MEGA TRASH CLEAN UP ON ABANDONED FARM 140 YEAR OLD FARM | BYRD FARM HOUSE CLEAN UP

[@maryroddy9316]

Getting rid of trash helps my OCD and helps the house even look better. Way to go Robert and Aaron. Crazy sink hole!! You guys are doing great.

[@stargazerwolfrider5071]

Is that the spot that turned out to be an old root-cellar?

[@fearlessvic]

Me too! I want to go help so bad!!!

[@kapok7228]

Same!

[@anitamorales1506]

It must have felt really good to get rid of that much mess. The sinkhole was disturbing. I don't think I know another soul that would have taken the time to carry that little critter to the creek. You are such a good man Robert.

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

My mom and daughter would have in a flash.

[@annelacanne4391]

Glad Papa Hugh had the answer to fix the sinkhole!

[@kaykeelan3765]

Blue always looks so disconsolate when he can't help pick up bits of wood etc. But he does a good job of supervising you all!

[@deborahmarion9038]

How sad that the Old Byrd Farm had become such a dumping ground for garbage. So much to clean up but, you two are doing a great job!

[@jeanburgin160]

Nice to get a good clean up, help to keep snakes away also! Plus, the property will look so much better. Man a lot of trash behind the house!!! I love how Bleu hangs around, checking for snakes I bet. lol Glad you protect the good critters ... no snakes though. lol Wow, that hole is amazing!!! Scary too! I bet Bleu sleeps good at night ... lol I bet you take that tree out ...so nice to get all that rubbish away from the house off off the ground!

[@margo5873]

Thank you for being respectful of the natural critters around. Awesome and satisfying clean-up.

[@sharon7580]

A lot of work for sure! Looking good!s ole Blue sure does give me a fright running around so close to the machinery! ❣️🙃👍

[@lynnebunning7273]

PLEASE PLEASE HOPE YOU CAN READ MY COMMENT ROBERT. Just woke, brain still asleep. Saturday 11 ish 19th Thinking "but roof has been done" then penny dropped well a house brick actually dah They were the live vids. What a God send both the tractor & Aaron are. That dump truck is going to get a work out with the amount of rubbish that needs to be got rid off around the farm. I really liked you both so much but seeing the care you took with those salamanders made me like you a whole lot more. Thanks for saving those little critters. Jaw dropping watching those bricks just disappear into the abyss. Lol . I have to eat humble pie as to a comment I made in a video after the roof was finished that it would be nice to see all the rubbish around the house removed. I now see that it's not just a 5 minute job to get rid of it. AARON & HIS EXCAVATOR ARE A TRUE BLESSING TO THE FARM & YOU. To have someone like Aaron who is so genuinely & deeply invested in the farm as you are Robert. Without Aaron's support I really think you could & would have given up On the restoration a long time ago as it would be impossible for you to have done it by yourself. We no longer see your Son anymore on this channel as well as Side Step Adventures. 🙏🏻 he is ok & that he will pay a visit to both channels soon. Love the background music. Take care & 💜 from Lynne Victoria Australia 🇦🇺🐨

[@almaberthelson6139]

Good job, Baloo worries me,scared he's gonna get ran over.....thanks for saving the critters. 💋🇺🇸♥️

[@WilldoAldone]

I was thinking the same thing

[@En_Marche]

Another YT channel master undertaking a similar restoration project responded to viewer comments about what the YT’er needed do, when he needs to do it, with what he should do the work & the right person - not him - to do the work as follows: “You know, I feel a lot better about the work I AM doing than the work you’re NOT doing.” Power on, Robert and committed supporters! Power on!

[@brentthompson8295]

I'm really like'n the old tunes while see'n honest men work toward a common goal...something America seems to be totally lack'n now-a-days. God bless y'all in your endeavors! PS...I'm a 66 y.o. Georgia man & retired Army veteran.

[@kimshepperd5687]

I love watching the progress on the OLD BIRD FARM.

