Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

longgonesilver · 10-09-2020 1:18am

Limestone Cowboy wrote: »

Meh, I'd love a week away from the rain and the cows now. I don't see the silver lining.

Next week might be fine. Go to Clare on a staycation, the Burren is nice.

10-09-2020 10:21am

whelan2 wrote: »

Anyone else have a problem with recognising people with their masks on?

Be hard pressed pick out an armed raider from a line up now.

Albert Johnson · 10-09-2020 11:02am

longgonesilver wrote: »

Next week might be fine. Go to Clare on a staycation, the Burren is nice.

I don't know if that's a bit tongue in cheek or whether it was a genuine recommendation for a nice local holiday destination. If it's the latter as opposed to the former then you're probably unaware that it would be a sort of busman's holiday for Limestone. His username might provide a hint.

Say my name · 10-09-2020 11:47am

It's a clip from 1930 South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
But I'd say this was mirrored all over Irish coastal communities at the time.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1985959181540331&id=1057270191075906

Say my name · 10-09-2020 1:07pm

Say my name wrote: »

It's a clip from 1930 South Uist, Outer Hebrides, Scotland.
But I'd say this was mirrored all over Irish coastal communities at the time.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1985959181540331&id=1057270191075906

And does anyone know what that man is doing with those burnings?

Jb1989 · 10-09-2020 1:12pm

Say my name wrote: »

And does anyone know what that man is doing with those burnings?

Makeing biochar?

Say my name · 10-09-2020 1:32pm

Jb1989 wrote: »

Makeing biochar?

I honestly didn't know there till a minute ago.
I think the practice was called 'Devonshiring' in Ireland?
It involved the digging up of the top 5 inches of pasture, drying out, placing in heaps and burning/smoldering the sod heaps. Then spreading that out back on the field and sowing potatoes or cereal crop.
I think it was frowned upon by landlords as continuously it degraded the land but in the years directly after the first sod burning, excellent crops were had.

Edit: In 1860 an act was brought in in Ireland that field sod burning was made illegal.

emaherx · 10-09-2020 2:23pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Anyone else have a problem with recognising people with their masks on?

Worked in Intel years ago, had to learn recognize everyone with their masks on. Weird thing is I got hard to recognize some without their masks outside of the plant.

_Brian · 10-09-2020 4:41pm

emaherx wrote: »

Worked in Intel years ago, had to learn recognize everyone with their masks on. Weird thing is I got hard to recognize some without their masks outside of the plant.

The interesting thing I found was it actually made you properly look at people. After a while I could easily tell people suited up a long way off by their walk, stance or as in my case gimpy limp.

_Brian · 10-09-2020 4:44pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Anyone else have a problem with recognising people with their masks on?

Anyone else enjoying meeting people and not having to stop and make stupid small talk any more

I’m a sort of introvert and it’s kinda handy, wee nod and keep going.

Buford T. Justice XIX · 10-09-2020 5:24pm

African Swine Fever case confirmed in Germany.
https://twitter.com/franmcnulty/status/1304092902314967046?s=19

straight · 10-09-2020 5:25pm

_Brian wrote: »

Anyone else enjoying meeting people and not having to stop and make stupid small talk any more
I’m a sort of introvert and it’s kinda handy, wee nod and keep going.

That's the way this country is gone and I think it's sad. U really see it now when you travel to other countries where people still have more time for each other.

_Brian · 10-09-2020 5:42pm

straight wrote: »

That's the way this country is gone and I think it's sad. U really see it now when you travel to other countries where people still have more time for each other.

Still plenty of it about, just not for everybody

_Brian · 10-09-2020 5:43pm

Buford T. Justice XIX wrote: »

African Swine Fever case confirmed in Germany.
https://twitter.com/franmcnulty/status/1304092902314967046?s=19

They will handle it better than China did so it should be somewhat contained. Isn’t it typical when the industry is doing so well.

gozunda · 10-09-2020 5:45pm

_Brian wrote: »

Was following a short on fence yesterday and found a stretch of white wire down.

As I approached I could hear it shorting out.

Was horrified to find a poor hedgehog curled round the wire dead as a stone. Feck sake. Only spotted first hedgehog on the place this year and that could have been it

I’m thinking they aren’t the most robust of creatures ??

Was travelling along a fairly busy stretch and saw one in the middle of the road trying to cross to the other side. Pulled in and went to put it in a field. The hedgehog was having none of it - fecker tried to bite me.

