I SET MY WOODS ON FIRE! CONTROLLED BURN IN OLD BYRD FARM CAMP GROUNDS

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[@matooleyobrien2918]

Hi Robert... Create your own wind with A Leaf Blower and also it really works great you direct the fire where you want it.

[@belindahill9452]

Here in Australia our native aboriginal people have used controlled fire burns for thousands of years to control wildfires caused by lightning it’s a wonderful management tool and a lot easier on you and your wonderful little tractor Kabota should be sponsoring you for all the wonderful advertising

[@jenniferhooks2454]

When wisteria grows on a pergola or an arbor, it's beautiful. When it escapes and gets out of control and wraps up everything in its path with those huge vines, it looks like something out of a horror movie.

[@rodneyfletcher9565]

Robert, all the clearing and burning of the property is looking good. Blue is a faithful watchdog! Happy St. Patrick's Day!!

[@SondraD7676]

The controlled burns should really help your wildflowers both already there and all of the Prairie Moon native seeds. I can't wait to see it all take off, grow and bloom. 👍👍😊

[@sandralupo650]

You need to make a shirt..." If you listen closely , you can hear the wisteria scream." ❤😂

[@andreamills5852]

Just like the Phoenix rising from the ashes and so is The Old Byrd Farm.🤗

[@sandyrector3853]

Looking good...can't wait to see it when it's all cleared away...so happy things are coming together for you...keep up the great work you are doing Robert...

[@131dyana]

That wisteria is so terrible. Thanks for getting rid of it. God bless.

[@barbaraharshman9460]

Glad to see the wisteria go away! You’re doing a great job Robert!

[@susanbellefeuille]

It's all looking so much better, that green grass is magnificent!

[@reneebunch6007]

Blue stays right with you. He is such a sweet dog. Too bad there isn’t a seat for him on your tractor.

[@leapingkitties]

I can hear the screams all the way up here in Canada, burn baby burn. Step by step, it's coming along. Can't wait to see what that looks like come summer.

[@OleIrishReb]

I can smell the leaves burning from here! Love that smell!

[@karenwright9123]

Burn wisteria burn.😁Happy St.Patrick's day🍀🍀🍻🍻

[@margarethughes3763]

Great Robert, you don't want it to take over again.

[@sheilam4964]

👍👍👍👍👍 - Another good day burning wisteria.

[@jerridavis6462]

It is going to look fabulous this spring!

[@margaretgarls153]

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Good job on the added controlled burns! You have made so much progress! Do you have a tiller attachment for your tractor? You might lightly till where the privot sprouts and wisteria runners are growing to kill roots and underground parts of plants that may still be growing to completely kill them.

[@nadinevalent4436]

and your ever faithful Baloo , keeping you safe

[@brendahogue5487]

Enjoy your videos. May the Lord bless and protect you Robert

[@celleduffel1533]

and then the rain came..Tonight 17th, we have a hard freeze coming in. Wow mom nature sure is something, she is hanging onto that "burnt" tree with everything in her lol...boy its looking so good..when the time comes you need to send out the drone. Hiiii Blue, you be careful where ya walk. To late but a big hi to Mr Dan. I look forward to the next burn.

[@katherineyanagihara2909]

Aloha 🌺 🥰 Happy St. Patrick's Day! ☘️

[@tylerjones2695]

Glad the farm is shaping up and other Robert is doing some good vids with the overdue camera

[@robinm6662]

Hi Robert, just began watching your videos, great work. Get with your neighbor on that giant mother wisteria growing on his tree. If ok’d chainsaw across that vine at 12 inches from the ground then another 12” further up. Remove this middle piece and place salt on the bottom cut. The salt will be absorbed throughout the roots and eventually die. Good luck my Friend. Great videos!

[@gloriagodfrey3899]

Just wonderful work. Looking beautiful and reminds me of home in southern Georgia. Thank you for sharing,

[@dontackett100]

I am here in Rome Ga. Working. I’m from Ohio and watch your utube. Wistera is bluming now I see what you mean. It is pretty

[@kristyhaynes1130]

Looking good Robert👍

[@BermudaBrian]

I thought, "a video full of burning???" Then I found myself at the end having watched the whole thing. Lol... God stuff!

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Haha thanks!

[@peggyharris3301]

"It crossed over the wisteria battlegrounds"....too funny!!

[@jeniceowen5184]

Control burns are so good for the soil.

[@fifibrown13]

I love to do this kind of stuff! You're doing good!

[@lucrom1097]

Good work best friend thans te video 🚜👍✅✅☕🎈🍁🍂🌿

[@MissScrappy]

Robert we truly do love your videos and your obvious love of history. We always watch to see what you are tackling on the farm. Can we please ask one little question? What is going on with your hair?😂😂😂

[@BrightHardDay]

Great video. Thanks Robert

[@loisxander6321]

That Kuboda is worth its weight in gold. Have you kept track of the hours you have spent getting the Byrd farm in shape. Do you get to spend time with your family.

