A decent living off sub 100 acres. Wholesale markets everywhere that would buy fruit & veg from small holders. Now it's 5000 acres, or the supermarkets ain't interested.at least then we were getting a decent living
A decent living off sub 100 acres. Wholesale markets everywhere that would buy fruit & veg from small holders. Now it's 5000 acres, or the supermarkets ain't interested.at least then we were getting a decent living
Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.Nostalgia alert.........
@DrWazzock has got the new sprayer he wanted thenNostalgia alert.........
Spotted on Facebook recently....
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Nowt wrong with that.Can you imagine the chagrin of Red Tractor/ H&S today, if your sprayer boom was made up of scrap bicycle parts ?
Reminds me of my old neighbour, who always sowed fertiliser at 2cwt / acre.........cos the adjuster on the spreader was ceased up on 2cwt/ acre. Halcyon days..........
that's variable rate spreading isn't it ?No
Nowt wrong with that.
Let the man who hasn't done the last 2 or 3 tramlines half a gear faster, to make sure he didn't run out, cast the first stone.
you're a long way from Kansas, Dorothyneither Dorothy
Reminds of the neighbour who never altered his drill setting but just went over it again until it was empty.Can you imagine the chagrin of Red Tractor/ H&S today, if your sprayer boom was made up of scrap bicycle parts ?
Reminds me of my old neighbour, who always sowed fertiliser at 2cwt / acre.........cos the adjuster on the spreader was ceased up on 2cwt/ acre. Halcyon days..........
That is lovely, however I doubt they all did that out of the goodness of their harts. It probably was the most profitable way.just as a bit of info my dad used to sell his cattle at the local market they were shown first won prizes and certificates if good enough and then were auctioned to the local butchers who then butchered prepared and sold locally in their shops that cow having not moved more than 5 miles from were it was born . Thats how it was done then pride in what you do and how you do it .
lovely or profitable its how it wasThat is lovely, however I doubt they all did that out of the goodness of their harts. It probably was the most profitable way.