Anyway he was duly deposited in some bushes in a safe place - but seemed decidely unhappy about the arrangement. Perrhaps I was the nth person that day who tried to stop him from crossing the road! Who knows :pac:

Say my name · 10-09-2020 6:54pm

_Brian wrote: »

They will handle it better than China did so it should be somewhat contained. Isn’t it typical when the industry is doing so well.

They will not!

It's spreading across Europe from the wild boar population.
All efforts to curtail it have failed due to totally the large wild boar population across Europe.

And there's nutters in this country that want wild boar loose in this country.
There's a population of wild boar in Britain. It'll nigh on some job to stop it's march westwards across the channel.
It'll be brought on some wilders boots into the New forest from Germany.

Lime Tree Farm · 10-09-2020 7:30pm

Stocked up on cat food today - I went at something else forgetting the car door was open.

cheeky cat.jpg

patsy_mccabe · 10-09-2020 8:24pm

Lime Tree Farm wrote: »

Stocked up on cat food today - I went at something else forgetting the car door was open.

cheeky cat.jpg

Feck that cat can read.

_Brian · 10-09-2020 8:43pm

Say my name wrote: »

They will not!

It's spreading across Europe from the wild boar population.
All efforts to curtail it have failed due to totally the large wild boar population across Europe.

And there's nutters in this country that want wild boar loose in this country.
There's a population of wild boar in Britain. It'll nigh on some job to stop it's march westwards across the channel.
It'll be brought on some wilders boots into the New forest from Germany.

Maybe the wolves would eat the boar ?

Grueller · 10-09-2020 8:51pm

_Brian wrote: »

Maybe the wolves would eat the boar ?

Maybe they would both eat Eamonn Ryan?

Say my name · 10-09-2020 8:54pm

_Brian wrote: »

Maybe the wolves would eat the boar ?

Are ye watching rte1 right now? :pac:

This has been on Germany's border now for some time.
They were bargaining on the Neisse and Oder Rivers dividing germany from poland being an obstacle. Unfortunately boar being strong swimmers never got the memo that they were supposed to stay in Poland.

Meanwhile Denmark with their own industry were looking on at Germany and saying feck that Germany! And they go and built their own fence last year to stop German wild boar from getting into Denmark.

And so here we are.

ganmo · 10-09-2020 9:31pm

If it gets into Denmark the whole world will be affected

Little Miss Fairy · 10-09-2020 9:33pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Anyone else have a problem with recognising people with their masks on?

I've always been awful at recognising people and now, with the mask wearing, I'm even worse. Must take after my mother. She was at a funeral last year and couldn't place one of the sympathisers. When he told her his name, she replied “I didn’t recognise you with your clothes on!” (They often meet at the local swimming pool). My father (in his eighties) is still laughing about it &#55357;&#56834;

Birdnuts · 10-09-2020 10:38pm

Say my name wrote: »

They will not!

It's spreading across Europe from the wild boar population.
All efforts to curtail it have failed due to totally the large wild boar population across Europe.

And there's nutters in this country that want wild boar loose in this country.
There's a population of wild boar in Britain. It'll nigh on some job to stop it's march westwards across the channel.
It'll be brought on some wilders boots into the New forest from Germany.

A few wolves will sort them;) - seriously though in Japan their thinking about bringing back wolves to deal with the likes of exploding deer populations etc,

Birdnuts · 10-09-2020 10:43pm

ganmo wrote: »

If it gets into Denmark the whole world will be affected

Peter Schmicheal will be p*ssed:pac:(football joke for non-fans!!)

gozunda · 11-09-2020 12:58am

Birdnuts wrote: »

A few wolves will sort them;) - seriously though in Japan their thinking about bringing back wolves to deal with the likes of exploding deer populations etc,

Exploding deer? Now that sounds nasty. Sounds worse than swine flu anyway... :pac:

Say my name · 11-09-2020 10:47am

Isn't this cool. The tour de france.

Tractors for the wheels and quad bikes for the sprocket.

https://twitter.com/AgBioWorld/status/1304252716236111885?s=20

Water John · 11-09-2020 10:51am

The fields are organic and it's the riders that are on the artificial stuff!!

Say my name · 11-09-2020 10:54am

Water John wrote: »

The fields are organic and it's the riders that are on the artificial stuff!!

Don't mention the WHO?

Base price · 11-09-2020 12:25pm

Got a bit of fright with this lady the other day. She was down flat and couldn’t get up. We gave her calcium and magnesium and electrolytes and kept having to sit her up during the night. Repeated the calcium and magnesium yesterday morning and thankfully she got up yesterday evening. She’s just after having one of her five a day.

Farming Chitchat 10/10- Now VIRUS-FREE!

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