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I don't use enough to warrant getting 500l red diesel at a time, so every time I run out, its 25/30 mins to the nearest red stockist for 20l and back again. Lasts me a few weeks depending on what I'm doing but is tedious and relatively expensive in time and journey to do. So I thought I'd...

Not really renewable but on the face of it £ saving. Anyone have any experience of it? Coupled with Solar PV/Wind maybe?

Chopping down a copse of trees in a field someplace. I have a small PTO chipper and I'm going to chip all the brash. Simple enough but PTO is pretty heavy and a pain to move around and there's a lot of brash, so want to take chipper into copse and leave it there until the job complete. What's...

I'm looking to add a 4kw solar system to my house (to start with) but I can't get my head around the wiring a bit. Panels will be in the garden someplace, not the roof. I get the panels to inverter bit but its how/where the inverter connects to the mains that's confusing me a bit. Where do I...

I have an old Hardi BL sprayer out of which I've taken all the useful parts. That's left me with a tank frame that'll nicely take a 45 gallon/205 litre oil drum & is Cat1 to sit on the back of my compact tractor. Plan is to slip drum on its side in there and add a 3/4 BSP (I think it is) tap at...

Never done anything like this before and its not for the money obviously. Have planted some land with Christmas trees and from what I have read, Shropshires won't eat them. Therefore just looking into the potential of getting (say) 6 for an acre and letting them chew over any grass/whatever...

Need to do quite a bit of fencing, where have people found the best/cheapest place for Stock Fencing Wire Posts What should I be paying per post ideally as prices seem to vary widely. Am in Carmarthenshire if that makes any difference.

and beef farmers too of course. https://beyondblindfold.com/cow-cuddling-is-the-new-wellness-trend-now-and-it-costs-300-for-a-90-minute-session/ Am sure it could be diversified to sheep & pigs :)

What are these valves things known as please? I need one but I don't know the name to ask for :( :o This is the last (I hope) in a list of parts to get my little PelJob EB12 back to full working/reliable order.

So, I'm converting a barn and need to look into heating etc. Its only 80 sqm total floorspace over 2 floors, 3/4 of the outside walls will be modern block construction with stone facing, so properly insulated, new floor with u/floor heating etc. I'm only converting half the barn, the remainder...

I bought an old Pel Job LB12 mini digger. Its old, its battered and rusty but it starts well enough, lifts on the blade and the boom/arm seems to do what its meant to. Couple of small leaks to sort out, the pre-warm doesn't work (add separate circuit for it) and I need to change the tracks to...

What's the best way for working this out? My little tractor, even though there is a bias of weight over the front, still gets a bit light on the front wheels when I put my chipper (500kg) on the back. I'm happy to get a bracket fabricated and pick up some weights but how will I know how much I...

Bang for bucks question really. I have an ASHP for heating & HW - costs a fortune in electric. I have it set up to keep HW on (replenish after demand) and heating is scheduled. Perhaps not the best way but I can't remotely manage the HW or ASHP. I want to bring down overall running cost (using...

My place in Wales has one of these for heating/hot water in the main house. It works but bloody hell, is it expensive in electricity to run, probably about 10000kwh pa and that's set at a reasonable temp with a wood stove backing it up. * Obviously bearing in mind that I would need it more in...

I guess winter in Wales is not the best time to get upset about soggy fields but it is getting to me a bit. Couple of fields untouched for many (30+) years. Now overgrown with rushes etc. Please see other threads on this subject. I recently had the original open ditches dug out, with a view to...

So in my continuing saga to reclaim my fields from 30 years of neglect, I have found a new "enemy" - moss... I have ignored the other field with rushes (see other threads) and instead hit on one that seemed drier with just grass on it. Topped the grass with a flail and have discovered that...

I have a field I'm reclaiming from rushes, brambles and general overgrowth. I've run a flail over it, so its down from waist height to a mossy ankle. I want to get rid of whatever is still there, then plough/rotovate with a view to planting (trees) March next year. Is it too late to spray MCPA...

What's this grass type called - not the foreground normal stuff but the standing up thick kharki coloured stuff just behind? What is the best way of getting rid of it? What type of machine is best to cut it down? Stuff I have is about as high as the bonnet of my landrover and not been cut for...

So, in mulling through ideas in the Smaller Farms thread and am just wondering whether producing Free Range or Organic FR eggs is a possibility. I have a "spare" 1.5 acres at the house, which I was going to use for more Xmas trees but if I could do something else that would bring in an income...

In rural Donegal, there's a pump in the local town petrol station with tractor diesel, perfect for filling up a 20l can or two for my compact tractor as there's no reason to get in a 40gallon drum's worth. I can't seem to find the same in Wales - is everyone expected to get bulk deliveries or...