How Has 140 Year Old Farm Recovered From Wisteria Removal? Field Mowed and More

updates on the Old Byrd Farm corn field and much more!

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

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[@Suebee1988]

It's looking good, Robert! Glad the break from the farm helped you get back into the swing on the old homestead. Does Blue/Baloo have a new farm dog sibling or are you just pup sitting today? Enquiring minds want to know! :D Best wishes from Oregon.

[@doloreslegrand2710]

The passion flower with the bumble bee was beautiful. They are gentle giants, not looking to sting.❤

[@hueychief]

"This is a perfect place for a picnic table." Now here is a man who has his priorities straight! I wish more people could take a page out of Robert's playbook on life and just chill. Thanks, Robert.

[@ritacorrieri9172]

The big leaf plant looks like a canna lily. Has pretty flowers and comes in many colors. You can dig up the plant, separate the tubers and have many plants for your yard. They like sun.

[@ronniefuller2334]

That green stalky plant is a canna. It blooms yellow, orange or red and it's a beautiful plant.

[@MyPeacefulPlace24]

They are edible and my chickens love them.

[@MurderMostSouthern]

That’s what I was gonna say. My mama calls them canna lilies. Our mini pig decimated the ones I had planted in my back yard. You can dig up the bulbs in winter and move them to where you want them. They multiply is that spot and you can separate the bulbs and move them. That’s what mama does here at my house.

[@meredith2473]

​@@MurderMostSouthernyes canna. Here in the north we have to dig them up im late fall and store till spring

[@cynthiacarter514]

Perfect timing: the 🐝 landing on the Passion flower while holding it in front of the camera!!👍

[@cheryllakin6736]

Priceless, you cought that bee landing on the flower as you held up.

[@kimberleyannedemong5621]

Amazing work Robert. I thought your grandchildren would be fighting the evil wisteria Great job

[@user-eg3yv3xr7s]

You have done soo much work around the old farm, and it has made a real difference !!

[@rescuelady08]

The large leaf green plant is a canna. It is a beautiful flowering plant and multiplies underground by its tuber roots. The cannas can grow very tall, or a person can also plant a miniature version. It comes in a number of colors. We have lots of red, yellow and a combo of yellow/orange ones in our yard here in North Central Texas. Here we can buy the roots at Home Depot and Lowes home improvement stores, You have done a good job clearing that land. Thank you for sharing. Best wishes from Texas. 🙋🐾

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

The Passion flower will come back Robert. I used to grow them and they are pretty resilient.❤️

[@deniseoftedahl8937]

Love the ending with the pups and the thunder.

[@lorikrafft8197]

I love the watched the transformation of you clearing your land. It is beautiful.

[@paulhoffman6371]

I remember the Poke vlog, the drone shots were good, filtered through the canopy of trees. Hey, second dog or neighbor's paying a visit? The fields have really opened up and good to hear that you have the big "W" under control. Many of your trees looked all but dead with wisteria three years ago. The canopy's have spread open nicely.

[@allygee5468]

Yes I saw that video too and yes who is Blues friend ? The farm is looking great the amount of reclaiming you've done over the last 2yrs is paying off

[@debk9889]

Happy to see and hear your falling back in love with that field! I'm impressed with your knowledge of the plants, the seed Bank, etc. I'm glad to see the wisteria at least gone in some areas, makes a huge difference. I wouldn't mind a picnic there as well! Great job!

[@gloriaa5060]

THUMBS up to this video!👍👍👍👍👍🎆🎆 you have come a long way in improving the land since you put the roof on the Byrd farm house. 👍👍👍👍👍🎆🎆🎆🎆🎆

[@larrysmith6499]

Looking great where you bush hogged. It's so relaxing to mow. Love the sound of the thunder. You are awesome.

[@jamietomlinson8787]

Amazing bee footage❤

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Wasn’t it?!? That was a truly amazing moment!

