The Chainsaw Thread
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4524689 »
Sat Aug 06, 2022 10:02 pm
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We're missing one of these threads here. I'll get the ball rolling..
Picked up a very original Husqvarna 42 Special yesterday. It's been run on...
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I’m going to run the nuts off it in a load of oak and ash 😁
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Sat Dec 02, 2023 8:22 pm
How do YOU deal with Japanese knotweed?
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SmartinMartin »
Thu Aug 12, 2021 1:26 am
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Spent the morning starting to tackle a 200m hedge rotten with it. First I punctured and injected all the big stems, then sprayed the lot (first 50m,...
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some parts of my research into tackling this,I did come upon a study by an Irish student that suggested willow would kill roots of it too
To best of...
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Tue Oct 24, 2023 12:39 am
Wood chipper
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by 765489 » Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:25 pm
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Was wondering has anyone have any recommendations on a PTO driven wood chipper. I got this one listed on donedeal for 1300 euros including vat and...
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Thinking of buying one or two of these or else one and a mulcher,
I think there's a big opening with Eamonn Ryan banning burning of bushes etc on...
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Sun May 28, 2023 12:42 pm
Clarkson’s Farm
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schmittel »
Thu Aug 05, 2021 5:00 pm
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Just started watching this, it’s brilliant TV. Really enjoying it.
What do real farmers think?! I think if I was farming 70 odd acres of middling...
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Series 2 will be on Amazon from 10 February. They confirmed the dates earlier this month
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Thu Dec 29, 2022 12:12 am
Favorite Farming Youtubers
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Memento Mori »
Tue Jul 27, 2021 8:37 pm
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I have been watching back through the videos of IFarm WeFarm on youtube. The guy who runs it, Adrian, is a dairy farmer in Cavan. Have to say I'm...
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Will watch that later.
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Last post by KHD
Mon Dec 26, 2022 12:01 pm
Dog attacks on livestock
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KHD »
Tue Dec 13, 2022 10:07 am
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Another brutal dog attack on sheep, this time in Moneygall. Must be an awful thing for anyone to come out and have to face this level of carnage....
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There’s many a worrisome dog has simply disappeared when the owner won’t control it properly. I have a neighbour who has had two Pyrenean Mountain...
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Fri Dec 16, 2022 10:49 am
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Tue Dec 13, 2022 7:45 pm
Apple Orchard Project
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by 765489 » Thu Nov 04, 2021 11:49 am
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Throwing this in here as it might be of interest to someone who's also considering getting into Apple production. Trial plot of around three quarters...
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There is one row of trees that is in flower again. Never seen apple blossoms this time on the year but is one particular variety.
Trees are all...
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Sun Oct 30, 2022 11:06 am
I keep chickens
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Fratello »
Sun Sep 25, 2022 10:24 am
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I've noticed some posters keep chickens.
We have chickens here. 4 girl chickens and 1 boy chicken.
The little black bantum went broody so we put 5...
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We have, 4 grown up hens all different. Rhode Island Red, Black Rock, Daisy Bell, and a little black bantum. The first 3 gives eggs 365 days the...
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Mon Sep 26, 2022 10:05 am
The rusty tool and machinery thread.
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by 765489 » Wed Sep 01, 2021 10:05 am
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Are you a hoarder of rusty machinery and tools ? Post your favourites. Are they still in working order ? ( in your eyes )
My father's 80 inch Howard...
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Should find a home in the Agricultural Museum in Johnstown Castle when it retires - great story!
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Tue Sep 06, 2022 8:33 am
Howard series E rotovator restoration... fixup
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by 765489 » Sun Mar 13, 2022 11:05 am
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Throwing this up so it means I have to do something about this during the summer. :mrgreen:
Laying up for a long time but hooked it onto the...
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It's surface rust Del. Machine is still operational... i hope.. This rotovator will be going until I croke it... or it crokes me :mrgreen:
Edit,...
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Sun Mar 13, 2022 5:47 pm
What's this smell?
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CelticRambler »
Tue Oct 19, 2021 10:23 pm
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A right challenge for ye! But I'd like to know, all the same. :mrgreen:
There's one part of the garden where, when I'm working there, especially...
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Tuffles ;)
Speaking of truffles, I see the black truffle has been successfully grown for the first time in Ireland.
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Mon Jan 03, 2022 9:46 am
F&F Chitchat - Where did Buford dump fungi Version 1.0
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by 765489 » Mon Aug 09, 2021 5:35 pm
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May as well create a chit chat thread... since your the only real farmer apart from Parkrat in the place and you have questions to answer on the...
