Recent content by Lazy Sod

If you got some curved barges made to go on the weather end, I would have thought that you wouldn't get rain blown in. For the look of it, put them on the other end as well.

Those pictures of rolling countryside could easily be mistaken for Salisbury Plain.

I think that GRP roof lights are amazing, they look totally opaque from the outside, but they let a surprising amount of light in.

When I was young, I can remember my neighbour quoting 100 acres per man.

When I bought my JCB Loadall in 1984, it had quite a few levers all in a row. There were extra ones because the machine had hydraulic locking for the attachments and a pick up hitch. I reduced the height of all of them by about and inch except the ones for the lift and crowd to reduce the...

The hose tail with the rolled end looks as though it will unscrew. If it does, find something smaller to replace it.

A pair of swallows are regularly going in and out of stables now. It always takes them a while to settle after they get back.

Secure them on the inside and have a personnel door.

My AHA tenancy specified 50:50 for windows. The farmhouse was built just after WW2 with Crittall steel frames which eventually rusted and cracked the glass, if left too long. Gradually, they were all replaced with plastic frames. The two cottages also.

In 1987, Mrs LS and I got into mountain and fell walking for our holidays and did a lot of it until the noughties, when my developing respitory condition put a stop to it. I was always saddened to see old fencing left behind on the hills when it had been replaced.

They're a bit like steam engines, Maximum torque at zero revs. I always hated the clutch pedal. I've had automatic cars since 1973, along side manual farm vehicles where autos were not available.

I always worked on the principle that people should clear up as they go. A place only gets untidy if you let it.

Someone said to me once that a farm workshop is not much use if there isn't a heap of scrap outside the door.

If you're getting stuck, you shouldn't be on the land. With wetter weather becoming more likely. I think that growing maize will become more and more difficult.

Yes, Ive found it. I didn't know about that. Another question, how can I increase the TFF font size?