hang-on
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- Location
- Co Armagh.
In small bales?
At least 80 acres of that 120 yes [emoji24]
Anyone made any hay yet?
- Thread starter Goweresque
- Start date
At least 80 acres of that 120 yes [emoji24]
Red Fred
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- Location
- Hants/Dorset border
The bit I've already baled is actually drying up quite nicely today, but the unmown long grass has sloppy water in the bottom which is going to take ages to dry.
- Location
- Near Colchester
It is particularly difficult to make hay in a puddle I have found.The bit I've already baled is actually drying up quite nicely today, but the unmown long grass has sloppy water in the bottom which is going to take ages to dry.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
I took a trip up north yesterday, about 20 miles south of John O'Groats, which as you'll know is the most northerly tip of the Scottish mainland. Those guys could teach you how to make hay. A beautiful sunny day, then the Haar rolls in off the North Sea and the heavy mist hangs around for days, condensing on any steel work so it drips. Many seem to cut a few acres, then try to make that. Plenty of hay lying out and some still cutting. But they are getting there. I can't help thinking some of you southerners must be missing something if you can't make hay down there! Yeah, I know!
Well there is hay and there is hayI took a trip up north yesterday, about 20 miles south of John O'Groats, which as you'll know is the most northerly tip of the Scottish mainland. Those guys could teach you how to make hay. A beautiful sunny day, then the Haar rolls in off the North Sea and the heavy mist hangs around for days, condensing on any steel work so it drips. Many seem to cut a few acres, then try to make that. Plenty of hay lying out and some still cutting. But they are getting there. I can't help thinking some of you southerners must be missing something if you can't make hay down there! Yeah, I know!
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
Late next week looks a start to a better spell of weather.
- Location
- Near Colchester
We have had forecasts like that several times in the last 5 or 6 weeks though - all proved to be fictitious.
- Location
- West Kent
- Location
- Near Colchester
and they have just said that next week will be pants tooNo that many 'next weeks' left now though
Northeastfarmer
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- Location
- Cleveland
I honestly don't know in this day and age how completely useless these weather forecasters are! If you look on the BBC app on your phone they can actually change the weather for the week ahead during the day after they've already set it! Sometimes the app doesn't even correspond with the weather they put on the tv! It's absolutely pathetic, what are these idiots doing all day in the office?! Surely it can't be that hard to forecast the weather when they've got more computers than bill gates!
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
BBC tv just said it will be a very unsettled week ffs. Where has the forecast high pressure gone!?
Grassman
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- Location
- Derbyshire
That's how I understood it to be but the bbc this morning gave a very pessimistic forecast
seen it many a time before
the good weather coming at the end of a 10 day forecast never gets here
Red Fred
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- Location
- Hants/Dorset border
Our river meadows have miraculously dried up a lot in the last couple of days. It's going to be a wrapper job, but a day or so dry and I might get baling again. even it is just a few acres mowed one night and a few dozen bales baled before it rains the next day.
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