Today at work

S J H · Jun 27, 2017

mixed breed said:
Started lugging hay in as it's had fathers compulsory week of weathering outdoorsView attachment 541472

best way to stack round bales? This way! (for this shed) (if they're four foot) dad said he's willing to put on my cv "good at stacking" for when I go for that better paying shelf filling job at Aldi. View attachment 541474moved heifers off the peat (before they moved themselves) and topped the rushes. Keep the landlords happy!View attachment 541490
Gathered the ewes this evening and drew out some lambs for town. View attachment 541492

Saw something I never seen before. A lamb excitedly jumped out of the trailer and knock himself out on the last deck support bar, He fell in a ruck, bawled and just lay there motionless, but still breathing. After five helpless minutes of thinking he was going, He opened his eyes and jumped up, albeit a bit wobbly. Will see what the morning brings.

Do you turn the bales @mixed breed ?

Speedstar · Jun 27, 2017

holywell farmer said:
Many acres that field

30 or so

Kiwi Pete · Jun 28, 2017

YorkshireAndrew said:
Compensation package ? [emoji16]

Here's your Compo

Speedstar · Jun 28, 2017

Landyman said:
The final tour of the foundry

What is the reason to shut it ?
There will not be many left in the UK now , it is very sad. Best of luck with were you go now

R tea · Jun 28, 2017

Speedstar said:
What is the reason to shut it ?
There will not be many left in the UK now , it is very sad. Best of luck with were you go now

Looking at that video it's a wonder health and safety had not shut the place down before.

Kiwi Pete · Jun 28, 2017

Hasn't been much going on around here worth bragging about

Calves showed up

(truck backed all the way up the street) so cracked open the silage

dug up some docks

and went for a bit of a prowl around the coast with our esteemed visitor

holwellcourtfarm · Jun 28, 2017

Kiwi Pete said:
Hasn't been much going on around here worth bragging about
Calves showed upView attachment 541568(truck backed all the way up the street) so cracked open the silageView attachment 541570 View attachment 541572 View attachment 541574 View attachment 541576dug up some docksView attachment 541578 and went for a bit of a prowl around the coast with our esteemed visitor View attachment 541598 View attachment 541600

Huge thanks to @Kiwi Pete and Sarah for being such good hosts

. I think we managed to discuss most of what's wrong with the UK and NZ at the moment

I look forward to meeting you again.

Kiwi Pete · Jun 28, 2017

holwellcourtfarm said:
Huge thanks to @Kiwi Pete and Sarah for being such good hosts . I think we managed to discuss most of what's wrong with the UK and NZ at the moment

I look forward to meeting you again.

It was our pleasure.

As you would have noticed, we went to considerable expense and effort to pimp everything up for your stay here in the deep south

Really nice to have been a part of your tour, thanks for our gifts

have just given a salt powered vehicle her maiden voyage up the hallway! And Gru almost fits in the empty box with enough run-up.
Also, great to confirm that the world out there is as wack as I'd thought

Landyman · Jun 28, 2017

Speedstar said:
What is the reason to shut it ?
There will not be many left in the UK now , it is very sad. Best of luck with were you go now

A downturn in the oil and gas and nuclear industries

Landyman · Jun 28, 2017

Dont look back they said

I never was one for doing as i was told

Should have listened this time

phillipe · Jun 28, 2017

Landyman said:
Dont look back they said
View attachment 541718 View attachment 541720

I never was one for doing as i was told
Should have listened this time

Stiff upper lip old boy ,that's the spirit

,I know it a stupid thing to say but up and at em , always look on the bright side , someone should write a song ......

haulmblower · Jun 28, 2017

It's a strange feeling isn't it?

"It'll come right". As they say

Gator · Jun 28, 2017

skinnyhoskins said:
Stiff upper lip old boy ,that's the spirit,I know it a stupid thing to say but up and at em , always look on the bright side , someone should write a song ......

T Bourne · Jun 28, 2017

I haven't done allot of work in the last couple days as we are waiting for our second child to be born. So I have been spending a bit of time at home, cutting firewood and other bits and pieces. If you head over to my farm thread there are some updates and a few new videos. Cheers.

T Bourne said:
Well it's been really busy for about 3 months, we've been harvesting potatoes flat out and unusually, have had a good run. So much so that we have finished in record time. This was finishing the last paddock off which happened to be mine,View attachment 541728 Then we got rained outView attachment 541730 We got going a day later and the last row was a nice sight,View attachment 541734 and the last truck out of the paddock,View attachment 541740 The next job was rock picking, View attachment 541742 I found a beauty!View attachment 541744

T Bourne said:
I trimmed some branches so I could reclaim a drill width of paddock,View attachment 541746 I got all the spud ground ploughed and lime spread on the home paddock.View attachment 541748 I drilled the lease paddock down to grass and mine to winter wheat,View attachment 541750 I had some issues with the electric fan on my drill not supplying enough air to carry the wheat seeds. I've drilled grass, Lucerne and oats ok but the wheat was just too heavy so I now need to find/build a hydraulic fan for it. I was able to borrow my mate's Lemkin drill to get my wheat in so no great problem. Now it's onto all the other little winter jobs that must be done before it gets hectic again. Like steam cleaning the red mud off the loo so it can go back to the hire shop.View attachment 541760 Here's a beautiful sunrise-ish out our living room window, just splendid. View attachment 541762

T Bourne said:
Here are my latest videos on YouTube. I forgot to add them onto here after uploading them.

T Bourne said:

Nearly · Jun 28, 2017

Snap!

That's what the internet is for. Thanks @Mr Happy

And winter has returned.

Best put a bale of straw in.

Mr Happy · Jun 28, 2017

No problem @Nearly. That's one good thing the internet is for. Hopefully it will be the end of that problem which will allow to solve the next one.

Kevtherev · Jun 28, 2017

'Frisia' stubble turnips mid may sown normal seed rate is 2kg an acre
(I think he's over done it a bit [emoji23])

mtx.jag · Jun 28, 2017

More topping again,last day tomorrow hopefully,seem to have a lot booked in this year..

Joe S · Jun 28, 2017

Holy hell its been a loud day! Exhaust needed

mixed breed · Jun 28, 2017

A story tonight.
Poorly Lamb made it threw the night, looking fit as a fiddle he was on the bus to market first thing. Popped in later with a few old ewes. Hanging about waiting for my lambs to sell i got talking to an old farming friend now in his seventies. Having recently had a knee op he was saying how the medical world has sorted a lot of farmers out. When he was young he reckoned the place would be full of 60year olds on sticks. Now even the 80year olds are walking un aided because of knee and hip op's.
"But", he continued, the old walking stick was handy though if you were handling cattle, the old chaps used to say working around cattle without a stick is like going courting without your ....

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