60 in July , bit of arthritis from heavy engineering but generally better off than lots of other people.
We’ve been mulling over our future with the farm , both want to carry on as it’s something we built from scratch , but other than work I’ve not traveled a lot , would like to get back into...
Guy Cotten, and shitty cheap flexothane stuck over my wellies
Don’t find the guy cottens overly sweaty , just a pain if you need the loo ( more so as I wear smock tops )
The flexothane ( not bibs) are sweaty but so convenient and cheap
My dentist phoned in sick so I had to see the main man , to be fair he was brilliant, two x rays showed a cavity on the tooth’s root, pull it out I said , he grand then £ 95 later no pain
He told me to put my feet up for the afternoon…. So I am
f**k that !
Did you ever watch “ sharp” with Sean bean ?
There’s an episode where sgt harper has a bad tooth , finally sorted with a bottle of brandy and a pair of pliers
Few mucky bums on moor ewes ( hoggs) plenty rubbing fleece off , time to book shearing gang , main group of older ewes not ready yet though
Cocci buckets are going out today and I got some white wormer for a bunch of lambs at home , it’s wet and breezy out , so will see how the day pans out...
Difficult to explain but.. our yard at home is very small , it’s a four or five point turn in the pick up and a real struggle with trailer.
There is a bit of track ( through gate behind buggy in pics) this goes to an old hard standing but at it’s narrow point is only 8’ wide and although the...
Good point , as a hill farmer, I’ve never really followed arable practices, only what I occasionally see on tff
The use of roundup etc didn’t really twig with me .
At the end of the day we can only do the best with what we have, be it re seeds every 3 years or whatever , dd min till etc...
I don’t think there’s much to fear with regen, personally I think it’s pretty much old fashioned farming , certainly on our small ish hill farm, surely good soils are what we all want anyway.
Quick question re organic, how do you deal with parasites on sheep, ie scab, fluke etc etc
I just use mcpa, can feel weather turning, I missed a few still warm days as I had to go down south 😱
Winds picking up and thunder forecast, I’ll hold on until we get a few clear days
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