No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Say my name · 13-01-2021 9:42am

Water John wrote: »

Saw that too Brian. I think a lot more fertiliser was spread in the 80/90s but buffer zoning the streams that feed it looks like a core move. What I saw in the video largely were sheep. Changing farm practice following up to date research, like the Danu group would also lower fertiliser use, without production loss.

The whole of the midlands, north and west has the 'problem' of phosphorus leaching above ground into waterways.

Peat ground by nature is high in phosphorus. It's partly why the Dutch had their phosphorus problem. In the southeast and on my own farm we'd be low in phosphorus. Purely by soil design.

Farming on peat land and wet ground is going to be severly limited and maybe stopped by the powers that be in this country.
As long as rain falls and the ground doesn't soak you'll have phosphorus entering waterways. And if that comes from agricultural ground which 90% of ground is it'll be blamed on agriculture.
Rewilding here we come.

Hard Knocks · 13-01-2021 10:13am

Say my name wrote: »

The whole of the midlands, north and west has the 'problem' of phosphorus leaching above ground into waterways.

Peat ground by nature is high in phosphorus. It's partly why the Dutch had their phosphorus problem. In the southeast and on my own farm we'd be low in phosphorus. Purely by soil design.

Farming on peat land and wet ground is going to be severly limited and maybe stopped by the powers that be in this country.
As long as rain falls and the ground doesn't soak you'll have phosphorus entering waterways. And if that comes from agricultural ground which 90% of ground is it'll be blamed on agriculture.
Rewilding here we come.

Would the land slides due to forestry on bogs & peat soils be a large factor

13-01-2021 10:32am

Say my name wrote: »

Farming on peat land and wet ground is going to be severly limited and maybe stopped by the powers that be in this country.

They'll need Reggie for that job.

Say my name · 13-01-2021 10:35am

Hard Knocks wrote: »

Would the land slides due to forestry on bogs & peat soils be a large factor

All that. Any naked peat or soil without cover allows the acid produced in that soil in the waterways.
You'd see the waterways black.

The Barrow river has its catchment into the Midland bogs. It's a dark river.
The Slaney river moreso agricultural land and the Wicklow mountains. It's a clearer river.
It's a humic acid or phosphorus acid. Very mobile type.

Then you can see if you add on phosphorus on top if not taken up by a plant it's straight down the river.

Farmers down here have gotten great results from spreading peat and dung over straw and dung. Matched the soil perfectly.

_Brian · 13-01-2021 2:29pm

Honours maths in a few minutes and broadband gone to pot.

I’d say there was less stress around the Cuban missile crisis 😂

greysides · 13-01-2021 3:19pm

Hotspot your phone.

whelan2 · 13-01-2021 3:39pm

_Brian wrote: »

Honours maths in a few minutes and broadband gone to pot.

I’d say there was less stress around the Cuban missile crisis 😂

We went around and disconnected anything that wasnt being used off the wifi. Tablets, laptops,PC it made a difference. Stressful alright

13-01-2021 3:52pm

whelan2 wrote: »

We went around and disconnected anything that wasnt being used off the wifi. Tablets, laptops,PC it made a difference. Stressful alright

Gmail takes quite a bit of bandwidth if it's open in the background.

emaherx · 13-01-2021 3:56pm

_Brian wrote: »

Honours maths in a few minutes and broadband gone to pot.

I’d say there was less stress around the Cuban missile crisis ðŸ˜‚

Get a water proof box and stick that router as high up a pole as you can and run network back into the house. You can power the router from the network cable too. And be done with it.

Jb1989 · 13-01-2021 4:08pm

kollegeknight wrote: »

Congrats to the new mods.

Just seen that now. Fair play to ema and Albert. Maybe there is more, Im only on now browsing. Two sound lads, there

Reggie. · 13-01-2021 6:42pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

They'll need Reggie for that job.

I'm retiring so they can sort it themselves

gozunda · 13-01-2021 7:11pm

Reggie. wrote: »

I'm retiring so they can sort it themselves

Do you get to keep the tank?

13-01-2021 7:49pm

gozunda wrote: »

Do you get to keep the tank?

And if you do, do you rent it out? Promise to wash it after use

whelan2 · 13-01-2021 8:22pm

Was cooking the tea and was getting something out of a high up press. A bottle of green food colouring fell out and the lid wasn't on right. All over my new counter tops. It's on my hands and wont come off. Tea this evening was carbonara with a green tint

emaherx · 13-01-2021 8:31pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Was cooking the tea and was getting something out of a high up press. A bottle of green food colouring fell out and the lid wasn't on right. All over my new counter tops. It's on my hands and wont come off. Tea this evening was carbonara with a green tint

greysides · 13-01-2021 8:31pm

You probably need Mrs Beetons book of household stain removal. To me, most things are either water-soluble or alcohol-soluble....

