Desert conditions
- Thread starter onthehoof
- Start date
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Regular showers all summer up here in Easter Ross. I am feeding ponies behind an electric fence in case the they get too fat. Wish I had a bare field to put a fatty in but there is grass everywhere.
spin cycle
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- Location
- north norfolk
gotta expect dry in the east.....aug/sept struggle....oct -march any grass growth is a bonus
on the other hand our land can grow fodder beet.....barley (for feed)...stubble turnips....cheap straw
my ewes will be on beet oct.....might get 2 weeks pick on grass after that then inside
on the other hand our land can grow fodder beet.....barley (for feed)...stubble turnips....cheap straw
my ewes will be on beet oct.....might get 2 weeks pick on grass after that then inside
- Location
- West Wales
Had a 7 week drought this year to which finally started raining a week before combining, fed 750 ewes haylage for 28 days, 300 lambs were beating 250acre at one block.
More serious than last year in terms of drought as the winter and spring we had less than half of what we usually get for every month so the water table is much lower, rivers dried up within a week or 2 instead of 5-6 weeks last year, thankfully a splash of rain in the first week of June gave us plenty of fat lambs so didn’t have the numbers post weaning like last year.
Another 2-3 days and I could do with rain again!
More serious than last year in terms of drought as the winter and spring we had less than half of what we usually get for every month so the water table is much lower, rivers dried up within a week or 2 instead of 5-6 weeks last year, thankfully a splash of rain in the first week of June gave us plenty of fat lambs so didn’t have the numbers post weaning like last year.
Another 2-3 days and I could do with rain again!
- Location
- N.Lincs
Proper desert conditions here...
......mind you, this sand dune is always there come rain or shine - apparently it blew here from Derbyshire in the last ice age.
We had 1/4" of rain here on Sunday night, but you can't see where it's been. The grass on the sand land is crispy to walk on and is at a standstill. There's plenty of moisture and grass on the wetland nature reserve grazing (this was topped last week)......
I guess we're lucky to have plenty to choose from.
......mind you, this sand dune is always there come rain or shine - apparently it blew here from Derbyshire in the last ice age.
We had 1/4" of rain here on Sunday night, but you can't see where it's been. The grass on the sand land is crispy to walk on and is at a standstill. There's plenty of moisture and grass on the wetland nature reserve grazing (this was topped last week)......
I guess we're lucky to have plenty to choose from.
Mixedupfarmer
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- Location
- Norfolk
Wish our land would grow stubble turnips what with drought and flea beetle there is not much left.gotta expect dry in the east.....aug/sept struggle....oct -march any grass growth is a bonus
on the other hand our land can grow fodder beet.....barley (for feed)...stubble turnips....cheap straw
my ewes will be on beet oct.....might get 2 weeks pick on grass after that then inside
spin cycle
Member
- Location
- north norfolk
yeah thats true....given up st turnips cos of flea beetle......scratch that idea
farmerm
Member
- Location
- Shropshire
I did... well not every day, just the one day... but added to the pile. The folk working for nothing to give small bales at £2.50 will be kicking themselves in the spring...
Downtrodden Dad
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- Location
- Cumbria
Very wet ground conditions here in cumbria. Cattle have made quite a mess. Lovely today and supposed to be nice all week but seriously thinking of housing cows at the weekend to save the fields for the sheep. Had intended to spread some more fert but needs to dry up a bit.
(bloody hell, who'd have thought
Yeah a blinkin mojy for every possibility...
it's a bit like...
???
Here atm.
I like it ....shortens the winter?
The Fb arent so keen on it though, its makin ther leaves ⤵ droop a bit in the dry and ☀
it's a bit like...
???
Here atm.
I like it ....shortens the winter
?The Fb arent so keen on it though, its makin ther leaves ⤵ droop a bit in the dry and ☀
spin cycle
Member
- Location
- north norfolk
Yeah a blinkin mojy for every possibility...
it's a bit like...
???
Here atm.
I like it ....shortens the winter
The Fb arent so keen on it though, its makin ther leaves ⤵ droop a bit in the dry and ☀
puttin the feckin things in is pain though....try putting in a long post and often just appear anywhere but where you want them
- Location
- Ardrossan Ayrshire
Same here, soggy mess.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Not from the tsunami 8,500 years ago, then? We are on similar sand on the east coast here but we are told it got washed up when a chunk fell off Norway. Certainly a lot of shells come out when the ditches are cleaned. But it has rained all summer, mostly very fine rain showers. My neighbour started cutting oats yesterday. Now it is raining AGAIN! Your sheep look well on it though.
Not sure it'll be desert like here after next week.....
muleman
Member
That would be a good forecast for us!