Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

Lady Haywire

Water John wrote: »

An agriculture thread broadening out to include mariculture.

Says 'Water John' :D

ganmo

Water John wrote: »

An agriculture thread broadening out to include mariculture.

department of agriculture fisheries and the marine :P

NcdJd

Water John wrote: »

An agriculture thread broadening out to include mariculture.

Don't forget the individuals promoting skinny dipping at 9.30 at night for the feast of the assumption John. This thread goes downhill when your not around.

Lady Haywire

NcdJd wrote: »

Don't forget the individuals promoting skinny dipping at 9.30 at night for the feast of the assumption John. This thread goes downhill when your not around.

I plead the fifth, I didn't say skinny dipping!

Water John

NcdJd wrote: »

Don't forget the individuals promoting skinny dipping at 9.30 at night for the feast of the assumption John. This thread goes downhill when your not around.

At least it's not on the feast day of the Immaculate Conception.

NcdJd

Lady Haywire wrote: »

I plead the fifth, I didn't say skinny dipping!

Right I'll just rephrase that and say night swimming ha.

I says

whelan2 wrote: »

See the head of failte Ireland resigned after going to Italy on holidays.

Quick hold a by-election for this oaf. No doubt gob****es will vote for him. I can see the talk now of the poor auld divil deserved a holiday for all the hard work he was doing for us.

Buford T. Justice XIX

This might interest some of you?
https://twitter.com/CaorthannAonair/status/1294611799732629505?s=19

I says

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

This might interest some of you?
https://twitter.com/CaorthannAonair/status/1294611799732629505?s=19

Why am I not surprised this country really knows how to make a scutter of things. Must be people like the tourism chief who went to Italy that’s in charge. Hasn’t the brains to run a piss up in a brewery.

Tileman

I says wrote: »

Quick hold a by-election for this oaf. No doubt gob****es will vote for him. I can see the talk now of the poor auld divil deserved a holiday for all the hard work he was doing for us.

He is not a TD or a public representative so why would anyone be voting for him. Think you need to read up on the story before reverting to standard public bashing.
Totally agree the guy needed to resign but sick of seeing social media bashing for any story that includes a public figure .

Say my name

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

This might interest some of you?
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Probably too late!

I hear they've all been weaved into a giant basket and delivered to Peter Sweetman with a large thank you note. :pac:

Castlekeeper

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

This might interest some of you?
https://twitter.com/CaorthannAonair/status/1294611799732629505?s=19

Not exactly bare-root planting season? Why don't they toughen til October and try sell them?

The forestry and land use model needed reform as highligted by the delays caused by all the successful onjections.

Nekarsulm

Can someone explain to me why a licence is necessary in order to harvest a crop of timber?
Why is one not needed to harvest wheat, barley or grass?

I says

Tileman wrote: »

He is not a TD or a public representative so why would anyone be voting for him. Think you need to read up on the story before reverting to standard public bashing.
Totally agree the guy needed to resign but sick of seeing social media bashing for any story that includes a public figure .

Read my quote again only this time more slowly.

whelan2

Youngest lad had his confirmation this afternoon. 7 kids confirmed. There's 27 in his class. The rest were done in 2 other ceremonies last week. Was really nice. No practicing beforehand and it all went fine. Phew

zetecescort

whelan2 wrote: »

Youngest lad had his confirmation this afternoon. 7 kids confirmed. There's 27 in his class. The rest were done in 2 other ceremonies last week. Was really nice. No practicing beforehand and it all went fine. Phew

Much more relaxed for parents I'd say, no pressure to out do the other families

whelan2

zetecescort wrote: »

Much more relaxed for parents I'd say, no pressure to out do the other families

Ye, parish priest and school chaplain did the ceremony. 40 minutes for the whole thing. My other kids the confirmation took 2 hours

Tonynewholland

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Can someone explain to me why a licence is necessary in order to harvest a crop of timber?
Why is one not needed to harvest wheat, barley or grass?

