Drought

[bobk]

The hilly ground round here is going fast .

 

[Wombat]

Some crops with some severe pain on as your drive about now

 

[gone up the hill]

reports of a combine rolling at Dorchester yesterday, meant to be grain, true or false ? but someone's got to be 1st.

@som farmer

Pics of combines on FB yesterday cutting winter barley for crimping so the above is very likely near Dorchester yesterday!

 

[Hjcarter]

It is the trees that are stressed here, not me.
You have to be thankful it is good hay making weather, I am thankful my apples escaped frost damage this year and most of all it is less miserable than wading around in mud.

Same here - glad we missed frost - blossom was as good as we could have hoped for - unfortunately its now starting to look like the Gobi desert in places....

We'll be diversifying into camels at this rate!

 

[Kidds]

This wind isn't helping things. Seems very windy for the time if year.

 

[bobk]

This wind isn't helping things. Seems very windy for the time if year.

It's bloody horrible . like a hot november day

 

[livestock 1]

Blowing a gale here for the second day 13 degrees less further out by.
It was looking droughty until Friday but we have had some rain for short periods on Friday and Saturday which has moistened the soil.
Rainfall is generally low for the time of year nearest reservoir is 50% capacity which is unheard of for this time of year. As I’m writing this I’m thinking there’s likely some wet weather to come. Not got any silage crops ready to cut but more grass on than usual

 

[Devil's advocate]

Even the nettles & thistles are struggling here.

Early drilled winter barley looking good, fingers crossed.

 

[Wombat]

Could be worse could be 2012 or 2007

or a whole host of shite wet ones

 

[bobk]

Could be worse could be 2012 or 2007

or a whole host of shite wet ones

There's time yet

 

[DRC]

I saw some spring barley in Northumberland today , that hardly warranted a combine going near it. About 9ins tall and thin .
it was clean though , which is more than can be said for some of mine as the rain we’ve had has caused a late flush of wild oats .

 

[michael N123]

What day do I cut grass of this forecast ?

 

[Devil's advocate]

What day do I cut grass of this forecast ?View attachment 1045401

lucky beggar

 

[Chae1]

Fudge all here. Was up at 5 to spray barley. Stopped about 9 as blowing a gale. Continued to all day and all rain on radar missed us.

 

[bobk]

Nowt here .

 

[serf]

What day do I cut grass of this forecast ?View attachment 1045401

If that forecast was down here any of em,
cos it would be sunny every day ....

 

[bobk]

Still dry here , grass burning now

 

[Hjcarter]

What day do I cut grass of this forecast ?View attachment 1045401

Couldn't say but your phone needs charging!

 

[Greythundercloudys]

Like October today, very windy and cold n showery. Amazing the difference in weather in this country.

 

[Farmer Roy]

do you lot get weather forecasts like this ?

skip to about 13.24 for comments re Europe, then 19.33, if youre not interested in the rest