I recall my dad telling me that back in the sixty his father made hay early one year was so pleased he had all his winter feed sorted by mid june, but ended up starting to feed it back to them in july by autumn he sent two cows to market and bought a 8.5 acre fieild. basicly because he had no feed.
(CLOUT Being old english for winter clothing) meaning don't throw your winter clothing out till winter is out, may being the the last month of winter. also hawhorn used to be called may, so when the flower is out it gets warmer, so never cast a clout till may is out..
Sweet chestnut have a disease and have had for a few years I live up on the Surrey hants border and our trees look awful . I did comment this when you were thinking of replacing the ash your losing with chestnut to save you the heart ache . It’s so sad to see we’re gradually losing all our trees .
I reckon give it 2 weeks and we'll all have plenty of rain. The weather seems to be in cycles of long periods of dry followed by long periods of wet. Its dry too early for it to stay at it.
Perhaps another project to add to the list, would a bore hole for water, if you have a chance of water, and then you would be able to water in droughts for the Maise and grass the weather is changing
I sort of know your pain of no rain, not had a proper rain in the Western Isles Scotland for almost 3 months. But I only grow 80 to 90% of my veg and potatoes for the year. With any luck you'll get rain to keep everything green and the cows fed
Good to see some new kit on the farm. It raises the spirits a bit. Looks like we may get some rain over the weekend with storms forecast. Might be worth spinning a bit on here and there.
Here in Ireland we haven’t had rain for close on a month either but I have continued to spread about 50kgs an acre after grazing because in early mornings we have heavy dews and grass is growing a little but if you stop spreading it takes forever for growth to start when you do start spreading , also in that heavy meadow of grass that you are grazing try mowing a strip and let the cows in to graze after , it’s called pre mowing and works well
Congrats on your fertilizer spreader. No one has fun like the funky farmer. Hey you don't have an old sickle bar mower around there someplace do you? Sometimes you can run around over a pasture and clip it off and they'll eat what they wouldn't standing.
Yep the weather is pretty dry and is going to be for some time by the look of it .typically all of the maze is in and not rain … iwould be interested to see what farmer p says about that tree ive not seen that before might be worth cutting the dead branches off to stop any further spread?
Great video Richard is there anything you can do to help that chestnut tree out?... Can't wait until Harry is of age to drive the tractors and work the new machinery give dad a break but have your guidance & knowledge ...
Hi Richard nice to see you get some new gear , i run a small Dairy farm in Ireland just a small farm trying to get by i know the feeling & worry of buying new things best of luck with your new Fertiliser spreader
Happy Birthday Harry, hope you had a good one🎂 Richard... Is that Harry's birthday present from Dad? Bit like when I got a train set and my Dad spent hours and hours making sure it worked🙂 Nice to see a new bit of kit Richard it's been a bit of a rough year for you. Crack on carefully mate.
Is starting to get a bit dry but all you can do is what your doing. Come back to the channel after not watching for a few years enjoying the content your putting up
the tree could for three months overwhelmed with water in the winter and for the last three months beeen dry and warm just cut the dead brancjes off and new growths will start
All the expert grazers round here would premow your old grass each day and your cows would clear up all the grass once they get used to it. Once you try it you'll do it every time, no need for topping.
You can't win , one minute your ground has so much rain water that it floods badly . Then no rain grass isnt growing as it should , p 😢😢😢 .pity you cant have like a resovior to keep for situations like you have now to pump water on the ground using a tanker . The weather is all about this past few years , and here in the UK it doesnt store the water from floods etc CRAZY
I recall my dad telling me that back in the sixty his father made hay early one year was so pleased he had all his winter feed sorted by mid june, but ended up starting to feed it back to them in july by autumn he sent two cows to market and bought a 8.5 acre fieild. basicly because he had no feed.
(CLOUT Being old english for winter clothing) meaning don't throw your winter clothing out till winter is out, may being the the last month of winter. also hawhorn used to be called may, so when the flower is out it gets warmer, so never cast a clout till may is out..
Is it not clobber?
@@Isitthepinkorthebrown in some ways.
The old proverb about "cast not a clout" refers to the May Flower, the hawthorn blossom, not the month.
I am praying for a good balance of rain and sunshine for you. 👍👍😊
Sweet chestnut have a disease and have had for a few years I live up on the Surrey hants border and our trees look awful . I did comment this when you were thinking of replacing the ash your losing with chestnut to save you the heart ache . It’s so sad to see we’re gradually losing all our trees .
I reckon give it 2 weeks and we'll all have plenty of rain. The weather seems to be in cycles of long periods of dry followed by long periods of wet. Its dry too early for it to stay at it.
Perhaps another project to add to the list, would a bore hole for water, if you have a chance of water, and then you would be able to water in droughts for the Maise and grass the weather is changing
Same issue in south Norway, no rain at all, dried up grass and grain fields, and many forest fires. And north of norway is drowning in rain😬
You should spray it down with fluid film to keep it from rusting
The Chestnut is defiantly damaged from last years drought. I think it will recover.
