diary of a comedy sheep farm

spin cycle

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north norfolk
Anyway, @spin cycle why didn't you get your straw baled today, I'm get pee wet though over the weekend!!!!!!

couldn't pee about in this heat.....anyhoo gotta touch of heatstroke 😭 .....vermeer is cheap but awkward fix:rolleyes:....do have a 'idea' to get oh deere working;).....but thats for another day:)

i've got wet day and dry day jobs so not bothered to much about which order
 

robbie

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couldn't pee about in this heat.....anyhoo gotta touch of heatstroke 😭 .....vermeer is cheap but awkward fix:rolleyes:....do have a 'idea' to get oh deere working;).....but thats for another day:)

i've got wet day and dry day jobs so not bothered to much about which order
I thought the main man Yorkie was coming over to set you going with the Deere John?????
 

robbie

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BASIS
couldn't pee about in this heat.....anyhoo gotta touch of heatstroke 😭 .....vermeer is cheap but awkward fix:rolleyes:....do have a 'idea' to get oh deere working;).....but thats for another day:)

i've got wet day and dry day jobs so not bothered to much about which order
Forecast is for thunderstorms this afternoon so I hope the lean mean green and yellow machine is going to be out and about asap!!!
 

spin cycle

Member
Location
north norfolk
Forecast is for thunderstorms this afternoon so I hope the lean mean green and yellow machine is going to be out and about asap!!!

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spin cycle

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Location
north norfolk
friday

usual chores.....snot seemed to have settled down....no 'incidents' for over a week now(y)......diesal tank ran dry:banghead: so popped down to arkwrights for a can a derv just to keep tractor going.......granville got butted in the head by one of his blackface rams as he was bending over the other day...'still got a headache' he jokes.....'is ram alright?' i banter😁

back home i revert to 'caveman engineering' and few 'modifications'😗 ...guess what.....get the 'oh deere' working:oops:......got my barley field baled..,,,,,popped home to tease @robbie a bit😁...still got 15 acs to do next week but hey ho:).......anyhoo won't need to take up yorkie's kind offer of assistance:love:...he can have a lie in(y)......gerry, meanwhile, has asked me to do a talk in church on 'climate change affecting farming':scratchhead::rolleyes:

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robbie

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friday

usual chores.....snot seemed to have settled down....no 'incidents' for over a week now(y)......diesal tank ran dry:banghead: so popped down to arkwrights for a can a derv just to keep tractor going.......granville got butted in the head by one of his blackface rams as he was bending over the other day...'still got a headache' he jokes.....'is ram alright?' i banter😁

back home i revert to 'caveman engineering' and few 'modifications'😗 ...guess what.....get the 'oh deere' working:oops:......got my barley field baled..,,,,,popped home to tease @robbie a bit😁...still got 15 acs to do next week but hey ho:).......anyhoo won't need to take up yorkie's kind offer of assistance:love:...he can have a lie in(y)......gerry, meanwhile, has asked me to do a talk in church on 'climate change affecting farming':scratchhead::rolleyes:

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I see your still economising on string🤦🤦🤦

Glad youve got the junker Deere up and running and got some straw baled. This is how sad I am but I was actually dreaming I was baling your straw last night. all very vivid, there was 12 foot swaths with lots of green In them and sheep too........how fecked up is that🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦🤦

I did say the thought of unbaled straw made me go a bit "sorft"!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂
 

robbie

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i had to...i used quite a lot on the 'modification' to get her going 😗😁

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BTW.....'junker' :oops:....how rude:oops:......she's my new 'flagship'.....i never had a moments doubt she'd come good😗......i got upto and over 15 bales/hour but had to slow down cos thought i might getta nosebleed;)
"The junker Deere" or "old junker" are affectionate names we call our Deere John combine.

Go you steady spin, 15 bales an hour. you'll be showing the rest of us up!!!!!!!
 

spin cycle

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Location
north norfolk
That never had a nick name!
'bonny'?

saturday

lie in 😗 ...at farm retrieved baler....K + admiral check round(y).......take baler off put pasture topper on and went to mow area outside the old barns on grazing marsh ready for storing hay/straw......fuel gauge doesn't work:bag:...ran outta diesal ....again:bag:.......wasn't worst walk home though through the fields:)......went to arkwrights got groceries and another can of derv:banghead:....blimey though that baling was 'thirsty' 4l/hr:oops:....bloomin combine only uses that:scratchhead:...didn't bother to go back down

mrs spin + HH arrive...there's a VERY 'retro' old fashioned kitchen cabinet in dads old workshop....HH wanted it out to refurbish and take back to uni......bit of a job but found 2 circlip pliers i'd been looking for:)

nap this afternoon......felt tired though i think it's mental more than anything:(.......listened to 'squad goals'....the lower league footie show...keeps my mind of 'city woes'😭.....but i love following lower leagues anyway:)

