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Bizzum

Muckit wrote: »

I think Bizzum bet you to it

First to 3000 gets a choc-ice:D

kboc wrote: »

Is that Annagassan or Clogherhead?

I think they are the cooley and south armagh mountains in the background.

Spot on kboc. Clogherhead looking north.

Charlie Charolais

@reilig
That commander calf is a winner

stanflt

weather


By stanflt at 2012-06-08
By stanflt at 2012-06-08

johngalway

stanflt wrote: »

weather

Good for ducks!

whelan1

similar here, unreal today! hopefully its going to stop soon

Muckit

whelan1 wrote: »

similar here, unreal today! hopefully its going to stop soon

More Photos soon?

stanflt

had the herds competition this week-had the results last night-great night with great food and a very funny comedian-

won a few prices also!!!!!
By stanflt at 2012-06-09
By stanflt at 2012-06-09

Muckit

Congrats Stanfit. Well deserved I'm sure

Muckit

Couldn't wait any longer...Cut for bales today @3.30pm. Baling monday. Couldn't believe how dry it was after two days of solid rain. Boots were bone dry having walked it. That's dust not damp coming off it. Could you believe it?

moy83

Fair play muckit, i'd say these next few days might be the best we get for a couple of weeks . Good looking stuff too

Charlie Charolais

@Muckit
It looks real clean, is it a reseed or did you spray?
We have alot of docks

Bizzum

Lovely crop of grass Muckit and some grand trees in the background!

Muckit

This wet weather has shown up meadow for what it is. It ain't so easy to topple the dock :rolleyes:

That meadow is as clean as it looks and a heavy crop. It was reseeded Oct2010 and sprayed off with roundup before powerharrowing. The aftergrass will get a spot spray as necessary.

JohnBoy

There's massive drying alright, I cut the lawn friday night in my runners and they were bone dry after.

there was still lochs of water in the potato drills.


hope it holds good for you, fine crop of grass too

limo_100

Blue bull calf by DEP not as good as he should be bit disappointed by him 2months old

Heifer calf by fl21 good muscle to her but pity shes not a bit taller 3months old

Charolais bull calf by DEZ good calf nice style to him i think anyway born round feb/mar

johngalway

Not strictly ag, but I couldn't wait any longer

The small one was about the size of a hens egg

moy83

Our harvesting outfit on its first day out

JohnBoy

I'm catching up fast with the spuds!!!

They're only in four weeks, but were chitting so long they were nearly grown in the box.





The fence is a feeble attempt to keep out our furry little friends. gonna put a row of rocks all the way round, inside and out in the hope of keeping them at bay.


Really, really need to set the lawn all round too. some grazing might placate the feckers.

johngalway

I put a bit of tomato feed on mine once a week, also if you pinch off the flowers of earlies they're supposed to crop better.

Next year I'll do ridges, I wasn't happy with the drills.

Going hunting for a few more today But I'll have to stop then because I want to give them a while longer to grow or I'll have them all eaten

JohnBoy

The soil wasnt tilled deep enough really for my ridges and we didnt set the seed low enough I fear, still though, a bit of craic with the kids, and should hopefully make them a bit more adventerous in their eating habits

jerdee

JohnBoy wrote: »

The soil wasnt tilled deep enough really for my ridges and we didnt set the seed low enough I fear, still though, a bit of craic with the kids, and should hopefully make them a bit more adventerous in their eating habits

With real butter..........

johngalway

Dug two tops of each variety of early I planted. I'll leave them another while now, the first lot (the variety I sampled last night) are still a bit small, the others not so much! That's a No. 7 Opinel for scale.

Not sure what the craic is with the dark coloured spuds? Are they the seed spuds? I was told the seed spuds were meant to waste away and not be there come harvest but that might not be right?

whelan1

at my silage today, really heavy crop

Bizzum

johngalway wrote: »

Not sure what the craic is with the dark coloured spuds? Are they the seed spuds? I was told the seed spuds were meant to waste away and not be there come harvest but that might not be right?

They are the seed alright. They often wither away but can be seen in earlies. Cut them in two and the core could be hollow.

What varities are they?

Bizzum

limo_100 wrote: »

Blue bull calf by DEP not as good as he should be bit disappointed by him 2months old

Is milk in the dam an issue?

limo_100

Bizzum wrote: »

Is milk in the dam an issue?

no she's normally fairly good but id say she's lacking this she was quite poorly before calving this year and she's getting it hard to pick up. I will have to get the creep feeder up to them should help him

Bodacious

limo_100 wrote: »

no she's normally fairly good but id say she's lacking this she was quite poorly before calving this year and she's getting it hard to pick up. I will have to get the creep feeder up to them should help him

hi limo,

i gave DEP to a cow this morning and id have used something else if i had seen your picture first!

limo_100

Bodacious wrote: »

hi limo,

i gave DEP to a cow this morning and id have used something else if i had seen your picture first!

I also used DEP on sunday. I had another cow with a DEP heifer calf probably the best calf born calf I seen in years unfortunlty she had a week navel and her insides came out when she got up and the vets put her down it was a real pity. Also I think his cow is far more suited to a charolais bull as shes breed some of our best calves over the years.

What other blues you using this year bod??

johngalway

Bizzum wrote: »

They are the seed alright. They often wither away but can be seen in earlies. Cut them in two and the core could be hollow.

What varities are they?

They are Aran Pilot and Pentland Javelin, but I'm not sure which is which right now. I wrote it down on my old phone, just need to find it.

Kovu

johngalway wrote: »

Dug two tops of each variety of early I planted. I'll leave them another while now, the first lot (the variety I sampled last night) are still a bit small, the others not so much! That's a No. 7 Opinel for scale.

Not sure what the craic is with the dark coloured spuds? Are they the seed spuds? I was told the seed spuds were meant to waste away and not be there come harvest but that might not be right?

I must be one of few on this thread to dislike spuds:o