Needs must.... by happypat

Needs must....

Emergency spreading of slurry!
We’ve had so much rain this winter & if your slurry towers or pits are full the slurry has to go somewhere.
The solution driving the tractor along the road & spray your slurry over the hedge into your field!
Very frowned upon of course but it’s done!
Lots of new rules coming too in the future, cover on any slurry storage.... slurry gives off gasses! 😨

Three good things:
1. We’re glad we aren’t farming these days having to cope with all these new rules & regulations.
2. Connie has been such a star today but my word we did get filthy dirty...thank goodness for outside hose pipes.
3. My friend who had Covid...the middle one in yesterday’s photo rang & she feels much better but don’t anyone ever underestimate Covid ....she has been very ill & still feeling the effects!
Sounds like a good idea to me but I guess the gas given off isn’t great. Great photo though.
February 3rd, 2021  
Bep
I can almost smell this...;-)
Glad to read that your friend is feeling much better.
Never underestimate Covid: our opposite neighbour's wife passed away last week.
February 3rd, 2021  
@gijsje Oh dear that’s so sad Bep...you would know them well, really brings it home to you.
February 3rd, 2021  
Never heard of doing that before.
February 3rd, 2021  
Um...what is slurry? Does it have something to do with cows?
February 3rd, 2021  
@bkp He he yes it does Barbara.
February 3rd, 2021  
Thought so. Peeyew.
February 3rd, 2021  
Lee
I wonder if there is a risk of the water in the foreground being contaminated.
February 3rd, 2021  
Oh my, but sometimes needs must. Glad your friend is improving. Covid is nasty. Would not wish it on my worst enemy.
February 3rd, 2021  
@gamelee well there is a hedge, metal road another field then the river so I imagine there could always be a risk, it would have to seep under the road but liquid does get about!
February 3rd, 2021  
@casablanca That’s exactly what my friend said!
February 3rd, 2021  
This is great, love your composition. Yes it's very wet here too. Our walk today went past over-full ditches and lakes spilling over onto the paths. Never seen it so bad
February 3rd, 2021  
WOW Pat that is quite a story and flurry of slurry
February 3rd, 2021  
Phew I can almost smell it from here. Took me back to when my youngest daughter was in Nursery School, a group of us took the kids to a local farm. We each drove a group of kids there in our cars. One of the kids slid in the slurry at the farm and stank to high heaven. Luckily he wasn't in my car coming home.
February 3rd, 2021  
Interesting - looks a little like a plow pushing slush off the road
February 3rd, 2021  
Fascinating!
February 4th, 2021  
Such excellent fertilizer for the fields. I usually mix composted cow manure in as a great soil amendment when gardening.
I wonder how tightly 'covered' the new regulation requirements will be. Seems like if the slurry is not properly vented the methane and hydrogen sulfide could explode or spontaneously ignite. But I'm sure the new rules take all of that into account.
I am so glad to hear that your dear friend continues to improve, Pat. Covid can be such a treacherous virus for many, with long lasting and debilitating after effects.
February 4th, 2021  
Nice landscape and reflections. Happy to hear your friend is feeling better!
February 4th, 2021  
Jeeze - you've been getting rain, we've been getting snow! I've never thought about slurry before, but you've made me ponder!
February 4th, 2021  
Whoops... certainly would not get away with that here.. The ' Greenies' are certainly making everything very difficult for the farmers.. A happy medium has to be found.
February 4th, 2021  
Can imagine the smell....
February 4th, 2021  
Nice shot nonetheless.
February 4th, 2021  
@julzmaioro I agree! Same here too, all change!
February 4th, 2021  
Nice shot, good job we can’t smell the picture!!
February 4th, 2021  
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