Harvest 2024 is done but why did 1 day's combining ended up taking us 12 days to finish?

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  • Опубліковано 15 вер 2024
  • Harvest 2024 ended up being the latest we'd ever done. Find out why here..

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  • @muckylugs
    @muckylugs 14 днів тому +215

    Father & Son having a beer together, nothing better!

    • @RAFchurchlawford4469
      @RAFchurchlawford4469 14 днів тому +6

      Jeremy Clarkson: Harry, you forgot to say fcuk me, that's good! "Clarkson claimed that he intended to call the beer "Lager McLagerface", but this was vetoed by the advertising agency for not conveying a premium image.[3][5][10] It was named Hawkstone Lager after a prehistoric stone near Diddly Squat Farm.[11] He produced a number of adverts for the beer to be broadcast on national television in the United Kingdom, but these were banned by the Advertising Standards Authority, reportedly on the grounds that the first contained Clarkson saying the phrase "fuck me, that's good",[4] the second for Clarkson saying the beer was better than Birmingham, and the third because it promoted alcohol being served irresponsibly as it featured Clarkson drinking the lager in the morning before going to work.[12] When Hawkstone Lager was released, it became the top selling beer on Amazon.[13] In January 2022, Clarkson announced that the beer would be sold on tap in pubs in Oxfordshire.[14]" (Wikipedia)

    • @tomgreene1843
      @tomgreene1843 13 днів тому +3

      Ah yes reminds me of tea in the field making hay long ago in the Irish midlands...with hand rakes , and cocks of hay

    • @leeboss373
      @leeboss373 8 днів тому

      And the punch up after a few more😅

  • @patrickkonig
    @patrickkonig 13 днів тому +28

    Watching you and your son Charlie makes me realise how much I miss my father in my life, the one man that would always make everything okay and that I could talk about anything with. Treasure these moments with your harvest and your son.

  • @jonathanpowell1470
    @jonathanpowell1470 14 днів тому +167

    Garage and farm videos. Fantastic

  • @user-yb7qj1hf9h
    @user-yb7qj1hf9h 14 днів тому +110

    Well done folks deeply appreciate you helping o feed the country,!

    • @djhvideo
      @djhvideo 13 днів тому +3

      In spite of the government making it more profitable (and less risky) to not grow food!

  • @andyrbush
    @andyrbush 14 днів тому +12

    My wife and her mum grow rice in Thailand. One years it took three of us three months to harvest the rice by hand. The next year her mum was sick, so I we hired a combine. The machine and crew turned up in the dark at about 8 pm. Ten hours later they had finished it all. Hire cost was about US$100.

  • @whzpoor
    @whzpoor 14 днів тому +73

    I love the drone shot, it's very therapeutic seeing the combine work its way through the field.

  • @peanuts2105
    @peanuts2105 14 днів тому +70

    Nothing like a cold beer after a hard day's graft in the glorious English countryside.

    • @johnnunn8688
      @johnnunn8688 14 днів тому

      Except Hawkstone 🤮.

    • @peanuts2105
      @peanuts2105 14 днів тому +5

      @@johnnunn8688 clearly you have no taste

    • @rarerufus8864
      @rarerufus8864 14 днів тому +4

      And good to see two mad motor fanatics supporting each other via Hawkstone lager 🍻.
      ... although I suspect one takes farming a tad more seriously than t'other! ☺

    • @VanderlyndenJengold
      @VanderlyndenJengold 14 днів тому

      It used to be more glorious... it depends how you qualify it I guess.

    • @lordnass381
      @lordnass381 13 днів тому +2

      you're bloody right son

  • @tomhutcheson66
    @tomhutcheson66 14 днів тому +54

    Thanks Harry - came to you through Harrys Garage - grew up on an arable farm in Fife in the 70’s and 80’s. Spent all my summers carting grain - your videos bring back many happy memories! Brother still farms and l love going home to get my fix every now and again. Thanks for all the great content across both channels.

  • @tomtht3355
    @tomtht3355 14 днів тому +54

    Nice to see the father son element. 😎 Well done chaps 👌🏻👍🏻

  • @elliottharley1386
    @elliottharley1386 14 днів тому +41

    'And here we are, in a combine' - the thrill of driving/farming?😂 Great video, thanks Harry!

