- Location
- West Yorkshire
Blooming swines have broken entry before I get the leccy fence up 
"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
- Thread starter Kiwi Pete
- Start date
ShooTa
Member
- Location
- Denbighshire - In the vale of Clwyd!
sometimes its a two person job.
.......they look bovine not porcine
need a double fence to help with that problem ..?..or maybe dog wth you ...that knows the score ......
- Location
- West Yorkshire
Had to patch some walls up before I can put fences up it’s not pretty but it’ll do for the time being.
I think I’ll let them keep the whole field now for a 2 or 3 days then move along. Try and keep more cover this way for better regrowth hopefully than I would get with back fencing.
Will see how that goes.
I think I’ll let them keep the whole field now for a 2 or 3 days then move along. Try and keep more cover this way for better regrowth hopefully than I would get with back fencing.
Will see how that goes.
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
This lot arrived today
I think I know what I'll be doing next week now (in addition to clamping maize, clearing an overgrown hedge and the routine jobs)
I'm planning to use it at half rate (7kg/acre) as an overseed mix on the permanent pastures.
I think I know what I'll be doing next week now (in addition to clamping maize, clearing an overgrown hedge and the routine jobs)
I'm planning to use it at half rate (7kg/acre) as an overseed mix on the permanent pastures.
ShooTa
Member
- Location
- Denbighshire - In the vale of Clwyd!
just been talking about overseeding with the old man - about 30 years ago he put in two fields of poor lay (after a roundup) to do teh job for getting in a new lay in - money went tight and no new lay went in - so those fields really are are less productive in his eyes (havent done any forage testing yet) Im trying to convince him that an overseed will be best IF he wants to do anything - mainly as otherwise hell roundup again and d another lesser lay....... HeadTABLE.
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
i'll just leave this here . . .
of most interest ( to me ) is the attitudes of the farmers portrayed . . .
of most interest ( to me ) is the attitudes of the farmers portrayed . . .
awkward
Member
- Location
- kerry ireland
best be one step ahead of him so
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
We are definitely "they".
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
We're working on it ......
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
You will be waiting the rest of your days for "them" to tell you to spend less money, do less work...
Better to be ahead of that game, really, even if it does require a few tweaks to existing systems and practices.... did you ever get a drought at your place?
Better to be ahead of that game, really, even if it does require a few tweaks to existing systems and practices.... did you ever get a drought at your place?
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
YesYou will be waiting the rest of your days for "them" to tell you to spend less money, do less work...
Better to be ahead of that game, really, even if it does require a few tweaks to existing systems and practices.... did you ever get a drought at your place?
In '76
We had a serious hydrological drought here in '99 after 4 very dry winters but the farm coped well. The water companies were only a few weeks away from rota cuts ( water to each street only on alternate days) and standpipes though. THAT would have had folk worried!
ShooTa
Member
- Location
- Denbighshire - In the vale of Clwyd!
well in just over a year .. anywhere inside the m25?
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
That sounds better coming from a local, than when I suggested it
ShooTa
Member
- Location
- Denbighshire - In the vale of Clwyd!
depends on how far your moOOving them. if its 1ft via leccy rope then its sod all time.
I watched the cows being moved at the groundswell conference this year - cows seem a dream compared to sheep......and only 1 wire to boot.
I watched the cows being moved at the groundswell conference this year - cows seem a dream compared to sheep......and only 1 wire to boot.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
That's really the very point of holistic decisionmaking though isn't it...?
1000 head of cattle, in this context, you'd only shift them when you had the time, even if that's only once a week.
We are reasonably busy here, so something needs to give, and that's the farm at the moment. When the evenings get longer I'll do more, but as we're lambing I just let them go.
1000 head of cattle, in this context, you'd only shift them when you had the time, even if that's only once a week.
We are reasonably busy here, so something needs to give, and that's the farm at the moment. When the evenings get longer I'll do more, but as we're lambing I just let them go.
- Location
- NSW, Newstralya
