(Falling Down And Dangerous) Exploring Old Barn on 140 Year Old Farm

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

One final hurrah for the old Byrd barn... Help Save The Byrd House: www.paypal.me/rwrightphotography Mail: Sidestep Adventures PO Box 206 Waverly Hall, Georgia 31831

[@juanitameador4898]

The gingerbread that you found in the barn was used on a set of steps. You can tell this by the fact that they are angled at the base. I love old houses, and it breaks my heart to see people tear them down. I own a house (family property since 1912) that was built in either 1899 or 1900. I'm slowly restoring it back to almost original condition. I'm 74, so the going is at a snail pace, but I love to do it. Keep up the good work, and I will keep on watching.

[@betty8173]

Chapstick was 25 cents in 1945, the company is 125 years old!!! Beautiful barn, glad you are saving as much as you can!

[@blvckjinx]

I would die for this horse halter 😍 after restoring it would look amazing . I love your videos , they are so inspiring 🥰

[@georgetaitt9590]

i enjoy the videos of the old byrd farm . keepit up 'robert

[@janetdoten9908]

This awesome farmhouse and acres is so interesting. Loving the memories each piece of wood, discarded antiques, didn't know how valuable those things were. Memories priceless. Thanks for sharing

[@jenniferfulkerson4060]

I love the music you use in your videos. Thank you for taking us along on the old barns last journey. I can't wait to see where the old barn wood is used next. If only that wood could talk! Stay safe in there!

[@franielee38]

The music is delightful!!! Keeps me in good spirits while watching!!!

[@spunkygmahappy4778]

What a great adventure looking through the barn and imagining the past

[@heatherlowe1251]

I love the idea that your planting as your repairing. Makes you wonder what the place will look like in a few years! ❤️

[@kayluster7671]

Robert, this all is so interesting to me! It reminds me of my grandparents farm. I'm a 68 year old woman.

[@kimbrabasom1451]

I am so excited to see what you are going to do with the boards Lots of beautiful beautiful lumber you got. L❣VE THIS FARM

[@graciemaca6996]

It was interesting to see you go thru all of the antique relics in the old barn. Definitely some keeper stuff like the good wood, chicken wire, corrugated aluminum etc. Please continue to keep yourself protected from spiders, toxic mouse & rat feces, rusty nails, etc. Blessings to you on your reno of the farmhouse!

[@fromtexas4461]

just a suggestion, we found on a similar project, took a metal pipe, 3 different lengths, attached [welded] 2 metal pieces in am F shape. Used these homemade tools to pry those wood plank boards off the wall [and floor on our project] without damage and minimum time and energy. Longer pipe sections and extendable pipe sections made leverage our friend, hence easy safe work. We later pulling nails was not fun, we did a 3 story house and recovered all the flooring before removing the nails. Big money safer and ultimately a money maker, 150-year-old flooring can sell for more than we initailly realized.

[@LadyDi205]

I don’t know what made me more nervous, watching you move boards that were holding up the walls and roof or all the spiders hiding under the pile of stuff.

[@pamelasinclair-karney8856]

I hold my breath,I say get out of there.

[@lynnnewsom8054]

When I go hunting around dilapidated structures, I carry a 5 gallon bucket with me to put treasures in. Loving your videos-especially your Thanksgiving dinner one inside the old Byrd home.

[@jeffjohnson4015]

I like when your adding new trees and plants to the yard. Your making your mark on the land. Sad it is in such despair after all these years. Keep your chin up and imagine how it will look in 10 years after all your work. Makes a fellow feel good to imagine !!! Take care !!!

[@carlajones3678]

I spy 👁 👁 green shag carpet circa 1970s😂 Grew up with it and when my parents finally tore it out it had a life of its own. I bet that barn was really something in its ‘hay’ day. The farm is looking good👍

[@marstall5181]

Robert , you know when you mess with the single 2x4 holding the barn up , people are going to freak out ! LOL

[@sandrasmith8518]

A fella makes me smile when talks about his chickens and ginnies🧡

[@shawnpower6206]

It's time to bring in a trailor and clear out some junk to see what you really have. Call in the guys and feed them some burgers and beer! Love the video's. Thanks for sharing! ❤

[@kathyw7143]

And a bunch of the wisteria vines too. PLEASE!! That drives me crazy looking at all of those vines tying everything down.

[@danaowen9014]

Doesn't any one around there or the city hall have old pictures of the old bird farm ? When you moved that tire, i took a deep breath of air.Thought the shelf was going to come down on you Robert.

[@kingarthur666.6]

Hey Robert my kids keep telling me you need to come out to their school and become their history teacher they have learned a lot from what you have shown over your videos we all appreciate the work you're doing keep it up buddy.

[@kathy7718]

I love all this! Lots of great wood!

