Today at work

[Will 1594]

I’m still at it ! Same field different stones my arms and fingers are on fire , I hate emptying the bucket after all the effort that goes into filling it View attachment 899652

Any sandstone , that reddish stuff you find up Eden valley. Could do with some more for Emma’s wall and seat like this one

 

[puppet]

Make sure they are not more than 6 ft off the road. . Council will clear it then

Yep, gone the next day. Hopefully some address in one and stick on their car

 

[JP1]

Second favourite thing after seeing my own stock is looking over those of my friends’. Here we have some lovely lovely inquisitive but so quiet #longhorncattle Colne Valley Longhorns belonging to my friends S and Tim @Tim G . They followed me round the fence line almost saying what about us as a photo opportunity - so I obliged! #gonative #beautifulsuffolk

 

[Peter]

Out with the old and in with the new

 

[nick...]

@JP1 you have plenty of grass there.our 37 acres of meadows have less Grass than a bowling green
nick...

 

[Hilly]

Any sandstone , that reddish stuff you find up Eden valley. Could do with some more for Emma’s wall and seat like this one

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No sand stone sorry , that’s a nice thing to have that ^

 

[JP1]

@JP1 you have plenty of grass there.our 37 acres of meadows have less Grass than a bowling green
nick...

That’s Tim’s grass Nick

Mine is true bowling green too

 

[Muddyroads]

Mowing on the edge of sunny Sidmouth:

 

[teslacoils]

"watching" the BBQ while Mrs teslacoils goes to buy me a beer. Tea, then back to cultivate the headlands.

 

[Will 1594]

First time had 70% load chopping Lauriette seed s b.
ligh light land after beet , had 40 ton pig mick ha and 5 inch water Doing around 7 t ha

 

[Pushdyke]

Back on the plough today after yesterday's break down.

 

[Gerbert]

Raking clover, great stuff but horrible to rake. Hot air balloons in the sky.

The balloons don't really like these things. Me neither.

Last load. 30 hectares, 16 loads... Though 10 hectare accounted for 2 loads.

Covered at beer o clock.

 

[Pushdyke]

I've got a dp7 and it's a pain to get right, I went to the trouble of increasing wheel track width by 2 inches and it now ploughs worse than it did before.
It seemed to like the fact front track was slightly wider than rear .
Now they are the same ploughing is worse. Front furrow measurement is correct but front furrow takes too much .

I found a tape and measured the track on the inside, measuring from the bulge on the tyres.

The front are 52" and the rear 48" . The plough is a dp8 so yours might need to be different .

 

[Hesstondriver]

Today’s little purchase brought home , needs a little tlc and then good to get on with my other purchase from @Great In Grass

 

[Chae1]

More stubble turnips going in.

These were sown 2 weeks ago.

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

More stubble turnips going in.

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These were sown 2 weeks ago.
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Do you drop them before or after the packer? What do you have in the ends of the pipes please to spread the seed?

 

[Chae1]

Do you drop them before or after the packer? What do you have in the ends of the pipes please to spread the seed?

Drop them after. Machine is new to us but earth has been sticking to rollers both times I've used it so glad its after. We fitted following harrow to lightly cover seed.

The seed blows against a circular plate to spread it.

 

[Warp Land Farmer]

Drop them after. Machine is new to us but earth has been sticking to rollers both times I've used it so glad its after. We fitted following harrow to lightly cover seed.

The seed blows against a circular plate to spread it.

Do you get the seed to spread full width?

 

[Chae1]

Do you get the seed to spread full width?

Not sure! Whats germinated looks alright. I have a manual for seeder box and it also has instructions for fitting it to a 3.5m drill so 3m should be fine. 75cm per outlet.

 

[glasshouse]

Sunset over the rows