Home on the family farm in the Scottish Borders ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ. Mixed farming enterprise ๐ฑ๐! BASIS and FACTs in the bag ๐ผ! PYO ๐๐ฑPatch! Succession in place
Well in a world ๐ thatโs needs some good news at the moment here is mine. After a wonderful stay
@Castle_Leslie
, Tom asked me to marry him ๐ ๐. He is a lucky man..... I said YES! ๐คฉ๐คฉ๐คฉ! Let the celebrations ๐ฅณ๐ฅ begin ๐๐ฐ๐ป๐คต๐ป๐๐ป๐บ๐ป๐ฅณ๐บ๐ท๐๐๐๐พ!
Well my last day working in Northumberland was at the weekend. Moving back home to the family farm in the Scottish Borders. Big goodbye to this beast..... we had a blast. ๐ง๐ผโ๐พ๐๐๐ป๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐
Just reading how Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ will be easing lockdown restrictions. Outdoor work such as Agriculture
#fermin
will be โallowed againโ!
#facepalm
#nowords
What do they think we have been doing for the past 9 weeks! So out of touch!
#UKlockdown
#getagripnicola
Well on the 10.12.2022 Tom Blackburn and I tied the knot infront of our wonderful families and fabulous friends! What an incredible day ๐! I even got to wear some Gucci (the sunglasses ๐)! Thank you to everyone who helped make it a truly magical day!
#ifcarlsbergdidweddings
Starting the weekend with a bang ๐ฅ โ๏ธ ! The pumpkin ๐ canon in action at the patch! Tom and I having some fun yesterday ๐!
#nevertooold
#54321
#fire
When you take work home with you! Always a good bit of curtain twitching when this comes through the estate ๐ก! My NHS poster still in full view ๐
#horsch
#areyoulost
#NHSheroes
#NHS
To end my
#Farm24
a picture of Dad and I. We are a year into our succession process now, where has the time gone! Succession is a vital subject in agriculture ๐ง๐ผโ๐พ - it all begins with just talking ๐!
@FarmersGuardian
@Morrisons
Harvest 2022 - completed it mate โ ! Thank you to everyone involved ๐! Team work makes the dream work ๐! Conway spring oats the final run of harvest 2022 - one to remember ๐ค, possibly once in a lifetime! We usually finish harvest mid September ๐ง! Over and Out ๐!
๐ฆโ๏ธ๐ฆโ๏ธ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ๐๐ฅด๐ฅบโน๏ธ ! Got some curtain twitching last night bringing her home...... got asked by a neighbor if I was lost ๐คจ
#somepeople
Winter โ๏ธ ploughing conditions down on the coast are going well! Not much left to go at!
@Sherriffgroup
215 of dreams purrring away while
@KvernelandGroup
5 furrow making a tidy job! Ploughman Stuart making a fantastic job ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ชโ !
I was tickled pink to be asked to be a new focus ๐ง๐ปโโ๏ธ writer in the arable section of
@FarmersWeekly
! First article in this weeks! Plenty going on in general life and the farm so there will always be something to write โ๏ธ about ๐คฉ!
Mum has run a coffee shop for 35 years on her family farm! Yesterday she closed the doors for the last time to take on a new challenge! She has employed 3 children, 3 nephews, 3 nieces and many wonderful people who have helped her over the years! We couldnโt be more proud ๐!
The pumpkin ๐ patch ๐ฑ is looking well this year. Big improvement on last year after a few changes! Not long until October ๐๐๐ป๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐!
We have been very lucky to have a young local lad come on the farm a few months back and ask for some work. He is currently washing out one of the sheds! Tractor ๐ test booked! Great to have the next generation on farm and getting stuck in!
I have been waiting all season to spray the osr in this field and it did not disappoint ๐คฉ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐๐ป! First full day spraying yesterday for a very long time as the showers โ๏ธ have returned today ๐ค!
First morning at home on the family farm. Beginning of an era ๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐๐ป! Checking cattle and looking round the spring oats!
#timetospray
#fermin
#itsgoodtobehome
First
#FaceTimeAFarmer
this afternoon of the new school term! Itโs a fantastic opportunity to engage with the younger generation. My school is in Bolton and the kids are full of fantastic questions! Get involved! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐พ๐๐๐ป๐
๐ซ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฅด๐ when you quickly decide going any further is a big mistake! Valerie W Barley looking on point though if be it a little yellow on the headlands! โWell sometimes I go out by myself
And I look across the waterโ couldnโt be more true
#Valerie
๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ OSR harvest started yesterday for us on the very windy ๐๐จ๐จ Berwickshire Coast. An exposed field on the cliffs! Sister Rosie joined me for a bit as it was her Birthday ๐๐ฅณ๐พ๐๐ and had a good old chin wag ๐!