[@teresabrown3305]

You can use the bed springs as a harrow. Just add some cinder blocks on the back to hold it down.

[@joyceclark8476]

Oh my dear Lord, I aged watching you. Between the spider in the seeder, the large rat nests and the one board holding up the barn roof, I’m calling this a scary movie trailer. Lol. Lol. 😀. Thanks for the tour of the old barn. Old relics and recycle wood . Cool finds. I love the peach trees. It’s very good vibes to plant new trees, new plants etc. at an old place. Great call on that. Thank you for sharing. Great job. Joyce. ARROW *🎱. ❤️

[@franielee38]

Interesting video of the old place!!!

[@verakurz8047]

Love the music you have in back ground at beginning

[@kimbrabasom1451]

Love your ideas, love your taste of things...interesting stuff 👍🏻

[@bdg38gunyon2]

Would be so much fun to go through those old buildings and finding all kinds of old things. I have been a junker since a kid, now 83.

[@pamelawooten3251]

Love watching all the things you do on the old Byrd farm. There sure is a lot of good old pieces of wood you are saving and will save $. The old wood was true measurements back in the day. Love the peach trees!

[@steveclark4291]

Thank you for the update on the Byrd project ! Take care , stay safe and healthy with whatever you guys maybe doing next ! Doing well here in Kansas .

[@PNW_Life]

I can imagine that barn was a grand as the one that was on my grandparents farm when I was a kid back in the 60's. Sadly the old barn on that farm is long gone, same with the house. I've been scanning old family slides, oh the memories of that farm.

[@TS-bn7zt]

The barn must have been at least twice the size of the house. It really must have been fantastic in its day, how cool it would be to have a old photo of it. Enjoyed the video Rob.👍

[@maupinmaupin1472]

I like your music Robert.

[@lindastewart3720]

That peach tree is beautiful!! I love that old barn! I like old stuff.

[@paularogers3549]

Great job you are doing. Good your saving pieces. So much history in there.

[@leonardwhitlowii2411]

I used bed springs for fencing. I used big nose rings to clamp the spring pieces together. Made a nice pen.

[@trishthehomesteader9873]

Bwa-ha-ha *snort* when you climbed down that ladder for the last time.😆😂🤣 When I first moved into my house there was an old guy across the back fence who had a rooster. I loved it! Guess I was the only one because we can no longer have them in town. I'll be anxious to see your next coop. We can have a friendly race to see if you get your next coop up before my son gets the run done.😉😁 💜🤗

[@kathyphilmurphy5517]

Fantastic video. Walter knows where my eyes need to look, and Robert isn't too bad at that either. I like to imagine what a pioneer would have thought if they had found a barn in that shape. It would be a gold mine to them. They knew what to do with all that.

[@elizabethrosier5313]

Yep definitely don't pull on the 2x4!! Great to document the barn and repurpose all the wood you can. Thanks for taking us along. 🏚

[@emoc814]

Step away from the 2x4, Robert. A fella could get hurt!

[@sharon24leigh]

Sad to see the barn go Robert, but great to see all the unusual finds inside, also I love that some of the wood can be re purposed, you're doing an amazing job 👍🏡. Oh and those peach trees they look beautiful, looking forward to watching them grow. Keep going buddy, and be safe 👍🏡💕🏡👍

[@Susanne-v7w]

Amazing!! Yes, I thought it was great!! Yes, I was brought home on a very old barn. ❤

[@kelcal6697]

Love that you’re repurposing the wood from the barn! And saving all the other decent pieces for preservation! The cost of wood is ridiculous!! 😡 I bought regular landscape timbers throughout the years for $2-$3 and now they’re $7!!!!! A 2x4 was $7.88!!! 😳😳 I live in northeastern Ohio. Unbelievable! 😢

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

It’s crazy

[@nullmcgrooder70]

The decorative bits you find for porch, stairs, doorways can be traced into old wood to make extras if need be and saving those is such a terrific idea. However, I did yell wear a hard hat and watch your head at my tv.

[@mcwatersd]

I hope you are able to get the things you want to save out of the barn before it collapses. Lots of great wood on that barn. It wood be good to demolish it from the outside once you have every thing you want taken out of it. Keep Safe ❤Keep Well❤

[@carolerodeghiero8157]

You have a lot of work ahead of you .

[@deestrawser2423]

Dirt from the old cattle area would make good dirt to put around those new peach trees or anything else you plant. I did that at an old barn I had and things grew very well.

[@raynonabohrer5624]

That look like a Pack rat home. Great video, God bless you all and Keepsafe.

[@joharmon2148]

So sad to think that this once was a huge and well built barn.

