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| Maris Widgeon Member Since: 11 Dec 2013 Location: Cotswolds Posts: 216   
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A nice break in the weather has enabled us to get on with the combining and we are into the wheat. One of the varieties that we grow is Spelt, a very old wheat which has been cultivated for thousands of years. We grow it for speciality bakers and artisan bread makers.
 Click image to enlarge Another variety that we grow is called Maris Widgeon, which is also sold to a local artisan flour mill to use for speciality bread making. Maris Widgeon was also used as a thatching straw, and has a lot of straw, which helps to choke out the weeds, as organic farmers this is a great help as we cannot use any pesticides. Click image to enlarge Our next crop to cut after the wheat will be the malting barley (for use in brewing beer),another old variety called plumage archer, which was bred by Warminster Maltings more than 100 years ago, and it makes very good beer!! Cheers Nick |
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10th Aug 2016 6:18pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20348 
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They are using a Massey harvester near me too, earlier this year they were using Claas too.
Saw this earlier: Bale crushes Okehampton farm worker to death http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-37033481  |
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10th Aug 2016 6:23pm |
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| Captain Speaking Member Since: 23 Jan 2012 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 159 
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15th Aug 2016 3:37pm |
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| Pickles Member Since: 26 May 2013 Location: Melbourne Posts: 3784  
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Captain Speaking, hello from Aussie.
Great pics mate. How many acres do you farm, what do you do on it, and has your family been there for a while? Pickles. |
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15th Aug 2016 10:34pm |
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| Captain Speaking Member Since: 23 Jan 2012 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 159
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What-ho Pickles!
200 acres of our own beef and some potatoes and beans - but these pics were taken whilst contracting for a neighbour. Middle of nowhere (although perhaps not by Oz standards  ) |
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16th Aug 2016 12:37pm |
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| Flyingfocrs Member Since: 12 Jan 2015 Location: Deepest darkest Aberdeenshire Posts: 155  
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Finally!
Didn't manage to get it all finished before rain came back so fingers crossed we get a few dry days next week. Click image to enlarge |
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20th Aug 2016 7:58pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10381
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I'm going be honest, I'd love do some harvesting, I'd drive a tractor for free!!!
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20th Aug 2016 8:47pm |
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| Rosco Member Since: 03 Dec 2010 Location: Burntwood Posts: 1833 
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Greeni I spotted the local farmers out with their combines the other week and had exaclty the same thought! Having seen the pricing on some of the bits of kit though I suspect they'd decline my more than generous offer
 2007 - Stornoway Grey 90 XS SW - Gone
2002 - Black Discovery II - Gone 2014 - Montalcino Red 110 XS SW |
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20th Aug 2016 8:55pm |
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| GREENI Member Since: 22 Aug 2010 Location: staffs Posts: 10381
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Last year a mate was wrapping bales, so I went at 11pm and did a couple of hours. Loved it!
But yeah, a guy at his yard has a massive new fendt, I'd rock that as my 'daily'!!! |
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20th Aug 2016 9:05pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 20348
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You'd buy 3 or 4 Defenders new more or less to match the value of those.
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20th Aug 2016 9:11pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7905 
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Harvest done!
Click image to enlarge Click image to enlarge James MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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22nd Aug 2016 3:53pm |
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| DSB Member Since: 02 Mar 2014 Location: Rutland Posts: 55 
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A bit of a cheat, but I'm not a farmer. The field of beans and a combine harvester at work this morning, destination for the beans is Egypt.
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9th Sep 2016 6:36am |
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| Captain Speaking Member Since: 23 Jan 2012 Location: Oxfordshire Posts: 159
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Great pics! |
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11th Sep 2016 8:25am |
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| Cupboard Member Since: 21 Mar 2014 Location: Suffolk Posts: 2971 
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Our main harvest started with a *BANG* on Tuesday, con rod through the block after doing a minimal amount of the first field of maize :/
It did have a 12l straight 6 doing about 500hp. It's now got a bent 5... Click image to enlarge |
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16th Sep 2016 10:47am |
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