  • @hourglass899
    @hourglass899 14 днів тому +19

    Another seemingly effortless video from Harry - he really is pretty good at this stuff!

  • @nigelrichardson7607
    @nigelrichardson7607 14 днів тому +6

    I know nothing about farming Harry (I'm a car guy) but I stop and watch every Harry's farm episode when you release them. You and Charlie keep up the great work.

  • @agmachine
    @agmachine 14 днів тому +40

    Another brilliant video of the realities of UK farming. If only our politicians would put on their green wellies and understand the contribution that our farmers make to the economy and self-reliance. If we don't produce it in the UK it simply has to be imported from distant countries.

    • @DonnaAylesbury
      @DonnaAylesbury 14 днів тому +6

      The government know exactly what they are doing

    • @agmachine
      @agmachine 14 днів тому +1

      @@DonnaAylesbury Donna, a fair enough response but please explain?

    • @DonnaAylesbury
      @DonnaAylesbury 13 днів тому

      Well basically they don’t won’t the UK to be self sufficient in agriculture or many other industries hence The getting rid of the steel works( Port Talbot ) we are actually in a managed decline by our new communist government / uniparty to see the demise of us the NET ZERO madness I could go on and on.

    • @DonnaAylesbury
      @DonnaAylesbury 13 днів тому

      @@agmachine also the GEO engineering we all know it’s going on ( well most now anyway ) so now are weather is being fully controlled as well
      it’s all happening in plan sight

    • @stan1050
      @stan1050 12 днів тому

      ​@@DonnaAylesburylots of people in denial, gaslighting & propaganda in mainstream media is off the charts. just have to look at the circus that is the 'US election'..I mean really, seriously? WTF!😂

  • @ricado372
    @ricado372 14 днів тому +21

    Good job, chap's . Thanks for feeding us all. Beer well deserved.

  • @CarlBrothers-dv3mz
    @CarlBrothers-dv3mz 14 днів тому +8

    Brings me back to the 1960's thru the early 1980's when Dad and his brother had 400 acres in fall crops. He went from barley to wheat, and then the last 8 years oat hay. Dad had my brother and I running the equipment from about 9 years old and on.

  • @johnsim3722
    @johnsim3722 14 днів тому +10

    Nice way to finish with a beer! Local farmers used to come into my parent's pub, the Wigwam Bar, after working all day either on combining or silage. We served Tenants really cold, which everybody liked. It was a good pint.
    Later when at university I managed to arrange a tour around the Tenents brewery for the IET (institute for professional electronics engineers), which had a sampling session. Yes, I've organised a P' up in a brewery!

  • @HQBProductions
    @HQBProductions 14 днів тому +11

    As always Harry, you being farming to life and it is a delight to see you and Charlie bringing the harvest home for us…such an important job. My Great Uncle farmed at Somerton in Somerset for decades and grew one small field of corn solely to provide feed for his chickens who lived an idyllic life free range in haystacks built for them. I have one film clip of him on the combine in the Summer of 1961….your film brings back those old thoughts! Thank you again. Richard😃😃😃😃

  • @richardmosley4549
    @richardmosley4549 14 днів тому +28

    Thanks Harry - and Charlie - another year! Hopefully harvest 2024 will be good for you.

  • @glendakirby5579
    @glendakirby5579 14 днів тому +9

    When old age finally decides that we are sans everything, watching your activities are such a pleasure and education. Thankyou.

  • @ericaceous1652
    @ericaceous1652 14 днів тому +13

    Well done gents - hard work paid off.
    Glad to hear you talking about maintaining soil health Harry!

    • @merv690
      @merv690 12 днів тому +1

      what do you think farmers have done over the centuries, they wouldn't have been farming for generations without looking after the land

  • @Palmit_
    @Palmit_ 14 днів тому +6

    father, son, and Clarkson. Love how you guys never mention each other. except for the Hawkstone hint. ;) Great vid. Cheers! 🍻

  • @user-od9iz9cv1w
    @user-od9iz9cv1w 14 днів тому +6

    Such a fun farm video. I grew up on a farm in Ontario and enjoyed driving the combine for a few weeks between summer and fall semester at university. It is a great way to grow up, and I can imagine a great way to grow old as a gentleman farmer with a shed full of exotic cars. Way to go Mr. Metcalf.

