Chit chat number nein

_Brian

It had gotten very overcast here in the evening but completely clear sky now. Something else in completely darkness to take in the night sky and the glory of all the stars.
I saw Saturn through a cheap telescope a few years ago but it was clear enough to see the rings and one moon.

A cow called Daisy

_Brian wrote: »

It had gotten very overcast here in the evening but completely clear sky now. Something else in completely darkness to take in the night sky and the glory of all the stars.
I saw Saturn through a cheap telescope a few years ago but it was clear enough to see the rings and one moon.

I saw 2 full moons through the back window of the car in front of me at about 2am once without any telescope.:D
Enough to put a body of astronomy for life

whelan2

We went to the local to watch the rugby. We came home at half time. Very very lucky that we did as the aga was on fire. I had clothes on it drying. My fault. But so so lucky. Some fright. 5 minutes later the house would have been gone

_Brian

whelan2 wrote: »

We went to the local to watch the rugby. We came home at half time. Very very lucky that we did as the aga was on fire. I had clothes on it drying. My fault. But so so lucky. Some fright. 5 minutes later the house would have been gone

Close call there !!

whelan2

Has anyone put in a new aga or similar recently? How much are they. Damage to mine is only on the lids but it's getting old.

_Brian

There’s a crowd in the north, they will take yours as a trade and supply new or refurbished cookers.

http://boyhillcookers.com/multi-fuel-cookers/reconditioned-aga/

There you go, they offer reconditioning and all that. Bought two stoves of them when we were building, easy to deal with then.

orm0nd

_Brian wrote: »

There’s a crowd in the north, they will take yours as a trade and supply new or refurbished cookers.

http://boyhillcookers.com/multi-fuel-cookers/reconditioned-aga/

There you go, they offer reconditioning and all that. Bought two stoves of them when we were building, easy to deal with then.

think H & F do them as well

http://www.handfenterprises.ie/range-cookers/aga

Bullocks

orm0nd wrote: »

think H & F do them as well

http://www.handfenterprises.ie/range-cookers/aga

I got a reconditioned Stanley when I was doing up the parents house a few years ago off them. They were sound to deal with. I can't remember the prices but I was happy with the trade in price they gave for the old one considering how wore out it was

KatyMac

Does anyone have cattle/calves off the Red Angus ZEP. I have a beautiful red heifer that is a pure torture. Her mother is like a lamb so is last year's heifer. She is like (sorry all Lim breeders!) the maddest of Limos. I took the opportunity to pour-on all this morning seeing as it was nice and dry and she tried to go through my and OH for a short cut a couple of times. Managed to dose her because she 'accidently' ran up the crush and the backing bar dropped behind her with the force she hit the end gate! Minute she is herd tested after Christmas she will be out the gate. I'm very disappointed as she was earmarked to keep.

Lady Haywire

Got the loan of a clippers for the calves. But wasn't told that the tension knob needs to be really tightened or it loosens itself. Spent bloody ages looking for this all around the silage & feeding area

ganmo

emaherx I'm never going to show that to my ould lad cause he'll never get new wellies!

emaherx

ganmo wrote: »

emaherx I'm never going to show that to my ould lad cause he'll never get new wellies!

Feckin Dunlops seem to last no time these days before they split. Need to order some alternatives so what's the better options out there? Muck Boots?

Had to patch them or I'd only be buying the exact same replacements tomorrow in the local farm store.

Say my name

It's important to keep your priorities warm.

whelan2

Say my name wrote: »

It's important to keep your priorities warm.

Watch it doesn't go on fire on a serious note, alway had a fire blanket beside my cooker. Used it last night. Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms all went off, we just weren't in the house.

Pod123

Good documentary on channel 4.
Interview of tony Martin

Base price

Lady Haywire wrote: »

Got the loan of a clippers for the calves. But wasn't told that the tension knob needs to be really tightened or it loosens itself. Spent bloody ages looking for this all around the silage & feeding area

Clippers have a tensioning screw which is encased by a spring that maintains the tension. I would have thought that you would have come across this with the horses.

Genghis Cant

Pod123 wrote: »

Good documentary on channel 4.
Interview of tony Martin

''That's how things are boy''

Lady Haywire

Base price wrote: »

Clippers have a tensioning screw which is encased by a spring that maintains the tension. I would have thought that you would have come across this with the horses.

