Thats aberdeenshires payback for autumn 2019/ when it was dry there and rest of uk swimmingHe hasnt been too successful in harvesting it in previous years though.
I've know of more than a few fields round here that still have ordinary spring barley to cut.
Weather gave up seriously on last day of September and there has been hardly any chance since, especially if ground is soft.
It must have been late 1970s - early 1980s I saw stooked oats still out above Dufftown with the snow on it. Most of that would have been got in after drying sheaves of oats by hanging them on the wire fences. But I never saw barley still to cut, though don't disbelieve it. Makes me smile when I read about the despair of southerners because their hay got a shower of rain!He hasnt been too successful in harvesting it in previous years though.
I've know of more than a few fields round here that still have ordinary spring barley to cut.
Weather gave up seriously on last day of September and there has been hardly any chance since, especially if ground is soft.
feck it id have had it crimped given half a chance ! aq bird in the hand!He hasnt been too successful in harvesting it in previous years though.
I've know of more than a few fields round here that still have ordinary spring barley to cut.
Weather gave up seriously on last day of September and there has been hardly any chance since, especially if ground is soft.
Harvest 2000 was the only harvest we never got finished in the worst wettest farming year ever.It must have been late 1970s - early 1980s I saw stooked oats still out above Dufftown with the snow on it. Most of that would have been got in after drying sheaves of oats by hanging them on the wire fences. But I never saw barley still to cut, though don't disbelieve it. Makes me smile when I read about the despair of southerners because their hay got a shower of rain!
Aberdeenshire and dry autumn aren't words you'd usually see in a sentence.Thats aberdeenshires payback for autumn 2019/ when it was dry there and rest of uk swimming
To be fair there are only a couple of pockets not cut now, but there are bits of straw lying to bale, last year was the same, neighbour ended up baling in March, even demoed a new baler then too.It must have been late 1970s - early 1980s I saw stooked oats still out above Dufftown with the snow on it. Most of that would have been got in after drying sheaves of oats by hanging them on the wire fences. But I never saw barley still to cut, though don't disbelieve it. Makes me smile when I read about the despair of southerners because their hay got a shower of rain!
In Ollys case, trying to double crop, I'd think that either crimp or wrap it up for silage would be the way to go, far better chance of getting it in better order.feck it id have had it crimped given half a chance ! aq bird in the hand!
Agree, but interesting none the less. Did he say no inputs other that the seed? Wonder how much was lost on the ground ?2.8t off 16 acres. Waste of time.
Not knocking him at all, good on him for trying it, and interesting too. Need the weather and the location to make it work.Like to know why people are knocking him for doing its his choice to try it.