Join TLC's Sarah Michehl as she shows you her suburban wildflower meadow that was once lawn and answers questions from viewers.
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@markpellegrin4172 жыл бұрын
Appreciate the work, and the humor. “I lived with the spiders, I was damp from the forest, the beetles knew me and the tri-colored bees, I slept with the partridges immersed in the mint.” Pablo Neruda
@helloayanna2 жыл бұрын
My jaw literally dropped. So beautiful! Thanks for sharing.
@deidrabrey4043 Жыл бұрын
We bought 4 acres in a rural area subdivision zoned for farming and one acre is along a property boundary. It includes a sloped, wooded streambed and opens up to a uneven and sloped terrain that is is covered in pasture grass and dead trees and wood. I love it. The deer love it. The owls and woodpeckers love it. Last summer it looked beautiful and had lots of butterflies. Even so, I want to try to make it look somewhat more presentable as we have new neighbors now who bought the house next door despite the way it looks but now are encroaching, weed whacking and otherwise trespassing on our property and trying to take it. We have cut all the vines like bittersweet, kudzu and others, kept the grape vines, and removed an old wire farm fence. They seem undeterred. Our conservancy is not interested in coming out to help or advise as this area is only about .8 acres and there are no target species they are interested in. The people next door came from a town home HOA and have called the county on us who have said nothing because we are not out of compliance. We have general restrictive covenants but no positive covenants meaning as long as we dont violate the language we are okay but I thin they think they can just order us to clear terrain that has never been disturbed at all. This woman is so lucky to have nice neighbors. She has a beautiful yard.
@baggetja1234 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing and fielding all the questions.
@jamesdillon98452 жыл бұрын
You're a meadow rock star, thank you for all the great info!
@barbaracole43142 жыл бұрын
I put cardboard down then completely covered with leaves ( I did mine in the fall .) Don't have to do more it breaks down on its own, then plant seeds in plain soil
@limitlessends Жыл бұрын
Great work! So glad to see this beautiful prairie
@Hawking19693 жыл бұрын
Wow! This is so valuable. Love your answering questions from people more at my (beginner) level.
@peterstevens42232 жыл бұрын
Hello from Auckland, New Zealand ...Love what ya done !!!
@peterstevens65552 жыл бұрын
W0W !!! That Looks Great, Merry Christmas from Auckland, New Zealand ...
@sarahmichehl29882 жыл бұрын
New Zealand? WOW! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you too!
@michaeleggenberger6029 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video. So much information.
@joshualepretre3473 Жыл бұрын
I normally buy my wild flower seeds from the Dollar Tree or Dollar General they got these packets that are like pollinator flowers and hummingbird flowers and some other stuff mixed into the packet I just throw them on the ground and let them grow
@pawpawbandit38713 жыл бұрын
really great video... so much more valuable than just some photos or a write-up or whatever, excellent job - hope everybody with a boring lawn in the US copies this...it really doesn't matter if you're in a different bioregion... the northeast, mid-atlantic...some of the plants may do well, some may change...but you can still have a nice native meadow that provides beauty and habitat and is part of rehabilitating the environment
@buddyblack98012 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful! This is exactly what I want to do. Thanks for your very instructive video.
@jaytee664 жыл бұрын
Excellent job!
@sarahrose17582 жыл бұрын
Use clear plastic to smother. Higher temperatures because of solarization.
@shannonmoffett65303 жыл бұрын
Absolutely beautiful ❤️
@jamesmcpherson4993 жыл бұрын
Great job. Thank you. Getting started out west of you in Sterling
@zaccheaus38533 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for doing this. Some IL love from McLean county
@shannonmoffett65303 жыл бұрын
Can we get a 2021 update? 😊 Thanks
@sarahmichehl29882 жыл бұрын
We experienced a severe drought from spring-fall of 2021 here in the Chicago area. The lawn prairie did great with zero supplemental watering! Some species stayed very short, while some were unaffected.
@tjlastname51922 ай бұрын
Definitely planning to do this down here in Mississippi once I move out of this subdivision.
@thehedgerow2 жыл бұрын
Weeds make flowers too :) but seriously looks beautiful! I let dandelions grow too. Very beneficial and medicinal. I want to turn my entire lawn into a prairie.
@butterbeanqueen81482 жыл бұрын
I cringed every time she said weed 😬. I let my backyard go to “weed”. It just took a few months over the winter to get it going. Currently 22 species of wildflowers are growing in my yard. I have pollinators everywhere. The PICTURE THIS app has helped me tremendously. I can identify now identify plants even if they aren’t blooming. Save the photos to the “my garden” section and there is a place to make notes about each plant. I LOVE dandelions. Good luck!
