How much harvest left ?

[Flat 10]

I find harvest stressful enough in the dry early east. Wouldn’t catch me growing Beans in the north! I never want to find out if my combine heater works.....

 

[snarling bee]

We gave up linseed in January 1999 when 100 acres of Arctic got killed off by a bit of a frost.

Dalgety's linseed expert told us our ground was too cold and exposed for arable production.

Our winter linseed had the same fate. Not sure what year though. Minus 17 c not normal though in Bedfordshire.

 

[wuddy]

Started straw season on 16th July eventually finished on the 3rd October my longest season on straw so far! All cleaned down an put to bed now

 

[bankrupt]

I find harvest stressful enough in the dry early east.

We're a lot further south than you, Flat 10, so harvest hereabouts is always a complete doddle.

Several fields of spring barley in this very parish are yet to be started.

But I can recall seeing more than half a dozen of our current fields (then under previous ownership) being harvested, by four different combines, on bonfire night in 1974.

So no need to panic yet.

It's still only October.

 

[Flat 10]

We're a lot further south than you, Flat 10, so harvest hereabouts is always a complete doddle.

Several fields of spring barley in this very parish are yet to be started.

But I can recall seeing more than half a dozen of our current fields (then under previous ownership) being harvested, by four different combines, on bonfire night in 1974.

So no need to panic yet.

It's still only October.

Sorry for me stereotyping that its only northerners that have late harvests.....
To those in the wet west I extend my sympathy. I am not man enough to deal with those conditions (though if someone wants to give me a farm I would have a go....)

 

[gone up the hill]

We're a lot further south than you, Flat 10, so harvest hereabouts is always a complete doddle.

Several fields of spring barley in this very parish are yet to be started.

But I can recall seeing more than half a dozen of our current fields (then under previous ownership) being harvested, by four different combines, on bonfire night in 1974.

So no need to panic yet.

It's still only October.

Around here everyone seems to have fhinshed the corn harvest by Friday night.

At this time of year you have no option but to cut when you get a dry day and then dry it, weather looks rubbish for the next few weeks.

 

[glasshouse]

I find harvest stressful enough in the dry early east. Wouldn’t catch me growing Beans in the north! I never want to find out if my combine heater works.....

get some hairs on your chest, youve never lived till you have de iced your combine cab at 6 am in december to harvest frozen linseed.

 

[glasshouse]

We're a lot further south than you, Flat 10, so harvest hereabouts is always a complete doddle.

Several fields of spring barley in this very parish are yet to be started.

But I can recall seeing more than half a dozen of our current fields (then under previous ownership) being harvested, by four different combines, on bonfire night in 1974.

So no need to panic yet.

It's still only October.

why have they not started?

 

[Flat 10]

Around here everyone seems to have fhinshed the corn harvest by Friday night.

At this time of year you have no option but to cut when you get a dry day and then dry it, weather looks rubbish for the next few weeks.

Still wheat out in my parish

 

[Louis Mc]

200 acres beans left..... only our 3rd year growing them so late harvesting is not something we are used to

 

[gone up the hill]

Still wheat out in my parish

How come some is still not cut?

 

[Flat 10]

How come some is still not cut?

I can't be sure. I have heard no rumours of illness or combine disasters.

 

[Nick.]

We’ve still got 70ac of millet. Hoping to start it today.

 

[bankrupt]

why have they not started?

It's not been ripe.

We've had four or five really good years for spring barley hereabouts, where one could turn out your ewes and lambs onto a bit of grass in February without having to worry about treading damage, spread a bit of dung on it in March, plough it up in April, plant it in May and harvest excellent yields of grain and straw at the end of August.

Hasn't worked so well here this time.

 

[Speedstar]

finished baling yesterday for the year or, all we are going to do this year , one field left to sow but it is to wet, so time to get on a plane in the morning for a Holiday

 

[Timbo1080]

Father still going strong at 76 years old, doing a sterling job cutting the start of our Linseed yesterday evening. So grateful that he's so experienced and still so keen....really dug me out of a hole as I'm flat out spraying and Nic's crazy drilling elsewhere....Last 70 acres after this field, hoping that the weather holds. Good luck to all those still with crops to cut.

.....And into the night he cut....Ironic that at 10am he was ringing a half peal (Edited to say Peal, not "Peel"....Don't want to upset him at this juncture!!) to celebrate Harvest Festival, then hurried back to get on the combine & continue getting this year's harvest safely gathered in......

 

[bravheart]

finished combining the last five acre yesterday, luckily the weekend was good weather wise or we could have been in deep, never had so much left to cut at this time of year, managed 100 acres wheat and a bit of barley sat/sun.
thought we got baled up as well but just found one swath on a headrigg, never will be done now, just read baler man's buggered off on holiday.

 

[gone up the hill]

It's not been ripe.

We've had four or five really good years for spring barley hereabouts, where one could turn out your ewes and lambs onto a bit of grass in February without having to worry about treading damage, spread a bit of dung on it in March, plough it up in April, plant it in May and harvest excellent yields of grain and straw at the end of August.

Hasn't worked so well here this time.

May is too late to be drilling SB in all honesty, doing it that late means sooner or later you will get caught out and end up like this year, end of April is the ideal cut off, anything after that needs to be crimped ideally.

 

[Flat 10]

May is too late to be drilling SB in all honesty, doing it that late means sooner or later you will get caught out and end up like this year, end of April is the ideal cut off, anything after that needs to be crimped ideally.

You could say they have been pushing their luck......

 

[glasshouse]

May is too late to be drilling SB in all honesty, doing it that late means sooner or later you will get caught out and end up like this year, end of April is the ideal cut off, anything after that needs to be crimped ideally.

Mid april is too late for sb in scotland.