Farmer Jake's Blog

October 2009 - Posts

• Testing

  Well, here we are 24 hour to go untill we leave for Amsterdam, in 36 hrs we'll be on the plane to Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Dad and I in conjunction with brother in law James and father in law John are due to start the climb on Tuesday. Bags are packed... Posted Oct 23 2009, 09:21 AM by Farmer Jake Select Tags... SaveCancel [Edit Tags]

• Boddington Bean Drill

  For the past 4 years we have been hiring the grandly named 'Boddington Bean Drill'. the drill belongs to Boddington Estate and is a Simba Flatliner with a Massey seeder unit stuck to the top of it. It is a great way of planting beans without the... Posted Oct 13 2009, 08:51 AM by Farmer Jake [Edit Tags]

• Planting Time Again

  With the very dry September drilling (planting) has been a stop start affair but with the wider drill, now 6m, we have been able to cover the ground in record breaking time. Gordon has taken up the drilling mantle from his brother Andrew and has been... Posted Oct 13 2009, 08:41 AM by Farmer Jake Filed under: drilling, Auto track [Edit Tags]