[@deborahjordan9688]

Love the bee love them pollinators ❤❤❤ amazing 😻

[@SondraD7676]

I was thinking the same thing about that newly connected area, table, chairs, picnic. It looks like a fairytale, definitely has that feel even on video! Very interesting about all the seed bank varieties and wisteria growth and no growth. So peaceful, you and the dogs and the thunder. Very satisfying to see you just enjoying that space. You certainly have worked hard enough on the place. Yes, passion flower. Cool, Canna Lily! Frog, fun! Love the thumbnail!! Great video!! ❣️❣️❣️👍👍😊🤗⁸

[@jameshepleroakglen8314]

Interesting fact about the passion flower, it can be used to make a tea that is good for anxiety. Herbs and plants are amazing

[@nancymiller7294]

That looks like a start of a type of Banana tree or Canna Lily , that was mowed down and recently got a good start . My Husband loved to plant them as ornamentals.

[@darleneroe3994]

yeah, Robert. Aint nothing any better than old byrd farm videos

[@ronniefuller2334]

Amen to that!

[@silviasmith5696]

Beautiful and glad to see the old byrd farm and how everything is doing 😊

[@MARY-nx1gu]

Glad to see Blue with a friend; hope she stays. Very nice relaxing video, great thunder sound effect. Take care Robert

[@glennyork6800]

Looking good connecting the 2 areas.

[@leahmollytheblindcatnordee3586]

Things may have grown back up, but the amount of time it took to make it look totally different is minimal compared to the time you had previously had to take. It is looking good. That bumble bee on the flower was amazing. I have had them come near me in the garden but never anything like that. Congratulations on the cool changes.

[@shellydehart8217]

I have to agree that’s perfect place for picnic table. It does look so much nicer all open up. The passion flower was so pretty but to see that bubble bee just casually fly himself to the flower was awesome something none of us expected especially you. Couldn’t ask for a more perfect picture. I did notice that Blue had friend. Are you dog sitting or did you adopt another dog? Sorry I’m being nosy. ♥️♥️😊👍👍🌟🌟🌟🐶

[@marypettitt9150]

Hey Robert, the Byrd Farm healing salve works on California mosquito bites, too. The package of both salves arrived quickly. Both are great stuff. I like morning glories, too. My sister told me in cotton-growing Texas, farmers would stop by houses with morning glories and ask or offer to get rid of them. The vines get stuck in cultivators and other equipment. Thanks again for the salves.

[@phyllisroney3456]

The plant with the pea looking pods is senna, more commonly know in Georgia as sickle pod. It is something that is any farmer in our area would get rid of immediately. It has an unpleasant smell in my opinion too.

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

**WISTERIA CANDLES SOLD OUT NOW** More to come soon -

[@ronniefuller2334]

I must have one!

[@missemily3264]

That tag line is genius. "You too can burn wisteria!"😂.

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

@@missemily3264 lol thanks

[@lindatanner8726]

I want one!

[@katlyn57inParadise]

GOOD! I was just looking and couldn't find them.

[@margaretagodfreyt6871]

The OBF is looking Soo Good Robert that really opened it up yes looking so very good

[@jeniceowen5184]

I love watching you transform the land into something beautiful.

[@paulawright1554]

I always remember them being called May pop. They also have the little green ballon type bulb that when squeezed, pops.

[@johnmichael4766]

Robert! ...back on our farm in Missouri we'd wrap some stove-pipe around our legs from the ankle up to the knee to prevent being bit by rattlers or copperheads. Less expensive than "snake-boots". Then you could walk most anywhere in the bramble. - jfm

[@sharonnorvell3397]

Great place for a picnic table. Looks like the enchanted forest❤

[@stephenkorab6456]

Enjoyable episode! Very much like the way all the small fields open into each other. Another dog?! Good for Blue to have a friend. I must have missed the new dog's name.

[@kakley]

Hi Robert! Did you get a second dog? It seems to be well behaved just like Blue!

[@dougsturgill1356]

That is a canna bulb plant it does flower,up north we have to dig up before it freezes and replant in spring they produce more tubers and you divide them

[@deborahfaulk5532]

Robert, you did a nice job mowing your yard, it looks so good! I like thunderstorms (as long as they aren’t dangerous). Take care

[@felicitymcconville4322]

That looks fantastic Robert. The 2 fields together are beautiful. Be proud of yourself. You are doing an awesome job worked on the Old Byrd Farm on your own. For anyone who wants to winge tell them to go back to your first video. That should shut them up. I love anything you do and watch it all. Again a terrific job 👏 😊

[@felicitymcconville4322]

Just checked l watched it lol

[@monac9459]

A new addition to the farm. The bee and the flower were amazing. That was worth the whole video right there. The difference from the start of your adventure to now is absolutely remarkable. Is puppy an Animal Arc dog?

