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Even the sheep had frost on their backs this morning, with worse to come soon. Nevermind, back to the normal high winds and heavy rain by the weekend :D

I don't know if it's of any use, but if you grew your own then carrots store the best left in the ground. If they stop growing about November time they'll still be fresh by March. The biggest predator in that time (if not sprayed in Summer) is usually CRF larvae and getting them out of the...

Yes, very much so.

I'm trying to improve the drainage on this field, it's clay and gley with all kinds of different causes, remedies and issues. The main question is what do you think is the cause of this wet area between the two dotted lines? Do you think it is the edge of the water table? The pic was taken...

Thanks for the replies, I can see that forming a fence over the worst effected areas for them to concentrate on sounds like a good plan, along with somewhere to sleep and get out of the rain. Whilst there is no doubt poor drainage causes these things, they also grow well in other drier areas, we...

It isn't the drainage which has caused all of the issue, it's more likely climate change. If rain means you can't keep goats then we're a bit buggered in the UK 😅

This is a bit niche, so not sure anyone else here will have done this, but you never know :unsure: We've recently taken on a 17acre smallholding on the Pennines. The fields have not been properly looked after for years so i'm working to improve the drainage and convert the land from the invasion...

Maybe you could rent yourself out, how much would you charge per acre for this service?

Get yourself a trailcam, but my money's on a badger. 3 seconds on Google: https://www.gwentbadgergroup.org.uk/#:~:text=Gwent%20has%20a%20healthy%20population,Sadly%20this%20treatment%20continues%20today.

The pump in the borehole is just a lifter pump and wouldn't survive if used flat out to serve the house. It takes the water as far as a bladder tank which uses a compressor to pressurise it and send it to the house.

No, the filters for turbidity, iron and Manganese are similar in cost. Agreed, there is no way we would use that much, there is a known figure per person for average usage, calculations are based on that + some headroom. What is EA?

Do you think those prices are fair for supply only? We do have a recent water test report, that's how we know we're only filtering 3 things. It's a 4 bed house, normally with 2 people living in it, one tap passes 18 Lpm. It does seem a bit of a minefield, someone has just quoted and suggested...

Sorry, forgot to say, this is for us to drink!

Does anyone have any ideas or experience of this? Do you know of any Northern suppliers of filtration systems? We've recently taken on a small holding in NE Lancs which is fed by a borehole. The previous owner didn't go to the extent of fitting a filtration system so we're having to do it. It's...

If you want to pump slowly and for free Google 'Ram pump'.

The modern warm and wet weather brings plenty of problems. On a personal level here on the Pennine moors we have a big midge problem now. We have to cover up with nets like beekeepers on many Summer and Autumn days, never had that 30yrs ago.

You can't beat a bit of inside information :)

It's a good time if you're selling property or anything with s/h wheels on. I bought a used car 4yrs ago, looked after it really well and it didn't need anything more than normal service items, I recently sold it for the same price I bought it for. Bad news for me now looking for a used tractor...

I see thread has popped about the increase in s/h machinery prices....👀

A rusty one here for £12695 + VAT: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/174793068425?hash=item28b27a8f89:g:IREAAOSwIExgu8gg One here for £19200 inc VAT: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284341164455?hash=item42340dd9a7:g:~VcAAOSwRwtgp4Jx