Saturday, 23 January 2016

IBC tanks as animal water feeders

We have been selling IBC tanks for many years. They are the perfect option for a smallholder if you do not have access to running water near your animals. 


Simply put an IBC tank  in your field and attach a small amount of guttering to your field shelter and then into your tank and you will have a year round water supply. 
Happy days 
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Saturday, 26 September 2015

New calf

Over the moon to have a new bullock calf on the farm. 
Also just to add to the excitement I've just popped down the field and another one of our girls is just going into labour. 
Keep you posted

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Tuesday, 21 April 2015

Keeping the birds off your vegetables !!!


These vegetable cages are the perfect solution to keeping rabbits and birds away from your crop and there easy to make. 
What you need:

- 20mm staples 
- roll of rabbit wire
- 2" x 2 " lengths of timber (pressure treated)
- box of 4" long wood screws
- pair of 4" butt (door) hinges
- pack of cable ties 
Tools needed:
- hammer 
- hand saw
- electric screw driver (impact driver preferably)

So all you do is: 
1/ draw out the size cage you need on a scrap piece of paper. 
2/ cut the 2"x2" to the lengths you need and screw them all together into individual panels (eg sides, ends and lids)
3/ now lay your rabbit wire roll onto your panels and tack on with staples making sure you pull up the wire tightly 
4/trim up edges of rabbit wire to edge of panel 
5/ once all 5 panels are made simply cable tie them together and fit the lid with the butt hinges. Hey presto!! Your new veg cage. 

Sunday, 19 April 2015

Customise your email signatures on iOS devices

If you want your email signatures to look the same as your signatures on outlook and other email providers?
 it's quite simple: 
1/ on your iPhone/iPad go to an email that you've sent via your desktop computer and copy the signature. 
2/ paste it into your signatures in the settings on your iPhone/iPad. 
3/ when you paste it in it will look like standard text and will lose it's HTML properties eg. Colours. Font sizes etc... 
4/ shake your phone and instead of the device asking you if you want to undo what's been typed it will ask you if you if you want to "undo change attributes"
5/select "undo" and hey presto!!!!!! Your signature design will look the same as on your computer desktop. 😀😀😀


Thursday, 5 March 2015

Little owl pays a visit.

A chap from the water board brought this little beauty to the farm he other day. He was doing some work on a slurry tank and on looking inside noticed a set of eyes looking up at him neck deep in oily sludge. On pulling the little fella out he rushed it to the vets who cleaned him up and painstakingly washed down his feathers and after a little TLC he's made a wonderful recovery and has attached himself the the chap and now goes to work with him every day. 
I love great endings !!!!! 😉
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Friday, 16 January 2015

Wine Rack For Sale

The Magnum is Finished and For Sale (open to offers)

I have finally finished this very old section of oak. She has been polished and waxed on the top and branch and the rest of the trunk has been sand blasted to give it a beautiful drift wood look. 

If anyone is interested please call or text your offer price to: 07795493848

Size 740mm high x 650mm wide x 500mm deep approx






Bertie


Wednesday, 14 January 2015

Making my wine rack

1/ locate tree!!!
2/ Cut into beam 
3/ mark out holes 
4/ do some serious carpentry, sanding polishing, waxing and sweating and HEY PRESTO!!!!!!



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Photos that make me smile 😊


Sheep carpentry !!

Never ask grandad to help!!
Kubota... Simply the best! 

Happiness in life!!

Sunday, 30 November 2014

Moreá the bull comes to visit.


Well after a laborious 2 1/2 hours we managed to load the bull we have hired into the trailer (one thing I've learnt...if they don't wanna you can't make em!!)
Here is some photos with him with our girls  and I can tell you he's a happy boy!!!

Saturday, 29 November 2014

Derestrict Quadzilla Buzz 2k 50cc quad bike

I've just recently bought my son a Quadzilla Buzz 2k 50cc quad bike and was quite disappointed just how slow it was. 
After a little digging though I've sorted the problem.....

There are 3 restrictors on the quad 
1) is a small thread on the thumb throttle which is the obvious one but even if you completely loosen it off the throttle still only depresses 50% of the way!!! That brings us to restrictor 2.

2) Is located in the carb (this is a bit of a fiddle. I twisted the carb round and managed to get a small screwdriver onto the 2 top screws) If you unscrew the throttle off of the top of the carb and pull it out you'll see on the spring attached to the end a 15mm thick brass spacer like washer, this is preventing the throttle from fully opening so carefully take the spring off (photograph it first so you remember how it goes back together) remove the brass washer and reattach the spring, now put back the throttle cable.

Now that will make a bit of a difference but the quad still won't fly!!!!! Here's for restrictor number 3 that will turn your Buzz 50 into a little rocket !!!!

3) Is located in the exhaust. 
    Unbolt the exhaust (2 x 10mm nuts) off of the engine and you'll see in the exhaust where it joins the block a washer reducer that is reducing the bore of the exhaust. Stick a Philips screwdriver down the hole and gently pry the washer out. You'll notice it has a kind of top hat on the washer and all you need to do is put this in your vice and drill out the washer to the same size approx as the hole size hole going into the engine (I used a 20mm HSS drill. Now put it back together, start the quad and HOLD ON TO YOUR PANTS!!!!!!!!! And don't forget if you want to slow it down you can still do that on the throttle restrictor. 

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Friday, 27 December 2013

New mobile field shelter finished!!!


Well I've finally completed our new shelter  on skids to make it mobile and it's own straw loft!! 
It looked huge when I started it but after assembling it I've realised I'm going to have to build another!!! 


Tuesday, 25 June 2013

Haylage cutting begins......

The contractors (whitehead farms) have started cutting our fields for haylage.
I love this time of year (making food for the animals and storing it up ready for winter) 
I tell you in the mid of winter there is nothing like the smell of opening a bale of haylage up. It smells like a mixture of cider and summer all mixed into one. 
My mother in law says it smells so good she's tempted to eat it!!!!
Happy Days!!!