tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.comments2024-01-01T08:37:03.814+00:00Owd Fred (Countryman)Owd Fredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04208524077476780953noreply@blogger.comBlogger61125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-59161701179365540392020-08-27T18:00:04.583+00:002020-08-27T18:00:04.583+00:00Brilliant prose and poetry, Fred!Brilliant prose and poetry, Fred!John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16991148331124687710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-44839410633692836572020-08-27T17:58:33.623+00:002020-08-27T17:58:33.623+00:00Brilliant prose and poetry, Fred. All the best. Jo...Brilliant prose and poetry, Fred. All the best. John and Micheline.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16991148331124687710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-27414924619981427602020-05-15T19:09:51.273+00:002020-05-15T19:09:51.273+00:00Hello Fred .... your work poetry is wonderful ... ...Hello Fred .... your work poetry is wonderful ... a true passage through your journey of life farms and the land ... thankyou so much for sharing .. <br />Delilah bargeo themonkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04838098413118451965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-43317576070789993342019-05-04T15:16:24.030+00:002019-05-04T15:16:24.030+00:00The energy efficiency is a big role of an HVAC uni...The energy efficiency is a big role of an HVAC unit. The article is well written and defining the core benefits of energy efficiency. <a href="http://www.cosmopolitanmechanical.com/heating-and-cooling-keswick.html" rel="nofollow">Heating and Cooling Keswick</a>Victoria Martinezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11669393372398028749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-10887061123310973492019-04-12T09:57:22.550+00:002019-04-12T09:57:22.550+00:00As a schoolboy in Lincolnshire I spent weekends an...As a schoolboy in Lincolnshire I spent weekends and most summers working on a farm. The worst job I ever had was singling beet. Crawling on hands and knees, fingers and thumbs pinching out the seedlings, under a hot sun. Soul destroying for a 15 year old.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-29392350960139437652018-10-15T22:06:05.832+00:002018-10-15T22:06:05.832+00:00Just renovated old seed fiddle, so this article wa...Just renovated old seed fiddle, so this article was a great find. Just what I wanted to know as instructions were long gone from the body of the seed sower. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03185653003411269977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-28890690528334835202018-02-19T21:46:17.023+00:002018-02-19T21:46:17.023+00:00Dear Mr. & Mrs. Owd Fred:
I came across yo...Dear Mr. & Mrs. Owd Fred: <br /><br />I came across your website by accident while searching the Internet for a British poem about rural living. I grew up on a 1,000 acre farm w/ my dear father being a licensed & bonded cattle buyer, while my uncle was the farmer. I've only just taken up on researching my family history within the past 2 1/2 years. It's been pure joy to discover six Mayflower passengers were my generational grandparents (of course all from England). Many other ancestors arrived in New England w/ John Winthrop's Fleet (1630) starting the Great Migration. Sir Winston Churchill was my 6th cousin, 2x removed. William Shakespeare was my 11th cousin, 1x removed, and C.S. Lewis another distant cousin. Many of my 1st generational ancestors to Colonial America lived in Plymouth Colony, and were founding fathers of early colonial towns. Several were signers of The Declaration of Independence, and our Constitution. Many distant cousins of mine have been Presidents of the United States. But as Plutarch (AD 46-127) said all those centuries ago, "It is indeed desirable to be well descended, but all the glory belongs to our ancestors." <br /><br />I've found a wonderful poem to read when the times comes for my father's funeral. He's 93-years-old now. His mind is sharp as a tack, but in a wheelchair due to a bad knee. I've read the poem to him (except for the last sentence).<br /><br />I FOLLOW A NOBLE FATHER, by Emma McKay<br /><br />I follow a noble father. He gave me a name that was free from shame; a name he was proud to bear.<br /><br />He lived in the morning sunlight, and marched in the ranks of right.<br /><br />He was always true to the best he knew, and the shield he wore was bright.<br /><br />He stood through the sternest trials, as any brave man can.<br /><br />He was bold and brave, and to me he gave the pride of an honest name.<br /><br />I follow an honest father, and him I must keep in mind.<br /><br />Though his form is gone, I will carry on the name he gave - now that I'm left behind.<br /><br />Regards,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-69212458386360172662017-02-17T19:17:05.973+00:002017-02-17T19:17:05.973+00:00To all the good people out there who read this pag...To all the good people out there who read this page and my blogs in general, it would be a great privilege for me if you could make a comment and ask questions about what you have read. <br />I am of an age when I can remember steam engines pulling threshing sets about the farms in the village and tractors just coming onto farms. <br />The first radio, called a wireless, with and aerial wire stretched from the house to the pear tree in the orchard run by a glass accumulator (battery) charged up at the locale garage/petrol station, the fist television in 1950 and first telephones, the first milking machines 1938 <br />The medium which I am using to tell you of my life is way beyond my comprehension, it tells me there is around 200 hits (is that what its called) every day from USA, but I would need some proof from a few readers of these blogs that that is the case.<br />So please make an owd mons day by flooding in a few replies<br /><br />Owd Fred Owd Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04208524077476780953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-62480436787277716052014-03-08T10:45:36.194+00:002014-03-08T10:45:36.194+00:00Excellent site Fred,, made me very nostalgic for t...Excellent site Fred,, made me very nostalgic for the life in my village in former times<br />Dick ( From FWi forum meeting )Dick Lindleyhttp://www.birkwoodfisheries.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-73022299028895545952013-11-14T18:56:53.336+00:002013-11-14T18:56:53.336+00:00Hi,
