Farmer doing something.. No idea what he is doing. I forgot to zoom in.

Cool vid - testing the land may be

Pretty nice video!

That's how you make Turf (as it's called here in the uk)

That machine is cutting and rolling it and the guy just has to pull the rolls off and pile them up
Then you can buy the rolls and have a lovely grassed back yard   LOL

The person is cutting sod.

Looks like they are taking turf (not sure if that is the right word) to sell.
You have it also rolled up much bigger but then you can't lay it out with hands.

James 0522 Posted at 6-15 01:35
The person is cutting sod.

What is sod?

G_Sig Posted at 6-15 01:36
Looks like they are taking turf (not sure if that is the right word) to sell.
You have it also rolled up much bigger but then you can't lay it out with hands.

I thought they were going to plant seeds or some sort of irrigation

Sod is a basically pre grown lawn. Around where I live there are Turf farms that grow grass on huge acreage fields and then harvest the turf or sod as rolls about 18 inches wide and about 30 feet in length.
This is then used to piece together a lawn for a new house.
Hope this explains it, in a round about way.

AntDX316 Posted at 6-15 01:46
What is sod?

The upper surface of the ground with the grass on it to the roots below - also known as turf.

It is also an abbreviation meaning something else that has nothing to do with the cultivation of land and is a derogatory word in England so we generally use the word turf here

AntDX316 Posted at 6-15 01:47
I thought they were going to plant seeds or some sort of irrigation

Hofdi þokur

This is if its rolled up.

Why roll that stuff up?

James 0522 Posted at 6-15 02:53
Sod is a basically pre grown lawn. Around where I live there are Turf farms that grow grass on huge acreage fields and then harvest the turf or sod as rolls about 18 inches wide and about 30 feet in length.
This is then used to piece together a lawn for a new house.
Hope this explains it, in a round about way.

So someone basically bought pieces of it and they are randomly picking what parts of the land get peeled off?

Well filmed, learned something new today too! Thanks

AntDX316 Posted at 6-15 03:21
So someone basically bought pieces of it and they are randomly picking what parts of the land get peeled off?

Yes and you just want the best parts of the field.
It rolled up for easier transport and also better to lay it out.


You can zoom in on you video with Ctrl + and out Ctrl -

G_Sig Posted at 6-15 04:25
Yes and you just want the best parts of the field.
It rolled up for easier transport and also better to lay it out.
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Yeah but it's not the same as Optical zoom.

Cutting Turf.

hallmark007 Posted at 6-15 04:35
Cutting Turf.

Probably for landscapers?

AntDX316 Posted at 6-15 04:34
Yeah but it's not the same as Optical zoom.

No as you loose almost all quality when zooming in like this,
but you can clearly see how the machine works.
Big turf roll.

We normally use rolls like this.

Cool video

G_Sig Posted at 6-15 04:46
No as you loose almost all quality when zooming in like this,
but you can clearly see how the machine works.
Big turf roll.

Yeah, but if you've seen my other post about the Mavic 2 Zoom reach, the quality when zooming in is like looking through binoculars.

AJC-W Posted at 6-15 03:01
The upper surface of the ground with the grass on it to the roots below - also known as turf.

It is also an abbreviation meaning something else that has nothing to do with the cultivation of land and is a derogatory word in England so we generally use the word turf here

Didn't know that.  We sometimes use England's No-No word as in Turf Buster to refer to farmers (aka plowing / disking fields)

HedgeTrimmer Posted at 6-15 09:23
Didn't know that.  We sometimes use England's No-No word as in Turf Buster to refer to farmers (aka plowing / disking fields)

Yeah, a sod in England is someone who hahaha I can't even write it or I may get banned - prefers chocolate milkshake with their other half rather than lemonade shall we say

Amazing shot! Thanks for sharing.

ya he's cutting sod/turf for anyone not wanting to start with grass seed and have a green yard that way. Funny i saw a flatbed trailer with the stuff stacked 6 feet high today all on pallets going to be put down.

