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Something about Nothing

You can't even shout about nothing or even whisper nothing , but you are said to be able to whisper "sweet" nothings This is a bit of a desperate attempt to write something about nothing, nothing to do with the weather, nothing to do with farming, nothing to do with the village, the parish...

Posted to Owd Fred's Blog (Weblog) by Owd Fred on Sat, Apr 9 2011
“It’s starting to blow a bit”

If I was living in Queensland I’d be starting to wonder who I’d annoyed. After much of the southern part of the state was declared a disaster zone earlier last month thanks to some of the worst flooding ever seen, northern Queensland is now facing it’s own disaster – Cyclone Yasi...

Posted to nufsaid (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Feb 2 2011
Settling back in

I’ve avoided blogging for a week or so, partly to give you a rest and partly because I didn’t trust myself not to just whinge about the fact that England is BLOODY FREEZING. In just 24 hours on a plane I lost 35 degrees. Seriously, I don’t remember it being this cold before. And what’s...

Posted to nufsaid (Weblog) by anonymous on Tue, Feb 1 2011
Christmas Greetings

Frosty n' White Been frosty all the day agen, and harder still tonight, And its isn't even Christmas, the fields all snowy white, At least the mud's all hard and dry, can get about despite, Water troughs and pipes and taps, froz for a good fortnight. Three inch of snow it is no more, for...

Posted to Owd Fred's Blog (Weblog) by Owd Fred on Sun, Dec 19 2010
Mad dogs and Englishmen…

…climb Mount Oberon in the midday sun. And then hang about at the top of it until it chucks it down with rain and they have to sprint 3.5km back to their car. I left Graeme and Gill’s this morning with the intention of stopping off at nearby Wilsons Promontory National Park to take some ...

Posted to nufsaid (Weblog) by anonymous on Wed, Dec 8 2010
Up to now we haven't had a Drop (rain)

Well to be honest it did rain yesterday, a reet heavy down pour for a few minuets most of which ran off. Up to now we haven't had a Drop (rain) Me cows are out on grass, and the pastures burning up, The brook is running low, soon be nothing left to sup, They're roaming round the fields, n'...

Posted to Owd Fred's Blog (Weblog) by Owd Fred on Thu, Jul 15 2010
The best farm diversification ever

Before you ask, yes – I meant to be this sun burnt, ok? And I’m definitely supposed to have these unusual suntan lines across my back and shoulders. And the panda eyes from wearing my sunglasses. I thought Glastonbury was all about storms and tidal waves of mud, not blistering sunshine. It...

Posted to nufsaid (Weblog) by anonymous on Mon, Jun 28 2010
Pre Breeding scanning

In the Dingle area today entailed pre-breed scans of dairy herds which are starting their breeding programmes this week. In this part of Kerry, most of the herds calve in the Spring time from the middle of February onwards.Winters are milder here than in other parts of the country and the grass growth...

Posted to Cows 365 Blog (Weblog) by cows365 on Thu, May 13 2010
There's a mouse in the house (or more)

Can hear them chewing under the floor, middle of the night, The very board bed stands on, a hole right through not quite, There cannot be many houses these days that have mice in the house, but in the old houses where the floor boards are creaky with the odd gap or knot hole dropped out. This is just...

Posted to Owd Fred's Blog (Weblog) by Owd Fred on Sun, Mar 7 2010
Fog Turned into Smog (1950's)

In the early 1950's we had one of the foggiest days I can remember, it was still air with a complete blanket of fog across the whole country. In them days and particularly in November/ December time, heating and cooking in the houses and cottages was all done with coal, and from what I remember in...

Posted to Owd Fred's Blog (Weblog) by Owd Fred on Wed, Dec 16 2009

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