[Pudsey_Bear]

Some may find this interesting

 

[patp]

Fascinating. Living in a farming community I have often wondered how these "farm payments" work and it just seems so ridiculous. Years ago we did just what he was suggesting and were keeping livestock on farms to fertilize on rotation basis. I remember getting clover hay for the horses which they loved. It was a by product of under sowing clover into the grazing and then the next year taking a hay crop before it was put down to wheat or barley. It is how organic farms are still run I believe.
He is so right about us needing to feed our country from our farms.

 

[Pudsey_Bear]

He's very good at his job and goes out of his way to video as much as possible and explain what and why he does things, between him and Clarson/kaleb we know much more about British farming

 

[patp]

I have subscribed to him Kev. Will I get a reminder when he posts again.

 

[Pudsey_Bear]

I will be posting any new ones in this thread Pat.

 

[JanHank]

Very interesting and not at all stupid :laugh:

One man is coppicing the willows over the road, stage one for the willows on his daughters patch was done yesterday.

I just love how that puppy responded to his name and then running beside Harry at the end.

 

[patp]

Unusual breed for a farmer to keep Mind you, I knew a farmer who kept GSDs, Chihuahuas and geese. He reckoned the Chihuahuas were the best guards dogs out of all of them. They heard anyone approaching from miles away.

 

[GMJ]

One man is coppicing the willows over the road, stage one for the willows on his daughters patch was done yesterday.

That looks like pollarding rather than coppicing doesn't it?

Either way its amazing how nature bounces back. We had 2 ash trees taken out of our garden a few years ago and the stumps constantly produce new shoots which I have to cut back.

 

[patp]

Yes it is pollarding, where they take the crown out of a tree. Coppicing they take a young tree right back to base so that it can re grow. Your ash trees are being coppiced by you Graham

 

[GMJ]

...not when I get my hands on all the offshoots Pat. They are a PITA tbh!

 

[Pudsey_Bear]

 

[Pudsey_Bear]

Lots more here:-

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFNRLTPU9263dTOYgrVcnHw/videos?view=0&sort=da&flow=grid

 

[Pudsey_Bear]

 

[patp]

Great stuff. Loved the estate fencing
Not sure who was more nervous of who - the alpacas of the dog or the dog of the alpacas Mind you he did appear to be listening to his dad.
Think I ought to write and tell him to be careful what flashing they use on the solar panel installation. Ours has lifted already and both the roofer and the solar people are quoting "storm damage" at me when I complain. Roofer has said that he will come and fix it back down for free. We are thinking that we will get in done in lead at some time in the future. It is some kind of waterproof membrane at the moment and it does not look very attractive either.
Another thing he needs to know is that shade is the worst thing to have near solar panels so that big ol' tree might be for the chop

 

[Pudsey_Bear]

Yes I was surprised anyone was still doing it, although I did spot a few places where it's wasn't looking very well done, but it's not finished so maybe addressed afterwards, I find that it's good on roadside bends as it allows you to see through the corner unlike hedges and fencing.

 

[Pudsey_Bear]

 

[patp]

Mark, the farmer next door, was telling us about the fertilizer prices. What on earth is going to happen to food prices?! What wasn't mentioned, by Harry, was that the red diesel that they all use (tax free ordinary diesel) has been cut. He now uses full fat diesel and his tractor will use 22 litres per hour on light work and 45 litres per hour on heavy work! All this has to be recovered when he sells his crop. We may all have to be growing our own at this rate

 

[Glandwr]

Mark, the farmer next door, was telling us about the fertilizer prices. What on earth is going to happen to food prices?! What wasn't mentioned, by Harry, was that the red diesel that they all use (tax free ordinary diesel) has been cut. He now uses full fat diesel and his tractor will use 22 litres per hour on light work and 45 litres per hour on heavy work! All this has to be recovered when he sells his crop. We may all have to be growing our own at this rate

Does Mark also run plant Pat? Maybe he was referring to the changes coming in next month on the use of red diesel in the construction and infrastructure industries ie diggers, excavators, generators etc. They will have to be run on full fact diesel as he calls it from next month.

Red diesel, that is only lightly taxed, will still be available for use in agriculture.

Fertilizer prices are a high worry though for many. I do think though that we have been using it unsustainably. I pass fields on the way into town that I know have grown rape every year without fail for 30 years or more. That is only possible with a huge input of fertilizer made possible by cheap oil. Crop rotation, the way it used to be done has been confined to history on many farms.

 

[patp]

Yes, he has lots of plant and does many jobs around the area. He often says he could not continue farming without all the extras that he is able to do.

 

[Pudsey_Bear]

I've put this in here because it's the same bloke and I thought it might interest a few of you.