diary of a comedy sheep farm

[spin cycle]

 

[Fendt516profi]

tell me you've taken the 13/17/19 mm out first

At least if he's welded them on properly there's a chance they'll still be there when he goes back

 

[Fendt516profi]

What are you infering ,

Well there was the picture of the 'stool ' @spin cycle followed by picture of a scale readout i just hope there not connected given who you said you knocked it up for

 

[Will 1594]

Well there was the picture of the 'stool ' @spin cycle followed by picture of a scale readout i just hope there not connected given who you said you knocked it up for

3080 was weight of press and coil

 

[onthehoof]

Why do you want some ,@onthehoof has first dibs ,on them and then weld rest together ,might be 100 or so left

They’re not all Whitworths are they?
B was sorting through some of our old spanners, came across a stubby open end 46mm, perfect for hydraulic couplings apparently

 

[spin cycle]

maunday thursday

what would it be like to leave work tonight and not have to think/worry about work until next tuesday....it's been so long since i've known that feeling i can't imagine it .....why am i thinking this...i mean we're livestock farmers it's what we do...right

the local pharmacy is having problems....the wait for prescriptions going from 3 days then a week then 10 days.....today they shut altogether promising to open at 4 :30pm.....the admiral .out of one of her pills. crazed me me all day about getting them ...to try and distract her i got her to drive the mule why i collected up clipex fence posts only for her to turn round and say to me 'right i've helped you now you need to go and get my pills'......ffs

so been fencing today.....moving clipex fence from northern boundary into the field so an stewardship flower plot can go into the gap created next the reservation....i'm hoping to get it done by close of play monday.....why.....so i can start next job....and so it goes on...never ending...in between theres a trip to mart , possibly some lambing and the usual

anyway...i get to pharmacy....it's chaos....car park rammed.....road jammed.....que all up the pavement.......so the admiral has green tic tacs til tuesday

 

[Matthew Britton]

maunday thursday

what would it be like to leave work tonight and not have to think/worry about work until next tuesday....it's been so long since i've known that feeling i can't imagine it .....why am i thinking this...i mean we're livestock farmers it's what we do...right

the local pharmacy is having problems....the wait for prescriptions going from 3 days then a week then 10 days.....today they shut altogether promising to open at 4 :30pm.....the admiral .out of one of her pills. crazed me me all day about getting them ...to try and distract her i got her to drive the mule why i collected up clipex fence posts only for her to turn round and say to me 'right i've helped you now you need to go and get my pills'......ffs

so been fencing today.....moving clipex fence from northern boundary into the field so an stewardship flower plot can go into the gap created next the reservation....i'm hoping to get it done by close of play monday.....why.....so i can start next job....and so it goes on...never ending...in between theres a trip to mart , possibly some lambing and the usual

anyway...i get to pharmacy....it's chaos....car park rammed.....road jammed.....que all up the pavement.......so the admiral has green tic tacs til tuesday

Hang in there and try and get some rest. Livestock may be a tie but you should still have some down/free time, and you deserve it more than most.
Bon courage et bon fête

 

[Flat 10]

Probably do more good.......
The green tic tacs I mean. Wasn't I on about smarties a little while ago or was that someone else? I'm getting old and confused......

 

[Will 1594]

A say spinnie Bouy , Dis tha want a hand ,
wont be knocking off tonight ,
irrigator to turn on a 12-45 ,when other comes in as running off bore hole ,as one of pumps went down tuesday , so lost a day takin*bit out and takingbto newwmarket , and can run two reels off rez ,,so playing catch up ,as bore hole will only run one as pumping it over a mile , and some spraying to do and a load of barley in mornin* at 7 ,
and carpark to get ready for following week for the 8000 visitors over the week to come look at the tulips ,

 

[Flat 10]

A say spinnie Bouy , Dis tha want a hand ,
wont be knocking off tonight ,
irrigator to turn on a 12-45 ,when other comes in as running off bore hole ,as one of pumps went down tuesday , so lost a day takin*bit out and takingbto newwmarket , and can run two reels off rez ,,so playing catch up ,as bore hole will only run one as pumping it over a mile , and some spraying to do and a load of barley in mornin* at 7 ,
and carpark to get ready for following week for the 8000 visitors over the week to come look at the tulips ,

@spin cycle does yorkie wear his pants outside his trousers?!

