FIRST CONTROLLED BURN ON THE 140 YEAR OLD FARM

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

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[@elizabethwatson71]

Yes it can. Native Americans used it for years. It can corral animals for famine and to regenerate the soil for those that grew crops

[@marypettitt9150]

Your hard work is certainly paying off, Robert. Little by little, the farm is coming back to early life. Thank you for sharing this.

[@troywelck7799]

I remember working the farm and the work never seemed to end. What people need to know is that as one person doing the work takes a lot of work. When Robert takes a day working on a electrical harness for his Chevy takes away from all the other work needing to be done, while we all want to see his house work, it's a process. Even I have to remind myself that sometimes what seems insignificant from one's point of view is priority in someone else's

[@sherrilee230]

The fire is relaxing to listen to. Puts you to sleep

[@sherrilee230]

Always game for a good fire. Now that you have a drone video you can do the after video

[@arleeparker5036]

That kind of burn is so good for the soil. You know what you're doing.

[@marypettitt9150]

Robert, piece by piece you are returning the farm to its early days. I remember a big Santa Ana fire starting close to the slope we live on. Those fires burn hot with the winds. We had six healthy, 25-year-old Aleppo pines marking our boundary and lots of groundcover that had grown up, leaving woody stems under it. That growth was around the trees. When we were allowed back up to our house, my son had to go out and stomp the fires still burning under the trees. We had rain about four days later and the pines looked so green and healthy after the ashes were washed off. Then two days later, all the pine needles on all six trees dropped. The trees had been fire-girdled, killing the cambium under the bark. It cost a lot to remove those dead trees.

[@frankscarborough1428]

Seeing all those leaves and vines burn makes me so sleepy. Enjoyed thanks

[@blakemiller1629]

you guys are so nice to provide so much copium for a firebug, I always love these

[@leapingkitties]

Nothing better then the sound of dead wisteria and privet being torched. It probably loosened the hold on some of the trees a little bit, clearing might be easier. Thank you for sharing.

[@artillerest43rdva7]

you need to cut up the wisteria so it dies and then will easily burn up. great video, you are doing such a wonderful job getting everything cleaned up. keep up the good work! stay safe.

[@vickymurdock8127]

You are doing a awesome job Robert. The old Byrd farm is coming back to life , I see you are a pisces like me, today is my b day, take care dear.

[@shellydehart8217]

It was fascinating watching the fire burn to different areas. I’ve never seen a control burn before so I enjoyed this. It’s just to bad it couldn’t get more of the wisteria vines. It sure would help you out. It still was a good day. ♥️😊👍🌟🌟🐶

[@catherinekeehn2773]

I remember burning brush on farm growing up. It got rid of thorny bushes and poison ivy. Took tractor and dragged the field after. Waited for rain and plowed it under. Ash was good for soil.

[@larrysmith6499]

Looking good. The fire will definitely kill some of the bugs and ticks. Every little bit helps. It will help you better see snakes when you are working out there in the next few months. There are positives in the control burn good buddy. Keep on keeping on

[@elisabethe8055]

If you get your neighbors OK to kill that motherplant of Wisteria, you have to do a live taking it down. I am so excited for that one Robert!

[@Birddude88]

You brought a true “scorched earth” policy to that wisteria and privet!

[@andreamills5852]

Your doing a awesome job. Keep up the fight . We are looking forward to the day when you make "The Old Byrd Farm" your forever home.

[@dochubbell]

Although there is still a lot of vines to get rid of, the fire clered away enough to give you a clearer view of the land you need to use the brushog on. Are you turning into a fire bug? lol My Grandpa liked to burn piles of brush and wood.He used to clear the weeds and heavy grass out of the ditch banks around our fields with fire. Kept the thistles from seeding into the crop fields.

[@jamesbobo3128]

Hello from Ohio if it was time to plant a garden the ashes from the fire would be really good for to grow cabbage in

[@MaditaFin]

I could watch controlled burns for hours! There is something so relaxing and satisfying in them.

[@tammy2388]

I love listening to a🔥 burning

[@lindatanner8726]

I have wisteria on my property. I am going to do some trimming this spring. Keep going on this clean up your getting there.

[@judypatrick42]

GREAT JOB 👍

[@glennyork6800]

On the farm I grew up in N. Ga we always had controlled burns in the pine forest for pulp wood & for timber to be harvested as we had 2 sawmills going many years on the farm & used the slaps to burn in the pot belly wood stove for heat in winter.

[@damonplummer9296]

It is so amazing and wonderful to watch you and what you have done and how far you have come all the exciting adventure the cemeteries and to see you grow and develop your channel Robert the legend you are truly a blessing take care

[@mygrammieis]

Awesome thanks for sharing this video with us

[@dzfh98]

Robert, you should think about editing the video together for a Christmas yule fire video.

