- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
My brothers and I refer to ours as “I’m 86, you know!”
Ironically, about the same age as my employer.
Harvest 2023
- Thread starter APJ
- Start date
Ironically, about the same age as my employer.
- Location
- East yorks
In autumn 2019 when it turned biblically sh!t and wet two lots of spring beans didn’t get cut till feb and April 2020 locally
Mine is 94 , still driving , quite well too , and still boll0cks me most days .
I was thinking in the context of linseed retting particularly. Beans are quite resilient.
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
I was called into harvest some Spring Linseed about 15 years ago, in late November. The crop was standing and when I started harvesting it with my TF78, it was Freezing Fog. Eventually the frost went and I had to stop for a couple of hours until the sun dried the dew off it.
I was thinking I was probably the only idiot Combining that day. I had bought it from Lloyds at Kelso and being Scottish, is the only Combine I have ever had with a cab heater. When I’d finished. I drove it home to find a Claas combining Maize on the Farm next door, with lumps of coal coming out of its exhaust pipe!
Finished winter beans today so that’s harvest 2023 done !
not the easiest re weather but think we had it better than most seem to have, overall not a bad one here really, reasonable / pleasing yields for our soils, no breakdowns or damage and most importantly everyone safe
next year Rodders
not the easiest re weather but think we had it better than most seem to have, overall not a bad one here really, reasonable / pleasing yields for our soils, no breakdowns or damage and most importantly everyone safe
next year Rodders
i lost her when i was 21 , im 67 next week not many day's i dont think of her!
You don’t want it. It’s 2 million too much. A big rundown house, the front looks ok but from the field side it looks like a ruin, windows falling out, a grain store that is 50 years out of date and doesn’t work, a yard that is a complete mess, land full of blackgrass because of the owners decisions.
It could be amazing, but has been run down for many years. Such a shame. I’ve tried.
His grandsons, who are both my age. (One of them the son of my godfather) have a lot to live up too! But I’m sure will do well both great guys.
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Suffolk Serf
Member
- Location
- Bury/Thetford
I guess that i'll carry on pig farming then!
Spent my formative years in Hargrave, happy days.
I got told the other day it all went wrong when I came back and stopped using the solo, growing continuous wheat and using Atlantis….
- Location
- NE Derbyshire
Good. You need keeping on your toes
- Location
- NE Derbyshire
Finished hay. Pita also.
And wheat, oats, and beans
wanton dwarf
Member
I got told yesterday I'm going to make so many mistakes, I don't think I'm ever gonna do it right
Made no hay
- Location
- East yorks
What moisture were the beans? Was hoping to get ours but just cloudy, still and humid all day
Suffolk Serf
Member
- Location
- Bury/Thetford
Obviously it wasn't all of that that got everyone in the mess in the first place....
- Location
- Darlington
Snap. Last day, today, was contracting stuff, crap yields, grass weed issues, thoroughly depressing.
Few winter beans to get them all done.