Today at work

[ganderman]

Was the first picture a flooded field was the house flooded?

No thankfully just the field, still got one field we have not been able to do anything with yet.

 

[2wheels]

Finally got some previously flooded ex potato land ploughed on Saturday and today getting some ex cabbage turned over both went better than expected.View attachment 1162768View attachment 1162765View attachment 1162766View attachment 1162767

ucn or scn bodies?

 

[Bob lincs]

Finally got some previously flooded ex potato land ploughed on Saturday and today getting some ex cabbage turned over both went better than expected.View attachment 1162768View attachment 1162765View attachment 1162766View attachment 1162767

That’s some heavy old muck !

 

[CPF]

Finally got some previously flooded ex potato land ploughed on Saturday and today getting some ex cabbage turned over both went better than expected.View attachment 1162768View attachment 1162765View attachment 1162766View attachment 1162767

Your poor back.

 

[ganderman]

ucn or scn bodies?

Ucn I believe.

 

[Muddyroads]

err, looking at that pic, why do you need to do anything ?
Seriously . . .
Why not just plant the beans & save yourself the extra operation, time, compaction & expense ?
What am I missing ?

It’s a fair question, especially looking at your system and conditions.
The last crop was sweetcorn for human consumption. Pigs have been on the ground over the winter but there were a lot of long maize stalks left. In hindsight I should have topped it all but left some as shelter for the pigs. Wet weather means I’ve only been able to plough it in the last few days. A pass with the rolls and cultivator (shallow) dragged shallow stalks to the end of the runs.
We‘re organic, so our only means of weed control is hoeing. This means I need a reasonably firm level seedbed.
We grow small areas compared to you (understatement!) as everything is hand picked. In this case it’s only half an acre. Wide rolls and cultivator, along with a relatively light tractor on wide tyres try to minimise compaction.
The ground is relatively light on a gentle slope with an uncomfortably low organic matter and clay content around 26%.

 

[Muddyroads]

That’s some heavy old muck !

I miss the posts from @slim shiny

 

[mtx.jag]

I miss the posts from @slim shiny

Your not the only one

 

[Pan mixer]

Spring tines to try and make yesterdays mauling a little better.

 

[Happy]

Bit of ploughing today before it got too wet again.

 

[br jones]

Bit of ploughing today before it got too wet again.

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lovely pebble ,you near the sea ?

 

[Old apprentice]

Keep it some where usefull , could come in handy.

 

[Happy]

lovely pebble ,you near the sea ?

No.
Don’t have many small surface stones but plenty big ones just at plough depth or below.
Couldn’t believe how many the drainage contractors trenchless machine brought up a few years ago in a field I had never seen a stone in before.

 

[Steevo]

Bit of ploughing today before it got too wet again.

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That’s a helluva potato!

 

[solo]

Bit of ploughing today before it got too wet again.

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That’s just what @Chae1 needs on his stone fork.

 

[Farmer Roy]

Helping out in the holiday park ( camp site)
Mid 30’s nice blue sky .View attachment 1162605View attachment 1162606

I can’t see the rego plates well enough to know which State you’re in

 

[CPF]

I can’t see the rego plates well enough to know which State you’re in

Vic , Wye River ,on the great ocean road near Geelong.

 

[Hfd Cattle]

More tack sheep going home

 

[Bert Jansch]

12 feet of rain over the last 12 months. Doing its best to make it 13

 

[adda]

More tack sheep going home
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Just looking at the pitch mark