Rain, rain, rain. October is proving to be a tricky month on Harry's Farm

Over 200mm of rain has fallen on Harry's Farm so far in October and that's on top of the rain we had at the end of September. The result is saturated ground and impossible drilling conditions, which is causing a rethink..

[@maxtorque2277]

Right i've watched harry stand in a field and stick a fork in, now i'm off to watch his other channel where his V12 is getting stripped and rebuilt! Old skool sunday night telly.... ;-)

[@tomling9310]

Max Torque haha me too!

[@schtickshift4150]

Hi Harry, I found this channel a few weeks ago and I wanted to say that it is completely brilliant. As a typical urbanite, I have had no idea whatsoever what happens on farms and how they work and your wonderful narratives and video are amazingly interesting, enlightening and educational. Thank you for providing this channel to the world. I am waiting with bated breath to see whether drilling will happen soon or not.

[@harrysfarmvids]

Thanks! Me too re the drilling. All could be very different in two weeks time, let's see..

[@maconp1119]

Harry's Farm Nice dog. Terrier?

[@kca9437]

Harry, I've learned more about farming from your KZbin channel than I did living in a farming village growing up! Brilliant and informative, ever think about educational videos?

[@pedrobotinasguedes]

Love your videos! I Love when you pick up some dirt, and break it with your fingers and explain why that type of dirt is good or bad. This city boy is Learning so much with you. Thanks!

[@harrysfarmvids]

Ha! Good to know, I always handle the soil, as you can tell so much by doing so..

[@Mireaze]

Maybe its time to start farming rice?

[@studiolezard]

Hey, I was going to make that joke. No fair!

[@PhilUKNet]

Water buffalo cheaper than tractors

[@Rascularvideos]

Steve Louis Don’t get yourself in a paddy.

[@unhippy1]

@@PhilUKNet Higher emissions from buff's....all that methane will mean that the entire world will be the same temperature all over....

[@sh-hg4eg]

@@unhippy1 Imagine thinking that cow farts have any real impact on natural planetary climate changes.

[@yarkmates3409]

Same in Lincolnshire , a friend got their tractor stuck in a field , two tractors couldn’t get in out , 1 crane later

[@davidmg1925]

If there is a harry video my day has suddenly improved 2000%

[@aukanmeister]

There's not much you can do about the weather. That's the frustrating part. I really hope you get to your fields very soon! I'm not a farmer, but I grew up on one. Best of luck, Harry!

[@MoultrieGeek]

Damn Harry, I've always been a petrol-head but now you're turning me into a farmer-ette. Now I'm worried about weather 3000 miles from my front door. Outstanding video as always my friend.

[@kerrygleeson4409]

Thanks for sharing Harry 👍🇦🇺🚜

[@DavidWilliams-iq3eu]

Thanks Harry. Hope the weather stays good for you.

[@peterscandlyn]

Love the clarity you impart to your livelihood. So clear and logical.

[@barrysheridan9186]

Excellent reporting Harry, thanks.

[@petemulhearn7787]

Just found your new channel a few days ago and binge watched all the videos. Brilliant.

[@kazman500]

As always love the videos and love the laymen’s explanations

[@nickk8762]

Thankyou so much for your videos! You have got me so interested in farming that I am going to spend a few days on a local farm, seeing how its done and helping out a bit. Thanks Harry!

[@timboothman4888]

Fantastic video again. Hope the weather improves and you get it drilled.

[@kittonsmitton]

Love these Harry's Farm videos Harry as much as I Love Harry's Garage! Thanks Harry always interested in whats going on in your world.

[@therushden]

And there's me worried about getting my lawn cut, bloody weather. Fingers crossed for a dry spell. 🚜 👍

[@johncollymore1697]

Such good videos, many thanks. Keep up the great work.

[@johnsimpson1730]

Fingers and toes crossed for you Harry. Know exactly what you are going through, please keep em coming, look forward to better news.

