- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.
- Thread starter Farmer Roy
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- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Didn't take much rain for a whole heap of runoff
- Location
- Cornwall
Smart looking sheep
I can say that about sheep other than Perendales now the old man has gone .
Really looking at buying some pure dorper ewe lambs this year but they have a tough assignment here to catch my mongrels in terms of lambing % etc - do you lamb yours as a hogget? Or wait a year?
l had my doubts about them when l first got them, but now l'm used to the shedding and their feet are much better -drier summers help l'm very happy with them. I saw an add on Gumtree once somebody had misspelled them as Dopers, the name suits them well.
Yes l lamb them as ewe lambs-11-12 months old. Theres a bloke in Queensland who lambs black heads twice a year.
These 2 are ewe lambs.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Better than nowtJust had a surprise 6mm land in the last hour!Moved through now.
Some serious erosion going on around here....
We're just on a bull run for the afternoon.
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
No hay making here tonight
- Location
- southern riverina Australia
Didn't last long just long enough to show that the guttering on the shed was a dismal failure (well , that one down pipe isnt enough) . And that it is entirely possible for it to rain on the inside of the back wall
just long enough to show that the guttering on the shed was a dismal failure (well , that one down pipe isnt enough) . And that it is entirely possible for it to rain on the inside of the back wall
Gloomy and cold here today.
Checking some ewe lambs which are grazing at my sisters place.
This is what we call the banky field which is still owned by the community and in the past was available to locals to hand dig stone.
And looking back towards home there is one of the mothballed limestone quarries on the immediate skyline.
Checking some ewe lambs which are grazing at my sisters place.
This is what we call the banky field which is still owned by the community and in the past was available to locals to hand dig stone.
And looking back towards home there is one of the mothballed limestone quarries on the immediate skyline.
- Location
- West Yorkshire
What are your little streams/ditches looking like @Kiwi Pete ?
Hopefully nice and clear and that your ground is soaking it up nicely.
How long will you keep stock in for after the rain to prevent any poaching? if it gets silly wet.
Hopefully nice and clear and that your ground is soaking it up nicely.
How long will you keep stock in for after the rain to prevent any poaching? if it gets silly wet.
Got a nice pad there @Yale
Aah,home is not there it’s about two miles over the brow in the last photo.
That little place below is a lovely little small holding,only thing which lets it down slightly is it is north facing ( away from the sun for those with a Southern Hemisphere orientation.
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- Location
- West Yorkshire
You definitely live in a nice place there @Yale
These to me are the things to reflect upon in ones life, and hopefully all the sh!t of this crap simply floats on by:
- Location
- Cornwall
Sorry to go back a few pages but, thought this might be of interest...
https://www.independent.co.uk/voice...UdBbb0ofCsc7S3xZ3b2zEUSuunVchrJ9sk4su2zMocHTQ
It’s a shame that the value of wildlife comes down to a monetary figure but, as the article alludes to, communities, infrastructure and the ability to protect the wider population don’t just fall out of the sky for free.
Perhaps there’s a need to have a certain level of practicality for the sake of the overall population, rather than sentimentality for the individual?
https://www.independent.co.uk/voice...UdBbb0ofCsc7S3xZ3b2zEUSuunVchrJ9sk4su2zMocHTQ
It’s a shame that the value of wildlife comes down to a monetary figure but, as the article alludes to, communities, infrastructure and the ability to protect the wider population don’t just fall out of the sky for free.
Perhaps there’s a need to have a certain level of practicality for the sake of the overall population, rather than sentimentality for the individual?
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glasshouse
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- Location
- lothians
He was o
he was talking about ploughing once in every ten yr i yhink
So he wasnt going to doing it all at once., and a twelve furr is about as big as you will find used without breaking the bank
he was talking about ploughing once in every ten yr i yhink
So he wasnt going to doing it all at once., and a twelve furr is about as big as you will find used without breaking the bank
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Looks like Clutha district could do with someone good with floods.Better than nowt
Some serious erosion going on around here....View attachment 740838 View attachment 740840 even the Clutha is on second alert.
We're just on a bull run for the afternoon.View attachment 740842 delivering a few nice little Angus bulls around the district
Know anyone?
- Location
- Cornwall
7mm all up here yesterday and over night.
Were the Gods pleased with the sacrificial chooks and goat @Farmer Roy?
Were the Gods pleased with the sacrificial chooks and goat @Farmer Roy?
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
They didn't really come up at all, apart from the one right down the back where the creek comes in from our neighbour's place.
My little duckpond filled up and reached the overflow for the first time since July -otherwise, business as normal.
158mm for the month now
Cattle all back outside as of now (lunchtime) as we only had 17mm overnight and it has soaked away down already.
They made a little bit of mud running back into their paddock but nothing serious.
Will get some pictures of our creeks after work - currently thumping in posts.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
These flows are fairly easily controlled by the hydro dams, they can manage them quite well. Hence the Clutha starts rising before the rain comes, they start them spilling more and then have capacity to smooth out the peak flows.Looks like Clutha district could do with someone good with floods.
Know anyone?
They will even drop the river if you ask nicely enough, for example taking silage off the islands in the river; they can lower it by a couple of feet to allow trucks to ford.