slurry smell

whelan1 · 21-01-2011 09:17PM #1

after being on one of the mumsy sites i go on , there is a thread about the smell of slurry and that it is so much worse than last year any opinions ? Also one person said that the slurry that was being spread on christmas week beside her house was terrible , correct me if i am wrong but wasnt that during the closed period for spreading ?

stanflt · 21-01-2011 09:22PM

whelan1 wrote: »

after being on one of the mumsy sites i go on , there is a thread about the smell of slurry and that it is so much worse than last year any opinions ? Also one person said that the slurry that was being spread on christmas week beside her house was terrible , correct me if i am wrong but wasnt that during the closed period for spreading ?

my fiance is going ballistic with the smell.

emer_b · 21-01-2011 09:24PM

got the smell near my house today, by far the worst slurry smell ever. Didn't think this was spreading season.

jtex · 21-01-2011 09:27PM

slurry bugs are the job. used them last year neighbour spread the slurry for me beside the house (within 10 yards of the front door) was away on the friday when he spread came back on sat and the wife could'nt believe there was no smell. It was sheep slurry don't know if that has any bearing on it

Vego · 21-01-2011 09:30PM

I love it when ya get a warm sunny day you have the windows open thinking of sparking up the bbq and BANG the fukka in the field next to you spreads slurry sometimes feel like dumping slurry on there lawn !!!!

Vego · 21-01-2011 09:32PM

oh and there still trimming the hedges !!

whelan1 · 21-01-2011 09:33PM

god them farmers are an awful shower

jeff greene · 21-01-2011 09:43PM

Vego wrote: »

I love it when ya get a warm sunny day you have the windows open thinking of sparking up the bbq and BANG the fukka in the field next to you spreads slurry sometimes feel like dumping slurry on there lawn !!!!

I agree it’s terribly, it has to be illegal you should report him, serves him for trying to provide food so people can eat, maybe have a bbq , oh the irony is properly lost on you

Vego · 21-01-2011 09:46PM

Errr hes providing food so he can make money ...no harm in letting ppl living in the immediate vicinity know hey buddy im going to be spreading slurry later just to let you know

alleyb · 21-01-2011 09:47PM

when you live in the country , you live in the country ,there is far worse smells and places to live. And the next time you think of organic food and non chemical fertlisers remember what part that slurry is playing in its production, and i think hedgecutting deadline is feb 28th

Bizzum · 21-01-2011 09:58PM

whelan1 wrote: »

correct me if i am wrong but wasnt that during the closed period for spreading ?

You're not wrong.

charityboy · 21-01-2011 10:13PM

its open season for hedges and slurry at the moment ,was closed at christmas , buy a house close to a sewage treatment plant and you can have the smell of sh1t for the year so be grateful its only for a couple of weeks ,smell is always worse in cold weather

leg wax · 21-01-2011 10:15PM

Bizzum wrote: »

You're not wrong.

you can spead dirty water every 10 days:D , a lot of very dirty water down our way, dont worry they will change the rules when they see sence, but very late for anyone who spent money keeping up with the latest bull**** ideas from irish gov.sorry for rant good bottle of hardy's tonight.:p

Bizzum · 21-01-2011 10:23PM

leg wax wrote: »

good bottle of hardy's tonight.:p

A bird never flew on one wing! Ya may open another.

wirehairmax · 21-01-2011 10:29PM

Why should a farmer have to ask anybodys permission to spread slurry on his own land? Its a stupid EU directive which prohibits a farmer from spreading slurry whenever they need to.

Bizzum · 21-01-2011 10:44PM

wirehairmax wrote: »

Why should a farmer have to ask anybodys permission to spread slurry on his own land? Its a stupid EU directive which prohibits a farmer from spreading slurry whenever they need to.

The joys of farming by calendar.

F.D · 21-01-2011 11:21PM

this topic cracks me up every time, and the worst part of all was when the government was given out grants to get all these new fancy slurry tankers they never even thought of pushing for the grants for slurry injection systems/ trailing shoe etc, which makes better use of the nitrogen and supposedly makes it a little easier on the nose of the poor people not from a farming background

LostCovey · 21-01-2011 11:21PM

wirehairmax wrote: »

Why should a farmer have to ask anybodys permission to spread slurry on his own land? Its a stupid EU directive which prohibits a farmer from spreading slurry whenever they need to.