[@2palmsresort278]

First, I adore you for saving the small woodland creatures. You continue to show such a great depth of character rarely seen. Second, decades of Scooby-Doo and you FINALLY found the quicksand I've been so worried about. 🤣

[@jeanniekurver7205]

Well done. Your manager Blue were all over to check on you two.

[@carolheighes9988]

I'm always amazed how you two can coax those old vehicles to start!

[@dixievixen6045]

Marbled Salamander. It looked to be a male as they are more black and white where the females and juveniles are more black and silver. Glad you moved him to a safe place. That wet spot was pretty freaky. Must be some of that Georgia quicksand!

[@lesaanderson2525]

Looking good around there great job 👍

[@caries1297]

Robert, it was a pleasure meeting you and Aaron today. You two are truly heroes for the Old Byrd Farm. Your continued passion to clean up and preserve the Old Byrd Farm is just so wonderful!! My husband and I were so amazed to see what you’ve done! Keep up the great work and we’ll see you and Aaron soon. Thanks for showing us around the Old Byrd Farm!🙂

[@danielulz1640]

Yay, it's the Plaid Brothers again!

[@5barks280]

Dog is having way too much fun!

[@randomvintagefilm273]

Awe, sweet little salamander. Thank you for saving him, you are a good boy Robert.

[@iFNhU]

Awe I like the junk piled up everywhere. Reminds me of home haha

[@GrannyV29]

So glad to see this. Bothered me so much but I would never say anything because you guys work so hard at more important things on the land. Great job.

[@mandysmith3861]

Until seeing this point of view I don’t think I realized the smoke house was that close to the house. It’s looking good and has come a long way. Keep up the good work and don’t loose the tractor 😂 Aaron might not be to happy about that one.

[@kathyhuff8935]

Loved watching the cement blocks ooze down into that sinkhole, it’s not a good thing to find but it was aaaaawesome !!

[@Rebel9668]

That old F700 I would have been going through the JC Whitney catalogue back in the day looking for a manual choke I could mount to the dash for it, lol. We had an old '65 Chevy C30 with a dump bed on it and it had a manual choke but can't remember whether it came with it or was added on later. The creeks around here all have natural gravel that's constantly washing downstream and whenever we needed a load of gravel for the driveway we'd borrow our neighbors little John Deere (About the same size as that Kubota) and head down to the creek and load that dump truck up with creek gravel. Funny thing is we had nice black loamy topsoil but the gravel in the creeks was always about the same color as Georgia clay and there are places up here that have that red clay which just looks weird in southern Indiana, lol. On our land, if you dug down a few feet you'd hit gray clay and a few feet after that you'd hit solid limestone.

[@leapingkitties]

So much trash, just unreal, like a bad episode of Hoarders. I can't wait for the day it's pretty again. It looks like you had a Marbled Salamander at the Old Byrd Farm. Thanks for sharing.

[@bluesingmusic3443]

Funny thing my late wife & I after 20 yrs of marriage & 10 yrs in our last house, we only needed 1 Uhaul Truck (the biggest ones) to move in. When I moved out, I had almost 4 trucks full of stuff. I'm ex Navy they taught us how to get the most amount of stuff into the smallest place. The place I moved to was much smaller. We had so much stuff. Seems things accumulate, over time. She collected elephants, last count she had over 4000 in the front room alone. These were not large figurines. Of course people went out of their way to bring her elephants. She even took in those with missing legs, trunks, etc. Of course my meager belongings were 2 guitars, a bass, some recording equipment, & clothes.(ALL my stuff fit into my 2000 Cavalier, front & back seat. All the rest was hers. Think of the years the place was just sitting there, kids & whoever running through the old property. I can go outside here, & my 6ard will be full of trash, none of it mine. Anyway.

[@philomenalear3488]

I wish I could help, I used to love clearing up and cleaning up overgrown, neglected places. These days its watching from my comfy place, mentally I can still do it all, physically ……well I might be a bit past it. I watch daily from Australia. Love seeing your progress. Thank You.