I've only used them once or twice in my life Came across them with the horses all right but rarely was the one clipping. Plus if it's mechanical at all in form, it goes in one ear & out the other!

gozunda

whelan2 wrote: »

Watch it doesn't go on fire on a serious note, alway had a fire blanket beside my cooker. Used it last night. Smoke and carbon monoxide alarms all went off, we just weren't in the house.

Thank god you did. What caught on fire on the aga btw?

whelan2

gozunda wrote: »

Thank god you did. What caught on fire on the aga btw?

A bath towel. Also lost a super dry hoody, some running gear and a regatta coat. Could have been so much worse. Spent yesterday washing walls. Bought a new fire blanket too

Buford T. Justice XIX

I see Carrick-on-Suir mart won't reopen after a fire last April due to insurance costs.

https://www.independent.ie/business/farming/news/farming-news/carrickonsuir-mart-not-to-reopen-after-fire-37542774.html

Genghis Cant

whelan2 wrote: »

A bath towel. Also lost a super dry hoody, some running gear and a regatta coat. Could have been so much worse. Spent yesterday washing walls. Bought a new fire blanket too

Christ. That's much too close for comfort. Anything in particular make you go home at half time in the game? You were steeped you did.

whelan2

Genghis Cant wrote: »

Christ. That's much too close for comfort. Anything in particular make you go home at half time in the game? You were steeped you did.

Would never have the kids in the local after 8pm. We could so easily have had another pint as eldest lad was driving. We relit it there this evening. Had to cut the burnt lino in front of it. Brillo pads are great. Was alot of burnt stuff on it

whelan2

This was it after a bit of cleaning on Saturday night

Reggie.

whelan2 wrote: »

This was it after a bit of cleaning on Saturday night

Jaysus

Say my name

Looks like half of France has ended up in the Bay of Biscay today.
They could do with a few cover crops. :rolleyes:

Birdnuts

Say my name wrote: »

Looks like half of France has ended up in the Bay of Biscay today.
They could do with a few cover crops. :rolleyes:

Was reading recently that conventional winter tillage leads to much higher rates of soil erosion compared to spring till

Say my name

Birdnuts wrote: »

Was reading recently that conventional winter tillage leads to much higher rates of soil erosion compared to spring till

Any bare topsoil is at risk of being washed away.

All that soil at the bottom of the sea there is most likely a combination of maize ground, winter crops recently sown and whatever bare ground is left for spring.
(Although I doubt they'd be at the craic of spraying off stubbles now for spring).
Could even be farmers at the ploughing now for spring crops. Doubt they'd be at that craic either anymore though?
Whatever the cause it's gone now anyway and their land is devalued wether they know it or not.

John Deere has a lot to answer for.

Odelay

Say my name wrote: »

Looks like half of France has ended up in the Bay of Biscay today.
They could do with a few cover crops. :rolleyes:

I’m really stupid, what am I looking at?
I’m paying attention because you seem to know your stuff about soils.

charolais0153

Odelay wrote: »

I’m really stupid, what am I looking at?
I’m paying attention because you seem to know your stuff about soils.

The brown water

Say my name

Odelay wrote: »

I’m really stupid, what am I looking at?
I’m paying attention because you seem to know your stuff about soils.

A sea full of topsoil originating from the Garonne and other rivers.

It's not a normal sight. Well if it was there'd be no fields left.

Picture of hook head and barrow estuary yesterday for comparison.
https://i.postimg.cc/rFcZVDvd/Screenshot-2018-11-19-22-49-54.png

Nekarsulm

Odelay wrote: »

I’m really stupid, what am I looking at?
I’m paying attention because you seem to know your stuff about soils.

Its the Garonne, but its slso a tidal river, so the incoming tide brings in sediment and then flushes it out again.

http://invisiblebordeaux.blogspot.com/2018/01/why-is-garonne-river-brown-here-is.html?m=1

MickeyShtyles

Fairly productive day here.
Car got it’s first service and it was free!
Mixed up the last bit of concrete for an extra car parking space at home and applied for a pig number thingy.

Say my name

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Its the Garonne, but its slso a tidal river, so the incoming tide brings in sediment and then flushes it out again.

http://invisiblebordeaux.blogspot.com/2018/01/why-is-garonne-river-brown-here-is.html?m=1

If that was the case Nek that picture would be a daily occurrence.