[@Hischild01]

Morning Glories spread!

[@andrewowens9382]

Hi Robert 👋 👋 👋 it's surprising how fast growth but at least it's open up and keeps the soil compact better than the soil erodes and also feeds the soil for growing your crops next year all the best Andrew south wales uk 👍 👌 😀 🇬🇧

[@lynnmacleod1879]

The only thing better than watching you on the orange tractor is being on the orange tractor. Hopefully cooler weather sets in so work is easier to accomplish. Love the thunder!!! Thanks Robert.

[@myrthagunter4141]

Plant large leaf -- Canna Indica ( Wild Canna Lily ) . Very pretty, and the wasp pollinates the flower. Thank you . Enjoyed !

[@maryfranceshall985]

Humming birds like it also.

[@danaramey6519]

Hi neighbor, I’m in Greenville ga. I remember the may pop growing wild on the sides of the road when I was a kid. My road used to be dirt back in the day.

[@ronniefuller2334]

Looks like a canna plant. You mention there use to be a house there. I really think that is exactly what it is!

[@missemily3264]

"You, too, can burn wisteria!". 😂😂. Maybe you should print that up on tags to go with the candles.

[@anncluckey6716]

The passion flower is good for tea and helps me sleep

[@user-gz2qh1ie8d]

Love seeing what you are doing with the old place!! Hard work but it's worth it isn't it!?

[@robertsaylors8070]

Hello Robert,I haven't seen you much lately.those weeds are an accumulation of seeds that could not grow because of the overgrowth, if you can get a fence around part of it to let the chickens in they will be very happy. Keep the good work.

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

Good to see your enthusiasm for the farm returning. Sometimes a relaxing step back is what it takes. My first father-in-law bought property and cleared it as you do. He pushed into brush around trees, increasing the clearing bit by bit and then cut trees down to reach more brush on the other side. Last I knew he became a potato farmer. Looking forward to a burning trees video. 👍👍👍

[@pattiwhite9575]

I love a good fire!

[@robbynkydd7113]

I remember Jerry wound go behind the chicken coup and you couldn’t see him. It was so thick!

[@JanTrewhitt]

Good to see you back at the farm!! You have plenty of property to mow up, keep on going!!

[@anniehawkins6321]

It is a flowering plant called a Canna , it usually has red or yellow , and I have one that has a beautiful dark color orange blossoms in the top areas , all summer , that are really beautiful,

[@marcbrunson6986]

That was awesome to see nature right on video with the wood bee. The only nature I see with them are drilling the porch roof ha ha. Glad to hear you may have motivation again. Sometimes you just need a break from 1 type of scenery. That field looks great and it's nice to see you're winning the Wisteria war ha ha.

[@williamsteriti2718]

That tractor is worth it's weight in gold .the best investment you made .love watching ur videos and. Of course the other Robert.and ur towns folk that are with you and Blue. I loved the drone videos when you do them .♾️🛐✝️❤️🙏🕊️

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

Great to see you back on the Old Byrd Farm and shame some of that dang westeria has grown back. But know that winter buring might help as well. Did you rescue another dog?? Annie is such a sweet Labadoodle, and nice company for blue..

[@g_br]

Good job! :) Greeting from Brazil.

[@jameswasher4677]

Excellent self-motivation!

[@pambrackett4335]

The plant at the end looks like a canna lily and they are ornamental plants from bulbs or tubers. You can dig it up and move it, after it blooms and dies back.

[@bethjohnson8234]

Looking great…hello Blue

[@brendamoody1309]

You have some nice land there.what town is the old birdfarm in ? That is a canalilly they produce lots of different colors of flowers sone are Redish orange i color some can be white or yellow. They are beautiful. Please do not destroy it. You will love it. Catch you on the next great video, Robert . Bye for now 👍👍👍👍👍🤗🌺🌸🌼🏵️🌻🍀☘️🌷

[@teresabrown3305]

There is a product called Tordon that you can put on stumps that will kill the roots and they won't come back. Tractor Supply, Amazon and Rural King carry it. I have used it and it worked.

[@zekesgirl100]

I was going to suggest Tordon. For the really nasty trees, and I think Privet qualifies, I use it full strength.

