Seeds of the Past, Garden of the Future: 140 Year Old Farm's Journey from Peaches to Greens!

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  • @THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG
    @THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG  10 місяців тому +11

    Garden coming soon!
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    • @gailrockford8914
      @gailrockford8914 10 місяців тому +1

      Buy another peach tree with the donation I sent you!😄

  • @marciajohnson6767
    @marciajohnson6767 10 місяців тому +2

    I love watching this . i also like the smell of dirt being turned over! Thank you thank you 😊 🙏 ☺️ 😌

  • @AnthonyWard-e9r
    @AnthonyWard-e9r 10 місяців тому +23

    Those last few comments made me so hungry for southern cooking. Greens with some bacon and cornbread. Simple, but so delicious.

  • @rikspector
    @rikspector 10 місяців тому +1

    Robert,
    I don't remember you using a disk harrow last year, this has got to be way easier than without it!
    Happy growing!
    Cheers,
    Rik Spector

  • @JimmyMack-jj2vg
    @JimmyMack-jj2vg 10 місяців тому +17

    I enjoy watching side step and the old Bird form

  • @carolparrott1994
    @carolparrott1994 10 місяців тому +2

    Every single thing about this video took me back to my Granddad's. The cattle panel gate next to the garden, working the ground (although Granddad used a tiller), and the dogs running through everything! And he waved at everyone who drove by - I laughed when people were honking and you were waving. I hope to have time to drive by and see some of the progress when I am down your way this spring.

  • @marcbrunson6986
    @marcbrunson6986 10 місяців тому +5

    Millions of peaches, peaches for me. Millions of peaches, peaches for free ha ha. Glad to see you back in the garden.

  • @janinecollins938
    @janinecollins938 8 місяців тому

    Hobart Tasmania Australia 🦘 watching love your videos ❤

  • @scorpio1115
    @scorpio1115 10 місяців тому +5

    I love seeing fields being worked & imagining what crops will come up. Nothing better, for me at least, than to be driving down a country road, here in central Indiana, on a sunny day and see plowed fields on either side. Just makes me smile, makes me feel good. Weird, I know. Love the Old Byrd Farm & the work you continue to do, Robert.

  • @JulieMelberg
    @JulieMelberg 10 місяців тому +1

    Our snow just left, super early! You have beautiful spring! I can't wait!

  • @amywright2243
    @amywright2243 10 місяців тому +10

    Also true for a tractor owner...you never have all the attachments you want

  • @marthavojtko6268
    @marthavojtko6268 10 місяців тому +6

    Nothing like the aroma of freshly turned soil!😊. Lucky you being able to get started! It'll be a couple more months before I can get going outside up here in NW Ohio. That's ok.👍 Happy gardening robert!😃

  • @davidcarroll1883
    @davidcarroll1883 10 місяців тому +6

    I love collards and corn bread. Lots of pot liquor, too!

  • @anniehawkins6321
    @anniehawkins6321 10 місяців тому +8

    The first peaches came to America with the Spanish monks that came into St. Petersburg Florida in the mid 1500’s , they originally came from china, and were called Persian plum until later on , even though they didn’t come from Persia

  • @shellydehart8217
    @shellydehart8217 10 місяців тому +6

    Have to say your dirt looks really good. I bet each year it’ll get even better. Really enjoyed a bit of history about the peach tree. Never knew they officially came from China. I always thought Georgia Peaches tasted the best. Whenever we went on vacation my Mama made my daddy stop n buy Georgia Peaches. Us kids would get belly aches eating so many.
    Got so tickled watching Annie nipping at Blues behind trying to play with him. It was so cute.
    Come on rain n germinate those seeds! ♥️♥️😊👍👍👏🌟

  • @Lorriann63
    @Lorriann63 10 місяців тому +5

    So happy to see you planting again. I can't wait to see your garden as it comes up this year!

  • @amysharp7348
    @amysharp7348 10 місяців тому +6

    Those dogs crack me up 😂😊
    Give them some love for
    me, please 🙏 .....As always Robert you are moving right along. ❤

  • @shelliewerner5624
    @shelliewerner5624 10 місяців тому +2

    Robert...put this towards your peach trees...Shellie Thanks!

