I Lit My Neighbor's Field On Fire

[@catherineslater4438]

These are my favourite kind of videos! I love seeing all the changes you are making around the farm.I need to rewatch some of your first videos where you were cleaning up and getting rid of junk. Such a huge change!

[@mrsdig57]

I went back and binge watched all the video's so I could know everything that was going on with the farm. Loved it!

[@jeno264]

@@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes that's how it's spelt in England and Australia

[@catherineslater4438]

@@jeno264 And Canada!

[@jeffweber8244]

yes, I don't care to hear any more about the bin problems. Was such a downer.

[@tammywragg6254]

@@jeffweber8244 How do you think k they feel,as a hard working farm family who spent all that money ..

[@dennisfrazier7882]

Just a suggestion and from experience as a firefighter and a property owner . When you are planning on doing any controlled burns like your brush piles consider taking a tractor and running a disc around the brush piles to make a fire break . I have seen my share of grass land type fires and have seen the effectiveness of the tractor/disc combo in stopping them.

[@Iamthathillbilly]

That probably would've worked

[@shamrock4500]

My father in law once set a protected marsh on fire when he was burning grass on a field, he was a bit of a fire bug I think.

[@hank4440]

he was to busy trying to figure out how to spend more money.........

[@bryanlacount7551]

@@hank4440 Oh man, you're so edgey.

[@tyler3148]

Cole is to busy thinking about what he can sell to his KZbin subs to pay for his bins

[@matthewgarst9616]

I did the same thing a month or so ago. I was bush hogging and hit a rock in some sage grass on the neighbors field. 4 local fire departments plus the forstery service

[@mountainsnmoore256]

Camping and wildlife habitat...this hollers at me! LOL! The best thing is that you can combine the two. Simply make a camping spot inside of the wildlife habitat. Deer are curious little critters. If the area is where they want to be, they will still use the area, even if you are camping right in the middle of it. Just look at nearly any State Park campground. Good luck. Things are looking good.

[@lindyok5328]

Hello from OK-Cole the fireman and the Corvette is looking good-home away from home 🏠

[@adrianhutchin4925]

I worked on a farm when I was a young lad - the main task I had was too remove and straighen fields so that the bigger equipment worked far more effiecently, it was a good thing to do and was done with careful planning and to use if we could items around the farm drainage pipes etc your get there and it will be worth it, also I set a field alight :) after that experience I was eqipped with a harrow on the tractor so I could quickly contain the burn up...best fun to be honest I had ...be safe from the UK

[@Iamthathillbilly]

I'm a volunteer firefighter in my farm town, Saturday night is the best night for playing with fire 😁 we all get excited to go when somethings on fire 🔥

[@dalegereaux1863]

If that pad of concrete with the electrical panels is 10 ft. thick, maybe you're right and it's best to just leave it there. You could always put a gazebo over it with a couple of nice picnic tables underneath.

[@dill5500]

Yup not like he can easily or cheaply move the Electric

[@tommathews3964]

@@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes Yeah, that would be good for all that electrical equipment!

[@WHuds01]

Cheaper option have a vindaloo curry and blow a good few farts at it to crack the concrete into pieces

[@WHuds01]

@@Lettuce-and-Tomatoes Cheaper option have a vindaloo or phal curry and blow a good few farts at it to crack up the concrete

[@marksmith8163]

Call before you dig. No worries we have 4 State fires burning in NM. Cole the Firebug.

[@solarscreen]

Cole, you weren't doing nothing, you were doing the thinking and planning that doesn't get as much time as it needs. Controlled waterways and reduced runoff are important to responsible farming and each improvement benefits the entire community. Great work! It's amazing how much you have grown since you first started posting. Thanks for bringing us along!

[@bobjones8864]

Glad your back to posting more often. There’s so much more to working a farm than plant and harvest and its all interesting. Thanks.

[@sohailsayeed9361]

I grantee you that the firefighters spending their Saturday with you, is EXACTLY how they want to be spending their Saturday. Good on your for owning up and calling them brother! As for feeling like you are doing nothing watching things burn, enjoy those moments! They come so far and few between; those are the best days to take a deep breath and cherish the life you have. Every down day is just a day to refocus on your long term goals. Sometimes you can choose those days, other times they choose you! After all, when is the next time you will get to burn a field as daily operations? Again, thanks for sharing. Its great seeing how your farm operates.

