Operation Milk Jug - Rewilding Episode 8
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- Опубликовано: 7 мар 2024
- The rewilding continues but I also start the journey to understand and execute winter sowing. I want to be able to grow plants from seed and winter sowing seems like a good way to grow certain plants. I think you will find the first portion of this video extremely entertaining as it is was a stretch for me to execute the scenes needed. I will need to continue to work on improving my technique on winter sowing and need your feedback to improve! Additional rewilding episodes are coming!
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Hi Jeff. Discovering a small channel like this is amazing - I've just watched all the previous episodes in a row and wish there were more! Your enthusiasm and knowledge really shines through and I can't wait to see your garden in spring bloom! Love and encouragement from Sweden 🥰
Arnold - Great to hear from Sweden! It is very encouraging to know you want to watch more videos. Good news, I am working on a couple more. Unfortunately as I have told other people it just takes me so much time to put one of these together. I am getting better and faster at it but still not easy and if I can get more than one published per month thats fast for me. Hopefully Episode 9 will be published within the next week. Thanks for watching all the episodes and leaving a comment, it means a lot to me. Take care!
Hi Jeff, this reminds me of my favorite movie . 😀😀😀Thank you so much for working so hard, smartly, and bravely to bring beauty to our community and nature! ❤️❤️❤️
I wouldn't have ever guessed your favorite movie was Fight Club. I watered the plants today that I will be transplanting tomorrow. Thanks for watching and looking forward to enjoying the beauty of the gardens in the neighborhood this summer!
Love your humour! You had me in stitches when you were raiding the garbage at Starbucks! You are on a fantastic journey, looking forward to seeing how it all develops.
Thank you so much for staying with me on the journey! I am trying to stretch myself.....there were actually two operations taking place that night the one you saw in the video but also the one of me sneaking out the house because my wife forbid me from filming at night. She was convinced I would get arrested or shot. Glad you enjoyed the video! Thanks for watching!
@@Jeffswildlifeadventures 😅🤣🤣
I only came across your videos a week ago and I'm intrigued! I'm in the UK and we started our rewilding journey last year, mainly with changing all the plants to native wild plants. We had some success. This year we have replaced all our fences with native hedging, put fruit trees in and are building a pond and wildlife habitats. I can't wait for summer and following your journey. 😁
Helen - You are doing amazing work!!!!!! All the actions you are taking is going to make a huge difference. I will be interested in hearing how the installation of the pond goes as I wanted to have a water feature install already but hopefully by the end of the summer. I believe water will really bring in the birds. Its early spring and I can already see multiple times the number of butterflies and moths in the garden. I hope you are able to see a similar change so it encourages you to continue. Based on the changes my neighbors are seeing I am hopeful to get others to rewild even small pieces of their yard. Thank you for watching and sharing your story it's always great to hear about other people taking the leap of faith into rewilding. Take care!
Love Joel Ashton, you guys are lucky to have the expert in your country!
@@Hayley-sl9lm there are a lot of people who are very helpful. It is amazing they are able and willing to share their knowledge so willingly through RUclips. But I like to hear the stories like yours the best. Its the non famous, quiet, not known, non famous people who will change this world! Thanks
we loved the milk jug mission!! so entertaining 😂
Cindy and Michael - Glad to hear you enjoyed the episode. It was fun to make this video and definitely stretched my abilities in many ways. Wasn't sure what people would think. Thanks for watching!
Jeff, your VLOG continues to be exceptionally refined. You have given me ideas about installing flowering plants where I only have Green and Brown (leaves). I too have a Director; however, she has allowed me to maintain my area of the Backyard 😉. Wild Away…
Peter - Flowers are great and I hope future episodes continue to give you ideas for your yard. Take care!
Great video Jeff! I was rolling watching you snag those milk jugs! I'm learning a ton watching your videos. Keep up the great work!
Tom - glad you enjoyed as I know you understand the difficulty of putting the "Operation Milk Jug" section together and making it "work". Thanks for watching!
I just found your channel too, what an inspiration, absolutely beautiful garden 💚
Val - Thanks for watching and glad you find the channel "inspirational". In my wildest dreams I never thought the garden would be so beautiful. Nature is amazing and glad you like the garden. Take care.
Had me cracking up, my husband raised eyebrows when he heard your shoutout of my milk jug comment. He did a major doubletake about me being mentioned on TV 😂. Maybe a local coffee shop would work better than Starbucks.