[@frankscarborough1428]

Good cleanup Robert and Aaron. Never could have done it though without blue's supervision.

[@GmaAlice]

You are blessed to have a wonderful and true friend in Aaron! Y'all work so well together which is a great example of loving your neighbour as yourself. Thank you both for letting your light shine for the world to see. You both exemplify being the change that starts within. Thank you both for your wonderful videos!

[@stude1953]

Like watching Blu when you guys are working. It's amazing he doesn't get run over! lol Place is starting to get into shape! But alot of work still has to be done.

[@avakliers836]

Nice clean up. Well done boys

[@shirleygraham6229]

Trash removal is going to make such a difference. Thank goodness for that huge truck.

[@homesteadwannabee4253]

Thinking septic system. Looking googd! Blessings ~

[@gailatkinson1908]

Good work! I’ll be glad when you get those ugly green walls down as well. Y’all need to dig in that sinkhole & see if any treasures are buried.

[@loissaedder2214]

Loving the view of the horses now. You'll be keeping them entertained with all your activities.

[@DramaMustRemainOnTheStage]

Baloo is such a sweet puppy. I see him working twice as hard just trying to follow both of you lol

[@scrapfancy]

Thank you Lord. Garbage is going. Poor 🦎 lizard. Looking 👍 good.

[@WhiteManXRP]

this is my version of heaven, you are so lucky to have this opportunity to have an old farm....this is my dream

[@AntillesP]

Since you haven't started the roof may I suggest you go buy some more roofing tin because you are going to need it and it might save on any headaches...lol

[@peggyharris3301]

😂🤣😂🤣

[@howardwest1347]

And they did need more.

[@lottiedahlin6474]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@TR1L.16]

Lol

[@rebeccameister4614]

I love that we can see the neighbors horses now. You guys are doing a wonderful job.

[@fiorenzaattanasio4796]

Thank you guys. Looking Great

[@mariamelogomes3508]

👏👏👏👏 parabéns pela iniciativa de limpar a área externa e começar a cortar estas árvores secas próximo a casa está ficando tudo bonito , eu sonho vê esta casa limpa e restaurada ela é simplesmente linda. Espero ver mais progresso nos próximos vídeos. Bye bye.

[@connie9]

Been waiting for a clean up video for so long. Keep it up.

[@bellem668]

I’m so happy for you. You are doing a great job preserving this old house. Aaron is a great friend. Everyone needs a friend like Aaron. Stay safe.

[@Yzabeaux1]

LOL!!!! BA-LOU LOOKS GREAT SITTIN' IN THAT TRUCK PASSENGER SIDE TELLING AARON "LET'S GIT!!!" LOL!!!😄😄😄😄😄🐶❤🐶❤🐶❤🐶❤🐶❤🐶❤🐶❤🐶

[@krisd870]

What a good friend to have to help you. It makes it more fun that way. I have one like that too. ❤️

[@elisabethe8055]

It is a true joy to follow you steps in to making this a tidy homestead. Most of all i love the tidy up, weather it is getting rid of wisteria or junk, it is all about cleaning up and restore this property. I also love the way you care about the wildlife, big or small. Thank you!

[@jen8491]

Great video Robert 👍. You guys got a lot done. I noticed how clean the place looked when you filmed your live videos showing the new roof being put on. Its coming along Robert. You are doing great. Aaron too.

[@hell0hkitty]

you two guys are like the two brothers i lost. i feel like i'm there. i wish i could supply lots of sandwiches and drinks. well done.

[@tammykullos5269]

so nice to see the fence

[@sydneyevans2637]

Robert and Aaron, you guys are really getting with the program! The Byrd Farm is really looking good. Stay safe and healthy. See you soon.

[@Rebel9668]

Might be an older well. My place in Tennessee had a well and wellhouse and pump beside the house, but back in 1997 when we had all that flooding an older well opened up in front of the house that I never had any idea of it being there. Spent a good while filling it back in. Before the flooding I had been driving my car over that spot and parking there it was that solid.