[@rustblade5021]

also sit back and enjoy the huge fine and fire dept bill

[@sohailsayeed9361]

@@rustblade5021 Where is the fine and what is a fire department bill?

[@sohailsayeed9361]

@@rustblade5021 Im just going to assume that you dont know what a controlled fire is. Hope you have a good day brother

[@matthewmcdaniel8846]

Future reference my friend leaf blower works great putting out grass fires no kindling ask your local fire department it’s what we use in Oklahoma works great and it’s fast

[@nikimorgan6492]

That pad of concrete by the electrical boxe is a great spot for a generator.

[@saltylegion6288]

I've been watching from the beginning of the farm clean up! Your family has put in a lot if hard work the last several years! I love it! Keep up all the great work! It has been fun following your journey!

[@kelleyworsham9187]

Your such a JOY to watch. Seeing you grow. Seeing how you think. Your a BLESSING.

[@stex5150]

Don't forget to support your local Volunteer Firefighters and the Volunteer Fire Departments,.Thanks for volunteering your time. (Retired 30 year firefighter...Volunteer)😀

[@suzanneippolito8716]

@Baum Squad fire family here...paid and volunteer. Volunteers "age" out into other parts of the company...fundraising etc.

[@Iamthathillbilly]

@Baum Squad well I can't speak for Iowa, but here in Ontario Canada we do get paid hourly for responses with the "volunteer" fire department, its a close knit group and lots of people will stay in the service for decades, when they eventually age out we still consider it a "retirement"

[@dalegereaux1863]

I like the screen comment you had at the end. We always said never put off until tomorrow what you can do today. Because if you liked it today you can do it again tomorrow. 😉

[@theshoeman7044]

Grandpa definitely liked concrete. Fruit trees? Yes. A few years may pass before they bear fruit but the long-term benefit is worth the effort. Some years ago I did some part-time work for a neighbor farmer. One field that I plowed was a full half-mile from the nearest road. All of the old farmstead buildings had been demolished years before except for a popcorn crib. BUT, a beautiful stand of perhaps three dozen pear trees also remained (again, far from any road). We pulled bushels of pears from that little grove each year. It's hard to beat plowing a half-section field with a big green machine underneath and a couple fresh pears in hand. Plant some fruit trees. The bees will be pleased as well. Great video.

[@waynep343]

Trim branches below 8 feet off the trees. It will make it like a park . Let a little more light to the ground.

[@Getagriponthisnewhandle]

Great idea!

[@youtubeisawesome2487]

and starve the deer

[@TripleMEquipmentServices]

@@youtubeisawesome2487 the deer will be ok

[@ColeTheCornstar]

@@youtubeisawesome2487 don’t forget we are planting an alfalfa field! 😉

[@tamzinmenadue4887]

@@youtubeisawesome2487 how is cutting low branches off going to starve the deer...more light on the ground will mean more growth on the ground

[@MarcMercier1971]

DC is never going to live down that window on the excavator.

[@jerm8370]

When you go out to start fires next time take a cordless or gas powered leaf blower it works very well to put out grass fires, just blow the fire back on its self.

[@JCrook1028]

Or just clear the grass from around the pile first... not like they don't have equipment to handle that. That's just pure stupid on display.

[@superchuck3259]

@@JCrook1028 2 reasons why is it not dumb. #1 it takes too much time. #2 it costs money to till soil. He really should have not been doing it all by himself. It he had another person with him, it would have been fine. And the leaf blower idea would likely have helped be the extra help to prevent issue. Also the fire jumped the ditch. Also I have done this before and rabbits can get fire in their fur and run to other areas and start them on fire. What do you do then, kill all the rabbits before you start. In the end, it really was a harmless fire, it did no financial damage.

[@JCrook1028]

@@superchuck3259 It costs money to call the fire dep't out also and puts lives and property at risk. If you call filming instead of controlling the fire smart then yea, you're right. he was a genius. The part he was filming was ALREADY out of his control. That's the point. He thought it more important to film the out of control fire than to actually even try to control the fire. I've seen in other comments that Iowa has a statewide burn ban on for the last 6 months. Not sure if that is true or not. if it is then he's also facing a fine from violating that ban.

[@alexgarza7486]

I get excited as much as you do watching you having more time to make your farm More efficient

[@jerryanderson8011]

2 easy ways to handle grass fires. An old straw broom and sweep towards what is already Burnt or a back pack leaf blower works great

[@CB-pf7go]

Way to go Firefighters!!! I find enjoyment in the everyday happenings on the farm.

