Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

Odelay

whelan2 wrote: »

Raised by the village was on earlier. Thought the lad was hard work.

He could benefit from a swift kick in the ass. Bad attitude and poor work ethic. He’d want to wake up soon.

Muckit

Jaysus every suckler cow and calf can be heard echoing around the walls of slatted houses!!!! The power is gone our of the grass! The winter is in!

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

Jaysus every suckler cow and calf can be heard echoing around the walls of slatted houses!!!! The power is gone our of the grass! The winter is in!

All that extra silage may be needed yet

foxy farmer

Just after emptying neighbours septic tank and unblocked the sewer for the 2nd time in a week. Some issue with the outfall to soakaway and we've just discovered that some genius piped a gully taking the water off half the roof into the sewer as well. :rolleyes:

Bullocks

foxy farmer wrote: »

Just after emptying neighbours septic tank and unblocked the sewer for the 2nd time in a week. Some issue with the outfall to soakaway and we've just discovered that some genius piped a gully taking the water off half the roof into the sewer as well. :rolleyes:

Bit of food dye into the gullies will tell you hand enough if they are getting into the sewer. I'm doing a few jobs like that for the council and some of the things going on are unreal. I pushed about a wheelbarrow load of wet wipes through blocked pipe the last day, when I was finished I went to the door to explain what was wrong she just closed the door out in my face once I said it was clear. Didn't want to or need to hear anymore!

Lady Haywire

Just when the chat is about sewers, our contractor drove over & broke one of the concrete slabs covering 1/3 of my tank. Have it covered with a pallet & door for now but where or how do I go about getting a new slab put in.

Odelay

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Just when the chat is about sewers, our contractor drove over & broke one of the concrete slabs covering 1/3 of my tank. Have it covered with a pallet & door for now but where or how do I go about getting a new slab put in.

Any of the concrete companies supplying blocks/slats etc will have a few of them already made up. They’ll deliver too, won’t cost the earth.

emaherx

Muckit wrote: »

Jaysus every suckler cow and calf can be heard echoing around the walls of slatted houses!!!! The power is gone our of the grass! The winter is in!

It's a funny we country, I was just looking at fields thinking there is still great growth and cows are looking content

Muckit

foxy farmer wrote: »

Just after emptying neighbours septic tank and unblocked the sewer for the 2nd time in a week. Some issue with the outfall to soakaway and we've just discovered that some genius piped a gully taking the water off half the roof into the sewer as well. :rolleyes:

Some lads have been known to plumb the precast septic tanks in the wrong way around!! Never be right. Whole lot has to come out.

roosterman71

Folks I'm on a course in work this week and I've to give a 5 minute presentation to show my presenting skills. Gonna do it on carbon sequestration in soils in an effort to educate the townie folks I work with

So any cool facts/figures or a few bullet points for me?

Grueller

roosterman71 wrote: »

Folks I'm on a course in work this week and I've to give a 5 minute presentation to show my presenting skills. Gonna do it on carbon sequestration in soils in an effort to educate the townie folks I work with

So any cool facts/figures or a few bullet points for me?

Here comes Say My Name with a world of information on it.

blue5000

roosterman71 wrote: »

Folks I'm on a course in work this week and I've to give a 5 minute presentation to show my presenting skills. Gonna do it on carbon sequestration in soils in an effort to educate the townie folks I work with

So any cool facts/figures or a few bullet points for me?

If you plant trees on peat with mounds and drains it takes 15 years for the trees to absorb the equivalent carbon released by disturbing the peat to plant them.

Reggie.

Grueller wrote: »

Here comes Say My Name with a world of information on it.

It's the moment hes been waiting for. It's his time to shine

Say my name

Grueller wrote: »

Here comes Say My Name with a world of information on it.

Nah I wouldn't want to take your glory.

Keep Sluicing

Muckit wrote: »

Jaysus every suckler cow and calf can be heard echoing around the walls of slatted houses!!!! The power is gone our of the grass! The winter is in!

Sent away the last 8 bullocks of the year this morning. Grass was still good enough to add weight, but its definitely going back from now on. West cork might be in better condition than up west along tho.

