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PHOTO - Welsh upland farm

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David in Wales

02-07-2007 09:05:40




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Hi Gang;
This area is called Dyffryn Castell (Dufryn Castle in English) about 10 miles inland from Aberystwyth (aber-rist-with) in mid-Wales.
Typical bare hill land, poor wet acid soils, that only grows hardy strains of grass. The sheep will be brought down from the hills and lambed in the sheds. When they do re-sow some pasture, the seed mixture will comprise of 26 pounds of mixed grasses & 2 pounds of white clover. They include 2 pounds of fodder rape to give some shelter to the grass seedlings as they emerge, and provide a tasty bite for the sheep on their first grazing of the new pasture. To-day round bale silage is grown rather than hay - more chance of getting a good source of winter fodder than risking the hay getting spoiled by the frequent rain at this altitude.
Cheers David

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Dick

02-07-2007 09:41:14




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 Re: PHOTO - Welsh upland farm in reply to David in Wales, 02-07-2007 09:05:40  
Hi David,
Just want to tell you how nice it is to see your photos and read your articles. It's always interesting to see how things are done in different parts of the world. If the truth were know, sheep were probably grazing those hills in Wales long before sheep were even known of here in the U.S.
Thanks again for your interesting articles and photos.
Dick



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Dick

02-07-2007 09:41:14




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 Re: PHOTO - Welsh upland farm in reply to David in Wales, 02-07-2007 09:05:40  
Hi David,
Just want to tell you how nice it is to see your photos and read your articles. It's always interesting to see how things are done in different parts of the world. If the truth were know, sheep were probably grazing those hills in Wales long before sheep were even known of here in the U.S.
Thanks again for your interesting articles and photos.
Dick



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David in Wales

02-07-2007 09:40:52




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 Re: PHOTO - Welsh upland farm in reply to David in Wales, 02-07-2007 09:05:40  
The dirt humps are mole hills, made by a mole a small furry animal that lives permanently underground. burrows extensively looking for worms to eat. re-uses the same tunnels to tavel around his "territory"
Cheers David



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Tim Shultz

02-07-2007 10:12:17




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 Re: PHOTO - Welsh upland farm in reply to David in Wales, 02-07-2007 09:40:52  
aahh, moles are one thing we have plenty of here in the US.. at least in my part of the country..
Tim



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glennster

02-07-2007 09:21:09




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 Re: PHOTO - Welsh upland farm in reply to David in Wales, 02-07-2007 09:05:40  
what are all those dirt humps in the foreground? looks like prairie dogs or gophers were busy. nice lookin farm!!!!



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