[@jeanburgin160]

Love how you are cleaning up and renewing the property.

[@philipfleming3546]

Love watching you an family work together, you need to take the water wagon with you when burning.

[@beckystancliff7274]

Good to see the ongoing work you all are putting into your farm.

[@pamelairvin3164]

Our inactive moments are blessed with God's leading when we're willing to listen. Great job, and superb efficiency with your time!!!! Blessings ❤️🙌

[@russellhancock9765]

Years ago My Parents septic line was Red Tericota Pipe. It gave trouble for years, because We had a Garden where the line ran. It has been replaced, so it works a lot better now. Dad has a Tiller attachment instead of plowing the Garden Now.

[@charlenefalk8479]

Kinda like painting the perp work take longer, but then the paint looks so much better. Thanks for taking us with you today. You do a lot of interesting things.

[@Badlatitude]

It's crazy how much time all the little things eat up and how little time the big things actually take on the broad scheme of life. In the long run every small project that makes tasks more efficient pays off 10 fold.

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

you should dig a trout pond - the ditch from the spring drainage tiles can feed a trout pond - food and recreational

[@JCrook1028]

and don't forget the kitty cat fish. :) Yums

[@DianaStuckert]

Trout need cold water year around so I don't know what summer would be like there.

[@jea4jea413]

Get a forestry rake or a mud flap on a stick much better on your back and much more efficient in managing the grass fire

[@brians1524]

Another day another Cole the Cornstar video. Fantastic. Keep them coming.

[@steveneal2706]

Awesome video Cole. Thank you

[@connieverbeck1110]

I, for one LOVE all the recent progress!!!

[@jeffthorpe8667]

My dad had a bad habit of lighting the bq on fire with gas and then flicking matches to light it. (I know it's bad but he's dead so no warnings needed) one time the only match he had missed. Unknown to him while he was looking for matches the fumes rolled off the patio and down the hill in the backyard. He comes out with new matches and foof half the back yard is on fire. Was able to put out as it was just a flash except the edges.

[@BostrsBoy]

Ah, memories! 😅

[@justinscott3001]

You may want to have a good size water tank and a pump for keeping your fires contained. Works a lot better than a shovel and a pipe wrench...

[@tylerogle7123]

Id love to see a list of your favorite podcasts at some point. I discovered Jocko Podcast through you and I love that one!

[@stevenrud6593]

If you could find a crusher some where you would have some great crushed gravel to spread on the drive way.

[@QuietRiverBear]

To expand on your idea for the part of the grove you’re keeping, food forest. Between you and the wildlife, you can crate a place of abundant food that you can all enjoy. Chestnuts, hazel nuts, raspberries, blackberry, elderberry, blue berry…

[@orionwarren4244]

DC, calling the control shack "The Corvette". Cracks me up! I guess it's better than "The Inheritance"! 🤣

[@tidybowlman6528]

Bring along a full 5 gallon backpack sprayer next time you burn. It will work surprisingly better at controlling the burn edge than a shovel. Glad no one was hurt!

[@JCrook1028]

And even better than the pipe wrench he chose and left the shovel in the truck. That's just pure stupid.

[@rogerringer7066]

You need to invest in some 5 gal hand pump cans. We carried 2 on our fire trucks. They work really great and are very effective.

[@SaneNoMore]

It’s gonna be time for another drone video about what the farm use to look like and what it’s like now. So much progress.

[@kblewis3331]

Yes, a before, during and, after overview side by side showing us the changes and differences made. It's hard to envision, when we see things from so many different angles. Overhead view would be helpful.

[@Rubyranch393]

Ur a good kid in the right direction keep at it

[@paxbonum4683]

Oops. Thank God for first responders and that no detrimental damage occurred. Y'all are really making progress. Very excited for the Corn Star Family and the bright future ahead. God bless!

[@sheilavanduynfote5539]

Oh my word those fires looked like they could get out of control, it’s great that you can be versatile and get other things done. Thank you for sharing with us your future plans for the farm.

[@geofreypejsa54]

Your place is looking terrific! I also enjoyed your chat solo at the end. Keep up the good work!

[@KJEThompson]

DCS IS IN THE CORVETTE! 😲 Cabinets look great! (It's nice enough you could use it as an Air BnB!) A camp area would be nice for hired hands and family to stay during planting and harvest.