Nekarsulm

Say my name wrote: »

If that was the case Nek that picture would be a daily occurrence.

Might depend on the timing of the sat. photo and where the tidal cycle was at the time.
But sure, there is soil erosion all the time.

Say my name

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Might depend on the timing of the sat. photo and where the tidal cycle was at the time.
But sure, there is soil erosion all the time.

Well you can search through the nasa sat pics yourself if you want.
The website is named on the search bar on the screengrab. You won't get one as extreme as that picture though.
Heavy rainfall and tillage ground leads to that.

Birdnuts

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Its the Garonne, but its slso a tidal river, so the incoming tide brings in sediment and then flushes it out again.

http://invisiblebordeaux.blogspot.com/2018/01/why-is-garonne-river-brown-here-is.html?m=1

A very important river too as its the only one in the EU where Wild Sturgeon still spawn

gozunda

Say my name wrote: »

Looks like half of France has ended up in the Bay of Biscay today.
They could do with a few cover crops. :rolleyes:

And if the veganistas got their way - all our grassland would end up in the same place ...

Albert Johnson

MickeyShtyles wrote: »

Fairly productive day here.
Car got it’s first service and it was free!
Mixed up the last bit of concrete for an extra car parking space at home and applied for a pig number thingy.

Is there much involved in applying for a pig number? I fancy trying my hand at a few porkers as my grand parents used to have them. The idea of being somewhat sustainable meat wise is appealing and I might get around to it some day.

_Brian

Albert Johnson wrote: »

Is there much involved in applying for a pig number? I fancy trying my hand at a few porkers as my grand parents used to have them. The idea of being somewhat sustainable meat wise is appealing and I might get around to it some day.

It’s easy enough to get and the taste of the home reared bacon is incredible!!

jimini0

Albert Johnson wrote: »

Is there much involved in applying for a pig number? I fancy trying my hand at a few porkers as my grand parents used to have them. The idea of being somewhat sustainable meat wise is appealing and I might get around to it some day.

It's easy got. If you do go for it. Go into your local supermarket and ask for the gone off veg. I had pigs a few years ago. The local supervalu bagged up all the veg for me to collect twice a week. They loved it mixed with barley. They didn't get over fat but were tasty.

foxy farmer

jimini0 wrote: »

It's easy got. If you do go for it. Go into your local supermarket and ask for the gone off veg. I had pigs a few years ago. The local supervalu bagged up all the veg for me to collect twice a week. They loved it mixed with barley. They didn't get over fat but were tasty.

Did ya ever see a fat vegan?:D

Base price

I think the livestock/general farming photo thread is broken.

charolais0153

Base price wrote: »

I think the livestock/general farming photo thread is broken.

Yan an extra 5 pages that are inaccessible

Limestone Cowboy

Got a new solar fence the other day. Won't be using it for the winter but have no power in the shed and could do with a light. Would be setting up fence beside it anyway. Was thinking of getting a 12v led tractor work lamp and hooking it up to it for the winter. Would be handy around calving and stuff. Would it be good enough to power it I wonder?

charolais0153

Base price wrote: »

I think the livestock/general farming photo thread is broken.

Its other threads aswell

emaherx

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Got a new solar fence the other day. Won't be using it for the winter but have no power in the shed and could do with a light. Would be setting up fence beside it anyway. Was thinking of getting a 12v led tractor work lamp and hooking it up to it for the winter. Would be handy around calving and stuff. Would it be good enough to power it I wonder?

Depends on the solar fencer you got, but you may well be able to run several LED lamps off it.

Accidentally left 4 LED spot lights swiched on, on the tractor overnight and tractor still started no problem the following afternoon. So if your fencer is the type that can charge a tractor battery or deep cycle leisure battery it will work fine.

Reggie.

The gremlins have gotten loose again

Say my name

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My brain.

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Who the hell started this craic??

That's a serious question btw this ^^lark is all over social media. Who or where did it come from?

Buford T. Justice XIX

Base price wrote: »

I think the livestock/general farming photo thread is broken.

charolais0153 wrote: »

Yan an extra 5 pages that are inaccessible

charolais0153 wrote: »

Its other threads aswell

Reggie. wrote: »

The gremlins have gotten loose again

There's a software issue that this mornings maintenance was supposed to fix like the issue of sometimes not being able to see the first post of a new page and constantly being directed back to the same page you just had read.



It seems it still hasn't been sorted:(