No quitten we're whelan on to chitchat 11

Interesting anomoly, the year with no summer 1816 was caused by the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia in 1815. It also led to the circumstances in which Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein.

Climate is changing due to humans, no doubt on this point. It has to be a joined up plan to deal with it. It's no harm in everyone beginning the journey. Methane is an easy scapegoat, the latest to be finger pointed by the fossil fuel industry.

I’d 100% believe them- I was only pointing out they were stories as a previous poster mentioned met eireann has stats rather than stories.

Christ on a bike - did you read what I actually posted?? I was taking about measures needed to buffer society against extreme weather events, nowt about what sector is producing the most CO2, some folks need here to reign in their paranoia🙄

When we young 5 of us children and the two parents were going around in a VW golf. Before that a beetle. At the school gate my old land cruiser is small compared to what the mother's drive. Who needs a BMW x5 to carry two toddlers. A 3 litre should be pulling a cow box.

And I live in the back of beyond. But every day I see a few couriers drawing cheap Shiite up an down the road. It's consumerism has the hole thing fuuucked

You can wind in the paranoia too, I could've just as easy referred to the measures needed to buffer society against extreme weather events,

The same applies , what's the point in us being goody goody when the majority are acting the brat

Great achievement to get to the world cup. Hope they do well.

I have 15 acres of rushes and briars in need of tidy up. we're in organic's so spraying off not an option, so I'd set on using a mulcher to blitz through the lot of it. A lot of lads now telling me that they've only seen a stronger crop of rushes after mulching compared to topping them. I find mowing them just leaves them in clumps and rows letting nothing through. Any thoughts?

If ya had access to a weed licker it might be no harm to hit them after cutting when they are growing again. Yer at nothing though if it's wet land. They'll keep growing then

It's wet in spots but nothing a bit of drainage wouldn't sort for the most part.

Heard a few dubs on site today talking about the plan here to reduce the national herd and import beef from South America in turn clearing the rainforests out there. They couldnt believe it and werent overly sold on it, might be a small glimmer of hope that the urban dwellers of this country are starting to see through the smear campaign on Irish agriculture.

Second this, have a couple of fields like this, have used mulcher which seemed like a good idea, but long term did not work out.

Now top as early as possible and later top and bale, this has had best impact on controlling rushe. also mind it like a young child, if rain heading in I skip a rotation and graze early and get stock off, rearly let a big bank of grass build up. Once 5 days grazing builds I watch forecast .only let full crop build up in hot weather will put up pic of what has been achieved by 3 topping a year and one baling. A shot of slurry or fym in March, April or May seems to work best for me.

This field was 80% rushes, used to grow high and fall over blocking most of the grass.

By Jaysus all the trolls are out today.

Must be the rain kep them in from picking kale and cycling.

Don't feel too bad. I've been betting with rearing livestock for the last 40 years and haven't fared much better 😲