Lesley Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 We have ploughed fields around us - I know that harvest and ploughing have become earlier over the last few years but it's been August recently........it's still only July!! Quite disconcerting.....I feel I should find my winter woollies out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chick wiggle Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Oh no Lesley, dont say that! I just got my sunlounger out and cleaned today.......ever the optimist me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 I know what you mean, it is starting to look very autumnal in the fields around here too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowy Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 A lot of our fields look very ripe and ready too! Won't be long before they are cut and ploughed - very early your way though Lesley! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alis girls Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I feel a hymn coming on .............."we plough the fields.............." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 .............and scatter...........*cough, I won't go on * When I read this I thought "crumbs, wonder which one of theirs they've ploughed.....and when they had the time " Crops are looking ripe here too, but we are a good bit further south than you Lesley We still haven't taken the winter cover off our pool yet.....it can't be harvest time already Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 .............and scatter...........*cough, I won't go on * I can't get this hymn out of my head since Lesley's original post. Scary how autumn seem to be upon us already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sage Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I picked 2 lb of wild brambles yesterday. I think they are about usually ripe early/mid September. Sage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 I have been on the lookout for them around here, but not ready yet.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicken Licken Posted July 27, 2011 Share Posted July 27, 2011 All of the oil seed rape is harvested and the fields ploughed. The Barley has just been harvested and I reckon the wheat will be combined at the end of the week. It doesn't take it long at all to start looking autumnal. I also ate my first blackberries today -good job autumn is my favourite season!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craftyhunnypie Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Brother in law started combining the wheat last Saturday. We are hoping to make Haylage from our fields, before it gets too late. The maize doesn't seem to have grown as tall & strong this year - I'm quite surprised. Won't be long until we are taking crisp walks in crunchy orange leaves. Emma.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 I'm only 20 mins from Lesley and we already have fields just about to be harvested - I was walking through them yesterday and the ears of wheat that I picked were ripe. I've been picking wild blackberries for about 10 days now There are red leaves, from the recent cool spell, on trees and bushes here...... I can't remember when we last had this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purplemaniacs Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 Lots of tractors and trailers past here this week, the farmers are very busy. The smell of combining I love, it takes me back to my childhood, I loved harvest time. Chrissie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 We were up at Phil's folks place on Tuesday (they still live on the farm) and the fields at the top of the Chilterns look ready too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted July 28, 2011 Author Share Posted July 28, 2011 I thought you'd all be singing We had a 10 minute warning of our hay being delivered yesterday, a month earlier than last year. The man who brought it owns the land being used as parking for the Global Gathering so it needed to be done by today, he said he's 1200 bales short this year because of the weather. I'm glad our blackberries aren't ready yet, I'm still drowning in greengages.....and the damsons are nearly ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted July 28, 2011 Share Posted July 28, 2011 That is early! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 A field I often walk in looks to be planning on two hay harvests - they topped and baled it at the end of May when it was really quite high. Now it is growing that way again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickencam Posted July 29, 2011 Share Posted July 29, 2011 We have been driving around all over the place this week because OH has been off work and most of the fields look ready to harvest or already have been, they have also taken haylage off the field next to our house. There are lots of trees turning and blackberries and sloes around, all of the roadside verges are brown too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted July 30, 2011 Share Posted July 30, 2011 Our sloes are a bit behind, but a week or so more of sunshine and they will be ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