👀🙄🐾👍Cows are looking good Mr C would be nice if you did an up date on your maize
Can you bring in farmer P for a professional chat about your native trees
It would be interesting video
I sort of know your pain of no rain, not had a proper rain in the Western Isles Scotland for almost 3 months. But I only grow 80 to 90% of my veg and potatoes for the year. With any luck you'll get rain to keep everything green and the cows fed
Good to see some new kit on the farm. It raises the spirits a bit. Looks like we may get some rain over the weekend with storms forecast. Might be worth spinning a bit on here and there.
Here in Ireland we haven’t had rain for close on a month either but I have continued to spread about 50kgs an acre after grazing because in early mornings we have heavy dews and grass is growing a little but if you stop spreading it takes forever for growth to start when you do start spreading , also in that heavy meadow of grass that you are grazing try mowing a strip and let the cows in to graze after , it’s called pre mowing and works well
Congrats on your fertilizer spreader. No one has fun like the funky farmer. Hey you don't have an old sickle bar mower around there someplace do you? Sometimes you can run around over a pasture and clip it off and they'll eat what they wouldn't standing.
Can do that with a disc mower too
Yep the weather is pretty dry and is going to be for some time by the look of it .typically all of the maze is in and not rain … iwould be interested to see what farmer p says about that tree ive not seen that before might be worth cutting the dead branches off to stop any further spread?
Great video Richard is there anything you can do to help that chestnut tree out?... Can't wait until Harry is of age to drive the tractors and work the new machinery give dad a break but have your guidance & knowledge ...
Best of luck with the new fertiliser spreader on the farm 👍👍
Good looking fert spreader. Thanks fer your videos.
Hi Richard nice to see you get some new gear , i run a small Dairy farm in Ireland just a small farm trying to get by i know the feeling & worry of buying new things best of luck with your new Fertiliser spreader
thanks
Good to hear that you are still taking your tablets, but may I respectfully suggest that you up the dosage.😀😀
Thank you, I will
Happy Birthday Harry, hope you had a good one🎂
Richard... Is that Harry's birthday present from Dad?
Bit like when I got a train set and my Dad spent hours and hours making sure it worked🙂
Nice to see a new bit of kit Richard it's been a bit of a rough year for you. Crack on carefully mate.
It's showing rain for Saturday onwards
Happy birthday 🥳🥳🎉🎉 harry
Don`t worry the tree will be fine as you say its just the the fact it didn`t have enough water last autumn .
We had to open up silage pit yesterday to supplement grazing
Oh wow!
Happy belated birthday harry
Sweet chestnut blight - Looks like the problem
Is starting to get a bit dry but all you can do is what your doing. Come back to the channel after not watching for a few years enjoying the content your putting up
welcome back tristan
its lemans 24hour this weekend and number one rule is it aways rains at le mans .......... so were bound to get a bit
Rain by the 10th more than you will want get your spreader ready
He still had a few bags full he moved them out when the pigs came
the tree could for three months overwhelmed with water in the winter and for the last three months beeen dry and warm just cut the dead brancjes off and new growths will start
On your little dairy farm. With two of you working full time. Your kit and tractors should be in A1 condition.
Rain due on saturday get the fert spreader fired up.
Spread some slurry on the fields for some moisture to but into the ground
I don’t think they do slurry?
@@glennlingard7851y wouldn’t u
@@jamescarmody1710 because they don’t have a slurry system, it’s straw bedding, and that idea of yours is dumb anyway, you need an irrigation system!
@@glennlingard7851 they have a slurry lagoon 🤯
are you alllowed to pump water out of laggoon on your field
Hi Ask Farmer P he should be able to help you out from Bonnie Scotland
"I'll keep taking the tablets" LOL!!!
Vicon spreading charts app is really good for calibration 👍
How many cows milking
They milk about 80 cows l think.
Blight infestation on the chesnut
لا الاه الا الله محمد رسول الله. هي السعادة في الدنيا والاخرة
Blimey them spreaders haven’t altered since we bought a new one from Platts in Brigg thirty five years ago, talk about don’t fix if it’s not broken🙂
Rich it's due to rain over the next week or so
Can't you empty your lagoon on to the ground
Do you have money left to buy fertilizer? 😊
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Farmer p might be able to help you withth the tree 🌳
All the expert grazers round here would premow your old grass each day and your cows would clear up all the grass once they get used to it. Once you try it you'll do it every time, no need for topping.
farmers are never satisfied with the weather
You can't win , one minute your ground has so much rain water that it floods badly .
Then no rain grass isnt growing as it should , p 😢😢😢 .pity you cant have like a resovior to keep for situations like you have now to pump water on the ground using a tanker .
The weather is all about this past few years , and here in the UK it doesnt store the water from floods etc
CRAZY
or could be cows have been nibbleing it
dont give up your day job.
😆😁😅🤣
🇨🇮🇨🇮🙏🙏👍👍
Why would you get so hiped up about a Vicon Wagtail ??????
Yes its only a fert spinner. Should have bought a mower instead.
Get that kid out of the loader !!!
It’s on stand’s what’s the problem?
@@glennlingard7851 it's a flimsy stand, and potentially. Fall with extra weight (or even movement!!
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