Good stuff. Been restoring 30 acres at my place in southern New Jersey for about 10 years now. Partnered with the US Fish and Wildlife service and converted 6 acres of hay field to a native grassland with a wide array of native wildflowers. It’s a site to see when it’s in bloom during the summer months! Prepping 2 more acres to be mostly wildflower and shrub habitat beside the other 6. It’s amazing how much life it brings. Love this stuff. Keep up your good work.
I can already tell this channels is gonna grow exponentially. Been watching your tik toks and was dying for longer videos. This is gonna be one of my binge watching channels
you mean, "don't clean these in your house" or your husband will be mad, LOL. We collected a whole basket of the fluff, and put it out for the birds in the spring for nest making and it worked!
Your tick toks are what has convinced me to restore my 4 acres of wetland closed canopy forest and 1.5 acre field back into native habitat. I would love to have a conversation with you, as I have many questions, if you are available.
I live in the Ozarks and have been doing this for a while. I thought I was alone. I spread them mainly on my property. Just takes time and I'm excited every spring to find out what comes up.
Kyle, this is great. I found it very helpful. I’ve been starting to experiment with growing some really small stuff on my apartment patio and find it a lot of fun and then I get to share the natives with friends who have yards. I’d love to swing over to Alabama and see your setup/learn more and buy some of your natives.
I do appreciate your RUclips show. It is very informative about native wildflowers and native grasses. I just wish that there was someone like you in North Texas.
Did you ever do a follow up for seed cleaning? BTW, I found out about you the reposts of your TikTok videos on Instagram. As an Alabama native, I appreciate the conservation efforts you are sharing with everyone. Keep up the great work.
I have a yard full of natives here in Southwest Michigan and most of them are in their second year and about to go to seed. I was going to have to look up how to gather seeds, and then you read my mind and put out this video! Thanks for the great content I look forward to your future videos!
So fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing, we are hoping to conserve and protect the real Florida, the wild Florida. Again, thank you Kyle for this! Huge inspiration to us and our goal of conserving Florida.
For awhile years ago was drawing and photographing natives at different stages (here in california, some parts of year, things look dead), to help id them. Also would try to weed out invasives, so also took pics of seedlings, as many people were restoring areas. After a short while you know what is coming up a weed after fall/winter/sometimes spring rains. Just came back from a walk and will bring more bags with me as filled pocket with a many different things that had enuf to spare. Nice video with great ideas. I used topick my poppy just before opened, then children wondered what the sounds were in the house, when pods opened. Often bring the junk mail envelopes with to label and store some seeds.
I found you on tiktok, and am so glad to have you here on RUclips ! I love your information and I love just north of you so it’s really nice to see the plants you talk about because I can really learn !
I accidentally found you from a tik tok video on Facebook. I am so glad I found you here! I want to learn all of this. My yard isn't large but I want a native paradise for pollinators.
Awesome! I live in the desert southwest and want to restore native grasses that are conducive to quail and native pollinators. Years of neglect and abuse by suburbanites have let noxious weeds and eroded soil dominate the landscape.
I mostly use buckets with a strap around my neck. But when the asters and desirable goldenrods are all ready I use gigantic garbage cans just to be efficient.. I need no rotate them every day or so. But it's very efficient for me in my yard collecting for future prairie projects I have planned
You collected some green gama grass seed. When I collect it I only take the kernels that break off easy. I didn't know you could take green seeds. Plus gama grass is distantly related to corn. There was a guy near Salina KS who was trying to develop a gama grass that would produce lots of seeds at one time so that it could be harvested like coen. A crop you don't have to plant or til the soil. Save erosion, native plants with big root system, carbon sink plus a dryland crop needs no irrigation. It was an interesting concept but I haven't heard anything for years.
It’s hard for me to identify plants once they’re already dried up for the year. Can you harvest seeds that are full but not yet dried out, and let them dry out after you cut them off the plant?
Amazing video, I’ve been trying to figure out how to get started, I saw your plugs from the other video, would love to see how you clean and germinate in those! I’ll check IG maybe you posted a follow up there.
Found you from tik tok. I have 9 acres of pasture and would like to return some of it to native grasses and shrubs. I live in st. Clair county, any where you suggest for purchasing native plants? Also would like to know what is a good way to start restoring and returning land to nature.
What resources do you use to identify native plants? I am in Jefferson county Alabama and would like to get started doing what you do. I remember so many plants and flowers while growing up that I never see anymore.