... rolled as it stores better if being left for a while before laying out on the new location. If stacked flat the grass will spoil - it goes yellow - and roots can start to grown down into the layer bellow.

Nice video, but the title isn't exactly inviting.    Yeah they're definitely cutting turf.

AntDX316 Posted at 6-15 01:46
What is sod?

This is what we call cutting turf (peat) in Ireland, the sod is turned left to dry then stacked completely dried out and then used as fuel for heat cooking etc .

hallmark007 Posted at 6-16 04:19
This is what we call cutting turf (peat) in Ireland, the sod is turned left to dry then stacked completely dried out and then used as fuel for heat cooking etc .

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ya that's not anything i have ever seen here in the USA in my 63 years. I haven't been everywhere but doesn't look familiar to me.
Peat in the USA is something you mix with plants when we pot plants and add it to the soil.

hallmark007 Posted at 6-16 04:19
This is what we call cutting turf (peat) in Ireland, the sod is turned left to dry then stacked completely dried out and then used as fuel for heat cooking etc .

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So the sod is ripped off the ground and left upside down to dry?  How is it used for heating and cooking?

BobB Posted at 6-16 04:32
ya that's not anything i have ever seen here in the USA in my 63 years. I haven't been everywhere but doesn't look familiar to me.
Peat in the USA is something you mix with plants when we pot plants and add it to the soil.

Starting in the 1700s, the raised bogs of Ireland were exploited as a source of cheap fuel. Most of this was cut by hand, and laid in the sun to dry before being burned. At the time of the famine, peat (called 'turf' when cut) was often the only source of fuel available.

This burning of turf as a source of fuel has continued up to present day, although now with global warming turf cutting will soon cease for almost all in Ireland , turf bogs as they are known will become protected areas of conservation.

One of Ireland's most characteristic features is the bog. Covering 1,200,000 hectares (1/6th) of the island, Ireland contains more bog, relatively speaking, than any country in Europe except Finland. Across Europe, as well as in Ireland, bogs have been exploited in recent centuries as a source of fuel. With many of the bogs in the rest of Europe already gone, Ireland's now have an increased importance to the scientific community, as well as the tourist industry.

AntDX316 Posted at 6-16 04:33
So the sod is ripped off the ground and left upside down to dry?  How is it used for heating and cooking?

It’s used in open and solid fuel cookers and fires and has been used this way since the early 17th century.

hallmark007 Posted at 6-16 05:17
Starting in the 1700s, the raised bogs of Ireland were exploited as a source of cheap fuel. Most of this was cut by hand, and laid in the sun to dry before being burned. At the time of the famine, peat (called 'turf' when cut) was often the only source of fuel available.

This burning of turf as a source of fuel has continued up to present day, although now with global warming turf cutting will soon cease for almost all in Ireland , turf bogs as they are known will become protected areas of conservation.

lol i guess they had to do what they had to do. Thanks for the history lesson.

Not sure what he is doing, but I'm not sure what you were doing either?
There is a lot of unwanted movements in your motion.
Normally you fly much more smoother?

Montfrooij Posted at 6-16 06:09
Not sure what he is doing, but I'm not sure what you were doing either?
There is a lot of unwanted movements in your motion.
Normally you fly much more smoother?

I was flying for fun having no idea what to do.  When people film, they fly like this but cut the footage.  I didn't cut anything.

AntDX316 Posted at 6-16 12:08
I was flying for fun having no idea what to do.  When people film, they fly like this but cut the footage.  I didn't cut anything.

Ah, that explains it indeed.

BobB Posted at 6-16 04:32
ya that's not anything i have ever seen here in the USA in my 63 years. I haven't been everywhere but doesn't look familiar to me.
Peat in the USA is something you mix with plants when we pot plants and add it to the soil.

This is one way to use it also. Has been done like this last 1000 years here in Iceland.

So.. You can roll grass... well from where I come from that's called a Jo  … better not.