Even more pics from my tractor seat!

samn40 · Sep 29, 2013

Remembered to bring the camera a few days this week to get some shots of our countryside and workplace here in Northern Ireland. These pics were from my out laws place

Brother-in-laws cows grazing...

His new general purpose shed just built this year. It is built into the hill so it looks kinda low!

We had the two cutters going at this farm...

Looking across this valley at another dairy farm with plenty of bales for the winter. The valley floor is a bog that floods every winter.

Looking from this field past a lump of rock you can see a new cattle shed being erected at this small beef farm. The owner is a cattle dealer and has a small pedigree beef breeding herd.

Looking up the fields towards my Cousin's new house and dairy farm. He has built this all from a green field site over the past 10 years

My office!! with great views over the country-side....LOL

Sam

Tom jd50 · Sep 29, 2013

Thanks for the great pictures. It is always nice to see other areas.

Paul from MI · Sep 29, 2013

Neat pics--Do those hedges have to be trimmed every year?

samn40 · Sep 29, 2013

Most farms trim hedges every year. Some every second year. 3 years growth and the hedges get tough, when they are cut back it takes them a while to recover.This first pic is 3 years growth, the second pic is it cut back.
Sam

montidale · Sep 29, 2013

Sam nice pics. Just got back a couple weeks ago from a trip with the family to Ireland and Northern Ireland. We had a great time over there. We only had two days in Northern Ireland. We went to the Titanic museum while in Belfast. I had a chance to hit a few pubs. It's hard to go back to the beer in the states after drinking the tap beer over there. We would love to go back again and spend more time in Northern Ireland. Nice people and beautiful country. As they say over there had Great Criac. Dale

randallinMo · Sep 30, 2013

The hedge fences are really interesting. Are they thorny? How long does it take for a hedge fence to develop into an effective fence? Was there a wire fence there prior? ARe they natural hedge fences or were they planted? You go to great lengths to maintain them. It would appear that when brushhogging the top of the hedge that it would throw material all over the place. I can see why you would use a cab tractor! Do farmers ever doze them out?

samn40 · Sep 30, 2013

Randall, all interesting questions!....The hedges were planted from the 12th century but more so since 1800. they are thorny but intermingled with ash, oak, birch, elm, sycamore and willow. In fact they have every species of bush, shrub or tree native to Ireland. Some have been reinforced with barbed wire, some more recent hedges have been planted either side of a wire fence....Hawthorn takes about 8-10 years to make a decent hedge. Our silly Government used to give us grant aid to remove the hedges and become more efficient and profitable, nowadays they are grant aiding schemes to plant 'new' native hedges!.
Tidy hedges are a sign of a prosporous farmer!
Sam

randallinMo · Oct 1, 2013

Sam, I appreciate you following up with this conversation. It's nice to go back a few days and find follow through from the poster.

'A few more questions: What is the desirable height and width of a "proper hedge"? When mature, will a hedge fence impede wild game movement? Are the hedge species invasive?

Here in the state of Missouri, barb wire fences are the norm. These eventually grow up with brush and trees and become nightmares to maintain. Your hedge maintenace is taking a "nightmare" and turning it into something of beauty. I admire your endeavors!

samn40 · Oct 2, 2013

Randall, hedge heights and widths vary, but usually about 4-6foot high and about 4 foot wide. The hedge species will grow out into the fields, sometimes our choppings even take root! Small wildlife live in the hedges and we don"t have many deer over here.
Sam

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