@thehedgerow2 жыл бұрын
@@butterbeanqueen8148 goals!!! I’m gonna do that!
@butterbeanqueen81482 жыл бұрын
@@thehedgerow that app is the most fun I’ve ever had! I was that kid that was always asking what’s this flower? What’s this plant? I tried PlantSnap but it misidentified too many plants. Good luck!
@hivicar2 жыл бұрын
Cutting sod out only an inch down? That was certainly not my experience. I would say four to five inches deep to get all the roots out from years of grass and grass like growth before creating a mostly native grass garden in New Hampshire. This is a great video, thanks!
@75shadystorm3 ай бұрын
Yeaaaa I feel I might have a problem with my project lol. I didn't lay anything down, covered a quarter of the area with just good compost/black dirt, quarter of lawn clippings and dirt on top of that, and the other half I currently have lawn clippings on. I'll add black dirt/compost in the fall before I seed the winter sowing seeds. 🤷🤔 Ps. I aslo planted on a 15ft by 90ft sand berm to prevent a basement from flooding lol. So mowing will be a problem also 🤦😅
@erosinable Жыл бұрын
This is the first and possibly only time I’ll ever say this, and I don’t wanna hear about later…yaaas queen!
@irelandte692 жыл бұрын
Great presentation.
@frank-mm7oo2 жыл бұрын
I lived in Hanover Park ,Illinois I must have been lucky because the first summer I planted Wildfolwers on one side of my house ,I used seed strips I don"t know if thy still sell them but ever type in the mix bloomed that same Summer ,it was the easest growing experience I ever had I enjoyed looking at them .I really don"t like Grass it is to much work and time costing.
@theresadefluri3572 жыл бұрын
Great video, but would like to know how to erradicate nasty Johnson grass from a wildflower meadow
@wl38302 жыл бұрын
Good for you, here in Canada Ontario, Ottawa i had to cut all my beautiful wildflowers, that’s law, some one reported to city, I’m not cutting my weed!!! So sad,
@stanleystone498 ай бұрын
Very beautiful
@PlantNative2 жыл бұрын
Spectacular! I’m always looking for places to replace non natives w natives.
@jeffborkowski2 жыл бұрын
Do you have the same tick / lyme disease problems we do here in the Northeast? It's one of my biggest concerns with rewilding.
@benjibumble2 жыл бұрын
Native habitat attracts predator insects like spiders, wasps and lady bugs, etc. you’ll see less ticks. Not more.
@oldmanjimh31653 жыл бұрын
Thank you.
@brianwarson813 жыл бұрын
why would you pull up golden rod?? It is such a good pollinator friendly native.
@huntingfashiondolls33073 жыл бұрын
im from mexico and im excited to do this,sadly here i cant reach for help
@vicsonobusanvlog3 жыл бұрын
Nice view idol thanks for sharing this video godluck blogger new friend here
@LittleSpaceCase Жыл бұрын
Isnt canada goldenrod native in the midwest..? Its a really good plant for butterflies, hoverflies, ladybugs and other native insects
@pgjz7c1 Жыл бұрын
It's absolutely native she was just recommending plucking out because it'll out complete the other species and take over the entire area.
@CHSLax662 жыл бұрын
This is absolutely beautiful. We have an acre in Champaign county, so Zone 5B rather than 5A. To your knowledge, are there resources available in my area for a transformation such as this? Our property is predominantly monoculture grass, but we are looking at permaculture and food forest options for portions and I would like to do a significant portion of it as a wildflower meadow as well.
@ValeriaVincentSancisi7 ай бұрын
find out if it inhibits all monocots, like corn or grains before using it.... if you want a food forest
@SPACEMONKEY2883 жыл бұрын
Can I jus buzz my lawn to almost nothing then rake out the grass and spread wildflower seed an let it go ? I live in south Florida thought if I just throw down annual seeds they will just keep reseeding and I won’t ever have too reseed ? Not sure tho any advice ?
@benjibumble2 жыл бұрын
Is yearly burning necessary? I thought it was advised to keep some plant stalks as habitat for overwintering insects?
@user-pw1dh1fv1v4 ай бұрын
no not needed
@JiangHongrie3 жыл бұрын
I LIKE!!!
@joshualepretre3473 Жыл бұрын
I wonder if there's anything like that for Peoria County
@traceyetwell30353 жыл бұрын
why would you remove canada goldenrod? its such a key fall plant for pollinators..