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Yes it is

[@janettporter6795]

Oh my goodness. I sure hope nothing bit you while you're in there. That's scary 😳. Glad you're out of there. You are brave. It's a shame the barn is a total loss. That barn must have been something in it day. Those look like those could have been a part of the porch railing. Thank you for another adventure. God bless 💖. Have a great day.

[@tedwalker1370]

You will have to support the barn from inside temporary, then get on top and take it down from the top down. Better to be on top if it falls than to be inside it.

[@tammykullos5269]

excellent cinematography

[@ivanatomasovic3302]

Hallo Robert i love this video you don a great job thank you i love that old farm old Woods and and all i can see i love all your videos verry much big love from croatia

[@ivanatomasovic3302]

Thank you Robert

[@lyndarowe7191]

Omgoodness, you're gonna get snake bit, spider bit or crushed! You are fearless!😊

[@jenniferfulkerson4060]

Robert, found a picture of the antique childs potty/high chair. I took screenshots of it and the info on it. It's circa 1900. It would make a great museum piece for the Byrd Farm.

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Wow earlier than I thought

[@jenniferfulkerson4060]

@@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG It's a nice early piece, and even with wear and the leg damage, they're listed as rare, and worth quite a bit because of that.

[@sallystanley4526]

I love old barns.😔😪🥰

[@sannawald824]

The Byrd Fram si so idyllic, so beautiful, I wish you would live there and not make it to a museum. The land deserve someone living on it.

[@deniseoftedahl8937]

That barn has seen some interesting days! If only it could talk. I bet it would have some choice words for that wisteria. And that 2 x 4!!!! It deserves to be bronzed for the job it's doing!!!

[@maggiereese1053]

Gingerbread trim was stair ballisters. Notice the angle cuts on the bottoms. Almost identical to the ones on the steps of the Victorian house I refurbed before we moved here to the homestead.

[@susanblauss1530]

Be careful, Robert! I was afraid you would pull a wrong board and the whole barn would fall down on you!

[@terriwhisler8660]

Hi Robert...I have watched all of the videos on this wonderful old farm and have enjoyed watching the progress you and your buddies have made. It’s going to be a beautiful place when you’re finished. I do have one question...you were talking about a chicken coop...will this be the second one?

[@johnnymack8442]

That gonna be a big job salvaging that barn. There gonna be good pickings thought. Tin,lumber and more!

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Oh mercy Robert you're scaring the daylights out of me. I'm pretty sure the loft actually would have been a hay mow. As a little girl i was in. It was a great place. I'm sad you won't have that experience thanks to evil wisteria. The stall was probably for a 🐎. It looked like one & the bit hanging there was another clue. Another very enjoyable video even if it was scary

[@frankscarborough1428]

Love this video. It’s interesting that someone at the Byrd farm repurposed things at the barn. Wonder how long ago that was? Looking forward to the next video

[@lyndarowe7191]

Sounds of nature is awesome!

[@sandrasmith8518]

It's amazing such rubble can make beautiful artistic images 🧡

[@katherineyanagihara2909]

Aloha! Please take care,! Thank you for the tour! Aloha nou!

[@carolmchargue7746]

I love that you'll repurpose the barnwood. I don't know about there but here in Washington state,barnwood goes for a premium. Lots of applications for it.

[@wendyreid9326]

It's neat to see this after seeing the chicken coop you were building in your mind already built and pretty much ready to go!

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Yeah, I had forgotten I talked about it on this video. I wound up not using the location I showed on this video either.

[@catlover6kitties138]

Now you know why everything grows so well.

[@sandy81054]

Robert..... you're making me nervous standing inside there😳❗❗❗❗

[@jacquelinenoble6640]

My anxiety was kicking when you were pulling on the 2×4 phew!!

[@TreasureDeal]

Sad about the barn. Old barns have as many stories to tell as the old hose it goes with. ❤

[@music1nut]

Planting is quite pleasurable.

[@ourfloridagarden4191]

That CG makes a perfect cistern. Yay.

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Yeah it really does

[@clintonsmith9931]

I remember most of those old houses in early 1900s used paper roll up blinds Where I grew up we had them into the 50s.

[@lornahardin4563]

Robert, have you measured the outside circumference of the barn, it looks to have been fairly good sized. I agree what a shame to lose it.

[@jameslcoble248]

I think when it comes to the old barn you should maybe find a way to put up some good temporary braces up and start taking the barn down piece by piece. That is something I would do.

