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| Chicken George Member Since: 03 Mar 2021 Location: York Posts: 7  
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I guess it depends on existing garden size, if small adding will up the value, if large already the landowner will suspect you are trying to sneak in a building plot and will want his share of any profits from the land.
If he is a tenant farmer then it will be difficult to buy the land as the landlord would have to compensate the tenant for loss of holding. The ditch should be maintained no matter what the farmers ownership terms are, bad practices would include cultivating up and down hill rather than across, or having a feeding area in a place that might cause soil erosion/water run off. I would try and speak to the landlord regarding water run off. |
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8th Mar 2021 3:54pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018 
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What's been in the field recently? We had spuds in an adjacent field and a leaking joint on an irrigation wheel lost quite a bit of water before it was sorted.
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8th Mar 2021 5:22pm |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2664 
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I've already said that I want a covenant placed in the sale (if it goes ahead) that states I can't build a residential property on the land. It would ruin our view , so we'd never build anyway. So it's a good bargaining point for us as it's never going to happen. Our plot is long and thin. House is at top of plot with attached single garage. looking at front, we then have patio and lawn, 3 car drive, double garage, veggie patch. Without out the house we are at 1/5 of an acre. We want to buy land the length of the lawn and drive. So would increase land plot by 25%. So not a huge amount. 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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9th Mar 2021 9:36am |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2664
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Since we've been here, we've had 2 crops of maize, and what looks like grass currently but not sure. They planted and have gone again with fertilizer(?) since, it's not growing very fast. Would farmers go out of their way to plant grass? They don't have any cattle that I know of. 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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9th Mar 2021 9:38am |
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| kenzle8a Member Since: 12 Feb 2020 Location: None Posts: 1074
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It will be set aside on rotation to rest the field. It doesn't take long for nature to reclaim once we stop tilling / spraying.
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9th Mar 2021 10:24am |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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You want to start watching Harry's Farm on YouTube ~ allows me to have a passable conversation with the local farmers and ask about tiller development. 
Fields around us all look like grass at the moment but it will soon shoot up and maybe it's wheat or barley? |
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9th Mar 2021 1:10pm |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2664
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The current person who farms the land is a tenent farmer, who sold the land to current owner. Current owner purchased the land to stop solar panels being erected in the field. Due to the field being visible from the manor house, and when I say manor house it's a proper big old lump of a house.
Current owners have a lot of cash and are buying up land to try and recreate the old manor and all it's land. They will fail ultimately but they are almost there. Anyway, the current people who do work on the land don't even get out of the tractor, let alone talk to us peasants who live nearby 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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9th Mar 2021 3:34pm |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3330 
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.... WARNING.
This post may contain sarcasm. Last edited by Zed on 11th Mar 2021 8:17pm. Edited 1 time in total |
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9th Mar 2021 4:26pm |
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| Chicken George Member Since: 03 Mar 2021 Location: York Posts: 7
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That is the way, once in our mobile palaces we arnt going to stop and talk to peasents,
That said my tractor is about 15 years old now, so will soon be low enough status to allow conversations with the low classes. More realistically when in tractor it means the waether is good, no time to stop and natter. |
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9th Mar 2021 6:10pm |
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| walfy Member Since: 29 Aug 2007 Location: Frome Posts: 2664
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@chicken George
I have no issue with them working flat out when the weather is good. It's them that makes part of the economy work. Just when they try and exit the field and we're stood in our garden doing stuff they don't acknowledge or give way. I understand they must be under a huge time pressure to get the work done. I've seen them out in the field well past bedtime before doing farming stuff. Not a job I'd like to do. The actual owners who I've never met but only know through reputation seem like good people. They've had a massive dry stone wall built along the main road by us. It looks very impressive and must of cost them an absolute fortune. But its a nice feature along that stretch of road. 110 D250 SE HT 110 USW SOLD RRE HSE Dynamic Gone, wife killed it VOLVO XC60 R Dynamic with some toys Polaris RZR 900XP SOLD |
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12th Mar 2021 8:50am |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7907 
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[quote="walfy"It's a proper big old lump of a house. Current owners have a lot of cash and are buying up land to try and recreate the old manor and all it's land. They will fail ultimately but they are almost there.[/quote]
That sounds interesting, now I want to know more! There is a similar project near us Heveningham Hall, who are building a Capability Brown landscape with lakes, bridge millions of trees planted. It's impressive stuff, the bridge alone cost £1m apparently.  James
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12th Mar 2021 4:28pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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Off to Google that
And there's your water problem ~ he's built another one of these: Tycoon's underground FERRIS WHEEL to show off his Ferraris: 
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3...plans.html |
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12th Mar 2021 5:10pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7907
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That's the same owner as Heveningham Hall, I guess that's why you posted it. Also look Wilderness Reserve, unbelievable!! Best day out ever is Heveningham Concours!! James
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12th Mar 2021 6:29pm |
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| Supacat Member Since: 16 Oct 2012 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 11018
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I think I misread and thought H Hall was the big house near Walfy, on 2nd reading, I see that it isn't ~ apologies to OP, so way off topic.
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13th Mar 2021 9:31am |
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