Aspiring Peasant
Member
- Location
- Northern Pennines
Covering of snow and more coming down. Very icy, temperature about -3.
The longest wettest winter..
- Thread starter bobk
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Suckndiesel
Member
- Location
- Newtownards
It’s ok you’ve got a snorkel!
Grassman
Member
- Location
- Derbyshire
Yes warm summer rain instead
Hilly
Member
- Location
- Scottish Borders.
frittering on with snow bit icy not enough to travel, least its kind of half dry stuff, not like yesterday wet and cold was brutal.
So....to sum up then........8 months of winter, followed by 4 months of terrible weather.
Old McDonald
Member
- Location
- Harray, Orkney
I have had rain to record for the last 18 days for a total of 367mm. Raining now and more forecast. We have had flooding of course, and soil erosion because of it.
Five acres of almonds began blooming on 1 March. They need bees to pollinate them - when the flowers are dry. They are self-fertilising so there has probably been some fertilisation within flowers. Fungal diseases will be having a good time due to being very mild - up to 18.6 on Tuesday. Ideal conditions for what is known as Jacket Rot that kills the young drupe. Half the area is waterlogged with some running water and the rain would make spraying a waste of time and money even if I could put it on by air.
The trees have not leafed out yet, so no fertiliser has been needed, but they should have 40% of the annual total of N before the end of April. Olives should have 50% by the same date, and soil temps were too low before the rain started. My forecast is a poor harvest even at this stage. Such is life.
Five acres of almonds began blooming on 1 March. They need bees to pollinate them - when the flowers are dry. They are self-fertilising so there has probably been some fertilisation within flowers. Fungal diseases will be having a good time due to being very mild - up to 18.6 on Tuesday. Ideal conditions for what is known as Jacket Rot that kills the young drupe. Half the area is waterlogged with some running water and the rain would make spraying a waste of time and money even if I could put it on by air.
The trees have not leafed out yet, so no fertiliser has been needed, but they should have 40% of the annual total of N before the end of April. Olives should have 50% by the same date, and soil temps were too low before the rain started. My forecast is a poor harvest even at this stage. Such is life.
Greythundercloudys
Member
Another cold/snowy day up here in central scotland, no sign of any growth or things drying up either, l don't think we'll get a spring this year,
- Location
- Lincolnshire
Gale force bitterly cold easterly with occasional blizzard conditions. And at least another two days of it to come.
Its getting silly now. Feed the stock, go home, and sit by the fire. Not a chance of spraying or spreading. Ground too soft and wet when it isn't frozen, and too windy.
I am half way through inspecting cleaning and checking my beet drill units but stopped now with fine snow blowing into the shed and cant feel my feet.
Time to call it Saturday and go home.
Pretty much sick of it. Best think of something else.
Its getting silly now. Feed the stock, go home, and sit by the fire. Not a chance of spraying or spreading. Ground too soft and wet when it isn't frozen, and too windy.
I am half way through inspecting cleaning and checking my beet drill units but stopped now with fine snow blowing into the shed and cant feel my feet.
Time to call it Saturday and go home.
Pretty much sick of it. Best think of something else.
had e nuff
Member
- Location
- Durham
Crap day here again, won't feel guilty now sitting in the pub watching the rugby.
Put some quadrants along the open side of the shed as bitter inside and out.
Hopefully will stop any snow blowing in tonight.
Just about keeping up building pens as they lamb,have kicked them out to feed rolls and empty a few pens to the other shed.
Hopefully will stop any snow blowing in tonight.
Just about keeping up building pens as they lamb,have kicked them out to feed rolls and empty a few pens to the other shed.
kfpben
Member
- Location
- Mid Hampshire
Fetched all the ewes and lambs in this morning after I picked up a dead single the morning which had died of exposure. Twins looked freezing.
Bitter wind out and a slight covering of snow. Forecasted a lot more this evening and overnight.
Luckily the ewes have stopped lambing for the last 18 hours- only had one lamb. No doubt they’re saving it for the really foul weather tonight!
Bitter wind out and a slight covering of snow. Forecasted a lot more this evening and overnight.
Luckily the ewes have stopped lambing for the last 18 hours- only had one lamb. No doubt they’re saving it for the really foul weather tonight!
- Location
- Lincolnshire
At this rate we won't be turning a wheel till April. In some ways i am not that bothered as there is nothing I can do about it. I feel for the livestock though. They have really been through it. We have done all we can for them but they aren't enjoying it one little bit.
- Location
- Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Except not a cornfield in sight around here....
