Mark Jelley
@perkinslodge.bsky.social
Cattle Antibiotic Guardian Group Chair, Beef & arable farmer, Harper & Aber graduate, #ACABM19, father of two boys who think they're the boss.
The kids are going to be thrilled, absolutely flying with the smaller presents this year and such an original idea!
December 18, 2024 at 8:09 PM
The kids are going to be thrilled, absolutely flying with the smaller presents this year and such an original idea!
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Ravensthorpe 81mm
Marston St Lawrence 81mm
Flore 78mm
Middleton Cheney 74mm
Rothwell 65mm
East Haddon 63mm
Brixworth 60mm
Daventry 60mm
A Major Incident has now been declared by local authorities for the county.
Marston St Lawrence 81mm
Flore 78mm
Middleton Cheney 74mm
Rothwell 65mm
East Haddon 63mm
Brixworth 60mm
Daventry 60mm
A Major Incident has now been declared by local authorities for the county.
November 25, 2024 at 7:07 PM
Ravensthorpe 81mm
Marston St Lawrence 81mm
Flore 78mm
Middleton Cheney 74mm
Rothwell 65mm
East Haddon 63mm
Brixworth 60mm
Daventry 60mm
A Major Incident has now been declared by local authorities for the county.
Marston St Lawrence 81mm
Flore 78mm
Middleton Cheney 74mm
Rothwell 65mm
East Haddon 63mm
Brixworth 60mm
Daventry 60mm
A Major Incident has now been declared by local authorities for the county.
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Too good not to share: a wooden floor of a #Neolithic house. Unearthed in Alleshausen-Grundwiesen, a wetland settlement at the western rim of the Federsee marshlands, 3020-2700 BC.
📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
November 25, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Too good not to share: a wooden floor of a #Neolithic house. Unearthed in Alleshausen-Grundwiesen, a wetland settlement at the western rim of the Federsee marshlands, 3020-2700 BC.
📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
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"When the government cuts farmer support, it reduces the amount of “public goods” in the country — which crudely means less hedgerows, less wetlands, less birds, and less insects. It is profoundly self-defeating." @herdyshepherd.bsky.social
#Farming #FoodSecurity #Food
unherd.com/2024/11/a-fa...
#Farming #FoodSecurity #Food
unherd.com/2024/11/a-fa...
The farmers march on Westminster
unherd.com
November 22, 2024 at 4:45 PM
"When the government cuts farmer support, it reduces the amount of “public goods” in the country — which crudely means less hedgerows, less wetlands, less birds, and less insects. It is profoundly self-defeating." @herdyshepherd.bsky.social
#Farming #FoodSecurity #Food
unherd.com/2024/11/a-fa...
#Farming #FoodSecurity #Food
unherd.com/2024/11/a-fa...
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I was trying to find account weed related, but like arable weeds.. apparently people creating Feeds on weed have another type in mind! So if you can help me finding arable weed interesting content, let me know!
November 21, 2024 at 9:33 PM
I was trying to find account weed related, but like arable weeds.. apparently people creating Feeds on weed have another type in mind! So if you can help me finding arable weed interesting content, let me know!
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Lovely week last week. Nice to see some sunshine. Mascani winter oats up and flying. And some beet being lifted and drilled right behind on the farm I used to work on.
#backbritishfarming #agronomythatdelivers #wintersun
#backbritishfarming #agronomythatdelivers #wintersun
November 18, 2024 at 6:56 PM
Lovely week last week. Nice to see some sunshine. Mascani winter oats up and flying. And some beet being lifted and drilled right behind on the farm I used to work on.
#backbritishfarming #agronomythatdelivers #wintersun
#backbritishfarming #agronomythatdelivers #wintersun
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Ok, so this account generally has a "no reposting pictures without alt text" policy, but I can't resist.
For those who need it, the below image features our glamorous correspondent elbow deep in a plastic cow, presumably doing the traditional "I've lost my watch" routine
bsky.app/profile/phae...
For those who need it, the below image features our glamorous correspondent elbow deep in a plastic cow, presumably doing the traditional "I've lost my watch" routine
bsky.app/profile/phae...
