Farming Chit Chat II

whelan1 · 28-08-2013 01:46PM

bbam wrote: »

You'll never see proper (if any) performance managment in the public/civil service.

There is no appetite to introduce it and the unions would fight it all the way. The civil/public servant numbers are so high that the governments just don't want to tackle the thorny issues.

i left it that my next stop is dept of education, none of my kids have had that teacher since i complained in 2012:rolleyes: dont be thinking that i complained lightly, my mother who used to be a primary teacher was horrified that the teacher could get away with it

Bizzum · 28-08-2013 02:10PM

bbam wrote: »

You'll never see proper (if any) performance managment in the public/civil service.

There is no appetite to introduce it and the unions would fight it all the way. The civil/public servant numbers are so high that the governments just don't want to tackle the thorny issues.

I note use of the word 'proper'. We have performance mgmt and it's a joke. A complete arse covering excersise that serves only to widen the gap between those who do the work and those who would'nt get out of your way.

nashmach · 28-08-2013 02:41PM

Bizzum wrote: »

I note use of the word 'proper'. We have performance mgmt and it's a joke. A complete arse covering excersise that serves only to widen the gap between those who do the work and those who would'nt get out of your way.

Have that in work too and it only serves a limited purpose IMV.

I'm receiving and giving them out and you find those who do little think they do pivotal tasks and viva versa.

It really serves a limited purpose and just to document for HR purposes.

jersey101 · 28-08-2013 04:56PM

Just reminded myself how much i hate cutting timber. Spent the last two days days cutting trees off a block of land i just leased 75 ac in total was parr of the agreement that i would clean up the ditches. Regretting it now

Figerty · 28-08-2013 05:14PM

Jersey101, they say timber warms you twice,, once when cutting it and secondly when burning...

Do you get to keep the timber?

jersey101 · 28-08-2013 05:33PM

Figerty wrote: »

Jersey101, they say timber warms you twice,, once when cutting it and secondly when burning...

Do you get to keep the timber?

ye i get to keep it but im giving the lad that owns the land a bit too. Getting a lad in with a saw next week to finish up

milkprofit · 28-08-2013 09:31PM

jersey101 wrote: »

ye i get to keep it but im giving the lad that owns the land a bit too. Getting a lad in with a saw next week to finish up

How much per hour and has he insurance

jersey101 · 28-08-2013 09:53PM

milkprofit wrote: »

How much per hour and has he insurance

35e an hour, ye he's fully insured

severeoversteer · 28-08-2013 10:47PM

can i ask has anybody fed maize gluten pellets stright to cattle at grass, say 2 kg to 450 kg animals, any digestive upsets? hardly ? they get minerals in troughs before someone says it,

reason for this is they are on poor pasture on outfarm

bob charles · 29-08-2013 02:54AM

severeoversteer wrote: »

can i ask has anybody fed maize gluten pellets stright to cattle at grass, say 2 kg to 450 kg animals, any digestive upsets? hardly ? they get minerals in troughs before someone says it,

reason for this is they are on poor pasture on outfarm

why not feed just corn gluten, or does something tell me there is limits to inclusions

lakill Farm · 29-08-2013 09:35AM

i have a question. I have about 1 grain trailer load of old turf/peat/ turf mole for to "get rid of". Absolute no where to tip it here.

If i tipped this back in the bog where i got the turf would this be dumping or ok? i was thinking of tipping it into the "bog hole" or as close as i couold get safely.

Anyway would this be dumping?

Mulumpy · 29-08-2013 09:48AM

lakill Farm wrote: »

i have a question. I have about 1 grain trailer load of old turf/peat/ turf mole for to "get rid of". Absolute no where to tip it here.

If i tipped this back in the bog where i got the turf would this be dumping or ok? i was thinking of tipping it into the "bog hole" or as close as i couold get safely.

Anyway would this be dumping?

Wouldn't think so it came from the bog in fiest place. There is far worse things being dumped in them

flutered · 29-08-2013 09:55AM

Figerty wrote: »

Jersey101, they say timber warms you twice,, once when cutting it and secondly when burning...

Do you get to keep the timber?

or you are never cold when you have timber, you cut it, you draw it you split it you burn it, but then i used the cross cut and the horse and cart back in the day.

flutered · 29-08-2013 09:57AM

bob charles wrote: »

why not feed just corn gluten, or does something tell me there is limits to inclusions

we used a feed called maize mix, very effecent feed.

mf240 · 29-08-2013 10:04AM

lakill Farm wrote: »

i have a question. I have about 1 grain trailer load of old turf/peat/ turf mole for to "get rid of". Absolute no where to tip it here.