#goodtimes
#crackon
#fermin
#HEAR
Why we combine drill seed ๐ฑ and fertiliser! Drill ran out on the last time round the headland. Section control ๐. Golden Promise for
@SimpsonsMalt
.
Dad has completed his Lands End to John o Groats ๐ดโโ๏ธ! 1066 miles in 14 days! We are incredibly proud of him and raised a fantastic sum of money for
@RSABI
and
@mariecurieuk
! If you wish to donate please see below
Well Done Dad ๐ - you nailed it ! ๐ดโโ๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐๐ป
Yesterday we saw the arrival of our 8RX 370 - the largest horsepowered ๐ tractor ๐ to arrive at Bee Edge from
@Sherriffgroup
! Looking ๐ forward to putting it through its paces this harvest! Sadly ๐ข I wonโt be driving itโฆโฆ.. someone else will have that pleasure!
Itโs been 2 and a half weeks since this was last out. Finally drilling Costello today into light ground! 936 now having something to pull
#fermin
#rapid
HARVEST 2020 done โ and dusted ๐๐๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐๐ป! Finishing in some Elicit! Big thank you to the team ๐ great team effort! Finished last night just after the sun โ๏ธ went down !
#fermin
#cracking
Spring Barley being cut yesterday! Moody skies making for unsettled weather so stop start cutting! LG Diablo destined for
@MSandPltd
@SimpsonsMalt
! Started cutting some wheat ๐พ last night to keep the combines cutting whilst its dry!
#crackon
#fermin
@CLAAS_UK
Father Daughter Team today combining
@LGSeedsUK
Acacia in the Scottish Borders ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ! Just shy of 100 acres of osr left to cut! Osr drilling has started today too!
@CLAAS_UK
670 old but gold ๐! Osr straw for the cattle bedding ๐๐ป
Been drilling wheat ๐พ for around a week now. The
@HORSCHUK
pronto chomping through! We love ๐ค the
@JohnDeere
7530 nice and light and pulls grand ๐! Quick fill up of seed and fert to keep rolling on ๐๐จ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐๐ป! Ex tattie ๐ฅ ground working up a treat !
#crackon
#fermin
A ๐๐ป day
@adasYEN
for the farm! Several awards in OSR / WW / SO! A team effort by us all! Well Done
@adasYEN
for putting on a brilliant ๐คฉ day!
โ Positive and engaging
โ How we can improve without relying on others
โ Enjoying company with forward thinking people
๐๐ป๐๐พ๐
๐ The Pumpkin Patch looking tremendous if I may say so myself ๐ - October doesn't seem that far away now ๐.
@LGSeedsUK
LG Diablo surrounding the patch for
@SimpsonsMalt
!
Only way to drill at the moment! Wee on farm trial comparing Gleam treated with Vibrance Duo vs Beret Gold!New 936 Fendt arrived last week, hasnโt taken long to get dirty!
@CarrsBillington
giving great service once again!
#biggunsoot
#fermin
#letbattlecommence
From this to this ๐๐๐ป! My diversification project
@AbbsPatch
of pumpkins ๐๐๐! October has flown by and has seen a new start up project for me ! Next generation bringing something new and exciting ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐๐๐๐ป! Bring it on next year!!
Plucking away at the HEAR osr today with the other combine cutting some Winter Oats! Another stunner of a day! โ๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐๐!
#lexion7500
loving life by the sea ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฆ!
Celebrated my sisters birthday ๐ฅณ yesterday! We had one of our beautiful Rolled Sirloins ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ last night! Beautiful cooked ๐คฉ by Mum! High Welfare and Quality โ Supporting local butchers โ
๐ฅณ After this morning we will be all sprayed up for the first time in a while ๐! Wedding tomorrow so another great reason for smiling on this fine Thursday! Winter Oats looking v well!! And yes..... I went for a fake tan yesterday! Northumberland ainโt been that hot ๐นโ๏ธ! ๐๐๐ป
Last of the WW sprayed to knock out the vol oats ๐๐ป. Grafton WW in this photo drilled on the 13th September. Fields travelling well in the
@BargamUK
๐!
