Flindt on Friday FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Sorry seems to be the hardest farming wordOne of the many joys – nay, privileges – of farming is coming to someone’s rescue. The lady land agent, lost and lonely on Bramdean Common with a flat tyre.… FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Nocturnal farm visitors bring pane reliefWe spent a couple of nights under siege last week – and a very strange experience it was, too. As dusk approached, figures could be seen settling down in the… FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Pointers on filling pointless farm forms“Have you filled in that pointless form yet?” asked Hazel, as I got up from the kitchen table and headed for the office. I thanked her for the reminder (thank… FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Fertiliser foresight from formal phone callI’m not saying that my hot tips are on a bit of a roll, but if the good farmers of Wisbech NFU took my advice at their dinner (Ukraine to… FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Loose Dexters and a liaison with the LawI thought it important to make a good impression when meeting the new Police and Crime Commissioner for the first time. The excellent Countrywatch team had organised another “meet the… FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Mystery deepens as stolen trailer appearsThe good news is that I’ve found my stolen trailer. The bad news is that “Caravan Bob” is back – although we should perhaps call him “Trailer Bob”. Caravan Bob… FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Fair weather for game of find the footpathThere was a stage in May when I contemplated not bothering to mark out the footpaths through the arable land. It wasn’t because I was going all militant and “get… FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Sri Lanka farming fail is warning for allFive thousand miles away, something very significant is happening. It’s a story that has gone all but unnoticed here, but has enormous significance for farmers and food consumers; in other… FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Class of '22 set loose on my TucanoWhen I got the phone call from the local ag college, asking when their engineering students could come and inspect my combine, I got a bit confused. It was bad… FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Chemical chiefs – try Charlie's ChallengeIt’s traditional at this time of year to make a plea on behalf of spray operators: “Come on, spray manufacturers; how about making life easier for those of us putting… FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Hare raising happenings in Big FieldIf I’m forced to do a U-turn while on my way home for a much-deserved lunch break, there had better be a good reason. A couple of Mondays ago, there… FLINDT ON FRIDAYFlindt on Friday: Analysis is futile when it comes to muckHere’s another thing that baffles me about muck. (Sorry to keep going on about it – but everyone else is.) When did it stop being the epitome of bucket chemistry,… More articles
