Corn picking in Tennessee! (**DAMAGED GOODS!

[@Zekeratt]

Good to see your wife & Daughter out helping out with the corn. I don’t recall seeing them before on the cornfield. Awesome Awesome job thanks for another great video.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Yes they were a big help and we really needed them to get it all picked before the raccoons did!

[@lesterhertel2945]

Got the hole family picking corn ANOTHER very interesting video Thank you McGee 😊😊😊😊

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

It was nice to get everyone together and get the job done!

[@skidmarksteven69]

Thanks for sharring. GOD bless us all through this transition

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Absolutely! Thanks!

[@sharonneal8096]

Fun video Micah, love family working together and fun to see Cynthia:) you have a beautiful smile Cynthia🙂we love your channel,watched the trapping vids,planting,cooking,Saturday story hour,all good stuff! Thanks..ps love my warthog sharpener! It’s been fun to see your boys grow and learn! Wish we see Mary more,but that’s ok,I’d love to see her cooking or canning,I saw stuff in the summer kitchen,but it’s cool,oh..the ram pump vids were amazing,, take care,God bless❤

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

I'm glad you enjoy the variety of content we offer! It’s a blessing to have a family that enjoys working together!!

[@longbowbanjoAL]

corn cobb news interview and mattquando..... another beautiful video

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

😂😂😂 thanks for taking the time out of your busy schedule, sir!

[@jimmyking1654]

Looks like the whole family was having fun breaking corn today.makes everything go quicker have a great day.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

We had a blast! Corn picking is a family affair!

[@jackkeeble9272]

Thanks for sharing man Another great video brother 👍🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

🌽🌽🌽🌽🌽 You bet! Glad you liked it!

[@joeydalia2572]

The shots of the tractor coming out of the cornrows gives a really good perspective of just how steep that hill is

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Great observation! I edited the video and didn’t even register that!

[@dukapaducha]

Another jewel of a video. Really enjoyable, brings back a lot of fond memories for me. Seeing those corn stalks lying flat on the ground helps remember some of my own corn crops and the damage done by the pests, come to find out my son's pups were right in there with the wild life, discovered that they love corn when it's in the dough stage same as the rest of the varmints. Worse yet, my boys were covering up for their pups.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

It sounds like you had your hands full! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@reavisstockard2994]

That brings back memories. I used the horse and wagon so I didn’t have to keep crawling up and down to move the tractor. I sure miss those days.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Yes indeed! We had a team of mules that would pull ahead on voice command and stop when given the “Whoa”!! That’s a good well broke team that does that…… and it requires working them almost every day!

[@duncand5148]

@@McGieHomesteadAdventuresThat’s how Mr. King the Amish farmer I buy feed from picks his pumpkins. The horses move ahead on command.

[@reavisstockard2994]

@@McGieHomesteadAdventures we just had a old horse, he had been worked a lot before we got him so he was was tired. He did woe really good but sometimes you had to lead him to get him started again 🤣

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

@reavisstockard2994 😂😂😂 we always said it’s easier to hit the gas than the brakes!😂😂😂

[@reavisstockard2994]

@@McGieHomesteadAdventures 🤣🤣

[@xkitchick]

Love the Cynthia interview❤

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

I thought you would!😂😂😂

[@cancermonkey7334]

Mr McGie, what do you do with those long stalks? Grind them with a brush mower to work back into the soil, try to feed them as roughage, bedding for pigs, something else?

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

They will go back into the soil……. Providing a long lasting carbon in the soil that will work well with the clover’s nitrogen!

[@thecamocowboyoutdoors5693]

Good morning Brother! Sure good seeing the whole family out there working together. Those Raccoons and Squirrels sure made a mess outa that corn. Thats why I eat a deer occasionally. They make a mess outa my bale stacks. Have a good day my friend.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

You know what they say, sometimes the best way to get rid of the pests is to eat them! 😂😂😂

[@lesliebyrum8934]

I wonder Frank's hiding out in the middle of that corn patch

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

He could be!😂😂😂

[@fizzygumable]

The whole family got a good dose of vitamin D !!

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

That’s a very good thing! Especially when eating a high fat and protein diet!!!

[@AaricHale]

I really enjoyed the video ! The corn did well even without much rain . Thanks for sharing and have a great day !

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Thanks so much! We were surprised how well the corn did considering the lack of rain!

[@jerryhuntjj2885]

We use to use cheap plastic garage cans to pick and put corn in, then dump our garage cans into the wagon when they got full. Seemed to go faster than trying to pick and toss into the wagon

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

May be!