Farmers should be able to do anything they like on their own land.

Bizzum · 21-01-2011 11:27PM

LostCovey wrote: »

Farmers should be able to do anything they like on their own land.

I wouldn't go that far.

Jay_C · 21-01-2011 11:27PM

Once got quite the earful from a cranky neighbour for spreading pig slurry without informing her,gave this big speech about how she'd go to the guards if we didn't stop spreading immediately. The authority some people think they have is unreal :rolleyes:

5live · 23-01-2011 06:33PM

Vego wrote: »

Errr hes providing food so he can make money ...no harm in letting ppl living in the immediate vicinity know hey buddy im going to be spreading slurry later just to let you know

Perhaps you could inform the farmer that you are dumping lawn cuttings into his field. And golf balls. And iron bars. And wire onto the electric fence. And dead cats. And 20ft bloody TREE. Just some of the various bits of bric-a-brac that i have found in my silage fields from my much suffering neighbours:rolleyes:. So once i get that call i will call around before each load to inform them all in person. I'm waiting................. FFS. Cattle slurry smells. So does yours but that can go onto soils every day of the year without causing pollution? For pitys sake, scotty, just beam me up anywhere

Sundy · 23-01-2011 07:23PM

I hear you 5live.
My boss bought a few acres there recently and every site that borders the field has a gate out into it and each house has a nice hedge running along their back garden to hide all the crap they have dumped in the field. Trees, grass clipping, old gutters, lawnmower, tennis rackets, garden furniture, a burning barrell and so on.

unfortunately I had the job of notifiying them to close their access gates.

5live · 24-01-2011 01:13PM

Sundy wrote: »

I hear you 5live.
My boss bought a few acres there recently and every site that borders the field has a gate out into it and each house has a nice hedge running along their back garden to hide all the crap they have dumped in the field. Trees, grass clipping, old gutters, lawnmower, tennis rackets, garden furniture, a burning barrell and so on.

unfortunately I had the job of notifiying them to close their access gates.

I bet you were as welcome as a tanker of slurry on christmas morning:D. I just throw it back into their gardens now. They are slowly learning dumping isnt nice

whelan1 · 24-01-2011 01:52PM

yes the grass cuttings are a total pain , one lad made a little walk way into our field and even hung a gate on it , unfotunately he never closed it and our cows ended up in his garden:rolleyes:

Tranceypoo · 24-01-2011 02:12PM

I thought it was only farmers who were in REPS that had to abide by the 'slurry spreading calender', if you're not in REPS I think you can spread when you like, a lad next to us was doing it all weekend, smelled vile but you live in the country, that's what you get.

ihatetractors · 24-01-2011 07:30PM

I think a sticky should just be made lol with relavent info linked onto it, for people to read before making pointless threads(no offence ment whelan1), stops this nonsence bickering.

whelan1 · 24-01-2011 07:49PM

i really only put this thread up to see what peoples reactions are .... i have my fill of neighbours complaining just like everyone else

Baralis1 · 25-01-2011 12:31AM

Forget about the neighbours. Farmers have every right to spread slurry on their own land outside of the closed season of course. If they live in the country they should be prepared to put up with country living.

reilig · 25-01-2011 10:02AM

whelan1 wrote: »

i really only put this thread up to see what peoples reactions are .... i have my fill of neighbours complaining just like everyone else

I never have a complaint. I really only have one neighbour that isn't a farmer. 2 holiday homes nearby too, but they like the country smell. The neighbour that's there all the time came to me when applying for planning permission on the site that he was buying to ask if we were ok with him building there, so he got a little talk about smells and farming practices to be sure that he knew where he was building. The fact that he was informed means that he knew what he was getting in to.

whelan1 · 25-01-2011 10:06AM

when i go to the school to pick up kids , the yummy mummys would often pass comment on one thing or another to me , i would NEVER pass comment on their job

reilig · 25-01-2011 10:08AM

whelan1 wrote: »

when i go to the school to pick up kids , the yummy mummys would often pass comment on one thing or another to me , i would NEVER pass comment on their job

Ah that's low.

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