[@ppurgett]

Good job, gents, and with Blue being supervisor, the job was accomplished in short order

[@jorunnchristophersen9797]

This is the kind of videos i like to see. Getting much done. Great job. 😀

[@donnamcnichol7433]

Cleaning never seems to end. Keep on, keeping on. Place is cleaning up.

[@Snowfall337]

That pocket ( way up north here) will keep moving. I’ve had to dig many of them out and backfill with large stone and they can be huge pockets of moisture. Good luck

[@wesc.8061]

Great video and a very impressive attack on the trash. The challenge of the terrain in your yard is epic! I have never seen a mud sinkhole like the one that nearly swallowed the tractor and I spent lots of time outdoors back in the day in New England (mud season) and in the mid-Atlantic states (quickmud). You are smart to get ahead of the wisteria and the green jungle mixed with trash before everything starts growing again. Well done, sir!

[@maryallen6334]

What an improvement a day's work made.!

[@susanlawrence1315]

I appreciate you showing the true face if rehabbing something old, i.e. 6 messes ti 1 clean up, always something breaking or weird. This us how it is and unless you've done something like this, you just can't appreciate the work and time it goes into something like this. Kudos!

[@tvcat3665]

Critter saving, trash hauling, and an unexpected sink hole! 👍🏻

[@deborahdanhauer8525]

I love it that you rescued the little salamander❤️ it was really quite beautiful! The back area looks much better now, but that sink hole worries me. Are there actual sinkholes in your area!🐝🤗❤️

[@soniatrujilloperez7573]

Me encantan ver tus vídeos, todos los días reviso que haya uno nuevo, pero este lo espere con verdaderas ansias, pues siempre me preguntaba cuando empezarías a limpiar de basura ese lugar. Ya quiero ver cómo quedará de limpia y despejada esa área cuando además cortes esos árboles tan pegados a la casa.

[@kathleenschmidt7074]

I know it took time to move from here, to there, to truck for dump but you and Aaron work great under time schedule and pressure. What a lot of work and set backs. The outcome is awesome!

[@131dyana]

We had lizzards in our back room for a long time. they would sit on my shoulder and ask how we were. We moved and we had to leave them behind. Miss them. Place looks better and better because of your hard work thanks. God bless.

[@reneestaples4963]

When I was a kid my brothers used to catch big green salamanders in the creek. They called them Water Dogs.

[@tootsie2]

All that work!!! Now since the roof is on, you have more clean up to do now. It's a never ending cycle. It's like that on most homesteads.

[@brendahogue5487]

Love your videos and enjoy watching them every time they come on. A lot of cleaning up to do think you're doing an outstanding job

[@andreamills5852]

9:08 That is a the venomous West Georgia Miniature Gila Monster found only in large thickets of wisteria in Harris co. Georgia.

[@HAMWICH90]

Yay! Good job getting the tractor unstuck! I love the dog following everyone around, trying to help. ❤ That cute little salamander thing was probably a star trek monster tho. I would make sure it didn't latch onto you guys at some point trying to get back to his home planet. 🤷‍♀️ It was nice of you to take it to a safe place so it wouldn't get run over, though. 😊

[@larrysmith6499]

The dump truck full of trash proves you got alot done. I love the cast iron wash pot turned upside down by the tree. That is a true antique. I love all the antiques you are discovering. Has your mom started going through things in the house yet? Would be nice seeing her going through things. Keep up the great work.

[@terrileyda5346]

Love the music you play while we watch you guys work!

[@katieallen3927]

It would be fun to help with the cleanup of the property.

[@marleneeads1282]

Love seeing trash cleaned up. Good job😊 Could the "sink hole" possibly be an old storm cellar??

[@belindagray3005]

Robert get a pair of anvil loppers to get the wisteria that you and Arron are having to use the chainsaw on (laying on ground or tangled up around something) it will be faster and a lot safer. My family bought land that had both the wisteria and honey sucker vines on it . Ever seen honey sucker vines that are almost 3 inches round? We had it. Got pretty good at removing it from ground. One person picks up vine and starts pulling other person has loppers and starts snipping those roots that hold it down . Got into rhythm tug, snip, tug ,snip. faster and faster till the end. lol Good luck, you are doing an amazing job!