I have a question , is there a wild native hyacinth plant in Alabama? We lived for many years on my wife’s grandmother’s home place. I would find these little plants in the yard that looks so much like a hyacinth but only having four to six blooms. They were coming up from a corn , a roundish corn. I liked them so each year I’d collect two or three plants in the early winter and planted them in a flower garden. When we moved I gathered all those and brought them with me and planted them at my home now. Are these a native plant? I left three times the number I took.
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that you know I got the clip the big seed head off a pig weed you know like I didn't destroy the the cover of them play any means of the Indians used to harvest that and make flour out of it I don't know why you know or how the seas are so tiny but we'll see how that goes
I don't and never will go into a Hobby Lobby store so if you want to attract more subscribers that's one store i would not mention... I've enjoyed watching your channel and hope to learn a lot more from you I'm in Southwest Florida Zone 9B
Yes sir, you're doing a wonderful thing.. you know I'm a old Bird Hunter pushing 70 years old okay, real pointers in Old Settlers that's all I ever cared for, Woodcock and cross to the North Quail to the South, even in Illinois used to be great the Corn Belt is so messed up terrible Colorado Lottery winner sparrows can live there after fall, don't know where that Colorado thank God in their you know it's just voice to text sorry anyway, I've done a few plants up but no not destroying the whole coffee let's put it that way call Mom that was c o v e why like quail where are the anyway I gathered some seeds of I'll spare you the details but of other interesting types of plants then I'm going to tear up a little bit of ground and you'll see how it flies, I will see how it flies
Couldn't you just replant them though? I get your storing them but if you want you could literally just plant them right? I've been trying to spread my grass, i assume as soon as they separate and get white parts on them they are ready, but not really sure as most people wait for them to turn brown which i believe is for storage purposes which i don't need too because i plan on planting them right away. I'm american indian and i would just buy seeds the problem is with grass its kind of hard to know exactly what grass you have unless you got the money for testing. So i got the bright idea to just let my grass grow and repopulate it with what's natural to our land.
The seeds have to dry out in order to germinate and grow. A lot of native seeds need to undergo a period of cold, moist stratification, too, before they will germinate, which means letting them dry out completely and then giving them somewhere around 30-90 days of cold, moist conditions before planting them.
A lot of times, what just comes up naturally nowadays in a lot of areas are invasive weeds. So, you really need to learn to identify your plants or seek out someone knowledgeable who can assist you in knowing what’s actually native to your area and what’s not. The key to restoration is getting rid of the invasives and other non-natives and encouraging (or even planting) natives. Check out Indigenous Landscapes for details on how you can go about doing that.
Good stuff. Been restoring 30 acres at my place in southern New Jersey for about 10 years now. Partnered with the US Fish and Wildlife service and converted 6 acres of hay field to a native grassland with a wide array of native wildflowers. It’s a site to see when it’s in bloom during the summer months! Prepping 2 more acres to be mostly wildflower and shrub habitat beside the other 6. It’s amazing how much life it brings. Love this stuff. Keep up your good work.
That's so awesome, David. Any updates since you posted this?
Good for you! Wish more people would do stuff like this!
I’m on this path myself! Woohoo
Good for you! Great to see people caring about our natural environment and nurturing it. Respect!
That's amazing!
I can already tell this channels is gonna grow exponentially. Been watching your tik toks and was dying for longer videos. This is gonna be one of my binge watching channels
Appreciate it! Maybe I’ll figure RUclips out! Thanks for the support
Same here! I love this stuff just subscribed to the channel! I collect seeds from the wildflowers around me too.
@@NativeHabitatProject, please do! I HATE TikTok and don’t use it (and won’t ever)! RUclips is much better!
You found a bag with dead raccoons in it and kept the bag? That is peak reusing, I salute you.
you mean, "don't clean these in your house" or your husband will be mad, LOL. We collected a whole basket of the fluff, and put it out for the birds in the spring for nest making and it worked!
Thanks for that casual back story for your seed bag, will be subscribing.
Maybe I’ll talk about the raccoon attack i survived in the next one😂
I also like the casual story about the seed bag and want to know more 😂
Your tick toks are what has convinced me to restore my 4 acres of wetland closed canopy forest and 1.5 acre field back into native habitat. I would love to have a conversation with you, as I have many questions, if you are available.
I live in the Ozarks and have been doing this for a while. I thought I was alone. I spread them mainly on my property. Just takes time and I'm excited every spring to find out what comes up.
Great work keepup😮😮😮😮😮😮😮
You're such a gentle human being, how you care for our beautiful environment. ❤
Kyle, this is great. I found it very helpful. I’ve been starting to experiment with growing some really small stuff on my apartment patio and find it a lot of fun and then I get to share the natives with friends who have yards. I’d love to swing over to Alabama and see your setup/learn more and buy some of your natives.