[@Carolbearce]

Farm clean up looking good. Always a huge project.

[@marywright6759]

Mosquitoes have been horrible in Michigan . That bee and flower was so cool.

[@joshuabeatty7406]

Got me whistling that whistle 😙 lol

[@mhale-mi9iy]

Dry the flower and save the seeds in the flower for next year.

[@leapingkitties]

I did watch you mowing all that poke down. Even with the evil wisteria growing back, it seems thinner, maybe that's just me though, and you will conquer it. I sure hope you can get those privets out this year. Everything is looking very good out there on the OBF, and that would be a great spot to stop and have a packed lunch.

[@susanbrown7898]

Like my Dad used to tell my Mother "Dont worry, it will grow back! 😊😂

[@pmichael73]

Great video! Thank you.

[@robinm6662]

Beautiful!

[@TheNewtons-id3sj]

The little tractor that could!

[@1beyond]

Again, so much fun

[@alanatolstad4824]

I haven't smelled wisteria blooms since the 80's, so didn't know that was the wonderful aroma of my OBF candle until you said so this morning! I don't recall if that was in the E-bay description when I purchased mine, but I urge you to include that tidbit of information for future candle cups!

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

I believe you purchased one of the first run of candles, which were a Summer Flower scent - Wisteria are second run.

[@alanatolstad4824]

@@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG Gotcha! I love the smell of mine just the same!

[@user-gz2qh1ie8d]

Good music on this one!!

[@brianandlindafairchild1237]

Use a product called Tordon on the stump after you cut the tree down.

[@onniedavis5453]

I think it's possibly a Canna Lily, it will get a pretty large flower. Not sure when.

[@barbararoberto1258]

Looks so nice Robert love your roosters crow. That flower is so beautiful keep up the good work

[@daxxydog5777]

The canna lily will also reproduce rapidly (can be invasive)! And yes, I’m sure it came from an old dwelling.

[@molehogadventures6615]

Still hard to believe that's the same place. Looking great.

[@Mari-B]

Robert, a beautiful site at the freshly mowed Old Byrd Farm.

[@Mudjie50]

I must have missed something! Who is the new puppy? I too love Passion Flowers and the field looks great!

[@jimwilliams1841]

The Passion flower is so beautiful and I love the Passion fruit it gives.

[@debrafricano1486]

The passion flower us beautiful. It's amazing the difference in your land from the start to now.

[@cecilchristopher5092]

A herbicide called Garlon will take care of the Privet, I had about 2 acres of it and that is what the county ag agent recommended records. Works or Kudzu too.

[@brendahogue5487]

Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on.

[@margaretgarls153]

Morning glories also take over and can be very invasive.

[@deborahjordan9688]

Good afternoon how are your 🐝 bees doing?

[@darlenefraire1327]

That pea like plant is an Arkansas honey suckle.... That's what we call them here in north Georgia... They are planted flowers

[@spunkygmahappy4778]

The Passion flower may be pretty in a vase? I love that bee so awesome. I have been traveling so missed that you have a new dog,. would love to hear about its journey.

[@Unit38]

Robert, if you cut a tree down to the stump and no longer want it to grow. Pour some used motor oil on the stump. That will kill it.

[@karenshepler7128]

Very nice work and it's looking good for sure. Thanks for sharing and take care 🙂

[@carolinereisinger4070]

The tropical looking plant, I think may either be Ginger or Cannas

[@darlenegood4101]

Did you get a new puppy. You are doing great. Glad to see you racing around on your tractor. Can I take a ride on your big orange tractor? lol

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

eBay Shop helps keep diesel in the tractor: www.ebay.com/usr/oldbyrdfarm

[@sheilam4964]

I loved that Poke Vid. The density and height of that stuff was incredible. It was difficult to tell how big that field was until it was all cut. If you had kept it for seed you would have had a very profitable crop, if it was a profitable crop. 😊

[@kurtmraz6857]

When you disturb the ground weeds various ones take over like putting a band aid on your skin, they pull up nutrients from various levels of the ground and over time other ones show up and slowly recover the land cover with grass. keep on keeping on.

[@marthav2772]

that is a very beautiful spot Robert!❤

[@carolynriley8883]

The pea plant is called coffee weed in Mississippi