November 17, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Ok, so this account generally has a "no reposting pictures without alt text" policy, but I can't resist.
For those who need it, the below image features our glamorous correspondent elbow deep in a plastic cow, presumably doing the traditional "I've lost my watch" routine
bsky.app/profile/phae...
For those who need it, the below image features our glamorous correspondent elbow deep in a plastic cow, presumably doing the traditional "I've lost my watch" routine
bsky.app/profile/phae...
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Reposted by Mark Jelley
Breathtaking.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
November 14, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Breathtaking.
#WorldBollardAssociation
#WorldBollardAssociation
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NEW DEFRA stats just out.
Show that in 2023/24 cereal farm incomes fell by 73%
On average cereal farms made a £26k loss on their crops, only earning an income due to direct govt subsidy & non-farming activity. Even so, 1/3 of all cereals farms made a loss despite other income.
Show that in 2023/24 cereal farm incomes fell by 73%
On average cereal farms made a £26k loss on their crops, only earning an income due to direct govt subsidy & non-farming activity. Even so, 1/3 of all cereals farms made a loss despite other income.
November 15, 2024 at 5:09 PM
NEW DEFRA stats just out.
Show that in 2023/24 cereal farm incomes fell by 73%
On average cereal farms made a £26k loss on their crops, only earning an income due to direct govt subsidy & non-farming activity. Even so, 1/3 of all cereals farms made a loss despite other income.
Show that in 2023/24 cereal farm incomes fell by 73%
On average cereal farms made a £26k loss on their crops, only earning an income due to direct govt subsidy & non-farming activity. Even so, 1/3 of all cereals farms made a loss despite other income.
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Rained out on the farm today. Took a walk in the woods instead.
November 13, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Rained out on the farm today. Took a walk in the woods instead.
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For some bats we have to tell them apart in the field using willy size/shape. Remember it's wee willy Whiskered and bulbus Brandt's.
November 11, 2024 at 12:20 PM
For some bats we have to tell them apart in the field using willy size/shape. Remember it's wee willy Whiskered and bulbus Brandt's.
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This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
October 8, 2024 at 7:41 PM
This here is one of the great U-boat hunters of the Second World War.
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
Grab a comfy seat and a glass of something pleasing. We're going on a journey...
This photo has just popped up on my timeline, nothing remarkable about it but we haven't seen any blue sky or sunshine at all in November yet, it's being severely missed!
November 8, 2024 at 10:55 AM
This photo has just popped up on my timeline, nothing remarkable about it but we haven't seen any blue sky or sunshine at all in November yet, it's being severely missed!
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Before the internet kittens had to call everyone individually to explain how small and cute they were. Ca. 1920 - 1935. collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/597342
October 14, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Before the internet kittens had to call everyone individually to explain how small and cute they were. Ca. 1920 - 1935. collection.powerhouse.com.au/object/597342
This always amazes me, the sheer number of spiders living across the farm to cover acres and acres of ploughed soil, an apparently lifeless environment. We see it across grassland too & I've got no real idea what role they play in the environment on the farm, it's fascinating
October 14, 2024 at 8:21 PM
This always amazes me, the sheer number of spiders living across the farm to cover acres and acres of ploughed soil, an apparently lifeless environment. We see it across grassland too & I've got no real idea what role they play in the environment on the farm, it's fascinating
One of the more frustrating jobs today, roof nets going up in preparation for scaffolding in preparation for solar panel strip and reinstalling next week. The original panels went up in 2011 but the installers cut corners so this time we've got the experts on the job
September 20, 2024 at 10:48 AM
One of the more frustrating jobs today, roof nets going up in preparation for scaffolding in preparation for solar panel strip and reinstalling next week. The original panels went up in 2011 but the installers cut corners so this time we've got the experts on the job
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Was kept awake all night worrying that somebody in BlueSky's now 10 million users might not have heard the exciting ideas of Louis-Émile Bertin.
And the exciting ideas of Louis-Émile Bertin were not necessarily good ones.
And the exciting ideas of Louis-Émile Bertin were not necessarily good ones.