[@michellemhessman4364]

It is looks so good u work hard

[@kizzyjrjunior6520]

Moving right along..going good!

[@jimmieloge575]

Dang, that's some BEAUTIFUL Wisteria!!!

[@treda9099]

The controlled burn is a great idea ❗

[@frankscarborough1428]

Blue is such a good boy. You're doing a great job on these controlled burns. Take care

[@roxyevans3176]

I'm so glad you have some good men in your life.

[@vickymurdock8127]

Hello Dan good to see you.😊

[@ruthsnyder3462]

Around 31, when you were pushing and mowing, there was the end of a tree branch hanging down so that it looked like something dancing on the lawn. But maybe it wasn't a tree branch but a happy ghost. Look and see what you think.

[@joycemcfee1829]

I saw that, too, but then realized it was Robert and Baloo going at full speed on the video.

[@buckshots4800]

Absolutely amazing what you have done.

[@jimp4037]

Beautifully long video. I really enjoyed the burn. Thanks Robert.

[@patriciadeangelus269]

looks great. Now's the time to have your buddies come to camp. I remember the show where they got stuck in the driveway.

[@Castleknight]

A drone shot of what you've done todate, would be nice.

[@raynonabohrer5624]

Saw a few blooms. Always keep it cut back. After it blooms you just get out of there Cut back. The only way to control. Taken out poison ivy two. Give Blue a kiss from me.I love dogs.

[@kenhorne5650]

Looks like a comfortable camping sites. Your tractor paid itself off.

[@larrysmith6499]

Looks so amazing.

[@2sistersjunkjournals]

Be careful with that barbed wire. My uncle lost an eye from that stuff. Have a pair of safety glasses stored on your tractor. It's really going to be a beautiful piece of land. You've really come a long way. Nice job!

[@Mari-B]

A lot of burning accomplished! So many times, as you pointed out, those large wisteria vines wrapped around the trees I wanted to reach in and cut them off the trees!😢

[@pamelabowling7959]

Yea !!! Burn that stuff so good to see Scott every thing is so pretty and this is the best way to go😊😊😊😊

[@lionsmother3888]

Glad to see your not using pesticides to try and control unwanted greenery 😊

[@TheBrushcutter]

That would be a waste of good pesticide, because pesticide is for killing pests like bugs. Herbicide however, now that would definitely kill out some vegetation, especially if he used the correct type.

[@maxinetaylor7794]

You're making so much progress Robert

[@micheledalley-jackson9791]

You've done a great job on the property. Can't wait to see it finished.

[@glennyork6800]

Is that a smoked sausage biscuit Sir Robert, Makin me hungry even after I just ate bfast. Always rember my grandfather & other farmers doing controlled burns every yr in pine forest in N. Ga.,

[@jamiemorgan4146]

Burning leaves smells incredible! It also, reminds me of my Dad and us raking leaves when I was a kid.

[@junejackson7958]

It's looking good

[@silkedavid8876]

funny, I really enjoyed this! Just the right content to watch for winding down after a busy 10hour shift.

[@amywright2243]

My Dad remembers as a kid, watching some older farmers put a big log across the edge of a field and set the log on fire. Then through the night they would slowly roll the burning log across the field to kill off weed seed. That would be an interesting thing to witness.

[@karenbradley8851]

Looking good at the campground. I wonder if growing rye grass would keep things nice

[@carolleenkelmann4751]

Spring is sprung, the grass is ris; I wonder where the Wisteria is?

[@janecrist8406]

Love 5gese outside yardwork videos.

[@maryskorzewski6454]

Great job Robert💙

[@randywaite4573]

Vast improvement over the past six months. To help with your burn use a lawn weed sprayer with diesel fuel to help burn the difficult areas. It also helps burn in the direction you want it to go and some of the vines climbing above ground. looking good.

[@louiseemerson331]

Were you able to get rid of that huge wisteria vine that borders the horse pasture that you thought may have been what caused all the wisteria on your property? Thanks!

[@oldbroad7672]

I was wondering about that, too.

[@donnal.oglesby4806]

The MOTHER Wisteria, is on the neighbors property, and so Robert can NOT cut any of it. so he will just have to control what it does, concerning HIS property, unitl the Neighbor, address it on their property.

[@louiseemerson331]

@@donnal.oglesby4806 Thank you!

[@josephstoermer2441]

Great video you are doing an excellent job!👍

[@michellemhessman4364]

Looks so good robert

[@mygrammieis]

You are doing such awesome job 🍀🐣☘️

[@elisabethe8055]

This is so satisfying to watch. I hope your neighbour will let you cut that mother trunk of wisteria you showed a while ago. Make a live video out of that if you get permission to cut it! Great job Robert!