  • @JohnMarciaShackelford
    @JohnMarciaShackelford 10 місяців тому +4

    When I visited Georgia 4 years ago my aunt, in her 90's, wanted to see her friend, also in her 90's in Dallas, Georgia. I asked the friend were there any Georgia peaches around there. She got to thinking and said no! She had to dust off her brain cells (nothing bad intended with this remark) and said she thought the peaches were down in south central Georgia. Is that the Macon area you were mentioning? Everyone thinks Georgia has peaches everywhere. Just like everyone thinks Hawai'i has pineapple plantations all over, which they don't.
    I like your fuzzy microphone! It's a good assest! You don't have to be right by the camera for us to hear you. Also like that you can get your garden in shape so fast with your tractor setup. My husband insists on using the old kind of rototiller that beats you to death, not the nicer walk behind kind. Look forward to seeing the crops! And oh yes, dogs AND cats are such a "help" in the garden!

  • @micheleconley5714
    @micheleconley5714 10 місяців тому +6

    I'm so ready for my garden but I live in northern Ohio. Soon, starters!

  • @moonriver7667
    @moonriver7667 10 місяців тому +4

    With all that sanding and hard work built those muscles up 😅 no wonder heavy stuff is lighter ❤🙏

  • @katherineyanagihara2909
    @katherineyanagihara2909 10 місяців тому +5

    Aloha 🌺 Robert! You're bringing back wonderful memories of Ms. Vicky. Beautiful Day out there @OBF! 🌺🥰

  • @gailrockford8914
    @gailrockford8914 10 місяців тому +2

    Thanks!

  • @SondraD7676
    @SondraD7676 10 місяців тому +6

    Good to see! Hope they do well for you. Add a ham hock to the pot. 👍👍❣❣

  • @celleduffel1533
    @celleduffel1533 10 місяців тому +4

    Seeding reminds me, How is Ms Vickie? Cant wait to see growth. Hi Blue and Miss Annie!

  • @sueperea3166
    @sueperea3166 10 місяців тому +4

    We used to mix kale, turnip and mustard greens together. We cooked it together. It was delicious.

  • @sharonthomas865
    @sharonthomas865 10 місяців тому +4

    Thank you Robert, Great Video

  • @1beyond
    @1beyond 10 місяців тому +3

    Spring is so exciting

  • @jeffrygwall5072
    @jeffrygwall5072 10 місяців тому +4

    Do you ever talk to Aaron? I think he is needing some support. He seems to be having a tough time 😢

  • @larrysmith6499
    @larrysmith6499 10 місяців тому +3

    You are becoming a true farmer. You will be the envy of the neighborhood. Did you plant Georgia collards or cabbage collards? The soil is looking better and better every year. Do you have crackling to put in your cornbread? You are making me hungry. True southern cooking.

  • @lucrom1097
    @lucrom1097 10 місяців тому +3

    Super Good good work Robert you the best te moostiun thans te video Top men 🎧🚜👍🧢😎☕🌾🎽

  • @Sunny141
    @Sunny141 10 місяців тому +4

    Do you ever think about mulching all of the trees and wood that you burn you wouldn’t have to go out and buy mulching this year

  • @frankscarborough1428
    @frankscarborough1428 10 місяців тому +1

    Loved seeing you till and seed. Annie girl and Blue are good doggies

  • @Mari-B
    @Mari-B 10 місяців тому +2

    Oh yes! Turnip greens!😋

  • @junejimerson5041
    @junejimerson5041 10 місяців тому +2

    You have done an awesome job, love watching

  • @roscowoodward6037
    @roscowoodward6037 10 місяців тому +2

    Remember to pull that mint plant out and pot it, it vigorous and will tunnel ground like the wisteria xx

  • @michellestone1261
    @michellestone1261 10 місяців тому

    You should invite Miss Vickie over again n help each other out gardening.😊

  • @eighmeeloo
    @eighmeeloo 10 місяців тому +3

    You need to expand your garden because Brent has two restaurants!

  • @moonriver7667
    @moonriver7667 10 місяців тому +3

    Well Robert guess I have to drive south at harvest time 😊❤

  • @peggyharris3301
    @peggyharris3301 10 місяців тому +5

    WOWAH!!! That plowing did go so much better!!! Begone wisteria!!😂

  • @donnal.oglesby4806
    @donnal.oglesby4806 10 місяців тому +3

    Not sure if there will be a garden on our property this year, will just have to wait and see what is going on with Paul and I. Still have my peppers down in the basement, and will have water them soon again. Living here in Upper Northeast Illinoios, and just wondering when to replant them outside. The front field DOES look better than it did last yr. Annie and Blue just helping you out in the seeding 🙂always great to have such help.