September 17, 2024 at 7:02 AM
Was kept awake all night worrying that somebody in BlueSky's now 10 million users might not have heard the exciting ideas of Louis-Émile Bertin.
And the exciting ideas of Louis-Émile Bertin were not necessarily good ones.
And the exciting ideas of Louis-Émile Bertin were not necessarily good ones.
Interesting year on the farm, 3rd & final year of SFI Pilot has bought a wonderful crop of late flowering clover & some rapidly developing scrub which we've decided to partially manage. Beans have been brilliant & off farm despite the weather our new garden is producing a surprising crop of grapes!
September 15, 2024 at 7:45 PM
Interesting year on the farm, 3rd & final year of SFI Pilot has bought a wonderful crop of late flowering clover & some rapidly developing scrub which we've decided to partially manage. Beans have been brilliant & off farm despite the weather our new garden is producing a surprising crop of grapes!
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With the fucking around to finding out pipeline turned firmly on, a reminder that Brazil enjoys picking a scrap so much that the first time its navy fired a torpedo was to sink its own battleship.
Admittedly it was revolting at the time.
Looks even more revolting with a bloody big hole in it...
Admittedly it was revolting at the time.
Looks even more revolting with a bloody big hole in it...
August 30, 2024 at 9:18 PM
With the fucking around to finding out pipeline turned firmly on, a reminder that Brazil enjoys picking a scrap so much that the first time its navy fired a torpedo was to sink its own battleship.
Admittedly it was revolting at the time.
Looks even more revolting with a bloody big hole in it...
Admittedly it was revolting at the time.
Looks even more revolting with a bloody big hole in it...
Utter devastation in the straw rows yesterday as a whirlwind made off with a fairly significant amount of straw. The last I could see of some of it was at about 2000 feet crossing the motorway 2 miles away! Apologies to anyone downwind of here with blocked gutters this morning...
August 31, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Utter devastation in the straw rows yesterday as a whirlwind made off with a fairly significant amount of straw. The last I could see of some of it was at about 2000 feet crossing the motorway 2 miles away! Apologies to anyone downwind of here with blocked gutters this morning...
A beautiful sight, a field of wheat showing lots of potential for #harvest24! It's a shame half of the wheat never made it to the field though, such a wet winter this year
February 5, 2024 at 9:13 PM
A beautiful sight, a field of wheat showing lots of potential for #harvest24! It's a shame half of the wheat never made it to the field though, such a wet winter this year
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Trying to get myself out of my writing funk - enjoy the fruits of my labours and encourage me to write more, please...
dreadships.com/varyag-degre...
dreadships.com/varyag-degre...
Varyag degrees of success - DreadShips.com
To lose a ship once, as Wilde nearly suggested, may be regarded as misfortune. To lose the same ship twice begins to look like carelessness...
dreadships.com
January 23, 2024 at 10:47 PM
Trying to get myself out of my writing funk - enjoy the fruits of my labours and encourage me to write more, please...
dreadships.com/varyag-degre...
dreadships.com/varyag-degre...
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Someone tagged me into this as, in Drach's absence, the person on BlueSky most likely to know (without guessing) how navies handled cat poo. I am VERY offended.
But they're also right. 😆 Indeed Drach/Dr Alex and I were comparing notes on this back in November.
So thread: How cats shat on ships /1
But they're also right. 😆 Indeed Drach/Dr Alex and I were comparing notes on this back in November.
So thread: How cats shat on ships /1
Bad news: I wrote to the Museum of Maritime Pets in Maine to ask how cat poops and pee were handled on ships before litter was invented. They didn't know! But they're very curious, too, and want me to keep them updated. We can all make educated guesses but I want to see what actual records say.
December 23, 2023 at 10:23 AM
Someone tagged me into this as, in Drach's absence, the person on BlueSky most likely to know (without guessing) how navies handled cat poo. I am VERY offended.
But they're also right. 😆 Indeed Drach/Dr Alex and I were comparing notes on this back in November.
So thread: How cats shat on ships /1
But they're also right. 😆 Indeed Drach/Dr Alex and I were comparing notes on this back in November.
So thread: How cats shat on ships /1