14.5 average so spot on really (loads from 16-14) - been waiting a week for them to come rightWhat moisture were the beans? Was hoping to get ours but just cloudy, still and humid all day
14.5 average so spot on really (loads from 16-14) - been waiting a week for them to come rightWhat moisture were the beans? Was hoping to get ours but just cloudy, still and humid all day
2023 pitaFinished hay. Pita also.
And wheat, oats, and beans
All I’ll say is “Never again!”
I cannot sleep without dreaming all night of the disaster the stuff is to harvest this year, thanks to 2 heavy rain showers when it was at its most vulnerable in June, flattening it, followed by that very wet July, making it ret too soon
I hate the thought of going to bed, knowing that I will constantly fret about it all night and cannot sleep properly.
The Elderly Owner of this farm simply hasn’t a clue of the stress, the had work or the mess that will be left if we cannot harvest the dammed stuff to get the next crop in. Unfortunately he has made the situation far worse in a conversation we had on Monday, which obviously hasn’t helped, at all!!
I really hope it starts to go better today, because I am at my wits end about it all.
And after what happens to me health wise last year, I’m literally frightened.
This story is giving me cold sweats having just committed to winter linseed for the first time we never seem to struggle with spring linseed…is it really a completely different animal? The nice man at premium crops said id only have pigeons to worry about so why should he lie?!!
I definitely haven’t missed it this year. Would’ve been a lot of hours spent by the dryer.Finished wheat , pita ,
It wouldn’t have been the top of my list but we need to replace beet on a block of land that won’t do a second wheat very well. DD spring linseed in a dry spring isn’t very exciting either so thought we would have a go at winter. At least I’ll know I tried.i noticed years ago that very few people seem to grow winter linseed for very long !
all i needed to know !
You can have mine if you want!!!i wish i still had a dad!
Not spending money you don’t have is a startObviously it wasn't all of that that got everyone in the mess in the first place....
Some of the richest people in the world got there by spending money they didn't have.Not spending money you don’t have is a start
Thats one of my mothers stock phrases ...My brothers and I refer to ours as “I’m 86, you know!”
Ironically, about the same age as my employer.
100%, but if you spend money you don’t have you actually have to get off your arse to generate more, I know that well. Lots of people like the lifestyle and spend more than they can afford without actually creating more wealth.Some of the richest people in the world got there by spending money they didn't have.
If you want to make it big you have to be prepared to take risks, me?
I just bimble along from day to day, sometimes sort of spending money I haven't got, but with the assets to backe up.
Very true.100%, but if you spend money you don’t have you actually have to get off your arse to generate more, I know that well. Lots of people like the lifestyle and spend more than they can afford without actually creating more wealth.
I take it your hoping to purchase it then with that reviewYou 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.
All this talk of Dads, and the comment above, reminded me of sitting in The Dominator with my father on New Year's Day cutting flat Spring Linseed. I've no idea what the year was, but its a fond memory....It was the only time that i recall Dad not getting annoyed that the aircon solenoid wire had broken - it used to melt in the heat of the summer as it was routed over the rocker cover of the Merc engine, but when it broke the engine was always too hot to fix it.....So many happy days spent sitting with Dad, inhaling his pipe smoke, getting red hot tobacco embers all over my legs, sweating our rubbish off, listening to Jonners, while all the time trying not to sit on the drum disconnect switch behind me. Come to think of it, I also remember the wet sponge drawer in the front of the roof of the previous Dominator that used to spill smokey, dusty water if he went up a hill, or accelerated too fast....That wasnt such a fond memory.Now you have reminded me of something. I went racing one new years day 15-20 years ago to cheltenham. Between oxford and cheltenham there were 2 claas cutting linseed. The straw was being burnt as they went. It was cold and dry. Obviously not ideal but they were salvaging what looked like an acceptable crop as I recall.
Stripper harvests it no bother at all in any weatherOnly ever cut spring linseed hottest part of the day nh8070 years ago aslong as knife and fingers were good you'd fly slight bit of overcast sky forget it. Straw burned real well and hot. Just a thought but a stray match may just save your sanity. Wish I could be of help but good luck. Mow and bale would get rid of it aswell.
Always better to borrow rather than buy rubbish100%, but if you spend money you don’t have you actually have to get off your arse to generate more, I know that well. Lots of people like the lifestyle and spend more than they can afford without actually creating more wealth.