 

[onthehoof]

A say spinnie Bouy , Dis tha want a hand ,
wont be knocking off tonight ,
irrigator to turn on a 12-45 ,when other comes in as running off bore hole ,as one of pumps went down tuesday , so lost a day takin*bit out and takingbto newwmarket , and can run two reels off rez ,,so playing catch up ,as bore hole will only run one as pumping it over a mile , and some spraying to do and a load of barley in mornin* at 7 ,
and carpark to get ready for following week for the 8000 visitors over the week to come look at the tulips ,

What are you irritating, beet?

 

[yellowbelly]

stewardship flower plot can go into the gap created next the reservation.

I read that at first as 'flower pot' and thought......

.......FFS, Spin's going to be a 'Flower Pot Man'

" Blubberdub"

 

[robbie]

@spin cycle does yorkie wear his pants outside his trousers?!

Is it a bird......is it a plane........NO, it's Yorkie, da, da daad da da daaaaaa

 

[Will 1594]

What are you irritating, beet?

No tulips , need to get across them as will be sprayed saturday ,then watered again next week and need a day ,ready for the start next thursday , when gates open for the masses who have bought tickets ,through tapping house hospice ,expecting 8000 over the 8/ 10 days a few of last years pics

 

[onthehoof]

Anyone else think Bank Holidays are a pita?
Was just going to sort hoggs again yesterday when get txt from mart saying no sheep market today as Bank Holiday Fri and Mon - forgot it was Good Friday , so probs have to send 2 loads next week as sheeps eating what little grass there is and want to get mooks out, could put some out tomorrow but it’s GOOD FRIDAY and the world and his mother will be out enjoying the good weather and there’s footpaths across two of the fields and mooks will probably get spooked with all the little Jonneys shouting and screaming and thinking lets pick up a stick and chase the cows cause that’ll make them run, then spend rest of weekend getting them back in and refencing only for it to happen again Monday cause it’s ANOTHER bank holiday , and wanted a tractor bit yesterday so phoned early but parts man busy will phone you back, finally calls at 4.30 ‘oh but you’ve missed today’s post’ so probably be with you next Wednesday because of the bloody Bank Holiday

 

[onthehoof]

No tulips , need to get across them as will be sprayed saturday ,then watered again next week and need a day ,ready for the start next thursday , when gates open for the masses who have bought tickets ,through tapping house hospice ,expecting 8000 over the 8/ 10 days a few of last years pics

Wow that’s proper flower porn

 

[spin cycle]

@spin cycle does yorkie wear his pants outside his trousers?!

plus on 'speed' he never feckin stops

edit...without the hair

 

[onthehoof]

So he’s cutting flowers heads off to make bulbs grow bigger but they say with daffs if you cut them back too soon they wont flower next year ??

 

[Will 1594]

So he’s cutting flowers heads off to make bulbs grow bigger but they say with daffs if you cut them back too soon they wont flower next year ??
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Yes they cut the heads off so the bulb takes the goodness back in from stem ,or thats what mark tells us ,
they grow the bulbs in filed from say a conker size ,upto maybe inch and half maybe two ,
they are grown between two nets ,similar to net wrap , somewhere around 160 square metre , basically growing them bigger ,
then lifted graded cleaned and stored ,ready to be grown hydroponically in green houses ,
think they average 6/700,000 stems cut a week
maybe 150 acre worth of bulbs would cost towards 3 million if had to buy them from holland to be ready to go into glass houses

 

[onthehoof]

what would it be like to leave work tonight and not have to think/worry about work until next tuesday....it's been so long since i've known that feeling i can't imagine it .....why am i thinking this...i mean we're livestock farmers it's what we do...right

Because the good things (usually) outweigh the bad
A farm is too quiet without the sound of bleating/baaing/mooing in background.
Because sitting on a tractor all day is actually really boring
And because we'd all be worse off without your musings