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To Buford, BP if you made it over and any other farmer lurking here. Hope you all have a great Christmas and hopefully next year will be a better...
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Sat Dec 25, 2021 9:39 am
Farming Questions and Answers
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Memento Mori »
Sat Dec 18, 2021 5:10 pm
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A thread to ask questions about farming, especially for the non-farmers like me. Most of what I know about farming is from playing Farming Simulator...
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Hmm. Still no sign of the rural brethern ... so, as promised:
This one is something of an all kinds of everything answer, and varies not only...
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Last post by Memento Mori
Fri Dec 24, 2021 2:59 pm
Funny farming pics
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by 765489 » Sat Aug 28, 2021 10:19 pm
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Someone might get a laugh out of this at my expense. :) Rotovators make great hose reels. :oops:
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Ballast
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Last post by Osciiboscii
Tue Oct 12, 2021 8:52 pm
Respect for the masons of old.
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CelticRambler »
Sat Oct 02, 2021 10:05 pm
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As very briefly alluded to in another thread, last week I started the process of clearing one of my barns to make a performance space - mainly for...
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And, for example, Gallarus Oratory / beehive huts, not a stone out of place centuries on.
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Sun Oct 03, 2021 5:40 pm
What's the going rate for vintage baling twine?
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CelticRambler »
Wed Sep 22, 2021 8:02 pm
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Feckin' untidy farmers ... :evil:
Digging out a load of blackthorn to create a new passageway through the garden, I hooked a piece of baling twine....
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I hope ya didn't throw that baling twine out CR ?
Me?? Throw something out, when might well come in useful some day? G'way out of that. :mrgreen:...
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Thu Sep 23, 2021 10:34 am
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Tue Sep 14, 2021 12:35 am
Farm machinery discussion
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by 765489 » Mon Jul 19, 2021 12:34 pm
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Photos of my neighbour harvesting this years crop of garlic. Very impressed by this guy, it was a big financial risk going into it in a big way but...
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Nice Deutz DX 610 being auctioned. DAA gardening department tractor used to pass it every morning. Has done feck all work only just over 2000 hours...
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Thu Aug 26, 2021 9:38 am
Well, that might not work in Ireland ... :-/
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CelticRambler »
Mon Aug 23, 2021 7:42 pm
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:shock: Has it been that long? Sorry, Ncdjd2 - meant to follow up on this ages ago, but got distracted.
Is the veg box thing their only source of...
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Those prices are for my neck of the wood. Not the cheapest, and there's plenty that's twice or three times the price if you go looking for it. Some...
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Mon Aug 23, 2021 10:28 pm
Tanalised round stakes
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by 765489 » Fri Aug 13, 2021 8:55 am
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Anyone have any advice on decent quality 3 to 4 inch tanalised stakes. Good suppliers etc.
I'm putting down a small orchard and it turns out...
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Thanks R4L. That's closer to me that place. I must show that site to my neighbour too. He's got cattle and all his PDM posts are rotten and only down...
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Fri Aug 20, 2021 8:59 pm
Mandatory EID Cattle tagging
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Buford T. Justice VI »
Mon Aug 09, 2021 1:42 pm
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So all calves born in 2022 will have a white EID tag and a yellow tissue sample tag sent out with new orders for next year. I'm assuming using tags...
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In reality unless beef farmers are using auto feeders for calves there is little benefit for the additional cost. I looks like factories, marts and...
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Thu Aug 12, 2021 8:38 pm
Good service
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Buford T. Justice VI »
Sun Aug 08, 2021 1:13 pm
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It's easier to give out about things than praise anything so I said I'd open a thread to give a bit of praise instead.
The washdown pump in the...
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One man to add to your Christmas list Buford. Lads like that are increasingly hard to come by these days.
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Sun Aug 08, 2021 2:59 pm
Thistles
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Clurickeen »
Mon Aug 02, 2021 8:57 pm
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Question from novice farmer here. Have closed off about 20 acres for round bales. Grass growing nicely and should be ready to cut during next dry...
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Clurickeen tried to sell me them dodgy bales yesterday but I didn't fall for it :p
😂😂😂😂
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Thu Aug 05, 2021 7:27 pm
Importing pedigree cattle from Britain -post Brexshit
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Packrat »
Mon Jul 19, 2021 10:48 pm
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First of all, let me thank the Gub for quickly acting on the suggestiin of a farming forum.
Im after a bit of info on the above:
Specifically, does...
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First of all, let me thank the Gub for quickly acting on the suggestiin of a farming forum.
Im after a bit of info on the above:
Specifically, does...
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Wed Aug 04, 2021 9:46 pm
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