[@cameronrinner8933]

The best thing you can carry with your for those grass fire is use a lefblower they work great.

[@tedhart4468]

To bad you didn’t have access to a crusher for all that concrete that would make great base for a access drive way or bad spot in a road

[@kylepenning1441]

YES!!!! He brought the intro back!!!

[@fletch61]

Nice job on the stubble burn ! 😄🚒

[@judycrosetti7292]

Always thinking, always moving, always grateful…keep up the good work and try to avoid driving into ditches and being too close to a fire.❤️

[@thomasyerbey337]

Great video Cole and DC farm is looking great 🇺🇲 its almost planting time

[@tommathews3964]

Man, time for a nice, healthy donation to the local fire dept!

[@tommccauley4134]

It's looking good, I would put both fruit and food plot with a camping spot. Enjoy watching yall.

[@mongonius]

5:21 Cole said EXcavator!🎊🎉🎊🎉‼️‼️❗️‼️❗️‼️✅✅✅✅✅ Yes indeed!!!

[@3in2Art]

I vote for habitat! 🦉🦌🐇🦝🦔🦅🦎🦡🦇🐝🕸🐍

[@Jmeinema1]

I love when the clip of dc putting the tree through the window randomly pops up. I'm rolling just thinking about it haha

[@charlenefalk8479]

Another comment about a field fire. My husband and I owned a small farm in Maybee Mi. Needless to say we were burning some trash on a windy day next to a dry corn field of ours. I turned my back for a minute and the field was on fire. My husband was out beating down the fire. I went in to call the fire department. But they had a hard time finding the house. Which was really odd because the fire chief lived on one side of our house and the assistant fire chief lived on the other side. By the time the showed up we pretty much had the fire under control. Lesson learned.

[@darynbernard5217]

Cole is more than a bookkeeper for the farm. He’s thinking outside the box and searching for new ideas. Just one really good idea could save the farm the cost equivalent of one year of labor for one person. Sweat equity and brain equity. They’re both important.

[@tellkemp6869]

My days are becoming complete again, a cup of coffee and cole the cornstar 😍😍😍

[@fayeashcroft7066]

well done 👍 cole farm looks beautiful 😻 a burn 🔥 off gives you time to think and plan thank god for ron and his excavator!!!! to keep ron going and to pay 💰 him for more work maybe a stocktake to see what you can sell off excess machinery your not using just a idea 💡 glad your filming again don’t forget to have a break when you need it you’ve done a mighty job cole !!! cheers 🥂 australia 🇦🇺 🦘🦘🦘🦘🐎🐎🐎🚜🚜🚜🚜

[@homercook1953]

Well it's a good thing you stayed with the fire never know when fire will take off. I was a wildfire fighter California in the sixties

[@simonlewis7956]

You could make the natural area back into Prairie through planting some endemic native wildflowers and grasses?

[@allendavidson6608]

Another awesome video guys !!, The main farm transformation is incredible so far and what a difference it will make by this years harvest. Were You ever able to find out more about moving the Overhead Lines from the road to and underground line?. I love the fact that you guys are frugal on the things you can such as the kitchen area in the new dryer shack. the stuff DC, Momma CS, & Summer found looks great and if you had not told us they were used most would not even know. It's the honesty you share with us that appeals to such a wide audience. Your at 513,000+ subscribers and growing, quite an accomplishment in itself. Thank YOU as always for bringing us along on these journeys as with the world today in this crazy state it is nice to find some family oriented content that has a lot us waiting daily to see the next adventure. God Bless the entire Cornstar Family, friends, and the special folks like Ron, Scott, Ryan, Brandon, Pete, & all the others we have come to know and love over time....

[@ColeTheCornstar]

I asked them about it and they said it can be done, just I’m not ready for them yet. 😁

[@deannaoverstreet4146]

Thank you! Great job!

[@sharonhilliard3780]

Cole you are doing what you said you were going to do a couple of years ago . I love it when you start cleaning up . Everything looks so good . Keep up the good work. 👍

[@sylviaprudhomme5417]

So many ideas. Always willing to work to achieve them. Admire everyone s efforts

[@cmstreich]

Leaf Blower!!! Best fire fighting tool ever!!

[@Durrttyy]

Cole, your thought processes and ideas are super interesting. Great brain!

