smell of slatted shed close to house

farawaygrass

quick question lads, the old man build the slatted shed late 90's, 50 yards at back of the house. the prevailing wind is from the west, so blowing from the shed to the house. its the silage smell thats blowing over the most. now i have no problem with it and can hardly notice it but visitors/friends can. any ideas? would row of palm trees help i wonder? kinda put a barrier between. as they say- its a first world problem really!

Miname

leylandis work anyway, but will take years to grow to the required stage. Maybe a few more air freshners or start feeding hay

epfff

farawaygrass wrote: »

quick question lads, the old man build the slatted shed late 90's, 50 yards at back of the house. the prevailing wind is from the west, so blowing from the shed to the house. its the silage smell thats blowing over the most. now i have no problem with it and can hardly notice it but visitors/friends can. any ideas? would row of palm trees help i wonder? kinda put a barrier between. as they say- its a first world problem really!

You live in the countryside and the smell of sheds etc are part of the ambience

farawaygrass

epfff wrote: »

You live in the countryside and the smell of sheds etc are part of the ambience

ok, just so there is no missunderstandings-i know i do. i'm farming the farm now. and not complaining about the smell. just looking for ideas or productive comments. and its not the same with everyone, people across the road have their sheds and the back of their house so the wind hits the house first not the shed.

severeoversteer

farawaygrass wrote: »

ok, just so there is no missunderstandings-i know i do. i'm farming the farm now. and not complaining about the smell. just looking for ideas or productive comments. and its not the same with everyone, people across the road have their sheds and the back of their house so the wind hits the house first not the shed.

probably a wall 6 foot high and sow leylandi beside it and eventually it may get a good enough screen

or else you could try and make dryer silage or hay that doesn't smell!:p:D

gozunda

farawaygrass wrote: »

quick question lads, the old man build the slatted shed late 90's, 50 yards at back of the house. the prevailing wind is from the west, so blowing from the shed to the house. its the silage smell thats blowing over the most. now i have no problem with it and can hardly notice it but visitors/friends can. any ideas? would row of palm trees help i wonder? kinda put a barrier between. as they say- its a first world problem really!

By palm trees. I take it you mean conifers and not coconuts! I see above some mentioned the dreaded Leylandii trees. These yokes can grow to have a final height of between 50 to over 100 feet. These trees while growing very fast will dominate a house and with the kind of winds we are having maybe not a good idea. I would not recommended as a solution.

If it's the smell of silage and not the tank then I would suggest a simple wall that will direct the smell away from the house especially if it is left open at either end to carry the odour away.

The other idea of course is to leave as is - there was an old Irish saying that wished prosperity by stating that there should always be a dung heap outside your door ...

TUBBY

farawaygrass wrote: »

quick question lads, the old man build the slatted shed late 90's, 50 yards at back of the house. the prevailing wind is from the west, so blowing from the shed to the house. its the silage smell thats blowing over the most. now i have no problem with it and can hardly notice it but visitors/friends can. any ideas? would row of palm trees help i wonder? kinda put a barrier between. as they say- its a first world problem really![/QUOTE

a wall is prob your best bet as a wind break but I wouldn't think it will eliminate smell when sheds are that close.

or put in the mesh windbreak in front of shed to stop wind blowing through it and up to your house.
Another solution if you plan to expand at any stage. You Could put slatted tank opposite existing one and close off shed leaving feed passage between new and old. That would sort out wind blowing smell up.

rancher

TUBBY wrote: »

farawaygrass wrote: »

quick question lads, the old man build the slatted shed late 90's, 50 yards at back of the house. the prevailing wind is from the west, so blowing from the shed to the house. its the silage smell thats blowing over the most. now i have no problem with it and can hardly notice it but visitors/friends can. any ideas? would row of palm trees help i wonder? kinda put a barrier between. as they say- its a first world problem really![/QUOTE

a wall is prob your best bet as a wind break but I wouldn't think it will eliminate smell when sheds are that close.

or put in the mesh windbreak in front of shed to stop wind blowing through it and up to your house.
Another solution if you plan to expand at any stage. You Could put slatted tank opposite existing one and close off shed leaving feed passage between new and old. That would sort out wind blowing smell up.

I'd go for leylandis, they grow very quick and cut them when they hit 10ft, they will deflect the smell

case 956

put a few air freshners in shed that should work :P

Miname

case 956 wrote: »

put a few air freshners in shed that should work :P

Or a few yankee candles on the tractor when your loading it in. :P

Farmer Pudsey

Would be slow to advise leylandii as when they get to 10' they are hard to keep in check. You cannot cut with a tractor hedge trimmers as when you go back beyond the green growth they will not recover again and you will be left with a bare hedge.

If you think a hedge would work I would try Laurel or grislenai. However a wall to deflect it may be the best solution. Another solution may be an Air conditioning system for house, might be same cost as wall.

Brown Podzol

Leylandii can best be described as terrorists.

Markcheese

How far back from the house can you put a hedge / barrier ? Without interfering with shed and still getting access to trim the hedge .... If the hedge is going to block your light,then live with the smell ... +1 on using something like laurel or grisalinia ,you can hack it right back tothe trunk and it'll regrow...

raindodger

grisalinia was all taken out around here with the bad frost a few years ago

Farmer Pudsey

raindodger wrote: »

grisalinia was all taken out around here with the bad frost a few years ago

One in 30 year occurance???

RaggyDays

The smell might be coming from the silage itself. You could make haylage instead of silage, its better feeding.
Nothing smells as bad as wet poorly made silage

buffalobilly

As above make better silage better feeding value and hardly any smell

onyerbikepat

Ha, haylage is a good idea. Far less of a smell.

Farmer Pudsey

If it is pit silage you are doing change to bales, you have more control of contractor with regard to wilt, cutting and as less silage will be open less smell

gozunda

Farmer Pudsey wrote: »

One in 30 year occurance???

From my experience Griselini often generally does not do well in inland / exposed / elevated positions in Ireland and is hardy to only 10 - 12 C an occurrence perhaps every decade or two. The other issue is that Griselini often suffers from various root rots notably honey fungus and fusarium - which can kill an entire hedge in a relatively short period. Personally I prefer the use of native or localised species which I know are going to do well.

Figerty

farawaygrass wrote: »

quick question lads, the old man build the slatted shed late 90's, 50 yards at back of the house. the prevailing wind is from the west, so blowing from the shed to the house. its the silage smell thats blowing over the most. now i have no problem with it and can hardly notice it but visitors/friends can. any ideas? would row of palm trees help i wonder? kinda put a barrier between. as they say- its a first world problem really!

Save hay! I did it last year,, not only is there no smell around the house,, there is no smell off me!

Sharpshooter82

Figerty wrote: »

Save hay! I did it last year,, not only is there no smell around the house,, there is no smell off me!

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