@davidparker87523 жыл бұрын
It becomes very invasive and displaces other stuff. There are many native varieties of golden rod that are not overly aggressive. .
@user-ls6mv7ue5z3 ай бұрын
Indian grass has been the most aggravating aggressive thing in my native prairie
@damony13012 ай бұрын
Have to pull much? I started some to line the side of field as a background and snow fence then have flowers in front
@joshualepretre3473 Жыл бұрын
I buy my wildflower seeds from Dollar General for a dollar 25 a packet they got all kinds of seed 4 for $4 dollar 25 for 14 G
@jeanettesage5 ай бұрын
How much seed did you use?
@erin63923 жыл бұрын
How do you smother it?
@missymelis272 ай бұрын
What zone are you in? I'm 7a I think, (in Canada)
@agpawpaw5912 Жыл бұрын
How does it look few months later?
@staceygianoplos6381 Жыл бұрын
Where did you get your seed mix from?
@crochetingaroundnewzealand2 жыл бұрын
♥️
@Stu_Pedazzo3 жыл бұрын
What if I “smothered” the lawn by spraying vinegar and orange oil vegetation killer?
@themanofthehour14182 жыл бұрын
You r cool
@martinraeside2 жыл бұрын
Would it be helpful to let some grazing animals in now and then?
@davidc8560 Жыл бұрын
Deer
@wiesbadengera13 жыл бұрын
How do you smother a lawn? Do you just atop watering??
@shannonmoffett65303 жыл бұрын
Cardboard, newspaper, tarp, plastic
@solarroofing80722 жыл бұрын
what is the web address link for the LEARN facebook group? when I search for it on facebook there are thousands of groups with the word learn in them.
@lesliebidlack7826 Жыл бұрын
No one ever says what state they are in. How are viewers supposed to know where in the country you are?
@user-pw1dh1fv1v4 ай бұрын
she says near chicago IL, USA
@sooocheesy3 жыл бұрын
What variety of potato was used to record this?
@annlankford45653 жыл бұрын
DO YOU HAVE A LIST OF THE SEED IN YOUR MIX?
@rhondapelletier21413 жыл бұрын
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@kdkdkdkd662 жыл бұрын
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@jbweld61932 ай бұрын
That will be a forest unless it's mowed every few years.
@joshualepretre3473 Жыл бұрын
I noticed almost everyone she almost been talking to their name starts with a J☺
@BushnellEntertainmnt2 жыл бұрын
r lucky that you don't get fined from the city for over 6 inches tall that happened to me
@user-pw1dh1fv1v4 ай бұрын
yes that can happen
@ValeriaVincentSancisi7 ай бұрын
I guess if you are designing a meadow you need to be away from agriculture using this plant? Does it change the soil to inhibit all monocots?
@WildPiatra3 жыл бұрын
looks nice , but its not wildflower meadow, not wild enogh . im from Romania , we do do have untoched wilflower meadows. the seeds mix is not the right one , the proportion of flowers is not ok also.
@klmrk99613 жыл бұрын
An untouched meadow would soon be covered in tall grasses and eventually bushes and trees. The probably cut the meadows with scythes every year to get the hay. Plus we have different species of flowers in Europe compared to America.
@DanSwanson20703 жыл бұрын
Looking forward to your Romanian wildflower video, professor
@butterbeanqueen81482 жыл бұрын
She kills the “weeds” naturally occurring in nature. I don’t understand this very “forced” meadow.
@solarroofing80722 жыл бұрын
your video looks about the same, lol. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g-Cnp8WqrNeugGw.html stop being a hater!
@Catlady777774 ай бұрын
My senators are illiterate.
@solarroofing80722 жыл бұрын
mowing doesn't make sense to me??? sure you kill the weeds, but you also kill the flowers. right?
@user-pw1dh1fv1v4 ай бұрын
you keep it really tall so only the taller weeds are cut not the smaller flowers
@wiesbadengera13 жыл бұрын
Doesn't look like there's much Flowers
@ronnieb96623 жыл бұрын
Probably packed with rats. I don't wanna do this now
@solarroofing80722 жыл бұрын
probabaly packed with natural animals, I've never seen any rats in my meadow. you are just giving lame excuses. if you have rodent issues just seal up your homes holes, that's the real issues. no one cares about mice outside.
@vmr6771 Жыл бұрын
Usually, you get mice and those are controlled by predators like hawks. I live in the city and was surprised to see a bird hunting a squirrel and other small animals. Nature starts taking place. It is neat. Also, dogs love to hunt rats. Few videos are posted on YT. Owners do it as a service to the community and as entertainment for their pets.