[@waltercook4868]

If you have not already done so, I'd like learn more about those tile drains. We don't have stuff like that where I'm from but I've heard of them from time to time. First in my mind; how does water get into the pipe and how does the water get in without soil clogging up up the works?

[@KP29694]

Great video, thanks! I vote for the habitat.

[@harleyfiremedic7796]

First words from Cole to the Firefighter..... "Did I do That????"

[@rachelbala335]

Oh goody! I’ve missed that intro!

[@bradcable6]

I love getting just regular videos from you. I know to you, your life might seem mundane or boring, but to us, we like it. Keep posting

[@donaldgibson2050]

If you are planning to have a wildlife/camping/natural area are you going to leave the "creek" adjacent to the grove open/untiled? A little grading and some gravel/broken concrete to line the creek will help to prevent erosion and provide water for a variety of critters that may visit/live within your grove. Might be something to think about over the next year while you decide what to do with the area.

[@janetscott5252]

You're making so many improvements and looking good!! The cabinets DC & MC hot are great!! Keep up the hood work 🙏💕🙏

[@janetscott5252]

Got not hot😅

[@lynpostlethwait3083]

Very great video for the farm

[@joecoelho7030]

Look into using a backpack blower to help control the burn lines. Look up a few videos and how people use the blowers to help believe it or not control the fire. I couldn't believe it myself until I saw videos of there use!

[@austingoettsch8297]

As a volunteer fire fighter i laughed when Cole panned to everything that burned up. Been there a hundred times Cole no big deal.

[@superchuck3259]

Controlled burns are critical. And I am sure he let the fire dept know he was doing it. so when it got outta hand, they could come over and practice.

[@ybme2741]

I’m surprised the firemen didn’t take your matches away 😂

[@dianakoontz3518]

You guys need to invest in a small water pumper some fire department wants to sell. We always had one on the farm.😁

[@mindi.m]

Yay for the guys on the yellow truck! Dude wasn't sweating your little fire very much, either. Sitting there, relaxed, looking like he could be fishing. 😄 I love your words of wisdom. You usually tell me something I need to hear.

[@gerryhartung736]

Great video. As a carpenter, I would fall asleep at night thinking steps to next days work, I would call.... Hammer, Nail, Saw.....even hit my fingers once or twice! Now, 77 yo it's camping, exploring, or making my rig better .Soo, yep, your really growing since you started these videos.

[@abunchahooey]

It’s been two years since DC knocked the windshield out?? Wow, time flies. When Cole started talking about the previous trees, I knew they’d show the windshield clip. 😂. ETA: ok, just saw the fire dept show up because of Cole. Guess we shouldn’t make fun of DC so much. 😂 Save the fire department clip, it’s payback time 😂

[@randallolson7554]

Cole, I admire the why your mind works! really with your education you boil down farming issues & then you make a business driven plan & act on it. Love your channel & all that your share.

[@timaugustijn]

Maybe you can make your vegatable garten in the woods in summier time it Will be very megestic and if you make a nice fence around it the wild life isnt going to eat your greens

[@tylerkeiser945]

Disc golf course in the Grove!

[@Shewhiz99]

Best crops grow on char! Short but sweet, keep 🤔 Cole!

[@markthegunplumber8376]

Scortched Earth CornStar. Nice!.

[@michele2397]

Thoughtful! Smart! Enjoyed! 😊

[@ssnyder1833]

As a former Wildland Firefighter(yes was certified).PLEASE EVERYONE BURN WHEN SNOW IS ON THE GROUND, that wind will send a tiny fire into a terror. Most of our Fire Calls were: Lawns, people burning leaves(compost it guys) or getting rid of ashes from woodstove(yep the wind started up some coals) and of course the Woods, from someone not putting water and dirt on a camp fire, or someone throwing a cig butt. Lesson learned.....Go Marshalltown Fire Dept...

[@JCrook1028]

Yea, idiots starting burn piles in the middle of a field of 2 foot tall dry grass... pure stupid on display.

[@davidblalock9945]

So you don’t burn the grass around your slash piles before you light them?

[@smcox1991]

I saw that coming. Burn the whole damn county down 😂. Honestly curious how you thought that fire wasn’t going to take off?

[@Mal-u-Envy]

Fire is good for the soil, probably grow better crops next year

[@firstname6826]

That wasn't a fire... It's a soil enrichment program. 🤣🤣🤣