Read with interest as an old staffordian left ...Hi,<br />Read with interest as an old staffordian left long ago.<br />My wife reckons she knows, or is perhaps related to, a couple if people shown on the family tree in one of the books. Cannot find it here though. Is there a better more readable copy of it available?<br />Please reply to idobso49@gmail.com if possible.<br />Many thanks in more ways than one.<br />Ian<br />Dobson<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15987565508423477880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-59266565617780896512013-09-19T11:32:56.242+00:002013-09-19T11:32:56.242+00:00Thanks for this awesome share!! Keep blogging!! Thanks for this awesome share!! Keep blogging!! Air Duct Cleaning Chomedeyhttp://breathewell.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-56383523728459570782013-09-15T10:33:33.038+00:002013-09-15T10:33:33.038+00:00Very interesting reading about your peat meadows. ...Very interesting reading about your peat meadows. Similar problems and benefits down here in the south on my chalk stream watermeadows. Learnt as a child (on greensand) that beef cattle do best on 'unimproved' old pasture thick with deep rooted perennials which bring up the minerals and make them available to the grazing animals. My Red Devons look superb (actually, if I'm honest, perhaps a bit too fat !), produce sturdy fast growing calves and the vet says they are very healthy because of the varied nature of their grazing - so many varieties of grasses and wildflowers.Nicolahttp://lowerclatfordfarm.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-75511041342704535552013-02-17T20:54:14.260+00:002013-02-17T20:54:14.260+00:00Exactly right Fred. Most 'schemes' out the...Exactly right Fred. Most 'schemes' out there are just that....schemes ! I never topped the charts either but farm stewardship is about more than cooked up numbers in my books ! Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092424684260339977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-55244152149734379332013-02-09T05:43:07.956+00:002013-02-09T05:43:07.956+00:00Great post Fred. It is absolutely amazing what som...Great post Fred. It is absolutely amazing what some cattle will do just to see what the other side of the fence is like.Larry Olberding Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16821407430085877568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-10054361996169903892012-10-27T15:59:51.932+00:002012-10-27T15:59:51.932+00:00Very nice and informative post. Enjoyed reading. T...Very nice and informative post. Enjoyed reading. Thanks!modern farming methodshttp://www.vlfarming.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-48560156700791674792012-09-13T02:48:51.900+00:002012-09-13T02:48:51.900+00:00This comment has been hidden from the blog.Joannahttp://www.seventreesfarm.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-85609720052419473362012-06-24T07:20:49.052+00:002012-06-24T07:20:49.052+00:00Thanks for your reply Joy,
The mole catchers her...Thanks for your reply Joy, <br /><br />The mole catchers here used to skin them, and sell the skins to make mole skin waistcoats and the like, very up market back then.<br /><br /> Have you done your family tree all the way back to Garstang 1772/1832. <br /><br />Have a look at this blog http://yewsfarm.blogspot.co.uk/2011/11/family-tree-back-to-1753.htmlOwd Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04208524077476780953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-58343430365622831252012-06-23T14:27:11.125+00:002012-06-23T14:27:11.125+00:00We do have moles in the States but they are not as...We do have moles in the States but they are not as big as yours. They do not inflict the same damage upon the land as those in the UK. I came across your blog when I performed a search on moles. You see, my great great great great grandfather, Richard Knagg (born 1772 - died 1832), and his son,were champion mole catchers in Garstang, Lancaster (now Lancashire). Delightful reading, your blog. Thanks for the interesting and informative info.Joy Millerhttp://fallriverimmigrants.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-46276677619696706132012-06-16T17:03:37.468+00:002012-06-16T17:03:37.468+00:00Lovely post, thank you!Lovely post, thank you!Stark Radiohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07794665106402314809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-15036002921321502102012-03-31T18:44:35.577+00:002012-03-31T18:44:35.577+00:00Thank you for your lovely posts. Could just imagin...Thank you for your lovely posts. Could just imagine all the sights and sounds of the workshops! Glad there was a nice teacher to off set the not so nice.Susie Macnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-1853711973048199332012-03-26T02:58:52.184+00:002012-03-26T02:58:52.184+00:00Gramps thought Holstein milk was poor stuff too. I...Gramps thought Holstein milk was poor stuff too. I often heard him use the same line !Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092424684260339977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-8384066262907448302012-03-07T17:14:58.591+00:002012-03-07T17:14:58.591+00:00Our Single Farm Payment form Jason is a stickler. ...Our Single Farm Payment form Jason is a stickler. Our Government seems to "Gold Plate" every last rule no matter how petty and small, where as the same rules in France are far more relaxed.In fact my reply to you has turned into a blog<br /><br />http://yewsfarm.blogspot.com/2012/03/our-single-farm-payment-form-is.htmlOwd Fredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04208524077476780953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-61821524455782535522012-03-06T13:18:11.110+00:002012-03-06T13:18:11.110+00:00I'm no fan of forms either Fred and thankfully...I'm no fan of forms either Fred and thankfully there's not very many to fill out over here, excepting income tax which we're in the middle of right now.Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09092424684260339977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-52093258644249464562012-01-28T14:31:22.960+00:002012-01-28T14:31:22.960+00:00There's something special about rural life! T...There's something special about rural life! Thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2959525637967423074.post-27476231298928900372012-01-22T10:10:15.958+00:002012-01-22T10:10:15.958+00:00thanks for directing me to this post Fred, those a...thanks for directing me to this post Fred, those are some great calves that Winston is producing.Larry Olberding Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16821407430085877568noreply@blogger.com