BIG NEWS:oops:...got an email 7:57 am from rural payments telling us our wildlife offer has been accepted:oops:....so thats it...big changes:oops:......nice to know earlier mind as i can get cracking 'prepping'(y)...it will mean halving the ewe flock....little sad but with bps needing to be replaced and ,although admiral 95% better, i don't know what her care needs will be going foward:scratchhead:

right ...got order bhuna then pop round to gerry's to chat about ' my view on climate change affecting our farming weather':scratchhead:......not sure what that is or whether i'll even qualify as a 'real farmer' soon:scratchhead:
 

Flat 10

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Arable Farmer
Location
Fen Edge
'bonny'?

saturday

lie in 😗 ...at farm retrieved baler....K + admiral check round(y).......take baler off put pasture topper on and went to mow area outside the old barns on grazing marsh ready for storing hay/straw......fuel gauge doesn't work:bag:...ran outta diesal ....again:bag:.......wasn't worst walk home though through the fields:)......went to arkwrights got groceries and another can of derv:banghead:....blimey though that baling was 'thirsty' 4l/hr:oops:....bloomin combine only uses that:scratchhead:...didn't bother to go back down

mrs spin + HH arrive...there's a VERY 'retro' old fashioned kitchen cabinet in dads old workshop....HH wanted it out to refurbish and take back to uni......bit of a job but found 2 circlip pliers i'd been looking for:)

nap this afternoon......felt tired though i think it's mental more than anything:(.......listened to 'squad goals'....the lower league footie show...keeps my mind of 'city woes'😭.....but i love following lower leagues anyway:)

BIG NEWS:oops:...got an email 7:57 am from rural payments telling us our wildlife offer has been accepted:oops:....so thats it...big changes:oops:......nice to know earlier mind as i can get cracking 'prepping'(y)...it will mean halving the ewe flock....little sad but with bps needing to be replaced and ,although admiral 95% better, i don't know what her care needs will be going foward:scratchhead:

right ...got order bhuna then pop round to gerry's to chat about ' my view on climate change affecting our farming weather':scratchhead:......not sure what that is or whether i'll even qualify as a 'real farmer' soon:scratchhead:
I got an acceptance email too 👍👍👍
Despite using the wrong email address 😳
I was impressed Baljinder was working on a Saturday morning…….
 

robbie

Member
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'bonny'?

saturday

lie in 😗 ...at farm retrieved baler....K + admiral check round(y).......take baler off put pasture topper on and went to mow area outside the old barns on grazing marsh ready for storing hay/straw......fuel gauge doesn't work:bag:...ran outta diesal ....again:bag:.......wasn't worst walk home though through the fields:)......went to arkwrights got groceries and another can of derv:banghead:....blimey though that baling was 'thirsty' 4l/hr:oops:....bloomin combine only uses that:scratchhead:...didn't bother to go back down

mrs spin + HH arrive...there's a VERY 'retro' old fashioned kitchen cabinet in dads old workshop....HH wanted it out to refurbish and take back to uni......bit of a job but found 2 circlip pliers i'd been looking for:)

nap this afternoon......felt tired though i think it's mental more than anything:(.......listened to 'squad goals'....the lower league footie show...keeps my mind of 'city woes'😭.....but i love following lower leagues anyway:)

BIG NEWS:oops:...got an email 7:57 am from rural payments telling us our wildlife offer has been accepted:oops:....so thats it...big changes:oops:......nice to know earlier mind as i can get cracking 'prepping'(y)...it will mean halving the ewe flock....little sad but with bps needing to be replaced and ,although admiral 95% better, i don't know what her care needs will be going foward:scratchhead:

right ...got order bhuna then pop round to gerry's to chat about ' my view on climate change affecting our farming weather':scratchhead:......not sure what that is or whether i'll even qualify as a 'real farmer' soon:scratchhead:
Actually I had forgot cousin who also ran a "bonny" used to call it a frogsh!t combine instead of fortschritt and that used to get used quite often.😂🙄
 

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