[@ramonaalvarez7559]

Man there's a whole bunch of usable materials. AND some cool surprises!! Wonder if u can turn that barn table upside down, saw the broken legs off even & maybe use as a feed bin/brood box/s inside the closed in portion of the coop? OR let bleu have it for his own safe place to rest when he's there? Here's a link to a similar potty chair. Appears it had several functions. There may be a few parts laying close by that have become separated .. hence this link so u can take a gander. The peach trees are gorgeous but they require tons of work .. mainly spraying @ various times throughout the year. When mine were new .. they produced well a few years .. then slowly they began having many issues. We tried spraying them but couldn't keep up. I don't have peach trees any longer & won't replace them. I fair much better with apples, not near as worrisome. I also have blueberries, strawberries, muscadines, scuppernongs & concord grapes. Wouldn't mind having a couple cherry & plum trees plus a fig bush. Maybe one day. 😉☺️✌🏼❣️ www.etsy.com/listing/840954210/antique-potty-chair-convertible-high?gpla=1&gao=1&&Cj0KCQjw38-DBhDpARIsADJ3kjmUEyPD558GKVMn6kl7EzRkOa2uUWMjqk4GrZl4V3v1o85ByfURSucaAg8vEALw_wcB_k_&gclid=Cj0KCQjw38-DBhDpARIsADJ3kjmUEyPD558GKVMn6kl7EzRkOa2uUWMjqk4GrZl4V3v1o85ByfURSucaAg8vEALw_wcB

[@suzieparker7241]

The house you keep talking about that was once there maybe where your wood has come from.

[@marypettitt9150]

May bee the white wood, white door and the 9 -pane window came from an earlier house on the property, say the grandparents' home. I hope you will save those pieces. Hey, that neat app your historian friend had for that hidden cemetery you published a short while ago would be a great app to use to find out the earlier owners of this property. Two things that were mentioned in that episode were these. The "chain" measurement is a surveying chain having exactly 100 links and measuring exactly 22 yards. Each link would be about eight inches. The eastern ironwood tree has separate leaves, maybe 10 on a twig. The top part is greenish yellow and smooth; the bottom side is the same color but soft & hairy. The leaves turn yellow in the fall. Ironwood trees have extremely solid trunks, very durable. It was used as sleigh runners, tool handles & runners. I've seen a huge mill wheel in Calif that was made of ironwood. I had a small piece in my classroom for the "sink or float" demonstration. Rock vs wood. Ironwood sinks, pumice floats. Shag carpeting: 1970s Packrat nests? I wonder if the original barn was put up by Henry Byrd. That newer wood shows that it was rejuvenated at some point, before the newspaper date. It's a shame its days are numbered.

[@58jennypenny]

I was having kittens while you were on a bout that 2x4, you're scaring me...

[@VictoriaN72]

little bench could have been used for a wash pan. Many farm houses had them on the porch so to wash up after coming in from the fields and chores. My grandparents had “wash stands” like this.

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

Weight bearing 2x4. Thank goodness it's a real 2x4 😋 Stay safe Robert and crew.

[@steveclark4291]

Love the music !

[@Susan.I]

Nice window frame!

[@stephenknob7540]

Looks like when the farm was done, producing anything, they used the barn as a dump site for junk and trash. Looks very dangerous. Stay safe.

[@steveclark4291]

With the angle cut of those boards ! I'd say they would be from close the eaves of a roof or from the steps going up to the porch !

[@MrJeep75]

Build a barn with the old wood from the old barn

[@ricknelson576]

So be careful in that barn Robert.A squashed Robert in a wheel chair is no good to us and it hurts.....LoL. Thanks for video gentlemen.

[@sheilam4964]

Just a thought - is it possible the repurposed wood you are finding and the gingerbread trim pieces - are from one of the other houses/buildings (that used to exist) on the property?

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

That is possible

[@monabale8263]

12:11; it may be missing 2 legs but it would make a cool hall table. just attach it with the odd side to the wall...or a desk, same method of securing.

[@brendacollins7995]

make sure your not taking a drink when watching lmbo two by 4 lol you crack me up made my day.

[@dogmanmd1593]

Excellent show. Those peaces of metal your picking up there are not plow points.....they bolt on a animal drawn cultivator for gardens.

[@geraldpierini9010]

You need to get "Barnyard Builders" to build you a new barn.

[@darlenesgardenandhome]

I thought about them too.

[@rickebert399]

Those pieces look like styles for a porch railing

[@RangerMelB]

Did you note those regular cut angles? I thought the same thing, but am wondering 'stairs'???

[@bethshadid2087]

That old Alabama tag is from a fella considering himself a detective looking for a man that disappeared. Heard tell the car is in a swamp somewheres down yonder 🤭

[@timijayprince6605]

Reckon it might've been?

[@RangerMelB]

Get you some ducks too Robert.... re route the drive around that swamp. Ducks will eat those bugs too, and they're fun to watch.. not near as loud as Guineas.

[@steveclark4291]

I bet that barn was a beauty when was new ! To bad it wasn't kept up !

[@cherylmahaffey6184]

Robert, maybe those were Owls nest in the old barn before it collapsed!