Roll it Richard! Bracken hates being rolled as it breaks the stems and bleeds out, keep doing that when it's new growth so roughly end of April may time if possible

I can always rely on a funky farmer episode to watch before bed (Canada time)

Love the grass tornado. Amazing you caught the wind at the perfect time .

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

Yes it was!

You like myself here in tipperary Ireland. I have a railway line across the field from me. I can make out time in morning. When trains pass on cork dublin line I hear train hooting when it pulls out of my town. Ever hour.

Our landscape is desert, so when we get the 'grass tornados' we call them dust devil's. Thanks for the banter, I thought the hedge history was interesting. 🙂

Great video Richard keep up the good work 🚜🚜👩‍🌾👩‍🌾

Great video Richard, get the boys cleaning them tractors up!!!! Looks not too bad for a late crop.

Nice one Rich so the lagoon explains what the tanker is for that we’ve been seeing glimpses of 😜😂

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

🤭

It certainly been a good year for Silage / Hay👍

Funky farmer! You adjust the top link, but you also should tighten the right lower lift arm. So the mower sticks out more. So your mower gains with.

Never seen a grass tornado before, only goes to show you are never to old to learn something new 🙀

All ways a cracking vid from the funky farmer

Keep up the good work great video

Farmers used to mow bracken round here then bale it and use it for bedding!

@richardl7161

2 жыл бұрын

If you mow it in July when it's finished growing, it does weaken it.

Was wondering how you would store slurry with rules changing. Brilliant video 💪🏻 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

We always used kerosene on them, my dad would dig a hole close to the roots and put the kerosene in the hole cover it back up and it would kill it out and would not come back

@richardl7161

2 жыл бұрын

I doubt anything comes back after that sort of treatment.

Bracken on the hillside rough grazing was always an issue when I lived on a farm. Usually controlled by cutting back and making sure the soil was not acidic by spreading lime to raise the pH as bracken thrives in acidic soil. But I am sure you know that !

@georgiaannbicknell6129

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Laurie. Adrian, I Farm We Farm, in Ireland, is spreading lime on his field this week.

Regarding the Bracken issue! There is a good information on nature.scot on control/ eradication of this invasive plant. My reading of it would suggest the following. 1) Decide the method or methods you wish to use given the location access and environmental aspects. 2) These can be Mechanical ie. Cutting/ Crushing/ Bruising/ Plough or Tillage. 3) The other option is Chemical Treatment using the Herbicide Asulam. This can be applied by Machine/ By Hand/ or by Spot-Gun 2MLACCU-DOS. With the Mechanical method the idea is to expose the plant roots over the winter months in order to kill off the root system. The Chemical method will attack the plant during its growth period. Signs maybe required when using chemicals in some locations. Repeat over 5 years to eradicate / control this Toxic Carcinogenic woodland plant.

Morning Richard and family great job mowing the last field I don't think ferns at the cattle they are a right pain in the bum to get rid of I will keep an eye on the comments to see if anyone has has suggestions because we have some on our field I have sprayed I've dug them up I keep mowing them but they just keep on coming back😬😬👌👍

Yeah u definitely don't see hedge rows here in America hardly at all but u do see a lot of barb wired fence hope all is well

Another great video Richard thanks for sharing i cant understand what it was that stopped your singing career lol maybe you could release a Xmas album for the air ambulance and cover some tracks

Spread lime clears it

Very difficult to kill. Not sure but I think glyphosate will kill it but it will take a number of spraying sessions

I have used a brushwood weedkiller called SBK. I havnt found much it won't do the job on. Could be worth a go.

My old employer reckoned the odd grass tornado was a sign of dry weather 🤔

@georgiaannbicknell6129

2 жыл бұрын

Forecast for the coming week, last week in September 2021, in Glos. is rain every day. I hope that Funky Farmer has this field baled and we are looking at video he made a week or so ago.

how weird - looked at if the grass was standing up and starting to grow again lol

Thank you for another entertaining video.Nice of you to mention the train driver🚉 Good to hear he is a fan of your channel.How is the maize doing this year?Will it be harvesting time soon?👍🌽🌽🌽

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

update soon

Try rolling it early on & then again later

Lagoon aye will we find lily of laguna there 😂

can we see some more harry’s farm videos

Where is the Massey 4355 didn't see it all summer. U should but the mower on it or show it bringing in bales

Watch out for those grass tornados...we don't want to lose you to Oz

@georgiaannbicknell6129

2 жыл бұрын

Oz? Is that the same as Funky?

If you count the number of species in a 100 foot length of hedge and multiply by 100, it gives the approximate age of the hedge, So five species adds up to 500 years old.

@georgiaannbicknell6129

2 жыл бұрын

Interesting! I forgot that SW England has been cultivated for more than 500 years. I am the first generation to build on my property in Florida. Mind you, the property had been cleared, cattle grazed, fences put up and mowed prior to my purchase, but Florida was free range until the 1950s. Cattle would get out on the roads as would the alligators...

Morning busses hege cutting

I just mow them with a Slasher

Small twister seen wans up here shetland but disappear

Did you cut silage our hay of field this year

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

silage

Do you live in Gloucestershire

Nothing wrong with that crop, could be very valuable fodder later on in the winter,be better than a snow ball in March or april

@lordofhowell7158

2 жыл бұрын

Was thinking that. Better than nothing! 😂

@robertstibz9506

2 жыл бұрын

@@lordofhowell7158 only just! crap crop, like the other field he mowed last month.

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

only filler for dry cows so thats fine

Not sure if that fern is the one but Korean people eat a fern looks like the one the eat !

Bracken : Two herbicides are recommended for bracken control: asulam (Asulox) and glyphosate, and lime yer field. We have tons of that along our road side here in New Hampshire 🇺🇲. Many verities, some are edible fiddleheads early spring around Mother's day as it first emerges. You've got spirits👻👻💀 in that field. Must be why that farmer rents it out. Too scary for him👻👻💀👻💀👍🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🍺🌲

Get some sheep 🐑😂

You should put the uninteresting stuff in your videos it might help when people say farmers have it easy, most people don’t know how much there is to do on a daily basis

My 6 year old said you're singing need's work 😬

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🙈 agreed

Thats bad grass, its not food for milking cows

@thefunkyfarmer

2 жыл бұрын

i won't be feeding it to the milking cows

Asulam asulox glyphosate will kill bracken