👉👉👉👉 Link to the Gardening with Sedges - Mt. Cuba Center Carex Trial Backyard Ecology Podcast this clip was taken from: www.backyardecology.net/gardening-with-sedges-mt-cuba-center-carex-trial/ 👈👈👈👈 🌿🌿🌿🌿 Learn how to identify the sedges, rushes and grasses in this video: ruclips.net/video/kapDEtoDylc/видео.html 🌿🌿🌿🌿
I have one corner of my yard that the native sedges enjoy, so I don't mow it. My neighbor said "hey if your lawn mower is broken, you can use mine" So I tried to educate her a little about native species, and she was like "yea, well it looks ug1y and you should mow it before somebody calls code enforcement on you." So I said "I'll call you when I need your advice".
@@TheBarefootedGardener I've considered bamboo, but I found a place that sells bare-root Canadian Hemlock , and I think i might go with that. Tahnks anyway
@BackyardEcology It's been a busy season. Next, I'm heading to my Florida property to work on that. As well as the construction end of things, I'll be planting Pawpaws and Pipevine on the property. I'm aiming for a "food forest" on the place. And, I will be doing my best to stick with natives. Come to think of it, I'll plant some Rue, too. That will help offset the citrus loss to the Giant Swallowtails. As you may know, their caterpillars can eat that. Best, JJ
@@JJLom777 Sounds awesome! I love giant swallowtails. I have a bunch of wafer ash growing in pots that I will plant out once they get some size on them. They were covered in giant swallowtail caterpillars this summer!
I love my morning star sedge and was so happy to have those cool seed heads this year, until something sneaky came and gobbled them up! What critters like to eat them? I'm happy that my plants are feeding the creatures in the neighborhood - I am just curious to know what was the likely culprit! Any ideas?
I left all the leaves under my chestnut oak in the fall, which I'm hoping will help soften the dry, compacted soil underneath it enough for me to plant a ton of Pennsylvania sedge plugs there. I'm wondering about companion plants, though, to add variety...maybe red columbine?
The sunniest expanse of my front property is my leach field and I’m wanting to have more plants instead of turf grass lawn but know I can’t have trees and shrubs because of deep roots. Would Carex roots be shallow and safe on a leach field?
@ Thank you! Your channel has helped and inspired me since I bought my first home 4 years ago. It’s not a remote or large property, but it’s unfenced and we have deer, bears and other wildlife pass through so I want it to be safe for them and us. This year we DIDN’T spray for ticks (a big Lyme disease problem in the northeast ; plus they sneak in on our dog) and we had so many more birds and very few ticks! I’m slowly making changes because I work full time, don’t have the budget to hire professionals and well, I LIKE doing it. This is perfectly timed for an area I hoped to improve this year. Also, I bought myself a red osier dogwood for Christmas!
The nutsedges are in the genus Cyperus, and there are both native and invasive species of them found in North America. There are some interesting species in the genus. I may have to do a video on them!
I already have these growing wild around the edges of my garden, but they grow prolifically and are hard to mow, so I just go around them or pull some up.
Nice! Some species are much more prolific than others. We have quite a few species growing on our place (none were planted) and some you only see here and there and others are everywhere.
It is the stems that are triangular in cross section. The leaves have diverse looks to them. There are sedges that require moist conditions but there are plenty that can handle arid conditions too, and a bunch that seem to be well adapted to a super wire range of conditions. It is a fascinating group of plants.
👉👉👉👉 Link to the Gardening with Sedges - Mt. Cuba Center Carex Trial Backyard Ecology Podcast this clip was taken from: www.backyardecology.net/gardening-with-sedges-mt-cuba-center-carex-trial/ 👈👈👈👈
🌿🌿🌿🌿 Learn how to identify the sedges, rushes and grasses in this video: ruclips.net/video/kapDEtoDylc/видео.html 🌿🌿🌿🌿
Even if you have doubts of the benefits of growing them in your yard, you may as well sedge your bets
Nicely done!