Appreciate it! Shoot me a message or an email and we’ll make it happen!
I do appreciate your RUclips show. It is very informative about native wildflowers and native grasses. I just wish that there was someone like you in North Texas.
Same as I live in DFW area
Did you ever do a follow up for seed cleaning?
BTW, I found out about you the reposts of your TikTok videos on Instagram. As an Alabama native, I appreciate the conservation efforts you are sharing with everyone. Keep up the great work.
Great vid can't wait to see the cleaning part!
Great tip. I have been doing this for years. I carry a couple hundred of these little mesh bags in my truck all the time.
I have a yard full of natives here in Southwest Michigan and most of them are in their second year and about to go to seed. I was going to have to look up how to gather seeds, and then you read my mind and put out this video! Thanks for the great content I look forward to your future videos!
I love the story about your seed bag. So funny and kind of poetic if you think about it. Lots of new life where death was.
Great stuff! Looking forward to diving into more from you. Now I’m all fired up to get the yard covered in native Tennessee plants
Kyle, can you do some videos on your grow setup for the seeds you collect and how the seedlings of different natives look? Love your content!
So fascinating! Thank you so much for sharing, we are hoping to conserve and protect the real Florida, the wild Florida. Again, thank you Kyle for this! Huge inspiration to us and our goal of conserving Florida.
Alabama native here; love the background sounds. It sounds like late afternoon.
So many great tips in this video!
Goldenrod is an excellent medicinal and makes a really tasty tea.
Thank you for this!!! I aspire to do this one day. Gotta up my knowledge of the local native species first.
For awhile years ago was drawing and photographing natives at different stages (here in california, some parts of year, things look dead), to help id them. Also would try to weed out invasives, so also took pics of seedlings, as many people were restoring areas. After a short while you know what is coming up a weed after fall/winter/sometimes spring rains. Just came back from a walk and will bring more bags with me as filled pocket with a many different things that had enuf to spare. Nice video with great ideas. I used topick my poppy just before opened, then children wondered what the sounds were in the house, when pods opened. Often bring the junk mail envelopes with to label and store some seeds.
Great video! Would love to see Part 2 with information about how to plant and grow the seeds.
I found you on tiktok, and am so glad to have you here on RUclips ! I love your information and I love just north of you so it’s really nice to see the plants you talk about because I can really learn !
Thank you for sharing your knowledge. 👍👍
OMG your seed bag...you are so funny without meaning to be. Which makes it funnier. Poor raccoons!
I accidentally found you from a tik tok video on Facebook. I am so glad I found you here! I want to learn all of this. My yard isn't large but I want a native paradise for pollinators.
Excellent! Thank you so much! Look forward to the next episode 😊
I'd love to see more videos in this series.
Native plant nursery! Outstanding
This is fabulous! Please keep it coming.
Thanks. Very considerate upload. Well done.
Awesome! I live in the desert southwest and want to restore native grasses that are conducive to quail and native pollinators. Years of neglect and abuse by suburbanites have let noxious weeds and eroded soil dominate the landscape.
I mostly use buckets with a strap around my neck. But when the asters and desirable goldenrods are all ready I use gigantic garbage cans just to be efficient.. I need no rotate them every day or so. But it's very efficient for me in my yard collecting for future prairie projects I have planned
Once collected, what's the planting and germination process? I imagine each species requires different conditions?
Thank you for coming to YT
Great video! I have nativized much of my yard and was looking for a way to propagate for others! Thanks.
Excellent content. I'm inspired.
Thanks for this. Can we get more native seed collection / processing videos? Trying to start a nursery
You collected some green gama grass seed. When I collect it I only take the kernels that break off easy. I didn't know you could take green seeds. Plus gama grass is distantly related to corn. There was a guy near Salina KS who was trying to develop a gama grass that would produce lots of seeds at one time so that it could be harvested like coen. A crop you don't have to plant or til the soil. Save erosion, native plants with big root system, carbon sink plus a dryland crop needs no irrigation. It was an interesting concept but I haven't heard anything for years.
Awesome content
Thank you for your work! Is your nursery a retail nursery? If so, what is the name and where is it located?
It’s hard for me to identify plants once they’re already dried up for the year. Can you harvest seeds that are full but not yet dried out, and let them dry out after you cut them off the plant?
You may have to mark locations of species down
Good stuff - if you ever want to visit Cherry Lake, we would love to have you come check all our plants and give advice.
