our farm 2013

[ORRA LOON]

Finally dry enough to move on the land and get some fert on our poor little wheat

 

[Stoxs]

that wheat dosnt look to bad considering, it all looks there!
some of ours down here is like this some is alot worse!

 

[blackbob]

Was that taken today, Loon? You near the coast, that you hinna got the white stuff?

 

[ORRA LOON]

Was that taken today, Loon? You near the coast, that you hinna got the white stuff?

yeah was today, we are about 4 miles from the coast in Moray and have been very lucky. We always seem to miss the worst weather but sometimes we miss the good weather too. I believe Aberdeenshire is still bad. Its nearly dry enough to drill some fields but its way too cold, ground is still raw !

 

[Niels]

Have the wheels on the back come off your combine? I often wonder why not more people remove the big wheels off their combines and stick them on a tractor or won't this work size wise? It is just a pain to move the combine in the shed with no wheels.. Or you have to stick a set of tractor wheels under them.

 

[Mydexta]

They have started sowing spring barley on the Black Isle

 

[Johnny400]

Couldnt have done that in this part of Aberdeenshire yesterday. Snow slowly going today

 

[ORRA LOON]

The wheels are off our TX, as so as we finish combining we swap wheels for drilling wheat.We always put the tractor wheels on the combine so it can be moved if there was a ever a fire The 650 r38 and the 800 r32 are near enough the same diameter and we haven't had any bother with the tractor or the 8260 before it.

 

[Niels]

Seems a good idea and saves spending a lot on expensive rubber. Thanks.

 

[casemx 270]

Finally dry enough to move on the land and get some fert on our poor little wheat

Crops look better than some round here thanks for sharing

 

[ORRA LOON]

Plough going today, still wet after last years tatties. Field had turned to sh.t after they got them lifted and wheat was a no no.

 

[blackbob]

That's how I like to plough, the full depth of the topsoil and just bringing up a little bit of subsoil, opens the ground up to let the air in.. especially like there where the ground's been abused with tatties.. min-till tickling's not for me!

 

[ORRA LOON]

Finally got the drill going this afternoon, the ground was too frozen in the morning. Hard to believe but things are drying very quickly, nearly from one extreme to the other !

 

[Niels]

That's how I like to plough, the full depth of the topsoil and just bringing up a little bit of subsoil, opens the ground up to let the air in.. especially like there where the ground's been abused with tatties.. min-till tickling's not for me!

Have you got any shares in British Petrol or Shell etc.. by any chance?

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Recognise some of that drill from my farmforce days, sad I know. Are you just outside Elgin by any chance

Alistair

 

[ORRA LOON]

Recognise some of that drill from my farmforce days, sad I know. Are you just outside Elgin by any chance

Alistair

Well spotted we bought the demo df2 cultivator drill back in 2000/01 ? I remember you visiting with Mike Burley. Cost us very little over the years, pity Farmforce went the way it did. A few years ago bought the old rabe/accord to see how it would work in the stones and added the farmforce coulter bar and front tank which we changed to df1. Sold the cultivator at Dingwall sales last year, it made good money. What do you do now? if you don't mind me asking.

 

[Alistair Nelson]

Farming back at home on the family farm and then bits and pieces from there to keep me amused and out of everyones hair! Thought that must be the outfit as recognised the front hopper and rear coulter bar and markers. Pleased its still going well

Alistair

 

[ORRA LOON]

Good to hear your keeping busy.

 

[ORRA LOON]

Got some pigs back in yesterday, only 2 pens though get the rest next week (photos with ipod as camera flat)

 

[JNP]

Nice pig pics. Looks like they have fun in there. How many do you keep in total?