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Farmer Writes: they say you should never meet your heroes
Gerald Potterton
I have met one or two RTÉ TV personalities who I thought were sound fellows and they turned out to be awful.
9 April 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: a brief history of fertiliser spreaders
As Gerald Potterton gets through plenty of spreading and spraying in the fine weather, he takes a look at the technological advances of fertiliser spreaders.
26 March 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: sowing a pleasure in a dusty March
While this weather was very welcome, it could be overdone and a rise in temperatures would be nice.
Farmer Writes: the pigeons fleeced my oilseed rape
Gerald Potterton farms tillage and some beef at Kildalkey, Co Meath.
12 March 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: a hankering for a holiday in the Hilux
Gerald Potterton uses some of his machinery experience to attempt to plan his holidays with Mrs P.
26 February 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer writes: cowboy lessons from Montana to Meath
Gerald Potterton takes some inspiration from Yellowstone and how the American drama might influence the home farm.
12 February 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: there is pleasure in keeping busy during the winter
And as if we were looking for something more to do, storm Éowyn uprooted eight very large leylandii evergreen trees in the garden.
29 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Farmer writes: the road less travelled
Gerald Potterton muses the impact Google Maps has had on traversing the country and whether or not we would be better off without the technology.
15 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Would I plant beans in April again? No
Gerald Potterton takes a look back at the year that was 2024 in the tillage fields.
1 January 2025 Farmer Writes
Little doubt that dogs are our best friends
As it’s Christmas, I thought we’d have a little crazy fun and let Billy the Jack Russell have his view on the year that was.
18 December 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: shiny new machinery a slippery slope
The Quartermaster is no poseur wagon like a lot of 4X4s today where going off-road means just parking on the footpath.
4 December 2024 Farmer Writes
Farmer Writes: land ownership has been a touchy subject
Proprietorship of land in Ireland has always been a touchy subject and certainly one to avoid in an Irish pub after closing time.
20 November 2024 Farmer Writes