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Matty Moo by matty s

As promised... i have some pictures. I decided to dress as a cow for my mams cowboy and indian birthday party. After all, i'm a boy and i went as a cow = cowboy. Here you are then....i got all the great jokes such as ''your udderly rediculous''...
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Ploughmans in a packet! by matty s

Wheat harvest is just about drawing to a close up North. Thank god i hear alot of people saying, theres still the beans to do though...and a fair bit of drying of crops! I know of 110 acre of oats left to do (Unlucky!) on a neighbouring farm but generally...
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Surprise in store.... by matty s

Right, i said a little while ago i had a surprise for My blog readers ( yes you 3!).Well, its this Saturday night. Heres my clue - its a fancy dress party with a cowboy theme.... wait and see what i go as...... Matty
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Its still dragging on in the North... by matty s

What a weekend! Went into work on Saturday and our assistant manager was AWOL. He was off to get married this weekend and was off for a week or so, so with our ''drier technician'' having to run a grain store and drier by himself he was...
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Harvest Highlights 2008 at the Funny Farm by matty s

What a weekend!! Good weather saw Northumberlands combines come out in force. I was sent to our main drier to work there weighing in and out, taking samples and the like and generally running round like an idiot. Our 2 combines got going on saturday morning...
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Canadian Farming by matty s

I just recived some pictures from Canda. These are from my uncles farm over there. Currently he's running pigs and poultry and has an acreage of blueberries... His rarebreed pigs - Saddleback, Duroc and Berkshires. A few of his free range poultry...
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Wait for it..... by matty s

Short blog. Schools busy and i'm sick allready and i'm dying to go back to work. Anyway, the sun got out today, grounds still sodden wet but its dried up a bit in comparison to last week. It hasnt rained today though. Local farmer/contractor has...
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Us young un's dont know anything! by matty s

Well, i got really excited today. I got to work, with nothing to do at one farm i went to the home farm (at blagdon) where there was loads and loads of wheat to dry. I was only one in (except for the manager) so i got cracking, cleared one shed up and...
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Quick update.... by matty s

Now, i'm not saying this too loudly, not yet anyway but outside its........ wait for it..... bright!! I wouldnt go as far as saying its sunny and to get our trunks on and get down to the beach but the skys getting bluer! Apparently the forecast is...
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Pretty impressive..... by matty s

God the rain!! I went over the field t'other day with my dog, and what a state!! I came in from work and went out in rigger boots, i went over the tops of them and ended up with very very wet feet indeed, and some nice coloured socks that match my...
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Down on the funny farm by matty s

Leading in Long time no blog. Been really busy up here, we had a few good days which saw everbody and there granny leading oats into us. With 237.3 ton of oats from one farmer (i worked that out you know!) one day and then loads more the following days...
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Quick post.... by matty s

Quick post... Just got in from work, worked later tonight and last night, far too much rain, dryer keeps clogging up, cant shift grain as its too wet, i been on the weight bridge all day and taking samples. Yesterday i rolled 60 acre in the morning and...
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Bloomin drivers!! by matty s

Some people just boil you dont they!!!! I was driving along the road today in the JCB (It was an estate road) coming from the Home Farm to the dairy (its a 5 min drive) and the public can drive on the road if they have some reason to be on the estate...
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Awards Recognise Rural people by matty s

Wheather your a farmer, postman, landlord, rural GP or whatever associated with the countryside or you know someone else who is, you should read on.... The countryside alliance is running awards to recognise rural people, weather your 5 or 55 your in...
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Ford and David Brown tractor nightmares. by matty s

Right,this is a bit of a diversion a way from pasty's blog here. I recovered from being ill, and although couldnt stomach anything i went back to work ( i had two days off and got incredibly anoyed by watching the olympics 3 times a day). Anyway,...
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