[@fifibrown13]

I love watching this stuff. Love watching a campfire at night too. Keep up the good work. Robert ya ought to find you a flame thrower on your trips out and about.

[@TheBrushcutter]

2 words: Drip Torch. You can drop fire as fast as you can move. Be that on foot, tractor or ATV. We used to use propane weed burners but they slow the firing process and sometimes we needed to be able to move faster than they would light the stuff. Plus your lugging that propane tank around, sometimes in brush and the hose is constantly tangled on something. The drip torch not only eliminates all those problems, it allows us to actually throw fire into hard to reach spots while remaining in easier traveled terrain. My purchase of one totally changed our game when it's time to light our field or forest, whichever we are burning.

[@evw6486]

Has the mud sink dried up any?

[@barbaraharshman9460]

Oh I love the music!! Farm is looking good!

[@scampbell3363]

Just finished watching October 2020 video. What a difference. Had fun watching the burn even if it doesn’t help much it looks good.

[@lucrom1097]

Good work best friend thans te video Top 🎧👍✅🚜🌾🌿🎽🚚☕💯🚚

[@JanTrewhitt]

It was definitely worth the try! Iguess you were pretty pleased with how the controlled burn went!!

[@tacocin]

Decades ... scores of neglect have met their match! Let's goooooooooo!!!

[@BonnieJeanTlq]

Love the music 🎶 ❤

[@brendahogue5487]

May the Lord bless you and protect you

[@buddyhenson2559]

Awesome video! So interesting!

[@pamelabowling7959]

Yea!! Been waiting for you to burn that land off best thing you can do that helps clean it up now you can use your tractor better😊

[@alanatolstad4824]

I liked today's music!---Have the Uncles been by recently?---Looking forward to more images of the clearance. I'm guessing the ground has firmed up for more tractor work?

[@dollarsigns5427]

You may look into a rake attachment for that Kabota might work great for all that Viney steamy stuff

[@superdeformed]

Hell yeah. I hope some dormant native seeds sprout out in the few open areas that got fire.

[@normareed9007]

Responsible burning is necessary for farms. Allows new growth to spring forth. Praying that that will never be either wisteria or privot again 🙏😁

[@jeanburgin160]

Still a lot of metal to clean up, you are getting there!!! Man, I have never seen so many vines!!! You must be so please to get rid of what you have so far ...

[@robbynkydd7113]

I keep thinking about the water back there. Is there anyway to find out if it was a pond?

[@timfsrley465]

What is the end game for the farm? such a long process it's never ending so many projects what about the farm house?

[@dscottfr]

Don’t you have one of those flame throwers that connects to a small propane tank? Love to see you use one on the brush.

[@tayloralexander7597]

Sharon here... did you ever speak to your neighbor of the huge wysteria vine root on his property line? Maybe cutting it to kill it?

[@Oregontrailblazin]

Robert I wish Someone would come in with a Forestry Mulcher and get er done !!

[@pattucker612]

When you build a new barn, is it gonna be a wooden barn similar to what was there? Keep up the good work and the videos

[@patcarrington1]

love the music !!!!!!!!

[@elisehamilton7878]

I have been catching up on your video's. The last one l believe l commented on was telling you that a politician from Australia commented. So happy you let us see what is inside this beautiful home . Slowly but surely you will get there. Much love to you all .

[@elizabethwatson71]

I honestly can tell you that burning wild wisteria in the fall is the best way to go! You wait until after the first two frosts, bush hog, use the tractor to help get it into a row, all those leaves, and seed pods along with any felled trees (esp if they fell naturally) all those vines, runners and smaller trees their roots boil as well as the leaves and bark and dead softwoods help keep the temp up to help anything possibly still alive to heat and boil. I personally use a “woman style” blow torch to help the initial fire burn (spray ignited aerosol Aquanet hairspray). I have used a tiny bit of kerosene if needed

[@kizzyjrjunior6520]

Little by little. It will get there.

[@cynthiacarter514]

Looks like no wind👍

[@gailatkinson1955]

But by bit, Robert. But by bit. 😊❤ What happened with the tree burning from the inside previously?

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Those were shorts, so they were in real time. This is when I actually started burning

[@FinsMom]

Somewhere in the video I thought I heard the wisteria laughing

[@karenstraw8689]

Looks like more trips to the scrap yard

[@bobnokes9692]

Have you thought of using a leaf blower to help with the fire? I have seen it used just to feed more oxygen to the fire. Just a thought. But your getting there. Bit by bit.

[@stephenspilker9334]

wish it was that sunny and warm here lol.

[@tomgates3390]

I saw you had a disk drag. now put the disk on the tractor and it will chop the stuff left on the ground up and finish it off. or a rotator tiller. that is what my neighbor did. control burn and then tilled it and bad stuff stayed away

[@barbararoberto1258]

Looks real nice keep up the good work, becareful and get rid of that wisteria

[@SarahJones-cm6bz]

In West Virginia we have burning laws we can’t burn brush only at 5:00 pm to 7:00 am It gets dark so early and hard to see what we are doing. Keep up the great work !