    • @RepublicTX
      @RepublicTX 10 місяців тому +1

      Your peppers can go out after the date of the last frost in your zone.

  • @paulhoffman6371
    @paulhoffman6371 10 місяців тому +2

    Will you have your gardening friend from last spring back to help this year? Hope all your turnips turn up.

  • @micheleconley5714
    @micheleconley5714 10 місяців тому +3

    I'm so ready to garden but alas I live in northern Ohio! Soon!

  • @fiorenzaattanasio4796
    @fiorenzaattanasio4796 10 місяців тому +2

    Great work Robert

  • @artillerest43rdva7
    @artillerest43rdva7 10 місяців тому +2

    so nice you are starting a new garden! are you going to have tomatoes too? peppers? I cannot wait for the honey!
    so looking for more peach trees, what other fruit trees? keep up the great work. happy gardening Robert.

  • @peggybiddle8357
    @peggybiddle8357 10 місяців тому +3

    Looks great but how did the peach trees get here from China? Love when you share history

  • @marjorythrash1045
    @marjorythrash1045 10 місяців тому

    My favorite tractor implement was a power tiller. It was towed behind the tractor and hooked to the PTO. We put a few solid cinder blocks on it to weigh down, and that rascal created perfect soil for planting.

  • @maggiej6717
    @maggiej6717 10 місяців тому

    Nice to meet you, Annie! 🦴❤🐾

  • @l.m.4014
    @l.m.4014 10 місяців тому

    Time to prune the Peach Trees...? In the orchard, start spring pruning early enough to be completed before the leaves appear.
    > Look up...Why and How to prune.
    You will need to prune your peach trees annually to promote general tree vigor and yields.
    Pruning, fertilization, pest management, and irrigation can influence peach tree performance greatly.

  • @sherrilee230
    @sherrilee230 10 місяців тому +2

    Mustard greens are good with a drop of vinegar

    • @marvinjohnson424
      @marvinjohnson424 10 місяців тому

      Try Texas Pete pepper sauce 😅🇺🇸

  • @lindapowell137
    @lindapowell137 10 місяців тому +2

    Do you still have the chickens? I haven't seen or heard them in a while.

  • @carrieann1640
    @carrieann1640 10 місяців тому

    Been waiting for this.

  • @suzique5827
    @suzique5827 10 місяців тому

    Hmmm collard greens, black eyed beans and fried chicken ❤❤❤❤!

  • @margarethughes3763
    @margarethughes3763 10 місяців тому

    Hello Robert you have done great work on the old bird farm.. Have you seen a ghost, your hair is standing up 😅 just joking... You have really done well. You are amazing...I love peaches.

  • @christianrebatrimeloni269
    @christianrebatrimeloni269 10 місяців тому +1

    You are so lucky us here in pa the crappie ind of this eart we are looking for more snow and COLD weather i hate it here

  • @dianadelahaye7660
    @dianadelahaye7660 10 місяців тому

    Awesome! Lots of land

  • @diane1390
    @diane1390 10 місяців тому

    I'm looking forward to the summer fruit season here. Brenda, my sister and I love the local peaches in Fresno County. My mother used to make peach pie, cobbler, and ice cream. We had a peach tree in my parents backyard up in Madera, but the wood weavils got it. 😢

  • @elissalee3057
    @elissalee3057 10 місяців тому +1

    Annie is so pretty Blue is cute. What kind of dog is Annie

  • @leekorten1791
    @leekorten1791 10 місяців тому +3

    💞

  • @JeffreySloan-mv4ps
    @JeffreySloan-mv4ps 10 місяців тому +1

    Do you plant corn on the farm? We have grown pole beans in with the corn and also pumpkins. They do good together.

  • @roberttaylor1931
    @roberttaylor1931 10 місяців тому

    How do you get hooked with selling produce to local restaurants? I grow collards, turnips, and mustard greens on the side to individuals in the Fall, but I would like to get hooked up with a local restaurant and sell to them in larger quantities.