[@vadimdubitskiy9854]

Nice day!👍

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Thanks! We're making the best of it!

[@drknockers5716]

Great video

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Thanks! We had a fun day out there even with the raccoons!

[@nelseshaver2679]

In the video it appeared there was a flat tire or a sprung axle on the left side. We enjoyed the video.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

You are very observant! That’s why we had it available!😂😂😂

[@bigtupholsterygardeningbee4170]

Little corny pawpaw 😅😊nice

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

😂😂😂

[@Timothymcdermott-qr3mo]

gday micah great video very destructive buggers love your work tim

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Thanks Tim! They are definitely destructive!

[@midwayfarms]

You would make a good roving reporter great video God bless

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

I appreciate that! We hope you enjoy the videos.

[@Sugarloafhomestead]

Despite all the damage from the critters looks like there was still a good haul out of the fields

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Yes indeed we were very blessed! We are hoping that the other fields can get dry without getting devoured!😂😂😂

[@perrywollam8981]

Need a good squirrel dog. Did I miss the annual garden tour this year

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

We had a good squirrel hunting video two days ago, but no gardening tour this year…. We just never had a good opportunity I guess 😒😏😒😏😒

[@kenthorsen4558]

Our neighbor combined his corn and I go through and pick up what he knocked over. Normally I can gleen about ten buckets, but the new combine left me three. Thanks 👍

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

That’s definitely a bummer, but we appreciate you making good use of it!

[@irmahardnett]

Dang those little Critter's done some serious damage to your corn , glad to see y'all took out some of the GREEDY one's , that money going down the drain for the Critter's to be eatin free but on the other hand y'all will be enjoying the unlucky one's. Great video keep em coming sir & y'all have a GREAT DAY😃👍

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Those critters sure are greedy but we will make the most of the corn that we can!😂

[@joemisak7925]

I had squirrels here pick a crab apple bare in 3 days .. went in a shed and they had some old tires packed so tight with apples I could hardly get them out lol . Watch your fruit trees to

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

That is one heck of a squirrel hoard! We lost a lot of pears this year!

[@joeydalia2572]

I guess you’re enjoying the corn fed Squirrel

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Twice we’ve had them now! Delicious!

[@steveruby2120]

You need a Cornstalk Guardian Dog. Maybe you could start a whole new business. McGie trained CGD's. 😉

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

😂 That's a great idea! I bet they'd be the most sought-after dogs on the market!

[@THP4439]

You could bundle some of the stalks and sell for Halloween decorations.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

We thought about that, but I think the raccoons beat us to it!😂😂😂

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

Darn varmints... Many hands make short work. Do you have problems with those saddleback caterpillars in your corn? I have to wear long sleeves in the corn cause otherwise they get me.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

We do but usually when it’s all green corn.🌽

[@thomaslapp6029]

Two humorous things, Mr McGie. One: you had a flat tire on your trailer in case you didn’t know that. 😂 Two: It didn’t seem right to have the patriarch walking while the rest of the family was riding.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

😂😂😂 the axle is bent and the bearing won’t last for road use….. so that tire is almost irrelevant now…… perfect corn storage wagon now😂😂😂 And I’d rather walk than take the chance of being involved in that train wreck!🤣🤣🤣

[@thomaslapp6029]

@@McGieHomesteadAdventures 😂

[@beeamerica5024]

You ain't raising farm animals you raise and cones and squirrels 😁😆💥😉🐝✌️

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

You got that right!😂😂😂

[@soundman6564]

What part of Tennessee are y'all in, I'm in South East Tn. myself, born and raised here.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

We’re in middle Tennessee.

[@jerrykates4601]

Where I come from

[@HighVerbal]

WhOoa! .. the damage!! .. next year , to prevent the Racketcoons & the Tree Rats from gobbling uP your corn , you're going to have to hire Armed Security Guards to patrol the fields . . ohh , no , wait- ... You have FOUR BOYS !!!!

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

I absolutely do! And I’m very happy about that!

[@HighVerbal]

@@McGieHomesteadAdventures .. and Son! you are doing a Great job of it . . I mean , raising them Boys , orr should I say Growing them Boys . .

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

@HighVerbal I just feed and water them and give them plenty of sunshine! ☀️

[@HighVerbal]

@@McGieHomesteadAdventures .. and they Thrive ~*~

[@sgtmark8844]

Boy your children are growing up and gaining life skills that most children nowadays just don’t get. I was just wondering if they are home schooled in the 3 R’s reading, righting and rithmatic. Or do they attend a school somewhere. Also do any of them have go to college ambitions?

