Bottom half of 2 acres was totally poached and not a blade of grass left. Top of field was a little better, but still lots of bald areas. 1 acre was ok, hence just harrowing it (would have rolled it too but roller wouldn't fit through gate!)
Was £80 to harrow, reseed and roll 2 acres, harrow 1 acre and go out and get the rails and fix my fence. Thought that was super cheap
£45 for the bale of hay delivered! Was paying £20 for an 8ft bale over winter, but he ran out and had to buy these £45 bales in. Lovely hay, but bloomin pricey.
But thought £125 for all of that was super.
Local sheep farmer who has a paddock maintenance firm on the side - does the local fencing and field work. He's a star - when I split my 2acre field in 2 I decided to use slip rails in the gate way. Went out and got brackets and rails and OH did it all. Next time farmer came up he said "you do realise that gap is far too narrow for my harrow and rollers - let me make it wider for you, I even have some 15ft rails at home you can have". When asked how much he wanted for said rails, all he wanted was a beer
Had a bit of rain today too - hopefully that'll help the seed germinate as the clay soil has gone rock hard round here with all the sun we've had.
Get a father-in-law who is a farmer then it's really cheap to get this work done i.e. £zilch