Awesome man! Keep it up
Would you know anything about wildflowers and grasses to collect in central Texas. More specifically the black land prairie and the post oak savanna?
Amazing video, I’ve been trying to figure out how to get started, I saw your plugs from the other video, would love to see how you clean and germinate in those! I’ll check IG maybe you posted a follow up there.
Felco make great pruners. They have bright red handles, and every part is replaceable.
Are you ever gonna do the cleaning and stratification videos?
Awesome
Found you from tik tok. I have 9 acres of pasture and would like to return some of it to native grasses and shrubs. I live in st. Clair county, any where you suggest for purchasing native plants? Also would like to know what is a good way to start restoring and returning land to nature.
You can also reach Kyle on Facebook. I don’t think he checks RUclips very much.
Any update on your 9 acres?
What resources do you use to identify native plants? I am in Jefferson county Alabama and would like to get started doing what you do. I remember so many plants and flowers while growing up that I never see anymore.
I have a question , is there a wild native hyacinth plant in Alabama? We lived for many years on my wife’s grandmother’s home place. I would find these little plants in the yard that looks so much like a hyacinth but only having four to six blooms. They were coming up from a corn , a roundish corn. I liked them so each year I’d collect two or three plants in the early winter and planted them in a flower garden. When we moved I gathered all those and brought them with me and planted them at my home now. Are these a native plant? I left three times the number I took.
I may not have found it yet, but can you help with identifying, harvesting seeds, and cultivating native plants for deer and other animals?
You're a good guide
Hi I’m looking for the video where you talk about cleaning them ??? I can’t find it
What recommendations do you have for people who live in Ohio? Are there any native wildflower species you know of in this region?
Is there a follow-up video to this?
Was there an episode 2 made?
I wanna see a CPBBD collab!
This is great, though I think it would be good to film this in landscape.
Yeah i know! Bad habit from TikTok
“I found this thing in the woods with a bunch of dead raccoons in it…” LOL
My man found a bag full of dead racoons?
Raccoons???
I would have been proud of collecting them but baby steps store botton will do
Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that you know I got the clip the big seed head off a pig weed you know like I didn't destroy the the cover of them play any means of the Indians used to harvest that and make flour out of it I don't know why you know or how the seas are so tiny but we'll see how that goes
What happened to Ep. 2
Bunch of dead raccoons in it! LOL
I don't and never will go into a Hobby Lobby store so if you want to attract more subscribers that's one store i would not mention... I've enjoyed watching your channel and hope to learn a lot more from you I'm in Southwest Florida Zone 9B
I’m a subscriber, and I do and will shop at Hobby Lobby. Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion. 🙂
Yes sir, you're doing a wonderful thing.. you know I'm a old Bird Hunter pushing 70 years old okay, real pointers in Old Settlers that's all I ever cared for, Woodcock and cross to the North Quail to the South, even in Illinois used to be great the Corn Belt is so messed up terrible Colorado Lottery winner sparrows can live there after fall, don't know where that Colorado thank God in their you know it's just voice to text sorry anyway, I've done a few plants up but no not destroying the whole coffee let's put it that way call Mom that was c o v e why like quail where are the anyway I gathered some seeds of I'll spare you the details but of other interesting types of plants then I'm going to tear up a little bit of ground and you'll see how it flies, I will see how it flies
do you need a license to collect California natives?
Suggest orientate camera to Landscape.
Need to talk to you local pagans/witches, Holistic people. They have knowledge 😉 if they dont know may know where to find out
Maui could use your help
Couldn't you just replant them though? I get your storing them but if you want you could literally just plant them right? I've been trying to spread my grass, i assume as soon as they separate and get white parts on them they are ready, but not really sure as most people wait for them to turn brown which i believe is for storage purposes which i don't need too because i plan on planting them right away. I'm american indian and i would just buy seeds the problem is with grass its kind of hard to know exactly what grass you have unless you got the money for testing. So i got the bright idea to just let my grass grow and repopulate it with what's natural to our land.
The seeds have to dry out in order to germinate and grow. A lot of native seeds need to undergo a period of cold, moist stratification, too, before they will germinate, which means letting them dry out completely and then giving them somewhere around 30-90 days of cold, moist conditions before planting them.
A lot of times, what just comes up naturally nowadays in a lot of areas are invasive weeds. So, you really need to learn to identify your plants or seek out someone knowledgeable who can assist you in knowing what’s actually native to your area and what’s not. The key to restoration is getting rid of the invasives and other non-natives and encouraging (or even planting) natives.
Check out Indigenous Landscapes for details on how you can go about doing that.