Farmer Jake's Blog

October 2010 - Posts

• HLS Renamed as Hopelessly Lost Scheme

  Well the title says it all!! Forgive me for this blog but its been a week brewin' and a stewin' and there are no fancy video's put to music, for if there were I would be struck off! In summary 2 years of vists, meetings, planning and at least... Posted Oct 27 2010, 09:13 AM by Farmer Jake Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: higher level stewardship, Caroline Spelman, Jim Paice [Edit Tags]

• First Run For Bean Drill

  Yesterday was the first full day using our home made bean drill. The machine started out as a sublift cultivator and a cannibalised accord air seed hopper and seed metering mechanism. The shakerator legs are mounted 50cm a part and we're blowing about... Posted Oct 20 2010, 10:45 AM by Farmer Jake Filed under: drilling, John Deere 8530, bean drill, cultivator [Edit Tags]

• Head In The Clouds

  Derek was out early this morning working ground after summer turnips up on Bredon Hill. The field is called 'Cobblers' and was planted with stubble turnips in April earlier this year. After the lambs had eaten all of the turnips we sprayed off... Posted Oct 09 2010, 09:00 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: Vaderstadt Topdown, Bredon Hill [Edit Tags]

• Rape Plants 35 Days Old

  Quick update on the new oilseed rape drill out come. The picture above is the result 35 days after the seeds were planted. We have managed to establish 36 plants/m2 having sown 80 seeds/m2 (45% establishment). The higher seed rate was used as a higher... Posted Oct 05 2010, 04:45 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: Oilseed Rape, Phoma [Edit Tags]

• John Deere's New Livery Spotted at Overbury

  John Deere's new tractor livery has been spotted out and about at Overbury this autumn. Any comments as to the reasoning behind the new design? Read More... Posted Oct 04 2010, 11:32 AM by Farmer Jake Filed under: John Deere [Edit Tags]