Sparky South Wales
New Member
- Location
- South Wales
I agree just had enough of it all
Wet the new normal
- Thread starter Grassman
- Start date
Iv always been abit off a sleep talker Wasn’t till I got up the other morning and my girlfriend said i was telling someone how sh!t the weather was when I was asleep that i realised just how much it’s getting to me 
- Location
- Ceredigion
Hammering it down outside again
Wow it's wet today, over 100mm now since the start of April.
Spencer
Member
- Location
- North West
30mm last night here 
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Back to square one and beyond after that lot ....
Couldn't travel on ground yesterday with tractor so it's Going to take 3 weeks of drying from no rain to travel now in most places unless you live in nirvana!
Spud job must be well p!ssed ...
Couldn't travel on ground yesterday with tractor so it's Going to take 3 weeks of drying from no rain to travel now in most places unless you live in nirvana!
Spud job must be well p!ssed ...
It’s horrendous out currently. Proper lamb killing weather! 
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Could just about have travelled here if pushed yesterday, but only because the ground was DD’s and is much firmer than had it have been ploughed/tilled.
However, with last night’s rain and yet more storms on the way and the next job putting the main dose of fertiliser on, what was the point if it is all going to end up washed away?
Still got loads of Winter Barley going backwards, really struggling to show any sort of green colour, not tillered and about 2” tall. Difficult to even see a row, unless you look at it in the right direction.
Wondering if it will survive much longer.
As before, it just isn’t worth thinking about doing anything until it stops bloody raining and allows the ground to dry out. No point in even thinking about drilling/redrilling until that happens.
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Wednesday looks a " goodun "
If that is correct the whole country gets it and flooding with it FFS
Just FFS to wed if you dare
If that is correct the whole country gets it and flooding with it FFS
Just FFS to wed if you dare
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Everywhere is abnormally saturated beyond the regular dry/ wet patterns that you'd normally get and the drying process is not going to happen as before on most places because the ground has had such a prolonged hammering of it !
- Location
- Moreton-in-Marsh, Glos
Yes, absolutely.
Are you finding that the worst effected for sogginess is the grass?
I sprayed some Beans last week and on on field the was a 24 metre CS margin at one end that I thought I’d use to turn round on, rather than make a mess of the headland tramline. I nearly got stuck! It was as boggy as hell and I had to keep off the margins and revert back to turning on the headland tramline.
Heard on the radio today that we have had 10 months in a row of above normal temperatures.
They should have pointed out that we have had 9 months in a row of very excessive rainfall.
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Got PP that is just full up acting like a sponge , but the ground with new seeds/ fast grass on is much firmer and drinking the water or draining it thru .
Suppose the PP is compacted with feet on it all the time and can't get away but it's just on another level to " normal" this lot
- Location
- south norfolk
Was discing my last years wild bird seed areas yesterday ready to re drill In May.I was very close to getting stuck on 2 separate fields.just about raining again now.
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Grassman
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
Some of my old grassland has been like a bog since the end of June and is actually getting worse. I am just fencing one field so the sheep can have it rather than making hay. Picture was 10august last year when it had dried out enough to make an attempt at clearing the crop.
I have made hay in that field for 40 years. Never an issue before.
- Location
- South Devon
It does look to be the end of it though? Looks high pressure for 5/6 days at least after wednesdayWednesday looks a " goodun "
If that is correct the whole country gets it and flooding with it FFS
Just FFS to wed if you dare
- Location
- Scottish Borders
Thanks very much! Cant you keep it down there!
- Location
- South Wales UK
Hose pipe ban imminent
Boohoo
Member
- Location
- Newtownabbey
Anyone else thinking of taking the year off?
serf
Member
- Location
- warwickshire
Trouble is it will take weeks to get right again ...