As soon as the tree is ten years old you you need a licence. It goes back to something like 1946

Nekarsulm

Tonynewholland wrote: »

As soon as the tree is ten years old you you need a licence. It goes back to something like 1946

That doesn't explain the reason for needing the licence, though.
35 years ago you needed a defacto licence to buy a condom...
I can understand the reasoning behind needing a licence for certain specimen hardwoods, but for Sitka Spruce?

Just a funding vehicle for County Councils?

Tonynewholland

Nekarsulm wrote: »

That doesn't explain the reason for needing the licence, though.
35 years ago you needed a defacto licence to buy a condom...
I can understand the reasoning behind needing a licence for certain specimen hardwoods, but for Sitka Spruce?

Just a funding vehicle for County Councils?

I agree. If you plant your land you should be allowed harvest it when you want.

Birdnuts

Nekarsulm wrote: »

That doesn't explain the reason for needing the licence, though.
35 years ago you needed a defacto licence to buy a condom...
I can understand the reasoning behind needing a licence for certain specimen hardwoods, but for Sitka Spruce?

Just a funding vehicle for County Councils?

I think it was something to do with the damage caused by large scale clearfells in Coillte Spruce plantations that led to issues like silting, landslides, pollution etc in nearby watersheds.

Nekarsulm

Birdnuts wrote: »

I think it was something to do with the damage caused by large scale clearfells in Coillte Spruce plantations that led to issues like silting, landslides, pollution etc in nearby watersheds.

Fair enough, but consider the lunacy of requiring the introduction of a licensing system for every forester just because a Semi-State organisation couldn't be trusted not to break State ordained pollution standards...

That's like requiring me to take out a licence to spread slurry just because Fingal Co Co dumped raw sewage into Dublin bay..

Actually, that's not too far fetched at all ....

Birdnuts

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Fair enough, but consider the lunacy of requiring the introduction of a licensing system for every forester just because a Semi-State organisation couldn't be trusted not to break State ordained pollution standards...

That's like requiring me to take out a licence to spread slurry just because Fingal Co Co dumped raw sewage into Dublin bay..

Actually, that's not too far fetched at all ....

No argument from me on that - some of the biggest environmental criminals in this country continue to be state and semi-state agencies

Buford T. Justice XIX

It's been drizzling here since about 10 this morning, sometimes a bit heavier too.

The second lad and his friends decided that tonight was the perfect night to go camping, no drinking as they have too many games coming up.

Ah, bless them:D

BENDYBINN

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

It's been drizzling here since about 10 this morning, sometimes a bit heavier too.

The second lad and his friends decided that tonight was the perfect night to go camping, no drinking as they have too many games coming up.

Ah, bless them:D

Bless you for believing them!!

Buford T. Justice XIX

BENDYBINN wrote: »

Bless you for believing them!!

Ah sure, it's a hard balance between giving them enough room to explore without falling off the cliff edge.

Out father used never give out about us drinking. If we drank too much, he'd call us at 6.30 every morning for a week and put us picking stones, greasing the tractor or clearing the electric fence.
We soon learned the difference between a few drinks and too many drinks:)

DukeCaboom

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

Ah sure, it's a hard balance between giving them enough room to explore without falling off the cliff edge.

Out father used never give out about us drinking. If we drank too much, he'd call us at 6.30 every morning for a week and put us picking stones, greasing the tractor or clearing the electric fence.
We soon learned the difference between a few drinks and too many drinks:)

That's exactly it, when we got to collage it was the few lads that learned to drink with their parents since they were young were the most responsible....

Danzy

DukeCaboom wrote: »

That's exactly it, when we got to collage it was the few lads that learned to drink with their parents since they were young were the most responsible....

And the lads who were on a tight leash at home re drink went absolute mental on it.

Teaching responsibility is better than trying to stop the sea.

I might think different when teenage years come.

roosterman71

What sort of work boots ye all using when yer doing stuff and not in wellies? I need to invest. Don't want anything too chunky or heavy

Say my name

roosterman71 wrote: »

What sort of work boots ye all using when yer doing stuff and not in wellies? I need to invest. Don't want anything too chunky or heavy

Lidl had a nice safety shoe with a steel toecap from powerfix there a while ago. I'd have a broad foot and these are comfortable.