Try the alcohol first, if it doesn't work you can always drink it afterwards...

Anto_Meath · 13-01-2021 8:44pm

With two small kids around & us both working from home I am finding all kinds of marks on things, permeant markers got a good run here last week, I find nail polish remover the best at removing these things.

blue5000 · 13-01-2021 9:09pm

Today's farm on BBC2 now.

greysides · 13-01-2021 9:35pm

blue5000 wrote: »

Today's farm on BBC2 now.

Beats looking in over the hedge?

zetecescort · 13-01-2021 9:57pm

I guess a good dog is an investment as much as machinery but 18k is some price for a dog

Mac Taylor · 13-01-2021 10:18pm

i think everyone is going stark crazy..................the vegan 3 (these being the 3 vegan posters who seem to be keeping the Vegan / Veg thread going) are stirring the Veg pot with crazy talk............the US election thread is going to end with a storming of Boards HQ by which side I'm not sure..........

I think lockdown is really getting to people:D:D

Seriously though......people seem to be just narky and short tempered at the moment................lockdown fatigue I think is really hitting home.:eek::eek:

whelan2 · 13-01-2021 10:24pm

Anyone else waiting on packages ordered ages ago?

SouthWesterly · 13-01-2021 10:25pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

They'll need Reggie for that job.

Can't see him having time for that. Would mean he'd have to cut his time here

White Clover · 13-01-2021 10:28pm

Mac Taylor wrote: »

i think everyone is going stark crazy..................the vegan 3 (these being the 3 vegan posters who seem to be keeping the Vegan / Veg thread going) are stirring the Veg pot with crazy talk............the US election thread is going to end with a storming of Boards HQ by which side I'm not sure..........

I think lockdown is really getting to people:D:D

Seriously though......people seem to be just narky and short tempered at the moment................lockdown fatigue I think is really hitting home.:eek::eek:

Them Vegans are lacking some good quality protein and it's making them narky!
I'd wager that anyone that has a good fillet steak for dinner, washed down with a pint of milk would be very contented!

zetecescort · 13-01-2021 10:32pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Anyone else waiting on packages ordered ages ago?

Got a few Christmas cards this week with post date around the 10 of Dec

carrollsno1 · 13-01-2021 10:53pm

Mac Taylor wrote: »

i think everyone is going stark crazy..................the vegan 3 (these being the 3 vegan posters who seem to be keeping the Vegan / Veg thread going) are stirring the Veg pot with crazy talk............the US election thread is going to end with a storming of Boards HQ by which side I'm not sure..........

I think lockdown is really getting to people:D:D

Seriously though......people seem to be just narky and short tempered at the moment................lockdown fatigue I think is really hitting home.:eek::eek:

Finding myself more and more irritable (with no reactiona) in the evenings now and its seems as if everything is louder than it actually is.
Getting harder to find the motivation to fo a bit in the evenings too i reckon its all down to the lockdowns.

Good loser · 13-01-2021 11:24pm

Birdnuts wrote: »

Know the place well as my mothers people farmed a few miles out the road. Great book written by Lynda Huxley(well known ecologist in Mayo for her great work) on the lake in terms of why it is special and the pressures brought to bare on it from the 70's onwards. She rightly points out the states role in the tragic deteriation iof the lake by their agressive promotion of intensive dairy and pig production in the catchment with inevitable consequences:(

Surely the State in recent years has been discouraging intensive dairy and pig production. Even the noose on intensive beef production is being tightened steadily.

Birdnuts · 13-01-2021 11:30pm

whelan2 wrote: »

Anyone else waiting on packages ordered ages ago?

I ordered stuff from the US in the last week of November - only arrived last Saturday:rolleyes:

Birdnuts · 13-01-2021 11:32pm

Good loser wrote: »

Surely the State in recent years has been discouraging intensive dairy and pig production. Even the noose on intensive beef production is being tightened steadily.

Not so sure about that - the likes of Teagasc et all continue to push it strongly

Reggie. · 13-01-2021 11:40pm

SouthWesterly wrote: »

Can't see him having time for that. Would mean he'd have to cut his time here

Wait till reseeding starts.....on holidays atm on the hedgecutter

No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Comments