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Community => Coffee Lounge => Topic started by: Wizard on July 12, 2010, 10:13:53 am
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Kath has just come in and told me its raining I have been out and had a look cos I'd forgoten what it was like I am wet now but its delightfull Going out to have a play in it now TTFN :farmer:
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Hi Wizard. We wish ours would stop for a bit - 5 days in fact, so we could cut our hay. Sounds as if there could be a shortage of grass - grazing, hay, haylage, silage - this year. First there was no rain so poor grass growth, now when we need to crop it it won't stop raining. Even so, there are bits under the potatoes where all that rain hasn't yet reached.
Enjoy it while it's a novelty ::)
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I'm still remembering the inundation earlier this year so am quite happy for a drought for now. Although the pigs are demanding regular wallow refilling.
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Raining here today too! its been hot and dry for a few weeks now so the rain is much needed. Just a day or so though then I'll have the sun back!
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Hello all never bothers me rain I won't melt I am not made of any dissolveable in water.I'll tell you a silly. Chap said to me" If you win the Roll Over Saturday Where will you build your new house?" "I haven't thought about it but I will tell you where it won't be". "Wheres that GB ?" " Mid Somer Worthy and district they have half a dozen murders a week there".According to Tom Barnaby :D :farmer:
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Raining here today, still warm though. Glad of it. Need a little more though to soften the ground I'm digging 8)
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Is this for veggies Mik
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Its rained for a few hours here and there in north pembs over the last few days and nice steady light rain, but its nowhere near enough. we have not had our hosepipe ban letters yet but have received advice from welsh water on conservation. our pond is really low and the top springs have almost stopped, our lower spring is still running but its still really dry.
i have been digging a patio and even after the worst day last week the subsoil is dry as a bone.
we have a few fields set aside for haylage this year, our top two look pretty good as we got the animals out early this year - but our hay fields which we have to set aside later under government subsidies for wildlife are looking terrible with almost no growth at all. lots of really tall seed grass but no substance and really patchy. we need a few more days of rain here to really make a difference then a nice long dry spell to cut :)
next year we are def thinking of pulling out of the payment scheme as the grass is really needed now and not later and the scheme does not account for the dynamics of everyday/year weather and growing conditions.
we need and love the rain for our grass, but our campers dont. we may make a little more from a dry spell through camping sale but we cant afford to start buying haylage in early.
bloody weather eh, it never seems to be that perfect year we all wait for.
Baz
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This is the first dry day we've had in about a week :o
The sun is out, it's nice n warm & i'm building another 8 x 4 run ;D
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The first day of rain for 5 weeks! I'ts good.
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Lovely intit Sheila The potato growers will be pleased.I haven't spoken to Tom since Carrington So I'm cows tailin it a bit ??? :D :farmer:
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It is for veggies Hilarysmum :) But not this year. Am diggin in a load of cow & horse muck so it's ready for planting next year. Might get a few late bits in if I get chance. Taken me months to clear all the weeds. Will be ready for animals then also :pig: :chook: :goat: 8)
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Now you slow down Mick look whats just happened to our pal Bamfords.You never know when and the familiar shoved my wand off the broom stick in her temper last timeout :D :farmer: