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grassroot1

gozunda wrote:

Best job is a mulching mower. No need to collect grass or stop to empty. Cuts cutting time by two thirds

Grand until the young lads drag the clippings in on their feet

Lady Haywire

Reggie. wrote: »

It's because of the geothermal piping in the lawn. That's why it's big

Aaaaah ok!! I'd be thinking of a paddock for light stock though, not lawns :pac:

Bullocks

Reggie. wrote: »

It's because of the geothermal piping in the lawn. That's why it's big

You just sound posh now!

Reggie.

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Aaaaah ok!! I'd be thinking of a paddock for light stock though, not lawns :pac:

Ran that by her but strangely I got overruled

Reggie.

Bullocks wrote: »

You just sound posh now!

But I am posh

gozunda

grassroot1 wrote: »

Grand until the young lads drag the clippings in on their feet

With the one I have (cant rem make) this is not a problem. Mulch is very fine and doesn't stick to your feet plus saves hours of dragging and emptying collecting box.

_Brian

We use some mulch mowers at work and if you don’t mow at high frequency then the effect is partly wasted.
This still takes time away from other stuff I’d rather be doing.

I also get a bit sick talking lawns, gardens, greens and hedges all day - then coming home to the same

ganmo

Reggie. wrote: »

Ran that by her but strangely I got overruled

ya should leave the cuttin ta her so :P

Reggie.

ganmo wrote: »

ya should leave the cuttin ta her so :P

Some hope of that

whelan2

Reggie. wrote: »

Ran that by her but strangely I got overruled

I know where you could source a few calves for it

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

I know where you could source a few calves for it

So do i

MeTheMan

I was looking at robotic mower for the parents a few years ago. They have a few security features. They are pin locked so if you lift them without the pin entered first an alarm goes off. Some also text you if they leave the wired area, some can be deactivated so they won't work with a different charging Dock. This will deter your honest criminal I suppose.
Don't think I remember one with GPS location but it's the only think that would give me peace of mind.

Bullocks

Reggie. wrote: »

But I am posh

If you are you must have to park the dini out of sight when you get home 😂

emaherx

Bullocks wrote: »

If you are you must have to park the dini out of sight when you get home 😂

I doubt it's left out to get wet in the rain!

davidk1394

Up here in Achill for a few days. Tis a grand spot when the sun is out

Reggie.

emaherx wrote: »

I doubt it's left out to get wet in the rain!

No point having expensive machinery and no shed for them

Reggie.

Bullocks wrote: »

If you are you must have to park the dini out of sight when you get home 😂

Why park her out of sight?

ganmo

Reggie. wrote: »

Why park her out of sight?

make the misses jealous? :pac:

Bullocks

Reggie. wrote: »

Why park her out of sight?

I thought a posh house might prefer a deer or Massey outside ðŸ˜

Bullocks

davidk1394 wrote: »

Up here in Achill for a few days. Tis a grand spot when the sun is out

Nice place alright, Mulrany has a fine hotel and nice beaches as well on the way into Aichill.
Are you going on the cycle lane?

davidk1394

Bullocks wrote: »

Nice place alright, Mulrany has a fine hotel and nice beaches as well on the way into Aichill.
Are you going on the cycle lane?

Have the bike alright. I was swimming there at Keel beach earlier and drove around the island. I have the height of respect for any person who makes a living off the land up west.

Bullocks

davidk1394 wrote: »

Have the bike alright. I was swimming there at Keel beach earlier and drove around the island. I have the height of respect for any person who makes a living off the land up west.

Yeah it is hill farming and pretty extensive alright. You should buy a few lambs to bring home for the craic to fatten with your own.....

davidk1394

Bullocks wrote: »

Yeah it is hill farming and pretty extensive alright. You should buy a few lambs to bring home for the craic to fatten with your own.....

Long spin hole in the back of the van for them haha. Any suggestions on a pub for a good pint ?

kollegeknight

Cattle scanned. 10/12 definitely in calf- most 6-10 weeks in calf.

Bit of relief but I’ll start replacing those calving late next year.

Bullocks

davidk1394 wrote: »

Long spin hole in the back of the van for them haha. Any suggestions on a pub for a good pint ?

No I never drank there really, the sister has a few buddies up there and has great nights out though

jimini0

davidk1394 wrote: »

Long spin hole in the back of the van for them haha. Any suggestions on a pub for a good pint ?

The amethyst bar in keel is a good spot food is good too.
Lynoots pub is worth a visit it's a small place but some great ould cranky characters in there.

patsy_mccabe

kollegeknight wrote: »

Cattle scanned. 10/12 definitely in calf- most 6-10 weeks in calf.

Bit of relief but I’ll start replacing those calving late next year.

Good stuff. Do you think feeding the dairy nuts helped?

whelan2

What date in September was the ANC payments made last year? Mine was delayed so didnt get it on first run

kollegeknight

patsy_mccabe wrote: »

Good stuff. Do you think feeding the dairy nuts helped?

Dunno. I don’t see improvement in them as they were on good grass. They were pretty much all in calf the last time we scanned but it wasn’t showing.

It was very handy for the lad minding the cattle while I was abroad- they came straight up to him and he hadn’t to look.

Some of The cattle I have are not up to scratch as we sold all the good cows when dad got sick. I will replace some out next year.

But I’ll defiantly use the dairy nuts after calving as well.

My local store was selling 16% protein for about €0.80 dearer than Liffey mills 18% so I went with the Liffey mills.

Base price

whelan2 wrote: »

What date in September was the ANC payments made last year? Mine was delayed so didnt get it on first run

19th of September

Hard Knocks

Base price wrote: »

19th of September

Just in time for the ploughing!

davidk1394

jimini0 wrote: »

The amethyst bar in keel is a good spot food is good too.
Lynoots pub is worth a visit it's a small place but some great ould cranky characters in there.

Just after coming out of the amethyst there now. Fine pub with good pints of ale. I’ll try the other place tomorrow night.

carrollsno1

Passed this little outfit flat to the boards today

carrollsno1

I wonder would all the cuttings off the pitches over here be of any use at all for the lads stuck in the drought?

carrollsno1

Files too big to upload, is there any other way of uploading them?

whelan2

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Files too big to upload, is there any other way of uploading them?

Have you got a photo resizer app, think the photo has to be under 4mb

Say my name

carrollsno1 wrote: »

Files too big to upload, is there any other way of uploading them?

Or just upload it to post image and copy the direct link (the second line down) and then wrap https://postimages.org/

AntrimGlens

At a bit of this yesterday, second cut off it a week now and it's flying again. Was to be limed last year but just got too wet in the back end to get on it. Hopefully the rain to come tonight will wash it in and have good after grass for lambs.

wrangler

Jasus, we live in great times, picture on facebook of a loading shovel scraping up hundreds of tents at the electric picnic, and then referring to the 150000 packets of sandwaiches that had to be dumped after the Popes vist

Say my name

wrangler wrote: »

Jasus, we live in great times, picture on facebook of a loading shovel scraping up hundreds of tents at the electric picnic, and then referring to the 150000 packets of sandwaiches that had to be dumped after the Popes vist

Tis a long way from the Great Famine those brats were reared.

Say my name

There's an interesting article in the farming independent about someone who bought land in Belmullet, Co.Mayo with the sole intention of saving the corncrake.
A special crop is nettles grown specially for the birds.
Sounds familiar...

Parishlad

wrangler wrote: »

Jasus, we live in great times, picture on facebook of a loading shovel scraping up hundreds of tents at the electric picnic, and then referring to the 150000 packets of sandwaiches that had to be dumped after the Popes vist

Watched a clip on FB last night about the clean up after EP. It's absolutley disgusting to see the mess that's left behind and then the utter waste of everything that could have been taken away and re-used. These people have no value in anything and definitely do not not know what it means to do without. made my blood boil!

bogman_bass

I messed up my knee in training last night. Was nearly in tears crossing a fence earlier

whelan2

Had a bit of a drama yesterday. Dropped
a few cattle to local mart yesterday. They said to be back in an hour to sell them. Mart is 10 minutes away from home. Went home and went to bring up a dry cow that was springing. Fooker doubled back just before we got her to the yard. Long story short she ended up in the bottom of a double ditch. Took an hour to get her out. Rang a neighbour and he sold the cattle for me. Cow calved last night with twin fr bulls, one dead. Great to have good neighbours

Lady Haywire

Say my name wrote: »

There's an interesting article in the farming independent about someone who bought land in Belmullet, Co.Mayo with the sole intention of saving the corncrake.
A special crop is nettles grown specially for the birds.
Sounds familiar...

Not sure if it's the same person, but similar was definitely done by a fellow boardsie.

Parishlad wrote: »

Watched a clip on FB last night about the clean up after EP. It's absolutley disgusting to see the mess that's left behind and then the utter waste of everything that could have been taken away and re-used. These people have no value in anything and definitely do not not know what it means to do without. made my blood boil!

It's amazing how much has changed in just 10 years when i was festival going, this buy it cheap/use it once lifestyle is disgusting. I'd be mortified leaving things behind me at a campsite.
Whoever circulated the rumour that whats left behind is given to the homeless needs a short sharp wallop. To the face. With a tent.

whelan2

Say my name wrote: »

There's an interesting article in the farming independent about someone who bought land in Belmullet, Co.Mayo with the sole intention of saving the corncrake.
A special crop is nettles grown specially for the birds.
Sounds familiar...

Was that the vet?

Say my name

whelan2 wrote: »

Was that the vet?

Yep.

Limestone Cowboy

192 bales in the bank yesterday evening off 22 acres that was closed 6 and a half weeks. Cut Monday midday and tedded straight away and again yesterday morning. Savage crop.

whelan2

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

192 bales in the bank yesterday evening off 22 acres that was closed 6 and a half weeks. Cut Monday midday and tedded straight away and again yesterday morning. Savage crop.

Seems to be an awful amount if silage done the last few days

mayota

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

192 bales in the bank yesterday evening off 22 acres that was closed 6 and a half weeks. Cut Monday midday and tedded straight away and again yesterday morning. Savage crop.

This week has put a fair dent in the upcoming fodder crisis. Never saw as much silage being done as yesterday in the North West.