  • @briancochran8356
    @briancochran8356 14 днів тому +11

    Great that you finally were able to get the wheat in with out having to dry any of it.

  • @drmarcushead9036
    @drmarcushead9036 14 днів тому +5

    This is my home turf - turning right for Carterton and Alvescot. Lived abroad for 15 years but learnt to drive around there!

  • @Rickwardful
    @Rickwardful 14 днів тому +9

    Briliant video as ever, Harry and Charlie. With regards the straw, what you needed is a CNH Dual Stream Header that would have left the dampest straw in the field and the best of the straw to be baled, as well as allowing you to Combine drier grain because that wetter straw doesn’t make the grain wetter as it goes through the Combine.
    Google it and look at The Farming Forum New Holland Dual Stream Header. Dream come true or Nightmare?
    I did the testing of it, use one all the time on my Combine and have a complete unused DS kit that would go straight onto your Combine. The only reason it didn’t go into production is because CNH wants to sell you a bigger, more expensive Combine!

  • @Davebobandbetty
    @Davebobandbetty 14 днів тому +7

    That was such an enjoyable video . Reminded me of helping my uncle in my youth on a massey 500. In proper sun .

  • @paulfrere7902
    @paulfrere7902 14 днів тому +6

    Very enjoyable to watch you wrap up the harvest for this year. Well done to you both.

  • @VanderlyndenJengold
    @VanderlyndenJengold 14 днів тому +4

    I keep chickens and grew my own wheat in a small way. I managed to harvest some lovely stuff and the birds loved it. It must be so mush fresher and full of goodness. Hence so many creatures took it before me! Pigeons, rats - they loved it too.

  • @pablofb75
    @pablofb75 14 днів тому +3

    All is safely gathered in. Free from sorry free from sin! As our Vicar used to sing. Really love these videos

  • @modelrailwaynoob
    @modelrailwaynoob 14 днів тому +3

    Have been in French fields during harvest. Their combines are huge!

  • @peterm7548
    @peterm7548 10 днів тому +1

    Yep Clarksons beer is quite good! He's not everyones cup of tea but he does some things right! Well done on the harvest the beer was well deserved!

  • @CCP24
    @CCP24 13 днів тому +1

    Thank you Harry, brilliant video. The only issue I have is the fact you've had all our rain. Here in Sth Herts we've had virtually no rain since June. My two allotments are bone dry and it's the first year ever my runner beans have failed. So, please send me some of your surplus rain. Looking forward to you next video, so much more informative than anything shown on Countryfile.

  • @BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne
    @BibTheBoulderTheOriginalOne 14 днів тому +5

    I thought it was just me who felt the weather forecasts this year have been haphazard at best....

  • @ericlovett9022
    @ericlovett9022 14 днів тому +3

    Excellent work. Captivating viewing. Glad all the machinery held up. Very late finish and probably just in time given the weathers turn this Sunday. Fortunate you had the Fridge in the tractor cab and another local Farmer provided something to go in it.

  • @mrbbs
    @mrbbs 14 днів тому +2

    I'm still enjoying Harry's Farm like day one you started Harry. If you still enjoy to bring these along I'll be happy to watch and like! (from a Harry's garage supporter)

  • @johnwarwick4105
    @johnwarwick4105 14 днів тому +2

    Even a moderate size combine is huge on the road, so wide it must be a nightmare. So dry on the east side of the country we would love some of that rain. The ground is like concrete

  • @peterwilson-qj2ds
    @peterwilson-qj2ds 14 днів тому +3

    Well done to you Harry & Charlie for getting another harvest done, and for the video's through out the season can't wait to see next season's videos.

  • @gregsheppard1457
    @gregsheppard1457 14 днів тому +3

    Harry! I am so glad you've got it all in. Great news. Coincidentally, I was drinking a Peroni while watching. Cheers to you both.