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

They’re all home schooled. Some are finished and working, one’s courting and the rest are extremely happy to know they don’t need to go to college to make a good life for themselves!😂😂😂

[@sgtmark8844]

Grand pappy McGie soon 👍

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

😂😂😂

[@charlesmoore5840]

Ok corn picking time good job on the erosion control the purple corn might make for good corn fight just kidding Maybe

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

We have never had a corn fight here😂😂😂

[@jdcarroll1226]

Fort Worth, Tx is in the house!

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Welcome to I-35W!!

[@brucebarton8767]

An OVER ABUNDANCE of RACCOON! Yes, they are everywhere! Next? Rabies!

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

We did a great thing when we caught 8 of them!!

[@duncand5148]

Well Brother my hybrid corn is all hand picked and cribbed. Awesome harvest incredible yield. So thankful for that. Now I have two acres of truckers left to pick. Absolutely dreading it. 😟 Open pollinated corn is hard to hand pick. The low yield makes it not worth it in my opinion. Honestly, I’m going to skip through pick only the best ears for seed corn and corn flour and call it done. Then I’m going to run a hot wire around the field and turn four feeder pigs in it and let them “hog it down”. I’ve been growing truckers favorite white since a teenager; so almost 50 years. The ONLY reason I keep it going is strictly for traditional reasons, white corn flour/meal and to continue my 20+ years of landrace seed corn. I am going to do a small plot of jimmy red and truckers to show my skinny jeans wearing homesteader transplant neighbor 😂 how to get a f1 hybrid cross be detasseling the one and only collecting seed from the other. He is a really good guy. He and his wife really loves and looks out for my mother. If I could only get him to dress like a homesteader. Looks and dresses like Albert Douglas from Green Acres when he is working. 😂😂😂 Anyway, that will be fun to do again. Produces a huge ear like the truckers but all red. But now that I’m older and no help, I’m absolutely bored and exhausted with OP corn. 😩 Well I’d better get off KZbin and get some work done. Digging sweet potatoes today. Im sitting here fighting and dreading that too. If I didn’t love gardening so much, I’d turn totally carnivore like my younger brother Micah McGie 😂😂😂 Have a great day.

[@duncand5148]

Sorry I was so long winded. I’m really dreading digging these sweet potatoes. 😂😂😂

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

😂😂😂😂 I know exactly what you’re talking about 😂😂😂 that’s a job! Also I understand the OP struggles and I totally understand! No only that, but wild animals absolutely love it……. Which is a two edged sword! I don’t wanna eat what they think is less than desirable!🤣😂🤣😂

[@duncand5148]

@@McGieHomesteadAdventures you know I feel so stupid for never zeroing in on that before. My hybrid corn gets some damage along the wood line, but years I plant truckers by the wood line, the mammalian wildlife tear it up. I thought it was wildlife population increases, or whatever other thought I rationalized. It’s just the opposite with birds of course, because of the way the hybrids husk flare open for quick dry down and the way they are bred to hold the ear up also to support quick dry down, it makes it easy for birds to get to. But the thing about birds ( particularly migratory birds) is they are easily distracted and tend to move on after a period. Deer, raccoons and squirrels will make an OP cornfield their favorite smorgasbord or fast food restaurant. They return to it over and over until it’s gone. Interesting that I never contemplated that before. If you could have seen the blank stare that I know came over my face when I read what you said. I’m sure it was hilariously priceless. 😂😂😂.

[@duncand5148]

Oh about the less than desirable part, that’s true too. My livestock eat the hybrid corn of course. But when I throw truckers to the hogs and goats, they get busy and get down on it. 😂. That I zeroed in on a long time ago. They must detect or know something we don’t. Probably the nutritional value. Truckers does have a higher percentage of protein over hybrids 🤔 That I know

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

😂😂😂 I’d have loved to see that! I only grew GMO corn once….. a lot of years ago…… and I was horrified when the deer didn’t want it!

[@jackcottrell3891]

Dont ride on the hood of the tractor please...

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

Ok thanks

[@JanethP-mn1dx]

❤❤❤❤ watching you all at the corn fields harvesting tho wasn't that good...I can u all having fun with those helping hand of all your children..even more lovelier when the runs towards another corner everyone on laughter of stuffs I didn't get what...but ❤❤❤ you all, great homestead family

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

It's hard to pick corn when you're laughing the whole time!

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

Darn varmints... Many hands make short work. Do you have problems with those saddleback caterpillars in your corn? I have to wear long sleeves in the corn cause otherwise they get me.

[@McGieHomesteadAdventures]

We do! But usually only if it’s green!