SOooo...

[spin cycle]

no land work next wk judging by forecast ......apart from @robbie who's due to start combining next sat

 

[Wombat]

Apart from some spreading there has been no land work for the last month

 

[ollie989898]

This is all getting well beyond a joke now. I feel for all of you, it rained all day here and at times couldn't fall out of the sky any faster. The land is running and spilling on to the roads. Sheep and cattle I have seen out just standing there looking bedraggled, ill even.

Not a stitch of grass anywhere, looks sick most of it.

Glad I am not out walking crops any more, it would depress the hell out of me even more, it's bad enough seeing them from the road.

 

[Fiveospades]

I have an agronomist with a huge dose of optimism, just sent me recs. for spraying w. wheat. Advises spraying next week!!!! .

 

[Clive]

It will get done, always does

 

[Fiveospades]

Without a doubt.

 

[spin cycle]

you beet and barley boys.....which will you go after first?

 

[Gong Farmer]

March - came in like a lion and went out like a duck.

 

[Wombat]

Just hope the winter corn can keep surviving long enough

 

[robbie]

Majority of the barley is in, it'll be beet now asap, don't think it'll be next week thought.

It's funny how thing vary so much at this point last year we were drilling beet and worrying about a lack of moisture,so much so that we would only harrow the beet land if absolutely necessary for fear of losing what little moisture we had.

 

[Boysground]

1st thing here this morning it was snowing. The river by my house has now burst it’s bank. Said to Mrs bg we could be drilling maize and barley at the same time.

Bg

 

[DrWazzock]

Can’t see our really heavy land getting dry enough soon enough this spring to make it worthwhile drilling it.

I will grass some of it down permanently when / if it eventually becomes workable. It’s always been a pain and has lost structure and happens to be in awkward shapes so it will be no great loss from the arable rotation.

There is still a chance we will be able to drill the lighter land with beet and barley. It will be a case of letting the top get as dry as possible and then straight on with the drill and the lightest tractor.. Can’t see any point in bringing up a lot of wet stuff from depth and then ending up with an underconsolidated dry seedbed.

 

[Heathland]

you beet and barley boys.....which will you go after first?

I've already started on the beet, last Monday,its even a bit wet here now,then back on the on the heavy land barley.

 

[Fiveospades]

It will be barley first at home on the kinder ground then beet , have some mean land at the other farm that will not be good enough for a while.soil temperature at home this morning was 5 degrees on late ploughed sandy loam. Only 3degrees at the other farm on winter ploughed ground just to wet to travel on either farm at moment. Light rain now and no prolonged settled spell forecast for a time.15mm again yesterday, 10mm last Wednesday.

 

[DrWazzock]

Saw a pair ducks swimming on a pond where the beet should be drilled. Keeping busy in the shed doing all those rainy day jobs that have accumulated over the years. When it dries up I'll be ready for a change.

 

[Will 1594]

no land work next wk judging by forecast ......apart from @robbie who's due to start combining next sat

Hey spin ,went to Hayley bearings ,and field next door to here had sand blowing on a hill top drilled barley and rolled ,ducks at the bottom of field

 

[DRC]

Saw a pair ducks swimming on a pond where the beet should be drilled. Keeping busy in the shed doing all those rainy day jobs that have accumulated over the years. When it dries up I'll be ready for a change.

I started the combine today. Sitting in the cab evoked memories of lovely warm summers evenings. No rats ran out when I put her into gear either, which is always a bonus.

 

[DrWazzock]

I started the combine today. Sitting in the cab evoked memories of lovely warm summers evenings. No rats ran out when I put her into gear either, which is always a bonus.

I have been a bit neglectful there. It's surrounded by junk and I have to carry the batteries over which have been borrowed by other machines.

Still it's a good distraction from the water outside to keep busy in the shed, renovating, oiling, greasing and making sure everything is as it should be. Gave the old tractor a birthday, even hoovered out the cab and cleaned the windows.

As Jim Rainthorpe used to say, "What you do on the wet days is equally as important as what you do on the dry days", when talking to somebody who said it was wet so they couldn't do anything.

 

[spin cycle]

did a bit of ploughing yesterday....even saw some dust on a lighter bit......today rain and light rain forecast for all week......no land work around here then.....i'll be leccy fencing in the rain......or tucked up dreaming the current lamb prices will stay at this level all year

 

[Fiveospades]

I started the combine today. Sitting in the cab evoked memories of lovely warm summers evenings. No rats ran out when I put her into gear either, which is always a bonus.

We put mothballs in our combine once we have cleaned her out after harvest, seems to keep Rats and mice out. Amazed we could still buy mothballs from the Internet so we bought enough for several years(only pop three or four inside combine). We don't tell the grain assurance assessor!. If your ale tastes a bit weird at some time it could be down to us!.