Groundswell 2019

[SilliamWhale]

Great show as usual, BBQ was the worst 15 quid I can every remember spending, a bit of leather meat with cold potatoes, the pits

That was still better than my Vegan Wrap I bought on the first day - was expecting a bit of hummus and a wrap to be £3 max.

Fiver!!! I'm not used to these London prices ...

The Curry stall was nice mind. And the Coffee was good. Nice that you still get a cup of bog standard coffee and tea for £1 too as well - and thank goodness for the free water!

 

[Clive]

The beer was good @ajd132 !

 

[martian]

The beer was good @ajd132 !

That reminds me... @tw15 I still owe you/your daughter a drink. You should have come up and reminded me. I will try to remember next year to work out a way of getting forum names onto the lanyards. I'm sure I talked to no end of TFFers without knowing it.

 

[ajd132]

The beer was good @ajd132 !

A good couple hours getting sunburnt and tearing apart convention. Was great to see you guys.

 

[Chae1]

Did anyone else learn about the 5g network and its affects on flea beetle!?

 

[martian]

Did anyone else learn about the 5g network and its affects on flea beetle!?

One of my step-sons had a leaflet thrust at him. We're all doomed if 5G goes ahead, apparently, not just the flea beetles...

 

[Will Blackburn]

Did anyone else learn about the 5g network and its affects on flea beetle!?

Yes, plenty of bugs splatted on my windscreen on the way home, i was led to believe that was a thing of the past.

 

[Clive]

Yes, plenty of bugs splatted on my windscreen on the way home, i was led to believe that was a thing of the past.

Claydon’s yellow paint was alive with bugs when the sun came out

I’ve never seen that at the cereals site !

 

[topcat2006]

Unfortunately I didn't get to go so interesting to read your comments thank you.

For those that went will you implement anything shown at Groundswell this year on your farms? And what will it be?

 

[snarling bee]

I have just listened to a U tube video of Allen Savoury. One of the first to realise the value of mob grazing. Interesting man. A few decades ago he insisted the Zimbabwe govt. cull 40,000 elephants to save the grasslands - that was then done, and then he realised he was wrong.
Certainly left field!!

 

[Ffermer Bach]

Unfortunately I didn't get to go so interesting to read your comments thank you.

For those that went will you implement anything shown at Groundswell this year on your farms? And what will it be?

planning to implement mob grazing, so just thinking about sorting out the infrastructure with a plan to start next spring

 

[Farm_girl_amy]

Unfortunately I didn't get to go so interesting to read your comments thank you.

For those that went will you implement anything shown at Groundswell this year on your farms? And what will it be?

Looking into making compost and adding herbal leys into the rotation. Felt like what we’re already doing is on the right track. Fabulous day best show I’ve been to in years.

 

[onesiedale]

Unfortunately I didn't get to go so interesting to read your comments thank you.

For those that went will you implement anything shown at Groundswell this year on your farms? And what will it be?

improving the mob grazing of our youngstock and drystcock whilst trying to get my head around it for the milkers without losing production or quality. Get more diversity in the leys.

 

[snarling bee]

Claydon’s yellow paint was alive with bugs when the sun came out

I’ve never seen that at the cereals site !

The whole cover crop area was alive with bugs, and birds getting a meal. Nice to see.

 

[Wheatonrotty]

Definitely looking into composting our turkey muck, brother in law is a tree surgeon so I've got a ready supply of woodchip to mix in.
Need to have a chat with one or two youngsters locally with sheep to see if they are interested in mob grazing some herbal leys as there is a 130 acre block that would definitely benefit from it but I don't like sheep!

 

[Chae1]

Unfortunately I didn't get to go so interesting to read your comments thank you.

For those that went will you implement anything shown at Groundswell this year on your farms? And what will it be?

More species diverse cover crops.

Mix woodchip with fym.

When the mob of cattle were moved onto herbal ley a cloud of insects got up. Thought it was something I'd only read about in a book!

 

[Chae1]

Claydon’s yellow paint was alive with bugs when the sun came out

I’ve never seen that at the cereals site !

Do you know why they didn't have a demo drill running?

 

[Clive]

Do you know why they didn't have a demo drill running?

Not enough plots ? Field was pretty full

 

[Hard Graft]

The strip till drills moved a lot more soil and made a big mess the first year

 

[martian]

Do you know why they didn't have a demo drill running?

We only had 12 plots and it was: first come, first served. It was nice having them back after a couple of years off.