2024 Plowing! Crimson clover goes under!

[@myfavoritethingsaeadventur9580]

I found your card at my neighbors place of business, Moyers Metals, and have enjoyed the channel ever since :)

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

That is awesome! I get my metal roofing there! Welcome aboard!!!

[@jackkeeble9272]

Nice work brother 👍

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Thanks for the visit!

[@TennesseeMtnMan]

Seeing that plow all polished up from plowing reminds me of a crazy Turkey 🦃 that used to hang around pretty close to the farm. Every time I plowed a field and parked the plow back in it’s spot , that crazy Turkey would strut back and forth for hours. I never knew if he was admiring himself or if he thought he was seeing another Tom strutting back and forth. Several times I thought he was gonna fight the plow. Lol. That old bird also loved a good clean chrome bumper on the back of my truck. I set up one of those dressing mirrors on the side of my barn hoping he would enjoy it but something happened to him and I never saw him anymore.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

That’s hilarious!

[@lastdayshomesteading6288]

I will have to send you a picture of my corn where we planted the red clover. Almost 4 feet tall as of today. Enjoyed video take care

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Wow, that is way ahead of us!

[@cst270]

Something to consider is that there is lots of bio-mass in the roots of your clover/wheat and is probably your greatest source of microbes and nutrients so you possibly could mow these fields first to help with the problems with disking and plowing the upper ground bio-mass issue and having to delay planting a week later. Either way I'm looking forward to seeing your upcoming progress.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

That’s exactly right! I’m looking forward to seeing how this goes

[@chrishenicke2052]

If you had an offset disc I think it would be a game changer for you McGie. Fields look good! I’m jealous of the rain y’all get in TN… We need some in Tx!

[@BeemerBob73]

Sweet yellow clover and buy Miss Mary a couple stands of honeybees. The bees can't really work the red that well ,but they absolutely love the yellow. Plus, the yellow makes a very light colored honey. Miss Mary could make some pretty good money off a few hives. We pulled off 2700 pounds one year. Sold every drop of it in 2 weeks @ $15 a quart.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Great idea! I love that!

[@dukapaducha]

Good video, sure learn a lot if a fellow is starting out with family farming, the price of groceries nowadays makes me sick. People can learn a lot from your videos. Thanks for you taking the time to film them for us. BTW you might mention to Frank next time you see him that he's conspicuous by absence! He does have some fans.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

I definitely will tell him!

[@ryanhensley5491]

Love the channel, Love the content, Love the experiments, it's a shame that critter fell onto a lead rock and landed into a furrow though 🤭

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

😂😂😂

[@AaricHale]

Turned out looking awesome! It would have been nice to have been able to dump several loads of manure in the field that didn't get a cover crop to see a manure vs cover crop difference. Thanks for sharing and have a great day!

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

It would have to work better than just plowing under a raccoon!🤣

[@AaricHale]

@@McGieHomesteadAdventures you could still add fertilizer to that area just for a fun comparison .

[@duncand5148]

Good morning Bro. Micah. You got it done. Looks good. And Amen to the neck pain from turning your neck looking back. That pain and stiffness is real. 😂I go through that pain every Spring. It takes a couple of fields and/ or days of plowing and/or discing and I’m good for the rest of the year.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

That’s something that people that don’t experience it cannot actually understand!🤣😂

[@perrywollam8981]

Could see your plow has arms for coulters. They would cut the vegetation in front of the blades so that the extra stuff doesn’t plug you up new plows don’t usually have them but every one I’ve ever used did

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Yes I need to get some!

[@zodszoo]

The serrated type one we used, Dad called it a trash coulter

[@snarky_farmer]

Hmmm. Im leaning kinda hard towards the crimson cover cropped areas doing a bit better, faster, than where the white was. Only reason, expanded and replanted some of my sugar cane last fall into ground previously cover cropped in crimson clover, forage collards and iron clay peas. One section of the field had the same but a bit of white clover instead b/c I ran out of crimson. Replant into crimson area, cane is already pushing six feet. Where white was only roughly 2.5'. Same field, same growing conditions so likely not a separate micro climate. We're only talking blocks of cane equivalent to several hundred feet, so super small scale. Im definitely interested in seeing if theres any difference there with the corn. Both are grasses so kinda, maybe a close enough comparison. Sorta - ish.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

I feel the very same way! People are telling me otherwise, but I believe the proof will be evident!

[@joemisak7925]

You ever try a cultivar? Like with shovels. After you plow

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

I will cultivated after it comes up. But I haven’t used a chisel plow or any other thing like that.

[@GGRILEY]

Oh I can’t wait to see the outcome!!

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Me too!!

[@atlantaswelder]

Awesome job!! I thought Nitrogen was stored in nodules in the root system?

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

It is, at least what is derived from the soil….. the leaves are loaded from what is derived from the air!

[@thecamocowboyoutdoors5693]

Hello my friend! As a cattle man, I still hate to see a crop like that plowed under. But I understand why you do it, and the results you get with your corn is amazing! Have a good day Brother.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Totally understandable! It definitely makes a difference!

[@CookingwithRobW]

Back when I used to farm, i done it your way then I started bush hogging then ran the disc, then plowed never had a problem.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Oh ok! That makes sense!

[@midwayfarms]

Great video

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Thanks!

[@leonardleveque3745]

😅 looks good.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Thanks!

[@brucetepke8150]

A cheap aftermarket backup camera (or a mirror) might save your neck.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

That’s very true!

[@FarmallFanatic]

Oh, you got the science lab in full swing...I say white clover produces the same tonnage of nitrogen 👍😄

[@duncand5148]

Agreed. According to what I’ve read, it can produce just as much pound for pound DEPENDING on your soil type and growing conditions. But with my heavy soil, I’ll take the extra biomass any day.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

I just can’t believe it!😂😂😂

[@duncand5148]

@@McGieHomesteadAdventures 😂😂😂 Well the proof is in the pudding, but the secret is always in the sauce. 😂😂😂 Maybe a soil tester to test the nitrogen level of section before you plant your corn? IDK. I’ll still save my white clover for deer forage, pasture land and my barrel silage. But my crimson clover will always go”UNDER”. 🤣🤣🤣

[@beeamerica5024]

I know your neck must be sore but I'm betting your rear ends real sore all them hours on a tractor 😁😆🐝

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

You got that right!

[@fordx4n]

my back is messed up, I can't look back while driving the tractor, I would need a backup camera and monitor

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

That might work!

[@wandapadgett9492]

Wrong about Dry Soybeans. They will DO A lot better Dry you get the Dry Beans Is Where the Nitrogen is Try a patch side by side one Green and One Dry Great Video

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

That would definitely be interesting. I would love to try that. Actually, I have that exact scenario going on so be watching.

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

I like watching your farming it reminds me of the summers I spent with my Grandparents, my Grandpa farmed a lot like that. He'd plant red clover in the fall after soybeans. He'd make a 1st cutting for hay and then plow it under the next spring followed by corn and then start over with soybeans. Two years ago I bought red clover only to find crimson clover coming up the next spring.🫤

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Crimson is awesome……, but only if it’s what you need.😂

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

@@McGieHomesteadAdventures yeah, I was wanting perennial for pasture.