[@TheBrushcutter]

Seems you have a too many wrong people in certain positions problem.

[@sharonduvick1606]

Two words...Flame thrower. What an experiment that would be!

[@anitamorales1506]

💜💜💜

[@05161946]

Good afternoon, what happened to the dead tree that was burning at the top

[@MillerMeteor74]

Our forest fire service does controlled burning every year. They burn as much as they possibly can. But they burn mostly on State land. For any other land the landowner would need to pay. This part of NJ is called the Pine Barrens. In the Pine Barrens, fire is beneficial and necessary.

[@jerryturner2186]

The rooster say's , " wake up to a damned wisteria fire " !!!!!

[@maryloushaw6858]

That burn will help you to see the trash

[@deniseoftedahl8937]

Maybe you can get some of those mice in the process!

[@tomgates3390]

that is the way to do it. My Neighbor control burned his 10 acres and it worked good.

[@jeniceowen5184]

You will be amazed how doing this encourages grass to grow.

[@pthomson9736]

So satisfying to watch wisteria burn.

[@treda707]

Awesome❗

[@mordecaijones1388]

Nice controlled burn, not to be confused with the fire from the wiring harness video ( that was a pile, not the barn ) my question is, who’s been grilling on the Old Byrd Farm?, I mean I know that grills been by the farm road for months, but why would someone abandon it that far back on the property? also how did it get there?, cuz even with wheels that’s quite the slog to that location!. Again more questions does it work?, is there propane in the tank?, do you have a brisket marinading as we speak and have the wood rats gotten to the hoses and element?. I look forward to your answers or at least some cheddar brats next video!!!!

[@ppurgett]

Isn't that where the "campground" is

[@mordecaijones1388]

I think it’s before that, it’s been there for awhile ( best I could find is the Deuce and a Half video where he’s plowing thru the woods with Uncle Ken ) I’ve never seen it in use and was wondering where it came from or is it the property of the Skunk Ape that is said to inhabit the Old Byrd Farm, least wise I think that’s what Uncle Ken said while Robert was flyin thru the back 40!!!

[@Azoreanislandgirl64]

Wipe out that wisteria!!!

[@silviasmith5696]

Kinda looks like your gonna have another load of scrap to haul away too

[@merryressler]

I'm just curious (and you may have said before; if so, sorry I missed it)--how long do you think the wisteria was allowed to run wild for it to have gotten so huge? I have a friend who bought 100 acres here in Northeast Texas and she had a similar infestation of vines back in the thick of it, but it was poison ivy instead of wisteria! Some of her vines were thicker than my upper arm.

[@novaturhidayat9636]

Smokey bear: Only you can prevent forest fire

[@celleduffel1533]

Question, did you say that wisteria is not native to Ga...if not what do you think the purpose of was of planting it? The land is looking good...and Hiiiii Blue :)

[@ppurgett]

Back in the day it was because of the pretty purple flowers

[@celleduffel1533]

@@ppurgett ty Paul 😊

[@ellielizhavenofbless945]

Not 100 percent sure, but I think that wood ash is good for the soil.

[@sandicann6443]

Sure wish my snow would be gone so I can work out in the garden

[@tomtillman4650]

Once you got the downwind side burnt, you should have gone to upwind and started fire there. You might have gotten a better fire with more heat

[@BonnieJeanTlq]

Burn baby burn!❤

[@whowuzherreyt]

You from East Texas. I am.

[@gavinbradley8981]

the FFT2 within me is screaming for you to put on some PPE

[@mtgcardzandreview2756]

Still fighting that wisteria, if it was gold you'd been rich with it all.

[@johnhanes5021]

Needs a lot more fire. A big weed burner torch would help.

[@g_br]

Nice!

[@scottcawiezell6154]

50% gas, 50% diesel in pump sprayer,light um up baby

[@carolleenkelmann4751]

And after the burn-off, which car is going to be the next on the Rat's list to invade. Rats gotta have somewhere to live as well. 😊

[@Mari-B]

👍🙂

[@marvinjohnson424]

👍🇺🇸

[@davidderbidge8232]

What's happened to Aaron

[@tammy2388]

Hey blue

[@naptime1900]

It looks like wisteria is another 4 letter word.

[@leocornett3428]

pile up the loose brush around the oak tree and let it burn

[@neilschipper3741]

Looks as though you need a forestry mulcher to come out and give you a hand.

[@jackgurteeen37]

Couple of F4's and some Napalm wouldn't touch that.

[@paulhoffman6371]

Ain't English fun! You razed a barn and now it's time to get a new one raised.