[@stevepearce6689]

Hi Harry, We'll have your rain . From drought ravaged Australia

[@arielrh500]

On my wife's brother's farm on the Canadian prairies 2000 acres of crops were knocked down by an early blizzard and are probably close to worthless. Add to that a farm accident with a combine a week ago that badly injured one of his legs. At least the precip was good for the grazing lands so all isn't lost. Farming is a stressful occupation.

[@WoodyWood]

Thanks for that Harry its a real education

[@johnfurnival4133]

Excellent as always, the weather will come right soon, keep us updated when they harvest the soya beans.

[@chrisb3017]

Such a great presenter, I ve been binge watching the farming channel and don’t miss the Lamborghini videos. He makes both subjects so interesting I can’t stop watching. Have learned a lot about farming

[@robertdaly9036]

Excellent video sir. A consise tutorial, most farmers are trying to adjust to the excess water. 👍👍

[@bpedersen79]

Hope for dry weather soon! Love the videos :)

[@chielS123]

I origin from a farmers familly know just little about it (never interested), but this is so much bigger. Everybody needs food and shelter its first live needs . Many western people think their supermarket food comes from factorys. Harry shows us us the reallity and effort as one of few youtubers. This channel can only be really big soon.

[@darrenguest7284]

Great explanation as to why you roll the fields Harry, I find myself constantly looking over hedges peeping into fields now seeing what’s happening!!

[@harrysfarmvids]

Good, that's the plan

[@aministratorgeneral.9298]

Great video, very informative,..

[@AndrewBrown-kw8bl]

Thanks Harry v good video keep them coming ttfn

[@pauld5812]

Really interesting stuff Harry. I’m a long term subscriber to your ‘garage’ channel and thought I’d give this a try.

[@philhicks5818]

Same as you harry , still haven’t planted a single grain , well explained video 👍

[@Harryjones05]

Hi Harry, I find this channel very interesting as my career has been in Golf Greenkeeping, I feel your pain with the window of opportunity and decision making...!!! Nothing worse than the weather being against you and praying you get a window to do your work... I'm also a car nut so it seems I have very similar interests, thanks for the great videos! 👍🏻👌🏻

[@tbillington]

Super interesting as usual Harry. Send some of that rain to Australia would you, we've got the opposite problem at the moment.

[@Lasercapri]

Can’t believe how much rain we have had even your video on the rebuild of the engine you could here the rain .

[@adrianburn9212]

Really good videos!

[@stevecapper9321]

great video lets us townies know what you guys are having to do to make a living keep up the great work. S C UK

[@derekdenton5137]

Please send some Rain to Australia we're we are experiencing in some parts a7 year drought,with Rural Towns running out of water,love the videos

[@ajadrew]

Hooked from the beginning!!

[@MrMjdi]

It's the season for the plough and combi drill 👍🚜

[@harrysfarmvids]

I said that on camera but then forgot to add it in the final edit! Damn, next time..

[@WhatWeDoChannel]

Very interesting stuff! Klaus

[@SuperMAZ007]

Harry what your fields need is a working water draining system. That would allow the excess water to be streamed away from the field.

[@archierri]

I don't know at all why I'm watching it, by I enjoy it (Came frome the Gouraaage Channel =) )

[@domdegood5376]

Should save the biggest seeds for seeding and get a bigger crop.

[@brianb7636]

Loving this. Harry, can you do something on the economics of farming? 500 tonnes of grain at what cost etc?

[@urbanmess1]

Love the dog. Is it a west highland terrier? Love to see more of it from time to time in future vids!

[@idleobserver7211]

The great plains had late planting due to rain, followed by an early freeze that messed up the harvest. With the Australian drought, grain prices should be up next year if you can make a crop.

[@Tracertme]

Hi Hary I find your farming chats very interesting and listening to the way you think and operate it shows me farmers are a lot more switched on than ordinary suburban folk might think... yield is obviously the primary focus have you looked to applying any smart farming techniques with IoT devices installed locally so you can build up more accurate "My farm" for want of a definition to weather etc... Looking at the colour of your soil it looked pretty clay bound at least on top.... is it practical to break that down with gypsum or similar...approach. Get the Ph to change.... over time. I have no UK exposure to farming methods, but in Australia the soil is incredibly poor quality and I am amazed what farmers get out of it....