Well what a weekend! A truly wonderful cake ๐ made by my talented cousin! Pumpkins ๐ and Basil ๐ฟ! A fabulous time celebrating with friends and family ๐! More photos to come ๐!
Wheat ๐พ looking in fine form today ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐๐ป! Grafton drilled 8th Sept (left ) and Elation drilled 30th Sept (right). The Grafton is motoring! We have 8 different wheat ๐พ varieties in this year!
And weโre off ๐ ๐จ! Conway Oats going into one of our lighter fields !
@Sherriffgroup
@HORSCHUK
! End market for the oats is
@QuakerOatsUK
! Feels good ๐ to get going!
Shut the front door! Is that the โ๏ธ I see before me?! KWS Extase going in a treat,
@HORSCHUK
Joker on ploughing making a cracking seedbed in front of the
@VaderstadUK
Rapid! Forecast for tomorrow not looking too good โ๏ธ !
#fendt936
#crackon
Manganese being applied to some wheat ๐พ! One of the more trickier soil types we have to deal with! Pure sand! Stunning view ๐คฉ! Great to be back in the sprayer more often now ๐!
Chomping away at SY Kingsbarn
@SyngentaCropsUK
today! Highest yielding WB variety for us! Using the old lexion to give us some good straw for the cattle ๐๐ป. Big difference in swaths between the 670 and the 7500. Baler close behind before the โ๏ธ!
#fermin
#crackon
Pearl WB destined for
@MSandPltd
@SimpsonsMalt
on the left drilled 13th Sept and
@KWSUKLtd
Dawsum on the right drilled on the same day. Early drilled crops and well maintained drained land have copped with the heavy rain โ๏ธ! We are under no illusion that we are very fortunate! ๐ถ
Yesterday we hit our target ๐ฏ of raising ยฃ1000 for.
@RadioBorders
Cash For Kids ๐ค๐คฉ๐ฅ! This family bought the 1000th miniature pumpkin ๐!
Been a productive couple of days desiccating bits of OSR and W Barley! Abruptly ended by my rear window being smashed ๐!
#fermin
#neededanewpairofknickers
Finished off getting stubbles sprayed off this morning ๐. Now time to get those nozzles changed back over to get some fertiliser on
#crackingday
#fermin
#gettingwindy
Sister Rosie picking up Golden Promise samples this morning for
@MSandPltd
and
@SimpsonsMalt
! Nice to have a catch up and a harvest selfie ๐คณ ๐๐! Important to catch up with family even when flat oot ๐ฅฐ !
Tank Mix Sheet ! As the spray plans begin to roll in I find it really helps having a separate work sheet. With up to 6 โingredientsโ this helps me immensely
#Dyslexia
Sometimes you get those pieces of equipment in an auction that are an absolute bargain! My purchase of the year so far with this Team Chariot Sprayer for environmental ๐ฆ strips and the pumpkin ๐ patch !
#tidy
#silage23
is lifted and in the pit! A breakdown in the morning meant a huge team effort getting it all lifted in the afternoon and into the night ๐๐ป! Tom and I head off on our honeymoon today! Alaska here we come!
Spring Drilling was completed โ on Friday! Golden Promise ๐พ Spring Barley for
@SimpsonsMalt
being drilled! Great video from
@iainscobie
showing off the Berwickshire coastline ๐๐โ๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ!
Well what a year 2022 has been! ๐๐๐คฉ Getting Married. ๐ ๐ฑ Our 3rd successful Pumpkin Picking season. Sister Rosie Graduating ๐ with her BSc Hons and a Masters ๐. Husband Tom successfully setting up TJB Tiling ๐คฉ. So many fabulous memories ๐! Happy New Year ๐ฅณ!
Well what a year!! Proud and happy to say that I have signed up for
@_Run1000
Cmon Team Scotland ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
@SheenaHorner
looking forward to cracking on!!!
@DoddieGump
I will also be taking part in!! Bring on January ๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ๐ฅฉ๐ฅฉ๐๐๐๐! Happy New Year ๐ฅณ!!!
Autumn ๐ drilling is almost complete! 50 acres left of wheat ๐พ to go in but still spuds ๐ฅ in the field ! Some great weather this week to keep the wheels in motion! A fantastic team effort from everyone involved - team work makes the dream work!
@Sherriffgroup
@HORSCHUK