Excited to see the lawn continue to shrink and the gorgeous curves and shapes your garden takes on Jeff!!! Can't wait to see the progress for this summer and GASP a water feature?! Very exciting.
Alex - I hope I didn't make you uncomfortable mentioning you by name in the video but I thought it was a great idea and thought others could use the knowledge also. I think a "local" coffee shop would be more accommodating but the employee of the Starbucks was very nice I think the manager was concerned having a big bag behind the counter could create a tripping hazard, so I get it. I ended up getting what I needed to try the winter sowing and it was fun to have a little different twist to the story. Thanks again for the idea and am looking forward to winter sowing plants next fall/winter. Take care!
So happy to see the next installment! I love these videos
James - I am happy to hear you enjoy the videos I publish! Thanks for watching!
Lolllllll you had me howling at my phone!
Matt, We all can use a good laugh. Glad you enjoyed the video and I appreciate the feedback. I was hoping people would find the section entertaining but you never know what people will think until you put it out there!!!
I meant to add that if you're in the Texas or elsewhere in the Southeast, there is a native seed company in Junction, TX (Native American Seed) with many seed choices. If you'll be ordering more seeds in the future, you might want to check them out. (I'm not affiliated with them.) However, Prairie Moon does have excellent germination information for their various types of native seeds. I hope you have great luck with the seeds you ordered from there!🙂
I will definitely check out Native American Seed. The more local the better. Thank you for the tip I hadn’t come across them before!!!
Well now I know why your picture was up in the Post Office under “Milk Jug Bandit”….look forward to your future endeavors….
I am on a lot of "lists" I like the name "Milk Jug Bandit"...... Thanks for watching! Take Care!
Hey there! Really enjoying your rewilding journey! Just a quick thought: it might be worth looking into whether the seeds you're planting require cold stratification. Cold stratification is a process where certain seeds need exposure to cold temperatures to break dormancy and germinate successfully. Essentially, it mimics the natural conditions seeds would experience during winter. This process can vary depending on the type of plant, so it's worth checking to ensure your seeds have the best chance at sprouting! Happy gardening!
So glad you are enjoying the rewilding journey! Thank you for leaving a comment. I didn't go into this subject in the video but I did cold stratify some rudbeckia and got them to generate. My biggest issue seems to be getting the plants to grow after the germination. I believe I need to harden and also water more. I will be generating a follow video on this subject in the fall when I attempt more winter sowing. Take care!
I get a high seeing you converting lawn to native plantings. It’s a beautiful thing!In PA we have the Eastern bluebird that forages on mowed grass. I say that to say, It’s ok to have some mowed area here in our region.
Did you need to stratify any of the seeds? For butterfly milkweed seeds from last year’s crop I planted in pots and set in our garden and covered with wire mesh and leaves to keep squirrels and birds away. Recently I brought them indoors hoping they start sprouting. So fun tinkering with new ideas. I love your quest for adventure and that you’re making the earth what it was meant to be. Thx. Have you ever bumped a few native Columbine seeds into your hand at a botanical garden? Or taken a few sections of oak leaf hydrangea from an established hedge while waiting for a key repair?Confessions of a guerilla gardener. 🌱😁🌾
"Guerilla Gardener" I like the name. You give me ideas! I tried to stratify cone flowers and some Rudbeckia in the refrigerator but I didn't do something correct as I only got one plant out of lots of seeds. I am going to try and do a hybrid winter sowing next fall and maybe have better results. We have the eastern Blue Bird in our area over the winter and they are beautiful. Seem to be making somewhat of a comeback. I find in my garden I am attracting birds which forage on the ground in leaf litter as an example Carolina Wrens. I agree with you that it is fun to experiment and try new things. I continue to observe and learn from the plants of the earth. Take Care!
I was just thinking about you!!!
Jimmy - thanks for watching! If I make you think… it makes me happy!
If you are in the Spring/Woodlands area, I give you lots of milk jugs.
Kenneth - I am going to write a note to myself to contact you in the fall (October/November) to come get milk jugs. Thanks!
I love it!
Glad you enjoyed! It was a challenging episode to make but a lot of fun!