Say my name

roosterman71 wrote: »

Folks I'm on a course in work this week and I've to give a 5 minute presentation to show my presenting skills. Gonna do it on carbon sequestration in soils in an effort to educate the townie folks I work with

So any cool facts/figures or a few bullet points for me?

Plants use photosynthesis (sunlight) to take in carbon dioxide from the air. That carbon dioxide becomes carbon in the plant and in a relationship with fungi and bacteria in the soil it trades sugars (which there is carbon in) with the fungi and bacteria for nutrients. The bacteria and fungi grow and multiply and their poop and dead bodies become carbon in the soil.

In warm and dry conditions that soil carbon can convert back to carbon dioxide and gas off back to the atmosphere. That's why cool and wet countries like Ireland, Scotland and Wales are good at holding onto soil carbon in their farmland soils as well as from their grassland use.

Their could be an electrical component from carbon in soils too that feeds microbes and it may be like a Galvanic cell with carbon on the one side of the scale and magnesium on the other.
If you mention that, they'll either promote you or lock you up!!


There's a nitrogen and carbon relationship in soil and nitrogen is attracted to carbon and soils rich in carbon can hold/store onto nitrogen better (less leaching) than soils low in carbon.


https://twitter.com/smilingtreefarm/status/1181165250252546050?s=20

blue5000

I remember Matt Dempsey writing about a pair of kid's runners being the same price as a ton of barley, well here we have a 3.5 ton pair of wellies:rolleyes:

https://store.sportsden.ie/le-chameau-chasseur-cuir.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwxOvsBRAjEiwAuY7L8mpLylpp9TMy4t4tlOvOdvNtXLp_sPzXaNNFPyJ1BZcXQjTgpF77HxoC2osQAvD_BwE

Panch18

blue5000 wrote: »

If you plant trees on peat with mounds and drains it takes 15 years for the trees to absorb the equivalent carbon released by disturbing the peat to plant them.

Out of curiousity Blue, does this apply to the bogs that they plan on planting with trees?

Parishlad

blue5000 wrote: »

I remember Matt Dempsey writing about a pair of kid's runners being the same price as a ton of barley, well here we have a 3.5 ton pair of wellies:rolleyes:

https://store.sportsden.ie/le-chameau-chasseur-cuir.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwxOvsBRAjEiwAuY7L8mpLylpp9TMy4t4tlOvOdvNtXLp_sPzXaNNFPyJ1BZcXQjTgpF77HxoC2osQAvD_BwE

:eek: Who in their right mind would pay that for wellies???

blue5000

Panch18 wrote: »

Out of curiousity Blue, does this apply to the bogs that they plan on planting with trees?

Probably, but it depends on how dry they are before planting. The wetter they are the more likely they are to hold on to the CO2. The drains and disturbance release CO2.

My point is that it's probably better to focus on sequestering carbon in grassland. It should be more permanent, once you cut down a tree it is either burnt or rots, if it rots it releases the carbon again.

Hard Knocks

Our Internet is quite bad, we’re with 3
Is anyone with Rural wifi (see signs locally)

I says

€83 euro to fill the tank before diesel gets a hike in price with the budget.

Waffletraktor

blue5000 wrote: »

I remember Matt Dempsey writing about a pair of kid's runners being the same price as a ton of barley, well here we have a 3.5 ton pair of wellies:rolleyes:

https://store.sportsden.ie/le-chameau-chasseur-cuir.html?gclid=CjwKCAjwxOvsBRAjEiwAuY7L8mpLylpp9TMy4t4tlOvOdvNtXLp_sPzXaNNFPyJ1BZcXQjTgpF77HxoC2osQAvD_BwE

You not come across the le chameu/schoffel clones before then?! LUCKY BUGGER.
Must be a good sign you dont buy the agri industry sales rep/land agent/input sales types too many dinners.

tanko

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Our Internet is quite bad, we’re with 3
Is anyone with Rural wifi (see signs locally)

Can you get Arden broadband in your area, good few people in my area have it and seem to be happy with it.

funkey_monkey

roosterman71 wrote: »

Folks I'm on a course in work this week and I've to give a 5 minute presentation to show my presenting skills. Gonna do it on carbon sequestration in soils in an effort to educate the townie folks I work with

So any cool facts/figures or a few bullet points for me?