  • @Gary_and_Linda
    @Gary_and_Linda 14 днів тому +1

    On the Canadian prairies direct seeding works better the longer you have been doing it. Typically weed seeds stay on top and soil organic matter improves. The biggest difference is improved water infiltration during heavy rain and less soil erosion. Moisture conservation is important here. Of course it always rains when the crops are ready to harvest.

  • @gordonsimpson3235
    @gordonsimpson3235 14 днів тому +1

    Congrats Harry/Charlie.......queue curtain closing on a less than co-operative year (master of understatement!) 😎

  • @jakers4012
    @jakers4012 14 днів тому +2

    Best reality show ever. I would add some melodrama ,two guys with beers looking out a window waiting for the rain to stop (time lapse sequence) Thanks

  • @darrenfolkard228
    @darrenfolkard228 14 днів тому +1

    Well done on finishing your 24 harvest .My Dad used give the combine & tractor driver a beer every evening after a hot dusty day during harvesting...cheers to you both.

  • @peterdawson5115
    @peterdawson5115 14 днів тому +2

    Fantastic video , Harry, love watching the combine, quite therapeutic, and reminds me how tough farming is, hope alls well. 👍

  • @reinmansmith
    @reinmansmith 14 днів тому +2

    Another excellent film and great to see you and Charlie working together… I have to say the Grenadier does look very much at home. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on it 👍

  • @kiwi335d
    @kiwi335d 13 днів тому

    I see Charlie trying to keep up with the conversation with Harry in the combine, but his attention to all the screens and readouts is absolutely full on concentration every second. What a great example of keeping prospective of the key priority, which is the actual harvesting job at hand.

  • @Lemma01
    @Lemma01 14 днів тому +4

    I've learned almost everything I know about farming from this channel. "Mooooo!"

  • @dancarter482
    @dancarter482 13 днів тому

    Massive nostalgia from the 70's/80's silage and grain cart, then a LOT of straw from the big neighboring farm. Driving up over 100 acre fields of stubble in a 3ltre v6 powered series 3 truck cab with a full toolkit in the back to fettle the round baler - one summer evening.
    _Those were the days my friend; we thought they'd NEVER end!_

  • @Countrystock
    @Countrystock 14 днів тому +2

    Love it when you say "the local farmer next door". Wonder who that could be 🤔

  • @camneilsen8234
    @camneilsen8234 10 днів тому +1

    Great cinematic transition Harry well done 17:24

  • @bencarter2334
    @bencarter2334 14 днів тому +1

    Nice one. We used to grow 50 acres of corn and had our own machine. Ours broke down alot. They can be incredibly frustrating when they break down and its always on catchy years.

  • @meathecopark
    @meathecopark 14 днів тому +2

    Congratulations! Job done. Plenty still to be cut here in Ireland! But we’ll get there. Thank you.

  • @automotivetales
    @automotivetales 13 днів тому

    love these - a very different (real world) view compared to your neighbour but you all do such a great job!!! Nice to see a successful harvest for once (if a little damp). Looks bloody hard work (but also quite fun!) would love to drive a combine or a grain tractor one day!

  • @ewanstewart8011
    @ewanstewart8011 14 днів тому +1

    I’m not up on when the farmers up here in the highlands are usually combining but looking at the fields from the road I’d say up six weeks before the crops are going to be ripe enough to lift, still a lot of green showing and the sun intensity has dropped considerably in the last 3 to 4 weeks, in the shaded area of our garden today was end of September cold 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🏻

  • @srodigital
    @srodigital 14 днів тому +2

    Really enjoyed the video Harry.
    The roundabout you went through looked like the Harry's garage roundabout where you peel off at exit two for Burford...
    Thank you both.

  • @tombabington9652
    @tombabington9652 14 днів тому +2

    Well done and no breakdowns! Love the combine driving in town shots.

  • @williamholmes7529
    @williamholmes7529 14 днів тому +1

    Nice to see you guys are done with the harvest. Wishing you a good end run for the year 👍

  • @raydellar6935
    @raydellar6935 8 днів тому

    Hi Harry, just seen on our ABC news in Australia about a farmer who has developed a machine that goes on the back of the combine and hammers any seeds that come out the back of it. If your interested it's on Australian ABC i-view 7/9/24 the farmer reckons he has stopped using pesticides which are becoming less useful. Hope this helps.