If i tipped this back in the bog where i got the turf would this be dumping or ok? i was thinking of tipping it into the "bog hole" or as close as i couold get safely.

Anyway would this be dumping?

No it's fine.

But you could use it in a straw bedded shed as soakage under straw then spread it with the dung.

moy83 · 29-08-2013 10:05AM

lakill Farm wrote: »

i have a question. I have about 1 grain trailer load of old turf/peat/ turf mole for to "get rid of". Absolute no where to tip it here.

If i tipped this back in the bog where i got the turf would this be dumping or ok? i was thinking of tipping it into the "bog hole" or as close as i couold get safely.

Anyway would this be dumping?

Sure its only dumping if you get caught !
How would it be mixed in with dung or used around flower beds

lakill Farm · 29-08-2013 10:11AM

moy83 wrote: »

Sure its only dumping if you get caught !
How would it be mixed in with dung or used around flower beds

Any flower beds around here have terim and gravel over it. enough weeds :P

THe amount of dunk i have is small and i give it to a neightbour or 2 for gardens and spuds.

freedominacup · 29-08-2013 10:14AM

lakill Farm wrote: »

Any flower beds around here have terim and gravel over it. enough weeds :P

THe amount of dunk i have is small and i give it to a neightbour or 2 for gardens and spuds.

Any re-seeding in your near term plans? It would do no harm worked into the ground with a harrow in fact would probably be beneficial.

jersey101 · 29-08-2013 10:17AM

flutered wrote: »

or you are never cold when you have timber, you cut it, you draw it you split it you burn it, but then i used the cross cut and the horse and cart back in the day.

i dont think id be able for that now ha

Figerty · 29-08-2013 10:18AM

lakill Farm wrote: »

i have a question. I have about 1 grain trailer load of old turf/peat/ turf mole for to "get rid of". Absolute no where to tip it here.

If i tipped this back in the bog where i got the turf would this be dumping or ok? i was thinking of tipping it into the "bog hole" or as close as i couold get safely.

Anyway would this be dumping?

Surely there are a few dips or bumps in the land that could do with filling or levelling? You wouldn't be ling making use of it that way?

It would be absorbed into the grassland in no time.

freedominacup · 29-08-2013 10:19AM

Figerty wrote: »

Surely there are a few dips or bumps in the land that could do with filling or levelling? You wouldn't be ling making use of it that way?

It would be absorbed into the grassland in no time.

You could be back in the bog looking for another few loads:D.

lakill Farm · 29-08-2013 10:48AM

Figerty wrote: »

Surely there are a few dips or bumps in the land that could do with filling or levelling? You wouldn't be ling making use of it that way?

It would be absorbed into the grassland in no time.

I have about 100ton of topsoil heaped up ober the last few years :rolleyes:

freedominacup · 29-08-2013 10:52AM

lakill Farm wrote: »

I have about 100ton of topsoil heaped up ober the last few years :rolleyes:

That's worth more than quarried stone at the mo'. If you had some roadways needed you might be able to talk nicely to a groundworks contractor who might be in a way of getting the topsoil moved at a margin and who would do the work on the roadways in lieu.

lakill Farm · 29-08-2013 11:48AM

freedominacup wrote: »

That's worth more than quarried stone at the mo'. If you had some roadways needed you might be able to talk nicely to a groundworks contractor who might be in a way of getting the topsoil moved at a margin and who would do the work on the roadways in lieu.

I might bag it into 1ton bags and sell it myself

Figerty · 29-08-2013 12:31PM

100 ton of topsoil is about 6-7 lorry loads. You could sell that easy enough.

I'd find somewhere to put it on the land rather than sell it.

whelan1 · 29-08-2013 12:50PM

jersey101 wrote: »

35e an hour, ye he's fully insured

my dad had 2 lads cutting up trees in his garden yesterday, he was away when he got back they had also cut up the decorative tree trunk he had had in the garden for years:D

jersey101 · 29-08-2013 01:02PM

whelan1 wrote: »

my dad had 2 lads cutting up trees in his garden yesterday, he was away when he got back they had also cut up the decorative tree trunk he had had in the garden for years:D

oh this is a lad with a saw on a hedge trimmer, complete different ball game ha its a friend too thats why its so cheap

hugo29 · 29-08-2013 02:08PM

what value would people put on a slatted shed, 4 bay built approx 8 years ago, open shed

no gates and site not finished, friend of mine rents one and it has been offered first refusal as owner is selling

i told him approx half of what it would cost to build, would people agree

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Conmaicne Mara · 29-08-2013 02:51PM

vanderbadger wrote: »

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