making a difference! I have failed more than once attempting to grow plants from seeds - this is an area I need to figure out. Your perception is correct, the value of planting the plants with the neighbors provides a great opportunity to connect with people, answer questions and influence their perception - A benefit I didn't understand until I was planting and had a great conversation! Good luck with your continuing efforts of planting more native species in your and others yards! Take care!

There are so many people who are taking similar actions to support nature and see similar results quickly when Mother Nature is given just a little room to work with. We all should be encouraged and excited to understand Mother Nature is strong and will bounce back in a big way if we just step back and let the magic take place!