Wheat Field on Fire in Kansas

This is my front yard on fire! Every year after the harvest, the farmers burn their fields. Don't worry... it's a controlled burn. Fires burn ALL over Kansas in July. I like to tell people it's the angry farmers that had a bad crop that year. But really it clears the field of wheat stubble and weeds and puts the nutrients back into the soil for the next crop.

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• Kansas

[engine12f]

i wonder how many calls county got for feild fires that day

[GardenOfImagination]

@engine12f LOL! We have to have burn permits and call it in before there is a burn. During the summer we see over 100 fields on fire. No big deal.

[surfergal099]

y do they burn there farms??

[GardenOfImagination]

Boredom.

Just kidding. It's just wheat stubble they are burning to return nutrients to the soil and prepare it for replanting.

[AGfan101]

I live in Kansas and i love Going to the country at night and watch the fires it almost like the 4th of July

[GardenOfImagination]

The harvest moon is my favorite Kansas scene... when there's a full moon and it's completely orange. LOVE it!

[engine12f]

@GardenOfImagination just because they get called in as a controlled burn doesnt mean people call 911

[cutesofty3009]

i thought your channel was for tutorials not for fires

[smokinf150]

@GetsuakaKato at least we know how to control it unlike califorina

[ellichan]

I remember seeing stuff like this when I lived in Idaho :P.

[GetsuakaKato]

All of Kansas is on fire. All of Kansas is still on fire!

[Gunnut880]

Actually burning of the stubble is not all a good thing yes it does return nutrients to the soil but if you dont live in an area that recieves that much moisture it will dry out the soil to much and hurt your next crop that is going to be planted and it also decreases the organic matter going into the soil.

[95FormulaTA]

Ahhh... reminds me of growing up in central Nebraska.... burning off the fields was always fun. Huge fire tornadoes.

[AGfan101]

and is so bright its like the sun

[AGfan101]

Yah on the west side of Kansas is mostly Fealds and crops

[GardenOfImagination]

Well come on... there's LOTS of room!

Angela

[latterox21]

hahaha! lol....I WANNA MOVE TO KANSAS! ^_^

[GardenOfImagination]

No... not in our clothes. But you can smell it when you go outside.

Angela

[GentlemanBunny]

Very interesting! Does the smell of smoke get into your clothes at all? Do you have to keep all the doors and windows shut so the smell of smoke won't get in? :)

[DreamControl]

ah, clever. Ok, less scared now!

[GardenOfImagination]

They control the borders by tilling the edges before the burn. The fire doesn't cross the dirt.

[GardenOfImagination]

The guy is dragging something on fire behind him to make the field burn. It's not too dangerous.

[DreamControl]

wow, I'm glad I read the explanation as I was scared for you before reading the info!

I didn't even know they did this. Amazing how it can be controlled.

[mydisease7]

hahahaha the guy at 2:00 just walks away from the fire i know it's pretty common in Kansas but can't you put it out. seems dangerous