Country boys will survive your boys are very blessed to have a father to teach them the way you do some people will never understandThe true meaning of hard work God bless y’all
I am proud of you for thinking outside the box. The world needs more amazing people like you and that farmer who taught you this!!! Has him for more tricks.
I've seen this done before, I'm not sure what time of year it was. The tractor flattening silage is done on The Farm Wife Meredith Bernard's Channel. She's in Carolina too. Your boy sure are some hard-working boys. Stay happy, healthy, hydrated and safe. God bless
Oh my you guys worked hard cutting that corn, last time I cut some I used a weed eater with a skill saw blade on and it cuts it much faster than you can pick it up.
Great video!!! You all work hard but if got to get it done you do what you have to do. That’s another thing this country has lost ,most people now if it takes hard work they won’t do it. I loved the remark about your kids working around dangerous equipment but they are Disciplined and know what to do. I’m 66 when I was 13 are 14 me and another kid run chainsaws cutting rite of ways along county roads for the county during summer break. They would never dream of doing anything like that these days.
Absolutely! Our society has deteriorated in the name of “safety”........ and now people are so accident prone! You can’t hire help unless you’re covered with enough insurance to cover a blasting crew because people love getting hurt and collecting 💴💵💰
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures exactly!!!!the wife and I both live in the country like you all do and doing everything we can do to get off the grid and not be dependent on the outside. People have got so dependent on everyone else instead of doing things their selves it’s going to bite them in the Butt some day.
You are right, most kids are not raised like that any more. They are pampered too much and do not know how to respect the machines and tools they are working with.
I love your videos not only for the info and content but to see u include your children knowing I most likely won't have to support them in a correction institution
This was so awesome ! I was wondering how your late planting did . You guys sure put in a lot of hard work . I never heard of eating the corn silks before . Thanks for sharing !
Make hay while the sun shines? Nope itta be corn.😂 Great team work to get it all done, it didn't worry me to see Young Caleb putting the corn into the shredder, for your boys that would be the greatest part of watching the stalks get cut up and pile up. Just as well your 6th sense made you act quickly and get the corn done. Sometimes the good old fashion ways and not doing it by the book works just as well. God bless
We had at least 2 good frosts on our place in Waynesboro Tn. When I lived/ farmed in Illinois we put up silage after the ears filled out. Put it in silos and some on the ground. Don't see why this won't work. May not be as sweet later in the year. All you can do is give it a try.
Hello always great content from a great family. You're inspiring! How many acres of corn for silage do you plant? How much do you use the mowers for? Lastly How many animals feed off this? Thanks
Good idea now u got good cow feed just make sure u pack it good and put a tarp over it so it dose not rote and some rocks to way down but u don't have to use a tarp but I would recommend it
That's awesome too see to me I think it's easier for them to digest it easier especially for the thick stalks sides livestock really ain't design to eat tough thick stalks which makes since. If you have ever notice of hay or pasture in general when they eat it, they only pick out the tender parts of the plants. Other than that again awesome too see corn silage making from a wood chipper..lol but it's like the old saying goes "there's a will and a way" 😂😂. P,s far as your kids, yer teaching them good enough, especially when it comes with dangerous machinery. To me I guess that's the most part why people don't know how to handle machines, especially that can kill ya. Which stands the reason for the other old sayin " it's not just about what yer doing, it's how yer doing it".
Thanks so much brother! I’m so excited about doing this again! It worked to perfection….. and the cows ate heartily through the winter! Especially in the ice storm!!!
It would be nice if you could later on plant a field of what the Native Americans called the three sisters Corn beans and squash in the same rows and possibly fence it in and let the pigs harvest it. Im actually gonna suggest corn 🌽 pole beans, and pumpkin as a first time trial for you.
This video was made last year…….. today we did it again because it worked so well!!! It makes so much more digestible food this way! We fed our cows all winter on this!
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures You did it again?? Does that mean it is cheaper to plant extra corn, harvest it early, and turn it into silage...rather than buy other kinds of fodder. (BTW - I'm not a farmer. Just curious.)
What I’m thinking of when I see your sons working like that is that more kids need to be doing stuff like this instead of playing video games and the such that leads to more meaness down the road
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures I was raised to believe that regardless of what you thought at the time hard work never killed anybody. And if you keep them busy doing stuff like you are yours they want have time to get in trouble. You seem to have some real good kids there my friend
Throw oat seed all over silage pile if your not gonna cover it keeps spoilage to minimum and u can feed them rite along with the corn and better in milk than hard kernaled
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures I appreciated you taking the time to talk about your son's feeding the shedder. What too many don't understand is the experience with tools and machinery teaches safety as well. Safety skills that they will always have with them.
Its a multipurpose machine ! Entertaining video...And yes it did bother me to see your youngest leaning in to feed the chipper... Good to teach them young!
What's the fun of being normal? I was married 45 years until my husband passed away 10 years ago. Most of that time we had to make do. Our 3 kids learned to make do. I'm 74 and still make do.
@@McGieHomesteadAdventures think we could get an update on the silage pile? What all goes into it? I know if I pack it I don’t need to cover it...but does it turn off sour if I don’t use it up quick?
at 9-0 safety as he said kids are brought in amounts the danger all i can say is city folks stay in the pub piss your life away and leave those that find your beer for do what they know is safe ok. townies have to stay in doors isnt that nice for all that family outside enjoying the family life poor townies stuck in a flat serve you right.
Dreal for a cutter bar for the tractor and a horse drawn hay rake for next year it'll save a lot of time. Rake it in rows and pull up to it and chip it onto your truck. It's how we did it when we had the farm. You got some great young men helping you !!
