Billy Ray, I Said Grow Millet Not Mullet!

Billy Ray got it all wrong when he grew a mullet, I meant for him to grow millet, otherwise known as wild game food!
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[@VintageVibesHomestead]

HAHA 🤣 BILLY RAY’S MULLET!! LOVE THE COLOUR OF THE RED MILLET, WILL YOU ONLY USE IT FOR ANIMAL FEED? THAT REALLY MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE HIGH TUNNEL, LOOKED SO MUCH NEATER 👍 CHEERS FOR THE SCOOBY DOO STYLE TUNE 😂 THAT WAS A CLASSIC!!

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

Ha! I can always count on your music appreciation! Yeah. Mainly for animal feed or cover crops here. Though it can be used for human consumption, too!

[@VintageVibesHomestead]

Copperhead Road Homestead 😂 LOL I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A MUSIC BUFF, I LOVE EVERYTHING FROM THE 30’s TO THE CURRENT DAY HA! I THOUGHT MAYBE YOU COULD EAT IT MAYBE IN BREADS OR SOMETHING

[@chitownmountain]

You can hang in the house and if your worried about it making a mess from people bumping into it while it's drying just tie a brown paper bag over them. Leave the bag loose over seed heads so they get air and tie it up with the same string. Hang it while inside the paper bag. It will still dry really well and the bag will catch the seeds. Should work just as well outside to keep the birds off and keep the seeds from falling in your high tunnel.

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

Yes! Paper bag! Great thinking! Thank you.

[@conradhomestead4518]

Millet 🤔 I think that would good for chicken feed . I think I’d grow a patch of that and other cereal grains and run animals through there to feed themselves. Nice video. Thanks for sharing.

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

Yes! And a great cover crop!

[@jmgatesify]

Never even heard of it till now! I guess they'd do good here in SW FL!

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

I bet!

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

I tried taking a look and I didn’t see a growing zone, but it might be worth a try...really useful plant!

[@ThatKyGirl1]

Wet & rainy is an understatement 🌧 I need a high tunnel over my house.. 😅 Good job Daniel!

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

Ha! For reals! So mucky out there!

[@joycecook8876]

As usual I learned something new! Great video, lots to do everywhere but that high tunnel is so awesome! I wanted to tell you I have done a week of a liquid fast, 3 x a day and adding water or tea (small pre made shakes from Costco) I’m going for 3 weeks.It hasn’t bothered me at all.

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

Wow! Great work! Papa is fasting all the time...I’ve fallen off the bandwagon a bit and need to get back in the practice. Maybe today...

[@3rdeyeopen802]

Here's how I would do it: cut longer stems, tie ends like you did, place a large paper bag around seed heads and loosely tie it around the stem bundle. Hang to dry. The reason for the bag is because some seed heads, as they are drying, will 'pop' open, spraying out the seeds. So when the bag us there, the seeds fall into the bag and not all over the ground/ floor. Paper bags are porous so air can get thru them and with some plants, can actually encourage the drying process. Millet has seeds pods like Mullein and they probably contain hundreds of tiny little seeds. 👍❤

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

I think this is my process in the future! Thanks, Libby!

[@bonitawalker9785]

To ensure that you save the seeds, you can put the bundle in a brown paper sack. Any seeds that fall will fall into the sack and you save them. And the paper sack still allows them to dry and not mold.

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

Yes, ma’am! I hadn’t thought of this until after this post.

[@tonylarson1960able]

Great video never heard of millett before interesting video thanks for sharing love the sound of rain! God bless guys! Tony n Lee Ann

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

Oh yeah! Rain on a metal roof! Love it! God bless you two, as well!

[@EdsAttentionToDetail]

Our birds love millet sprays. Never thought about growing our own.

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

You should! Super easy!

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Oh my yes! Finally a good use for a mullet man! Everyone with a mullet should hang upside down until they dry!

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

Yes! Like bats! Because that is bat crazy! Ha!

[@AaricHale]

I'm so glad you took my advice ! It sure looks a lot better after getting the weeds out . It just makes it a lot easier to keep up when there small . The more you do it the faster it will be to weed . One thing you might look into growing is sorghum -sudan grass . It gets really tall fast and you can get several cuttings from it . Thank you for the shout out !

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

My pleasure, amigo! I’ve heard about Sudan grass. I need to give it a try!

[@addie7495]

Could millet be used as feed for chickens? Just thinking that could cut down on feed costs if that was the case... hmm. Also I saw someone putting empty paper feed bags down on the ground in between rows but I don't think it was inside of a high tunnel. But maybe that would work too if you had bags or cardboard lying around??? No one likes weeding......

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

I think cardboard or paper bags would work wonderfully in the high tunnel. I don’t want to do that yet, because I’m still deciding on how far out from the drip tape to plant. I think millet would work for chicken feed...I do t see why chickens wouldn’t like it!

[@EdsAttentionToDetail]

Aaric Hale definitely has good advice!

[@CopperheadRoadHomestead]

Great guy, right!?