[@alfaubrom]

Hello Harry October what a month, I do my own car maintenance of a fashion an got a few classics or derelicts mostly outdoors so the winter downbeat of mood has been an earlier battle to face off, common amongst car guys two many vehicles not enough dry daylight. It's got me thinking about temporary work buildings or awnings, car ports all that oh and of course car lifts for the amateur car covers perhaps a review show of such may be handy. P.s can you review a Sherp an combine both channels so to speak?! Great stuff as ever cheers.

[@jonlyons1033]

Jet ski review next week? Harry?

[@studiolezard]

So long as this doesn't affect the Espada rebuild.

[@maconp1119]

As long as Iain gets his 3.5 Submariners for the job, should be no issues. I wish I had the guts to wear my Rolex whilst stripping an engine...

[@Da51lva]

Saw a farmer drill his field in Bosbury Herefordshire on Thursday to be flooded completely by Saturday

[@ghassanalfarra8935]

I guess the weather during October has been extra ordinary all over the continent, not just in the UK. I've been residing in ex-comunist central Europe for over 23years now, and through out that period I have never experienced such a warm and dry October like this year, it would be 24 to 30 C during the day and not a cloud in the sky nor a drop of rain .. I was still touring on my motorbike last Monday with my summer gear on, never done that before in this time of year! Only yesterday has the weather gone back to being it's same old self , i.e 5 vish during the day and sub zero's during night time' but still, Oct 2019 was an October to be remembered.

[@ianleak7439]

Time to get the plough out been watching people that haven't done any for 20 years but have this year and power harrow on top and drill

[@dleetr]

With the placeholder image, i thought we were up for, Harry's Flyfishing.

[@jackiechan8840]

Should we buy wheat futures? Love both channels Harry

[@jimbascombe7707]

It's been wet all year here. Started last spring and it is still wet here. My corn fields look like a swamp.

[@paddyboy557]

The same here Harry a major difficulty have had to move cattle into winter housing early. Would your neighbor mind you filming his crop still in the field? All the best.

[@savagednb]

Hi I've just found this channel and its great. You are a bit like a cross between Jeremy Clarkson and james may but better. I'm looking forward to your next vlog. 🙂

[@jamesh808]

the type of weather that makes you go looking in the shed for a plough and power harrow

[@dagenhamdave2611]

Evening Harry. I saw a blue Metcalf farm lorry up the city today. Is that from your place just wondered. Great video by the way

[@alastairscruton715]

Excellent video Don't be too down beat about growing Spring Barley, mine this harvest yielded as well as the wheat, and obviously lower growing costs than wheat.

[@harrysfarmvids]

True but concerned I won't be the only one pushed into growing SB, rather than WW, so prices are bound to be down significantly next season

[@alastairscruton715]

@@harrysfarmvids let's hope the weather stays kind in the next 10-14 days.

[@SunWindWave]

Obviously there would be a cost but all that water will be needed in dryer months, any plans to invest in water storage? Thoroughly enjoy all these videos, many thanks & good luck with the drilling.

[@chrisflemington819]

Yes even our village green is muddy despite being drained using the village pond which went from being almost empty to full on just 8 days, I hope the weather improves for you and all the farming community. How are your animals are they coping? And what was your little dog watching when your were making the video?

[@harrysfarmvids]

Same here, the brook was hardly running through the valley the week before the bunds filled up. So odd how quickly the flood waters came once the rain really got going

[@Avrelivs_Gold]

And here in Russia there is no rain and it's unusually warm the whole month.

[@LeadsTheFallen]

Tbf you could paint a wall and make a video of it and I'd watch lol

[@depechem0demusic]

Leads The Fallen Vlogs hey that sounds great-call it Harry’s Wall ???

[@maidenrulz73]

depechem0demusic “welcome to a new episode of Harry’s wall and today is the day we’ll be painting around a proper light switch”

[@MoultrieGeek]

@@maidenrulz73 Including a brief history of the light switch and an entertaining list of changes throughout the years. I would watch that transfixed.

