Recent content by Bev

I don't post on here very often as I'm not a proper farmer, just a smallholder, but I have a feeling you lot will be helpful. I currently have a kia sorento on a 56 plate, I absolutely love the car, it has a low range box and I use it for towing on the fields, towing hay on trailers, towing a...

I don't think so, she has bald spots where the fleece has come away, no sign of regrowth.

One of my southdown cross lambs 6 months old is loosing patches of fleece. It started with her ears, I thought at first she was rubbing the fleece out sticking her head through something, then it started on her back and shoulders, the under fleece is coming out. On inspection the skin looks...

It seems to be regrowth, it does look more like willow than the picture above of redshank, and there are willow in the area. Thinking I might roundup the area and reseed.

Thanks all, I am told spray it with Relay but I sprayed in the spring which killed it, mowed for hay and now its grown back worse than ever.

What is this. I'm hopeless at this sort of thing

http://www.ashbournenewstelegraph.co.uk/Tractors-cause-severe-delays-farmers-hold-protest/story-27477649-detail/story.html?732895

Just found this http://m.stokesentinel.co.uk/Farmers-protest-causes-delays-A50/story-27477566-detail/story.html

I heard it on signal radio but they gave no details other that to avoid the area.

Yes it wouldn't be me doing the deed, I have a tame local ex slaughterman!

Those of you who keep them on the farm, where did you purchase? Having had to call a vet out to pts a sheep at a cost of £70 because the knackerman doesnt do out of hours I am thinking of purchasing a captive bolt stunner. I know someone local to me who use to work in a slaughter house and...

I got half mine in without rain (small bales) but still got more to do.

I gave him £40 for just over 2 hours. He was a fantastically hard worker, never stopped. He was polish. He must be happy with the payment, he is coming back when I do the rest. To be honest its worth paying him a bit extra because I struggle to find people who are prepared to do a bit of hard...

I'm still throwing bales about sadly, currently rowing up with a 58 yr old tractor and have blisters on my hands from steering (no power steering!) Keeps me fit though.

Its someone I know through someone else, he is a hard worker (works on a farm)