What a refreshing few weeks it has been.
I’ve hung out checking the winter crops that are trying effectively, relatively than spending time desperately searching for someplace to drill or checking baggage of seed within the shed for vermin harm, which has been the case in January for the previous couple of years.
Sadly, there will probably be a small quantity of re-drilling to do that spring on a few hectares the place 2019 dressed seed has suffered from low germination.
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Unusually, one a part of the sector is considerably higher than the remaining, and you may see to a line the place the following bag went into the drill.
The remainder of the winter wheat, winter linseed and winter beans look good, with the later-drilled wheats catching up effectively, due to the delicate climate.
We haven’t had anyplace close to as a lot rain as final yr, however it’s nonetheless pleasing to see no standing water on fields that have been mole-drained.
Pigeons have now began arriving of their a whole lot to see the linseed, so we’re going to should up our recreation to maintain them away.
As we close to the tip of January it looks as if the yr is progressing relatively rapidly.
The job checklist appears to be rising, relatively than shrinking, with these ‘we’ll try this after we are quiet’ kind of jobs, and I appear to have a mountain of workplace work nonetheless to claw my approach via.
It was a disgrace Lamma needed to be postponed. I’m certain many individuals have been trying ahead to kicking off the yr in a extra regular approach and catching up with others.
Fortunately, February is trying pretty busy for occasions to get again into the swing of issues.
Spring work gained’t be far across the nook and I’m very a lot trying ahead to a barely much less busy spring with extra time to give attention to the finer element, and a few longer, hotter spring days.
There’s actually some trepidation about farming within the subsequent few years, and the challenges that can come, however a heat, sunny spring day when issues are going effectively will go an extended technique to ease these issues – a minimum of briefly.