[@mordecaijones1388]

Speaking of broken wisteria cutters, where’s the Deuce and a Half?, I keep expecting to see it as you work your way towards the back pasture!. Inquiring minds need to know where it is!!!!, don’t make me do the tortured wisteria scream by telling us it’s gone!!! 😱

[@janthomas2896]

Great job. This makes a big difference!❤

[@milosterwheeler2520]

I live in California. Watching you burn brush makes me nervous.

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Different environments

[@shellydehart8217]

I believe you said to wear gloves when your doing this. Where were yours? LOL I liked the control burn. I sure hope it’ll kill that nasty wisteria but I have a gut feeling it’ll come back. That stuff is tough to kill. It may kill the top but underneath it’ll start more sprouts from a piece of it. Have to remember how long this Old Byrd farm sat with no maintenance. That wisteria took off laughing all the way till you got there. ♥️😊👍🌟🌟🐶

[@jameshuntress9200]

I think you need a pair of forks for the tractor like Aaron has.

[@vidower4811]

It is getting to look so beautiful on the Old Bird Farm……..

[@marshallfrazier915]

Robert,You probably already know but you’re gonna have to kill those roots below ground.They are gonna sucker out and come back up, so now that you have the ground cleared good,go around and find the main root system and cut it and dawb it with diesel,gas oil mix, or Roundup. It will kill all the roots.

[@kflan3342]

I see a great community service opportunity for a scouting group.....

[@aaturauhala3367]

Would it be possible to burn the real thick thick part of the wysteria forest? Just make reeeaaally solid fire lines around it and just let her rip? Since they don't seem to burn that aggressively, yet it kills the plant so I reckon it would be a solid game plan to burn it, although would probably ask a couple neighbours to come help when you actually do it just so it doesn't go out of control

[@evw6486]

Looking good!

[@jerryturner2186]

Fire loves munchin on some " damned wisteria " !!!

[@tacocin]

Good stuff!!! 👍👍👍

[@karenstraw8689]

Those big around wisteria like the twisted one Dan was standing by needs some scout water(gasoline)

[@gingercotter9827]

Robert, I wish you would use your chain saw more, cutting the vines loose from the ground and twist them up in a pile and let us watch them burn.

[@wileycoyotesr8623]

The farm is looking really good. Do you know most equipment rental stores rent excavators for a weekend or an entire week+? Might be useful at barn build time or digging out the swamp. ha!

[@arnoldhillbillygrizzlyputm1493]

I started singin ol hank when i seen the title .😂

[@joycemcfee1829]

I had to go back and look at the title again. It brought back memories. I still remember the day I got onto the school bus after New Years, and my friend told me he had died.

[@arnoldhillbillygrizzlyputm1493]

@@joycemcfee1829 yep an real sad how his son treated his daughter an didn't want her to be his sister an how roy acuff tried to ruin her also . Thier kids an great grandkids are doin great thankfully . Just wish ol hank was still with us :-( around 3 am new yrs day was when he passed .

[@alanatolstad4824]

I'm slowly getting my bearings. About once a year, I go back to the walk-a-bout that you & Cody & Brian took in January 2019 when everything was dormant & thick, to see if I can relate to the current progress & hard work you're putting in to this property.---Where is the field that held the cattle? Is that the reason for lack of wisteria??

[@sharonparker2262]

Love it! Burn baby 🔥

[@derikdeanl]

Have you tried a forester mulcher to assist taking them out?

[@krislange1186]

The "Green, green grass of home".

[@daleh645]

Robert I do believe you may be a pyromaniac! 🤣 You’re going to have to dynamite the “chimney” tree. 🤪 God bless 🙏🏼🇺🇸

[@hankfacer7098]

Great video

[@ramonaalvarez7559]

Happy Saint Patrick's day Robbie. I just had a terrible thought that I felt I better share with you. I hope you don't have any poison oak, ivy or the vines going up any of those trees bc inhaling the smoke from that burning would definitely be bad. Kinda hard to tell right now too since much of it hasn't leafed out yet. I only thought about that bc I remember when you got poison ivy last year. Anyway always love to see you knocking things over & ripping bad stuff outta the ground. For some reason it's so satisfying 😉 I'd take some of that ash from your burn "piles", pull back the mulch about 2 ft from your peach tree bases & apply the ash all around the peach trees, then replace the mulch. They'll love that! Did ur peach blossoms make it thru the couple nights of freezing we had earlier this week? Bought to have 3 more nights below freezing again up here Sat thru Monday nights. Winter is going out like a 🦁 .. ugh!! B safe & well .. ❣️😊☮️

[@marvinjohnson424]

Outstanding job. Too bad you don't know someone with a drip ignitor. 👍🇺🇸

[@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG]

Yeah no doubt

[@patriciadeangelus269]

when are you going to get goats to keep the land clear?

[@fiorenzaattanasio4796]

Looks great…HAPPY ST PATRICKS DAY

[@kerrygilchrist62]

I sure hope there is a fire station near the Old Byrd Farm ….😀

[@juliefowler4660]

Robert do you have a torch burner that hooks up to a 20#lp tank? He loves to use it for burning piles!!