British Farming | Summer Haymaking Part 1

[@MadhouseGaming]

your videos are amazing, so well put together, you really show the English countryside at its best, the way you manage to capture the video of the red kite in flight and in the trees is amazing, I can not thank you enough, I loved every second of this and every other video you have made so far, you Mother is one of the most amazing women I have ever seen in my life, and I look forward to your next video, please hurry though I need my FLANK fix.

[@flankfarm]

So great to hear, thanks so much for taking the time to comment !

[@michaelhartley9450]

Great to see you back makes me happy watching you all

[@andrewtiffin4043]

Absolutely brilliant, videos are as good as tv and for your mum, what an amazing lady, I hope you cherish every moment you spend with her. Every credit to the pair of you

[@LiveSteamNick]

Watching flank videos is like having a nice hot bath,,,, you feel all relaxed and refreshed afterwards!! Now, Bottled ‘Odour du Cut Grass’ could really catch on ya know....still like my lavender Eau de Bog!!

[@andrewellison1203]

Lovely to see you guys doing a lovely video absolutely amazing especially with the red kites and how you managed to film them in the tree cannot wait to see you bailing credit to you guys thank you regards from Andy

[@yarnybart5911]

What a lovely way to wake up. My fiekd us being cut for hay this morning I'm about to go check I've not left anything bug and heavy our there. Very easy on the eye

[@flankfarm]

Love it Yarny! It’s a beautiful time of year 🙌🏽 thanks for the comment

[@40Beany]

How is this not a BBC documentary made my a professional film crew??? Amazing video. Love the style and very informative. Brilliant. You have just found a new subscriber.

[@Whipple1]

Hello, my British farming friends. Always good to see you’ve posted a new video! It may sound crazy, but haying was always my favorite chore on our family farm and on my wife’s family farm when I was a young man. I loved the hot weather, the labor and the interaction with friends, neighbors and family when we baled and picked up the hay. Mum would make lunch and iced tea for us and come out to the fields so we could eat fast and keep going. Always had dinner or supper under a great big oak tree. You would always see dad or my father in law with their heads cocked and an eye on the weather! We square baled and dropped the bales on the ground. Our old tractors were never big enough to tow a baler, run a kicker and pull a wagon behind them. We worked in teams with one picking up and transporting hay to the barn, while the other team was unloading their wagon into the haymow. Then we switched up for the next wagon load of hay. Hot, dusty, scratchy work to put up hay. Folks used to drive by the farm, honk their horns and wave. We always tried to wave them into the field to help.....never worked. They were off to a picnic or to go swimming and we were stuck working all day. It was good honest work and I never regretted a minute spent cutting with our sickle bar mower, raking, baking, picking or stacking. Our current farm is a grain operation now. Just corn and beans. No animals and no hay. It’s easier to manage as we age and we have fewer machines to tend and maintain. We contract out a lot of the work on shares. It’s solitary work these days. But, in spite of all the hard work we did in the past, I do still miss the old days of real family farming. Cheers! Whipple

[@patricksmith3135]

A beautiful job of making a video and haymaking. I love the English countryside and I miss being able to visit there. I can almost smell the aroma of fresh cut hay from here. I can't wait for the follow-up. Thanks.

[@NewEraSSKid]

Watching this is like a Holiday on a Farm

[@keithhill3027]

Love your videos and your mother is a fantastic person who loves her animals and farm.

[@paulakaszynski4745]

The cinematography in these videos are amazing! You guys really capture the farm's beauty at every angle and lighting. I really appreciate the content and quality of the filming. Thanks for the videos, keep it up!

[@flankfarm]

Thanks Paula, so great the beauty is coming through! All the best from the farm.

[@paulhayday8212]

Barley field next to my cottage cut the other day - loads of dust on the breeze but, importantly, 14 kites scavenging above. A wonderful sight! Thanks for yet another splendid vlog Flank and, of course, mum! Looking forward to see the bailing!! Paul Hayday West Wycombe Village

[@flankfarm]

Thanks Paul, we found them totally mesmerising too!

[@adamfontana537]

Another great video guys!

[@flankfarm]

Thanks Adam 👍🏼

[@suzanne9504]

I love all your videos. Please keep them coming. 😀👍

[@ennoriemersma73]

Thanks for sharing. I like the way this man is giving the mower time do its job. Here in Holland most of the time everybody is in a rush and therefore the result is crap.

[@stevenwright6869]

New to the channel what a love channel it is. What a lovely lady your mum is! One of lifes nice people

[@ancestryresearcher]

Thank you so much…..what a beautiful video. ❤

[@flankfarm]

Thank you Pam !

[@alastairwallis9499]

Good to see the videos back. One of the best hay making video . Looking forward to more of them. Cheers

[@flankfarm]

Thanks Alastair, really excited to show more

[@Aardvarkangus]

Love the drone footage. Such a nice way to clean up the field.

[@tamzynlawrence3351]

Glad to see more from Flank, a family favourite😃. I love your sense of timing and pace, just works perfectly, well done. I can almost smell the mown grass. Keep em coming👍

[@theulsterscots]

Really enjoy the laid back none stage managed vlogs and insight to your farming lifestyle

[@christinegibbins6105]

Just lovely to watch, thank you for sharing with us. Hope all goes well and the weather holds. Take care.

[@helenel4126]

Great drone footage, especially of the red kite! Here's hoping your Mum got more hay than she was silently thinking she got.

[@jamesmccambridge7457]

Nice field of hay hole you have lots of bales

[@ravencottage]

Finally mowed my overgrown backyard...thinking of you!

[@flankfarm]

Haha, love this

[@andygregory2065]

Amazing footage!

[@flankfarm]

Thanks Andy

[@talkorenlevy]

You guys do such a wonderful, amazing work with those videos, it's a joy to watch, every time. Love it Thank you

[@flankfarm]

Thank you! So great to hear from you

[@IanWilkinson]

Delightful!

[@lukehubbard5644]

Hi you guys are back 👌

[@scrasebridge]

I used to think Mum was the star, but Ru is running her very close, very close indeed.

[@himself2]

love it! moreeeee please!!

[@elliotsmith6442]

I love your video and daily story

[@owenpitman7198]

Love these videos!

[@carlpro14]

Oooh this video is making me wanting more and more from you, Absolutley amazing content!

[@flankfarm]

Thank you, great to have you watching

[@mickeyshears7735]

You go from from city boy to Rufus Attenborough

[@flankfarm]

Hahah, thank you Mickey!

[@karenvalentine9406]

Yippee another video

[@chrisknight8359]

Hello from Somerset - Great vid, just what we need right now! How did the drone not spook that kite?

[@mickward6751]

you can what you get thats farming hay silage or prices for your stock thats it

[@MF12000]

Do ye use any artificial fertiliser

[@cassieoz1702]

Watch the video on muck spreading

[@Frankowillo]

Thistles!! I hate thistles! One managed to seed itself in our lawn and proceeded to reseed. A right bugger to eradicate, not to mention, it pricks like hell!

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[@scrasebridge]

Roo, I've lowered my expectations of another video this week. Could you please show me how wrong this theory is?

[@alexandracuco6352]

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