I have one corner of my yard that the native sedges enjoy, so I don't mow it. My neighbor said "hey if your lawn mower is broken, you can use mine" So I tried to educate her a little about native species, and she was like "yea, well it looks ug1y and you should mow it before somebody calls code enforcement on you."
So I said "I'll call you when I need your advice".
That’s why I like to plant privacy ASAP… but there’s also some native bamboos that happen to be a running type. But you didn’t hear it from me… 😂
@@TheBarefootedGardener I've considered bamboo, but I found a place that sells bare-root Canadian Hemlock , and I think i might go with that.
Tahnks anyway
I’m loving the native grass videos.
Same. Learning my "grasses" is among my 2025 resolutions. Good video!
You just got a new subscriber! This was great. Thank you …
Thanks for the sub! Glad you liked the viedeo!
Such an underappreciated group of plants! I am definitely going to have to look more into these.
Sedges are awesome!
Sorry I've been out of touch for some time.
Glad to see you're still doing the "good work." 😊
JJ
Good to see you back!
@BackyardEcology It's been a busy season. Next, I'm heading to my Florida property to work on that. As well as the construction end of things, I'll be planting Pawpaws and Pipevine on the property. I'm aiming for a "food forest" on the place. And, I will be doing my best to stick with natives.
Come to think of it, I'll plant some Rue, too. That will help offset the citrus loss to the Giant Swallowtails. As you may know, their caterpillars can eat that.
Best,
JJ
@@JJLom777 Sounds awesome! I love giant swallowtails. I have a bunch of wafer ash growing in pots that I will plant out once they get some size on them. They were covered in giant swallowtail caterpillars this summer!
I love my morning star sedge and was so happy to have those cool seed heads this year, until something sneaky came and gobbled them up! What critters like to eat them? I'm happy that my plants are feeding the creatures in the neighborhood - I am just curious to know what was the likely culprit! Any ideas?
I left all the leaves under my chestnut oak in the fall, which I'm hoping will help soften the dry, compacted soil underneath it enough for me to plant a ton of Pennsylvania sedge plugs there. I'm wondering about companion plants, though, to add variety...maybe red columbine?
Native columbine looks great with sedges!
Could Carex go in a mix of groundcover style plants? I'm thinking Oxalis stricta, Nuttallanthus canadensis, and Carex blanda.
That should work well!
The sunniest expanse of my front property is my leach field and I’m wanting to have more plants instead of turf grass lawn but know I can’t have trees and shrubs because of deep roots. Would Carex roots be shallow and safe on a leach field?
You should be fine with Carex. They grow naturally over our leach field.
@ Thank you! Your channel has helped and inspired me since I bought my first home 4 years ago. It’s not a remote or large property, but it’s unfenced and we have deer, bears and other wildlife pass through so I want it to be safe for them and us. This year we DIDN’T spray for ticks (a big Lyme disease
problem in the northeast ; plus they sneak in on our dog) and we had so many more birds and very few ticks! I’m slowly making changes because I work full time, don’t have the budget to hire professionals and well, I LIKE doing it. This is perfectly timed for an area I hoped to improve this year. Also, I bought myself a red osier dogwood for Christmas!
@@melissaleyva3802 Awesome! Sounds like you are making some great progress!
What about nutsedge?
The nutsedges are in the genus Cyperus, and there are both native and invasive species of them found in North America. There are some interesting species in the genus. I may have to do a video on them!
I already have these growing wild around the edges of my garden, but they grow prolifically and are hard to mow, so I just go around them or pull some up.
Nice! Some species are much more prolific than others. We have quite a few species growing on our place (none were planted) and some you only see here and there and others are everywhere.
I recognized Gray's Sedge as one that grows along the edge of our woods. Such an interesting plant.
@@Minnehaha64 Awesome! It is a great sedge to have. It is one of my favorite sedges!
Leaves with a triangular cross section huh?
Guess that's part of why some are a little succulent, drought tolerant-ish
It is the stems that are triangular in cross section. The leaves have diverse looks to them. There are sedges that require moist conditions but there are plenty that can handle arid conditions too, and a bunch that seem to be well adapted to a super wire range of conditions. It is a fascinating group of plants.