Friday 26 September 2014

Drilling, Drainage and Dirt


As the drilling season gets into full swing, here's another photo 'snapchat' from Loddington.

Our drilling scenarios are as follows 22 fields direct drilled or one pass strip tillage, 7 fields after a deep tine cultivation, 2 fields disced first and 2 fields after the plough.

The Dale drill on demo

30 acres ploughed after spring beans before wheat..blackgrass !!
 
Deep tine primary cultivation followed by the sowing
wheat with the Claydon drill
 
One pass drilling operation 

Radish cover crop today...spring oats in 2015

Grass, flower and pollen and nectar trial drilled on 5th September

 
CFE Operation Pollinator mix on the 26th September

Down in the dirt... it might be dry on top but its wet underneath. For all you drainage aficionados
-150mm main drain with 28  junction connections ..oh joy

400 metres later...
 
A drainage junkie's truck....


The GWCT's logo is a partridge,
 but all I found in this hedgerow pear tree was a hatful of pears
                                         
     This has been a Farmer Phil production.


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