Tag: FARMING
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Let’s give this chicken a spin!
https://youtube.com/shorts/kChvucjkFB0?feature=share A combined effort between myself and the good lady at Rotisserie Chicken. Dry seasoned with salt, pepper and mixed herbs and into the oven at 190© for 45 mins.
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Meath self destruct in derby disaster
Meath… 1-12 Louth… 1-15 I only wish our manager’s optimism in his post match comments after Meath had somehow contrived to throw away a hard earned front foot position against Louth in Round 4 of the Allianz NFL at Pairc Tailteann could be shared. When asked by Brendan Cummins about looking down the table rather…
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Exploring off the lead
Elvis has entered the Cowpark! Mr Dog’s first time off the lead while out walking. Starting recall training and checking out Tara Farms newly sown Wheat while he was at it.
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Getting a fill up of hope from Longford’s finest
YouTube means many things to many people. Entertainment, education, a platform to promote themselves and/or their businesses. In my case, it’s probably a combination of all of the above. Except in my case, it is probably more therapy above all of possible uses listed up to now. Though even at that, it can be something…
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Workin’ on the Railroad – Harvest 2022
In this video, yours truly makes it 37 consecutive years with at least one day out Harvest Spotting. Here, the Castlefarm Partnership tackle a massive crop of wheat adjacent to Dunboyne Railway Station. Three generations of the Clarke family hard at it with a Claas Lexion 760TT, a Fendt 720, a Fendt 718, a Massey…
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There’s always something to make you think twice
Willie Mullins recently ran a horse in a bumper owned by the Curb Your Enthusiasm Syndicate. Whether the steed won or not cannot be recalled, but is not relevant to the remainder of what you will read hereafter. Now read on… When I got into farming in my own right nearly a decade ago, one…
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Watch “Digging Early Crop Spuds – on wheels!” on YouTube
My first attempt at using a GoPro – well, a cheaper version of same, to be truthful – so please be kind! Here, you get a steering-eye view as I dig and wash two thirds of our Early Crop spuds. Sown on March 13th, harvested on July 14th, yielding 56 potatoes in total, with the…
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Even silage sides wouldn’t save some of the load from being a problem this time
July 11th last marked a dozen years since Joe Sheridan scored the most controversial goal ever recorded in Croke Park. A guess would be hazarded that even at this stage Meath supporters are sick talking about it. Yet in recent days, once again, it has been returned to for comparative purposes. You see, only weeks…
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Wheelchair, Weeds And Different Types Of Work
Filming on location today. Waiting on new batteries for the wheelchair, but there’s still plenty of work to be done, both inside and out. Early crop spuds are nearly ready for harvesting, there are winter crops to go in and an ever increasing pile of weeds to be dealt with. On top of all that,…
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Johnson abdication a cause of concern for Ireland
They say a week is a long time in politics. However true that may be, the time during which the world came to a standstill owing to Covid-19 – rightly or wrongly – felt like a lot longer. Not, however, for the now ex British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Who seemed to have no bother…