Tag: Harvest 2022
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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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Selections for Leopardstown – Aug. 11th 2022
5.20: LIBRARY (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.50: HASTEN SLOWLY – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 6.20: ONLY (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 6.50: NECTARINE – EW – (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 7.20: BOUNDLESS OCEAN (KEVIN MANNING/JIM BOLGER) 7.50: POINT KING (SHANE CROSSE/JOSEPH O’BRIEN) 8.20: ZAHEE – EW – (CILLIAN MCCONNELL (7)/JOHN MCCONNELL)
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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…