Today at work

[Phil P]

Let us all know how it dies, spring OSR normally gets the two fingers up by most folk so v interested to hear your thoughts on it after the binder has been through it

Will probably be cutting sometime next week when it drys up, the customer grew it last year as well and said it did ok as far as a spring crop go’s. I can’t remember exactly what it did as far as t/ac though. The wind’s been fairly battering it past couple of days so hoping it’s not shedding to much!

 

[Pan mixer]

Leveling some dust here.


That was yesterday, still just as dry today though a little breezier.

The only job I photographed was installing a new top roller on the digger track. The old one appears to have lost a bit.

I didn't photograph;

Pig feeding, sheep feeding, weaning sows, vaccinating piglets, mending drinkers,getting cows into the yard, tagging the last calf, feeding heifers, checking easy-care ewes, checking bulling heifers drinker and some office work too.

No time for tea and scones.

 

[simon-0116]

Shy of 3 weeks and 18 tns of blocks laterView attachment 718978 View attachment 718980 View attachment 718982 View attachment 718984 View attachment 718986 View attachment 718990

Why the 3 diamonds, local scrote claims it's his trade mark. No wonder he's busy if everyone does it. Do you lay blocks your self or get a gang in and blitz it

 

[Lincs Lass]

Why the 3 diamonds, local scrote claims it's his trade mark. No wonder he's busy if everyone does it. Do you lay blocks your self or get a gang in and blitz it

customer just wanted something different ,our local scrotes havent got past using crayons ,let alone fancy paving designs .
All my own work ,,cant afford to be paying a gang

 

[bovrill]

Why the 3 diamonds, local scrote claims it's his trade mark. No wonder he's busy if everyone does it. Do you lay blocks your self or get a gang in and blitz it

Squares, surely?

 

[Boysground]

Cleaning out the drill today and the locals were keeping an eye on me. Drilling yesterday and 1 was so low it made the tractor shake.

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[Mursal]

Shy of 3 weeks and 18 tns of blocks laterView attachment 718978 View attachment 718980 View attachment 718982 View attachment 718984 View attachment 718986 View attachment 718990

Tidy ...............

 

[Farmer Roy]

 

[Gerbert]

Has it rained yet?

 

[Phil P]

Has it rained yet?

It has here, been raining on and off for the past fortnight! Should have started drilling yesterday but had over an inch since yesterday dinner

 

[Gerbert]

I was trying to tag farmerroy but my phone wont let me.
Mowed and picked up about 35 hectares of grass in the these last 2 weeks. Yesterday I picked some crap up headed for composting for someone else, now it's raining, perfect!

 

[MOG]

Work this week has had a few more interesting moments than usual

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45588253

The irony is that I am taking 20 lambs to the abattoir this morning!

 

[Mursal]

That man enjoys his work ..............


#calendar 2019 nominee

 

[Jon]

Having quick cuppa, and this young fella stolls by!

 

[Shovelhands]

Digging an old culvert out today, get some water flowing properly that was backing up and flooding this paddock.

 

[bovrill]

Digging an old culvert out today, get some water flowing properly that was backing up and flooding this paddock.View attachment 719150

That confused me for a moment, your digger boom has more bends in it than mine!
How does that work on the levers then? Do you have an extra one, or pedal, or valve changeover button?

 

[Shovelhands]

That confused me for a moment, your digger boom has more bends in it than mine!
How does that work on the levers then? Do you have an extra one, or pedal, or valve changeover button?

Extra pedal

 

[Hesstondriver]

Spent most of this morning tidying up round lamp/telegraph posts. View attachment 719028
Looks much better round the place
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Then after dinner the some guys (and girl) from BASF called in for a chat about some interesting future digital projects. Also got some nice waterproof leggings of them, which was quite appropriate as it’s p!ssed it down all afternoon.
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And nipped to give a mate a lift pull his dust extractor to bits as the bearings had gone in the motor.
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a pleasure to see somebody take the time to tidy up around the telegraph poles . unfortunately around here that involves getting of the seat and out the cab !

 

[Phil P]

a pleasure to see somebody take the time to tidy up around the telegraph poles . unfortunately around here that involves getting of the seat and out the cab !

I usual carry the stihl hedge trimmer with me when I’m hedge cutting, some of these where to tall to reach or to thick so it was a tele- handler and chainsaw job

 

[hampshire-farmer]

Had a shower it rain last night to halt working down some ground so getting some more muck out