[@maidenrulz73]

Scott H absolutely ....I’m getting interested already

[@marinedrive5484]

You have to be an optimistic sort to go farming and you are, Harry - ending on a sunny note.

[@benpattinson1]

Informative as ever thankyou. So, straw rake and a cross slot drill with that £10 premium then eh?

[@chriswalford4161]

Thanks for the comprehensive update

[@VanderlyndenJengold]

The sheep's shrunk in the wet!

[@archibaldchimpin]

I’m addicted to Harry’s farm

[@philhealey449]

Harry, not on topic, but could you consider an experiment growing say half an acre of Jatropha beans and having a go at making some straight vegetable oil (SVO not Special Vehicle Operations!) . Lister Petter rated their Diesels to use this stuff and even marketed a press aimed at developing countries after I ranted at their CEO some years back. Not sure how you heat your home, ( probably a woodburning boiler?) but this stuff would very likely work well in an oil fired boiler, could run a small CHP unit or even large scale power export. Not much use in your Silver Shadow but an old school Mercedes 300D or old pre TD5 Land Rovers etc would use this happily especially with a heater and changeover to normal Diesel for cold starting. Would also be interesting to compare economics of bio fuel production vs normal food crops vs a PV array ? Rgds Phil

[@Ashfielder]

Get Ted down there to rig up some drainage on the lower field.

[@richardpaine5923]

Question. What is a good crop to grow that thrives in wet conditions?

[@isctony]

Forecast is for dry weather this week, fingers crossed that the video next weekend is one of positivity!

[@flashman3962]

The Potassium from the stubble breaking down - that`s all leached out and gone now , has it?

[@CarWhiz22]

cute doggo

[@slamcrank]

2:58 - my reaction when I see Harry's Farm has an new video update! :)

[@robertlewis9401]

Us guys in Lincolnshire are in the same situation .patients will get us there.

[@adrianchetwynd1334]

"Get us" where?

[@georgedoorley5628]

@@adrianchetwynd1334 where you are planting barley next spring ........

[@raulio81]

In my country we had entire October literally without rain.

[@gordonwedman3179]

Where I am on the 27th of October it is snowing....

[@RhysMorganpewpew]

Don't know why, I want to try farming now.

[@machiningbasics1729]

Harry’s boat builders ?

[@shannons1886]

600 likes. 0 dislikes. That has to be some sort of record.

[@gareththompson538]

It's very wet up here in Cheshire too. Quite a lot of flooded fields around after last weekend. It's not good for you arable boys.

[@harrysfarmvids]

Yes, I was up near Chester Friday and it hammered down all day.

[@watchfan6180]

I am a fan of your car channel. I know 0 about farming, very interesting video. Will brexit change the way you work on the farm?

[@dsinglehurst9393]

All tha rain and now frost ouch

[@georgedoorley5628]

once frost arrives the dryings fucked ........

[@beetooex]

You want to try getting forestry done in these conditions mate. No bugger's letting us on site it's that wet. Rapidly running out of work...

[@JasonWaterfalls13]

"Today on Harry's rice paddy_______"

[@xS1KProdution]

Time to get the the rusty plough out the shed and get on with it, only way you’ll get it drilled

[@tikkathreebarrels]

Better "public information " than The Archers!

[@maconp1119]

Well, at least if the rain continues you could stock the lake...

[@navaho5430]

Send some over to OZ we are in a drought

[@navaho5430]

@steve gale No if we ran out of beer there would be riots cheers.

[@starryian007]

112 acres of linseed! Wow, how big is this farm?

[@sh-hg4eg]

400acres

[@MrTopgearnerd]

Is there any alternative to the horrible roundup?

[@alanirishkelly6704]

You need to plough it and power harrow drill wet won’t affect it

[@beetooex]

Would soil compaction not be an issue with this method then?

[@George_Ren]

Very nicely explained. It sounds as though you'll be on plan C or F.

[@MrRandomcommentguy]

It seems in the last few years weather services have stopped bothering with trying to actually predict the weather and instead just look out of the window and just update what they can see...

[@sh-hg4eg]

Just like how police now just turn up after the fact, instead of trying to deter crime.