RushesToo
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- Location
- Fingringhoe
"Improving Our Lot" - Planned Holistic Grazing, for starters..
- Thread starter Kiwi Pete
- Start date
How are things going recovery wise?
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Heart attack
Easter Saturday early morning. Home by Easter Monday evening thanks to our NHS.
Not bad thanks. I'm walking round the farm daily, driving machinery on the odd occasion it's needed and setting fences up using the trike. I'm told it could be over a year for full recovery though. Time to adopt Pete's approach to "work".
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goodness, go on steadyHeart attack
Not bad thanks. I'm walking round the farm daily, driving machinery on the odd occasion it's needed and setting fences up using the trike. I'm told it could be over a year for full recovery though. Time to adopt Pete's approach to "work".
- Location
- Derbyshire UK
Stick with the cheap & nasty reels if they work for you, as @som farmer says VOSS geared reels are only up to light weight poly wire, also would not recommend aluminium wire, great connectivity but breaks at slightest kink.
- Location
- West Somerset
Jeeze, that'll concentrate the mind somewhat!!Heart attack
Easter Saturday early morning. Home by Easter Monday evening thanks to our NHS.
Not bad thanks. I'm walking round the farm daily, driving machinery on the odd occasion it's needed and setting fences up using the trike. I'm told it could be over a year for full recovery though. Time to adopt Pete's approach to "work".
take it easy
Thats not so goodHeart attack
Easter Saturday early morning. Home by Easter Monday evening thanks to our NHS.
Not bad thanks. I'm walking round the farm daily, driving machinery on the odd occasion it's needed and setting fences up using the trike. I'm told it could be over a year for full recovery though. Time to adopt Pete's approach to "work".
,take it v, carefully then Ian
.Take it easy & hope you recover wellHeart attack
Easter Saturday early morning. Home by Easter Monday evening thanks to our NHS.
Not bad thanks. I'm walking round the farm daily, driving machinery on the odd occasion it's needed and setting fences up using the trike. I'm told it could be over a year for full recovery though. Time to adopt Pete's approach to "work".
In keeping with the thread ,give yourself a long recovery time, no rushing back into things.
- Location
- Angus
Aye the owner of the farm picked up a 10kV 0.2J energiser and about 600m of aluminium wire at a farm sale for £5 and keeps asking if I'm going to use it... I keep finding polite ways of refusing! I unreeled about 90m as a test and it had dozens of knots where it had broken and loads of broken wires sticking out of it! Handy in an emergency perhaps?
- Location
- Angus
Well I had a small success today, I setup about 20 posts and 200m of wire across the sacrifice area where the bull and his 4 boys are to test the system. Within minutes the bull tried to lift the wire with his head and got a shock right across his forehead. I heard the "tick" from about 50m away and watched him shake his head and decide that he had better places to be It was amazing watching 1000kg of animal deterred by a tiny wire he could break without even noticing it.
It was amazing watching 1000kg of animal deterred by a tiny wire he could break without even noticing it.Jesus. Sorry to hear that mate. Reckon fewer fence moves might well fit in with your interim holistic context!Heart attack
Easter Saturday early morning. Home by Easter Monday evening thanks to our NHS.
Not bad thanks. I'm walking round the farm daily, driving machinery on the odd occasion it's needed and setting fences up using the trike. I'm told it could be over a year for full recovery though. Time to adopt Pete's approach to "work".
Best wishes for a steady recovery.
exmoor dave
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- Location
- exmoor, uk
Heart attack
Easter Saturday early morning. Home by Easter Monday evening thanks to our NHS.
Not bad thanks. I'm walking round the farm daily, driving machinery on the odd occasion it's needed and setting fences up using the trike. I'm told it could be over a year for full recovery though. Time to adopt Pete's approach to "work".
Was it caused by looking at property prices on the' moor? ??
In all seriousness, glad you're on the mend, but take it easy! ?
- Location
- Angus
Heart attack
Easter Saturday early morning. Home by Easter Monday evening thanks to our NHS.
Not bad thanks. I'm walking round the farm daily, driving machinery on the odd occasion it's needed and setting fences up using the trike. I'm told it could be over a year for full recovery though. Time to adopt Pete's approach to "work".
Jeez, please take it easy and don't rush back into things!
RushesToo
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- Location
- Fingringhoe
Please tell us you have you stopped doing what made it happen.Heart attack
Easter Saturday early morning. Home by Easter Monday evening thanks to our NHS.
Have elders and betters been lecturing you and has it been useful?
- Location
- Devon
All the best Ian
Send it down here I'm much less fussy than some!
- Location
- Angus
The postage would cost multiples of what he paid as it's heavy AF!
I think these photos sum up perfectly the hurdles people trying to implement regenerative methods often face.
I have no actual clue why she decided to rake up the residue. My only thought is it's where the burn barrels used to be so she's either started as raking up garbage or maybe she wants to put the barrels back there. Either way I'm not too concerned. With the size of that pile I doubt she's going to take the job out much farther
For sh1!s and giggles I might ask her and see why she did it.
I have no actual clue why she decided to rake up the residue. My only thought is it's where the burn barrels used to be so she's either started as raking up garbage or maybe she wants to put the barrels back there. Either way I'm not too concerned. With the size of that pile I doubt she's going to take the job out much farther
For sh1!s and giggles I might ask her and see why she did it.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Yes, and leave lots behind!Take it easy & hope you recover well
In keeping with the thread ,give yourself a long recovery time, no rushing back into things.
The trouble is often "restraint" and for those of us who attack life like a cornered bull, allow yourself time to grieve for that.
I haven't had a heart attack, but I did break some skeleton.... almost the same rules apply when you're 17 and need your Mum to wipe your bum again, your mind is an awful place in certain situations. But, @holwellcourtfarm, you have a huge trail of mates and friends in your wake. Lean back on us
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Get her to list the stuff on E-Bay, I'll take it off her handsI think these photos sum up perfectly the hurdles people trying to implement regenerative methods often face.
I have no actual clue why she decided to rake up the residue. My only thought is it's where the burn barrels used to be so she's either started as raking up garbage or maybe she wants to put the barrels back there. Either way I'm not too concerned. With the size of that pile I doubt she's going to take the job out much farther
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For sh1!s and giggles I might ask her and see why she did it.
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