Tag: Harvest
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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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Cutting Spring Barley
Andrew Clarke cutting a good crop a Spring Barley in Dunboyne, Co Meath with a new (to them) Claas Lexion 760 TerraTrek combine. His dad, Pat, was on drawing duties with their Massey Ferguson 7618 and a pair of Redrock grain trailers. A huge word of thanks to the lads, as always for the heads…
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Tara Farms Wheat Harvest 2021
The idea of a Bucket List is not something this corner would buy into but it would be openly admitted that a long held ambition got fulfiled today when with the help of the good lady I got to spend a few hours out with the Tara Farms crew for the first time in 27…