Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.

Yale · Sep 16, 2019

Bury the Trash said:
and What does marinade mean....

"Marinade" or "Marinate"?

Marinade and marinate are easy to confuse. Marinade is a sauce used to soak food before cooking. Marinate means to soak food in a marinade. In other words, marinade is the noun, and marinate is the verb.

www.grammar-monster.com

d williams · Sep 16, 2019

glasshouse said:
You cant claim fuel duty back
13 pence per litre on red deisel
60p / litre on white

You were talking about vat

texas pete · Sep 16, 2019

CornishTone said:
Too true! I did have to reverse a tourists car for them the other day. They only had to go back about 50 yards but after they hit the hedge for the second time I thought it might safer if I did it for them. He was very grateful![emoji57]

No competitions for me this year. Season is about to finish with the county championships in Newquay this weekend, but we have a wedding so, even if I was fit, I couldn’t go. It’s nice to be on the water though. Winter training will start in Oct which means bloody cold, early mornings on the water, but if it’s a nice day it doesn’t get much better!

Winter training...Hardy souls indeed!

Worth it next season though.

glasshouse · Sep 16, 2019

d williams said:
You were talking about vat

I never mentioned vat

Kiwi Pete · Sep 16, 2019

Spring is here

cows sh#t me to tears · Sep 17, 2019

Back to cutting 127ac of canola for hay

The inner bee in me is feeling overwhelmed...

glasshouse · Sep 17, 2019

cows sh#t me to tears said:
Back to cutting 127ac of canola for hayView attachment 833254
The inner bee in me is feeling overwhelmed...

Will that grow away again?

Yale · Sep 17, 2019

glasshouse said:
Will that grow away again?

I’d guess not....

Yale · Sep 17, 2019

cows sh#t me to tears said:
Back to cutting 127ac of canola for hayView attachment 833254
The inner bee in me is feeling overwhelmed...

Out of interest how flat is your place...certainly looks very flat.

cows sh#t me to tears · Sep 17, 2019

Yale said:
Out of interest how flat is your place...certainly looks very flat.

A.. not my place (its across the road)
B... everything is flat here. That's why flood irrigation works here..

If you zoom in directly in front of canola in front of my bonnet is our place across the highway. According to GPS I've done 100kms and 38.6 ha. 14 to go

cows sh#t me to tears · Sep 17, 2019

glasshouse said:
Will that grow away again?

If it rains it would do something...sheep feed only though.

Kiwi Pete · Sep 17, 2019

cows sh#t me to tears said:
A.. not my place (its across the road)
B... everything is flat here. That's why flood irrigation works here..View attachment 833266
If you zoom in directly in front of canola in front of my bonnet is our place across the highway. According to GPS I've done 100kms and 38.6 ha. 14 to go

For jobs like this, you're most welcome to come and pick my mower up.
I cut 38 ha on the trot with my smashing great 2.45 metre Taarup - once, never again.

By 4 am I was seeing elephants

however it didn't use 100 litres of diesel, I just did LOTS of laps (14 paddocks)

glasshouse · Sep 17, 2019

cows sh#t me to tears said:
If it rains it would do something...sheep feed only though.

Why would it not grow and flower again and set seed if rain comes?

Kiwi Pete · Sep 17, 2019

glasshouse said:
Why would it not grow and flower again and set seed if rain comes?

I was thinking the same thing, I don't know much about canola, but kale will flower twice

cows sh#t me to tears · Sep 17, 2019

Too late. It would grow and flower a little. But it's also meant to be a seed crop. They dont want it seeding down due to disease pressure the following season. And your forgetting the "it hasnt rained part"....

Yale · Sep 17, 2019

cows sh#t me to tears said:
Too late. It would grow and flower a little. But it's also meant to be a seed crop. They dont want it seeding down due to disease pressure the following season. And your forgetting the "it hasnt rained part"....

As I would suspect.

Coming into the summer with little moisture is not the best.

Yale · Sep 17, 2019

Travelled 3 hours to a breeding ewe sale today.

Not as many forward today so prices look like being a bit steep.

Crofter64 · Sep 17, 2019

Kiwi Pete said:
View attachment 833252 View attachment 833253
Spring is here

Really?It looks frostier than your winter photos.

cows sh#t me to tears · Sep 17, 2019

The wimmera ( south western victoria) had a -2°c frost last night. Crop damage is expected. The Hume Highway (the major road between Sydney and Melbourne) was blocked last night at Goulburn due to snow and ice. Traffic was banked up for 15kms at 5am this morning.

Kiwi Pete · Sep 17, 2019

Crofter64 said:
Really?It looks frostier than your winter photos.

'The days get longer, and the cold gets stronger', it will soon be hot and dusty and I'll be howling for rain.
An inch and a half in the rainguage tonight!

The soil's warmed up about 3 degrees C from its lowest point, currently around 6-7 degrees, I did give my cattle a bale to keep them happy ?

A few big rollers coming in, we made a detour after unloading the calves today.
Out there in the gloom is Mt Anglem, Stewart Island.

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