Having first brought a pair of winter coveralls in lidl many years ago I was very impressed with how long they lasted and the good job they did at keeping out the bitter winter cold wind and rain. Although they were not completely waterproof in prolonged heavy rain the canvas lining did a reasonable […]
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The clocks changed again on Sunday morning 25th of October 2020 and hopefully it will answer the question of when does daylight savings end forever. I was hoping that the clocks might not be put back at all this winter like many had campaigned for but alas they have and I woke up not […]
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This is my list of the best winter wellies for 2020/21 season. I think in an ideal world people should have 2 pairs one for summer and one for the winter. A single pair can be worn all year around but you will usually find they are either too cold for the winter or […]
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With the weather turning colder again I thought I would write a bit about outdoor winter work clothes. Now winter work clothes are not the easiest thing to write about mainly because days can be so changeable here from one day to the next. It really depends too on what kind of physical work […]
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If you are thinking of buying a head light torch by far the best value is buying direct from china although it might mean that you will have to wait a bit longer for your package to arrive. The head light torch has come a long way over the past couple of years with […]
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My computer is broken, that’s one of the main reasons that I haven’t written anything into this blog in the last few weeks. The pixels started to go dead along the screen and then it just stopped charging and I was waiting almost a week to order a new one online. I also started […]
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With winter closing in and evenings getting shorter I thought it might be a good time to review some of the best outdoor led lights on sale today. Led lights have improved a lot over the last 10 years and I feel now is a good time to fix up or replace old lights […]
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I’d like to just add my thoughts on the TB testing of cattle although I already covered a lot on it here I feel the latest change in tactics by the department seems to be a bit of a cop out. We are testing cattle for over 60 years and still have not eradicated […]
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This week I am delighted to have a guest writer Peter Curran who has some ideas around travel and tourism business ideas and in general thinking outside of the box as to how we operate our farms His idea was to advocate for funding in Brussels to be sought for farmers for the promotion […]
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There are only four native Irish cattle breeds’ that I am aware of these cattle have been here for hundreds and in some cases maybe thousands of years. It is really only in the last seventy or eighty years that breeds’ from other countries have started to be imported and breed here in […]
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If your looking at getting a black and decker cordless chainsaw I would highly recommend one as long as your know it’s limitations. I have one probably around 2 years now and I can honestly say that it is probably one of the handiest tools that I have ever owned. I also have a […]
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The reason that I am writing about top rated cordless hedge trimmers rather than petrol hedge trimmers is because I think in the last few years cordless tools have come along so much they are now some as good as the petrol models. Just as the cordless drills have taken over from the electric […]
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This week I had a guest writer write about small scale farming for profit. Just some ideas of things that could be with a very small amount of space and to show you don’t necessarily need land to produce food. If you have the time and interest to learn there are many ways to […]
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Today I picked up the parkside cordless drill from Lidl. This is the PABSP 20-Li B2 model from their performance range. I needed a better drill anyway as the last one just didn’t have the power for the bigger jobs. I decided to go for the parkside drill for a few reasons. A few weeks […]
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So what is the law on towing a trailer in Ireland. A few years back there was a bit of tightening up of regulations on people towing a trailer with a category B license. The rules were there with a good few years but probably not enforced as tightly. After a lot of reading […]
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The legal age to a drive tractor here is 14 on a field or farm provided they have received proper training and are supervised by an adult. The legal age to get a learners permit to drive on the roads here is 16. If the tractor has a passenger seat the driver with a […]
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So I got a brand new combine harvester is a catchy tune at the bottom of this article but this week I had a guest writer write a little about harvesters. I have to say that I don’t know too much about combine harvesters myself which is why I used someone else to write […]
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So what is green energy, It depends on who you ask and when you ask it for what is green to one person could be an abomination to someone else. When I was growing up it was things forestry, solar, turf, wind energy, bio gas etc. A lot of these are still considered green energy […]
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It is a term that gets searched for quite a lot on google, low cost veterinarians near me and often by people who are trying to come up with the funds to help make their pets or animals better again. With some knowledge of treating animals over the years I will give you my […]
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With the ploughing championships canceled this year I thought I would show some farming t shirts a bit like the ones oneills offer there every year. The t shirts are direct from china which has some advantages and disadvantages. The disadvantage as anyone who ever brought anything from aliexpress, bangood or gearbest knows is […]
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