Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Soon as the gout went the flue came on, tried loading muck spreaders this morning but had to get my son to take over .
Farmer Roy's Random Thoughts - I never said it was easy.
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What a bummer...
Who is the fool?
A neighbouring farm who I don’t see very often has a novel way of reducing workload.
It isn’t a new method as he trialled it about 10 years ago.
The farm is around 150 acres and the farmer is full time.
Whilst talking to a guy from a neighbouring house we found that for the second time our neighbouring farm had not put the rams out with the ewes last year,hence no lambs this year.
We don’t really overlook the farm so I hadn’t noticed.
Maybe this is the way forward,taking a year off.
A neighbouring farm who I don’t see very often has a novel way of reducing workload.
It isn’t a new method as he trialled it about 10 years ago.
The farm is around 150 acres and the farmer is full time.
Whilst talking to a guy from a neighbouring house we found that for the second time our neighbouring farm had not put the rams out with the ewes last year,hence no lambs this year.
We don’t really overlook the farm so I hadn’t noticed.
Maybe this is the way forward,taking a year off.
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Oh, crikey dick. What a run!
Hopefully you soon shrug it off, don't try to do too much too soon, gout weakens the system quite significantly.
Drink lots of coffee and supplement your vit C
The lad will be reet by himself, I secretly used to enjoy when the old man was too crook to work (about three times in his life) so I could prove to us both I'd been listening
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
"Brexit proofing"?Who is the fool?
A neighbouring farm who I don’t see very often has a novel way of reducing workload.
It isn’t a new method as he trialled it about 10 years ago.
The farm is around 150 acres and the farmer is full time.
Whilst talking to a guy from a neighbouring house we found that for the second time our neighbouring farm had not put the rams out with the ewes last year,hence no lambs this year.
We don’t really overlook the farm so I hadn’t noticed.
Maybe this is the way forward,taking a year off.
Dad used to "pull the rams out for a rest-up and to tell their lies" about halfway through tupping, every year that I can remember.
It wasn't until we were both having a beer watching the V8s hurtling around Mt Panorama on TV, that the penny dropped - he'd planned his "won't be much happening out there today, boyo" well in advance!
My wife's uncle farms about 5 min from here, he remarked to me that this year he should have plenty of grass by calving - he'd looked at the gestation table for horses instead of cows when planning when to put the bulls out - he wanted to calve earlier than he usually does, so he didn't look in his other diary
- Location
- Cornwall
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
That's where our public health service starts, @CornishTone .
A shame big business can't see it. Or won't.
It takes bigger balls than many have, to stop the spraying, stop the killing, stop trying to kill life
And, if it continues for another decade, or two, then we are ALL screwed - about 60 to 70 years.
The real world war is just gearing up
A shame big business can't see it. Or won't.
It takes bigger balls than many have, to stop the spraying, stop the killing, stop trying to kill life
And, if it continues for another decade, or two, then we are ALL screwed - about 60 to 70 years.
The real world war is just gearing up
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
My cattle are in that general direction
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
I'm used to it now, just came in for a cup of hot
It sorta thawed for a bit, had a clear 2 hour break around midday, and it just started again 5 minutes ago.
Made the exec decision to come inside and look after number 1 for a bit
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- Owaka, New Zealand
It's 2.1° according to the thermocouple hanging out the bathroom window.
And about -5 if you count windchill - but at least the sun is out! Best I head on out there .
And about -5 if you count windchill - but at least the sun is out! Best I head on out there .
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- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
#Leesideskiresort
@Kiwi Pete This one?
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
#Leesideskiresort
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Not agriculture related but I've been reading "What the dog knows" by Cat Warren about dogs trained to search for dead bodies: Cadaver dogs.
There is a whole chapter about the attempts to create an artificial "nose" to replace dogs. Huge quantities of money have been sunk into the effort and "the perfect artificial nose" is always "just around the corner" like so many other scientific pursuits.
It just struck me the huge similarity with the reductionist approach to agriculture. Why can't society just accept that nature does some things so well and with such complexity that we are wasting resources, time and effort in trying to better them?
There is a whole chapter about the attempts to create an artificial "nose" to replace dogs. Huge quantities of money have been sunk into the effort and "the perfect artificial nose" is always "just around the corner" like so many other scientific pursuits.
It just struck me the huge similarity with the reductionist approach to agriculture. Why can't society just accept that nature does some things so well and with such complexity that we are wasting resources, time and effort in trying to better them?
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
Good man, thanks. I couldn't find it for looking!
Some amazing stuff in there. Took me 3 goes to get it all in.
Probably why it didn't get a single comment or like
- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD
Waiting until I've finished it too before I react. I don't generally do knee-jerk reactions, unlike 99.9% of social media usersGood man, thanks. I couldn't find it for looking!
Some amazing stuff in there. Took me 3 goes to get it all in.
Probably why it didn't get a single comment or like
- Location
- Owaka, New Zealand
If only all that effort was channelled into "doing more of what works", instead of attempting to create what is created already....Not agriculture related but I've been reading "What the dog knows" by Cat Warren about dogs trained to search for dead bodies: Cadaver dogs.
There is a whole chapter about the attempts to create an artificial "nose" to replace dogs. Huge quantities of money have been sunk into the effort and "the perfect artificial nose" is always "just around the corner" like so many other scientific pursuits.
It just struck me the huge similarity with the reductionist approach to agriculture. Why can't society just accept that nature does some things so well and with such complexity that we are wasting resources, time and effort in trying to better them?
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- Location
- Glen Clova, Angus, DD8 4RD