Bit wet now

[Farma Parma]

I suspect the ground has been pounded down so it can't soak in, combined with very high water level leads to a perfect storm

Lot of land looks like its slumped as it did in 2012 again now.

 

[fredf]

You know it's wet when folk from both Yorkshire and Northumberland are complaining it's wet.

That doesn't do much for use in Co Durham. We had 30mm on Friday and 10 mm this morning so 40mm in the week.

Tom.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

We’ve had 52mm since Wednesday

 

[Red Fred]

What I don’t understand is that it’s been dry ish for weeks and then one day of wet and everywhere ground is flooded across again.

The Avon down our way was dropping fast a couple of days ago and the mud flats across the meadows were emerging, but it has suddenly come right up again. It must all be coming down from Salisbury since the 2 forest streams that enter the river here are still low and I can cross them on foot.

 

[Happy hillbily]

Had nearly a foot of rain since the begining of the year, 3" this last week when will it stop !

 

[nails]

The Avon down our way was dropping fast a couple of days ago and the mud flats across the meadows were emerging, but it has suddenly come right up again. It must all be coming down from Salisbury since the 2 forest streams that enter the river here are still low and I can cross them on foot.
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Yes i have noticed the Avon has been running high for ages. The road across to Harbridge was flooded for a long time .

 

[nails]

What I don’t understand is that it’s been dry ish for weeks and then one day of wet and everywhere ground is flooded across again.

Get John Price to sort it.

 

[Red Fred]

Yes i have noticed the Avon has been running high for ages. The road across to Harbridge was flooded for a long time .

It's been out for months. Our meadows end up smothered in chalky silt (probably Puntabrava's fields ) which is OK long term but sets the grass back for this season and lets the curled docks come up.

 

[nails]

It's been out for months. Our meadows end up smothered in chalky silt (probably Puntabrava's fields ) which is OK long term but sets the grass back for this season and lets the curled docks come up.

Yes , dont suppose it does a lot of good to be underwater for too long , not like "Drowning" when the water was allowed to flood the meadows and then released.

 

[beardface]

February fill dyke has definitely lived up to its name!

 

[puntabrava]

It's been out for months. Our meadows end up smothered in chalky silt (probably Puntabrava's fields ) which is OK long term but sets the grass back for this season and lets the curled docks come up.

 

[Cab-over Pete]

If I go down to my little patch of bog, right in the shadow of Kenilworth Castle, when the flooding has receded from about 5-6 acres, it will have a brown tinge to it.

It grows tremendous grass. Our land is bordered on two sides by two main brooks, Inch Brook and Finham Brook, and they drain a few thousand acres of land. I end up having a bit of silt from loads of good arable farmers dumped on my grass. It’s ideal. At the point where they join, the water colour from each brook is totally different, which I find interesting.

Where the land doesn’t flood the grasses are completely different and nowhere near as productive.

I’ve only made hay down there once. It was mowed on the last day of May and made in 5 hot days. The smaller field, one acre, yielded 92 idiot bricks and the sheep loved it.

I’m almost tempted to put a sluice gate in where the brooks meet to get the flood level higher so it floods more acres, but I’m not sure how my neighbour on the other side would like that!!

 

[David.]

Had very little here last night, and Met Office weather warnings for flooding.

 

[Landrover]

I was speaking to my dad before, he's been here 84 years and he says he can never remember it so wet, normally I will have been on with early fert by now on some lighter ground, couldn't even think about travelling now, we would need at least a dry, warm windy 10 days to get near

 

[Drillman]

I live at the top of a hill. Even up here the puddles are full of puddles.

 

[glasshouse]

Yeah we’ve had plenty of wet winters in the past,but not as prolonged.2012 was ridiculous,but it came dry Feb 2013 and then a good dry spell.Starting to disrupt things here now.

Yes but there was no grass here till june 13

 

[glasshouse]

Going drilling tomorrow!!

 

[balerman]

Yes but there was no grass here till june 13

I agree there wasn’t,it’s not looking good.Hopefully the weather pattern will change by mid March,probably long cold dry spell then,maybe no grass till June again !

 

[glasshouse]

I agree there wasn’t,it’s not looking good.Hopefully the weather pattern will change by mid March,probably long cold dry spell then,maybe no grass till June again !

Hope so, i have silage to sell!!!

 

[Dougalhtid]

Hope so, i have silage to sell!!!

Grass never grows any sense after these very wet winters