  • @user-iu2ft5zo2q
    @user-iu2ft5zo2q 13 днів тому +1

    Total entertainment, one of the best U tube farmers..

  • @jonathancollard3710
    @jonathancollard3710 14 днів тому +2

    Success 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻… well done Harry. It’s a thankless task and you guys make it enjoyable and informative 👏🏻

  • @chrislee2221
    @chrislee2221 14 днів тому +2

    Well done be good to hear the final tonnage and what sort of margin you achieve this difficult year.

  • @ianleaver4967
    @ianleaver4967 13 днів тому

    I find these farming videos fascinating, as a general member of the public it’s quite an eye opener as to what’s involved.

  • @tiptopup602
    @tiptopup602 14 днів тому +2

    It’s very enjoyable watching you combine wheat which I am sure ends up as the Cotswold sourced flour I use to bake in a modest way . Around 100kg a year. My small contribution.

    • @MrOvershoot
      @MrOvershoot 13 днів тому +1

      It's going for feed wheat for animals. Won't comment any further but most of the "fancy" flour from small mills is no better than flour from the big producers in the UK

  • @user-ee5pu7qk3q
    @user-ee5pu7qk3q 13 днів тому

    Congratulations to you and Charlie on another harvest finished, and no breakdowns! Here’s hoping for a better autumn and winter to establish next years crops.

  • @user-fq2cf6xf2s
    @user-fq2cf6xf2s 14 днів тому +2

    Fantastic, well done both of you, what a drawn out harvest that was! 😁

  • @anmihovil
    @anmihovil 13 днів тому +1

    When bear tastes better than champagne in Formula 1! Great work lads, you made my day.

  • @rjsmith26
    @rjsmith26 14 днів тому +1

    Keep it up Team Harry - love the farm videos, keep them coming!

  • @yonmusak
    @yonmusak 13 днів тому +1

    Congrats for finishing the season. As ever, great video and a good insight into life on the farm.

  • @PAULWICKS-xy6kt
    @PAULWICKS-xy6kt 14 днів тому +3

    congratulations for the ‘24 harvest collection.!!

  • @lackomalacko
    @lackomalacko 11 днів тому

    Great! Must be super nice to have that well deserved beer and look back at the past weeks of work done harvesting the fields.

  • @marks7471
    @marks7471 14 днів тому +2

    Great stuff Harry.
    Good to see you having a bottle of your friends beer 👍

  • @ollylappage2595
    @ollylappage2595 12 днів тому

    Well done! I drove through your neck of the woods today on my way back from Malvern. I must confess I enjoyed Fish Hill so much I went back down and up again just for fun, then stopped of for a nice spot of lunch.
    Such a lovely bit of the country is the Cotswolds. Lovely roads too.
    I'm on the edge of the Chilterns, and for whatever reason most of the grain was harvested weeks ago.

  • @adrianlayen4119
    @adrianlayen4119 14 днів тому +2

    Well done, another harvest completed. Looking forward to the next video.

  • @stately1967
    @stately1967 14 днів тому +6

    I love this podcast, so informative.

    • @JJ-zg1hh
      @JJ-zg1hh 14 днів тому +2

      I'm not a farmer, but I've learnt so much from watching Harry. And Clarkson for that matter.

  • @starfish370
    @starfish370 14 днів тому +1

    Brilliant effort from you and Charlie, I really appreciate all your hard work and effort,a real education. Well done!😊

  • @Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab
    @Peter-Oxley-Modelling-Lab 14 днів тому +3

    Very interesting & entertaining...I am not that keen on Jeremy's Pils, but I DO love his Cider, which seems VERY natural tasting and is super-refreshing! 👍🏻😄

  • @jackg.1759
    @jackg.1759 14 днів тому +2

    It’s the people that are never around large loads and machines that you have to worry about on the roads. I’m sure it is a problem all over the world. I have seen opposing traffic stop dead at seeing a combine on the road. People complain but there are possibly more farm machines on the roads now as the big AG covers larger area of lands with larger machines. Maybe that is a case for the family farms, they don’t need som much road time.