@@JeffswildlifeadventuresI always get excited when I see you have a new video. Keep up the great work.🙂
When I first saw your picture I thought you were a terrorist. Well I guess you were as you videoed your midnight adventure to Starbucks - siren was a great add. Very creative and it made watching a video about raking leaves and planting seeds in milk jugs fun to watch. A great video!
Dean - This was a fun video to put together and glad you enjoyed. Hopefully I will be able to come up with other creative ways to get people to watch these videos. Thanks for leaving a comment.
Loved the stealth milk operation! 😆 I don't drink milk, either, and wondered how to get some. I think I'll have to stick to asking the coffee shops because I'm not as brave as you are. Question: Are you in Texas? Or, if you prefer not to say, what zone are you in? This is the first video of yours I've watched, so I don't know whether you've mentioned that in previous videos. I ask because I wondered if you are just starting those additional seeds now (today being March 8th). I've just gotten most of my native seeds recently, but when researching fall/winter planting, I found a post by a native landscaper in Ohio who said after February was too late there. 🤷♀ So now I wonder whether I should wait until fall to sow (directly into the beds) or winter to use the milk jug/container method. Looking forward to seeing how it goes with your project!
Joan - I live just north of Houston. I started my winter sowing in December. The videos take me a long time to put together so I am usually taking pictures over a long period of time. For the 5 to 10 minutes you see. This is the 8th episode, you may enjoy the first 7. I have left a link to the first episode below. I still have a lot to learn about winter sowing and I believe in the south you need to start late November or December but after January 1st it’s to late. Thanks for watching!!!
m.ruclips.net/video/WoFLocyd_sQ/видео.html
if you add some of your local soil to the potting mix you use for sowing it will adapt the plants better to your location / soil life
Great advice!!! Makes so much sense!!!! Thanks!!!
You don't have any weed issues in your jugs doing that?
@@Hayley-sl9lm Never had problems. Eventually the plants will go in the garden with the same seedbank anyway. Just remove any roots and just use the soil.
@@Hayley-sl9lm I only had thee "weeds", small winged elm trees which seed down everywhere in the spring so weeds were not an issue to manage.
I take it that it was an internal management decision that limited your expansion. Those can be rougher than the HOA, knowing your CEO. 🤪
I'll let my chief gardener know about this episode. I think they'll be very interested in your winter sowing op. Not so much the stealth milk jug op. BTW, did you have help filming that night time raid?
Well done!
Peter - My CEO is a tough cookie. I remain a one man show and the "night time raid" was just me. I am sure anyone who drove by would have questioned what I was doing and the CEO was concerned I was dressed like I was sneaking around a store..... what could have gone wrong.... at least I didn't end up on the 10:00 news......
@@Jeffswildlifeadventures I'm still hanging onto the image of your CEO dressed in a Cat Woman suit and balaclava doing the filming rather than a camera on a tripod ...
I love your videos
I started rewilding several years ago, took out grass and planted some natives and hostas
I also used to use yards and yards of mulch but now I just use leaves. Sometimes I mulch them, other times I just let them lay on the ground
How much shade bs sun do you have?
Deborah - Like most yards I have a variety of conditions. Most of the side yard gets morning sun and depending on the location moves to shade by 12:00. The trees I planted 20+ years ago provide an increasing amount of shade and it will be interesting to see how the garden changes as it gets less sun. The front yard is a mix as it faces north. The biggest issue I have with the front yard is a number of locations get afternoon sun which in the Houston area is very hot. It seems like we get a lot less rain than we used to or maybe its just hotter. The one observation I have seen is the condition of the ground under the leaves retains its moisture much longer than the area with grass. I continue to learn so much through the process of rewilding and everything I see and learn says we need to maximize the amount of land we turn back to mother nature. Thanks for watching, having an interest in the project and taking action to improve the land around your home. I am sure the wildlife appreciates your efforts!
Rotisserie chicken containers work well also.
Good to know! By accident I learned large water bottles work well as I found a couple while picking up trash and because they are clear I think they work better. What size do you allow the plants to get before you transplant to pots or into the ground? My butterfly milkweek is 2" tall and I think I should be transplanting but not sure.
@@Jeffswildlifeadventures I am by no means an expert, and have just done vegetables, but I think if they get 2 or 3 leaves you can put in a bigger pot, like a small black nursery pot (I usually save mine).
@@immitzime I transplanted the Butterfly Milkweed to pots today. We will see how they do!
@@Jeffswildlifeadventures how exciting!