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EarthX Website: https://earthxmedia.com/   Joey and Al visit Mike Heep's nursery, home to some of Texas' rarest native plants. Incredibly, Mike has grown his collection of hard-to-find plants from seed!   About Kill Your Lawn:  Best friends Joey and Al set out across America to accomplish their mission: carry out a turficidal killing spree and leave a trail of pollinator-friendly, native plant gardens in their wake. It’s time to laugh our way to a lawn-less future!    This clip comes from Season 2, Episode 6: "Kill Off the Run Off"    EarthX  Love Our Planet.  The Official Network of Earth Day.    About Us:  At EarthX, we believe our planet is a pretty special place. The people, landscapes, and critters are likely unique to the entire universe, so we consider ourselves lucky to be here. We are committed to protecting the environment by inspiring conservation and sustainability, and our programming along with our range of expert hosts support this mission. We’re glad you’re with us.     EarthX is a media company dedicated to inspiring people to care about the planet. We take an omni channel approach to reach audiences of every age through its robust 24/7 linear channel distributed across cable and FAST outlets, along with dynamic, solution oriented short form content on social and digital platforms. EarthX is home to original series, documentaries and snackable content that offer sustainable solutions to environmental challenges. EarthX is the only network that delivers entertaining and inspiring topics that impact and inspire our lives on climate and sustainability.       EarthX Website: https://earthxmedia.com/    Follow Us:  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/earthxmedia/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/earthxmedia  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EarthXMedia/  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@earthxmedia  YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EarthXMedia    How to watch:   United States:   - Spectrum  - AT&T U-verse (1267)  - DIRECTV (267)  - Philo  - FuboTV  - Plex  - Fire TV    #EarthDay #Environment #Sustainability #Eco-friendly #Conservation #EarthxTV #EarthX

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00:00One of the best backyard growers in all of Texas is Mike Heap, who's now the go-to source

00:06for South Texas native plants.

00:08You can't get it yourself, so somebody like Mike Heap, who could just go and collect these

00:13seeds.

00:14He collects seeds roadside, and then ends up growing 100, 200 of that species, you know?

00:18He's propagating all this stuff, and people collect the nectar of knowledge, and then

00:22they're covered with the piling of knowledge they go share with the other native plant

00:26people.

00:27I'm still working on the allergies.

00:28I can see that.

00:29You know, I'm trying to generate some good stuff here.

00:32You got it going.

00:33It's good.

00:37So we want to get some plants for you for this house where we're killing the grass.

00:41You're the best native plant nursery in the valley, because you've got stuff that I don't

00:44even think is in cultivation anywhere else.

00:47I had a sign out front back in the early 90s.

00:51Well, it was God getting even with me, because it became just a target for, like, beer bottles

00:56and stuff.

00:57You know, the same kind of thing I did in high school, you know?

01:00Yeah, it just, you know, everything works out that way, my karma or whatever.

01:04Yeah.

01:05Let's see some of the stuff you got growing.

01:06Let's select some plants, crotons, and then maybe we'll get a cypress and an ebony.

01:11Where do you get new stock from, since you're, like, kind of the only game in town?

01:14I get a lot of my seeds off of right-of-ways.

01:18Like if I drive out to this one farm road, and I get out, and there's a bunch of brush,

01:23I walk fence lines and collect my seeds and stuff.

01:26I've met a lot of interesting people that way.

01:28They won't stop and ask what I'm doing, and when I tell them, I end up riding around their

01:32ranch with them and looking at stuff.

01:34That's nice.

01:35That's a cool way.

01:36Yeah.

01:37So this is Montezuma cypress.

01:39Oh, nice.

01:40Who's this?

01:41That's Zanbeckias.

01:42Ah.

01:43A critically endangered member of the citrus family.

01:45Yeah, they're rattan trees they found in the woods south of San Benito.

01:50I got to get this guy.

01:52That one's kind of a collector's item.

01:55This is a runion tree, which some people say is the most rare tree in the state of Texas.

02:01We know of 10 that are growing in the wild, and that's it.

02:04In 1984, my brother found some in the wild.

02:07That's those, speaking of those 10.

02:10That's the Fish and Wildlife Tract.

02:11Yeah, well, they bought that because I called them up and said, hey, we found some runion

02:15trees.

02:16Within a couple of weeks, the Fish and Wildlife Service bought 2,400-acre block of land where

02:21they saved those trees.

02:23You know I love coming here.

02:24I want to come move in one day.

02:25You're going to find me sleeping under the tables one morning, you know?

02:28Hanging out with the dogs.

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