  • @libraman1303
    @libraman1303 14 днів тому +2

    Prefer the Hawkstone lager to the cider…but always happy to support Jezza👍

  • @stevecarter5084
    @stevecarter5084 13 днів тому

    Another great video,shows that farming isn’t straightforward and the effort that goes into managing our food supply. Thanks for the insight and please keep sharing with us 👍

  • @TheByard
    @TheByard 14 днів тому +2

    The best beer of the day, when the task is done, hands gruby and for me covered in sweat. I have a stone table & chairs next to the roadside, next door neighbor walks over with home grown peanuts.
    Yet the UK's wet weather plays terrible games with you farmers, so glad to see you harvest with no mechanical hick ups. Thanks for posting.
    Used to travel past your fields when living in Cheltenham and working in London.

  • @johnfrancis4401
    @johnfrancis4401 14 днів тому +4

    Excellent stuff. So dependent on the weather.

  • @petergoodman4922
    @petergoodman4922 13 днів тому

    Great stuff Harry. We need people like you. Look forward to the next video. Very best wishes.

  • @user-sm4es1kk8x
    @user-sm4es1kk8x 13 днів тому +1

    You know what I don't like about Harry's Farm Vids, they come to an end!!

  • @simonhughes7382
    @simonhughes7382 10 днів тому

    Fantastic video- reminds me of happy days on the harvest in my teens in the Summer holidays. Picking up the grain at all hours. Good times. And a beer too!

  • @willyfindlay4398
    @willyfindlay4398 14 днів тому +3

    Congratulations on another harvest.😊

  • @paullawrence3541
    @paullawrence3541 14 днів тому +2

    I had moisture issues earlier on with green barley seeds. My contractor has a similar moisture metre to you and the sample is so small that if you get an unripe seed in the test it throws the average out.
    He tested 18+ % so I took a big sample of the same tankful to a neighbour with a Sinar and the 3 tests showed 14.2 to 14.4.
    Just something to be aware of. Paul

  • @nathong3229
    @nathong3229 13 днів тому

    That was awesome, really enjoyed watching the Harvest season with you guys :)

  • @funtimewithtacobell9784
    @funtimewithtacobell9784 13 днів тому

    As ever a very entertaining channel , great to see you feeding the nation while making it sound interesting, great to see father and son working in harmony too , cheers guys and here’s to 2025 🙏🏻

  • @frankyork5808
    @frankyork5808 10 днів тому

    Always informative. Thanks Charlie and Harry.

  • @nickbowes2627
    @nickbowes2627 14 днів тому +1

    Well done, love watching your farming videos.

  • @phillipchandler8862
    @phillipchandler8862 13 днів тому

    No breakdowns. All in and a well deseved beer. Great content.
    Cheers both.

  • @user-ic5lq4cp2r
    @user-ic5lq4cp2r 13 днів тому

    Love the videos Harry. Always informative and interesting. Keep’em coming!

  • @rayblackdog8742
    @rayblackdog8742 13 днів тому

    Well done! I get quite emotional watching you guys growing stuff for us (and feed).🎉

  • @russellcroghan8956
    @russellcroghan8956 14 днів тому +2

    Another harvest done, well done chaps

  • @browpetj
    @browpetj День тому

    Love the 14.8% 😂 and info on overpriced drying equipment! 😊

  • @user-jz1sy2pi1x
    @user-jz1sy2pi1x 12 днів тому

    Thanks Lads...enjoyed that...well deserved beers

  • @ryanforeman3650
    @ryanforeman3650 13 днів тому

    Fantastic video Harry and Charlie, love both the farm and driving channels, looking forward to more videos

  • @bushiebodge
    @bushiebodge 8 днів тому

    very much enjoy seeing all the process

  • @user-lt7xe2gt2k
    @user-lt7xe2gt2k 3 дні тому

    Terrific video, thanks Harry.

  • @JamesHegarty-f7m
    @JamesHegarty-f7m 6 днів тому

    Hi Harry. As a big fan and avid member of your audience. Have you plans for any more in depth farming episodes , now you have reduced your crop and set aside much of your land to the gov scheme ?. Your channel is a good topic of conversation in our family as my sister and brother in law have a dairy farm here in Ireland. Best regards,
    James

  • @MCSmartboy
    @MCSmartboy 14 днів тому +5

    Well done, gents.