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=111218719&postcount=122

You might be able to get something out of this.

emaherx

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Our Internet is quite bad, we’re with 3
Is anyone with Rural wifi (see signs locally)

Rural wifi is 3 resold. So if 3 is bad most likely rural wifi will be too.

Mooooo

The wind is carrying the sound of cattle roaring a fair distance, makes you paranoid they're your own. 4 bulls in paddocks around the house and yard are bawling at each other now as well whatever is in the air

Muckit

I'm down with this weird cold/viral thing that's doing that rounds.

l decided to hit the hay as early as l could last night. Well if l did l started into a fit of mad dreaming.

l had left the tractor and trailer at local merchants. Don't ask me what l had to leave it there overnight for or what the hell l was collecting! Anyways l go in and this pup of a young lad that was working out the yard says he'll hop up and move tractor to load whatever l was supposed to be collecting!

A big sharp pullup to him and dust sent up in the air.... l was hopping!! Over l go and opening the door of the cab to give him a peace of my mind, l leave my hand on the back tyre. Tis near melting with the heat! There's steam coming off it.... when l take a closer look all 4 tyres are like strings of liquorice.... bald as a coot!!!! These the 4 tyres l put on new only last year!!!!!

Then l notice half the dash inside in the cab is missing !!
When l question him, he gives a shrug as to say, "what's wrong with ya, sure how would l know what happened?!!"

I was in making a beeline for the manager.... and that's when l woke up in a sweat!!!!
Jaysus he got a lucky escape l can tell ya!!!! What l wasn't going to say to him!!!!

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

I'm down with this weird cold/viral thing that's doing that rounds.

l decided to hit the hay as early as l could last night. Well if l did l started into a fit of mad dreaming.

l had left the tractor and trailer at local merchants. Don't ask me what l had to leave it there overnight for or what the hell l was collecting! Anyways l go in and this pup of a young lad that was working out the yard says he'll hop up and move tractor to load whatever l was supposed to be collecting!

A big sharp pullup to him and dust sent up in the air.... l was hopping!! Over l go and opening the door of the cab to give him a peace of my mind, l leave my hand on the back tyre. Tis near melting with the heat! There's steam coming off it.... when l take a closer look all 4 tyres are like strings of liquorice.... bald as a coot!!!! These the 4 tyres l put on new only last year!!!!!

Then l notice half the dash inside in the cab is missing !!
When l question him, he gives a shrug as to say, "what's wrong with ya, sure how would l know what happened?!!"

I was in making a beeline for the manager.... and that's when l woke up in a sweat!!!!
Jaysus he got a lucky escape l can tell ya!!!! What l wasn't going to say to him!!!!

Stay away from the cheese

I says

Muckit wrote: »

I'm down with this weird cold/viral thing that's doing that rounds.

l decided to hit the hay as early as l could last night. Well if l did l started into a fit of mad dreaming.

l had left the tractor and trailer at local merchants. Don't ask me what l had to leave it there overnight for or what the hell l was collecting! Anyways l go in and this pup of a young lad that was working out the yard says he'll hop up and move tractor to load whatever l was supposed to be collecting!

A big sharp pullup to him and dust sent up in the air.... l was hopping!! Over l go and opening the door of the cab to give him a peace of my mind, l leave my hand on the back tyre. Tis near melting with the heat! There's steam coming off it.... when l take a closer look all 4 tyres are like strings of liquorice.... bald as a coot!!!! These the 4 tyres l put on new only last year!!!!!

Then l notice half the dash inside in the cab is missing !!
When l question him, he gives a shrug as to say, "what's wrong with ya, sure how would l know what happened?!!"

I was in making a beeline for the manager.... and that's when l woke up in a sweat!!!!
Jaysus he got a lucky escape l can tell ya!!!! What l wasn't going to say to him!!!!

That’s the DTs