The Official Farming Thread...

[ajschainsaws]

Did you take a slice off & try a bite ?

I have a long time ago it was sweet and earthy but I know after the war when
Everything was tight people did eat them

 

[ajschainsaws]

I know around here there occasionally plant turnips for erosion & winter cover crop. It seems to me that the cows like to work them out & munch on them.

yeah there doing the erosion planting here again after a break for several years
Environmental government on the farmers backs

fodder beet is from the beet family closely related to sugar beet , Chard , mangle wurzel and beetroot there’s different varieties some that grow out the ground and some that go down a good ways

if you let the cows and sheep eat them off then take a cultivator in there
it’ll lift the the ones they haven’t eaten

 

[jakethesnake]

I’m heading to my pickup. It’s February fellas

 

[jakethesnake]

Go ahead aj

 

[ajschainsaws]

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Lovely and dry there

 

[jakethesnake]

Lovely and dry there

That super sharp curve there is where the irrigation tires come through.

Been unseasonably warm here. Reasonably dry too

 

[ajschainsaws]

That super sharp curve there is where the irrigation tires come through.

Been unseasonably warm here. Reasonably dry too

That’s a good high moveable fence does the job is that standard electric fence posts
or is it railway fencing

 

[jakethesnake]

That’s a good high moveable fence does the job is that standard electric fence posts
or is it railway fencing

I’ve grew up using them they call them t posts and sell insulators with them. They’re sorta multipurpose I assume just for fences and different types of fence material

 

[ajschainsaws]

A fencing crew local too me just had his vehicles sign written

 

[jakethesnake]

A fencing crew local too me just had his vehicles sign written

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What kind of vehicle is that. I want one

 

[ajschainsaws]

It’s a land rover 2.5tdi

 

[jonnystihl]

First calf this spring.

 

[Lnk]

Anyone else have flowers on their fruit trees. Plums and peaches are starting to flower here. I think it might be too soon. It has been a mild winter, I think they are jumping the gun.

 

[Only the Tony]

Anyone else have flowers on their fruit trees. Plums and peaches are starting to flower here. I think it might be too soon. It has been a mild winter, I think they are jumping the gun.

Bit early here. I need to finish my pruning and spraying.

 

[Boomer2230]

I still have 4 feet of snow here.

 

[Lnk]

Bit early here. I need to finish my pruning and spraying.

I was waiting for a cold spell to prune, we had one around Christmas, I figured more time to go dormant was needed. Yesterday morning it was 27, so I went and pruned. Going to be 60's for the next two weeks anyway. This has been a weird winter.

 

[jakethesnake]

Been mild here too. Definitely have new growth here

 

[Steve]

Replacing the fence and adding a gate between me and the inlaws. Ground is so soft we drove all the t posts with the loader. And yes Andrew, the zetor helped too!

 

[ajschainsaws]

Replacing the fence and adding a gate between me and the inlaws. Ground is so soft we drove all the t posts with the loader. And yes Andrew, the zetor helped too!

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nice lot of fencing Steve and I see the zetor pulling its weight your weather looks lovely

 

[ajschainsaws]

Been using something different this past week