  • @mattsmith809
    @mattsmith809 10 місяців тому

    I'm beginning to think it's actually warmer in Georgia than Maine 🤔

  • @lisapitts2011
    @lisapitts2011 10 місяців тому

    I'm EXcited about the peaches getting to grow this year!..collards whatabout some blueberries?.. I have 2 little clear bags of the sort of small round water melons Would you like them ???..i live in an up stairs apt oh yeai meant to ask are you going to have any artifacts maybe with making some out of candles of the ol Byrd Farm for sale later on this year?..👍🐈‍⬛🦮🐓🐥🐦🐛🦋🌳🐞🌿🫐🍊🥬🥦😃

  • @debrabrooks6138
    @debrabrooks6138 10 місяців тому

    Your soil looks good! Here I am guessing we won't be planting see to the last day of snow and frosting is over, probably another month away. I am curious how is the floor going in the house?

  • @anitamorales1506
    @anitamorales1506 10 місяців тому +1

    💜💜💜

  • @DitchDigger2020
    @DitchDigger2020 10 місяців тому +3

    How come you never use the old ford tractor anymore?

  • @alanatolstad4824
    @alanatolstad4824 10 місяців тому

    I'd like to comment on your literary skill when writing your update notes. Did you take creative writing in college?

  • @kerrygilchrist62
    @kerrygilchrist62 10 місяців тому

    I have a great recipe for cornbread with corn in it I need to send you 😋

  • @ronweaver9296
    @ronweaver9296 10 місяців тому

    How many years ago did they plant ?

  • @monac9459
    @monac9459 10 місяців тому

    I grew up in Benning Hills when it was a great place to live.69 thru 75. Now...not so much. We still have a friend whos in her 80s who lives up there. She doesnt want to leave. I grew up playing in those hills and at the cemetery. I wish they would dig them up and move them. It probably wont make it one more generations. Benning Hills is from Shelby to victory drive and Esquelline Heights is from Shelby towards the cemetery to Calhoun drive. I wonder if the Calhoun tract, still there today is where the plantation was. There use to be gorgeous magnolia in there. There use to be so many blackberry bushes in there too. There use to be so many huge trees back there and we would climb up them and be 20 feet in the air. Now that im thinking about it, there were some fruit trees in the open field. Annie stole the shot in this video today.

  • @marvinjohnson424
    @marvinjohnson424 10 місяців тому

    Any kind of greens and cornbread 😋🇺🇸

  • @bethjohnson8234
    @bethjohnson8234 10 місяців тому

    Hello dogs

  • @SandyD2022
    @SandyD2022 10 місяців тому

    I had to laugh you spreading your seed! Cut! LOL

  • @suzique5827
    @suzique5827 10 місяців тому

    Oops meant black eyed peas ❤😂

  • @karellodewijks4971
    @karellodewijks4971 10 місяців тому +1

    😊😊👍👍

  • @allygee5468
    @allygee5468 10 місяців тому

    Hey Robert going to ask a question I'm an Aussie here but may i ask what are collards? Sorry if spelling is wrong but I'd really like to know Thanks in advance to you or a viewer

    • @joyces.9021
      @joyces.9021 10 місяців тому

      They are a type of green leafy vegetable, high-producing and nutrient packed. Apparently good fried up in a hot cast iron pan....I dehydrated mine and throw them into soup/omelettes, etc.👌

  • @dennismoore8351
    @dennismoore8351 7 місяців тому

    Peach trees do indeed come from china. Peach trees do much better in a colder environment. The Bell of Georgia is the most native tree in Georgia. Ours is now in its third year and covered with hundreds of golf ball sized peaches. Just waiting for them to finish.

  • @ronweaver9296
    @ronweaver9296 10 місяців тому

    Plant peach trees

  • @harveyknisell8387
    @harveyknisell8387 10 місяців тому +1

    i have watched from day 1 i am 83 small thought run brush thru your hair.

  • @andybaker5466
    @andybaker5466 10 місяців тому

    You will regret the pine cones that fall off those pines they are a pain!

  • @LucRom-kz5uw
    @LucRom-kz5uw 10 місяців тому +3

    Fantastisch Good work Robert you te best te moostuin thans te video Top men 🚜🌾👍🍹🧢🪤🛶

  • @deborahmarion9038
    @deborahmarion9038 10 місяців тому

    No Till, Regenerative Farming just saying. No chemical fertilizers. Grow Organic. 🫐🥦🥕🫛🌽🫑🥔🍑🍠🥬

    • @THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG
      @THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG  10 місяців тому +1

      That’s what we did last year. Except we have to plow out the wisteria

    • @deborahmarion9038
      @deborahmarion9038 10 місяців тому

      @@THEOLDBYRDFARMVLOG Darn Wisteria! Ugh! 😡