[@lizetteolsen3218]

Amazing progress

[@Mari-B]

👍🙂hard work pays off! You all accomplished alot!

[@johnhanes5021]

Love to see the steady progress.

[@lisebrown8431]

Good eye Robert catching those little lizards. Good job cleaning up guys and Beloo supervising. One project at a time.

[@julsatmidnight]

Phew! So glad you're cleaning up the stuff that was irking me. 😆

[@lynettepacella9880]

Looks a lot better!

[@travelerintime123]

Robert - I have to apologize for giving you the what for on one of your live videos! I told you to get a dumpster and clean up and I had no idea you already had done quite a bit. As I watched this video and you and Aaron were working away (and sinking!) I can't believe all the STUFF all over the place - keep up the good work!

[@marymilstead8359]

Glad y'all filmed this. Cause it's hard to believe with out seeing it.

[@marygarner5249]

Hello Robert you are doing a awesome job one step at a time Day and Night Breathing life back in to the farm 😁😁😁😁

[@Rebel9668]

That was a neat looking salamander. We have em up here but they're about half that size and either all dark brown or black and we always called em mud puppies...not sure why. That was a big lizard too. When I lived in Tennessee my Uncle a mile down the road had a dry aquarium he kept a couple small lizards that same color in. One day I saw a lizard on my porch I thought was neat looking and I caught him and carried him cupped in my hands to Unc's house and gave him to Unc. He was jet black with an irredescent blue tail. Unc said he put it in the aquarium where it promptly bit the other two and they both fell over and died! We were watching Nature on PBS one evening and they showed that lizard and I forget what they called it but said it was highly poisonous and I was freaking out saying, man I carried that thing in my hands for a mile, LOL!

[@annettefindlay8076]

Love the sound of those old V8’s!!🇺🇸. Hi from New Zealand🇳🇿

[@maryburger7399]

It really looks awesome all your hard work is paying looks so much better I love you guys and love watching you work so good together

[@princessdi6021]

Great video, thank you.

[@peggyharris3301]

Omagosh, I get shortness of breath just watching you two!!! So much work...wow...

[@SondraD7676]

Critter saving is my favorite part, and moving them, a nice break for you I'd say. One of the biggest advantages on the Old Byrd Farm is its pesticide, herbicide and chemical free after a lapse of so many years of the land not being used. You have since told us the sink hole is a flower pit, if I recall? Aaron's North Carolina term is root cellar. Down on the farm in Eastern Kentucky its called a root cellar or cold bin. In any case, its nice to know the Kubota did not disappear. Great pre-roof episode. 👍👍❣️

[@jackjaeger2189]

Love it that you are tackling the trash. Lots more there but finally going at it. I keep following and will love to see all around the house and the new roof.

[@deniseoftedahl8937]

Looks good guys!

[@ardisdoering3815]

You guys definitely have your work cut out for you. You’re hard workers and have a good work ethic. Always enjoy and look forward to your videos

[@glendahamilton4148]

In Australia, we have lizards like that. But we call them drop tails, because if you grab them by their tail they drop it so that they can get away. Yes it does grow back again.

[@fearlessvic]

Wow, looks great! Wish I could come help!!! You guys could use some extra hands!

[@brendakayshelby8646]

Looks great

[@katherineyanagihara2909]

Aloha! Good job guys!❤️

[@terrileyda5346]

I get a kick out of Blue trying to herd you and the tractor! He’s a very busy boy!

[@carolleenkelmann4751]

A man and his dog - nothin' better look at than....... two men and his dog , as they went to mow a meadow. Blue is gorgeous. Like the true cattle daog that he is, he's rounding up the mess with his master. Now I can understand my bewilderment looking at the roofing process. You guys are great working together. yep, it is BIG progress. Luv yer music. Isn't that tiny, stripey thing a Salamander?