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Author Topic: topping  (Read 3367 times)

philcaegrug

  • Joined Jul 2012
  • ammanford
topping
« on: April 14, 2015, 09:53:24 pm »
Topped the rushes today. Earliest I've ever been able to do this as the ground was quite dry only a few wet patches.Is this a sign of global warming reaching Wales? :thinking:

VEG

  • Joined Jan 2014
  • Maesteg South Wales
Re: topping
« Reply #1 on: April 15, 2015, 10:35:09 pm »
did my field earlier in the week i am slowly winning the battle lol

SallyintNorth

  • Joined Feb 2011
  • Cornwall
  • Rarely short of an opinion but I mean well
    • Trelay Cohousing Community
Re: topping
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2015, 12:17:54 am »
We have curlew and lapwing here, as well as snipe, grouse, partridge and pheasant, so topping this early in the year is a no-no.
Don't listen to the money men - they know the price of everything and the value of nothing

Live in a cohousing community with small farm for our own use.  Dairy cows (rearing their own calves for beef), pigs, sheep for meat and fleece, ducks and hens for eggs, veg and fruit growing

pgkevet

  • Joined Jul 2011
Re: topping
« Reply #3 on: April 17, 2015, 04:14:27 am »
I've chained a couple of the drier fields but the others still have damp patches so global warming has missed my acreage...

 

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